• Curriculum Vitae
  • Jovencio de la Paz
  • The Work of a Known Racist
  • Contact
  • Brand New Rug
  • Return to Great Mother's Infinity
  • Aphotic Sums
  • Boy Who Stared at the Sun
  • Endless Flight
  • Bluets (for Maggie Nelson)
  • Craft Mystery Cult
  • Skin Broken By Prisms
  • Turn on the Dark
Jovencio de la Paz
The Work of a Known Racist
Brand New Rug
Return to Great Mother's Infinity
Aphotic Sums
Skin Broken By Prisms
Turn on the Dark
Boy Who Stared at the Sun
Endless Flight
Bluets (for Maggie Nelson)
Craft Mystery Cult

Jovencio de la Paz

Department of Art

School of Architecture & Allied Arts

University of Oregon

5232 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403


www.jovenciodelapaz.org

jovenciodelapaz@gmail.com


CV


EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2012

Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008


EXPERIENCE

2016 - Present

Assistant Professor & Curricular Coordinator of Fibers, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Department of Art. Eugene, Oregon


2015 - 2016

Visiting Assistant Professor & Curricular Coordinator of Fibers, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Department of Art. Eugene, Oregon

2012 - 2015

Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Fiber and Material Studies.


2015 - 2017

Instrutor, Ox Bow School of Art

2015 - 2016


Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

"Brand New Rug," Ditch Projects. Springfield, OR. 

"Aphotic Sums," The Alice. Seattle, WA.

"Return to Great Mother's Infinity," SPACE Gallery. Portland, ME.  


2016

"Skin Broken By Prisms," Carl & Sloan Contemporary. Portland, OR.

"TURN ON THE DARK," 4th Ward Projects. Chicago, IL

"The Boy Who Stared at the Sun," PDX Contemporary. Portland, OR


2015

"Endless Flight," Three-walls. Chicago, Illinois.


2014

"I want something more than my husband and my house," Chicago Artists' Coalition. Chicago, Illinois.


2013

"Chicago Sky Interior," PSA Projects. Chicago, Illinois.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017
"Discursive," Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Eugene, Oregon. Organized by Brian Gillis.

"Let me be an object that screams," Gallery 400. Chicago, IL. Curated by Matt Morris. 

"Out of Sight," Schonefield Building. Seattle, WA. Curated by S. Surface, Greg Lundgren, & Benedict Heywood. 

"Moreland," Simone DeSousa Gallery. Detroit, MI. Curated by Iris Eichenberg and Sarah Turner. 

"Tone Circle," Private Places. Portland, Oregon. Curated by Ditch Projects & Bobbi Woods.

"The Stacks," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Denver, CO. Curated by Derrick Velasquez. 

"Made in Oregon," White Box. Portland, OR. 


2016

"Landline," Praxis Fiber Workshop. Cleveland, OH

"The Heart of the Matter," Donnlley Foundation. Chicago, IL


2015

"EXPO 2015," Threewalls at Navy Pier. Chicago, IL.

"Artist Spotlight," Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Saugatuck, MI.

"Life Lessons," GalleryX at the Smart Museum. Chicago, IL.


2014

"Selvedge," Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery at Tennessee State University. Nashville, TN

"Latino History Month Showcase," University of Chicago Medical Center. Chicago, IL.

"It is a door and a window that make a room useful," Soil Gallery. Seattle, WA.

"Performing the Fool's Planetary Rites," Krowswork. Oakland, CA.

"The Making of Artists," President's Gallery at Harold Washington College. Chicago, IL.

"Bare Bones," The Franklin. Chicago, IL.

"Preview 3," Chicago Artist Coalition. Chicago, IL.


2013

"PSA Projects" Dose Market. Chicago, IL.

"TUYAU Performance Art Series," Mana Contemporary. Chicago, IL.

"Objects Focus: the Bowl. Engage + Use," The Museum of Contemporary Craft, curated by Namita Gupta Wiggers. Portland, OR.


2012

"A Setting for Rituals Involving Indigo," Cranbrook Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

"Colorshift, Billboard Art Project," curated by Katerina Lanfranco. Atlanta, GA.


2011

After the Pedestal, The Sculpture Center. Cleveland, Ohio.

Mercedes Benz Financial Services 2012 Regional Exhibition, MBFS Corporate Headquarters. Farmington Hills, Michigan.

The Craft Mystery Cult, Ox Bow School of Art. Saugatuck, Michigan.

Knitted Brows, Lower Kingswood Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Sequence Video Festival, Cranbrook Institute of Science. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Ox Bow Fellowship Exhibition, Barn Space. Saugatuck, Michigan.


2010

Floating Islands and Unfurling Worlds, Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.


2008

FullBleed, Loft3a. Chicago, Illinois.

Playlist, Uri Gallery. Seoul, Republic of South Korea.

True North, Gallery 2. Chicago, Illinois.


2007

Nothing Tricky/Nothing Safe, Studio a+b. Chicago, Illinois.


2006

Converging Patterns, Hyde Park Art Center. Chicago, Illinois.

Fit to be Tied, Studio a+b. Chicago, Illinois.

Integrated Visions, The Flaxman Library. Chicago, Illinois.

Stitched in Time and Place, MessHall. Chicago, Illinois.


SOLO PROJECTS

2012.

Atlanta Sky Interior, Billboard Art Project. Atlanta, Georgia.

S, Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

The Hapticon of the Craft Mystery Cult, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center. Chicago, Illinois.

Chorus, Bloomfield Hills, MIchigan.

B Flat and Ficus Plant, Moneo Building. Bloomfield Hills, Michiagn.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017

Visiting Artist, James Madison University. Harrisonburg, VA.

Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Acadmy of Art - Fibers Department. Bloomfield Hills, MI. 

Public Lecture, University of Washington Bothell. Bothell, WA

Panelist, "Object Permanence," National Council on Educations of the Ceramic Arts Conference (NCECA). Portland, OR.  

Public Lecture & Visiting Artist, Maine College of Art (MECA). Portland, ME.


2016

Public Lecture, Fairbanks Art Association. Fairbanks, AL. 

Head Juror, 31st Annual 64th Parallel Juried Exhibition - Fairbanks Art Association. Fairbanks, AL. 

Keynote Speaker & Distinguished Alumni Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL

Curator, "Emmy Bright: Either/Or/And," Ditch Projects. Springfield, OR.

Moderator, "Summer Craft Forum: Craft and the Ephemeral," University of Oregon. Eugene, OR. 


2015

Panelist, "Conversations on Craft: Mending," Oregon College of Art and Craft. Portland, OR.  


2014

Visiting Artist, Harold Washington College. Chicago, Illinois.

Visiting Artist, Schurz High School. Chicago, Illinois.


2011 - 2012

Curatorial Assistant, Detroit Institute of Art.

Gallery Director, Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Editor-in-Chief, cranbrookforumgallery.tumblr.com.

Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Kingswood School. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Visiting Lecturer, The College of Creative Studies. Detroit, Michigan.


2008 - 2011

Visiting Artist and Lecturer, The University of Oregon Department of Art.

Printmedia Instructor, Collage School of Art and Craft. Portland, Oregon.

Teaching Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Craft. Deer Isle, Maine.

Technical Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Craft. Deer Isle, Maine.

Book-arts Instructor, Independent Publisher's Resource Center. Portland, Oregon.

Visiting Artist, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS & OTHER PROJECTS

2014

Wildacres Artist in Residence. Little Switzerland, North Carolina.


2013

Chicago Artist's Coalition BOLT Residency. Chicago, Illinois. Funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts.

ACRE Artist Residency Program. Steuben, Wisconsin.

Panelist for Craft and Social Practice—Open Engagement Symposium, Museum of Contemporary Craft. Portland, Oregon.

Panelist for the Midwestern Fiber Arts Educator's Network. Kansas City, Missouri.  


2011 - 2012

MFA Residency, Ox Bow School of Art. Saugatuck, Michigan.

Fellowship Program, Ox Bow School of Art. Saugatuck, Michigan.


AWARDS

2016 

Distinguished Alumni Keynote Speaker, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


2011-2012

Cranbrook Academy of Art Director's Award, Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Cranbrook Academy of Art Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art.


2008

Bachelor of Fine Art Fellowship Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago


2004 - 2008

Full Tuition Chairman's Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


PUBLICATIONS


2017

"Men/Mend/Amend: The Work of Mark Newport," Surface Design Journal 

2016

Notes on Craft and Collaboration. The Journal of Cloth and Culture.

On Comfort. SOFA Chicago, Special exhibitions publication.

On Buttons. Palos Verdes Art Center, catalogue.  


2014

Acquired Objects: Textiles, Tools, and Notations—The Judith Solomon Collection. Palos Verdes Art Center.

Comfort. SOFA Chicago.

Echolocation—New Morphologies, Studio Ceramics and Digital Processes. Alfred University Press.


2013

Recurring Dreams—Object Focus: the Bowl. Museum of Contemporary Craft publications.

Love and its Proposals. Carets and Sticks. http://www.caretsandsticks.com/2013/02/love-and-its-propsals/

Judith Brotman. Carets and Sticks. http://www.caretsandsticks.com/2013/03/interview-judith-brotman/

Jeanne Medina. http://jeannemedina.com/news.html




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