David W. Van Ness

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David W. Van Ness - Stacking Cows
​ARTIST STATEMENT

“We all know that our modern, fast-track, hi-flying, giga-byted, money-making, stock-inflating, broadway-boogie-woogie world is also a fast-food guzzling, consumer-driven, resource-eating, air polluting, earth-poisoning, prozac-popping monster that has run out of control.” -Robert Brown on John Isaacs


Soon artists will be able to manipulate the world as they do clay. Mankind will dictate the look and function of everything and replace nature as the driving force of evolution. Machines will become organic and organic will become mechanical. What becomes of a world created by its creations?


Until then we jam ear buds into our ears and turn on movies and games to disconnect and enter our own worlds. These worlds, though connected to the real world, are illusions that reflect our desires. The more time that we spend in these worlds the less the real world makes sense and it becomes an illusion itself. As we return to the real world we use technology to record, explore, and emulate it so that we can then take it with is back into the virtual world and manipulate it to our desires.


I do not claim to know what we should do nor do I wish to pass on my opinion. Instead I wish to point at the problem and explore the beauty that could potentially be made as well as the grotesque that is also possible. Sometimes these two ideas, beauty and disgust, are one and the same. I use animals as an archetype of this future. These animals become representations of human psychology, stripped of context and rationality. They are created to deal with the subjects of fear, apathy, violence, and powerlessness.




EDUCATION


Cranbrook Academy of Art
MFA Sculpture
2001 - 2003
  • Alvin Specter Scholarship
  • Joan Mitchell nomination 1 of 2 nominated


Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA Sculpture;
1997 - 2001
  • Cum Laude


Additional Education


  • BobCAD certification, BobCAD, Las Vegas, NV 2014
  • Interactive and Game Art Major, Collin College, 2010-2011
    • courses taken: Maya 3d Modeling 1, ZBrush Advanced 3d Modeling
  • Intermediate Productivity Solidworks Training, MLC-CAD 2007


TEACHING EXPERIENCE


CURRENT:


Northern Arizona University
Lecturer in Sculpture/Foundations
2015 - Current
  • 4/4 Teaching load.; Asked by chair to teach more courses in the sculpture area to help improve sculpture major numbers and offer new media like 3D Printing and composite materials


Northern Arizona University
Lecturer/Coordinator of Foundations
2011 - 2015
  • 3/3 Teaching load plus Administrative Position. Primary teaching has been in the Foundations Area including Drawing 1, Drawing 2, 2D Design, and 3D Design.; In addition I have also taught courses on Interactive Programming, Sculpture 1, 3D Printing, and several independent study courses in topics such as costume design and 3D Animation.; I am also responsible for the management of 10 to 15 faculty and the scheduling of 30 - 40 courses a semester.; I was able to purchase 3D printer for the School of Art in 2013 from a grant from the Parent Teacher council of NAU.


Additional Administrative Duties


  1. Art Minor Academic Advisor
  2. Transfer credit course equivalency evaluator
  3. Purchasing and Budget
  4. Committees:
    1. Faculty Grievance Committee: Member, university wide committee
    2. Foundations Review Committee: Chair, tasked to standardize and bring our curriculum up to NASAD standards and the other universities within Arizona
    3. Arizona Credit Equivalency Transfer System: primary member, This is a statewide committee tacked with facilitating the transfer of course credits for students and standardizing the terminology used through courses in Arizona. I hosted Conference in 2012
    4. 2013 Search Committee: Chair, tasked with hiring 4 new faculty for the School of Art
    5. Curriculum Assessment Committee: Member, duties were to adapt curriculum to fit Northern Arizona University standardized vocabulary and assessment format
    6. Technology Review Committee, Chair, tasked to find ways to integrate learning technology into the studio classrooms
    7. Hybrid Learning Committee, Chair, I created this committee to look into ways of expanding our studio courses through online course delivery to cover more information and increase the contact time with our students without taking up more classroom time.;


PAST:


  • University of North Texas 2008 - 2011
    • Adjunct Instructor
    • Courses: Interactive Programming, Computers in Art, Artist Professional Practices,Drawing 2
  • Tarrant County Community College 2006 - 2011
    • Adjunct Instructor
    • Courses: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Figure Drawing, 2D Design, 3D Design, Sculpture 1,Art Appreciation;
  • Dallas County Community College 2005 - 2008
    • Adjunct Instructor
    • Courses: Art Appreciation
  • University of Texas at Dallas 2005 - 2008
    • Adjunct Instructor
    • Courses: 3D Design
  • University of Texas at Arlington 2005 - 2006
    • Adjunct Instructor
    • Courses: 3D Design
  • Collin County Community College 2005 - 2005
    • Adjunct Instructor
    • Courses: Art Appreciation


SELECTED EXHIBITS


Solo, 2 person shows


2009
  • "Animorphs", Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, TX.



2008
  • “A Grand Matter", ALLRiSE Gallery, Chicago, IL.


2006
  • The Stacking Cow", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas.


Selected Group Shows:


2015
  • 3D Printing and the Arts' What Things May Come'", Brown Symposium, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.
  • "NAU School of Art Faculty Show", Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • 3D Printing Exhibition, Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, FL.
  • "3D Print Design Expo", Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
  • "Distilled in the Desert", Arizona State University Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ.
  • "3D Glitch", Travelling Show: University of Sudenland, Suderland, England; New York Space, Manchester, England; Unnamed Space in Rijeka, Croatia in 2017.


2014


  • "Ob*jet*ti*fied", Ro2Gallery, Dallas, TX.
  • "COLLISION20", Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA.
  • "3D Printshow", Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY. International Juried Show
  • "Northern Arizona University Faculty Show", Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ.
  • "NAU School of Art Faculty Show", Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • "The 3D Print", Long Beach Institute for the Arts and Sciences, Love Ladies, NJ. 2nd Place National Juried Show
  • "RAPID 2014", Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI.
  • "Materialize", Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ.
  • "Materialize", Wright State University, Dayton, OH.(Different show with same name)
  • "The MAC @20", The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
  • "The Art Prize", Sin Republic, Grand Rapids, MI.


2013
  • "RAPID 2013", Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • "3D Printshow", The Business Design Centre, London, England.; International Juried Show
  • "NAU School of Art Faculty Show", Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • "SculptCAD Rapid Artists", One Arts Plaza, Dallas, TX.
  • "Chaos Small Works", Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX.
  • "Gallery Artists", GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
  • "Gallery Artists", Visions West Gallery, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT.


2012
  • "Gallery Artists", GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
  • "Gallery Artists", Visions West Gallery, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT.
  • "NAU School of Art Faculty Show", Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • "RAPID 2012", Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Atlanta, GA.
  • "3D Printshow", The Brewery, London, England.; International Invitational Show


2011
  • "Euclid House", Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX.
  • "SculptCAD Rapid Artists", Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.
  • "Major Donors Party", McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
  • "Gallery Artists", GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
  • "Gallery Artists", Visions West Gallery, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT.
  • "Sex Twist", Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX.


2010
  • "SculptCAD Rapid Artists", Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Disney Hotel and Conference Center, Anaheim, CA.
  • "North American Sculpture" Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO. Jurors: Lawrence Argent and John McEnroe
  • "Gallery Artists", GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
  • "Gallery Artists", Visions West Gallery, Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT.
  • "Animal Farm", Project Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
  • "New Texas Talent", Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Thomas Feulmer Director of Educational Programming at The Rachofsky House, Dallas
  • "TEDx". TEDxSMU One Arts Plaza, Dallas, TX.
  • "Faculty Show", University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
  • "Peculiar Pleasures" Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales. Juror Spike Dennis www.eye-sore.co.uk;
  • Nasher Sculpture Center Stores, both Museum and Northpark Center locations, Dallas, TX.
  • "Aurora 2010", Aurora Dallas/Cedars Open Studios, Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas, TX.
  • "25th Annual International Juried Show", Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, ;;;;;;;;; NJ. Juror: Joan Young, the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum


2009
  • “XV" , McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
  • "Faculty Show', University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
  • "TCCD NE Faculty Show", Fort Worth Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
  • "Gallery Artists", Seven-O-Seven Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
  • “Death is Easy, Comedy is Hard". Red Door Collective, Oakland, CA.
  • "Gallery Artists", Visions West Gallery, Denver, CO.
  • "Gallery Artists", Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, TX.


2008
  • "Gallery Artists", Seven-O-Seven Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
  • “Academia: Pushing the Boundary", McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.


2007
  • "Gallery Artists", Seven-O-Seven Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
  • “Reconfigured", Basement Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
  • “Brookhaven Faculty Show", Brookhaven Community College Forum Gallery, Farmer\u2019s Branch, TX.
  • “Faculty Show TCCD NE", Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
  • “Gallery Artists", Al.so Gallery, Dallas, TX.


2006
  • “Global Warming", Al.so Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
  • “Faculty Show", Brookhaven Community College Forum Gallery, Farmer\u2019s Branch, TX.
  • “DADA Gallery Walk Show", Al.so Gallery, Dallas, TX.
  • “Gallery\u2019s Artists", Al.so, Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
  • “The Stacking Cow", Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, New York.
  • “Natural Selections", Al.so Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
  • “Oh6 Selections", 500 X Gallery, Dallas Texas.


2005
  • “Faculty Show", Collin County Community College, Spring Creek Campus Gallery, Plano, TX.
  • “UnReal", University of Texas at Dallas, Main Art Gallery, Richardson, TX.
  • “Faculty Show" Dallas County Community College, Brookhaven College Forum Gallery, Farmers Branch, Texas.


Art Fairs


2015
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX.
  • Sponsor: Ro2 Gallery


2014
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX.
  • Sponsor: Ro2 Gallery


2008
Bridge Art Fair Wynwood, The Catalina and Maxine Hotels, Miami Beach, FL.
  • Sponsor: ALLRiSE Gallery


Permanent Collections:
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Sonny Kamm Collection


RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, and FELLOWSHIPS


2015
  • 3D Body Scanning Workshop, International Sculpture Center Conference, Tempe, AZ. Supplied additional support to the workshop held by Dan Collins


2012
  • Harverstworks, "Max/MSP Certification Residency and Program", New York, NY.


2010
  • McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Fiscal Sponsorship, "The Universal Sculpture 2012 Show", Dallas, TX.


2009
  • Fractured Atlas, Fiscally Sponsored Project, The Universal Sculpture"
  • "Rapid Artists", SculptCAD Dallas, TX.


2008
  • Visiting Artist, Digital Sculpture Laboratory, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Visiting Artist, Night for Educators, Fort Worth Modern Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.


LECTURES


2015
  • "Can the Hybrid Model Save Foundations", Foundations in Art: Theory and Education 2015 Tectonic Shifts Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Session Chair
  • "My Digital Foundations Needs Shaking",; Foundations in Art: Theory and Education; 2015 Tectonic Shifts Conference, Indianapolis, IN.


2014
  • "Pedagogy of 3D Printing", Panel Member, New Media Caccus, College Art Association, Chicago, IL.
  • "What To Print, An Artists perspective on 3D Printing", Additive Manufacturing Users Group annual conference, Tucson, AZ.
  • "The Digital Hand", Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ.


2013
  • "David Van Ness", Columbus College of Art and Design.


2012
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers, "Viral Sculpture: Concept, Theory, Challenge", Atlanta, GA.


2011
  • "Major Donors' Party Guest Artist", McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
  • "David Van Ness", Towson University, Towson, MD.
  • "David Van Ness", Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC.
  • "Foundation Teaching in the 21st Century", Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.


2010
  • SculptCAD Rapid Artists, "What Digital Means for the Sculptor", Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Disney Hotel and Conference Center, Anaheim, CA. This lecture covered how rapid-prototyping will be used by traditional sculptors
  • Boise State University, "New Work", Boise, ID.; Visiting artist lecture
  • Prince George College, "How to use Maya as Sculpture/David Van Ness Work", Largo, MD.; Visiting artist lecture and technical demonstration
  • University of North Texas Design 2, "David Van Ness Rapid-prototyping", visiting artist and technical demonstration
  • University of North Texas Experimental 3d, "David Van Ness", visiting artist lecture


2008
  • Digital Sculpture Laboratory, "David Van Ness New Work", York University, Toronto, Ontario.


2007
  • Ball State College, "David Van Ness Recent Work", Muncie, IN. Visiting Artist Lecture.


AWARDS


2014
  • 2 pieces printed by University of Texas in Austin for the 25th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, the National Science Foundation, and The Office of Naval Research. One piece was retained by the University of Texas.


2013
  • College of Arts and Letters Summer Research Grant, Northern Arizona University
  • Parent Leadership Council, Microgrant.; Only fully funded grant.; Grant used to purchase a 3D printer for the School of Art


2012
  • College of Arts and Letters Summer Research Grant, Northern Arizona University


2008
  • Foundation Grant, Brookhaven College, February.


2007
  • Foundation Grant, Brookhaven College, February.

CURATORIAL PANELS


2015
  • Un-named 3D printing exhibition at Northern Arizona University Museum for March of 2016, Flagstaff, AZ.


2013
  • Arranged and organized a show of the Northern Arizona University School of Art faculty at Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Creative and Entertainment Sessions


2012
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Creative and Entertainment Sessions


COMMUNITY SERVICE


2015
  • Development Team for Makerspace at Northern Arizona University Cline Library, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Board Member, Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ


PRESS


2015
  • "10 Coolest 3D Prints from Inside 3D Printing Santa Clara", 3DPrint.com


2014
  • "3D Printshow at LBIF Shows Plastic Technology Potential", The Sandpiper
  • "Video: 60 works in 60 seconds", Blouin Artinfo
  • “Brain Food: The Future is Here in the Form of 3D Printing", KNAU interview.
  • “3D Printshow: A Mind-Boggling Display of Art, Fashion and Design


2013
  • "NAU pioneers 3-D Printing", AZ Daily Sun, July 20, 2013
  • "NAU Artist Collaborates with Computers", Northern Arizona University,


2012
  • "5 Leading Artists Headline Next Month's 3D Printshow", RB Creative Bloq,
  • "3D Printshow, London", Homebuildlife
  • "London 3D Printshow + Shapeways New York", Design You Trust
  • "LONDON 3D Printshow", Notcot
  • "Event: 3D Printshow", London Design Guide
  • "London 3D Printshow + Shapeways New York", ottokin (Italian)


2010
  • "Sex Twist", Dallas Morning News, 2011
  • "Art and Photography", Aestethica Magazine Creative Annual, 2010.
  • "12 Artist Go Digital at TED", DMagazine, Peter Simek.
  • "SculptCAD Rapid Artists use Geomagic Studio to explore new creative and commercial vistas", Cramblitt & Company, Bob Crambitt.
  • "The Rapid 2010 Show", www.computersculpture.com, Andrew Werby
  • "SculptCAD Rapid Artist \u2014 David W Van Ness" David Kirkpatrick.
  • "Animals R Us", www.annarbor.com, Anya Chung.
  • "Animal Farm, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan", www.annarbor.com, Ksenya Gurshtein.
  • "Gallery Project's "Animal Farm" offers up a creative menagerie", www.annarbor.com, John Carlos Cantu.
  • "SculptCAD Rapidartists", http://sculptcadrapidartists.blogspot.com/, Brad Ford Smith.


2008
  • "Grand Matter", www.ArtReview.com, Ed Marszewski, 2008.


;MEMBERSHIPS
  • Ars Mathematica
  • College Art Association
  • Foundations in Art: Theory and Education

Courses Taught


At a variety of Different schools:
  • Art Appreciation: Survey Course for Non-majors covering Art History and Art Techniques
  • Drawing 1: Course covering the principles of observation and hand drawing skills
  • Drawing 2: Course covering advanced drawing skills including figure and color
  • 2D Design: Course covering the basics of composition in 2D art.; My course expands on this to include Glitch Art, Animated GIF, and Processing Programming (JAVA)
  • 3D Design: Course covering the basics of composition in 3D art. My course expands on this to include 3D modeling, 3D scanning, and 3D Printing.; In addition topics of installation and performance are covered within the framework of object making
  • Figure Drawing: Course covering a variety of different media working with the figure


University of North Texas
  • ASTU 5010 \u2013 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES Professional Practices is a study of the theoretical and practical aspects of succeeding as a practicing artist both inside and outside the academic community. This class offers a survey of the protocols and common practices expected of the artist as a productive member of the business community wherein fine art is a commodity.
  • ASTU 3030 - Computer Applications in the Visual Arts Visual, conceptual and practical use of computers in art and design. Problem solving using computer graphics systems to generate images.
  • ASTU 4450 - Topics in New Media Art Advanced new media art topics course designed to explore variable concepts and processes in new media art making. (Topics covered Interactive Programming and Robotics)


Northern Arizona University
  • Art 181 Sculpture 1 Studio course. Broad-based exposure to sculptural processes and techniques in clay, metal, wood, and stone, with emphasis on sculpture history and modes of criticism. Open to all students.; Letter grade only.; Course fee required.
  • Art 381 Sculpture 3 Digital Fabrication This course will explore digital fabrication methods and how to apply them to traditional artistic practices. Course will cover 3D Printing, CNC carving, and Laser Cutting as well as various methods of digital design and 3d image capturing.
  • Art 399 Computers in Art This course covers the basics needed to create images and interactive artwork with the computer. Topics covered will be basic image manipulation, interactive programming and physical computing.  
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