Dennis Congdon

Dennis Congdon, photograph by Scott Lapham.
Dennis Congdon, photograph by Scott Lapham.

NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:

Dennis Congdon holds a BFA in Painting from RISD and an MFA from Yale. IN 1983 he won the Prix de Rome and became a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. He has taught painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tyler School of Art, and has been on the faculty at RISD since 1984. In 2003 he received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship and in 2010 RISD’s John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Congdon’s work has been exhibited widely. Since 2013 he has had three solo shows in New York City: at the CUE Foundation in 2013, (curated by Stanley Whitney,); at the Horton Gallery in 2014 ; and “Congeries” at Zieher Smith and Horton Gallery in 2015. In 2015 his large work “Hummocks” was included in the James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition at the ICA Boston, (curated by kijidome.)

Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:

Dennis Congdon holds a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Yale University. In 1983 he won the Prix de Rome and became a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. He has been on the faculty at RISD since 1984 and has also taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Tyler School of Art. In 2003 he received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship; in 2010, RISD’s John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching. Congdon’s work has been exhibited widely. He has had three recent solo shows in New York City: at the CUE Foundation in 2013, curated by Stanley Whitney; the Horton Gallery in 2014; and “Congeries” at Zieher Smith and Horton Gallery in 2015. His large work Hummocks was included in the James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, in 2015.

Source: NetWorks 2015 – 2016 Catalogue

Ignus Fatuus, 2013 Flashe and enamel on canvas, 94 x 107 in.
Ignus Fatuus, 2013
Flashe and enamel on canvas, 94 x 107 in.

Credits:

Video by: Richard Goulis
Photography by:
Roger Gordy
Rosa Congdon
Executive Producer: Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.

Additional Resources:

Artist’s website: denniscongdon.net

Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.


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