Rory Golden
born 1966
EDUCATION
2000 MFA: Book Arts, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1999 Japanese Ministry of Education Research Student-Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
1998 Alabama in Italy, Art History and Studio Arts in Florence, Italy
1998 BA: Speech Communication, Minor in Creative Writing, Miami University, Oxford, OH
1996 MA: Humanities, Japanese Religious Folklore, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1995 Studio Art courses at Ohio State University and Wright State University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 No Escape from Love, Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Your One Black Friend, the LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
2005 Artist’s Book by Rory Golden, Market2Performance Corporate Gallery, Dayton, OH
Crying for the Moon, Fairmont State University, Brooks Gallery, Fairmont, WV
Tar Art, Shakespeare’s Sister, Brooklyn, NY
Pal+imp+sest, New York Public Library Donnell Library Center, New York, NY
2003 Little Things, Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn, NY
Panoply, Vamp & Tramp, Birmingham, AL
2000 20/20 Reflection, MFA Thesis Show, Tuscaloosa, AL
Western Heart, Japanese Art, Renaissance Gallery, Northport, AL
A Year in Japan, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Emerging Artists 2009, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 It Takes a Village to Make a Book, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LeGrange, GA
Real Toys, Rory Golden/Jose Santos, Firehouse Art Center, Newburyport, MA
Rory Golden/Jim Kopp, Lander Art Center, Lander, WY
2004 Allure, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY
Reversing Vandalasim, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2003 Beyond Reading, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Printed and Bound, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, NY
The Naked Truth III, Pegasus, New York, NY
Universal Diversity, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
2002 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY
3rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial Exhibition, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
Orihon & More: Books by Artists, Snug Harbor Access Gallery, Staten Island, NY
Verbal/Visual/Tactile, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY
Tolerance and Human Rights, Central Library Collins Gallery, Portland, OR
Art of the Book 2002, New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio, New Orleans, LA
Writing on the Wall: Poetry Broadsides, T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2001 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY
Impressions, Wyllie Library, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, WI
2000 One Ring, Four Boxers, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
1998 Front Street Artists Group Exhibit, The Cannery, Dayton, OH
Recent (book) Works, Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
2000 Long Ways to Travel: Book Arts on the Road, Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
SELECTED WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2003 Review, Birmingham News, AL (October)
Review “Exhibitionism” Black and White, Birmingham, AL (June5)
2002 ”Golden Opportunity: An Interview with Rory Golden.” The California Printmaker Journal
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2006 Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2005 Fairmont State University, Department of Art, Fairmont, WV
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
2004 Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT
COLLECTIONS
Brown University Special Collections, Providence, RI
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
University of Delaware Libraries Fine Print Collection
University of California, Irvine Special Collections
St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY
University of Utah Special Collections
Mills College, Oakland, CA
University of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, CA
University of San Diego Special Collections
Atlanta College of Art Library
Various private collections in the U.S.
EDUCATION
2000 MFA: Book Arts, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1999 Japanese Ministry of Education Research Student-Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
1998 Alabama in Italy, Art History and Studio Arts in Florence, Italy
1998 BA: Speech Communication, Minor in Creative Writing, Miami University, Oxford, OH
1996 MA: Humanities, Japanese Religious Folklore, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1995 Studio Art courses at Ohio State University and Wright State University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 No Escape from Love, Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Your One Black Friend, the LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
2005 Artist’s Book by Rory Golden, Market2Performance Corporate Gallery, Dayton, OH
Crying for the Moon, Fairmont State University, Brooks Gallery, Fairmont, WV
Tar Art, Shakespeare’s Sister, Brooklyn, NY
Pal+imp+sest, New York Public Library Donnell Library Center, New York, NY
2003 Little Things, Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn, NY
Panoply, Vamp & Tramp, Birmingham, AL
2000 20/20 Reflection, MFA Thesis Show, Tuscaloosa, AL
Western Heart, Japanese Art, Renaissance Gallery, Northport, AL
A Year in Japan, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Emerging Artists 2009, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 It Takes a Village to Make a Book, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LeGrange, GA
Real Toys, Rory Golden/Jose Santos, Firehouse Art Center, Newburyport, MA
Rory Golden/Jim Kopp, Lander Art Center, Lander, WY
2004 Allure, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY
Reversing Vandalasim, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2003 Beyond Reading, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Printed and Bound, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, NY
The Naked Truth III, Pegasus, New York, NY
Universal Diversity, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
2002 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY
3rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial Exhibition, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
Orihon & More: Books by Artists, Snug Harbor Access Gallery, Staten Island, NY
Verbal/Visual/Tactile, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY
Tolerance and Human Rights, Central Library Collins Gallery, Portland, OR
Art of the Book 2002, New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio, New Orleans, LA
Writing on the Wall: Poetry Broadsides, T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2001 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY
Impressions, Wyllie Library, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, WI
2000 One Ring, Four Boxers, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
1998 Front Street Artists Group Exhibit, The Cannery, Dayton, OH
Recent (book) Works, Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
2000 Long Ways to Travel: Book Arts on the Road, Gorgas Library Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
SELECTED WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2003 Review, Birmingham News, AL (October)
Review “Exhibitionism” Black and White, Birmingham, AL (June5)
2002 ”Golden Opportunity: An Interview with Rory Golden.” The California Printmaker Journal
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2006 Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2005 Fairmont State University, Department of Art, Fairmont, WV
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
2004 Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT
COLLECTIONS
Brown University Special Collections, Providence, RI
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
University of Delaware Libraries Fine Print Collection
University of California, Irvine Special Collections
St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY
University of Utah Special Collections
Mills College, Oakland, CA
University of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, CA
University of San Diego Special Collections
Atlanta College of Art Library
Various private collections in the U.S.
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