SANDY CHISM
American. b. 1960
EDUCATION:
1993 M.F.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
1991 B.F.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2013 In the Trying, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
2010 SLIVER, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
2008 KEEPING STILL MOVING FAST, William and Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe,
New Mexico
2006 SMALL WONDER , Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
2004 CLOSER, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 IN-BETWEEN, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2001 FROM STILLNESS TO FRENZY, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery,
New Orleans, Louisiana
2000 SANDY CHISM: A SURVEY, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (catalog)
1999 MANY AS ONE AND ONE AS MANY,
Birmingham Art Center, Birmingham, Alabama
1998 FLIP SIDE, Webb Hall Art Gallery, University of West Alabama,
Livingston, Alabama
1998 CHANGE ANCHORS, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department,
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
1996 SANDY CHISM, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Prospect 1 Projects, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
2006 FIRST INERNATIONAL COLONY OF ARTISTS, Debrecen Cultural Centre, Debrecen Hungary
2006 AAF, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, New York
2006 NEW ORLEANS ARTISTS IN EXILE, Steve Martin Gallery, Miami, Florida
2006 NEW ORLEANS ARTISTS IN EXILE, AW/OB Lambert Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS EXHIBITION, Irma Stern Museum, University of
Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED:
2004 NEW ORLEANS, Debrecen, Hungary
2001 EXPLORING ASSEMBLAGE, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans
2000 ART IN BLOOM, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
1998 DRAWN FROM NATURE, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 THE DUAL NATURE OF CONTAINER, Birmingham Art Center,
Birmingham, Alabama
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2004 SALTLINE, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile Alabama
1999 NO DEAD ARTISTS, Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1997 SHERO�S, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1997 2nd ANNUAL ENTERGY EXHIBITION, Center for Contemporary Arts
New Orleans, Louisiana
1997 ART WITH A SOUTHERN DRAWL, University of Mobile, Mobile,
Alabama
1997 24th ANNUAL JURIED COMPETITION, Mazur Museum of Art,
Monroe, Louisiana
1995 JURIED EXHIBITION, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
1991 KANSAS TEN, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Kansas
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
2006 Artists Grant, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
2005 Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant through the Santa Fe Art Institute
2003 Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Fellowship
2002 Louisiana Division of the Arts Percent for Art program, Claiborne Collection
1993 Liquitex Purchase Award
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS:
2007 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2006 First International Colony of Artists, Debrecen, Hungary
2004 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2005 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 2005 Professionalism: Life after graduate school,
Panel and Slide lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
SELECTED REVIEWS, ARTICLES, CATALOGS, BOOKS:
23 May 2008 McGraw, Kate, �Agent of Change,� Journal Santa Fe, S-4, S-8
December 2006 Debrecen International Colony of Artists, Debrecen: Onix Nyomda Kft.
30 October 2005 Roberts, Kathleen, �Working it Out,� Journal Santa Fe, 1-2
14 March 2003 McCash, Doug, Chism's Paintings are a Comment on Nature's Ties that Bind,The Times Picayune, Lagniappe Section , 18
4 March 2003 Bookhardt Eric D., Betwixt and Between, Gambit Weekly, 36.
Spring 2001 Durand, Marcella, O�Russa, Richard, Schleh, Karoline, Eds.
Invisible Cities, Erato Press, New York (book)
Dec. 2001 Mclelan, Mariane, Sandy Chism's Obsession, New Orleans Art Review:
A Journal of Criticism, Vol. XXIX November/December, 15.
16 Nov. 2001 McCash, Doug, New Show Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Chism,
The Times Picayune, Lagniappe Section , 20-21
July 2000 David S. Rubin, ed., Sandy Chism: A Survey, Exhibition catalog, essays by
Michael Plante and David S. Rubin, Contemporary Arts Center,
New Orleans.
March 2000 Mark Price, �Sandy Chism at Jonathan Ferrara,� Art in America, 135-136.
November 1999 Christopher Fischer, �Sandy Chism,� New Orleans Art Review: A Journal
of Criticism, Vol. XVII No. 2 November/December, 8-9.
.April 1996 Review of Kansas City Artists Coalition Show, Forum Magazine, Vol.22, 6
GALLERY TALKS, LECTURES AND INTERVIEWS:
June 2007 Slide Lecture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
8 August 2006 TV 2, Debrecen Artist Colony Interview, Budapest Hungary
12 August DUNA TV, Debrecen Artist Colony Interview, Budapest Hungary
17 Nov. 2005 RADIO CAFE, interview with Mary Charlotte on KSFR, Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 2004 Slide Lecture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
July 2000 Lecture on SANDY CHISM: A SURVEY, Center for Contemporary Art
Spring 1999 ARTSPEAK, Center for Contemporary Art
Collections:
Frederick Wiseman Collection, Los Angeles, California
City of Decrecen, Hungary
State of Louisiana, Claiborne Collection
New Orleans Museum of Art (purchase)
Murphy, Rogers and Sloss Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana
Liquitex Paint
Emprise Bank, Wichita, Kansas
