Warren Craghead III
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin, MFA
Santa Chiara Study Center, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2009 |
The Dot and The Line, Migration Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
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2006 |
a map's little spell, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA (solo)
Hello, Cul-De-Sac!, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
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2005 |
True Defenders of the Craft, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (solo)
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2004 |
Happy Ending, Galerie Bizowl, L'Auberge Du Lac Morency, St-Hippolyte, Canada
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 |
New Waves, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach VA
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2009 |
Silent Pictures, James Gallery, CUNY, New York NY
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2008 |
Trawick Prize Finalists, Heineman-Myers Gallery, Bethesda MD, Jurors: Leah Stoddard, Molly Donovan & Irene Hoffmann
Broken Board Show, Black Cat, Charlottesville VA
Move It, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD |
2007 |
Cat, Gallery 85, Antwerp, Netherlands
Divide et Impera, Amadora Festival, Lisbon, Portugal; Curator: Pedro Moura; catalog
The Blogger Show, Agni Gallery, New York, NY
The Blogger Show, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
One Word Project, The Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC; Curator: J.T. Kirkland
HOW TO BE EVERYWHERE, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD
Letters, Atkinson Gallery, Southport, England |
2006 |
Salon Selectives, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
All Together Now, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, TX
Post-It, Atkinson Gallery, Southport, England
Capturing Music, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Space-Domestic, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; Curator: Jiha Moon
When You Least Expect It, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford College, MD
Cupidity, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD |
2005 |
OH HO 05, Union Printmakers, Washington DC
Hard Times II, Halcyon, Brooklyn, NY
Centered in the City, Boundless Art Space, Washington DC
Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, VA; Juror: John Ravenal
Drawing National II, University of Maryland Rockville, Rockville, MD
Hard Times, Halcyon, Brooklyn, NY |
2004 |
Art-O-Matic, Washington DC
How Sitting Affects Human Behavior, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY |
2003 |
Just a Tease, Les Boh¸mes Gallery, Troy, NY
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2002 |
Fence 2002, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY; Jurors: Ian Berry, Lisa Dorin, Mark McCarty
Salvage, Changing Spaces Gallery, Albany, NY
Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY; Juror: Linda Norden; catalog
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Invitational, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY |
2001 |
Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY; Juror: Helen Molesworth; catalog |
1996 |
Nine-O-Might, A.M. Huntington Museum, Austin, TX
Faculty Exhibition, A.M. Huntington Museum, Austin, TX
Thirty Years of Printmaking, Artspace, Richmond, VA
New Spectacular Extravaganza, New Gallery, Austin, TX |
1995 |
New American Talent, Austin Art Museum at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX; Juror: Chris Bruce; catalog |
1993 |
Group, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Big Bad, Interact Gallery, Richmond, VA |
Selected Book Art Projects
1996 |
Triple-Whammy Speedy
MFA Speedy
Speedy |
1995 |
Fakes Ache and Real Shakes
Crap-Head Weekly |
Selected Published Projects
2009 |
Un Calligramme, Abstract Comics: The Anthology, Fantagraphics (Seattle WA)
This is a Ghost, Ghosts, Bare Bones Press (Minneapolis MN)
Pencil, Emberley Galaxy, Red Panda Comics
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2007 |
A Sort of Autobiography, Café Royal Issue Zero, Café Royal (Southport UK) |
2006 |
The Only Child (collaboration with Erin Pringle), Barrelhouse Literary Magazine (Washington DC)
A Flame Expelled, Feast, Permanent Marker (Toronto) |
2003 |
Illustrations, Salvage Magazine (Albany NY)
Schulz Tribute, Top Shelf: Asks The Big Questions, Top Shelf Press (Portland OR)
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2002 |
Illustrations, Salvage Magazine (Albany NY)
Apollinaire, Stereoscomic, Rautenstrauch Press (Paris) |
2001 |
Untitled, Expo 2001, CBLDF |
2000 |
Deliverance (collaboration with Ted May), Expo 2000, CBLDF |
1999 |
"pow!" or "morse code monster" or "AAAAAAAA!!A!AA!A!AA!", Top Shelf: Under The Big Top, Top Shelf Press (Portland OR) |
1998 |
Mister Snow-Boy, Top Shelf 6, Top Shelf Press (Portland OR) |
1997 |
"d d does" or "climbing? hearing?" or "to matter to melt to", Pulse!, Tower Records
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Curatorial Projects
2009 |
Impera et Divide (with Pedro Moura), Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville VA |
2003 |
Salvage Magazine 3, Albany NY |
2002 |
Salvage Magazine 1 & 2, Albany NY |
1998 |
USS Catatrophe, www.usscatastrophe.com, Brooklyn NY & St. Louis MO
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Awards and Grants
2008 |
Finalist, The Trawick Prize
Ignatz Prize nomination, Outstanding Artist, SPX 2008
Notable Selection, The Year's Best American Comics, Editor: Lynda Berry
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2007 |
Professional Fellowship, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Pushcart Prize nomination
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2005 |
Award, Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, VA
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2004 |
Award, Art In Place, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
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2002 |
Award, Fence 2002, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
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2001 |
Award, Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
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1996 |
Xeric Grant, The Xeric Foundation
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1993 |
Graduate Fellowship, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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Selected Bibliography
2009 |
Parsons, Laura."Aesthetic Values; The Cultural Year in Review." The Hook (Charlottesville VA) 12.24.09
Suat, Ng Tong. “On Lettering - Old and New.” The Comics Journal (www.tcj.com)
Parsons, Laura."Frame by Frame." The Hook (Charlottesville VA) 04.02.09
Howsare, Erika. "Comics, Stripped." C-VILLE Weekly (Charlottesville VA) 03.31.09
Fitzgerald, Brendan. "Here, There and Everywhere." (Cover Feature) C-VILLE Weekly (Charlottesville VA) 03.31.09
Parsons, Laura. "Drawing to a Close." The Hook (Charlottesville VA)
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2008 |
Schafer, Karen. "Eyes on the Prize." Bethesda Gazette (Bethesda MD)
Randall, Bill. "Best of 2007." The Comics Journal #288
Randall, Bill. "Deaf Ears." The Comics Journal #288
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2007 |
Randall, Bill. "Warren Craghead: All Over The Map." The Comics Journal #284
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2006 |
Rems, Janet. Fairfax Times (Fairfax VA)
Capps, Kriston. "Space-Domestic." Washington City Paper vol. 26 #26, 06.30.06
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2004 |
Spurgeon, Tom. "Other People's Dreams: The Comics of Warren Craghead" The Comics Journal #263
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2003 |
Hall, Anthony F. "Free Association is Theme of Show at Courthouse Gallery." The Lake George Mirror, (Lake George NY) 05.16.03
Garcia De Rosi, Tania. "Salvage Shines Light on Region's Art." Albany Times-Union, 01.26.03
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2002 |
Berry, Ian. Fence 2002: The Art Center of the Capital Region (catalog)
Brinkman, David. "A Nice Fit." Metroland (Albany NY) 09.19.02
Santa Rita, Michael. "Literary magazine puts Focus on Capital Region." The Daily Gazette (Schenectady NY) 09.15.02
Sher, Ben. "Artistic Endeavor." Metroland (Albany NY) 06.27.02
Jaeger, William. "Simple Pleasures." Albany Times-Union, 01.20.0
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2000 |
McCloud, Scott. "Reinventing Comics." Harper Paperback
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1998 |
Spurgeon, Tom. "Origami Speedy." The Comics Journal #206
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1997 |
Kolchalka, James. "Speedy." The Comics Journal
Stump, Greg. "Young Cartoonists Profile." The Comics Journal
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