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


2006

a map's little spell, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA (solo)

Hello, Cul-De-Sac!, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA


2005

True Defenders of the Craft, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (solo)


2004

Happy Ending, Galerie Bizowl, L'Auberge Du Lac Morency, St-Hippolyte, Canada




Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

New Waves, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach VA


2009

Silent Pictures, James Gallery, CUNY, New York NY


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


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


2010

seed toss, new waves


2009

a circle, a sphere

The Surf and The Face

Seed Toss, Trench Sent

The Dot & The Line


2008

Seed Toss, Rough Cut

petals, a spell

Lisboa, Lisbon


2007

HOW TO BE EVERYWHERE


2006

www.amapslittlespell.com


2005

The Problem With Chemistry
(collaboration with Roger Noyes)


2004

Jefferson Estates: Phases One, Two and Three


2003

Other People's Schemes
(collaboration with Roger Noyes)


2002

thickets


2001

Jefferson Forest


1999

Origami Speedy


1997

Deluxe Speedy


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


2008

A Flame Expelled, Top Shelf Press (online project), (Portland OR)


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)


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





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




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

2007 Professional Fellowship, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Pushcart Prize nomination

2005 Award, Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2004 Award, Art In Place, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

2002 Award, Fence 2002, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY

2001 Award, Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY

1996 Xeric Grant, The Xeric Foundation

1993 Graduate Fellowship, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA



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)


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


2007 Randall, Bill. "Warren Craghead: All Over The Map." The Comics Journal #284

2006 Rems, Janet. Fairfax Times (Fairfax VA)

Capps, Kriston. "Space-Domestic." Washington City Paper vol. 26 #26, 06.30.06

2004 Spurgeon, Tom. "Other People's Dreams: The Comics of Warren Craghead" The Comics Journal #263

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


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


2000 McCloud, Scott. "Reinventing Comics." Harper Paperback

1998 Spurgeon, Tom. "Origami Speedy." The Comics Journal #206

1997

Kolchalka, James. "Speedy." The Comics Journal

Stump, Greg. "Young Cartoonists Profile." The Comics Journal


 

 






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