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BIOGRAPHY
Kasarian Dane received his BFA summa cum laude in painting from the University of Minnesota in 1995 and his MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998. He has shown his paintings nationally and internationally, including exhibits in Chicago, New York, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, London, England, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. His most recent solo exhibition at Rowland Contemporary in Chicago was reviewed in the February 2007 issue of Artforum International. His paintings were also featured in a review of the Bridge Art Fair in Chicago on National Public Radio’s Hello Beautiful! in May 2007.
   
 

 

EDUCATION

1998

MFA, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1995

BFA, Painting and Drawing, with Honors Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Stripes and Divisions, Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
   
2006
Co:lor: New Paintings, Rowland Contemporary, 1118 West Fulton Market, Chicago, IL
   
2005
Kasarian Dane: Untitled Paintings, Sarah Bowen Gallery, 210 N 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
   
2003
Color/Love/Color, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
 
2001
Taming the Infinite, (Two-person), NML Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
   
1995
Declaration/Dissolution, Famine Chorus Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
   
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
TRANS: ABSTRACTION, Vol. 1, Weltraum Gallery, Munich, Germany
  The Inland See: Contemporary Art Around Lake Michigan, Curated by James Yood, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
  Bridge Art Fair, with Rowland Contemporary, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
 

The DAMS, curated by Pedro Velez, Sala de Artes, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 

2006

Moreover: Practicing Representation + Abstraction, Curated by Michelle Grabner,  The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

 

Art Chicago 2006, International Art Exposition, with Devening Projects, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

 

Draw-Drawing 2, Gallery 32, London Biennale 2006, 32 Green Street, London, England

 

Projects and Editions, with Devening Projects, Hejfina Boutique, 1529 North Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL

   
2005
Nova Young Art Fair, ArtChicago, with Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
  Untitled Paintings, New York Campus Center for Art & Media Studies of Bethel College, 44 West 28th Street, New York, NY
   

2004

Draw-Drawing, Gallery 32, London Biennale 2004, 32 Green Street, London, England
  Chicago, Chicago, Chicago, Raid Projects, 602 Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

2003

The Funnel, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
   

2002

Loaded, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Small Works, New York University, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
   

2001

The Stray Show, Alternative Spaces Art Fair, 1465 W. Hubbard, Chicago, IL
   

2000

Electraslip Knife, 2153 W. Division 3R, Chicago, IL
Biennial, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Small Works, New York University, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
   

1999

AREA: Luke Batten, Kasarian Dane, Jan Estep, Susan Peterson, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL

1998

Hit and Run: Kasarian Dane, Shuko Wada, Oli Watt, Tough Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997

ABA Show: Javier Cambre, Kasarian Dane, Carrie Gundersdorf, 418 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL
   
SELECTED AWARDS

2004

Calvin Research Fellowship, Calvin College

2000

Juror Award, Small Works, New York University, Washington Square East Gallery, NY, NY
Critics Link Grant, Center for Art Criticism, Minneapolis, MN
   

1999

Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, IL
   
SELECTED REVIEWS
2007
"Kasarian Dane at Rowland Contemporary" (pdf), James Yood, Artforum International, February 2007
 

"Act 3: Outsider Art", Chicago Public Radio, live review from the Bridge Art Fair with James Yood and Edward Lifson, April 29, 2007

  “Kasarian Dane, Rowland Contemporary” (pdf), Josh Tyson, Time Out: Chicago, Issue 96: Dec 28,  2006–Jan 3, 2007
 

“Kasarian Dane: Co: lor” (pdf), AM, Flavorpill Chicago, Issue #104

   
2004
“Art on the Street: Abstract View of Division Avenue Intrigues Calvin Art Professor”, Gail Philbin, article with picture, Grand Rapids Press, Sunday, August 18, 2004
   

2002

New Art Examiner: “Recommend: Selection of essential exhibits throughout the international art world”: Selected Kasarian Dane, Nancy Maldendof, Georges Aristotles from the Madison Triennial Exhibition, May/June Issue
  “Here’s an Introduction to Madison’s Overture”, James Auer, Featured and pictured the Southport Painting in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 6, 2002
   

2001

“Taming the Infinite”, James Auer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 1, 2001

1999

New Art Examiner: “Recommend: Selection of essential exhibits in Chicago and throughout the international art world”: Selected the show AREA, October 1999
   
GALLERIES
  Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
  Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
  Artnet.com
   
CURRENT POSITION

2006 – Present

Assistant Professor, Painting, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York