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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Being a native of Paris, Texas, I spent much of my childhood exploring the vast woods near my home. Growing up in this small, isolated, East Texas town and investing long periods of time communing with nature has kept me in touch with my environment.
In 1968, I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas, where I studied to become a Graphic Designer. Following my graduation from college, I moved to Dallas, where I lived and worked as a Graphic Designer for over 30 years.
In the fall or 1996, I applied to The University of North Texas to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts/Drawing & Painting. In December of 2000, I received my MFA degree.
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DAVID N RAINEY
VISUAL ARTIST
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
First and foremost, I am a product of my environment. Growing up in a small town in northeast Texas has saddled me with a most peculiar sense of irony, and a tendency toward exaggeration, for which I am eternally grateful . . . I think!!!
My current work deals with exploration into two areas:
1 :: personal observations of life, past and present,
indigenous to this area and,
2 :: thematic musings on universal connectedness.
Readily apparent in my work is the sense of fragility of time, the inevitability of obsolescence, the perpetuation of memories and the human compulsion to communicate. I often utilize reductive techniques to abrade surface content and texture in order to reveal obscured elements painted beneath. Dotted or dashed lines represent life and death cycles, lineage, or personal historical references—in other words—the passage of time. Grid patterns suggest memories of people, places, and moments or events remembered, as well as futuristic fantasies.
I frequently infuse graphic symbols along with architectural and mathematical elements to suggest a common thread, which not only ties us to our cultural, historical past, but also provides a window through which we may glimpse a broader sense of who we are. Ideally, this body of work is emblematic of the microcosm within which we exist.
My recent body of works can generally be epitomized by the juxtaposition of appropriated imagery frequently representative of cosmic elements and events, and often combined with symbolic drawings. This content is also frequently accompanied by text or typography. Surfaces are usually distressed or abraded to partially reveal obscured layers of imagery and text. Great emphasis is placed upon the omnipresent, often pervasive power of symbolism in our culture. Themes of connectedness, communication and remembrance of personal life experiences are inherent in my work.
I believe my style, palette, and choice of subject matter to be emblematic of my Texas roots and embrace my deep appreciation for my place of origin; however, I now live and work in Cortez, Colorado; an area that constantly inspires me.
EXHIBITIONS & ACCOLADES
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 :: Recent Mixed Media Works, David Rainey, Recent Small Mixed Media Paintings Cortez Recreation Center, Cortez, Colorado, Sept. 1 -30
2011 :: Recent Small Works, David Rainey, Recent Small Mixed Media Paintings Cortez Recreation Center, Cortez, Colorado, Dec. 1 -31
2010 :: Profound Hubris, David Rainey, Recent Mixed Media Paintings Desert Pearl Gallery, Cortez, Colorado, April 7 – May 4
2009 :: Alta Atelier, David Rainey, Visual Artist / Darian Thomas, Fashion Designer, Alta Design District Lofts, Dallas, Texas, September 19
2006 :: David Rainey/New Paintings, Siren Gallery, Dallas, Texas, May 1-30
2005 :: David Rainey/Recent Work, Siren Gallery, Dallas, Texas, December 1/05–January 14/06
2004 :: New Works on Paper/David Rainey, Siren Gallery, Dallas, Texas, August 10-September 9
2003 :: Passage Gallery, Starbucks Corporate , Dallas, Texas, March 10-April 10
2002 :: David Rainey/ New Work, The Karen Mitchell Frank Gallery, Dallas, Texas, February 1-26
2000 :: M.F.A. Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, October 14 – November 12
:: Haute Art, Exhibition and Auction, ArtCentre of Plano, November 1-15
1999 :: Icons, Heirlooms and other Detritus , The ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, Texas, October 9 - November 20
1998 :: Recent Works/David Rainey, The Plano Centre, Plano, Texas, December 1 - 31
1997 :: David Rainey/New Works on Paper, The ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, Texas, October 9 - November 20
:: Celestial Numerical Habitats, Plano Municipal Center, Plano, Texas, November 1 - 30
:: Recent Paintings by David Rainey, The Plano Centre, Plano, TX, December 1 - 31
1996 :: David Rainey/Emergence, The Union Gallery at The University of North Texas, Denton,Texas, September 16 – October 4
:: New Works on Paper by David Rainey, Borders Books & Music, Plano, Texas, February 1-28
1995 :: Just a Little More Space/Small Works, Coffee Works, Plano, Texas, June 15–August 17
1992 :: David Rainey/Small Works on Paper, Borders Books & Music, Dallas, Texas, February 3-25
1989 :: Interfirst Bank, Paris, Texas, October 5-November 4.
1987 :: David Rainey/Recent Paintings, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas,Texas, February 26-March 4
REVIEWS
Cortez Journal :: The Arts, Cortez, Colorado, August 12, 2010. Rainey Shows Mixed Media by Jeanne Archambeault
Mancos Times :: Mancos, Colorado, August 11, 2010. Local Artist’s Work Means Different Things to Everyone by Jeanne Archambeault, Mancos Times Editor
Free Press :: Cortez, Colorado, April 2010, Profound Hubris opens at Desert Pearl Gallery, Cortez, CO
TVAA Brushstrokes :: January/February 20006, Citation Winners
TVAA Brushstrokes :: November/December, TVAA Brushstrokes, September/October 20005, National Competition Winners
Dallas Morning News :: Entertainment Guide, ART, February 15, 2002. Postmodern bent at The Karen Mitchell Frank Gallery, by Mike Daniel
Dallas Observer :: Mixed Media at Karen Mitchell Frank, February 20, 2002
Plano Star Courier :: Spotlight on Art, Friday March 30, 2001, Shawn Floyd
Dallas Morning News :: Entertainment Guide, ART, September 22, 2000. Quick Sketch: Group Show at 500X, by Mike Daniel
The ArtCentre Journal :: October 1999. Icons, Heirlooms and other Detritus, mixed media by David Rainey
The Met :: Twelve New Texas Talents, August 12, 1998, by Annabelle Massey
Dallas Morning News :: Entertainment Guide, ART, July 24, 1998. Local Color, Area artists dominate ‘New Texas Talent’ show, by Mike Daniel
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Raven House Gallery :: Mancos, CO
SELECTED JURIED COMPETITIONS
2015 :: Durango Arts Center , 39th Annual Juried Competition, Feb. 20th – Mar. 21st, 2015 - Juried by Elizabeth Stannard
2014 :: Annual Juried Competition, Cortez Cultural Center, Cortez, CO
:: Durango Arts Center , Members Exhibition, Oct. 14 - Nov. 15, 2014
2011/12 :: Shy Rabbit International Print Competition 3, Shy Rabbit Contemp. Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
:: Nov 22-April 2012. Juried by Dr. Juergen Strunck, Professor of Art, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2008 :: TVAA Citation 2008, The Art Centre of Plano, Plano, Texas, October 3 -30. Juried by Dr. John Marcucci, Director of Haley-Henman Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2007 :: Outside the Lines, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas. Juried by Sue Flynn, Director of Norwood Flynn Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Ryan Fitzer, Director of Art Galleries at Mountain View College. Viola Delgado, Adjunct Curator of the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas
2005 :: TVAA Citation 2005, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas, October 8-23. Juried by Gary Washmon, Professor of Art, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas.
:: Texas Visual Art Association 2005 National Juried Exhibition, Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas, July 16-August 14, Juried by Dr. Edmond Pillsbury, Director of The Meadows Museum of Art and former Director of The Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
2004 :: 2004 “Critic’s Choice”, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art , Dallas, Texas, June 15-August 24
:: Juried by Diana Friis-Hansen, Executive Director of the Austin Museum of Art
2001:: 2001 “Critic’s Choice”, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, June 15-August 24. Juried by Dr. Steven A. Nash, Director of The Nasher Sculpture Center and Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
:: Plano Art Association, 2001 National Juried Exhibition, The Art Gallery at Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, April 4-20. Juried by Virginia Cobb
1999 :: Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth, Texas, April 9 - May 8. Juried by Marti Mayo, Director Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
1998 :: Plano Art Association 1998 National Juried Exhibition, The ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, Texas, March 17-April 11. juried by Darnell Jones
:: New Texas Talent 1998, Craighead-Green Gallery, Jul. 24 - Aug. 29, 1998 State-wide Juried Competition, Dallas, Texas, Juried by Robert McAn, Curator, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
:: 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, North Texas Area Art League, Meadows Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, March 15- April 23. Juried by Mary Vernon, Associate Professor of Art, Southern Methodist University
1997 :: Voertman Annual Art Exhibition Forum Gallery at The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas April 14 – 24. Juried by Annette Carlozzi, Curator of American and Contemporary Art, Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, Nancy Bless, Gallery Director, The Center for Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas.1996
:: Student Art Competition, Union Gallery at The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas February 19-March 8. Juried by Harlowe Hodges, Artist in Residence: state of Oklahoma
1993 :: Texas/Neighbors Art Competition, Cultural Arts Center, Irving, Texas, April 18 - May 14. Juried by Doug Dawson, Instructor at Colorado Institute of Art.
1988 :: Richardson Fine Arts Association Open Competition, Richardson Civic Center, Richardson, Texas, August 1-30
1987 :: Texas/Neighbors Art Competition, Cultural Arts Center, Irving, Texas, April 11-May 8. Juried by Jo Ann Durham, Leo Smith and Hal Warnick
1986 :: Texas Visual Arts Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas, December 5/06-January 3. Juried by Wilfred Higgins, Professor of Art at The University of North exas
:: “Critic’s Choice”, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, September 11-29. Juried by Edith Baker, Edith Baker Gallery; Jutta Clifford, Clifford Gallery: Foster Goldstrom, Foster Goldstrom Gallery; Anita Middleton, Adams Middleton Gallery and Frank Moss, Nimbus Gallery
AWARDS
Honorable Mention :: Durango Arts Center, 39th Annual Juried Competition, Feb. 20th – Mar. 21st, 2015
First Place/Mixed Media :: 2014 Cortez Cultural Center Annual Juried Competition
Best of Show :: TVAA Citation 2005, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 8-23, 2005
Third Place :: 2005 National Juried Exhibition, Texas Visual Art Association, Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas, July 16-August 14, 2005
Award of Excellence :: 2001 National Juried Exhibition, Plano Art Association,The Art Gallery at Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, April 4-20, 2001
Finalist :: New Texas Talent 1998, State-wide Juried Competition, Craighead-Green Gallery, Jul. 24 - Aug. 29, 1998, Dallas, Texas
Best of Show & First Place :: Mixed Media (2 different works) 1998 National Juried Exhibition, Plano Art Association, The ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, Texas, March 17-April 11, 1998
Holbein Award :: 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, North Texas Area Art League, Meadows Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, Mar. 15- Apr. 23, 1998
Second Place :: Mixed Media Texas/Neighbors Art Competition, Cultural Arts Center, Irving, Texas, Apr. 18 - May 14, 1993.
WORKS IN INSTITUTIONAL & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Stephen Altman Photography, New York, NY
L’Horset/Paris, Paris, France
University of Texas at Dallas
First Interstate Bank, Dallas, TX
Power & Power, LLC, Attorneys at Law, Dallas, TX
ComTechnological, Inc. Dallas, TX
Boardroom Technology, Dallas, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 :: Member Exhibition, Durango Art Assoc./ Barbara Conrad Gallery, Durango, Colorado. Oct. 20 – Nov.15
2013 :: Gallery Collective, Raven House Gallery, Mancos, Colorado. June 20 – July15
2012 :: Mesa Verde/ Mancos Valley Balloon Festival, Featured Artist, Raven House Gallery, Sept. 23 - 25
2011 :: 23rd Annual Colorfest Arts and Crafts Festival, Mancos, Colorado. Sept. 3 - 4
:: Mancos Days, Artisans of Mancos Gallery, Mancos, Colorado. Art Festival. July 29 – 31
:: 30th Annual Four Corners Arts and Crafts Festival, Mancos, Colorado. June 11
2010 :: Invitational Collective, Desert Pearl Gallery, Cortez, Colorado. Invitational Exhibition, July 7 – August 1
2009 :: Magic Mirrors and Alter Egos, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas. Invitational Exhibition sponsored by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. September 5 – October10.
2008 :: “3-D & More”, TVAA Gallery at the Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas, August 1-29, 2007
:: “Outside the Lines”, The Bathhouse Cultural Center, June 2-30
:: Works on Paper, TVAA Gallery at the Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas, June 1-28
:: Spring Gallery Walk, PanAmerican Art Projects, Dallas, Texas, April
2006 :: David Rainey/New Paintings, Siren Gallery, Dallas, Texas, June 10-July 10
2005 :: New Faces/New Works, D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, Washington, April 2-16
2004 :: PanAmerican Art Projects, Dallas, Texas, October 14-November 12
::Autumn in Seattle, Fall Gallery Walk, D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, Washington, September 10-24
2003 :: Art Faculty Exhibition, Arts Gallery at Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, September 1-30
2002 :: Gallery Artists Collective, Karen Mitchell Frank Gallery, Dallas, Texas, July 1-29
2000 :: Recent works by Brad Cushman, Steven Price & David Rainey, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, February 5-March 5
:: MFA Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, October 14-November 12
1999 :: Rearview, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, November 20 - December 19
:: Uncommon Denominators, Continental Gallery, Dallas, Texas, December 1/99-February 5/00
1996 :: Texas Artists & Sculptors Association Member Exhibition, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, June 28-August 2
1993 :: Season Opener, New Works by Gallery Artists, Schimelphenig Gallery, Plano, Texas, September 1-30
1991:: Emerging Voices, Prism Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, April 1-31
:: Art Faculty Exhibition, Forum Gallery at Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, January 13-31
1990 :: Mixed Media on Paper, Imagination Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Dec. 1989 - Jan. 1990
1989 :: Fall Gala, Saffle Gallery, Paris, Texas, Nov. 10 - 30, 1989
1988 :: David & David 2, New works by David Hobson & David Rainey. D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, February 11-16
1987 :: New Artists, Emporium Gallery, Dallas, Texas, July 1-15
:: David & David, Works by David Hobson & David Rainey, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas, February 1-14
