Education
2005 - MFA in Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2002 - BFA in Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2002 - Lorenzo de Medici School of Art, Florence, Italy
1994 - Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C.
Teaching and Relevant Experience
August, 2012 – Present - Associate Professor of Art, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2006 – July, 2012 - Assistant Professor of Art, Texas A&M University - Commerce
Courses include Sculpture, 3-Dimensional Design, Contemporary Issues in Art, Visual Stroke / Verbal Expression, Graduate Seminar and Special Topics in Video Art, Commerce, TX
2010 - Interim Graduate Coordinator, Studio Arts, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2005 - Sculptor and Set Designer for the Puppet Co., Glen Echo, MD
2004 - Drawing Teacher for Exploration Summer Program
Yale University, New Haven, CT
2003-2005 - Teaching Assistant, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Funeral Flowers, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
2018 - New Flora, Ylang 23, Dallas, TX
2018 - Everbloom, one-day exhibition, July 9, 2018, The Box Company, Dallas, TX
2015 - Maps, Flora and Highlighters, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013 - Gathering Flora, The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2013 - Icing (Just like this...), solo exhibition, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State, Huntsville, TX
2012 - Icing (Just like this…), solo exhibition, University Gallery, Texas A&M University – Commerce, TX
2011 - When I saw you last…, solo exhibition, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2011 - Suspended Here and Hovering There, solo exhibition, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 - Excerpts and Conversations, solo exhibition at Metro Space Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 - Moved and Removed, solo exhibition at the Ulrich Museum of Art, KS
2006 - Tear, Cut, Fold and Lean, solo exhibition, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2006 - Right On Cue, solo exhibition, State of Flux Gallery in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 - Texas Sculpture SLTX, Art Museum TX, Sugar Land, TX
2022 - Chaos, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2021 - Annual Faculty Show, University Gallery,Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
2021 - Works from the Permanent Collection, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2021 - The State of Sculpture: 10th Anniversary All-Member Exhibition of the Texas Sculpture Group, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
2021 - Sculpture Today: Texas Sculpture Group, Dock Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2020 - Artrinity: Postcards for Positivity, online exhibition of works by DFW artists
2019 - May You Survive in Interesting Times, curated by Greg Metz, SP/N Gallery, UTD, Dallas, TX
2018 - Select Preview Exhibition for Galvenize, Northpark Center, Dallas, TX
2018 - Galvanize, Art for Advocacy, General Datatech, Dallas, TX
2018 - Galvanize, Preview Exhibition, NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
2017 - SMALL, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 - Not Monumental, Josephine Durkin, Jay Henderson and Stacy Fisher, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 - Surfacing, Josephine Durkin & Kristen Cochran, two-person exhibition curated by Christopher Willey, H.F. Johnson Gallery, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2016 - Works on Paper, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 - Art for Advocacy, FIG, Dallas TX
2015 - In Good Company, Eastfield College, Dallas, TX
2015 - Group Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 - Object, Object!!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2014 - Core Samples, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
2014 - Surf's Up, RE gallery, Dallas, TX
2014 - MTV RE:Define, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2014 - Lavish, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2013 - Object Abuse, Spinach, London
2012 - Five by Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2012 - Liquid Identities, International Video Art Festival, Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista, Venice, Italy
2012 - Town and Country, Brand 10 Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2012 - Wish you were here, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY
2011 - Wish! Exhibition and auction, The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011 - Dia de los Muertos, group exhibition, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2011 - Annual Faculty Exhibition, Texas A&M University – Commerce, TX
2010 - Plastic, group exhibition, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2010 - Precious, Soo Rye Gallery, Rye, NHa
2010 - Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010 - Performing Light, Lightselect Teofilo, Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy
2010 - Liquid Cities, Video, Art & Architecture Event, P4 Kuntshouse, Calgary, Canada
2010 - Annual Faculty Exhibition, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2009 - EXCHANGE: Between North and South, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
2009 - Intricacies, Lohin Geduld Gallery, NY, NY
2009 - Annual Faculty Exhibition, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2008 - Pix 2, University of Texas – Dallas, TX
2008 - Artists / Professors, Tarrant County College, Dallas, TX
2007 - Faculty Show, University Gallery, Texas A&M – Commerce
2007 - Group Exhibition with Peter Lamb, Laura Bracciale and Hedwig Jacobs CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 - Liquid Room - Video Art & Architecture Event, The Cultural Communication Centre of Klaipeda, Lithuania
2006 - Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Texas A&M University - Commerce, TX
2006 - VideoMixTape5, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
2005 - Manhatten Public Access, NY, NY
2005 - Community Theater, Art Space Annex, New Haven, CT
2005 - Video Pleasures of the East, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2005 - Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Green Hall Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004 - Adapt and Overcome, Green Hall Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004 - Gener8, Gigantic Art Space, NY, NY
2003 - Cross Town Traffic, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
2003 - First Year Graduate Work, Green Hall Gallery, Yale University, New Haven,CT
2003 - Open Studios, Hammond Hall, New Haven, CT
2003 - Senior Show, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2003 - Great Small Works: Toy Theatre Exhibition, HERE Gallery, NY, NY
2002 - Matchbox Shoebox, Bradford Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 - tion… , 817 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 - Knots and Bows, 50B, Richmond, VA
2002 - FEAR, Polka Dot Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 - To the Nth Degree, Touchstone Gallery, Washington D.C.
2002 - Set Velocity, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 - Sprung, 50B, Richmond, VA
2002 - Student Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 - projet MOBILIVRE, International Exhibition
2001 - Solids and Stripes, solo exhibition, VCU Art Space, Richmond, VA
2001 - Like a Virgin, Liberation Space, Richmond, VA
2001 - Hungry, Puddin' Heads, Richmond, VA
2001 - Methods and Madness, 815 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 - Identity, Bradford Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 - Layers, Bradford Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 - Not Accepted, Shaeffer Court, Richmond, VA
2000 - Art Count 2000, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1998 - Student Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
1994 - Student Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Selected Bibliography
2022 - The Best Things to Do in Dallas, Nov.30 - Dec. 6, Dallas Observer
2021 - Cris Worley, Featured Artist: Josephine Durkin, Cris Worley Fine Arts Instagram
2019 - Christina Rees and Brandon Zech, Glasstire Top Five: September 26, 2019
2018 - McIntosh, Monique, Saving Grace: What’s Old is New Again for an Artist near Dallas who Brings New Life to Unconventional Materials, November/December Issue, Dallas + Fort Worth, Luxe Magazine
2018 - Vanyo, Amelia, Students Combine Art and Science to help mobilize Disabled Pets, Dallas Morning News
2017 - Morgan, Kendall, Artistic thrills abound in Dallas-Fort Worth galleries in October, culturemap
2016 - Willey, Christopher, Surfacing, catalogue essay for exhibition at Carthage College
2015 - Terranova, Charissa, Fashioner of Form, Texas Arts + Culture
2015 - Smart, Lauren, 5 Art Exhibitions to See this Weekend, Dallas Observer, May 6
2014 - Sozzani, Franca, Editor in Chief @Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani's Top 10 Picks, MTVRedefine
2014 - Smart, Lauren, MTV:ReDefine Kicks off Fancy Auction with Public Exhibition, Dallas Observer
2014 - Goss, Joyce and Goss, Kenny, ReDefine, Art + Rocknroll, Dallas Contemporary, online essays and catalogue, feature on p. 36
2014 - Catherine D. Anspon, Lavish, Indeed, PaperCity, 2014
2013 - Guajardo, Erica, Dallas Contemporary Gets a Fresh Coat with New Exhibition, CRAVEdfw
2013 - A.B., Review: Dallas Art Fair: Cultivating Culture, The Economist
2012 - Murrell, Leslie, Review, Fort Worth, Town and Country, Pastelegram.org
2012 - Richards, Ryder, Art Review: Lost in Suburbia, Front Row, D Magazine
2012 - Odom, Michael, You Can Live Better, Catalogue essay for Icing (Just like this...)
2011 - Hendley, Meghen, The Front Row, Houston NPR, interview on January 29th 2011
2011 - Mayo Review, image of Filtered and Clipped (Please tell me again…) selected for the cover
2010 - Newton, Christina E., January 2010 Art Top Picks for First Fridays, www.richmond.com
2010 - Curran, Colleen, First Fridays Profile: Josephine Durkin, www.richmond.com
2008 - Braden, Mande, Femin-em-in-em: A Crash Course in the Complex Philosophy of Feminism, Naked City, Volume I, Issue IV, p. 17
2008 - Prather, Erica, Shifts and Surprises for Texas Artist at Ulrich, The Wichita Eagle, 13D
2008 - Jeremijenko, Natalie, Being Moved: On the Strange Gestures, Gentle Actions, and Moving Works of Josephine Durkin, Ulrich Project Series Exhibition Catalogue
2008 - Odom, Michael, Critics’ Pix 2, Exhibition Catalogue
2007 - Oinonen, Anders, CTRL Gallery, Houston Paper City
2006 - Teschner, John, The Rock Show, Alexandria Gazette, 3E
2006 - Warren, Jeff, Paper Rocking Chairs, www.vestaldesign.com
Selected Conferences, Presentations, Workshops and Symposia
2022 Workshop Presenter, Art Day, Texas A&M University - Commerce, Commerce, TX
2022 Artist Talk, Funeral Flowers, Cris Worley Fine Arts
2021 Member Symposium, Texas Sculpture Group, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
2020 Lecturer and Panel Member, Matter Matters, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
2018 EAST Dog Wheelcart Build with 100 Coppell Middle School West STEAM camp students
2017 Visiting Artist at Coppell Middle School West and Coppell Robotics Team: Introduction to EAST
2016 Visiting Artist and Lecturer for University of North Texas, Core Talk, Denton, TX
2016 Visiting Artist for Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2016 Panel Member for Temporary Collectives Project, Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2015 - Lecturer and Visiting Artist at University Texas Dallas, Dallas, TX
2014 - Lecturer and Visiting Artist for Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
2014 - Guest Artist and Panel Member for Chit Chat, Lavish: Art and Design, Dallas, Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2013 - Visiting Artist and Lecturer for Sam Houston State University, Sam Houston, Huntsville, TX
2013 - Guest Lecturer for the MAC PAC tour, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2012 - Visiting Artist and Lecturer for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
2011 - Lecturer and Juror for Sam Houston State University, TX
2010 - Perspectives Gallery Talk, The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2010 - Lecturer for CLiC, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2010 - Lecturer and Visiting Artist at Virginia Commonweatlh University, Richmond, VA
2010 - Selected Artist and Lecturer to run a session of Art Camp and Drawing from the Collection at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2010 - Guest Artist and Presenter at the ISAS Arts Festival, St. Mark’s School, Dallas, TX
2008 - Selected Artist and Lecturer to run a session of Art Camp at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2008 - Speaker and Presenter at the Texas Artist Education Association Conference, San Antonio, TX
2008 - Guest Speaker at the Loudoun County Rotary Club, Leesburg, VA
2008 - Guest Speaker at Potomac High School, Leesburg, VA
2008 - Guest Lecturer and Visiting Artist at Wichita State University
2007 - Guest Lecturer at the University of North Texas
2006 - Guest Speaker for Texelectronica, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2002 - Building a Car From Scratch, Joint Project with VCU Engineering Department
2002 - Microchip Programming Workshop with guest artist Michael Rodomer
Grants, Fellowships, Awards and Honors
2014 - Faculty Development Grant, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2013 - Faculty Research Award for Ceaseless Industry, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2013 - Special Project Grant, College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2012 - Faculty Development Grant, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2011 - Faculty Development Travel Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2011 - Special Project Grants
Department of Art, Graduate School of Research, and the College of Humanities,
Social Sciences and Arts, Texas A&M University – Commerce
2010 - Faculty Development Travel Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2010 - Faculty Development Leave awarded for the Spring 2011 Semester, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2009 - Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Texas A&M University – Commerce
2009 - Faculty Mini Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2008 - Faculty Mini Grant, Solo Exhibition at Metro Space Gallery, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2008 - Faculty Mini Grant, Improvements for Studio Facilities, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2007 - Faculty Mini Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2007 - Faculty Mini Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2006 - Faculty Development Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2006 - Faculty Mini Grant, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2003 - 2004 - Graduate Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
2002 - Dean's Scholarship for Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University
2002 - VCU World Scholarship,
Virginia Commonwealth University
2002 - Undergraduate Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University
2001 - Distinguished Student, Faculty’s Choice, Achievement Award, Virginia Commonwealth University
Committees
2013 - present - Graduate Council, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX
2010 - present - Faculty Development Committee, Texas A&M University - Commerce
2009 - present - Panel Member for Graduate Thesis Presentations, Visual Communication Program
2007 - present - Chair of multiple Graduate Thesis Committees
2006 - present - Committee member for multiple Graduate Thesis Committees
2008 - Department of Art Head Search Committee, Texas A&M - Commerce
2007 - Photography Search Committee, Texas A&M University - Commerce
Technical Abilities
Able to operate the following equipment:
Miter saw, band saw, table saw, jigsaw, radial arm saw, panel saw, planer, joiner, Dremel, grinder, drill press, printing press, router, chisel and mallet, welding equipment, metal lathe, milling machine, plasma cutter, sewing machine and pottery wheel. Able to cast in plastic, rubber, plaster, wax and bronze. Able to edit material using Final Cut Pro, iMovie and Photoshop.