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EDUCATION

1981

MFA, University of New Mexico, Photography

1978

MA, University of New Mexico, Photography

1975

BA, University of Rhode Island, English Literature and Philosophy

COMPUTER / DESIGN EXPERIENCE

1998-present

Owner / Designer: invisibleimage.com, creating web sites and multimedia presentations for small businesses and organizations. Pomfret, Vermont.

2002-present

Web Support and Graphic Arts Specialist, Dartmouth College, Baker-Berry Library, Education & Outreach.

2003-2005

Taught Photoshop classes at Lebanon College, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

1996-2002

Media Designer for PhotoArk Digital Imaging, South Woodstock, Vermont. Scanning, image restoration, web page and multimedia design, digital audio editing. Experience with PhotoShop, BBedit, HTML, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, DeckII, SoundEdit16, on MacOS.

1998

Taught Computer Design course, College of Continuing Education, University of Rhode Island, Providence. Spring Semester.

1997-1998

Visuals Technician, Providence Journal, Providence, RI. Scanned news and features photographs, negatives and wire photos; pre-press correction.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Since 1978 I have taught Photography courses on both undergraduate and graduate levels at The University of Massachusetts, Boston; The University of Rhode island, Kingston; Vermont College MFA Program, Montpelier; Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; The University of Southern California, Los Angeles; SUNY College, Buffalo, NY; and The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. I have served as a Visiting Artist at The Rhode Island School of Design (1991) and Ohio University (1995).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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1999

AS220, Providence, Rhode island; Main Street Museum of Art, White River Junction, Vermont.

1998

Fine Arts Center, Corridor Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

1996

Main Street Museum of Art, White River Junction, Vermont.

1995

Art Department Gallery, Ohio University at Athens, Ohio.

1994

Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, Vermont. (In conjunction with Abenaki Material Culture Exhibit.)

1993

Chimney Point State Historic Site, Addison, Vermont (With Abenaki Material Culture Exhibit.)

1992

Chandler Gallery, Randolph, Vermont. (With Abenaki Material Culture Exhibit.)

1991

Rhode Island School of Design, Red Eye Gallery.

1990

Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont.
Tufts University, Wessell Library, Medford, Massachusetts.
Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Bradford, Massachusetts.
Vermont Council on the Arts "Spotlight" Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont.
Forum Gallery, Jamestown, New York (two-person show, with G. Peter Jemison).

1989

Burlington City Hall, Burlington, Vermont.

1988

Moon Brook Arts Union, Rutland, Vermont.
Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, Vermont.

1987

Art Department Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Fine Arts Center, Photography Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

1982

The Gallery, San Francisco, California.

1981

Fine Arts Center, Photo Gallery Corridor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

1980

Hallwalls Gallery, Matrix Room, Buffalo, NY.

1979

MFA Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum, University of New Mexico.

1978

MA Thesis Exhibition. Fine Arts Museum. University of New Mexico.

1976

Sunn Photo Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire.

1975

Skylight Studio, Providence, RI.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2006

4X4 on 4, Collaborative traveling exhibit of video/sound sculptures, with Charlet Davenport, Elizabeth Mayor and Peter Blodgett. Venues included The Carving Studio, Rutland, Vermont, and The Main Street Museum, White River Junction, Vermont.

1995

New England Biennial, Photographic Resource Center, Boston.

1994

Re-invented Documentary, Beelke Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

1992

Sculpture Fest, Woodstock, Vermont. (Also in 1993 & 1999)
October Surprise, Chandler Gallery, Randolph, Vermont.

1989

Photographic Installations, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

1988

Faculty Exhibition, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

1986

Photo-mosaics: The Landscape Reconstructed, Photographic Resource Center, Boston.
Vision/Form, Photographs by Francois Deschamps, Dennis Grady and Alan Teller, Stewart Gallery, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

1985

Artists and Photographic Installations, San Francisco Camerawork. Traveled also to CEPA Gallery, Buffalo.

1984

Responding to Photography -- Selected Works from Private Toronto Collections, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

1983

The Alternative Image, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.
Photography Invitational, Graves-Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire.

1982

Text/Picture Notes, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
Words and Images, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, California.
Frederick Sommer/Dennis Grady/Ruth Bernhard, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon.

1981

Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, State University College of New York at Buffalo. (Also 1979,1980).

1980

US Eye, Visual Studies Workshop Traveling Exhibition.
Alternatives 1980, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; A Space Gallery, Cleveland; Silver Image Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.

AWARDS

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1992

Vermont Council on the Arts Project Grant.

1991

Vermont Council on the Arts Finalist Award.

1981

National Endowment for the Arts Photographer’s Fellowship.

1979

Purchase Award, "Perception: Field of View," Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies.

1977, 1978

Ford Foundation Grants, Photo serigraphy.

LECTURES

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2001

Public lecture on work and Photography class guest artist, Studio Art Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

1996

Guest Lecturer, The Social Production of Art seminar, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

1995

Public lecture on work, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Gallery talk, New England Biennial Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston.

1991

Public lecture on work, Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist Series.

1990

Gallery talk on installation, Bradford College.

1989

Public lecture on installation work, Art Department, University of Connecticut.

1984

Panel Discussion on Photography and Aesthetics, Rhode Island School of Design. Panelists: Frederick Sommer, Emmet Gowin, David Hanson, Dennis Grady, and others. Moderated by Gary Metz.

1983

Public Lecture on work in Photography & Aesthetics, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies.

1981

Public lecture on work, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Costello, Michael. "Texture and Content," Afterimage 6:8, March 1979, p. 16. (Review, illustrated).
Grady, Dennis. "The Devolutionary Image: Toward a Photography of Liberation," in Cadencies, Photologies and Ruminations: Essays on Photographic History, ed. John Bloom, San Francisco Camerawork Press, 1989.
___________. "Fire and Ice: Thoughts on Projection, Time and Deception as Elements of the Photographic Portrait," in The Portrait, a U-Turn Monograph, ed., D. Grady and J. Hugunin, Los Angeles, 1985.
___________. "Investigative Documentary Project and Investigative Report on a Miracle," in Discovering a Personal Photographic Vision - A National Anthology of Photographic Assignments, ed. Philip Krejcarek, Carroll College, Wisconsin, 1986.
___________. "Philosophy and Photography in the Nineteenth Century," in Reading Into Photography, ed. Tom Barrow, et. al. University of New Mexico Press, 1982.
___________. "Photography and Aesthetic Logic: Prolegomena to a General Theory of Photography," in New Mexico Studies in the Fine Arts, Vol. VIII, 1983, pp. 17-20.

Markham, Pamela, "Christine Osinski: Swimmers; Dennis Grady: Book Pictures," Art New England, Dec '98/Jan '99, pp. 49-50. Review of exhibition at Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Strauss, David. "Pieces of an Exhibition," Artweek, February 1985. (Review of Artists and Photographic Installations.)
Sutnik, Maia-Mari. "Notes to the Exhibition," Responding to Photography, Toronto, 1984. (Exhibition catalog, Art Gallery of Ontario. Discussion of Common Knowledge series, p. 36. Illustration, p. 87.)
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