John Douglas Powers About Contact Resume

 

EDUCATION

2008

M.F.A. The University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
*with distinction

2001

B.A. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

GRANTS

2016

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

2014                        

University of Tennessee—Knoxville, Faculty Professional Development Award

2013

1st Place Award, The Virginia A Groot Foundation

2011

Alabama State Council On The Arts Fellowship in Visual Arts

UAB College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Grant

2009

UAB Arts and Humanities Faculty Development Grant

2008

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant recipient

SECAC Individual Artist Fellowship

2006

Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts Graduate Research and Performance Grant
2001

Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award
* Juried by Sam Gilliam and Dean Snyder

AWARDS AND HONORS

2014

Artist in Residence, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Kurka Award for Faculty Achievement, University of Tennessee—Knoxville

Featured Artist, Auburn University Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference

2013

Artist in Residence, The Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA (June 2013)

2012

The Manifest Prize, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

People's Choice Award, Red Clay Survey, Huntsville, Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

Alabama Artist Award 3D, Red Clay Survey, Huntsville, Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

1st Place, Botanic/Organic, Union Stret Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

2010

Selected for Dave Bown Projects, 1st Semiannual Competition
curated by Eva Frosch

2nd Place, The Three Minute Picture Show, San Francisco, CA

2009

Awarded seventh place in ArtPrize competition, Grand Rapids, MI

Juror's Choice Award, Kentucky National 2009

Excellence in Graduate Research Award, The University of Georgia

2008

International Sculpture Center Student Achievement Award Honorable Mention

The Dean's Award, The University of Georgia

2007

Winner, Best Animated Short Film, Bald Shorts Film Festival

2004

Art Concierge Award, North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, Colorado
* Juried by James Surls

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

TBD, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (scheduled December)

Contemporary Focus, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

2015

Locus, Mason-Sharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, GA

Revenant, The Front, New Orleans, LA

Revenant, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

2014

Array, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN

Between Centers, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL

Marked By Nature, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL

2013

Nothing Is Past, Greiner Gallery, Hanover College, Hanover, IN

2012

Manifest One.3, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

Artist As Engineer, Alexander Brest Museum and Galleries, Jacksonville, FL

Konza, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS

Terra Incognita, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL

Marked By Nature, Troy University, Troy, AL

2011

Ialu, Elon University, Elon, NC

2010

Immaterial, Beta Pictoris, Birmingham, AL

Memoria, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Elysium, Vulcan Materials Gallery, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL

2009

The 2008 SECAC Artist's Fellowship Recipient Exhibition, Space 301, Mobile, AL

Remember, Cultural Arts Gallery, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

Re:Collections, Snow Gallery, Nashville, TN

2007

Volume I, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA

2006

Remember, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA

2003

Kinetic Diagrams, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN

GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2017

State of the Art, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (scheduled June)

2016

Enscribe, The Front, New Orleans, LA

State of the Art, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA

Clouds and Waves, Blue Spiral1, Asheville, NC

2015                        

Embracing Space & Color, The Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL

Artist Inventor, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2014                        

State of the Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

The Gift, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Ex-Y, Cydonia Gallery, Dallas, TX

Think Make Think, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN

Transformation, Brooklyn Sculptors Guild Members Show, Governors Island, New York, NY

Alabama Now, Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL

2013

5000 Moving Parts, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA

Juried Exhibition, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY

Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama: 2013 Biennial, Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Troy, AL

2012

Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

27th Annual Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Pulp II, Beta Pictoris Gallery, Birmingham, AL

Botanic/Organic, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

2011

Alabama's Finest, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL

15th Annual No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Sources/Origins, South Shore Art Center Cohasset, MA

Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On, The Old Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
*curated by Elin O'Hara Slavick and Carol Magee

Farewells and Introductions, The Front, New Orleans, LA

A Glimpse Inward, La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2010

SECAC/MACAA Members Exhibition, Gallery 1708, Richmond, VA

UAB Faculty Exhibition, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2009

ArtPrize, The Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI

Inspired By Motion, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Joan Mitchell Foundation 2008 MFA Grant Recipients, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY

Kentucky National 2009, The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray KY
* Juried by Mark Masuoka
* Juror's Choice Award

2008

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition, The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

Mad Zoo People, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA

La Mostra: Cortona Reunion Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art Courtyard Gallery, Athens, GA

2007

Convergence, Lamar Dodd School of Art Courtyard Gallery, Athens, GA

Random Narrative Experiments, William J. Thompson Gallery, Athens, GA

La Mostra, Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca, Cortona, Italy

Me Bike, Westergasterrein, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Opening The Music Box, Cine, Athens, GA
* Collaboration with Andrea Trombetta

Sculpture Eyedrum, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
* Juried by Bill Spence and Corrina Mensoff

2006

SECAC/MACAA Members Exhibition, The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN
* Juried by Eleanor Heartney

Vanderbilt Alumni Show, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, Nashville, TN

Music Box, Floorspace, Athens, GA
* Collaboration with Andrea Trombetta

31st Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
* Juried by William Fagaly

2005

The Down East Sculpture Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
* Juried by Tom Grubb

And Yet And Yet, William J. Thompson Gallery, Athens, GA
(two person)

Hamblet Reunion Show, Sarratt Gallery, Nashville, TN

2004

North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
* Juried by James Surls
* Art Concierge Award

The 31st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
* Juried by Randall Griffey

6th Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN
* Juried by Bob Kucher

52nd Midstates Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
* Juried by Michael Bergt

SCREENINGS AT FILM FESTIVALS

2011

Rewind: The Best of D.C. Shorts, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC

2010

The Three Minute Picture Show, The Clinton Street Theater, San Francisco, CA
*2nd Place
Artificial Flowers, Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN

2007

CamboFest: Siem Reap Edition, Siem Reap (Angkor Wat City), Cambodia

D.C. Shorts Film Festival, Landmark E Street Cinema, Washington, DC

CamboFest, Venue-X, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

3rd Annual Bald Shorts Film Festival, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
* Winner, Best Animated Short

2006

3rd Annual Secret City Film Festival, Oakridge Community Playhouse, Oakridge, TN