John Erwin Dillard

johndillardprojects@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                        

 

Ringling College of Art and Design

Sarasota, FL   

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture     


Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture

Philadelphia, PA              

Master of Fine Arts

                                    

  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                                          

 

The Day Before Forever, 2024, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

When an Opening Becomes an Orifice, 2023, Prive NYC, New York, NY

Transmission Inside Out, 2020, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, BE

Pop-UP, 2019, Alfstad&Editions, Sarasota, FL

Da, Multumesc, 2019, Aparte Gallery, Iasi, RO

Immediate Past, 2017, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  


Death Card, 2024, Big Ramp Projects, Philadelphia, PA

Lineage, 2023, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Message Received, 2023, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

Kenophobic Pantomimes, 2023, Below Grand NYC, New York, NY

Cotyledon, 2022, Cotyledon Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Plantasia, 2021, Petty Cash, Brooklyn, NY

ZERO YEARS, 2020, Zomerfabriek, Minkelersstraat, Antwerp, BE

Art The Quarantine Way #3 Cyber's Handshake, YoutubeArtsSpace, Antwerp, BE

Gxrl on Grill Eat Your Heart Out , 2020, Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY

Housekeeping, 2020, Jennie Avent Gallery, London, UK 


2019

Gxrl on Grill BBQ Amuse-Bouche, 2019, Honeys Bar, Brooklyn

CSC Instructors, 2019, Willis Smith Gallery, Sarasota, FL

SCARF, 2019, Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Stanwood, WA

Archives of Shame, 2019,TACTIC, St. Luke's Crypt, Cork, IE

Gxrl on Grill BBQ, 2019, Honeys Bar, Brooklyn, NY

Monumental, 2019, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

Youth Series, 2019, Aparte Gallery, Iasi, RO


2018 

DocuFlorida II, 2018, T.T. Wentworth, Jr. State Museum, Pensacola, FL 

Le Salon Tout Inclus, 2018, M. Chapel Projects, Sarasota, FL 

Material Matters: Breaking Tradition, 2018, Brooklyn Waterfront Art Center, Brooklyn, NY 

Pilchuck Staff Show #2, 2018Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Stanwood, WA

Roach Wars, 2018, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL

Best Of Ringling: Fine Arts, 2018, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL

Making Place, 2018, MChapel Projects, Sarasota, FL

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, 2018, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL

Celebration Now, 2018, Borsbeekstraat 130, Antwerp BE, De Belly


2017

Mapping A Site in and Out of Context: Food and Ritual, 2017, Crossley Gallery, FL

Regular Ol’ Banger, 2017, Pop-Up Exhibtion, 238 S. Links Ave, Sarasota, FL

Fulldome Festival, 2017, Jena, Germany

Keep Safe, 2017, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL

COSMIX, 2017, South Florida Museum, Bradenton, FL

Best Of Ringling: Fine Arts, 2017, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Curated by Linda Yablonsky of Artforum


2016

Making Stock ,2016, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY

#PostDigital, 2016, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

Best of Ringling: Fine Arts ,2016, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Curated by Ethan Cohen, Ethan Cohen Gallery, NY


2015

Results May Vary, 2015, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL

Motion Machine, 2015, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL

Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, 2015, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL, Curated by Kara Vanderweg of Gagosian Gallery, NY and Brett Litman Director of the Center for Contemporary Drawing, NY


2014

Bamboo Scafolding, 2014 ,Two Columns Gallery, Sarasota FL, Curated by Wassan Al-Khudairi, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Birmingham Museum of Contemporary Art



RESIDENCIES                                                                


New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY- 2016


Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Republic of Ireland-2018 


Artalpha Residency at George Enescu Fine Arts University, Iasi, Romania- 2019


Penland School of Crafts Winter Residency, Penland, NC, 2022