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BORN

1964-

EDUCATION
Self-taught

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
I LIKE THIS COUNTRY

Mercy Seat Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

WHITE LIKE ME

Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York

2007
MAXIMON - THE BACKWARD DAYS
Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York

2006
GOLD STANDARD
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

2005
WELCOME
Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri

2004
IT’S OK
Gallery HQ, Kansas City, Missouri

2002
MEMORIES OF AN ALTERNATIVE PAST
Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

2000
AMERICAN HOMES
Fluxus Gallery, SMA, Mexico

1998
STANDARD HOMES
Telephone Booth, Kansas City, Missouri

1994
MIEDO
Museo Na-Bolom, Chiapas, Mexico

1990
LA SELVA
Museo De Maya, QR, Mexico

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
NewNow:BUILDING THE MUSEUM COLLECTION
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City

freshSTART
juried, Los Angeles, California

POSTCARDS FROM THE HEARTLAND
curated by Paul HA,  APF Lab, New York, New York

2008
BRONX ZOO
curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, Ghetto Gloss, Los Angeles, California

Summer Guests Show
Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles California

KC in LA

Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2007
BRIDGE ART FAIR
Satellite Exhibitions, Miami, Florida


AVENUE OF THE ARTS
Temporary Public Art Installation, commisioned by Avenue of the Arts Foundation, Kansas City Municipal Art Commission and the Downtown Council, KCMO

2006
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2006
Dolphin, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by John O’Brien

2005
STRAY SHOW /GUN AND KNIFE
Farenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Curated by Peregrine Honig


2004
MODERN MADONNA’S
Massman Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by Kate Hackman

2003
ART ON THE BOAT NAVY PIER
Fahrenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois


NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS
OPS Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2001
PIEROGI FLATFILES/KANSAS CITY FLATFILE
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
Invitation and curated by Joe Amrhein


CHARLOTTE STREET EXHIBITION
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by Kate Hackman


1999
PERSPECTIVE KC
JCCC, Overland Park, Kansas
Curated by Raphael Rubenstein-senior editor of Art in America


AWARDS & HONORS

2008-ONGOING
MUNICIPAL ART COMMISSION, mayoral appointment

2005-2008
REVIEW STUDIO GRANT RECIPIENT, Kansas City, Missouri


2007
ART OMI, International Artists’ Residency
-Additional Support Sponsorship, CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION

CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION, Granted Professional Development Retreat

THE OPEN STUDIO PRESS, NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Volume 71, Boston MA.


2004
TANNE FOUNDATION AWARD

2001
CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION AWARD



PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Francis Greenberger Foundation/ Time Equities, New York
Museo Na-Bolom, Mexico
Nerman Museum of Contempoary Art, Kansas City
Sprint, Kansas City



SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY


Articles

  • Steinhauser, Jill. "David Ford: White Like Me", The Brooklyn Rail, 2008 June
  • Frank, Peter, "Kansas City in L.A.", LA Weekly – Art Pick", 2008 21 May
  • Nys Dymbrot, Shana, "White Like Me". Flavor Pill – NYC, 2008 25 April
  • Fischer, Annie, "The God of Indulgence (and Anthropologie)", Village Voice, 2007 19-25 September
  • Dahl, Elena, "Moonshine and the Mayan God of Vice", Village Voice, 2007 19 September
  • Honig, Peregrine, “Kansas City Rising”, NY Arts, 2006 February
  • Thorson, Alice, “David Ford at Dirt”, Art in America, 2002 April
  • Rubinstein, Raphael, Senior Editor, Art in America, “Perspective Kansas City”, JCCC (catalogue), 1998 July
  • Von Ziegesar, Peter, “Kansas City’s West Side Story”, New Art Examiner, 1990 November
  • Von Ziegesar, Peter, “Artist for Amnesty”, New Art Examiner, 1987 February

Books

  • 10, Charlotte Street Foundation, p 14, 25 , 31, 61, p 11, 60-61 illus.
  • NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Volume 71, p 4, 59, p 56-58 illus.