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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
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Steinhauser, Jill. "David Ford: White Like Me", The
Brooklyn Rail, 2008 June
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Frank, Peter, "Kansas City in L.A.", LA Weekly
– Art Pick", 2008 21 May
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Nys Dymbrot, Shana, "White Like Me". Flavor
Pill – NYC, 2008 25 April
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Fischer, Annie, "The God of Indulgence (and Anthropologie)",
Village
Voice, 2007 19-25 September
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Dahl, Elena, "Moonshine and the Mayan God of Vice",
Village
Voice, 2007 19 September
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Honig, Peregrine, “Kansas City Rising”, NY
Arts, 2006 February
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Thorson, Alice, “David Ford at Dirt”, Art
in America, 2002 April
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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.
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