EDUCATION

The University of Maryland, College Park

·         Master of Fine Arts, painting, 2003.  4.0 G.P.A.

The University of Virginia, Charlottesville

·         Bachelor of Arts, sculpture and painting, 1994.

The Corcoran, Washington, D.C.

·         Continuing education, life drawing & painting, 1998-1999.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Exhibitions, Arlington Arts Center

·         Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia.  Curate and design shows for a privately owned non-profit contemporary arts center; liaise with community leaders and arts professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region.  August 2007 - present

Adjunct Professor of Art and Art Theory

·         University of Maryland, College Park.  Teaching Introductory and Advanced Art Theory, Introductory and Advanced Painting, Introductory and Intermediate Drawing, and 2-D Art Fundamentals.

July 2003 - August 2007

Contributing Writer

·         Washington City Paper. Award-winning gallery critic, writing 1500 – 2000 word features on art exhibitions in Washington, D.C. museums and galleries.  August 2004 - present

EXHIBITIONS
Color Invitations
·         Group show at R Street Gallery in Dupont Circle, including Maggie Michael, Amy Lin,

     and Andrew Wodzianski.  Curator: Lenny Campello.

     January 10^th – February 7^th, 2008

·         McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA.  Mid-Atlantic painting biennial.  Juror: Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. June 21st - July 28th, 2007

Ian & Jan: The Washington Body School

·         District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C.  Two-person collaboration with Meg Mitchell examining gender, art world stereotypes and local art history.  Curator: Rex Weil, editor for ArtNews.  May 11^th – June 3^rd, 2007

Definite Limits: Steve Amos, Jeffry Cudlin, Eric Garner, Meg Mitchell

·         Visual Arts Studio, Richmond, Virginia.  Four-person show of DC area abstract painters.  Artist and curator.

September 1^st - 30^th, 2006

Jeffry Cudlin: New Paintings

·         Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland.  One-man show.  Curator: Peter Collier.

August 2^nd - 31^st, 2006

Without Formula

·         Cubicle Ten Gallery, Baltimore--offsite group show in Washington, DC.  Curator: Billy Colbert.

February 4^th - 12^th,  2006

Assimilation/Dissolution: Jeffry Cudlin, Christopher Hoeting, Jefferson Pinder

·         Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, D.C.  Examining identity and gentrification in a three-person collaborative project.
January 19^th - February 25^th, 2006

The Idea of Seeing: Recent Paintings by Jeffry Cudlin

·         Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, Virginia.  One-man show.  Curator: Cloyde Wiley. 

September 9^th - 30^th, 2005

Real Parameters: Christopher Hoeting, Jeffry Cudlin, Eric Garner, Matthew Klos

·         Skambo, Columbus, Ohio.  Four-person show featuring D.C. painters. 
April 29^th - May 24^th, 2005

Show and/or Tell: Steve Amos, Jeffry Cudlin, Christopher Hoeting, Perry Johnson, Barry Scott

·         University Union Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park. Five-person show.  Artist and curator; catalogue editor.  February 10^th -  March 18^th, 2005

MFA 1

·         The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park.  Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition.  April 10 - 25, 2003

Space Explorations: Recent Paintings by Jeffry Cudlin

·         Wohlfarth Gallery, 3418 Ninth St. NE, DC.  One-man show.  Curator: Jefferson Pinder.  September 20-30, 2002

PUBLICATIONS

The Washington City Paper (Editor: Mark Athitakis)

List of 2007 Features:

·         Past Tension.  Year’s end museum roundup for 2007.

Vol. 27, No. 51, December 27^th, 2007 – January 3^rd, 2008, p. 44-45.

·         Squaresville, U.S.A.  Review of Edward Hopper at the National Gallery of Art.

Vol. 27, No. 39, October 5^th – 11^th, 2007, p. 50-51.

·         The Picture of Stealth.  Review of “Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945” at the National Gallery of Art.

Vol. 27, No. 33, August 24^th – 30^th, 2007, p. 50-51.

·         Reality Checks.  Review of Wolfgang Tillmans at the Hirshhorn Museum and Mingering Mike at Hemphill.

Vol. 27, No. 23, June 8^th – 14^th, 2007, p. 54-55.

·         The Mod that Failed.  Review of “Modernism: Designing a New World” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Vol. 27, No. 13, March 30^th – April 5^th, 2007, p. 36-37.

·         Frames of Reference.  Review of “Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film” at the Phillips Collection.

Vol. 27, No. 8, February 23^rd - 29^th, 2007, p. 44-45.

·         Split Decisions.  Review of “Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting” at the National Gallery of Art.

Vol. 27, No. 5, February 2^nd- 8^th, 2007, p. 36-38.

Kathryn Cornelius: Common Ground

·         Brochure essay for exhibition at Curator’s Office, November 3^rd – December 22^nd, 2007.

BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS

The Washington Post, Style Section, Review of Ian and Jan: The Washington Body School, Wednesday, May 23, 2007."They’ve Made a Mockery of the Color School," by Jessica Dawson,  p. C1 & C8.

The Washington City Paper, Galleries, Review of Ian and Jan: The Washington Body School, May 25, 2007,

by Kriston Capps,  p. 68.

The Baltimore Examiner, Review of Jeffry Cudlin: New Paintings

Tuesday, August 15^th, 2006.  “Swirling, Vivid Colors Create Emotional Experience,” by Marie Gullard, p. 24.

The Washington Post, Weekend Section, Review of Assimilation/Dissolution

Friday, February 10^th, 2006.  "Stealing the Show at UMD," by Michael O'Sullivan,  p. 34 - 35. 

The Kojo Nnamdi Show, NPR, 88.5 FM, WAMU

"Visual Arts Round-up," January 25^th, 2006.  In-studio guest appearance w/Jack Rasmussen & Lenny Campello.

Columbus Dispatch, Features Section, The Arts, Review of Real Parameters

Sunday, May 8, 2005. "Rising Talents Find a Roost," by Kaizaad Kotwal, p. 8G.  Rowhouses (2004) appears w/the article.

Columbus Alive; Music, Art, and Culture; A-List, Review of Real Parameters

May 4^th, 2005.  "Drink It In," by Melissa Starker, p.23.

Washington Times, Weekend Section, Pick for Space Explorations

Thursday, September 19, 2002.  Editor's picks, galleries, p. M5.  Exploded Drawing (2001) appears on front cover.

AWARDS

Third Place Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for arts criticism in papers with circulation >50,000.

DCCAH Grant, 2006

D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, FY 2006, for Assimilation/Dissolution.

TEACHING

Adjunct Faculty, 2003 –2007, Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park

·         Contemporary Art: Theory, Markets & Collecting (ARTT489A): seminar on contemporary art theory and issues surrounding institutional purchases of contemporary work.

Fall semester, 2006.

·         Elements of Painting (ARTT 320): introduction to traditional oil painting mediums, solvents, supports and techniques; review of color theory.  Fall semester, 2006.

·         Interrelation of Art and Art Theory (ARTT468B): a twelve student seminar examining perspectives on modernism and postmodernism with emphasis on cross-disciplinary thinking in contemporary artmaking practices. 

Spring semester, 2005.

·         Introduction to Art Theory (ARTT 150): a 75 student lecture hall class w/three attendant discussion sections; surveys 2000+ years of philosophy, critical thought and art-historical narrative from Plato to the Postmodern.  Each term from Fall semester, 2003, to the present.

·         Elements of Drawing (ARTT 110 & ARTT 110S): Maryland's introductory drawing course; line, texture, and value; open/closed composition; open/closed form; basic introduction to color harmonies.  Fall semester 2003; Fall semester 2004; Spring semester, 2005, Fall Semester, 2005; Spring semester, 2006.

·         Intermediate Drawing (ARTT 210): Maryland's intermediate drawing course w/emphasis on life drawing, color theory, and developing independent projects.  Spring semester 2004; Spring semester, 2006; Spring Semester 2007.

·         Two Dimensional Art Fundamentals (ARTT 100): Maryland’s introductory design/foundations course, exploring the properties of pictorial space.  Spring semester 2007. 

Summer Lecturer, 2003 - 2006

·         Introduction to Art Theory (ARTT 150): as described above.

Summer Session II, 2003-2006. 

·         Elements of Painting (ARTT 320) & Advanced Painting (ARTT428): as described above.

Summer Session I, 2003.   

LECTURES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Organizer and Moderator: Series presented with The Union Gallery at the University of Maryland.

·         Identities: Personal Perspectives. Artists’ panel exploring place, race, class, and gender in the works on view in “Flyover State Perspectives”.  Panelists: Zoe Charlton, Lauren Frances-Adams, and Steven Jones.

September 5^th, 2006.

·         What Is a Curator? Discussion of the problems of being a curator in the post-curatorial era. 

Panelists: Annie Gawlak, Scott Habes, Leigh Conner, Stewart Watson, and Andrea Pollan.

April 18^th, 2006. 

·         Contemporary Landscape: Apathy and Allegory. Examination of contemporary portrayals of landscape, landscape referents in contemporary art. Panelists: Tyler Green, Andrea Pollan, Billy Colbert, Joshua Shannon, and Patrick Craig.

November 16^th, 2005.   

Panelist

·         Who Do You Love?  Part 1: Time-based Media. Four part panel series moderated by Ian Jehle @ DCAC, Washington DC.  Panelists: Richard Chartier, Kathryn Cornelius, Jeffry Cudlin, Brandon Morse, Jefferson Pinder.

Jan 8^th, 2006.