email: dan@addington.com url: http://www.danaddington.com

Dan Addington has lived and worked in Chicago since 1991 after receiving his MFA in painting from Illinois State University in Bloomington/Normal. He attended Northwestern College in Orange City, IA from 1981 - 1985 and received a BA with a double major in art and theater. His work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions across the US, and is represented by Aliya|Linstrum Gallery in Atlanta, McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, Malton Gallery in Cincinnati, and Trio Gallery in Cancun, Mexico. In Chicago, Dan's work has been shown at Gwenda Jay Gallery, Struve Gallery, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Lineage Gallery, Evan Glasman Gallery, The Contemporary Art Workshop, The Greenview Art Center, The Arlington Heights Art Center, The Riverside Art Center, The Highland Park Art Center, the Loyola Medical Center, the Chicago Cultural Center, and Artchicago. He can be contacted through Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery in Chicago, where he is the director.

Addington's paintings often include combinations of anatomical imagery, romantic symbolism, and religious iconography. The works are created using a variety of materials that emphasize the paintings as visceral objects with an evocative physical presence. often, these materials are meant to recall and engage the physical body, and with the accompanying image, evoke a meditational response from the viewer. Through a mixed use of painterly languages, these works explore the nature of mortality, express a sense of loss, and address mankind's desire to locate spiritual meaning.

 

Education

 

MFA, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 1990

MA, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 1987

BA, Theater/Art, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA 1985

 

 One Person Exhibitions

 

2006 . Aliya | Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta

2006 . Malton Gallery, Cincinnati

2005 . Aliya | Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta

2004 . Aliya Gallery, Atlanta

2004 . Memory of a New Land: Five Year Survey, Te Paske Gallery, Northwestern College, Orange City IA


Feature: Janine Calsbeek, Sioux County Capitol-Democrat, Sept. 2, 2004

2004 . Five Year Survey, Atwood Memorial Gallery, St Cloud State University, St Cloud MN

2003 . Spirit and Flesh, Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery, Chicago

2002 . Sanctuary, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta

2001 . Aliya Gallery, Atlanta

2000 . WestwordAliya Gallery, Atlanta


. One Person Exhibition Loyola Medical Center, Maywood, IL
1999 . University of Wisconsin, Madison

1998 . Aliya Gallery, Atlanta


Review: Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov.13 1998 - University of Notre Dame,South Bend, Indiana. January 22 - February 15,1998. Slide lecture: Jan. 22 - One Person Exhibition, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL (Suburban Chicago), Oct - Nov, 1998 - Evan Glasman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 .. Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. September 12 - October 13, 1997
Review: Maureen Bloomfield, Dialogue Magazine, Nov., 1997 - McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas. July 1 - August 12, 1997 - New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony IN, June - Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago Review: Fred Camper, The Chicago Reader, March 21, 1997
1996 .. Entries, Lineage Gallery, Chicago (three person show)
- Ropewalker, Holy Covenant U.M.C., Chicago (three person show)
1995 .. Shadows of the Body, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA

1994 .. New Paintings, Southeast Missouri State University Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO

1993 .. Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago

Review: Kristen Brooke Schleifer, New Art Examiner, May 1993
1992 .. Relics, Arlington Art Center, Arlington Heights, IL

1991 .. Ewing Museum, Normal, IL

1990 .. Spirit/Flesh, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL


- University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1989 .. Little Journeys, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL
- New Work, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA
1988 .. Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL

1987 .. Arkansas State University Gallery of Fine Arts, Jonesboro, AR

1986 .. Works on Paper, Dean B. Ellis Library, Jonesboro, AR

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2006. "Hot Wax & Cool Artists: Encaustic Art Today", Haydon Art Center, Lincoln NE. Curated by Margaret Berry. Reviewed in The Lincoln Journal Star

2005. "12x12" The Art Center, Highland Park, IL (Second Place Award)

2005. "The Art of the Ornament", Chicago Art Foundation

2005. "Oil and Wax, Chapter and Verse", Travelling Exhibition

May 8 - June 16, 2005 - Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA; July 1 - August 30, 2005 - Siano Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; November 5 - November 30, 2005 - The Novato Arts Center, Novato CA; April 6 - May 1, 2005 - Robert Roman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

2004. "Chicago Painters", University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point WI

2004. "Flowers", Aliya Gallery, Atlanta

2004. "Waxworks III, Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery, Chicago

2003. "Childhood Revisited", Aliya Gallery, Atlanta

2001. "Waxworks II", Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery, Chicago

2000. "Botanica", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago


BOTANICA: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants. Exhibition curated by the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, and traveling through March 2002 to: Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND; University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal; Carlton College, Northfield MN; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA; Tarble Arts Center, Charleston IL; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago; University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark
Catalogue published by The Tweed Museum of Art 2000. "Materials/Techniques", Dominican University, Forest Park, IL

1999. "Botanica", Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
1999. MOCRA, Museum of Contemporary Religeous Art, St. Louis
1999. "The Love Show", Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb 5 - March 5, 1999
1999. 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, Feb 20 - March 12, 1999

1998. WAXWORKS, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL

Feature: Kevin Williams, Chicago Sun Times, Feb. 27, 1998
Arkansas City Art Center, Arkansas City, KS (three person show)
1997. Cathedral Visions III, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KY DiFalco Gallery, Chicago
1996. 46th Spiva Annual, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin MO Chicagoland Juried Exhibition, Skokie Fine Arts Assoc., Skokie IL
1995. Gallery A, Chicago Zussamen, curated by Milktooth Productions, Chicago
Painting and Content, POST Gallery, Kansas City
Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago
1994. Function/Disfunction, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago Lowe Gallery, Atlanta
Change is in the Air, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago
1993. Five Chicago Artists, Greenview Art Center, Chicago

1992. Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

Gwenda Jay Gallery
1991. 44th Mid-States Biennial Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN 11th Annual Nat. Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Mulberry School Benefit Exhibition, University Galleries, Normal
1990. New Paintings (two person show), Gwenda Jay Gallery Art/Aids: A Creative Dialogue, University Galleries, Normal IL
Truth through Metaphor, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago
New Horizons, North Shore Art League, Chicago.Juror: Harold Gregor
ISU Juried Exhibition, University Galleries, Normal, IL. Jurors:D. Cox, J. Pakosta
Jones College IL Grad Exhib., Northwestern U, Evanston, IL Juror: Martha Slaughter
13th Annual N. Dakota Juried Exhibition, Minot Art Gallery, Minot ND
5th Florida National, Florida State Museum, Tallahassee, FL (catalogue)
Annual Midwest Juried Exhibition, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
1989. 6th Annual Works on Paper Exhibit, Elgin College, Elgin IL, Juror: Susan Sensemann Illinois Juried Professional Art Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Springfield IL
Jones College IL Grad Exhib., Northwestern U, Evanston, IL Juror: Susan Sensemann
Grey House Group Show, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL
41st Mid-States Biennial, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville IN
Electrum VII, National Drawing Competition, Helena Museum, Helena MT
1989. Graduate Biennial, University Galleries, Normal, IL 19th Biennial Juried Show, Muscatine, IA Juror:Dennis Nawrocki
Illinois Juried Professional Art Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Springfield IL
Small Works Group Show, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington IL
1987. Group Members Exhibition, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington IL Jonesboro Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Jonesboro, AR

 

Awards and Honors

 

• Lilly Endowment grant, 2004
• Third Place, 46th Spiva Annual, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin MO 1996
• Elizabeth Stein Fine Arts Grant and Award, Illinois State University, Normal IL 1989
• First Graduate Painting, Illinois State University Juried Exhibition, Normal IL 1989
• Best of Show, Northwestern University All-Illinois Graduate Juried Exhibition, Evanston, IL 1989
• Best of Show, Museum Guild Purchase Award, 41st Mid-States Biennial, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville IN 1989
• Nomination, Awards in the Visual Arts,Southeast Center for Contemporary Art 1987
• Best of Show, Jonesboro Fine Arts Council Exhibition, Jonesboro AR 1986
• Best of Show, Northwestern College Juried Exhibition, Orange City IA 1984, 1985

 

Bibliography

 

• Feature: "The Ruins May be More Interesting than the Original", Janine Calsbeek, Sioux County Capitol-Democrat, Sept. 2, 2004
• Catalogue Essay: Botanica, Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, 1999, Tweed Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue
• Review: "Gorgeous Images of Loss", Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 13, 1998
• Feature: "'Boy With Gun' not meant to be prophetic", Sandra Knipe, Evansville Press, Evansville IN, April 13, 1998
• Feature: "Wax Works", Kevin Williams, Chicago Sun Times, Feb. 27, 1998
• Review: Maureen Bloomfield, Dialogue Magazine, Nov. 1997
• Review: "Articles of Faith", Fred Camper, The Chicago Reader, March 21, 1997
• Review: Kristen Brooke Schleifer, New Art Examiner, May 1993

 

 

 Brief description of working methods




1. An initial image is created on wood panel using a combination of painterly methods. Acrylics and oils are used. The image is sanded, scraped, stained, and reworked. Images may be drawn, collaged, or painted into these "background fields".

 

2. Melted, semi-refined beeswax is poured onto the wood panel. The wax may be mixed with pigment, or kept in it's light-golden state. A maximum of translucency is required to reveal the images under the wax. The wax is leveled and smoothed with a knife and heat gun.

 

3. After cooling, images may be etched with a sharp point into the wax. oil paint is often rubbed into this scraffito and wiped from the surface to emphasize the etched lines

 

4. The final, central sillouette image is painted in tar with varnish and drying agents added to increase the tar's stability. Glazes may be added to further enhance color and luminosity.


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