NEWS
Rush Arts Gallery Residency Program
July - August 2012
526 W 26th St.
New York, NY 10001
Corridor Gallery
Formed Perceptions
April - May 20th, 2012
334 Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238-1924
718-230-5002
http://www.rushartsgallery.org/index.html
The deCordova Biennial
deCordova Museum
Lincoln, MA
January 2012
NARS (New York Arts Residency and Studio Foundation)
New York, NY
January - June 2012
YADDO Residency
Saratoga Springs, NY
November - December 2011
Cosmic Commentaries
Michiko Itatani and Cullen Washington, Jr
November 2 - December 14, 2011
Dominican University
O'Connor Gallery
Lewis Hall 4th Flr
7900 West Division St. River Forest, IL 60305
www.dom.edu/departments/artDepartment/gallery.html
"Superheroes"
October 8, 2011- January 7, 2012
516 ARTS
516 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Soho20 Chelsea
16th Annual Juried Exhibition
Curated by Dean Daderko
July 26 - August 20, 2011
Opening Reception
Thursday July 28, 6-8pm
547 West 27th St.
Suite 301
NEW YORK, NY 1000
NKA Journal of African Art
Magdalena Campos Pons interviews Cullen Washington Jr.
November Issue
http://www.nkajournal.org/
Ceci n'est pas une Black History Month Show
Cullen Washington, Jr and Taryn Wells
Curators Christine Dehne and Charles McGill
Jan 26 – Feb 24, 2011
Arthur M. Berger Gallery
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Bridgewater State College
Solo Exhibition
November 2010
131 Summer Street,
Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325
Hallspace Gallery
Solo Exhibition
October 2010
950 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02125
Skowhegan Artist Residency
June12 - August 14 2010
Skowhegan, Maine
CUE Foundation Group Exhibition of
The 2009 Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Recipients
June 10, 2010
6-9pm
511 West 25th Street, ground floor
New York, NY 10001
212-206-3853
ARTIST STATEMENT
SPACE IS THE PLACE
Cullen Washington,Jr.’s current body of work utilizes objects bearing evidence of southern culture and social memory. His desire is to reconcile his specific cultural identity with the broader context of the universe. In doing so, Washington creates binary representations that signify place and space. The use of Black and white tonalities reference this tension between the individual and the universal. Conversations between social histories and cosmic esoterics create a new cosmology. Basketball hoops become black holes, catfish nets become alien motherships and wood paneling becomes nebula.
In making the work, Washington approaches sculpture and photography with a drawing sensibility. And in turn, creates drawings with sculptural qualities. To further contrast conditions, photos are placed beside drawings and sculpture beside video. Each individual piece works within a gestalt. One piece informs the other in a collective narrative.
Rush Arts Gallery Residency Program
July - August 2012
526 W 26th St.
New York, NY 10001
Corridor Gallery
Formed Perceptions
April - May 20th, 2012
334 Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238-1924
718-230-5002
http://www.rushartsgallery.org/index.html
The deCordova Biennial
deCordova Museum
Lincoln, MA
January 2012
NARS (New York Arts Residency and Studio Foundation)
New York, NY
January - June 2012
YADDO Residency
Saratoga Springs, NY
November - December 2011
Cosmic Commentaries
Michiko Itatani and Cullen Washington, Jr
November 2 - December 14, 2011
Dominican University
O'Connor Gallery
Lewis Hall 4th Flr
7900 West Division St. River Forest, IL 60305
www.dom.edu/departments/artDepartment/gallery.html
"Superheroes"
October 8, 2011- January 7, 2012
516 ARTS
516 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Soho20 Chelsea
16th Annual Juried Exhibition
Curated by Dean Daderko
July 26 - August 20, 2011
Opening Reception
Thursday July 28, 6-8pm
547 West 27th St.
Suite 301
NEW YORK, NY 1000
NKA Journal of African Art
Magdalena Campos Pons interviews Cullen Washington Jr.
November Issue
http://www.nkajournal.org/
Ceci n'est pas une Black History Month Show
Cullen Washington, Jr and Taryn Wells
Curators Christine Dehne and Charles McGill
Jan 26 – Feb 24, 2011
Arthur M. Berger Gallery
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Bridgewater State College
Solo Exhibition
November 2010
131 Summer Street,
Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325
Hallspace Gallery
Solo Exhibition
October 2010
950 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02125
Skowhegan Artist Residency
June12 - August 14 2010
Skowhegan, Maine
CUE Foundation Group Exhibition of
The 2009 Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Recipients
June 10, 2010
6-9pm
511 West 25th Street, ground floor
New York, NY 10001
212-206-3853
ARTIST STATEMENT
SPACE IS THE PLACE
Cullen Washington,Jr.’s current body of work utilizes objects bearing evidence of southern culture and social memory. His desire is to reconcile his specific cultural identity with the broader context of the universe. In doing so, Washington creates binary representations that signify place and space. The use of Black and white tonalities reference this tension between the individual and the universal. Conversations between social histories and cosmic esoterics create a new cosmology. Basketball hoops become black holes, catfish nets become alien motherships and wood paneling becomes nebula.
In making the work, Washington approaches sculpture and photography with a drawing sensibility. And in turn, creates drawings with sculptural qualities. To further contrast conditions, photos are placed beside drawings and sculpture beside video. Each individual piece works within a gestalt. One piece informs the other in a collective narrative.
