CV
EDUCATION
2016 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 BFA Communication Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
GRANTS & AWARDS
2019 The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans
AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artist-in-Residence 2019-2020, Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture,
University of Chicago, Chicago, Il
2017 Nominee, United States Artists
Sustainable Arts Foundation Individual Artist's Grant
2016 College Art Association MFA Professional Development Fellowship
Curator's Choice Award, MFA Biennial, The Delaware Contemporary
Edward Zutrau Memorial Award, SVA
Alumni Society Thesis Award, SVA
RESIDENCIES
2021 (forthcoming) Invited Artist-in-Residence, Central College, Pella, IA
2019 The Wassiac Summer Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2018 Editions Program at The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
SPACE on Ryder Farm, Brewster, NY
The Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
2017-18 Artist-in-Residence, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019– Assistant Professor – Teaching Fellow, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
(courses taught: Drawing Multi-Level — Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Research II – Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Research I —
Fall 2019, Painting Multi-Level — Fall 2019)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 (forthcoming) Untitled Solo Exhibition, Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, IA
2020 Rue Exhibition, Arts Incubator Gallery, Arts + Public Life, University of Chicago, IL
2019 Phantom Paradise, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
New Stories of the American Negro, 411 Gallery, Columbus, IN
2018 Dream of Fires and Starshine, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
2017 No One Can Be This Tomorrow, Long Gallery Harlem, New York, NY
2016 The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2011 The Complete Color Penny Operas - Olean Public Library Gallery - Olean, NY
2008 22nd Annual Jazz Reggae Festival - UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
2006 Delano Dunn: Recent Works - Mundo Astoria - Astoria Queens, NY
2005 What Happened to Lucky's.... - Brooklyn Brewery Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 (forthcoming) Abortion Is Normal , Galerie Eva Presenhuber & Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
(forthcoming) This Is Not My Tree , NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Ad Astra Per Aspera: The Summer Exhibition , The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2018 In The Future When, Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pink Is A Color That Feels Like Love untitled exhibition, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
The Summer Exhibition, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
(con)text, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hopes Springing High, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
2017 Universal Belonging, Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL
Spirit of Community: Art of Harlem, Harlem Hospital, New York, NY
Landing, Life Lessons, New York, NY
The Space You’ve Been Given, Sisters of the Presentation, New York, NY
NURTUREart Benefit, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
2016 I Like The Sound of That, Artspace, New Haven, CT
With Liberty and (in)Justice For All?, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
popular culture is the pedagogy: MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, The Hole, New York, NY
2015 MFA Biennial, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
Shangri-la in L.I.C. - The Factory - Long Island City, NY
2014 12 Hours - Pop up show - Brooklyn, NY
2013 Untitled Project - The Experimental Space - Long Island City, NY
Salonukah - Recession Art - Brooklyn, NY
Big Future - Recession Art - Brooklyn, NY
2009 1st Annual NUDE - Manifest Gallery - Cincinnati, OH
32nd Small Works Exhibition - 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
2008 Election 2008:The Square Foot Show - Art Gotham - New York, NY
4th Annual Small Works Show - 440 Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
31st Small Works Exhibition - 80 Washington Square East Galleries - New York, NY
2007 Postcards From the Edge Benefit - Visual AIDS - New York, NY
UNcover - Kush - Ceder Rapids, IA
2002 Prevailing Human Spirit - Society of Illustrators - New York, NY
2001 Society of Illustrators 2001 Juried Student Show - Society of Illustrators - New York, NY
Pratt Institute Senior Show - Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
2000 Nobody But Myself - No Name Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
PRESS
Steve Goldbloom, “Brief But Spectacular,” NewsHour, PBS, November 14, 2019.
Jet Fuel Review , Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, No. 17 Spring 2019.
Audra Lambert, “Countdown to Truth: Delano Dunn’s Phantom Paradise at Lesley Heller Gallery,” Ante Magazine, May 24, 2019 https://antemag.com/2019/05/24/countdown-to-truth-delano-dunns-phantom-paradise-at-lesley-heller-gallery/
Brian Blair, “An artist of layers: Nationally rising creator Delano Dunn featured locally,” The Republic, Columbus, IN, May 8, 2019 http://www.therepublic.com/2019/05/09/an_artist_of_layers_nationally_rising_creator_delano_dunn_featured_locally/
Siddhartha Mitter, “Four Artists to Watch Now,” The New York Times , New York, NY, April 25, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/arts/design/artists-to-watch-galleries.html
Cassidy Dawn Graves, “Art This Week: LA Comes to NYC and Questions of the Body,” Bedford + Bowery, April 17, 2019. https://bedfordandbowery.com/2019/04/art-this-week-la-comes-to-nyc-and-questions-of-the-body/
Kurt McVey, ”Kitschy Iconography Pulled From the Depths of Pop Culture,” Hyperallergic, August 1, 2018
https://hyperallergic.com/450989/delano-dunn-dreams-of-fire-and-starshine/
Antwaun Sargent, “How Delano Dunn Uses the Rainbow to Explore Racial Progress,” Vice Creators Project, April 13, 2017
https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/how-delano-dunn-uses-the-rainbow-to-explore-racial-progress
Isa Freeling, “Black Female Astronauts, The Jubilee, and Minstrels!,” The Huffington Post, April 4, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-female-astronauts-the-jubliee-and-minstrels_us_58e44347e4b09deecf0e1b91
Seph Rodney, “Finding Darkness, Pain, and Jubilance Under The Rainbow,” Hyperallergic, March 8, 2017
https://hyperallergic.com/363110/finding-darkness-pain-and-jubilance-under-the-rainbow/
“Affordable Art Fair NYC Announces Exhibitors for Spring,” Eyes In, April 4, 2016. http://www.eyesin.com/article/art-design/art/affordable-art-fair-nyc-announces-exhibitors-for-spring
Antwaun Sargent, “Art School Exhibition Explores the Politics of Pop Culture,” VICE The Creators Project, June 7, 2016. http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/politics-of-pop-culture-art-school-exhibition
Betsy Kim, “Law, Life and Culture | I Like The Sound Of That,” WNHH Radio, New Haven, CT, June 21, 2016.
Brian Slattery, “Pictures Meet Sound,” New Haven Independent Radio, June 21, 2016. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/artspace_show/
Daniela Bizzell, “Artist Spotlight: Delano Dunn,” Artbean, April 8, 2016. http://www.artbean.com/artist-spotlight-delano-dunn/
“Delano Dunn Awarded Prestigious College Art Association Fellowship,” SVA CloseUp (blog), February 2, 2016. http://blog.sva.edu/2016/02/delano-dunn-awarded-prestigious-college-art-association-fellowship/
“The Delaware Contemporary’s Art Salad,” In Wilmington, March 24, 2016.
http://inwilmingtonde.com/events/delaware-contemporarys-art-salad-delano-dunn
Gabrielle Bruney, “Gold-Leaf Collages Contrast The Civil Rights Movement and The Space Race,” VICE The Creators Project, April 17, 2016. http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/gold-leaf-collages-contrast-the-civil-rights-movement-and-the-space-race
Jennifer Eberhart, “Affordable Art Fair back in action,” NY Art Examiner, March 30, 2016. http://www.examiner.com/article/affordable-art-fair-back-action
Kate Hartman, “7 Marvelous May Events: Samba Fest, Circus, Kenny Chesney & More!,” Connecticut Magazine online, April 27, 2016. http://www.connecticutmag.com/Blog/Arts-Entertainment/May-2016/7-Marvelous-May-Events-Samba-Fest-Circus-Kenny-Chesney-More/
Maia Schoenfelder, “Affordable Indeed,” Sweet, March 31, 2016. http://www.wearesweet.co/culture/art-design/news/g168/affordable-indeed/
“On View: Affordable Art Fair NYC presents Delano Dunn,” Black Artist News, March 30, 2016.
http://blackartistnews.blogspot.com/2016/03/on-view-affordable-art-fair-nyc.html
“PrintbyPrint Group Interviews Delano Dunn,” PrintbyPrint Group, August 8, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32HEoXnkNhU
Susan Dunne, “Arts & Ideas Hosts Two Music-Inspired Exhibits,” The Hartford Courant, June 13, 2016. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/museums-galleries/hc-music-exhibits-arts-ideas-0614-20160613-story.html
LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS/ARTIST TALKS
2020 (forthcoming) Workshop, Arts + Public Life, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Date TBD.
2019 Artist Talk, Meet the Artists , Arts + Public Life, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, December 4.
Panelist, Making It Work: Supporting Artist Parents Through Residencies , Alliance of Artist Communities Annual Conference,
Saint Paul, MN October 29.
Artist Talk, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY, May 11.
Graduate Critiques, School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts Department, New York, NY, May 9.
Artist Talk, 411 Gallery, Columbus IN, April 30.
Artist Talk, Graduate Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, April 10
2018 “Collage & Cocktails with Delano Dunn,” PES Gallery, Newark, NJ, July 19.
Guest Critic/Lecturer, Department of Performing and Visual Art, College of Staten Island,
The City University of New York, New York, NY, April 28.
Artist Talk & Collage Workshop, Supermoon Art Space, Queens, NY, March 17.
2017 Guest Speaker, School of Visual Arts Career Development Workshop: Studio Visits, New York, NY
Guest Critic/Lecturer, Department of Performing and Visual Art, College of Staten Island, CUNY, New York, NY
Panelist, Tea on Mars, Anderson Contemporary, New York, NY
Panelist, Let’s Talk: Visual Arts and Activism, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Guest speaker, MFA Fine Arts Thesis Development Class, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2016 Artist Panel: I Like The Sound The Sound Of That, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT, June 18.
“The Delaware Contemporary’s Art Salad: Delano Dunn,” Art Salad Lecture Series, The Delaware
Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, March 28.
EXHIBITIONS JURIED
2019 The Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
Residency Program, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Brewster, NY (2 cycles)
Individual Artist Grant Program, Sustainable Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2018 Individual Artist Grant Program, Sustainable Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
ART FAIRS
2018 Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
2017 Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL
2016 Pulse Miami Beach, Project for Empty Space, Miami, FL
Pulse New York, SVA, New York, NY
Affordable Art Fair, solo booth, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
Dean and Dylan Baquet
Hill Harper
Long Gallery Harlem
The Olean Public Library
Carla Shen
The Studio Museum in Harlem (Commissioned by Peggy Cooper Cafritz)