Eric Standley
b. 1968
Lives and works in Blacksburg, VA
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Selected Works
Eric Standley received his B.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art and his M.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design. He is an Associate Professor of Studio Art and the Foundations of Art and Design Coordinator for the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech. He sleeps on rare occasions and dreams that with hard work and concentration he might one day become a modernist. He holds allegiance to a faith of his own construction, which is reinvented on a daily basis.
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Omnia: Everything is Everything: Private Commission in Progress
In Fall of 2018, Eric Standley was challenged by one of his most enthusiastic patrons to break out of the frame and create his first three dimensional piece in cut paper.
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Biography
Exhibitions
Public Collections
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Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, AK
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Fountain St. Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Fusion Arts Museum, New York, NY
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Palace of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Scherenschnitt Museum, Vreden, Germany
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Universal Laser Systems, Scottsdale, AZ
Zupi Collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Solo Exhibitions
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2019 Quintessence Does Not Wait, Sharjah Museum of Art, United Arab Emirates
2018 The Phi Decreed, Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Glen Allen, VA
2017 Strata, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Daphne, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
2015 Thus You Shall Go To The Stars, Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah Museum of Art, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
In Depth, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2014 CUT: Windows to Eternity, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012 Rendered Artifacts, (2 person exhibit with Jennifer Hand) Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, VA
2011 Hidden Within, (2 person exhibit with Crimson McCaslin) Jackson State University, Jacksonville, AL
2010 The Either/Or Decreed, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, KY
2008 Works from Bipedantic, Walker Art Center, Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, VA
2007 Bipedantic, Craddock-Terry Gallery at Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2004 Underfoot, Gallery 2101, Savannah, GA
2003 Birds Talk to Me, Starlander, Savannah, GA
2001 Lego on the Moon, J. Anthony Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2000 Reinventing the Sacred, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2019 Pulp + Process, Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, MA
2018 Ties That Bind, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
Part One Crucifixion Now/Part Two Resurrection Now, Southwell Minster Cathedral, Nottingham-shire, U.K.
2017 CUT, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
2016 Von Traditionell bis Modern, Scherenschnitt Museum, Vreden, Germany
2015 Art on Paper Miami 2015, VICTORI + MO, Miami, FL
CODA Paper Art 2015 Biannual, CODA Museum Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Art on Paper 2015, VICTORI + MO, New York, NY
2014 Aqua Art Miami 2014, VICTORI + MO, Miami, FL
2013 Motif, Mantra & Mystery, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Art on Paper, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2012 Pioneers of Digital Media, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Reinterpreting the Decorative Arts, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Purely Paper, Flow Art Space, Minniapolis, MN
Devotion to Detail, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011 In/Out, The Wallace Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Pulpfiction: The Art of Paper, Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, VA
Nature and the Non-Objective Realm, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
ARCH, Manifest, Cincinnati OH
2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, FTCC Art Gallery, FTCC, Fayetteville, NC
14th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA
New Waves, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2010 Either/Or National Juried Exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2nd Annual Riverviews Juried Exhibition, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
13th Annual SECAC Members Show, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Lines Into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
7th Annual International Juried Exhibition, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Art Prize, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
LCAA National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, Strasburg, PA
LIBF National Juried Competition: Digital Works, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
Magnitude 7, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Ecstatic, Curious Matter Gallery, NJ
31st Annual Miniworks on Paper, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
International Juried Drawing and Printmaking Exhibition, Rogue Space, Chelsea, NY
Biennial LaGrange National XXVI, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Art on Paper National Exhibition, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Creative Inquiries, Chautauqua Lecture Series Juried Exhibtion, (Juror: Tina MaCalment) Eastern Kentucky University, KY
Drawing Discourse, (Juror: Deborah Rockman), Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2009 ArtPrize, Fuller Gallery, Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Paperworks 2009 International Juried Competition, (Juror: Maura Heffner, Exhibition Manager, Whitney Museum of Art, NY, NY), B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY
30th Annual Miniworks on Paper, (Juror: Steve Temple, Director of Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL) Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Art Honors Life, The Gallery at FUNERIA, Graton, CA
Projekt 30, (public juried online exhibition) www,projekt30.com
Second Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology, (Poster presentation: Selection, a collaborative installation). Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA
2008 Ashes to Art: Scattered, 4th International Biennial Juried Exhibition, (Jurors Adela Akers,
2008 Nadine, Jarvis and Sylvia Seventy), Art Honors Life, The Galery at FUNERIA, Graton, CA
Reorder/Represent, Hermann Fine Arts Center, Marietta College, Marietta, OH
2007 Grant Gallery, Sparkling Fresh Show, New York, NY
Fusion Arts Museum, What the Hell is it Ethel?, (Curated by Deborah Fries), New York, NY
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Fourth Annual International Juried Exhibition, (Juror Ben Goldman), Long Branch, NJ
The Synagogue for the Arts, Art from Detritus, (Curated by Vernita Vemec), New York, NY
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Drawing No Conclusions, (Juror Dominic Molon), Grand Rapids, MI
Corporate Research Center Knowledge Building, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2006 Radford University Art Museum, 5th Radford Art Show (Juror Wyona Lynch-McWhite) Second prize, Radford VA
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Third Annual International Juried Exhibition, (Juror Robert Curcio), Long Branch, NJ
2005 Armory Gallery, Undertow, Blacksburg, VA
Cordova Historical Museum, Fish Follies (juror Ray Troll) Best in Show, Cordova AK
August, Projekt30
Pharmaka Gallery, Semiconductors: Painting the Transmission of Information, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Pinnacle Gallery, Wondrous Reality, Savannah, GA
Poetter Hall, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Gallery 28, Savannah, GA
2001-2002 Il Mare Color Del Vino, Comune di Poggio a Caiano, Italy
1996-2002 McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2001 J. Anthony Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2000 Second Street Gallery, Reviving the Exquisite Corpse, Charlottesville, VA
