ARTWORK INFO CONTACT

 

Elizabeth A. Gerdeman
Dresden, Deutschland / Columbus, OH, USA / egerdeman@gmail.com
 
Education  
   
2008 M.F.A., Art, The Ohio State University
  Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Fine Arts
2004 B.F.A., Fine Art, Columbus College of Art and Design
  Summa Cum Laude, Concentration in Painting and Printmaking
  Art History Minor, Art Therapy Minor
 
   
Grants & Awards  
   
2011 Sistercity Expense Allowance for Artists, Landeshauptstadt Dresden
2009 Greater Columbus Arts Council Dresden/Saxony Artist Residency,
  Germany Residency in 2010
  Juror's Choice Award, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried by Iduna Bohning
  and Rosemary Fiore
2007 Teaching Associateship, The Ohio State University
2006  University Fellowship, The Ohio State University
2004 Joseph V. Canzani Award, Columbus College of Art & Design
2003 Edward G. & Maxine Tracy Scholarship, Columbus College of Art & Design
2001 – 2004 Dean’s List and/or President’s List, Columbus College of Art & Design
2001 Four-Year Academic Scholarship, Columbus College of Art & Design
  Americorps Education Award
2000 Americorps Education Award
 
 
Solo Exhibitions  
   
2011 Superimposition, A und V, Leipzig, Deutschland
  Wanderlust, ItLooksLikeItsOpen Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006 Neighborhoods, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 Recent Works, Canzani Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
   
   
Selected Group Exhibitions  
   
2012 Room + Style, Künstlermesse Dresden, Messe, Dresden
2011 Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
  Means to No End, Skylab Gallery, Columbus OH
  Rooms To Let, House Project, Columbus, OH
  Maps Project, Fill In The Blank Gallery, The MDW Fair, Visual Arts Landing, Chicago
  Visiting Faculty Exhibition, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH
2010 Fortify, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH
  Apart, geh8 Kunstram, Dresden, Germany
  HouseWARNING, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  Calling Beauty, Bureau for Open Culture, Curated by Jim Voorhies
  Canzani Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
  Inhabit, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, ID
2009 Drawing It Out: An Exploration of the Recording of Thought Through Drawing
  The Wayne & Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Marion, OH
  Fake Irrational, Ohio Art League Exhibition, Acock Gallery, Columbus, OH and
  Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH
2008 Sites Seen, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
  Ways of Knowing Water, OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
  Dewey Decimal Days, Bureau for Open Culture, Columbus, OH
  Ohio Art, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
  Lecturer Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  Faculty Exhibition, Canzani Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus,OH
  OSU MFA, OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus OH
2007 Inspired Reunion: Alumni Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus
2005 Composite, two-person exhibition, Michael Orr Gallery, Grandview, OH
  Gerdeman, Jackson, Price, three-person exhibition, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 International Printmaking Exhibition, Pension Roskolnikoff Gallery, Dresden, Germany
  Gerdeman, Gray, Sell, three-person exhibition, Studio Ash Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003 Exploration into Non-Representation, three-person exhibition, So-Loft Gallery,
  Columbus, OH
2002 Some People Do Art, three-person exhibition, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
  Four Serious, Four-person exhibition, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
2000 Generations, Ace Gallery, Columbus, OH
 
   
Juried Competitions  
   
2010 Gentrified, BAG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Greener Grass, A Cross-Country Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, Houston, Las Vegas,
  and San Francisco
  Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried by Iduna Bohning and Rosemary Fiore
2007 Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville,
  OH, Juried by Megan Lykins Reich, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary
  Art (MOCA) Cleveland, OH
  Annual Exhibitions Call for Entry, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, juried by
  Petra Kralickova, Director of Exhibitions, Ohio University and Sean Foley,
  Senior Lecturer, The Ohio State University
2005 Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery,
  Columbus, OH Juried by Joe Houston, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art
  at the Columbus Museum of Art
2003 Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery,
  Columbus, OH Juried by Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the
  Wexner Center for the Arts
  Annual Exhibitions Call for Entry, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by the
  Executive Board, ROY G BIV Gallery
 
   
Bibliography  
   
Melissa Starker, "Festival Preview: Go West!" The Alive. June 09, 2011.
Jennifer Sadler, "International Exchanges: Global Explorations through Art."
  Front Row Center. May, 2011
Deborah Lynn Blumberg, "Gentrification: Inspiring Art, Regardless of Implications."
  Carroll Gardens Patch, New York. December 21, 2010.
Amy Davis, "Breaking the Mold: Works Broaden Traditional Definitions of What Pleases the Eye."
  The Columbus Dispatch. March 14, 2010.
Bill Mayr, “Displays Brush Up On Images Of City And State.” The Columbus Dispatch,Weekender.
  Weekender. September 4, 2008.
Melissa Starker. “Small World.” The Alive. August 21, 2008.
Bill Mayr. “Old Lazarus Building Figures Into Works By Eight.” The Columbus Dispatch, Weekender.
  August 21, 2008.
Bill Eichenberger. “Hydro Dynamic.” The Columbus Dispatch. July 27, 2008.
Tracy Zollinger Turner. "Go with the Flow." Columbus Alive. July 24, 2008.
Bill Mayer. “Alumni exhibit reveals depth of Fort Hayes talent pool.” The Columbus Dispatch,
  Weekender. January 11, 2007.
Emily Hanna. “In the Neighborhood.” Columbus CityScene. August, 2006.
Jacqueline Hall. “Between Paints and Prints.” The Columbus Dispatch. October 9, 2005.
Melissa Starker. “Composite.” Columbus Alive. September 7, 2005.
Elizabeth Ann James. “Thoughtfulness Reigns at ROY G BIV.” Short North Gazette. February, 2005.
Melissa Starker. “A-list.” Columbus Alive. November 6, 2003.
 
   
Teaching Experience  
   
2011 - 2010 Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2010 – 2008 Adjunct Faculty, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
  Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2008 – 2007 Instructor of Record, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 – 2005 Art Specialist, ScholARTS Preparatory School, Columbus, OH
2001 – 2000 Americorps Artist Member, Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Children of the Future
  Program, Columbus, OH
 
   
Other Professional Experience  
   
2011 Scenic Designer, Penthesilea, creActor e.V., Nymphenburg Palace, Munich
  Speaker, Platforma 11 Symposium, Leipzig, Deutschland
  Visiting Artist, Nemzetközi Kerámia Stúdió, Kecskemét, Hungary
2011 - 2006 Board Member and Former Vice President, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
  Board Member and Former Vice President, Franklinton Arts District, Columbus, OH
2010 - 2008 Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  Advisory Committee Member and Community Partners Committee Member, OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2010 - 2006 Vice President, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009 Juror, Pulp Art: Works on Paper, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, OH
  Juror, Central Ohio Regional Scholastic Art Competition & Exhibition,
  Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
2009 - 2007 Programming Committee Member and Artist Member, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
2008 Midwest Region, FUNDRED DOLLAR BILL PROJECT, national art
  project conceived of and directed by artist Mel Chin, intended to support the rebuilding of New Orleans by making the environmental conditions safer for its residents.
  Exhibition Coordinator, What Time Is This Place Exhibition, OSU Urban Arts Space,
  Columbus, OH
  Juror, Central Ohio Regional Scholastic Art Competition & Exhibition,
  Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
2008  Member and Vice President, Student Printmaking Association,The Ohio State University
2008 – 2006 President and Former Secretary, Graduate Student Council of Art, The Ohio
  State University, Columbus, OH
2007 Speaker, Water Exhibition Symposium, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts,
  St. Louis, MO
2007 – 2006 Co-Curator & Exhibition Chairperson, Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes
  Columbus, OH
2006 Curator, Photographic Prelude, Selected Works by Michael Bonardi
  Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005 Assistant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH
  Artist, Children of the Future Program, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2004-2003 Work-Study, Printmaking Department, Columbus College of Art and Design,
  Columbus, OH
2003-2002 Art Therapy Intern, Rosemont Center, Columbus, OH
2001-2000 Artist, Americorps Children of the Future Program, Greater Columbus Arts Council,
  Columbus, OH
 
   
Organization Affiliations  
 

geh8 Kunstram and Atelliers e.V., Dresden, Germany