Reed Gallery Past Exhibits

January 29th-April 4th, 2024

Reception: Thursday, March 28th, 5-7pm

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The DAAP Galleries in collaboration with the UC Emeriti Association present the first ever Faculty and Emeriti Showcase. Drawing from disciplines across campus; this juried exhibition of current and retired UC faculty explores a variety of materials and techniques of making. These scholars engaged in creative practice often unrelated to their professional expertise, demonstrating the many reasons why they are compelled to make and create art for themselves and others. This exhibition provides an opportunity to consider how individuals from different backgrounds, knowledge, and interests translate the world through their own unique lenses to produce artifacts of visual culture.  

The Emeriti Association celebrates the role of retired faculty for their many years of service to higher education, to their students, and to the University of Cincinnati; provides a forum for the special concerns and interests of its members; and facilitates the continued connection and involvement of emeriti with distinguished friends and colleagues, with the University, its programs, and its future.

Featuring works by: 

Eric Anderson, James J. Augsburger, Avery Blair-Wilson, Jeanne Bowman, Hans Breiter, Denise Burge, Brooke Crowley, Neil Daigle Orians, Brian Derico, Maureen France, Francoise Harper, David Hartz, Frank Herrmann, Karen Monzel Hughes, Howard Jackson, Jonathan Kamholtz, Matthew Klooster, Cynthia Lockhart, Karen Machleit, Anca Matyiku, Emily Miraldi, Yevgen Nazarenko, Brigid O’Kane, Hye Yeon Park, Elizabeth Payne, Meera Rastogi, Michael Romanos, Darrell Rudmann, Thomas Tomsick, Nicole Trimble, Thomas Umfrid, Emily Van Walleghen, Georg F. Weber, Mary Sue Weinstein, and John Wolfer.

January 26th - March 18th, 2023

Reception: Thursday, March 16th, 5-9pm

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The DAAP Galleries are proud to present the 2023 National Juried Student Exhibition in conjunction with The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. The 2023 NCECA NJSE will run concurrently with Current, the 57th annual conference for NCECA in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 15–18, 2023. This exhibition was juried from a call for work from students who have been pursuing a degree or post-baccalaureate within the last 12 months. The exhibition is juried by ceramic artists Wesley Brown and Natalia Arbelaez.

NCECA is a dynamic, non-profit organization that engages and sustains a community for ceramic art, teaching, and learning. In addition to deepening knowledge within the field, NCECA expands it by working to cultivate the next generation of ceramic artists and enthusiasts through programing that hopes to engage the wider community. Comprised of approximately 4,000 members from the United States and more than 20 foreign countries, NCECA reaches thousands more each year.

Featured Artists: Eugene Ofori Agyei, Javaria Ahmad, Sara Alfieri, Lidia Alvidrez, Kaitlyn Anderson, Randi Bachman, Wesley Barnes, Mariana Bolanos, Olivia Canadine, CJ Carter, Kyle Cottier, Julianna Dougherty, Jerrie Fabrigas, Jonathan Hamos, Rachel Heibel, Morgan Hodge, Emily Iseman, Ivy Jewell, Eliza Keeney, Davyn Ladera, Thomas Lomeli, Harry Malesovas, Molly Otremba, Sun Park, Ben Pearey, Jared Peterson, Logan Reynolds, Patrick Ryan, Nina Samuels, Samantha Shamard, Shushank Shrestha, Christopher St. John, Katie Stone, Henry Thomas, Alex Thomure, Brant Weiland, Courtney Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Sarah-Anne Winchester

February 16th - April 10th 2022

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The DAAP Galleries are proud to present a collaborative exhibition featuring the schools of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning’s Staff and Faculty works.  Our artists, representing all schools and disciplines, include Tenured and Adjunct Professors, Program Directors, Heads of the Print Lab, Build Lab and many more.  The wide array of mediums and topics show the artists’ individual artistry in ways that may not be apparent in their professional capacity.  As educators, they teach us how to create while keeping their own passions in the background, but now, as artists, we are able to see the foundations of their own creativity and what enables them to advise students so effectively. This different perspective shows our artists as they would present themselves and may help connect them on a personal level to the community of creators that these schools build.   From neon art to digital media, to textiles and bronze statues, our team of Faculty and Staff show their students, coworkers, and the public their true artistry, and while you may be surprised at what types of work they have accomplished, their expressiveness and innovation is to be expected, as the educators that they are.

August 20th - October 21st, 2021

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The Mid-South Sculpture Alliance is an affiliate organization of the International Sculpture Center (ISC). The MSA is a non-profit that seeks to advance the creation and awareness of sculpture in its many and varied forms, to promote a supportive environment for sculpture and sculptors, and to create opportunities for its members through exhibition, education, and networking events centered on traditional and contemporary approaches to sculpture. It seeks to advance the understanding that sculpture educates, affects social change, and engages artists, art professionals, and the community in dialogue.

 Juror Jean Shin is recognized for her monumental installations, where she transforms large accumulations of everyday objects into expressions of identity and community engagement. Shin’s innovative work has been widely exhibited in over 150 major museums and cultural institutions, including solo exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC, and The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco among others. Her works have been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, ArtNews, Hyperallergic, and Brooklyn Rail.  Born in Seoul, South Korea, Shin is a tenured Adjunct Professor at the Pratt Institute and recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award.

Spring 2021

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The DAAP Galleries are proud to present the National Juried Student Exhibition 2021 in conjunction with The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.  NCECA is a dynamic, 501(c)3 organization that engages and sustains a community for ceramic art, teaching and learning. In addition to deepening knowledge within the field, NCECA expands it by working to cultivate the next generation of ceramic artists and enthusiasts through programing that affects professional artists, K-12 schools, community centers, universities, museums, galleries, businesses, organizations, collectors and enthusiasts of ceramic art. Currently comprised of approximately 4,000 members from the United States and more than 20 foreign countries, NCECA reaches thousands of additional individuals each year through its programs, publications, events, exhibitions and resources.

NCECA was founded as a non-profit organization in 1966 after several years of affiliation with the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society. NCECA’s founding charter was developed by forward-thinking ceramic artists who saw the benefits of a professional organization in its ability to create identity, definition and support for the ceramics teacher and artist, and to promote advancement of the ceramic arts.

September 30th - November 20th, 2022

Still They Persist: Hindsight is 2020 is a critical lens through which we may look at the progress (or lack thereof) that the United States of America has seen over the course of the past four years. 

This ever-evolving living archive features more than 300 unique objects of resistance, which were worn, carried, and made for activation in the streets: still our most democratic and accessible of all public forums.

Featuring objects used in protests marches throughout the country since 2017, and traveling to various locations and sites, this exhibition of ephemeral materials aims to allow folks who have assembled, protested, and fought for a return of "light" and fairness to be reminded that their actions have an impact and that their words have a ripple affect on the world at large. 

As a passion project created by four otherwise busy arts professionals this is how the FemFour and our allies continue our work: by leveraging the skills we have to keep the hope that artists create in the world circulating within the public consciousness. 

Galleries such as The Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery, which are open free to the public and contextualized within an educational institution, are an ideal setting for this collection as it reaches an audience already primed for critical thought and edification. 

The future of this country and what this precarious moment in history holds for us remains to be seen. But what this collection clearly demonstrates is that the power of the collective galvanizing against tyranny continues to hold the potential for radical political change.

January 26th – March 29th, 2020

Reception: Thursday, February 27th, 5-7pm

The Seagrave Exhibition is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between DAAP Galleries and Acre Books, based on The Ambrose J. and Vivian T. Seagrave Museum of 20th Century American Art, a “playful and compelling”* literary novel told through the fictitious labels accompanying the imaginary artworks in an invented museum.

For the exhibition, real artists were assigned labels describing (or failing to describe) the fabricated works of fictional artists on display in the legendarily odd Seagrave Museum in the book, whose curator is haunted by the ghost of one of the artists. Alongside the works of participating artists from across the country are the labels from the novel, which gradually unravel the tragedies and mysteries of the museum’s founding family. The Seagrave Exhibition is a cross-disciplinary show of great reach and range–complex, surprising, and transporting. 

*Kirkus Reviews

Curatorial Team:
Brian Schumacher, Assistant Professor, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design
Nicola Mason, Editor, Acre Books
Aaron Cowan, Director, DAAP Galleries and Museum Studies

Sponsor: Acre Books

September 18th – December 1st, 2019

Reception: November 7th, 2019, 5-7pm

In celebration of the University of Cincinnati’s Bicentennial, the DAAP Galleries are pleased to present 200 Years of Curation. Over the course of the university’s history, the facilities, technologies, and individuals have changed and evolved, often replaced by new faces and spaces. The records of these changes and how we have arrived at this moment remain within books, archives, and the various collections of UC. On an occasion such as this, it seems only relevant to look to the past as we envision our future.

In this unprecedented collaboration of five separate archives and collections from throughout the university, we take stock in the history and advances made and the individuals that contributed to the expansive fields of study practiced within the Colleges of UC. This exhibition features an array of objects, artifacts, documents, and works of art that have been culled from display and storage facilities throughout campus to provide a glimpse into some of the fascinating and unique collections that preserve our history, building the foundation for Next Lives Here. 

Group:

The Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions
The University of Cincinnati, Archives and Rare Books Library 
The Oesper History of Chemistry Museum
The Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library, DAAP, Artist Book Collection    
The University of Cincinnati, Fine Arts Collection
The Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium 

Curatorial Team: 

Ted Baldwin, Mark Chalmers, Kevin Grace, Lucy Cossentino-Sinnard, Christine Celsor, Elizabeth Meyer, Andrea Chemero, Gino Pasi, Kate Bonansinga, Bain Butcher, Kim Taylor, John Wolfer, Eric Tepe, Amy Harmon, and Aaron Cowan

Sponsor: The Office of the Provost

Works by Mohammed Kazem and Cristiana de Marchi

 January 17th – March 10th, 2019

Reception: January 17th 2019, 5-7pm

The University of Cincinnati, DAAP Galleries are pleased to announce the two-person exhibition of works by internationally acclaimed artists Cristiana de Marchi and Mohammed Kazem in The Illusion of Summer opening January 17th in the Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery, DAAP.

The exhibition will feature works produced during the course of an artist residency currently under way at DAAP. Kazem and Marchi have come to the University of Cincinnati by invitation of Interim  Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Joseph Girandola in order to interact with university students and the city to produce work informed by their practice and in response to their experiences and exposures while visiting the US and Cincinnati. The residency began in November and will continue through January 2019, concluding with an exhibition of works produced while working and living in Cincinnati.

September 4th - September 30th, 2018

Reception: September 6th, 2018, 5-7pm

DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati are proud to host the exhibition For Freedoms: Art as Political Resistance in conjunction with the 50-state initiative taking place this fall. Representing a diverse group of voices that speak to shared conflicts and aspirations, these artists seek to provoke thought that can promote understanding and influence the evolving political landscape. The intent of the exhibition is to unify university students, faculty, and recent graduates in the exploration and expression of the power of art to encourage social movement, participation, and facilitate change for the common good. For Freedoms 50 State Initiative: For Freedoms is a platform for greater participation in the arts and in civil society. They produce exhibitions, installations, public programs, and billboard campaigns to advocate for inclusive civic participation. Inspired by American artist Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941)—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear— For Freedoms Federation uses art to encourage and deepen public explorations of freedom in the 21st century.
Participating Artists: Calista Lyon, Breanne Trammell, Mary Banas, Kari Durham, Ravenna Rutledge, Richard Whitaker, Stephan Slaughter, Charles Woodman, and Kaveh Baghdadchi

October 10-December 2, 2018

Reception: Thursday, October 18th, 5-6:30pm

Works by Lorena Molina, Carmen Winant, and Gina Osterloh

Curated by Kate Bonansinga

Panel Discussion with artists Lorena Molina, Carmen Winant and Gina Osterloh, DAAP Room 5401, 6:30-7:30 pm

Sponsor: Fotofocus

February 5th – April 3rd, 2018

Reception: March 1st, 2018, 5-7pm

Archimusic XR | Sculpting in Spacetime | Found Forces

Using everything from humble found forces to evolving notions of quantum mechanical time, this installation explores the many flavors of designated spacetime, from fixity to becoming, from Ananke to the multiverse.

Cincinnatus, the curly haired, shares his ringlets with Kronos (not to be confused with Khronos). Cycles of time entangle like Borromean Rings. Near and far, then and now, East and West, past and future, once seemingly independent of each other, can nevertheless never be extricated from one another.

Shaping time evolves into sculpting in spacetime, inviting Tarkovsky’s cinema of rhythms into the trans-cinematic fusion of AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality), VR (virtual reality), and emerging SVR (social virtual reality) into the enigmatic XR (x-reality), come what may.

October 22nd- November 26th, 2018

Curated by Matt Wizinsky

City can be understood as a dense site of social connections, material strata, political conflicts, and historical inscriptions. It can also be understood as a ceaseless process of becoming. Becoming what?

Dread & Desire showcases critical proposals for urban futures from Industrial, Communication, and Fashion Design students. These proposals interpret the complex networks and systems that constitute urban life at the scale of the human body. Artifacts, garments, communication systems, and interfaces are produced as material manifestations of desires, fears, and anxieties about the near future. How are dread and desire entangled in a constant state of production, conflict, and irresolution? How might imagining new ways of being propose new ways of becoming for a city and its inhabitants?

This exhibition showcases student projects along with research and design methods behind their creation.

Show part of the IASDR Conference

February 12th – April 2nd, 2017

Reception: Thursday, February 16th, 5–7pm

Curated by: Maria Seda-Reeder and Aaron Cowan, Director, DAAP Galleries

This two-site exhibition takes place at Wave Pool Gallery in Camp Washington and the DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati. The selected works are from the Vance Waddell collection and will feature iconic artists including but not limited to: Louise Bourgeois, Tania Bruguera, Deb Kass, Barbara Kruger, Kara Walker, Catherine Opie, Lorna Simpson, Carolee Schneeman, Kiki Smith, Mickalene Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems.

Using a framework of the rallying slogan of the various student movements during the Civil Rights era of the late 1960s — throughout both exhibitions in the effort to reveal ways in which femme-identifying artists have and are working to resist oppression, subvert public scrutiny, and suggest alternative visual paradigms within the personal and political spheres. The Personal Is Political aims to demonstrate the ways in which feminist artists make connections between the intimate details of our daily lives and our ever-expanding understanding of the body politic.

January 19th – January 29th, 2017 

Reception: January 19th, 2017, 5pm–7pm

The students selected to participate in the 2017 SOA All Stars Exhibition were chosen on the merit of their proposals. An exercise in applying professional and studio practices to the real world, students are able to think critically about their work, write, and create an exhibition proposal. The body of work in this show reflects a diverse range of disciplines within the Undergraduate Fine Arts graduating class.

October 2nd—November 23rd, 2016

Lecture and Reception: Thursday, October 27

Jon Rubin Lecture: 4:00pm followed by reception 5:00pm-7pm

Both Lectures are free and open to the public

Curated by Jon Rubin

February 15th—April 10th, 2016

Reception: Thursday, February 18th, 5-7pm

Chicago-born artist Dread Scott stands on Wall Street burning dollar after dollar before police show up in Money To Burn, just one of over a dozen contemporary videos and artworks that make up It's The Political Economy, Stupid. A traveling exhibition co-organized by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette, It’s the Political Economy, Stupid features video works by artists from around the globe who critically address the "new norm" of the prolonged economic and political crisis that began in 2008. The title of the exhibition stems from James Carville’s catch phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid,” which became closely identified with Bill Clinton in his 1992 presidential campaign. Over three decades, neoliberal capitalism has driven most of the world’s governments to partly or wholly abandon their roles as arbitrators between the security of the majority and the profiteering of the corporate sector. It’s the Political Economy, Stupid proves that both art and artists can productively engage the seemingly insurmountable problems that stem from capital, crisis, and resistance.

January 21st—January 31st, 2016

Reception: Thursday, January 21, 5-7pm

We are pleased to invite you to the first annual SOA ALL-STAR SHOWCASE juried undergraduate student exhibition featuring works in a variety of disciplines practiced within the DAAP School of Art. This exhibition demonstrates a diverse field of research and practice from students at the undergraduate level as they prepair to mount thier Capstone exhibition in late spring. We congradulate these students and all of their peers for the hard work and dedication they have put into the study of fine art studio practice.

October 22—December 6

Reception: Thursday, October 22, 5pm-7pm

As part of the DAAP-hosted conference, ACADIA 2015, “Eco-Diversity” expands on the theme, “Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene.” These curated installations address the role of the individual within the vast ecology of computation, through the lens of how one’s geography, identity and philosophy influence the positioning of one's work in reaction to, or in accordance with, the emergence of the Anthropocene. The event features the work of emerging designers whose divergent voices advance the discourse on computational design in architecture: Jennifer Bonner, Volkan Alkanoglu, Matthew Gillis, Zaneta Hong + Micahel Beaman, Shai Yeshayahu, Joshua Stein , Wendy Fok, Justin Diles, Catherine Richards, Martin Summers, Rachel Vroman with Jan Kokol + Carnaven Chiu, and SHO + ULR.

May 22nd - August 4th, 2024

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Each year, the DAAPworks event highlights the creative output of the graduating class from the top-ranked College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati.

The Directors’ Choice Award specifically highlights the outstanding capstone projects, first presented as a part of SAAPworks. Projects best demonstrating exceptional knowledge, creativity, and skill that has been applied to a focused idea and most effectively communicated by visual means are selected.

Each year the directors from the four schools within DAAP and the Director of DAAP Galleries act as judges, reviewing the project submissions from all of the school programs. The directors take into consideration the recommendations they are provided by the faculty that work with these students daily. However, the directors may select any project they deem worthy. After much deliberation, a consensus is reached. In the event the directors have a split decision, the galleries’ director has been charged with the duty of breaking ties to make the final selections of Directors’ Choice Award winners for that academic year.