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Daphne Arthur

Resting in the Shadow of a Hero, 2011
Oil, spray paint, acrylic, foam, silicone, fabric,
wire, wood, plant holder, belt, smoke on shaped canvas
67" x 60" x 8.5"

Resting in the Shadow of a Hero, 2011
Oil, spray paint, acrylic, foam, silicone, fabric,
wire, wood, plant holder, belt, smoke on shaped canvas
67" x 60" x 8.5" (detail)

Exquisite, 2011
Smoke paper
30" x 22"

Untitled (woman with a child), 2011
Smoke on paper
30" x 22"

Take Time to Look, 2011
Smoke on paper
17.75" x 12"

Staple It Together and Call It Bad Weather, 2011
Smoke on paper
17.75" x 11.75"

Whisper Quietly When I Reach, 2011
Oil, acrylic, spray paint, clay, polyurethane, silicone, metal,
gold leaf, candle & fabric on shaped canvas
49" x 46" x12.5"

Moonlite Nites, 2011
Smoke on paper
18" x 12"
Courtesy of private collection
(Boston, MA)

Charity in Odd Places, 2011
Smoke on paper
30" x 23"

Midnight Vigils, 2011
Smoke paper
18" x 12"

Kickback and Smell the Flowers, 2011
Smoke on paper
18" x 12"

Helen, 2011
Smoke on paper
18" x 12"

In Memory of My Feelings, 2010
Oil, acrylic, spray paint, gold leaf, clay,
silicone, cardboard, book, and collaged paper on canvas
61.5" x 22.5" x 48.5"

Love Story, 2010
Oil paint, spray paint, acrylic, collage, fabric, plastic,
umbrella, and clay on canvas
62.5" x 14.5" x 48.3"
Courtesy of private collection
(Puerto Rico)

Rest Your Dream Inside My Dream, 2010
Oil, acrylic, spray paint, plastic, clay, and collage on canvas
41.25" x 20" x 46.5"

Rapuncelle #s 10, 5, 1, 2010
Mixed media & collage on paper
14" x 10" each

Rapuncelle #s 8, 7, 3, 2010
Mixed media & collage on paper
14" x 10" each

Rapuncelle #s 2, 6, 4, 2010
Mixed media & collage on paper
14" x 10" each

Rapuncelle #9, 2010
Mixed media & Collage on Paper
17.5" x 10"

Scratch My Armpit, 2010
Oil, spray paint, silicone, plastic on canvas
17.2" x 13.5"

Target Practice, 2010
Oil, clay, gold leaf, paper collage on canvas
18" x 13.7"

EDUCATION

2009
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
MFA Graduate

2007
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts with emphasis in painting, drawing

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010
Beyond Boundaries, RARE, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Poetics of Reverie, RARE, New York, NY

2011
A Postcard Exhibition, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Dialogo 365, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Synesthesia LAB, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2010
SCOPE NY, RARE Gallery, New York, NY

2009
Outside In, Curated by Mary Dailey Patte, Laviolabank Gallery, NY

2007
“Will Happiness Find Me?”, Marvelli Gallery, NY

2006
Generations, South Side Art Center,Chicago, IL

2005
Tradition/ Tradición, Gallery X, Chicago, IL
Some of Our Own, Cleary & Gottlieb, New York, NY
William and Florence Schmidt Art Center at Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL

2004
Art Bash, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

AWARDS/ HONORS

2009
Al Held Affiliate Fellow of The American Academy of Rome

2007
Lalla Anne Critz Zanzi Scholarship, School of Art, Institute of Chicago

2005
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities Award

2004
Prismacolor Premier Contest Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Florence Biennale VIII catalogue, pg 32 2011

Dialogo 365, A Latin American Exhibition, Celebrating Liberty, Freedom & Independence Catalouge, pg 6 2011

The Sense Stimulating "Synesthesia LAB", Chip Schwartz,
Philladelphia, PA
http://www.knightarts.org/community/philadelphia/synesthesia-lab
2011

lvana for Latinos in College, January 15, 2011,
http://ivanacastellanos-latinorsincollege.blogspot.com/2011/01/make-your-dream-reality-interview-with.htm

Beautiful Decay, October 4, 2011,
http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/10/04/daphne-arthur/

Artinfo.com, October 2010,
http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/20043/6582/126349/rare-new-york/exhibition/daphme-arthur/

Prismacolor.com, April 2010,
http://www.prismacolor.com/artist/daphne-arthur

MFA Painting/Printmaking 2009, “What shall we choose, weight or lightness?”
Mary Dailey Pattee, pg14-19