contact
lucas blalock
(919) 491-1501
lucblalock@gmail.com
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b. 1978 Asheville, NC
education
2013 MFA Candidate, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2002 BA, Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
solo exhibitions
2011 xyz, Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY
2009 I Believe You, Liar/New Works, Griffin Editions / GE2, Brooklyn, NY
2006 The Uncertainty Principle, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2001 Keraunothenetophobia, Woods Gallery at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
group exhibitions
2012 Alchemy, 7Eleven Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Flatten Image (curated by Joshua Citarella and Jarrod Turner), 13 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn
Self Publish, Be Happy Pop-Up Space, MiCamera, Milan, Italy
Talent, Foam Photography Museum Annex, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Face, Head, and Shoulders, Ny Tap, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Lucas Blalock and Jessica Eaton, Contact Gallery, Toronto
Wax Apple, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA
Jason Bailer Losh’s Chinese Take-Out, New Commissions Program, Art In General, New York, NY
WIN LAST DON’T CARE, Ramiken, New York, NY
Finished (curated by Grant Willing and Jesse Hiebo), Showpaper 42nd St Gallery, New York, NY
2010 SRAUNUS, Steinsland Berliner Gallery, Stockholm
Off the Clock, 92Y Tribeca, New York, NY
Inaugural, Mouthful of Poison, New York, NY
Things Just Aren’t The Way They Used To Be (curated by Beth Campbell), Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
New Genre Pictures, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Green Honey (curated by Andrea Cashman and Borden Capalino), Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY
SRAUNUS, M.B. Stankuniene Gallery at Marijampole Cultural Center, Marijampole, Lithuania
Self Publish, Be Happy, Photographers’ Gallery, London
50 Artists Photograph the Future (curated by Dean Daderko), Higher Pictures, New York, NY
Use Me Abuse Me (curated by Erik Kessels), NY Photo Festival, Smack Melon, BK, NY
SRAUNUS, Gedimino 27, Main Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
One Hour Photo, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Redi-Mix (curated by James Hyde), Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2009 Fortress To Solitude (curated by Guillermo Creus), as part of BETA Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
Robert Yoder: Send Me An Angel, Howard House, Seattle, WA
The Noble Savage and The Little Tramp (curated by Hannah Whitaker), Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, NY
WRONG: a program of text and image (curated by Jibade-Khalil Huffman), Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA
2007 This is Not a Self Portrait, Gallery 2 and Project Space, Chicago, IL
2006 Center on Contemporary Art Annual, coca, Seattle, WA
Good & Thuggy, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Pay to Play, Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Pleased to Meet You, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2005 Two for the Seesaw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Voxennial, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Labor Lines, Thread, Seattle, WA
3 Unrelated Photographers, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2004 Coloring Book, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Mail Art Show, June Alcott Gallery, UNC-CH., Chapel Hill, NC
Lucky Day, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
residencies/grants/projects
2010 LookBetween, Look3, Deep Rock, Virginia
2005 The Fields Project, Oregon, IL
Yarding: Branch Summer Projects (with Sam Gezari), Carrboro, NC
publications and selected press
2012 Anne Doran, review, Art In America, January
2011 “The Book / On Our Shelves”, feature, Fantom Photographic Quarterly, Issue 8, Winter
Adam Bell, Best Photo Books of 2011, Photoeye, December
Chris Wiley, Critic’s Pick, Artforum.com, November
Andrew Russeth, “Lucas Blalock at Ramiken Crucible”, GalleristNY, New York Observer, November 22
“From the World”, Phat Photo (Tokyo), Nov/Dec
Chris Wiley, “Depth Of Focus”, Frieze Magazine, Issue 143, November
Artist-Edition Paper Airplanes, The Believer, November/December
Ellen Himelfarb, “Self Publish, Be Naughty”, book review, Wallpaper*, October 21
Excerpt Magazine, Issue 01, October
LOOSEE, monthly limited edition artist publication, September
Anne-Celine Jaeger, “Part Object”, Foam Magazine #28 Talent, Fall
Self Publish, Be Naughty, SPBH, London
Timothy Malcolm, “Year of Breakthrough set for Mount Tremper Arts”, Times Herals-Record, Middletown, NY, July 8
Shimpei Shirafuji, Rotating Gallery 93 , interview, too much chocolate, June 29
Kelly Crow, “In Chinatown, Trading Heirlooms for Fine Art”, The Wall Street Journal, June 1
Clara Miranda Scherfig, “Towards a Warm Math”, review, Vice Magazine (Italy), May
Towards a Warm Math, artist book, Hassla
Liu Congyun, “Lucas Blalock, Interview,” Photo World, Xinhua News Agency, March
Rebecca Robertson, “Building Pictures”, ARTnews, March
I Want You, Issue 5, Seattle
PARALLELOGRAMS, web project, February 22
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, Humble Arts Foundation, New York
2010 n+1, number 10: Self Improvement, Fall 2010
Snapshot feature. Art Review, November
Michael Lannan, Video Book Talk: I Believe You Liar, Self Publish Be Happy, October
Anne Doran, The Original Copy: Photography and Sculpture 1839 to Today, Time Out NY, September 16-22
Anne Doran, Green Honey, Time Out NY, July 22-28
Vince Alleti, 50 Artists Photograph The Future, The New Yorker, June 14
Lucas Blalock, Artist Advocacy, interview, June
Use Me Abuse Me, catalog, KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, NL
Fantom Photographic Quarterly, Issue 03, Spring 2010
Lay Flat 02:Meta, ed. by Shane Lavalette and Michael Buhler Rose
Portfolio / Lucas Blalock, Line A Journal No. 2, March
Shane Lavalette. In Conversation: Lucas Blalock and Talia Chetrit, Guernica Magazine, March
Photographs, Guernica Magazine, March
2009 Solo Show: Blalock & Falls, hafny.org, December
Andrew Berardini, “Word Problems”, review, Art Slant: Los Angeles, July 5
After Stanley Donen, ed. by Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Eighth Veil, Los Angeles
I believe you, liar, artist book (iceberg, iceberg, iceberg)
Group Show No. 27, humbleartsfoundation.org (online)
2007 Anjali Gupta, ten by ten, uber.com, review
Group Show No. 12, humbleartsfoundation.org (online)
Blanket online magazine, June
2006 Willaim Pym, “Pay to Play”, critic’s pick Philadelphia, Artforum, August
Ellen Sung, “Engage You”, review, News & Observer, August 25
Roberta Fallon, “Here Comes the Bribe”, Philladelphia Weekly, August 16
2005 Allan Arter, “The Big Picture”, review, Chicago Tribune, July 24
Roberta Fallon, “Vox to the System”, review, Philadelphia Weekly, June 15
Ellen Sung, “On View–3 Unrelated Photographers”, review, News & Observer, March 4
2004 Coloring Book, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2002/2003 Bardian Alumni Magazine (cover image)
film/tv
2011 Art21 New York Close Up, ongoing
Chinese Take Out, NY1, May 30
In Fashion : May 2011 : Contact 2011: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts, Fashion TV, Canadian Public Television, May 29
Chinese Take Out, Sinovision (NYC local Chinese language television), May 22
curatorial
2011 Productive Steps (with Sam Falls), Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, NY
writings/interviews
2012 “A Conversation with Owen Kydd”, Layflat, January 2
2011 “A Conversation with John Houck”, Layflat, December 1
Sunday Showcase: Masood Kamandy, too much chocolate, July 17
Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. RUTH VAN BEEK, The Photography Post, March 18
Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. ZOE CROSHER PART 1 of 2, The Photography Post, January 12
2010 Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. JASON FULFORD, The Photography Post, December 9
Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. CORIN HEWITT, The Photography Post, August 25
Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. JAMES HYDE, The Photography Post, June 3
Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. BARRY STONE, The Photography Post, April 6
Q+A: LUCAS BLALOCK VS. HARRISON HAYNES, The Photography Post, March 23
registries/portfolios
White Columns Artist Registry
Tiny Vices
Culturehall
accademic activities/lectures
Teaching Assistant for Mark Wyse, Advanced Photography, UCLA, Winter Quarter 2012
Teaching Assistant for Melanie Schiff, Beginning Photography, UCLA, Fall Quarter 2011
Visiting Artist, University of Southern California, Peter Holzhauer’s undergraduate photography class, November 14, 2011
Visiting Artist, Cal State Long Beach, Asha Schechter’s undergraduate photography class, October 13, 2011
Visiting Artist, Bard College, John Pilson’s undergraduate photography class, April 2010
Discussion with Barry Stone and Lucas Blalock, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, March 27, 2010
Visiting Artist Lecture, City College, CUNY, November 2009
“The Uncertain Principle”, Branch Gallery, June 2006