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T. Truman Capone
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060
trumanca@vt.edu
540-961-3083 | Cell 540-315-2422
b. 1950 Pittsburgh, PA
EDUCATION
M.F.A, Master of Fine Art in 2D & 3D Studio
M.S., Master of Graphic Communication
B.A., Bachelors of Arts & Humanities
Graduate Studies in Architecture & Product Design Virginia Tech
Penland School of Art, NC
Pittsburgh Art Institute Graphic Design
SELECTED AWARDS
2002 Preferred Destinations, Exhibition Certificate, the National Collage 5th Annual Juried Exhibition Cork Gallery at Avery Hall, Lincoln Center “Wish You Were Here”, and Postcards & Small Works, New York, New York
2001 Impulses, Exhibition Award, the National Collage Society 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Stocker Center Gallery, “Wish You Were Here”, Postcards & Small Works, Elyria, Ohio
2000 Timelessly Apparent, Exhibition Award, the National Collage Society 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
2002 How Magazine (http://www.howdesign.com/), Self-Promotional Design Competition Print Award; Creative Director
2003 Gold Regional ADDY Award for Designing for the Arts Poster; American Advertising Federation (http://www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=13); District III: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia; Creative Director
2002/2003 Graphic Regional Arts Design for Excellence Award (GRADE) to VDS4, American Institute of Graphic Arts (http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/about-aiga); Creative Director
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013
The New Florence Biennale 2013 – IX Edizione, Ethics DNA of Art, November 30th – December 8th 2013 , Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.
SMALL WONDERS, April 20 – May 4 2103, LINEA Contemporary Art Space, Florence, Italy. Piccole Meraviglie exhibition explores the artistic process in small dimensions. Works of artists from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Iran, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, and the United States. An international jury comprising representatives from art, cultural, and educational institutions and journalism evaluated the artworks
International And National Exhibitions
2001-2013
Traveling Exhibitions of the International Assemblage and Collage Society:
14th 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd “Bakers Dozen” Group Exhibition & Exchange. Sponsored by Real Tart (Taranaki Art) Gallery, New Zealand and the International Museum of Collage & Assemblage. Juried by the North Taranaki Art Council; Dale Copeland; Amy Reigle Newland; Paul Adams and Nancy Caiger, Curators & Gallery Co-Coordinators, New Plymouth, New Zealand (http://tact.org.nz/realtart.htm).
2008-2010 Your Documents Please
2010 • New York City , Chelsea
2009 • Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany January 9th 2009 • Galeria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia, February 12 – March 8th
2009 • Galleria Ajolote Arte Contemporaneo, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-May 8th 2009
2008 • MAC-Itami Gallery, Museum of Arts & Crafts, Japan, Traveling Exhibition: (3D Assemblage) April 2008
2008 • Galleria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia February 2009
2008 • ZAIM Gallery, Yokohama Japan August 2nd 17th
2008 • Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan August 11- August 16th
2008 • 2B Galleria, Budapest, Hungary November 28th
11th, 10th Traveling Exhibitions of the International Assemblage and Collage Society 2008-2009:
2009 • Puke Ariki Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 121 artists from 12 different countries, & 25 different states of America.
2009 • Real Tart Gallery New Plymouth, New Zealand, 121 artists from 12 different countries
2008 • AMoA Amarillo museum of Art, Texas, Permanent Collection of Assemblage Art
2008 • Real Tart Gallery New Plymouth , New Zealand
2008 • Private Collection Leslie Miller, Port Angeles, WA, 3D Assemblage Piece
2007
The Centre of Contemporary Art (COCA), The biennial Christchurch Art Festival, Accumulations &Transformations, 50 International Artists by Invitation, Guy Boyce Curator, Christchurch City, New Zealand, http://www.coca.org.nz/index.html http://www.artsfestival.co.nz/events/accumulations-transformations
Percy Thomson Gallery, Mixed Media Collage & Assemblages, Stratford, New Zealand, http://www.percythomsongallery.org.nz.
Expressions Gallery, Mixed Media Collage & Assemblages, Stephanie Cottrill, Curator, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Gallery at City Library, Melbourne, Australia
The Center for Adult Education, Melbourne, Australia
2006
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Mixed Media International Collage, Private Collection, Debbie Luce,Gallery Director, Ingram, Texas
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Private Collection of the 8th International Collage Exchanged Collage, #G.2006.150, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2005
Durango Arts Center; Susan Andersen, Curator; Durango, Colorado
The Museo de Collage: The Ontological International Museum of Collage & Assemblage, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 4 selected Works in Permanent Collections http://ontologicalmuseum.org/
The Learning Connexion, International School of Art & Creativity, Island Bay Campus, Wellington, New Zealand http://www.tlc.ac.nz/ (Permanent collection)
2004
ArtColle Museum of Collage, Sergines, France, (Permanent collection)
The Museo de Collage, The Ontological International Museum of Collage & Assemblage, Cuernavaca, Mexico, (4) selected Works in Permanent Collections
2003
The Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA,
ArtColle Museum of Collage, Sergines, France (Permanent collection)
The Museo de Collage, The Ontological International Museum of Collage & Assemblage, Cuernavaca, Mexico, (4)selected Works in Permanent Collections
2001
Subterranean Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Human ArteFakts
Human ArteFakts is a traveling international collage and assemblage exhibition. Featured 50 artists from USA, Australia, Brazil, Romania, Russia, France, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and New Zealand. Laura Lein Svencner, Curator, New Zealand. Exhibitions were entitled Preferred Destinations I, Structured Connections I, Interactive Memoirs I.
Human ArteFakts Exhibitions traveled to the following galleries:
2007
The Centre of Contemporary Art (COCA) The biennial Christchurch Art Festival, Accumulations &Transformations, 50 International Artists by Invitation, Guy Boyce Curator, Christchurch City, New Zealand, http://www.coca.org.nz/index.html http://www.artsfestival.co.nz/events/accumulations-transformations
Percy Thomson Gallery, Mixed Media Collage & Assemblages, Stratford, New Zealand, http://www.percythomsongallery.org.nz.
Expressions Gallery, Mixed Media Collage & Assemblages, Stephanie Cottrill, Curator, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
2006
Artspost Gallery, Mixed Media Collage & Assemblages, New Zealand
Mixed Media Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
The Framing Workshop, Hamilton, New Zealand
Artful Gatherings Gallery & Creative Art Center, Laura L.Svencner Curator, Lemont, IL
Gallery Atelierhof Alexanderstrabe, Mixed Media Collage & Assemblages, Cordula Kagemann Curator, Bremen, Germany
Exhibitions sponsored by the National Collage Society
2005
National Collage Society 20th Exhibitions, Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, MD
2004
National Collage Society 19th Exhibition, Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio)
2003
National Collage Society Exhibition “Wish You Were Here”, Small Works Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NY http://moca.virtual.museum/corkshow/cork.htm
National Collage Society18th Exhibition, Montserrat Cabot Gallery, Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA
2002
National Collage Society,Juried Exhibition Cork Gallery @ Avery Hall, Lincoln Center “Wish You Were Here”, Postcards & Small Works, Award for” Preferred Destinations”, Juror Paul Yanko (Professor Kent State Univ.), New York, New York http://www.nationalcollage.com/5th_collage_postcard_exhibit.htm
National Collage Society Exhibition, Hudson Ohio
2001
National Collage Society, Hudson, Ohio
National Collage Society 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Stocker Center Gallery, “Wish You Were Here”, Postcards & Small Works, “Award for “Impulses”, Elyria, Ohio
2000
National Collage Society 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried, Loraine County Community College, Loraine, Ohio http://www.nationalcollage.com/15annual.htm
National Collage Society 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Award for “Timelessly Apparent”, Juror Peggy Strumeyer, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. http://www.cvartcenter.org/
1999
2nd National Collage Society Exhibition, Assemblage & Digital Collage, Juried, Kent State University, Kent Ohio
1998
1st National Collage Society Exhibition “Wish You Were Here”, Assemblage & Digital Collage, Hudson Ohio
Selected Regional and Local Exhibitions
2009
Selected as the featured artist for the Bridges Art Exhibition at the Holtzman Alumni Center, September–December 2009.
2008
Terrace Gallery at Capital One, New Media/Mixed Media: A Virginia Tech Art Department Exhibition, Richmond, VA: Group Show
XYZ Gallery, CAUS Faculty Show, Blacksburg, VA
Knowledge Works II, Faculty Show at CRC, Computer Science Second Annual Art
2007
Showcase, Corporate Research Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
XYZ Gallery, Art and Art History Faculty Show, Blacksburg, VA
2006
Radford University Art Museum 5th Regional Juried Art Exhibition, 380 entries 60 selected. (Juror Wyona Lynch-McWhite), Radford, Virginia
Knowledge Works II, Computer Science Art Showcase, Corporate Research Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2000
Olin Gallery @ Roanoke College Annual Juried Exhibition, Digital & 3D Installation Art Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
Norwood Gallery Radford Univ., Digital & 3D Sculpture Installation, Steve Arbury Juror & Curator, Radford, Virginia
Ferrum College University Gallery, Technology in Art Ancient to Modern, Juried, 3D Assemblage Sculpture Mixed Media, Ferrum, Virginia
1999
Southwest Virginia Highlands Community College Gallery, Juried by Dr. Steve Arbury, Radford University, Exhibition of 2D and 3D Digital and Fine Arts Installation, Southwest Virginia Highlands Community College, Abington, Virginia
1998
The Reality Room Gallery, 2D Paintings, 3D/ Sculpture & Metalsmithing, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
1997
Norwood Gallery Radford, Beyond the Tartan, Sculpture and 3D Installation at Radford University, Virginia,
Artbytes I: A Digital Art Installation, Juried Exhibit by Blacksburg Regional Art Assoc, Montgomery Regional Library, Blacksburg, Virginia.
1995
Solo Exhibition, Enchanted Echoes, A Multimedia and Mixed-Media Installation, Perspective Art Gallery, Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Flossie Martin Gallery, New River Art ‘95, Juried Invitational, Radford University
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2011
Full Professor Emeritus School of Visual Arts (SOVA) Va Tech
2007-2011
Director of the School of Visual Arts, SOVA & Full Professor VT
2004-2007
Department Head, Department of Art and Art History VT
2004-2007
Director, Collaborative for Creative Technologies in Arts and Design, VT
2002-2007
Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, VT
2004-2007
Associate Director, Visual Design Studio 4 (VDS4), VT
2001-2004
Program Chair of Graphic Design, Department of Art and Art History, VT
2001-2004
Founder and Creative Director of VDS4, VT
1995-2001
Assistant Professor Visual Communication Design VT
1975-1995
Professional Visual Communication Designer / Adjunct Instructor, VT
PUBLISHED WORKS:
The Copeland Collection Volume II / 2012
100 + Collages from the International Collage Exhibition / Exchange pp.93
Portfolio Design by Harold Linton 4th Edition pp. 147