Blakely Thomas Dadson

1978 Born in San Jose, California

Education

MFA, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 2005

BFA, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California, 2002

Solo Exhibitions

2011

werd scho wida, Chambers @ 916, Portland, Oregon

2010

Passage, Chambers @ 916, Portland, Oregon

All that glitters…, The Public Trust, Dallas, Texas

All that glitters..., Chambers @ 916, Portland, Oregon

2005

Rude Bwoy Tender, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

MFA Thesis Show, J.M. Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

2004

Fish-tanks, MFA studios, TCU Department of Art and Art History, Fort Worth, Texas

2002

BFA Thesis Show, North Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California

Group Exhibitions

2011

Artopia, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2010

TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art, The Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas

The New Deal, The Public Trust, Dallas, Texas

2009

10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2007

Everything, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2005

Double Vision, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas

2004

Art in the Metroplex, J.M. Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, curated by Larry Rinder

Pulse, The Art Corridor at TCJC, Arlington, Texas

2002

Works Of Faith, First Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon, curated by Charles Froelick

Group Show, Zeitgeist Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2001

Extromission, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, California

1999

Group Show, Martial Arts Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Professional Experience

2010

Guest Speaker, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

Artist Lecture Series, Chambers @ 916, Portland, Oregon

2009

Guest Artist, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas

Guest Artist Lecture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California

2005

T.A. Advanced Painting, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas

T.A. Drawing 1, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas

Bibliography

The Oregonian, November 9th 2011, oregonlive.com

Willamette Week, November 24th 2010, wweek.com

Arts + Culture, October 2010, Midway Press, Dallas, Texas 2010 

The Oregonian, March 25^th 2010 oregonlive.com

Willamette Week, March 10^th 2010, Issue # 36.18 wweek.com

New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-in-Print No. 60, The Open Studios Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005

Art Prostitute, Issue No. 6, Williamson Printing Co., Denton, Texas, 2005

Glasstire, Texas Visual Art online review, Houston, Texas, 2005 glasstire.com

Hot and Cold, Issue No. 8, Oakland, California, 2004