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AMERICAN: Born 1964
EDUCATION Self-taught

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Dolphin, I LIKE AFRICAN CHICKEN, Kansas City, Missouri

2011
MAXIMON, Kansas City, Missouri

2009
Dolphin, RELAX, Kansas City, Missouri
MAXIMON – VIP, Kansas City, Missouri

2008
Mercy Seat, I LIKE THIS COUNTRY, Kansas City, Missouri
Jack the Pelican Presents, WHITE LIKE ME, Brooklyn, New York

2007
Jack the Pelican Presents, MAXIMON – THE BACKWARD DAYS, Brooklyn, New York

2006
Dolphin, GOLD STANDARD, Kansas City, Missouri

2005
Leedy Voulkos Art Center, WELCOME, Kansas City, Missouri

2004
Gallery HQ, IT’S OK, Kansas City, Missouri

2002
Dirt Gallery, MEMORIES OF AN ALTERNATIVE PAST, Kansas City, Missouri

2000
Fluxus Gallery, AMERICAN HOMES, SMA, Mexico

1998
Telephone Booth, STANDARD HOMES, Kansas City, Missouri

1994
Museo Na-Bolom, MIEDO, San Cristobal, Mexico

1990
Museo De Maya, LA SELVA, QR, Mexico

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Andrew McMeels Universal, Kansas City
Back Street Cultural Museum, New Orleans
Francis Greenberger Foundation/ Time Equities, New York
Museo Na-Bolom, San Cristobal, Mexico
Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City
Nerman Museum of Contempoary Art, Kansas City
Sprint, Kansas City

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Articles
Art Papers, Eler, Alicia, “David Ford”, 2010 March/April
The Brooklyn Rail, Steinhauser, Jill, “David Ford: White Like Me”, 2008 June
LA Weekly – Art Pick, Frank, Peter, “Kansas City in L. A.”, 2008 21 May
Flavor Pill - NYC, Nys Dambrot, Shana, “White Like Me”, 2008 25 April
Village Voice, Fischer, Annie, “The God of Indulgence (and Anthropologie)”, 2007 September
Village Voice, Dahl, Elena, “Moonshine and the Mayan God of Vice”, 2007 September
NY Arts, Honig, Peregrine, “Kansas City Rising”, 2006 February
Art in America, Thorson, Alice, “David Ford at Dirt”, 2002 April
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (catalogue), Rubinstein, Raphael, “Perspective Kansas City”, 1998 July
New Art Examiner, Von Ziegesar, Peter, “Kansas City’s West Side Story”, 1990 November
New Art Examiner, Von Ziegesar, Peter, “Artist for Amnesty”, 1988 November

Books

20@OMI, p66 illus.
Emergency INDEX, Ugly Duckling Presse
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Volume 71, p 4, 59, p 56-58 illus.
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Editor’s Selection, Volume 89
Widow, Peregrine Honig, p 87-101 illus.
10, Charlotte Street Foundation, p 14, 25 , 31, 61, p 11, 60-61 illus.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Ace Museum, All In For The 99%, Los Angeles, California
Dolphin, Push, Kansas City, Missouri
Spray Booth Gallery , Kansas City, Missouri

2011
America: Now and Here, Kansas City, Missouri
Dolphin, Be Good or Be Gone, Kansas City, Missouri

2010
KK Projects, Life Is Art, New Orleans, LA
H&R Block Arspace, 2010 Kansas City Flatfile, Kansas City, Missouri
Nelson Atkins Museum, Magnificent Gifts for the 75th, Kansas City, Missouri
The University Galleries, Black and Blue, University of South Dakota

2009
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, NewNow:BUILDING THE MUSEUM COLLECTION, Kansas City
freshSTART, juried exhibition, Los Angeles, California
APF Lab, POSTCARDS FROM THE HEARTLAND, curated by Paul HA, New York, New York

2008
Ghetto Gloss, BRONX ZOO, curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, Los Angeles, California
Acuna-Hansen, SUMMER GUESTS SHOW, Los Angeles California
Milo Gallery, KC IN LA, curated by Ashley Emmenager, Los Angeles California
Dolphin, on LIBERTY, Kansas City, Missouri

2007
Bridge Art Fair, SATELLITE EXHIBITIONS, Miami, Florida
Art Omi, OPEN STUDIO, Ghent, New York
Dolphin, SUMMER EXHIBITION, Kansas City, Missouri
Avenune of the Arts, MY GOD YOUR GOD, Public Art Installation, commissioned by Avenue of the Arts
Foundation, Kansas City Municipal Art Commission, and the Downtown Council, KCMO

2006
Dolphin, SUMMER EXHIBITION 2006, curated by John O’Brien, Kansas City, Missouri

2005
Stray Show, GUN AND KNIFE, curated by Peregrine Honig, Fahrenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2004
Massman Gallery, MODERN MADONNA’S, curated by Kate Hackman, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri

2003
Art On The Boat Navy Pier, Fahrenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2001
Pierogi Flatfiles, invitational by Joe Amrhein, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
H&R Block Artspace, CHARLOTTE STREET EXHIBITION, curated by Kate Hackman, Kansas City, Missouri
1999
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, PERSPECTIVE KC, Invitational, curated, and essay by Raphael Rubenstein-senior editor of Art in America, Shawnee Mission, Kansas

AWARDS & HONORS

2010
URBAN HERO AWARD, Kansas City, MO

2009-10
H&R BLOCK ARTSPACE, RELAX, commissioned project wall
USA ARTISTS, Honorarium

2008-2010
MUNICIPAL ART COMMISSION, mayoral appointment

2005-2008
REVIEW STUDIOS, granted studio, Kansas City, MO

2007
ART OMI, International Artists’ Residency, Ghent, NY
- CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION- Sponsorship
AVENUE OF THE ARTS, Public Art Commission
CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION, Professional Development Retreat

2004
TANNE FOUNDATION, Boston, MA

2001
CHARLOTTE STREET FELLOWSHIP, Kansas City, MO