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is a Chicago-based Canadian painter who also creates sewn and carved objects. His work deals with intersections of power, labour, and humour, usually through depictions of figures and the spaces they occupy. He has exhibited in Chicago, New York, Sweden, Iceland, Kuwait, France, and Canada and his work is represented in the collections of Todd Oldham, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto. He holds the position of Associate Professor, adj. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Jason Dunda
Solo Exhibitions
2019 “A twelve step program for iconoclasm,” FLXST Contemporary, Chicago
2018 “A Hall of Unflattering Portraits,” MacLaren Art Center, Barrie, Ontario (catalog)
2016 “Bystander recalls various incidents with malignant enthusiasm,” Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Gallery
2014 “The ceiling caves in on Jason Dunda’s Head,” Slow, Chicago
2011 “Boîte-en-valise,” Clutch Gallery, Chicago
2009 “No substantial advantage to mankind,” Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago
2008 “Sensible,” Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2021 “Dream,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
“In Dialogue,” Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia PA
“The Happening,” FLXST, Chicago
2020 “Reaching for the Horizon,” Antenna, New Orleans
“Go For Baroque,” Spring/Break Art Fair, New York (two-person)
2019 “Highly Illogical,” Langer/Dickie, Chicago (two-person)
“New Editions: Into the FLXST,” FLXST Contemporary, Chicago
2018 “Orange,” Slow, Chicago
“Contributing Factors: Selections from Sovfoto,” MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario (curator)
“Shared Neuroses,” boundary, Chicago (two-person)
2017 “Vote for convict no. 9653,” Dock 6 Collective, Chicago
2016 “We’re separate together now,” Slow, Chicago
2015 “We,” Slow, Chicago (curator)
“The Hall of Minor Letdowns,” Daly 208 Projects, Chestertown MD
“Bring Out Your Dead,” Slow, Chicago
2014 “Burn It Down,” Heaven, Chicago
“Isolated Fictions,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
“Everything Paper,” University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery
“Don’t Trust the Floor,” Slow, Chicago
“Eating Cultures,” SOMArts, San Francisco
2013 “Your Implications Have Implications,” Slow, Chicago
“August,” SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012 “Euphemize,” Slow, Chicago
“Punishment and Protest,” Azimuth Projects, Chicago
“Selections from the 7th International Drawing Annual,” Manifest, Cincinnati OH
“Gang of Nine,” Research House for Asian Art, Chicago
“B.A.D,” Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
2011 “Archival Impulse,” Gallery 400, Chicago
“Head,” Slow, Chicago
“Five Funerals,” The Charnel House, Chicago (co-curator)
“Lock the Doors,” Slow, Chicago
“Sexier,” Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago
“Myself: A Survey of Contemporary Self-Portraiture,” Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
2010 “Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro NC
“Unreal,” York Quay Galleries, Toronto
“Environments,” Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco
“Pink Paint,” Riverside Art Center, Riverside, IL
“Isolated Fictions,” AS220, Providence RI; Fluxspace, Philadelphia; Green Lantern, Chicago
2009 “Paul Who?” Slow, Chicago
“Artists Run Chicago,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Education
1999 to 2001 Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1991 to 1995 Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto
Grants and Awards
2015 Professional Development grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
2013 International Residencies Program grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2012 Community Arts Assistance Program grant, City of Chicago
Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 Propeller Fund grant
Residencies and Fellowships
2022 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine
2021 The Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2016 Roger Brown House, New Buffalo, Michigan
2014 La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2013 SÍM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
2012 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
visiting artist, Illinois State University at Bloomington-Normal
Collections (selected)
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Andreas Brüning, Düsseldorf
Curt Conklin, Chicago
John Corbett, Chicago
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto
Suzanne Martineau, Chicago
Annie Morse, Chicago
Todd Oldham, New York
Shannon Stratton, New York
Presentations and Lectures
2021 Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal IL
2016 Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
2015 Georgian College, Barrie ON
2013 Alliance of Icelandic Artists, Reykjavík
2012 Sunday Dinner, Chicago
2011 Panelist, Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno