dietrich wegner
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  BORN:  
  1978 Adelaide, Australia.
 

EDUCATION:

 
  2003 Ohio State University, Sculpture, MFA
  2001 Maryland Institute, College of Art, BFA
  EXHIBITIONS:  
  2008 Solo Show, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
    Change America, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
    Clouds, et al, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL.
    85th Anuual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA. Juror: Dave Hickey
    Photo Miami Art Fair, Robert Berman Gallery, Miami, FL.
    Scope Art Fair, Carrie Secrist Gallery, East Hampton, NY.
    Scope Art Fair, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Basil, Switzerland.
    Art Chicago Art Fair, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  2007 AAP 97th Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
    Furious! The Angry Show, Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
    Mission Accomplished: Contemporary Political Art, Digital Artist Space, Troy, NY.
    A Celebration of Sculpture, The Carnegie, Covington, KY. Curator: Bill Seitz
    On A Pedestal & Off the Wall, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH.
  2006 Solo Exhibition , South Bend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN.
    Solo Exhibition, Esther Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, OH.
    Run for Your Lives, Diverseworks Art Space, Houston, TX. Curator: Diane Barber
   

America on the Brink, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA.  Curator: Lizzie Zucker Saltz

    Phenomenon, George Town College Art Gallery, Georgetown, KY.  Curator: Elissa Morley
    Raise Your Voice: American Democracy Project, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO.
    Sculpture Conference Show, The Carnegie, Covington, KY.
    Nothing to Fear, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Curator: Nadine Wasterman.
  2005 Solo Exhibition, East Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
    Power: Sex, Politics & the Pursuit of Global Domination, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. Curators: Robert Fitchter & Scott Groeniger.
    Topographic, Spaces, Cleveland, OH. Curators: Joanne Cohen, Jason Lee, Royden Watson.
    Mouth, OAL Gallery, Columbus, OH. Two Person Exhibition with Ryan Agnew.
    23rd Juried Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Jordan Kantor, Assistant Curator for Museum of Modern Art, New York.
    CAA National Show, CAA Gallery Cambridge, MA. Juror: Joseph Thompson, Director of Mass MoCA.
    Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH.
  2004 Solo Exhibition, Robert & Martha Hull Lee Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    Solo Exhibition, Hanover College Art Gallery, Madison, IN
    New Art '04, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
    New American Talent, Arthouse, Austin, TX
     North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO.
   

International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts,  NJ. Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of  Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art

  2003 Solo Exhibition, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
    Solo Exhibiton, BTC, Columbus, OH
    Solo Exhibition, Penn State Community Arts Center, Altoona, PA
   

ISC 2003 Outstanding Student Achievement Award Show, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ. Jurors: David Collins, Director of Storm King Art Center; Tom Otterness, sculptor; Susan Taylor, director of the Princeton Art Museum

    Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH.
    Art On View, Sauber Gallery, Athens, OH. Juror: Charles Desmarais, Alice & Harris Weston Director
    Crossing Borders, Goldfarb Center for the Arts, York University Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  2002 Visions International, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX. Juror: Peter Frank, Critic for LA Weekly.
    Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH. Juror: Marc Mayer, Deputy Director, Brooklyn Museum of Art
  2000 Solo Exhibition, Robert E Lee Park, Baltimore, MD
    Solo Exhibition, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
  VISITING ARTIST, GRANTS & AWARDS:  
  2008 Lecture, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
  2007 Tillie S. Speyer Award, Associated Artist of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  2006 Lecture, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.
    Wex Lab Interactive Installation Artist, Wexner Center for the Arts, Education Department, Columbus, OH.
  2005 Juror for Student Work Exhibition, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH.
  2004

Lecture, Hanover College, Hanover, IN.

  2003 Outstanding Student Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center
    Harold & Bernis Louis Award, Ohio State University
     Award of Excellence, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
  2002 Mary Lou Chess Memorial Award, Ohio Art league
    Gilmore Material Grant, Ohio State University
  2000 Freda Eichelberger Õ81 Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art
    Sculpture Department Recognition Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art
    Achievement Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art
  1999 Achievement Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art
  1997 Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute, College of Art
    Maryland Institute Trustee Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art
  BIBLIOGRAPHY:  
  2008 Ayers, Robert. "Dietrich Wegner, and His Ambiguous Convictions," Eikon: International Magazine of Photography and Media Art, December 2008, 8-15.
    "Playhouse," Sculpture Magazine, December 2008, 19.
    Weinberg, Lauren. "Clouds, et al," Time Out Chicago, Issue 175, July 3-9, 2008.
    Guz, Savannah. “The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 97th Annual Exhibition has a lot to say—and a lot of fun saying it.” Pittsburgh City Paper, January 17, 2008, Art Reviews & Features.
    Thomas, Mary. “Shows bring art group’s history to life,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 9, 2008, Art Reviews.
  2007 Shaw, Kurt. “Paintings plentiful in Associated Artists’ annual exhibit,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 4, 2007.
    Utter, Douglas Max. “Off Their Pedestals,” Free Times, Volume 14, Issue 51, April 11, 2007.
   

Feaster, Felicia. "Anger vs. invention: Dueling images of artistic inspiration," CreativeLoafing.com, July 4, 2007, Visual Arts.

    Tranberg, Dan. “Sculpture Center exhibit proves size doesn’t matter, at least in art,” The Plain Dealer, April 6, 2007, Art Matters.
   

Link, Melissa. "America On The Brink," Art Papers, March-April, 2007, 52.

    Lewis, Zachary. “Pedastal & Off the Wall,” www.ClevelandScene.com, Arts & Entertainment, March 21, 2007.
  2006 Hardy, Michael. "Sharing the Diverse Vision," Houston Chronicle, Oct. 6, 2006, Art.
    Martin, Ryan. “Run For Your Lives!,” Glasstire, October 2006, Review.
   

Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “The End of Days,” Houston Press, Oct. 5, 2006, Art.

   

Stevenson, Bob. “Run For Your Lives” KUHF, The Front Row, Sept. 28, 2006. (NPR radio interview archived at http://www.kuhf.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=17988)

   

Skinner, Kelly. “Politically charged Art Exhibition Features Anti-Conservative Pieces,” The Red & Black, Sept. 11, 2006, 1, 5.

   

Sale, Beth. “Politics, Painting & Pottery,” Flagpole, Sept. 6, 2006, Art Notes, 13.

   

Kocmoud, Joy. “New Exhibit Opens At Greer Museum,” Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Feb. 10, 2006, A1, A5.

   

Weinstein, Tresca. “Artists Respond to Culture of Fear and Warnings,” Times Union, Jan. 15, 2006, Arts/ Events 1, 12.

   

Goepfert, Bob. “Exhibit In Sight,” The Record, Jan. 5, 2006, 34.

  2005 Melissa Starker, "Tongues Untied," Alive, Aug 31, 2005, cover, 14.
    Dan Tranberg, "Artists Play On Familiar Landscapes in Spaces Show," Plain Dealer, Sunday Arts, February 6, 2005, J3.
  2004 Cas Taddeo, "New Art '04 at the Kingston Gallery," Some Other Magazine, Art Section, September.
    Cate McQuaid, "Three Shows Shake Up The Summer Doldrums," Boston Globe, August 20, 2004.
  2003 "Buds 2," Sculpture Magazine, October, 2003, 58.
  1997 Lisa Gray, "Too Hot for HSPVA," Houston Press, Press Picks, June, 1997, 26.

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