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C.V.Education
1992 BFA in Painting and Sculpture: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 This Land, at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City NJ
Natural Discourse @ Levy Art + Architecture: San Francisco CA
2019 This Land, presented in association with the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago IL.
Paved With Good Intentions: UM Institute of Humanities Gallery, Ann Arbor MI
2016 Truthful Hyperbole: Magnan Metz Gallery, NYC
2014 The Future Ain't What It Used to Be: Magnan Metz Gallery, NYC
2012 Accumulated Afterthoughts: Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC
2011 Bit Assemblage: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at ADAA Art Show, NYC
2009 Land of Plenty: Wright Museum of Art, Beloit WI
2008 Manifest Destination: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC
Plan C: University at Albany Art Museum, Albany NY
2007 Dredge: Roebling Hall, NYC
2006 Drawings: BravinLee Programs, NYC
Fabrications: Roebling Hall, NYC
2004 2004 Aldrich Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
American Paradigms: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2003 Loose Ends: Roebling Hall, Brooklyn

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Off-Kilter: 601Artspace, NYC
States of Collapse: Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina SK, Canada
2019 Natural Discourse @ Sagehen: Sagehen Experimental Forest Field Station, Truckee CA
Power/Empower: North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND
Spring/Break Art Show: NYC
2018 Les Fleurs du Mal, Pierogi Gallery, NYC
Through That Which Is Seen: Palo Alto Art Center, CA
2016 Temporary Allegiance: The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
2015 Wrath – Force of Nature: Wave Hill Cultural Center, Bronx NY
Detrás del Muro, XII Havana Bienal: Large-scale outdoor installation, Havana, Cuba
Weird Science: Marianne Boesky Gallery, NYC
Not Really: Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, NY
2013 Norwood & Underline Present: Underline Gallery, NYC
2012 Otherworldly: Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, France
#BWGSummer: Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
2011 MärklinWorld: Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
By the Sea: Cristin Tierney, NYC
Otherworldly: Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
2010 Drill Baby Drill: Gowanus Edge Curatorial Exchange, Brooklyn NY
Project Birch Forest: White Box, NYC
Nature of the Beast: HP Garcia Gallery, NYC
Resurrectine: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC
2009 Under Control: Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign IL
Signs of the Apocalypse and Rapture: Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago IL
Black&WhiteWorks: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC
2,191 Days and Counting: Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn NY
Your Documents Please: Galeria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia
2008 Drawing Review: 37 Years of Works on Paper: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC
Who Gets What: a political show: David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago IL
Artists and War: North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND
HereThereEverywhere: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
2007 Climate of Concern: David Weinberg Gallery, part of the Chicago Humanities Festival
Models as Muse: Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA
Mr. President: University at Albany Art Museum, Albany NY
2006 National Image: Sherman Gallery at Boston University, Boston MA
I Love the 'Burbs: Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY
2005 Greater New York 2005: P.S.1, Long Island City, NY

Awards, Residencies, Commissions, Lectures
2019 Efroymson Family Visiting Artist Award, U Michigan Institute of Humanities, Ann Arbor MI
2018 NYFA Fellowship (Painting)
2015 MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough NH
2013 Tokamak Residency, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs NY
Collectors' Edition, Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC
2010 Percent for Art Commission: PS163K public school, Brooklyn
Special Editions Residency, Lower East Side Printshop, NYC
2009 Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, NYC
Yaddo Artist Residency
Ginsberg Family Artist in Residence Award, Beloit College WI
2008 Visiting Artist: University of Cincinnati, OH
Lecture: University at Albany Art Museum, Albany NY
2007 Lecture: New York Studio Program
Visiting Artist: Teacher Institute for Contemporary Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2005 NYFA Fellowship (Sculpture)
2004 Aldrich Emerging Artist Award
Farpath Grant and Artist Residency in Dijon, France

Film Screenings
2021
Nothing to See Here. 59 th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor MI
2019 Clean Slate. 57 th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor MI
Clean Slate. Florida Film Festival, Maitland FL
2018 Clean Slate. Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham AL

Bibliography
2020 Weschler, Lawrence and Opdyke, David. This Land, An Epic Postcard Mural on the Future of a Country in Ecological Peril. Phaidon/Monacelli Press, hardcover 168p.
Weschler, Lawrence. David Opdyke’s This Land. The Nation, pp26-31, Nov 16-23.
Weschler, Lawrence. Scylla and Charybdis: Beyond Climate Denial and Despair. The Atlantic online, Oct 15.
2019 Maher, MJ. Letter from Sagehen Creek. Medium, Oct 19.
Sharp, Sarah Rose. Seeking Beauty as the World Falls Apart. Hyperallergic, Feb 22.
Standfest, Ryan. David Opdyke at The University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Detroit Art Review, Feb 9.
Weschler, Lawrence. Dismal Future? Do Something. The New York Times Arts and Leisure Section, p D15, Jan 21.
2018 Koster, Anna. Palo Alto Center Mounts Fascinating Show of Dioramas. The Mercury News, Feb 7.2016 Holmes, Jessica. Vintage Postcards for the Apocalypse. Hyperallergic, Oct 14.
2015 Esplund, Lance. 'The Seven Deadly Sins,' Spread Across Seven Musuems. The Wall Street Journal, Aug 26.
Shahrigian, Shant. Seven Deadly Delights. The Riverdale Press, Aug 20.
Nórido, Yuris. The sculptures on the Malecon in Havana that everyone wants to see. BBC Mundo: bbc.com, May 28.
Hodara, Susan. At the College of New Rochelle, a Show Meant to Provoke Double Takes.
The New York Times, Feb 21.
2013 Kwon, Liz. Bob, Art & Space section, Issue 103.
2012 Portfolio section of Dossier Journal, Issue 10.
Traps, Yevgeniya. Studio Visit. The Paris Review Daily, Dec 17.
2011 Christ, Lindsey. The Classroom Collection. NY1, 5-part series, aired July 25-9.
Kino, Carol. A Peephole Perspective on Tiny Worlds. The New York Times, June 12.
Exhibition catalog. Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities.
Princenthal, Nancy. Catalog essay for Editions 11, The Lower East Side Printshop.
Johnson, Ken. The Uncluttered Look Has Its Day. The New York Times, Mar 4.
2009 Levin, Kim. Catalog essay for Land of Plenty.
2008 Front40 Press. Catalog for Signs of the Apocalypse and Rapture.
Minimal Art: Why Miniatures Rule the World. Sleek Magazine, Autumn.
Bui, Phong. In Conversation: David Opdyke and Phong Bui. The Brooklyn Rail, October.
Covers and photo spread. Fence Magazine, Spring/Summer.
2007 Holmes, Nigel. Playing the Numbers. Chart for Art+Auction, Annual Investment Issue.
Weschler, Lawrence. Fevered Imagination. The Nation, May 7.
Weschler, Lawrence. David Opdyke: Miniature Monuments. Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter.
2006 Holmes, Nigel. The Art Universe. Vanity Fair, December.
2005 Exhibition catalog. Greater New York 2005. P.S.1 and MoMA.

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