bio/cv
illustration: Alice Caldwell
Cut From a Bigger Cloth
Addoley’s book, Cut From a Bigger Cloth, was published August 29, 2023 by Limestone Books, in the Netherlands.
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Addoley Dzegede is a Ghanaian-American artist who grew up in South Florida and has a home base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was recently a 2022-2023 Fulbright awardee in Craft to the Netherlands and based in Rotterdam for the duration of the award as the Artist-Researcher-in-Residence at Piet Zwart Institute. She is currently the inaugural Artist-in-Residence for a collaboration between ALMA|LEWIS and Frick Pittsburgh.
Her work has been exhibited throughout the US, Europe, and Africa, and she has been an Artist-in-Residence at AiR Green in Noresund, Norway; Loghaven in Knoxville, Tennessee; the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida; Osei Duro in Accra, Ghana; Thread: a project of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Senegal; Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris; The University of Kansas; and several other institutions, as well as a post-graduate apprentice at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.
She received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, and fellowships include the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship at Washington University in St Louis, where she completed an MFA degree in Visual Art, and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.
Group exhibitions and screenings include The Real Show at CAC Brétigny, France, A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances; Season 3 of the Ask Addoley + Anna podcast with Anna Ihle, commissioned by The National Museum of Norway for I Call It Art; SOM, at Penn State Abington in Pennsylvania; Season 2 of the Ask Addoley + Anna podcast commissioned by Coast Contemporary for Organized Freedom in Norway; This Country, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT; Overview is a Place at SPRING/BREAK Art Show: Stranger Comes to Town in New York; Another Country at 50/50 in Kansas City; the Counterpublic Triennial, organized by The Luminary, St. Louis, MO; Color Key at the Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis; and Surface Forms at The Fabric Workshop & Museum in Philadelphia.
Dzegede was a 2018 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grants. Other awards include a 2018 Great Rivers Biennial award; a MICA alumni award; a St. Louis Regional Arts Commission Artist Support Grant; and a Creative Stimulus Award from Critical Mass for the Visual Arts. Her solo exhibition, Ballast, was on view in the summer of 2018 at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis as part of the Great Rivers Biennial, and millefiori at KSMoCA in 2020.
She is half of the collaborative duo, LAB:D, with Lyndon Barrois Jr, most recently exhibiting works together in Mercantile, at Sharp Projects in Copenhagen, Denmark and at Chart Art Fair.
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Education
MFA in Visual Art, Sam Fox School of Design + Visual Art, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri
Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow
BFA in General Fine Arts Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
summa cum laude, literature minor
Post-Graduate Apprenticeship, Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Select Exhibitions
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022
To Die For, Specialist, Seattle, Washington
Mercantile, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
millefiori, KSMOCA, Portland, Oregon
Ballast, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, Pennsylvania
2018
Some, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Wayfarer, Monaco, St Louis, MO (as part of the collaborative duo LAB:D)
Ballast, Great Rivers Biennial, Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis, Missouri
Here and Elsewhere, St Louis Lambert International Airport, Terminal 2, St Louis, Missouri
In Site, a commission for Dwell in Other Futures, .Zack, St Louis, Missouri
2017
Amalgam, Resident Arts, Columbia, Missouri
2016
Fare Well, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St Louis, Missouri
Veiddur, pop-up exhibition at Nes Listamiðstöð, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2015
The Truth is Rude, The Millitzer Gallery, St Louis, MO (as part of the collaborative duo LAB:D with Lyndon Barrois Jr.)
Select Group Exhibitions
2022
SUMMER Nights, Canada, New York, NY
I Call it Art, Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum), Oslo, Norway
The Real Show, CAC Brétigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
2021
A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances, curated by Maija Rudovska, with Parse Nola and Vestfold Kunstsenter, Riga, Latvia
2020
<press play>, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2019
SOM, curated by James Maurelle, Penn State Abington, Abington, Pennsylvania
Organized Freedom, Ask Addoley + Anna podcast, commissioned by Coast Contemporary a journey along the coast of Norway. Molde, Håholmen, and Bergen, Norway
Counterpublic Triennial, Organized by The Luminary, St. Louis, Misssouri
2018
This Country, Zilkha South Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
Nes Alumni Exhibition, Series 4 Video Art loop, Nes Studios, Skagaströnd, Iceland
bodybodymoreless (origins), curated by Amanda Bowles, Monaco, St Louis, Missouri
Overview is a Place, curated by Jessica Baran, SPRING/BREAK Art Show: Stranger Comes to Town, New York, NY
2017
Grand Prix, Monaco, St Louis, MO (as LAB:D with Lyndon Barrois Jr.)
Another Country, 50/50, Kansas City, Missouri
Almost Now, Just Then..., Projects + Gallery, St Louis, Missouri
Color Key, Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis, Missouri
Nobody’s Home, Demo Projects, Springfield, Illinois
Cinco Instantes Maicanas, Galeria de Arte Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Surface Forms, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Encoded, Contemporary Art Gallery at Forest Park Community College, St Louis, Missouri
2016
Concept/Focus, curated by James McAnally and Adam Welch, The Luminary, St Louis, Missouri
2016 College Collective, the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, Rochester, New York
Concept/Focus, curated by Adam Welch, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Reverberations, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015
Apprentice Training Program Exhibition, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Meredith Malone, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St Louis
Launch Pad: Addoley Dzegede, “The Florida Room,” Granite City Art and Design District, Illinois
Failure → Progression, curated by Ellen Harvey, Des Lee Gallery, St Louis, Missouri
Select Screenings
2018
Cadence Video Poetry Festival, curated by Chelsea Werner-Jatzke, NW Film Forum, Seattle, WA
2017
The Labs @ Chale Wote, W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture, Accra, Ghana
Ecology without Borders .01, [.BOX] Videoart Project Space, Milan, Italy
Water, as part of “Architect @ Work”, SCIN, London, United Kingdom
2016
In Deep Ecology, curated by Marina Fomenko, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain
Water, curated by Crystal Heiden, Bridgeport Art Trail, American Fabrics Building, Bridgeport, CT
Now & After ‘16, The State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
Recent Residencies
2023
ALMA|LEWIS x Frick, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Artist Researcher in Residence, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2022-2023)
2022
AiR Green, Søndre Green, Norway
Knotzland Residency, Radiant Hall Susquehanna, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2021
Loghaven Artist Residency, Knoxville, Tennessee
2020
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2020-2022)
Norton Museum Artist-in-Residence Program, West Palm Beach, FL
2019
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Osei Duro Artist-in-Residence, Accra, Ghana
2018
Thread: a project of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Sinthian, Senegal
Awards & Honors
2022
Fulbright, Craft, The Netherlands
Grant, Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, The Heinz Endowment
2020
Above Four Grant, TILA Studios, Atlanta, GA
Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
2019
Inaugural Mary Lucille Dauray Artist-in-Residence, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2018
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant
Great Rivers Biennial Award, (Jurors: Martin Kersels, Lauren Haynes, and Christine Y. Kim) Contemporary Art Museum + the Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, MO
MICA Alumni Association Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Regional Arts Commission Artists Support Grant, St Louis, MO
2017
Diverse Faculty Fellowship, Harper College, Palatine, IL (declined)
Public Projects 2017 Winter Fellowship, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO
2016
Nominee - Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artists Fellowship
Public Projects 2016 Fall Fellowship, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO
Critical Mass for the Visual Arts, Creative Stimulus Award, St. Louis, MO
Honorarium, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
Honorarium, The Center for Diversity & Inclusion, Washington University, St Louis, MO
Regional Arts Commission Artists Support Grant, St Louis, MO
2015
Graduate School of Art Class of 2015 Graduation Speaker, Washington University in St Louis
Nominee - Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture
Honorarium, The Center for Diversity & Inclusion, Washington University, St Louis, MO
2014
Graduate Student Grant, Mellon Vertical Seminar: The Role of Arts Practice in the Research University at Washington University in St Louis
Fine Arts Work Center Scholarship (via Washington University), Provincetown, MA
Graduate Student Travel Grant, Washington University in St Louis
2013
Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship, Washington University in St Louis (2013-2015)
Selected Press
Art Forum news, “Norton Museum of Art Establishes New Artist-in-residence Program,” Sept. 19, 2019
Annie Armstrong, “Joan Mitchell Foundation Names Recipients of 2018 Painters & Sculptors Grants,” artnews.com, December 12, 2018.
Portfolio in December magazine, 60th Anniversary issue, December, 2018.
Brennan Thale, “LAB:D Wayfarer at Monaco,” [review] silverspacestl.com, November 2018.
SpeakArt, “Addoley Dzegede at Thread Senegal,” [interview] speakart.info, October 24, 2018.
Merve Bedir, “Moving together, in St. Louis: Dwell in Other Futures,” [review] temporaryartreview.com, June 13, 2018.
Chris King, “Amy Sherald opens at CAM with impressive local artists in 2018 Great Rivers Biennial,” [review] May 11, 2018.
James McAnally, “Staying Put,” [article] Art in America, Nov 2017.
Gavin Kroeber, “Encoded,” [review] Art in America, April 2017.
Emma Dent, “On View: "Encoded" at the Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park,” stlmag.com, Jan 19, 2017.
Stefene Russell, “On view: "Fare Well" at fort gondo and "Wig Heavier Than a Boot” at beverly,“ [review] stlmag.com, Jan 4, 2017.
Amelia-Colette Jones, “Addoley Dzegede at Fort Gondo,” [review] temporaryartreview.com, Jan 3, 2017.
Nancy Fowler, “3 artists with interest in public work win Critical Mass Awards,” stlouispublicradio.org, Aug 19, 2016.
Lucie Smoker, “Concept Focus: St. Louis Artists,” Art Focus Oklahoma, Vol.31, No.3, May/ June, 2016.
Sam Fox School, “MFA Student Spotlight: Addoley Dzegede,” [feature video] Vimeo, March 26, 2015. https://vimeo.com/123331042
Publications as Author
Cut From a Bigger Cloth [book], published August 29, 2023, Limestone Books, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Elleboog, by Lyndon Barrois Jr. + Addoley Dzegede. [book of essays] Published June 28, 2019 at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
“Addoley Dzegede: Ballast, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, May 11 - August 19, 2018” [catalogue]. 2018
All the Art: St. Louis’ Quarterly Visual Arts Magazine, summer 2015 issue. [interview] “Octopus Chicken: a conversation with Cole Lu”
Palette Scrapings: the official Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum blog. [blog post] “2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Addoley Dzegede,” June 23, 2015. http://ow.ly/OGHXP
Please Hold Magazine, Issue #3: Games, summer 2015. [contributing artist/author] “Intersections”
MFA14 / Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts catalog. [contributing author] St. Louis : Washington University in St. Louis, 2014
Portlandmonthlymag.com, July 7, 2009, [article] “Fabric of History: Gee’s Bend quilts speak volumes”
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