David Ford, Your Fear, from I Like this Country.

David Ford
(b. 1964, Lives and works, Kansas City, Missouri, Education – Self-taught.)

Solo Exhibitions – Ghetto Gloss, curated by Shana Nys Dymbrot, Los Angeles, California, 2008; I Like This Country, Mercy Seat Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2008, White Like Me, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York, 2008; Maximon – The Backward Days, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York, 2007; Gold Standard, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2006; Welcome, Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri, 2005; It's OK, Gallery HQ, Kansas City, Missouri, 2004; Memories of an Alternative Past, Dirt Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2002; American Homes, Fluxus Gallery, SMA, Mexico, 2000; Standard Homes, Telephone Booth, Kansas City, Missouri, 1998; Miedo, Museo Na-Bolom, Chiapas, Mexico, 1994; La Selva, Museo De Maya, QR, Mexico, 1990; Twin Gods, Site Specific Warehouse, Kansas City, Missouri, 1988.

Group Exhibitions – Dolphin on Liberty Group Show, Dolphin Gallery Kansas City, Missouri, 2008; Summer Guests Show, Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles California, 2008; KC in LA, Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2008; Satellite Exhibitions, Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Florida, 2007; Open Studio, Art Omi, Ghent, New York, 2007; Avenue of the Arts, Temporary Public Art Installation, commisioned by Avenue of the Arts Foundation, Kansas City Municipal Art Commission and the Downtown Council, KCMO, 2007; Summer Exhibition 2006, Dolphin, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by John O’Brien, 2006; Review Studio Artists, Review Studios Exhibition Space, Kansas City, Missouri, 2006; Stray Show / Gun and Knife, Farenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Curated by Peregrine Honig, 2005; Modern Madonnas, Massman Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Kate Hackman, 2004; Art on the Boat Navy Pier, Fahrenheit Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Curated by Peregrine Honig, 2003; New American Paintings, OPS Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003; Pierogi Flatfiles / Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri, Invitation and curated by Joe Amrhein, 2001; Charlotte Street Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Kate Hackman, 2001; Perspective KC, JCCC, Overland Park, Kansas, Curated by Raphael Rubenstein-senior editor of Art in America, 1999.

Awards and Honors – Review Studio Grand Recipient, Kansas City, Missouri, 2005-2008; Art Omi, International Artists’ Residency – Additional Support Sponsorship, Charlotte Street Foundation; Creative Capital Foundation, Granted Professional Development Retreat; The Open Studio Press, New American Paintings, Volume 71, Boston, Massachusetts; Tanne Foundation Award, 2004; Charlotte Street Foundation Award, 2001.

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Bonus Kill, 2001, Acrylic and Wood on Canvas, 70 x 50"

My God Your God, Infinite Maquette (detail), 2007, Granite Milled Steel and Auto-body Enamel, 105 x 36 x 36"

Artist Statement
Through my work, I hope to juxtapose established principles with a sense of the “other,” the “other” shifting with the cultural perspectives presented by the viewer. These connotative projections are co-opted to further the dynamic by working in 2, 3, 4, and 5 dimensional mediums to accomplish, at times, a blurring of the art contact point, separating it from the imagery or movement encountered.

My intention is to compound the assets of cultural interface, which often results in a residue of experience or thought.