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ANDREW CONNELLY
Home/Studio 3230 Rigadoon Lane, Placerville, CA 95667
Email aconnelly5@gmail.com
Mobile (916) 752-2892
Office California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6061
Office email connelly@csus.edu
Website andrewconnellyart.com
Education
MFA University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 1991
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME 1990
BFA New York State College of Ceramics, Art and Design
Alfred University, Alfred, NY 1987
AA Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY 1984
Solo Exhibitions
2018 All Exaltations: Meditations in Sculpture, Diana L.
Daniels curator, Else Gallery, Sacramento State
2007 Andrew Connelly Recent Works
Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, CA
2003 Presence in Absence,
Delaware Center for The Contemporary Arts,
Wilmington, DE
2000 Breathe, Forum for Contemporary Art,
St. Louis, MO
Select Exhibitions
2023-24 Faculty Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA
2019-20 Finding Heaven in Hellhole Canyon, Center for the
Arts Museum, Escondido, Escondido CA
2014-17 Oakwilde Ranch and Sculpture, Indifferent Space,
Valley Springs CA
Public Art Experience
2023 Art Director, Project Manager, Fabricator, Faculty
Advisor, Tributary, commissioned, Sacramento State, CA
2019 Art Director, Project Manager, Faculty Advisor, #Poppy,
commissioned, Power Inn Alliance and Sacramento State
2019 Public Sculpture Finalist, McKinley Village
Development, Sacramento CA
2015 Public Art Panelist, Memorial Garage Project,
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
2013 Design Review Panelist, Poet Laureate Park Public Art
Project, Sacramento Arts Commission
2012 Public Sculpture Finalist, Pocket Library Public Art
Project, Sacramento CA
1994 Project Supervisor, "Kinetic Air Light Curtain" public
artwork: Antonette Rosato, William J. Maxwell,
Denver International Airport
1994 Designer/Fabricator, "Energize" Interactive, exhibit
Collage Children's Museum, Boulder, CO 1994
1992 Public Art Fabricator and Assistant, "Ground Zero"
Artist: William J. Maxwell, City Hall, Las Vegas, NV
Selected Exhibition and *Performance
2014 Indifferent Space, Oakwilde Ranch and Sculpture
Valley Springs, CA
Nature versus Nurture, Oakwilde Ranch and Sculpture,
Valley Springs, CA
*Our Brain, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
2012 Flat Landers on the Slant, Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
*Storm, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
2010 Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, India Open House
Artist in Residence, Sanskrit Kendra, New Delhi, India
2010 CSUS Faculty Exhibition, University Library Gallery,
Sacramento State, CA,
2008 Outdoor Downtown Sculpture Exhibition, Lawrence, KA
2006 Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, Adelphi University
Garden City, NY 2004
2002 Undercurrent/ Overview6 Tampa Museum Art, FL
ARTNAUTS Artist Collective, www.artnauts.org
2010-present Artist group based in Denver bringing touring
exhibitions to countries around the globe, including- Bosnia,
Herzegovina, Colombia, Palestine, Wales, Meta Colombia,
South Africa, China, Korea, Chile, Cambodia, Uganda,
Mexico, Hungary, Guatemala United Arab Emirates
Teaching and Curriculum
2012- present Professor, Graduate Coordinator, Department of
Art, California State University, Sacramento, CA
2018 Author, Public Art Year-long course /curriculum,
California State University, Sacramento, CA
2018 Co-Author Master of Fine Arts program/ curriculum,
California State University, Sacramento, CA
2007-2012 Associate Professor, Department of Art, Sculpture
California State University, Sacramento, CA
2003-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Sculpture
California State University, Sacramento, CA
2000-2003 Faculty, Assistant Professor, Foundations (Core)
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
1997-2000 Lecturer (Full-time), 3-D Area Coordinator
Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO
1995-1997 Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Lecturer Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
Lecturer, Community College of Denver, CO
Artist in Residencies/ Awards
2017 Research and Creative Activities Grant, College of
A&LSacramento State, CA
2016 Research Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant
Sacramento State, Sacramento, CA
2016 Provost, Faculty Development Award
Sacramento State, Sacramento, CA
2014 Kala Art Institute Fellow, ArtistResidency, Berkeley, CA
2014 UEI Profession Development Grant, Sacramento, CA
2013 UEI Profession Development Grant, Sacramento, CA
2012 Sanskriti Kendra Foundation, Artist Residency
New Delhi, India
UEI Profession Development Grant, Sacramento, CA
2009 Pathfinder Grant, College of A&L, Sacramento State
Selected Press
2019 Invictus, Artnauts in Uganda, by Trine Bumiller
George Rivera, BlurB.com
2019 Rally Round the Flag of Justice, Issuu.com
Vol 1 Issue 1, Linda Wientraub,
2016 Art and Resistance, by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2015 Soul Drift, by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2016 Visualizing Peace: 2015, by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2015 We Can Move Beyond Capitalism by…
by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2015 Identity, curated by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2014 Artnauts in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014
curated by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2014 Diptych America: Private Places/Public Spaces,
curated by George Rivera, BlurB.com
2013 To:The Citizens of Hungary, George Rivera, BlurB.com
2013 Sac State Students, Artists, Converge for U-Nite Event
The State Hornet by Alyssa Sanguinetti
Flatlanders on the slant @ Nelson, Square Cylinder, for
Northern California Art, by David M. Roth
2012 Flatlanders on the Slant, 50th Anniversary, Exhibition
Catalog by Renny Pritikin and Joy Bertinuson
2012 Ecological Imperative, curated by George Rivera
Introduction by Suzi GablikBlurb.com 2011
Memory Remains, George Rivera, BlurB.com
2011 Mixed Message, curated by George Rivera, Blurb.com
2011 Poe’s ‘The Raven’ is Inspiration for U.S. and Mexican
Artists, By Holly Prestige, Richmond Times Dispatch
September 22,
2011 Crossing Over (east meets west), by Poonam Goel
Deccan Herald (India), May 19,
2010 Two Gather for Art, by Kumar Saurav, Mid-Day
(New Dehli, India) June 6,
2010 Growing Canvas of Indian Art, by Vaishali Dar
The Economic Times (India) June 13,
2010 A Profession of Art, By Victoria Dalkey,
Sacramento Bee, Ticket weekend, April 25,
2006 Outdoor exhibit features sculpture of giant cones, by
Chad Lawhorn, Lawrence Journal-World, May 25,
References, Furnished upon request