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| The mechanics of artistic influence are never straightforward.
Most art is influenced by the ideology of previous art. Its artists
create watered-down historicized permutations of their predecessors
intentions. This has been the case, particularly, with minimalist
sculpture. Constance DeJong, on the other hand has responded to the
suppressed, often denied, and ever present poetry of minimalist
practice by creating a body of work that not only carries on the
rigor of the practice but forces us to re-consider the stated
intentions of her predecessors. This is a job worth doing and, even
if it weren't, De Jong has created work worth seeing and thinking about under any circumstances.
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Square XXI, 1992 |
"Grid/Floating Square," 2005 Copper, maple 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 3 inches CD009 |
Split Cube |
| EXHIBITIONS Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “ Of the Wall” 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “Constellations” 2006-2007 James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Site Unseen IV” 2006 Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, “arc” 2005, solo The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, “The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection” 2005, Catalog Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, "Paint on Metal" 2005, catalog Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, “Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawings, a Retrospective” 2003-2004, solo Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “Organizing The World: Sculptural Interventions” 2001-2002 James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Site Unseen II” 2001 516 Artspace, Albuquerque, New Mexico, “The Abrams Collection” 2001 James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Site Unseen” 1999 University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, “The Minimalist Tradition in New Mexico” 1999, Catalog Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa, “Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos” 1998, Catalog Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, "Off The Wall - Again!" 1998 University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, "Faculty Choices" 1998 Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, "The Smallest Show On Earth" 1997 Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, “Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches And Schemas” 1997, Book Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, New Mexico, “Nitrate Paintings” 1996, solo Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “Curatorial Selections: Acquisitions To The Historic, Contemporary, And Photographic Collections” 1996 SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches And Schemas” 1996, Book Littlejohn/Sternau, New York, New York, “Selected Works 1988 -1994” 1995, solo Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, “Common Ground 95” 1995 Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Light Drawings/Metal Paintings” 1994, solo Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, "100 Works” 1994 Littlejohn/Sternau, New York, New York, "New Work” 1994, solo College of Santa Fe, Greer Garson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “CSF Sculpture Project” 1994 Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, “Recollections: Treasures From The Mulvane’s Collection” 1993 The Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, "Selections From The Permanent Collection” 1993 University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, "Art Of This Century” 1993, Catalog Cafe Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico," Contemporary Art Society's Fifth Anniversary Exhibition” 1993 Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 'Gravity Is The Root Of Grace" 1992, solo Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, "Intimate Objects” 1992, Catalog Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, "The Plane Truth” 1991, Catalog Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “Singular Visions" 1991, Catalog Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, “Abstract Art” 1991, Catalog The Works Gallery, Long Beach, California, “Spiritual Objects” 1991 International Art Expo, Seattle, Washington, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991 Conlon Gallery and Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Double Vision” 1991 Sena Gallery West, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Sculptor’s Drawings” 1991 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, “Constance DeJong And Garo Antreasian” 1990 Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, “Recent Acquisitions” 1990 Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, “New Acquisitions 1982-1990” 1990, Catalog Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “Recent Acquisitions” 1990 Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, “Albuquerque Artists” 1990 Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, "Sculpture 1988 - 1989" 1989, solo Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, “Constance DeJong” 1989, solo, catalog Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, New York, New York, “Selected Work” 1989, solo Kimo Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, “Return Of The Soul To The World” 1989 Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “1989 Exhibition And Auction” 1989, Catalog John Davis Gallery, New York, New York, “Five New Painters” curated by Sean Scully, 1989 Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Invitational” 1988 Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “New Mexico ‘87”’ 1988 - 87, Catalog Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Recent Work” 1987, solo University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, “Working Small” 1987 Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Grand Divisions” 1985, solo Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas, El Paso, “Five From New Mexico” 1985 Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, California, “Metal Works” 1985, solo La Posada de Albuquerque, New Mexico, “The Artspace Collection” Artspace Magazine, 1985, Catalog Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, “Recent Acquisitions” 1984 Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, “1984 Invitational Exhibition” 1984, Catalog Sebastian-Moore Gallery, Denver, Colorado, “Santa Fe In Denver” 1984 Fort Worth Gallery, Fort Work, Texas, “Paper, Leather, Clay, Metal” 1984 Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Recent Work” 1983, solo Teaching Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, “Ideas In Process: Working Drawings And Paintings By UNM Faculty” 1982 Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “New Mexico In Three Dimensions” 1982 Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Traveling: Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Montana, 1983; Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, 1983; Salina Art Center, Kansas, 1983; Sioux City Arts Center, Iowa, 1983; Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Texas 1982; Tyler Art Museum, Texas, 1982 Catalog Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Steel Drawings” 1981, solo Taos Armory, New Mexico, “No Mountains, No Mesas: Contemporary Artists Of New Mexico” 1981, Catalog Meridian Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, “Meridian Invites” 1981 Betty Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas, “Six From Santa Fe” 1981 Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Armory Show” 1980, Catalog American Crafts Museum, New York, New York, “Young Americans: Metal” 1980, Catalog ARTICLES, CATALOGS, BOOKS Kathryn M. Davis, “Constellation” THE Magazine, April 2007 Tom Collins, “Shadows and Lite” Journal North, February 2, 2007 Arin McKenna, “Aglow: Exhibit looks for patterns in light” Winterlife 2006, supplement of Santa Fe New Mexican Paul Weideman, “A gallery of galaxies” Pasatiempo, December 15, 2006 Laura Addison, “The Stars in Our Midst” El Palacio, Winter 2006 Ellen Berkovitch, “Museum of Fine Arts Constellation” The Santa Fean, December 2006 Pulkka, Wesley, “DeJong's Copper Arcs Inspiring” Albuquerque Journal, May 22, 2005: F5 Sasse, Julie, "Paint on Metal" Exhibition Catalog, Tucson Museum of Art, 2005 Jackson, Amanda, “Metallic equation becomes art” Daily Lobo, January 28, 2004: 7 Benke, Richard, “Retrospective: The incredible lightness of metal art” Akron Beacon Journal, December 26, 2003 Smetanka, Mary Jane, “ ‘U’ wall will serve to welcome people and points of light” Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, December 10, 2003: A12 Benke, Richard, “Artist favors math, nature over whim, emotion” Denver Post, December 26, 2003 Reed, Arden, Constance DeJong: metal, University of New Mexico Press, 2003 Who’s who in America, Marquis Publishers, 58th edition 2003 Who’s who in the West, Marquis Publishers, 27th edition 2002 Feldman PHD, Gail, “From Crisis to Creativity” Book Partners, Wilsonville, Oregon 1999: 167 Abrams, Jonathan, “That Certain Look” Exhibition Catalog, University of New Mexico, 1999 Tobin, Richard, “Unseen” THE Magazine, June, 1999: 59 Lee, Jeffrey, “Barely Even There” Alibi, August 11, 1999: 20 Pulkka, Wesley, “Exhibits Embrace Wide-Ranging Artistic Influences” Albuquerque Journal, August 8, 1999: F2 Mobley-Martinez, Tracy, “Bare Essentials” Albuquerque Tribune, July 9, 1999: F1 Pulkka, Wesley, “Minimalists prove less is more” Albuquerque Journal, June 6, 1999: F2 Doe, Donald, “Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque” Exhibition Catalog, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 1998 Goodman, Jonathan, “From Painting Into Sculpture” World Sculpture News, Vol. 3 Number 3, 1997: 40– 43 The National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. “NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Archives” 1996 Aldmann, Jan, and Barbara McIntyre, Contemporary Art In New Mexico, (Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House) 1996 Bensley, Lis, “The 48” Pasatiempo, December 13, 1996: 4 Reed, Arden, “Nitrate Paintings” THE Magazine, October 1996: 51 Wilson, Malin, “DeJong’s Works Invite Discovery” Journal North, August 22, 1996: 4 Bensley, Lis, “DeJong Launches Work With Painterly Touch” Pasatiempo, August 16, 1996: 24 Eauclaire, Sally, “Constance DeJong” ARTnews, April 1995: 153 Hemp, Christine, “Constance DeJong, Light Drawings/Metal Paintings” THE Magazine, October 1994 Versace, Candelora, “Constance DeJong” Art Talk, August-September 1994: 29 Bensley, Lis, “DeJong’s Sculpture Has Sensuality In Its Austerity” Pasatiempo, September 2-8,1994:7 Balsamo, Dean, “Review” Pasatiempo, August 6-13, 1992: 6 Nye, Miles, “Santa Fe Galleries Show Paintings, Sculptures” Albuquerque Journal, July 30, 1992: E14 Collins, Tom, “Critical Reflections” THE Magazine, August 1992: 37 Reed, Arden, “On The Scene” Artspace, September - October 1992: 69 Shields, Kathleen, “Intimate Objects” Exhibition Catalog, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1992 Walch, Peter, “Abstract Art” Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1991 Ballatore, Sandy, “Singular Visions” Exhibition Catalog, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1991 Doe, Donald Bartlett, “The Plane Truth” Exhibition Catalog, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, 1991 Bennet, Kate, “Arts” The Albuquerque Voice, Albuquerque, NM, Vol. 1, No. 19, January 23, 1991: 7 Moore, Mark, “Constance DeJong” Report, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA, Spring 1991: 2 Traugett, Joseph, “New Acquisitions 1982-1990” Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, 1990 Ballatore, Sandy. “New Mexico Sculptors: Contemporary Statements” El Palacio, Museum of New Mexico, Spring/Summer Vol. 95, Number 2: 30-39 Peterson, William, “Constance DeJong” Artspace, November/December 1990: 54-55 Wilson, Malin, “1989 Exhibition” Exhibition Catalog, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1989 Lamden, Shull, “A Question Of Superlatives” Santa Fe Reporter, October 4 -10, 1989 L.G., “Constance DeJong” Art Talk, August - September 1989: 56 Leidman, Lisa, “Galleries-SoHo” The New Yorker, June 19, 1989: 14 Ballatore, Sandy, “Wall Forms Evoke Sublime ‘Aesthetic Arrest’” Albuquerque Journal, February 10, 1989: C1 Walch, Peter, “An Art Historian’s Notes On Sculptures By Constance DeJong” Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, 1989 Wilson, Wade, “Constance DeJong” Art Gallery International, May/June 1988: 26-29 Ashton, Dore, “Notes From A Specialized Tourist” Impact, Albuquerque Journal Magazine, February 2, 1988: 7 Peterson, William, “Timothy App And Constance DeJong” ARTnews, January 1988: 178 Dennis, Landt and Lisl, Santa Fe, Hering Press, 1987 Peterson, William, “New Mexico” Artspace, fall 1987 Shields, Kathleen, “The Artspace Collection” Artspace brochure, 1985 Price, Max, “Denver’s Sebastian-Moore Testing The Waters” Denver Post, April 22, 1984 1984 Invitational Exhibition Catalog, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, 1984 Smith-Warren, Katherine, “A Gallery Of His Own” Colorado Homes, January 1984: 43-44 Shields, Kathleen, “Constance DeJong” Artspace, summer 1983 Plett, Nicole, “Promutico, DeJong Well-Matched” Art Lines, July 1983 Milford, Vivian, “Constance DeJong’s ‘Five Degrees Two” Artspace, spring 1983: 37 Doe, Donald Bartlett, “Santa Fe-Taos” Exhibition Catalog, Nebraska Art Association, 1982 Shields, Kathleen, “Ideas In Process” New Mexico Sun, November 1982 NEA Fellowships Awarded, Artlines, December 1982 L. G., “Constance DeJong” Art lines, May 1981 Rankin, Anita, “No Mountains, No Mesas: Contemporary Artists Of New Mexico” Exhibition Catalog, Taos Armory, New Mexico, 1981 App, Timothy, “Constance DeJong” Artspace, summer 1981: 24-26 Bell, David, “Artist’s Works In Steel Tell Of Elegance” The Albuquerque Journal, May 10, 1981 Olsen, James, “Guest Artists’ Works More Exciting Than Hosts” The Albuquerque Journal, May 31, 1981 Warren, Jill, “Sculpture Show Challenges Expectations” Santa Fe Reporter, May 15, 1981: 4 Lusk, Jennie, “Gender-Based Art Show Dwells On Touch” The Albuquerque Journal, December 1980 “Young Americans: Metal” Exhibition Catalog, American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 1980 “Women In The Southwest” Exhibition Catalog, Downtown Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1979 “Silver In Silver City” Exhibition Catalog, The Francis McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, 1978 COLLECTIONS - PUBLIC Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico Fine Arts Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas Fisher-Landau Center, Long Island City, New York The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York AWARDS Creative Work Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1997-1998 Outstanding Professor of the Year, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1994 Purchase Prize, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe 1987 NEA Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Washington, D.C. 1982 Research Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1980 New Mexico Arts Commission Grant, Albuquerque 1979 TEACHING University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Lecturer 1979-1989, Assistant Professor 1989-1995, Associate Professor 1995-2004, Professor 2004-Present EDUCATION University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MFA 1980, MA 1975 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, B.S. 1972 |