Lorraine Tady

M.F.A - Studio Art
Southern Methodist University - 1991

B.F.A magna cum laude - Painting
Wright State University, Ohio - 1989

Ellen Battell-Stoekel Fellowship, Norfolk Summer Program - Painting
Yale - 1988

Sarradet, William. “Surreal in Texas: Two Exhibitions in Dallas" Glasstire.com, June 21, 2024 (photos). 2024 - Review

Luczaj, Wieslaw (Mark Starel). Discursive Geometry & More, 2023. Goldenmark Publications, Warsaw, Poland. (Polish and English) ISBN 978-83-67626-01-9. (photo, page 20, in Geometric Abstraction and Visual Metaphor (A Thought Experiment) by Steven Baris)  2023 - Book

Baris, Steven. Lorraine Tady: Graphing the Invisible, Stevenbaris.com/Expanded Diagram Project (photos) July, 18, 2022  2022 - Article

Shaw, Eric. “Lorraine Tady and the Saturation of Vectors” Glasstire, article. February 12, 2021. Photos.
2021 - Article

On Screen / Off Screen: Contemporary Painting and Technology: Kate Petley, Lorraine Tady, Liz Trosper, Barry Whistler Gallery/Orth Contemporary online catalog 2021 - Catalog

New American Paintings.  Juried Exhibition-in-Print Number 150. The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA. November 2021. 2021 - Book

Rudolph, William Keyse. Suzanne Weaver. Lana S. Meador. Texas Women: A New History of Abstract Art. San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX. Exhibition catalog with essays, 2020. (photo) 2020 - Catalog

Knecht, Lyndsay. On the Painting as a Fantasy, essay for Plugged-In Paintings, Site 131, Dallas, TX. Exhibition Brochure, 2019.   (photo). 2019 - Brochure

Otis and Velma Dozier Travel Grant - Dallas Museum of Art [2015]

Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation - Chenven Foundation, NY, NY [2010]

Honoring Our Professor's Excellence (H.O.P.E.) - Residence Life and Student Housing, Southern Methodist University [2000]

The Kimbrough Award - Dallas Museum of Art [1993]

Associate Professor of Instruction, Visual Art
University of Texas at Dallas [2018–Present]

Clinical Assistant Professor, Visual Art
University of Texas at Dallas [2009–2018]

Visiting Assistant Professor, Visual Art
University of Texas at Dallas [2007–2009]

Visiting Assistant Professor, Painting
University of Dallas [2005–2006]
Graduate Critiques/MFA Candidacy Orals & Graduate Committee work, University of Dallas Undergraduate Graduate Critiques, MA Junior/Senior Reviews, University of Dallas

Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing and Design
Baylor University [2004–2004]
Spring Semester, Sabbatical Replacement

Sabbatical Replacements for Assistant Professor
Southern Methodist University [2000–2003]
Graduate - Critiques, MFA Candidacy Orals & Graduate Committee work; Undergraduate - Critiques, MA Junior/Senior Reviews, Southern Methodist University, 2000-2003 Including Emergency replacement in 1996

Adjunct Instructor
Universities and Colleges [1995–2006]
2004-2007 Lecturer I, 2D, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 2006 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing, Richland Community College, Dallas, TX 2003-2007 Adjunct, Painting and Drawing, Eastfield Community College, Mesquite, TX 1995-97/2001-03/06 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate and Undergraduate, Painting and Drawing, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2006 Adjunct, Foundations CORE team, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 2004-2005 Adjunct, Painting & Design, Tarrant County Community Colleges, SE Arlington, TX and NE Hurst, TX 2003 Assistant Adjunct Professor, Painting, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 1993 Instructor, Painting and Drawing, Goliad Art Center, Rockwall, TX 1989-1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 1989 Artist-in-Residence, Painting and Drawing, Ohio Arts Council with Sidney City Schools, Sidney, OH

Printmaking Concepts: The Surprise at the "Other" End of the Press

Through the work of 22 artists, this exhibition (with brochure) explored the inter-relationship of printmaking with other contemporary art media (drawing, painting, sculpture, video, and photography), as well as fresh approaches regarding new and traditional printmaking concepts. January 8 - March 12, 2022. SP/N Gallery, UTDallas 

Drawing Quote Unquote

Edith O’Donnell Gallery and ATC first floor, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX. Curated by Lorraine Tady  January 15 – February 12, 2016

Sonic Architectonic

Eugene White (WI), Diane Fitch (VT), Derrick Buisch (WI), Frank Dufour (TX), Nancy Rebal (TX), 
David Searcy (TX), Elizabeth Mead (VA), John Pomara (TX), Leslie Wilkes (TX), Brad Tucker (TX), Paul Slocum (NY), 
Robert Ortega (NY), Stephen Lapthisophon (TX), and Jill Auckenthaler in collaboration with Sarah Phillips (NY)
Visual Arts Building, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX. 
Organized, curated, and publication with essay by Lorraine Tady, January 27 – February 18, 2012

Color System, Color Strategy

Julie Shapiro (NY), Brian Bulfer (NJ), James Van Arsdale (CA), Karey Ellen Kessler (WA), 
Renuka Ekbote (TX), Cassandra Emswiler (TX) 
Visual Arts Building, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX. 
Organized, curated, and publication with essay by Lorraine Tady, September 24 – October 23, 2010

Catalyst

David A. Dreyer, Noah Simblist, Jill Foley, Robin Eldridge, Mirka Hokkanen, Dan H. PhillipsVisual Arts Building, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX. Organized, curated, publication with essay by Lorraine Tady, March 22 – April 24, 2010

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Lorraine Tady contributes to our program through her Painting, Drawing, Design and Printmaking classes. Her classes share knowledge in the traditions of art making, contemporary art, and experimental design. Students are guided and encouraged to find knowledge through research, exploration and making. Whether pursuing careers in art or simply finding enrichment, Tady motivates students to develop an awareness of their own artistic voice and the context of their investigations.

Tady’s interests in interdisciplinary study are evident in her UT Dallas Visual Art Gallery curatorial projects. Her 2022  Printmaking Concepts: The Surprise at the "Other" End of the Press was a 22 person show that explored the inter-relationship of printmaking with other contemporary art media (drawing, painting, sculpture, video, and photography), as well as fresh approaches regarding new and traditional printmaking concepts. 2016 Drawing Quote Unquote explored the diversity of drawing; 2014 Collective Bargaining (co-curated with Diane Durant) on local artist collectives; 2012 Sonic Architectonic exploring sound in art; 2010 Color System, Color Strategy on the various ways color theories manifest; 2010 Catalyst regarding individual artist’s visions; and 2008 Alchemy or Change on the subtext and importance of art-making processes and material choices.

Her own work visualizes intuitive architectural mapping and spaces, while playing games with lines, shapes, parts and process through a pseudo conceptual engineering inquiry. Working in serials such as the L.E.D. Series and the Octagon Vibration Series, Tady’s art has been influenced by excursions to northern New Mexico; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; New York, NY; Paris, France; London and Kent, England; and Westfjords and Reykjavik, Iceland.

Her current position at UT Dallas follows full-time visiting positions at Southern Methodist University (2000-2003), Baylor University, Waco, TX (Spring 2004), and University of Dallas, Irving, TX (2005-2006). Following a fellowship from Yale University, Tady attended the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art (1988), and received an MFA at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (1991).

Her dedication to research and practice as an artist is evident in her professional exhibition activity (1987 to the present) both in Texas and in a variety of national and international art spaces. Tady has been represented by the Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX, since 1994, and received the 1993 Dallas Museum of Art Kimbrough Award, the 2010 New York Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Award, and recently the 2015 Otis and Velma Dozier Travel Grant (to Iceland) from the Dallas Museum of Art. She was also nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation 2006 Painters and Sculptors Grant (NYC), the 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize (Jones Center, Contemporary Art for Texas), and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant (2010). Her work was one of 33 artists included in the Texas Abstract: Modern + Contemporary publication by Fresco Books in 2015.








 

MUSEUM/ GALLERY EXPERIENCE

Pollock Gallery, (Formerly The Gallery from 1990-97), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

•  Editorial/Gallery Assistant - Volunteer 
  •  1994-1999 Assisted director with the production ofgallery organized catalog and exhibitions.
•  Preparator and curatorial assistant 
  •  1991 Assisted director

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX - McDermott Curatorial Intern in Contemporary Art

•  1992-1993 Assistant to Dr. Annegreth NiH, (then) Associate Curator of Contemporary Art

JCPenney Corporate Headquarters, Plano, TX - Installation Assistant

•  1992 Home Office: From Drawing Board to Reality, permanent exhibition ofarchitectural drawings, models, and photographs

University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH - Gallery Assistant/Artist Assistant/Preparator - Work/Study Program

•  1985-1989 Office/gallery assistant to Barry A. Rosenberg, (then) Director; and preparator/gallery assistant to Stuart Delk. (then) Galleries Technician. Exhibitions significantly augmented my undergraduate education.

OTHER ART RELATED PROJECTS

•  1991 Set Designer, collaboration with Timothy Johnson, Director, Edmond by David Marnet, Margo Jones Theater, SMU
•  1989 Guitarist/collaboration, BirthControl, group performance at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
•  1988-89 Singer/contributing writer/collaboration, Ghandi's Barber, group performance at Canal Street Tavern, Dayton, OH and Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH
•  1987 Singer/contributing writer/collaboration, Twelve Fifteen by IZNOT, "Turn Cold" broadcast on WSU college radio station/playlist 1988, Dayton, OH
•  1986 Performance, (student version) played "Audrey" in Terry Allen's installation/performance OHIO, University Art Galleries. WSU, Dayton. OH