CASEY DROEGE
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Education
2008- 10 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
MFA in Fiber
2000-04 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago IL
BFA in Ceramics and Fiber and Material Studies
2003 Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
Solo/ Two-Person Exhibitions
2013 New Work, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 The Future Present, Passerby, Los Angeles, CA
2011 COME TO OUR PARTY, DRESS IN WHITE, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
Broadcast, Make Hang, San Francisco, CA
Lost in Looking (with Derya Hanife Altan), Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Artist Conversation, Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro, NC
2008 Casey Droege and Jennie Canning, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Cream, Base Space, SAIC, Chicago IL
Close, Mýrargata 26, Reykjavik, Iceland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Drawn in a Day: Crowdsourced, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Open Air, Public Art Installation, Philadelphia, PA
Romancing the Tone, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
LOVE, Berger Art Gallery, Purchase, NY
2011 A Californian Hotel, Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA
Either/Or/Both, threewalls, Chicago, IL
Swan Day Event, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
One X One, Detroit, MI
2010 POW POW POW, Action Art, Viracocha, San Francisco, CA
Troy Night Out, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
Some line in the sands of coolness, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Out of the Woods, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2009 Just Look at Yourself, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Crane vs. Wolverine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 You Make It, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Group Show, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2007 Staff Show, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Staff Show, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
NFO XPO Version 07, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
2006 In Lieu of Condemnation, The Sage Building, Pittsburgh, PA
Family Day, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
New Cartography, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
NFO XPO Version 06, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL
2005 Crushin’, Diamonds on Archer, Chicago, IL
Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2004 Mapping, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL
20x20x20, Buddy, Chicago, IL
Curatorial Projects
2013 SIX x ATE selections Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 CSA PGH, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 SIX x ATE dinner/lecture series, various spaces, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Romancing the Tone, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 COME TO OUR PARTY, DRESS IN WHITE, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Artist Conversation, Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro, NC
2003 Big Open Nothings, Texas Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Awards and Distinctions
2013 Sprout Seed Award, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Sprout Community Connections Grant, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Flight School Fellowship, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Artist Residency, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, DE
2011 Trespass Residency, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Artist Opportunity Grant, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
2011 Tinkertank Residency, Threewalls, Chicago, IL
2010 Artist Residency, Art Farm, Marquette, NE
2010 Lenore Tawney Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2010 Daimler Chrysler Emerging Artist Award Nominee
2009 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2009 Artist Residency, Elsewhere, Greensboro, NC
2008 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 Artist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, NY
2005 CAAP Grant, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
2004 Roads Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Press
Eler, Alicia. “The Best of Chicago’s MDW Fair…” Hyperallergic. Nov. 2012. Web.
Patino, Jennifer. "Artists Get Creative with Their Funding." Chicago Talks. Feb. 2012. Web.
Westin, Monica. “Either/Or/Both.” Flavorpill, July 2011. Web.
Ruiz, Steve. "Production Value." ArtSlant. 04 July 2011. Web.
deVie. “Smacked.” Urban Velo. Issue #4, Oct. 2007. (artwork reproduced)
O’Driscoll, Bill. “What Moves You.” Pittsburgh City Paper October 26, 2006.
Levinson, Cate. "Static". Punk Planet. Issue #67 May/June 2005.
Thomas, Mary. “Reviews”. Pittsburgh Post Gazette Oct.12, 2000.
Selected Employment
2010 -present Assistant Professor, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA
2009-2010 Studio Assistant for Mark Newport, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 -2012 Instructor, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 -2012 Instructor, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2006-2011 Founder and Designer, Spokepunchers.com
2006-2008 Design Studio Coordinator, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Pittsburgh, PA
2003-2005 Development Coordinator and Instructor, A+CCT Chicago, IL