John Erwin Dillard
Jdillard@c.ringling.edu
EDUCATION
Ringling College of Art and Design 2018
Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture
RELATED WORKSHOPS/EDUCATION
2016
Pilchuck Glass School- Thermon Statom “Serious Play” Glass blowing*
UrbanGlass Studio- Dorie Guthrie “Mold Madness” Mold making & Glass casting*
2017
Arrowmont School of Craft- Erica Lynn Hanson, “Weaving as Idea Object Action” *
Penland School Of Craft- Erika Tada, “Imagining the Inside” Hollow core glass casting*
UrbanGlass Studio- Beth Lipman, “Poetics of Line” Glassblowing, Kiln fusing and slumping*
2018
Mapping a Site In and Out of Context- Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota (FL), and Saint Lucas School, Antwerp (BE) collaborative masters project
UrbanGlass Studio- Courtney Dodd, "Proportion/Rhythm/Repetition", Glassblowing
2019
UrbanGlass Studio- Erica Rosenfeld, “The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts” Glassblowing*
Pilchuck Glass School- Susan Stinsmuelhen-Amend, “Painting the Transparent Space of Glass” Kiln working*
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Transmission Inside Out, 2020, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, BE
Pop-UP, 2019, Alfstad&Editions, Sarasota, FL
Da, Multumesc, 2019, Aparte Gallery, Iasi, RO
Immediate Past, 2017, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ZERO YEARS, 2020, Zomerfabriek, Minkelersstraat, Antwerp, BE
Art The Quarantine Way #3 Cyber's Handshake, YoutubeArtsSpace, Antwerp, BE
Gxrl on Grill Eat Your Heart Out , 2020, Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
Housekeeping, 2020, Jennie Avent Gallery, London, UK
2019
Gxrl on Grill BBQ Amuse-Bouche, 2019, Honeys Bar, Brooklyn
CSC Instructors, 2019, Willis Smith Gallery, Sarasota, FL
SCARF, 2019, Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Stanwood, WA
Archives of Shame, 2019,TACTIC, St. Luke's Crypt, Cork, IE
Gxrl on Grill BBQ, 2019, Honeys Bar, Brooklyn, NY
Monumental, 2019, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Youth Series, 2019, Aparte Gallery, Iasi, RO
2018
DocuFlorida II, 2018, T.T. Wentworth, Jr. State Museum, Pensacola, FL
Le Salon Tout Inclus, 2018, M. Chapel Projects, Sarasota, FL
Material Matters: Breaking Tradition, 2018, Brooklyn Waterfront Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pilchuck Staff Show #2, 2018, Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Stanwood, WA
Roach Wars, 2018, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Best Of Ringling: Fine Arts, 2018, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Making Place, 2018, MChapel Projects, Sarasota, FL
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, 2018, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Celebration Now, 2018, Borsbeekstraat 130, Antwerp BE, De Belly
2017
Mapping A Site in and Out of Context: Food and Ritual, 2017, Crossley Gallery, FL
Regular Ol’ Banger, 2017, Pop-Up Exhibtion, 238 S. Links Ave, Sarasota, FL
Fulldome Festival, 2017, Jena, Germany
Keep Safe, 2017, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
COSMIX, 2017, South Florida Museum, Bradenton, FL
Best Of Ringling: Fine Arts, 2017, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Curated by Linda Yablonsky of Artforum
2016
Making Stock ,2016, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
#PostDigital, 2016, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Best of Ringling: Fine Arts ,2016, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Curated by Ethan Cohen, Ethan Cohen Gallery, NY
2015
Results May Vary, 2015, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL
Motion Machine, 2015, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL
Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, 2015, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota FL, Curated by Kara Vanderweg of Gagosian Gallery, NY and Brett Litman Director of the Center for Contemporary Drawing, NY
2014
Bamboo Scafolding, 2014 ,Two Columns Gallery, Sarasota FL, Curated by Wassan Al-Khudairi, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Birmingham Museum of Contemporary Art
RESIDENCIES
New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY- 2016
Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Republic of Ireland-2018
Artalpha Residency at George Enescu Fine Arts University, Iasi, Romania- 2019