contact
lucas blalock
(919) 491-1501
lucblalock@gmail.com
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b. 1978 Asheville, NC
education
2002 ba, Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
solo exhibitions
2009 I Believe You, Liar/New Works, Griffin Editions / GE2, Brooklyn, NY
2006 The Uncertainty Principle, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2001 Keraunothenetophobia, Woods Gallery, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
group exhibitions
2011 Chinese Take-Out, New Commissions Program, Art In General, New York, NY (upcoming)
2010 Mouthful of Poison (curated by Michael Paul Egan), a new space for art, New York, NY
Things Just Aren’t The Way They Used To Be (curated by Beth Campbell), Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
New Genre Pictures, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Green Honey (curated by Andrea Cashman and Borden Capalino), Ramiken Crucible, New York, NY
SRAUNUS, M.B. Stankuniene Gallery at Marijampole Cultural Center, Marijampole, Lithuania
Self Publish, Be Happy, Photographers’ Gallery, London
50 Artists Photograph the Future (curated by Dean Daderko), Higher Pictures, New York, NY
Use Me Abuse Me (curated by Erik Kessels), NY Photo Festival, Smack Melon, BK, NY
SRAUNUS (curated by Paul Paper), Gedimino 27, Main Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
One Hour Photo, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Redi-Mix (curated by James Hyde), Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2009 Fortress To Solitude (curated by Guillermo Creus), as part of BETA Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
Robert Yoder: Send Me An Angel, Howard House, Seattle, WA
The Noble Savage and The Little Tramp (curated by Hannah Whitaker), Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, NY
WRONG: a program of text and image (curated by Jibade-Khalil Huffman), Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA
2007 This is Not a Self Portrait (curated by Sean Fader and Jill Frank), Gallery 2 and Project Space, Chicago, IL
2006 Center on Contemporary Art Annual, coca, Seattle, WA
Good & Thuggy, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Pay to Play, Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Pleased to Meet You, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2005 Two for the Seesaw, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Voxennial, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Labor Lines, Thread, Seattle, WA
3 Unrelated Photographers, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2004 Coloring Book, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Mail Art Show, June Alcott Gallery, UNC-CH., Chapel Hill, NC
Lucky Day, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
residencies/grants/projects
2010 LookBetween, Look3, Deep Rock, Virginia
2005 The Fields Project, Oregon, IL
Yarding: Branch Summer Projects, Carrboro, NC
publications and selected press
2010 Towards a Warm Math, Hassla Books (upcoming)
Anne Doran, Green Honey, Time Out NY, July 22-28
Vince Alleti, 50 Artists Photograph The Future, The New Yorker, June 14
Lucas Blalock, Artist Advocacy, interview, June
New York Photo Fest, CAP Journal, May 15
Nandita Scillitania. Something for Everyone, Zink Magazine. May
Use Me Abuse Me, catalog, KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, NL
Fantom Photographic Quarterly, Issue 03, Spring 2010
Lay Flat 02:Meta, ed. by Shane Lavalette and Michael Buhler Rose
John Feinstein and Amani Olu. Open Your Eyes to Humble Arts, Daily Candy, March 12
Tim Barber, Tinyvices Provides Framework, Daily Candy, March 5
Portfolio / Lucas Blalock, Line A Journal No. 2, March
Shane Lavalette. In Conversation: Lucas Blalock and Talia Chetrit, Guernica Magazine, March
Photographs, Guernica Magazine, March
Daniel Shea, Sam Falls and Lucas Blalock on Humble, review, digressions: a blog, January 12
2009 Solo Show: Blalock & Falls, hafny.org, December
Humble Arts Foundation blog, portfolio, October 2
Chris Wiley, Daylight blog, July 30
NYexcuse blog, July 31
Andrew Berardini, “Word Problems”, review, Art Slant: Los Angeles, July 5
After Stanley Donen, ed. by Jibade-Khalil Huffman,
Eighth Veil, Los Angeles
“A Few Self and Independently Published Photography Books”. Shane Lavalette / Journal (blog). June 20
I believe you, liar, artist book (iceberg, iceberg, iceberg)
Group Show No. 27, humbleartsfoundation.org (online)
2007 ten by ten, uber.com, review
Group Show No. 12, humbleartsfoundation.org (online)
Blanket online magazine, June
2006 Willaim Pym, “Pay to Play”, critic’s pick Philadelphia, Artforum, August
Ellen Sung, “Engage You”, review, News & Observer, August 25
Roberta Fallon, “Here Comes the Bribe”, Philladelphia Weekly, August 16
2005 Metropolis Magazine, December/January
Allan Arter, “The Big Picture”, review, Chicago Tribune, July 24
Roberta Fallon, “Vox to the System”, review, Philadelphia Weekly, June 15
Ellen Sung, “On View–3 Unrelated Photographers”, review, News & Observer, March 4
2004 Coloring Book, Branch Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2002/2003 Bardian Alumni Magazine (cover image)
registries/portfolios
White Columns Artist Registry
Tiny Vices
Culturehall
lectures
Discussion with Barry Stone and Lucas Blalock, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, March 27, 2010
Visiting Artist Lecture, City College, CUNY, November 2009
“The Uncertain Principle”, Branch Gallery, June 2006