contact
lucas blalock
(919) 491-1501
elledroid@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
2010 Chinese Take-Out, New Commissions Program, Art In General, New York, NY (upcoming in Oct)
Use Me Abuse Me (curated by Erik Kessels), NY Photo Festival, Smack Melon, BK, NY (upcoming in May)
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
Eat My Dust, secca, Winston-Salem, NC
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
What is Sex?, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Boundless, Jan Christensen Project, Norway, Sweden
residencies/grants/projects
2005 The Fields Project, Oregon, IL
Yarding: Branch Summer Projects, Carrboro, NC
publications and selected press
2010 Lay Flat 02:Meta, ed. by Shane Lavalette and Michael Buhler Rose, (upcoming)
Shane Lavalette. In Conversation: Lucas Blalock and Talia Chetrit, Guernica Magazine, March
Shane Lavalette. Photographs, Guernica Magazine, March
Daniel Shea, Sam Falls and Lucas Blalock on Humble, review, digressions: a blog, January 12
2009 Photo Book of the Week – Color Dying Light & I Believe You, Liar, hafny.org blog, posted by Grant Willing, December 21
Solo Show: Blalock & Falls, hafny.org, December
Humble Arts Foundation blog, 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
lectures
Visiting Artist Lecture, City College, CUNY, November 2009
“The Uncertain Principle”, Branch Gallery, June 2006