Cody Vanderkaay
"No Title" (Mail Box), 2005
Closed and Prior to Shipment Foam-core, Shipping Tape, Pencils, Paper, Labels
20.75" x 20.75" x 8"
"No Title" (Lunch Bag), 2004
Cut and Folded Butchers paper, Glue
5.75" x 3.75" x 11.25"
"No Title - A Performed Work in Progress", 2003
Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery, Sheetrock, Plywood, Screws, Tape, Drywall Compound, Tools
67" x 20" x 12"
"No Title - A Temporary Space Alteration" DETAIL, 2005
19th Century Home, Latex Paint, Chulk, Artists Tape
13.5" x 11" x 7"

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Artist Statement

As a person who enjoys the activities of a given time or in a given setting, and the people who take part in them on a daily basis, I train myself to notice relationships again and again, and have the ability to propose new ones. Internalizing why flux and movement can become life’s experienced ideas motivates me.

Cody Vanderkaay

Born 1977, Detroit Michigan

EDUCATION
2005 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, MFA, Sculpture
2001 Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, BFA

EXHIBITIONS/ HONORS
2005

The Drawing Center, interview and slide registry inclusion, New York, New York
Muscarelle Museum of Art, American Drawing Biennial 8, Williamsburg, Virginia, Juror: Phyllis Rosenzweig, curator for works on parper, Hirschhorn Museum
The Contemporary, 2005 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator: Helena Reckitt
The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Up Down Gallery, Athens, Georgia
Athens Academy, Athens, Georgia
2004 MOCA GA, Off the Wall, Atlanta, Georgia
Lyndon House Arts Center, Total Eclipse of the Art, Athens, Georgia, Curator: Willie Cole
Barrett Art Center, New Directions ’04, Poughkeepsie, New York, Juror: Tina Kukielski, Assistant Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Creative Arts Guild, Exhibition 2004, Dalton, Georgia, Juror: Darius Hill
Finer Things Gallery, New Blood 3, Nashville, Tennessee
Fay Gold Gallery, Teachers Pet, Atlanta, Georgia
Locker Gallery 50 B, Less is More, Virginia Commonwealth University
Clemson University, Five of Six, South Carolina
2003 Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juror: Michael Lucero
Creative Arts Guild, Exhibition 2003, Dalton Georgia, Juror: Annette Cone-Skeleton
2000 ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
Lamar Dodd School of Art Studio 1 Gallery, Athens, Georgia
William F. Thompson Gallery, Athens, Georgia
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan
2001 Multiple exhibitions previous to 2001

BIBLIOGRAPHY
New American Paintings, The M.F.A. Annual 2004, Juror: James Rondeau.
New American Paintings, Volume XLVI, Number 46, Juror: Ron Platt.

Contact Information
706.224.2426
codyvanderkaay@hotmail.com