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Steven Badgett
1958 W. Walnut St.
Chicago, IL 60612
773 301-9225
born
Illinois 1962
1985 BFA University of
Illinois, Champaign, IL
Matt Lynch
1328 Pullan Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45223
513 382-4173
born Indiana 1969
1995 MFA Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY
1992 BFA Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Exhibitions
2009 exhausted
Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA
Sylvis Capitalis Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England
Grand
Respectacle, Tex Hex Water Unit event
and houseboat project in collaboration with The Center for Land Use
Interpretation, Houston TX
2008 Wigloo with
Chris Vorhees, North American Art Dealers Association
Art Fair, Miami FL
Heartland, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
The Marfa Sessions: Sounds Across Town
with Steve Rowell. Marfa Ballroom
Out
There: Architecture Beyond Building Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy
Home Office (with Chris Vorhees), commission for Country Club Gallery, Cincinnati,
shown in Next Art Fair, Chicago
The
Last Supper collaboration with Chris Vorhees, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
Homecoming Artworks Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH
2007 drum ÔnÕ basin Greenland Street, A Foundation, Liverpool, England
Once
Upon a Time in the Midwest, collaboration with SANDBOX Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati
School
of Art Faculty Show, Reed Gallery University of Cincinnati
Hydromancy with Steve Rowell, Rubin Center Gallery, University of Texas at El
Paso
2006 Gloom and Doom with Steve
Rowell, Contemporary Arts
Center/Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Dual location exhibition
Shock and
Awe with Steve Rowell, Year_06, London Art Fair, Mary Ward
House
Negotiated Localities, Betty Rymer
Gallery, Chicago Art Institute
2005 Dirty
Water Initiative, InSITE,
San Diego, USA/Tijuana, Mexico
Hot House, Tate Modern Untitled Gallery, London, England
2004 Whitney
Biennial, Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York
Free Basin, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2003 Clean LivinÕ, Permanent installation for Center for Land Use Interpretation. Wendover, UT
Speculative
Chicago, A Compendium of Architectural Innovation
Gallery 400, University of Illinois,
Chicago
2002 Session the Bowl. Deitch Projects,
New York, NY
Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany, Free Basin and Spec
Mood
River Wexner Center for the
Arts, Columbus, OH.
2001 Spec An Acoustic Collaboration between SIMPARCH and Kevin Drumm., The Renaissance Society at The
University of Chicago
2000
Free Basin Hyde Park
Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
1999 The Unit, Permanent installation for Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover,
UT
1998
Ship from the Desert, The Moorings Project, Maschinenhalle, Potsdam Germany
SIMPARCH,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts,
Omaha, NE
LÕArche, Ecole Nationale dÕArt, Cergy, France
It Is What It Is, Mesilla, NM
1997
Rise Overrun, Plan B Evolving
Arts, Santa Fe, NM
An Investigation of Trans-Architecture
in the Western American Highwayscape, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
New Mexico Arts, Sight-specific
work, Anthony, NM
1996 1996 Sculpture Project, College
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Sculpture
in the Age of Plastics, Mesilla Park, NM
AleRT 1996, Offsite, Santa Fe, NM
Close to the Border,
New Mexico State University Art Gallery,
Juried by Thomas Sokolowsky, Director of the Andy
Warhol Museum
Bridge Center for Contemporary Art,
El Paso, TX
Just LookinÕ is Just Fine, Mesilla, NM
Visiting Artist Lectures
2009 Henry
Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, in conjunction with Open Satellite, Bellevue, WA
Oberlin College, lecture and 1 week
project with Students "Teepeezoid"
University of Cincinnati, School of
Architecture and Interior Design
2008 State
University of New York at Albany
2007 University
of Houston
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mississippi State University
University
of Texas at El Paso
2006 Sci-Arc, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Contemporary Art, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA
Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
2005 Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY
Hamilton
College, Clinton, NY
2004 University
of California, San Diego, CA
Rural
Studio, Auburn University, Newbern AL
Columbia College, Chicago, IL
University of Illinois, Chicago
(lecture and workshop)
2002 Documenta XI, education program, Kassel, Germany
2001 Columbus College of Art and Design,
Columbus, OH
1999 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1997 Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Artist Residencies
2004-5 inSITE_05,
Exhibition development includes a series of week residencies,
Tijuana,
Mexico
2003,1999 The Center for Land Use Interpretation,
Los Angeles, CA
6
week residency at the CenterÕs site in Wendover, UT
1998 Brandenberischer Kunsterein,
Potsdam, E.V. Potsdam,
Germany: 1 month project, co-sponsored by Plan
B Evolving
Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Grants
2007 Illinois
Arts Council
2006 Ohio Arts Council, Excellence Award
2002,2004 Creative Capital Foundation, Project
Grant
1997 New Mexico Arts, Public art project
grant, Anthony, NM
Selected Bibliography
2009 On
the Banks of Bayou City. The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Blaffer
Gallery, University of Houston. (illustration and
brief description)
"Houston Report from the Center's Gulf State's Field
Office". The Lay of The Land, Center for Land Use
Interpretation (photographs)
2007 Borden,
Iain. ÒWhat is a Thing?Ó. (essay)
The A Foundation Bulletin. Fall 2007
SIMPARCH:
Hydromancy. (Exhibition Catalog) University of Texas Press
) with essay by Ben Nicholson (photographs)
Curran,
Gez. ÒSIMPARCH, Drum and BasinÓ. Document
(skate magazine) Dec. 2007 (photographs, including cover)
2006 Weintraub, Linda. EnvironMentalities:
Twentey-Two Approaches to Eco Art. Artnow publications (photographs)
Gabrys, Jennifer. essay. Surface
Tension Supplement No.1 2006
Chasin,
Noah. ÒThis is Punk Rock ArchitectureÓ. Art Review July 2006: 47-49
(photographs)
Spaid, Sue. ÒSIMPARCHÓ. ArtUS:
October-November 2006:62 (photographs)
Kaizaad
Kotwal. ÒExhibition Has Context of ConflictÓ. The
Columbus Dispatch, August 27, 2006
2005 Harris,
Mark. ÒInterview with SIMPARCHÓ. Miser
and Now. #5:76 (photographs)
2004 Mittleman, Paul. ÒBeing-in-the-PoolÓ. Yard. Fall
2004:28 (photographs, cover)
Arkitip #24, limited edition
publication. SIMPARCH feature
Ullrich,
Polly. ÒSIMPARCHÕs Social Sculpture
at Wendover Air Force BaseÓ. Sculpture,
May 2004 (photographs)
Hartlaub,
Peter. "No worries about being ejected from 'free
basin,' a show where grinding and thrashing is a must". San
Francisco Chronicle. Thursday, August 5, 2004 (photographs)
2003 Weyland, Jocko. ÒBowled over, Skate punks catch the wooden
wave at Deitch ProjectsÓ. Time Out, New York.
Jan 9, 2003
ÒSession
the Bowl (Showstoppers)Ó. Juxtapoz.
July, August 2003:48 (photographs)
Coleman, Cindy. Skate Logic (Centerfold)Ó. Interior Design. May 2003:232
(photographs)
Blomgren,
Lance. ÒInterview with SIMPARCHÓ. Matrix.
Winter 2003:45 (photographs)
Skruck,
Jeff. ÒSIMPARCH BowlÓ. Slap Skateboard Magazine. April 2003 (photograph)
Rosenberg, Karen. ÒOutside and InÓ. Village Voice. January 15-21, 2003
(photograph)
Cotter,
Holland. ÒSession the BowlÓ (review) The New York Times: B46
(photograph)
Wartofsky, Alona. ÒExtreme Art: Skateboarders turn Soho
Gallery into a Kinetic Performance Piece.Ó The Washington
Post. Feb. 12, 2003 (photograph)
2002 Hall,
Peter. ÒGo with the FlowÓ. Metropolis Magazine, May 2002
Knight,
Christopher. ÒAll Politics, Little ArtÓ The
Los Angeles Times. July 7, 2002: 4
Reif, Rita. ÒA
Swimming Pool? A Yacht? No, ItÕs ArtÓ. The New York Times.
March 10, 2002: 23 (photographs)
Obejas, Achy.
ÒFor Duo, Documenta is Quite a RideÓ. The Chicago Tribune. July 14, 2002
Parr, Debra Riley. ÒSIMPARCH and
Kevin DrummÓ (Review). New Art
Examiner. March-April, 2002: 78 (photograph)
Fredericksen, Eric. ÒArchitecture that ShredsÓ. Architecture. April 2,
2002: 46 (photographs)
Ferrara, Annette. ÒExtreme Acts of BuildingÓ. Ten By Ten.
Spring/Summer 2002: 42-45 (photographs)
Muschamp, Herbert. ÒDesignÕs Mood Swings,
From Bliss to RageÓ. The New York Times.
Feb 14, 2002: B1 (photograph)
2001 Artner, Alan G. ÒExhibit creates Space for Discreet Music.Ó
Chicago Tribune. October 4, 2001 (photograph)
Grabner,
Michelle. ÒSIMPARCH, Hyde Park Art CenterÓ. Frieze. January/February
2001:112-3 (photograph)
ÓSIMPARCH
and Kevin Drumm: Architecturally Site-Specific SoundsÓ
Indepth arts news. absolutearts.com.
November 2001
2000 Carter,
Jeff and Susan Giles. ÒGlobal Art, SIMPARCHÓ. Flash
Art. November, December 2000:96 (photograph)
Hixson, Kathryn. Interview, SIMPARCH. New Art Examiner, November
2000:44 (photographs including
cover)
Parr, Debra Riley. Review, SIMPARCH. New Art Examiner, November 2000:50
(photograph)
Reviews,
Frieze. November/December:119
(uncredited photograph)
ÓCars And Furniture: A
Contemporary Design SurveyÓ. New Art Examiner, October 2000:23 (photograph)
Postiglone,
Corey. ÒState of the Art—Expanding the Sculptural in
Chicago.Ó Dialogue, Sept. Oct. 2000:15 (photographs)
Waxman, Lori. ÒThe Art
of Skateboarding.Ó F News-The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Sept. 2000: 14 (photographs)
Powers, Jay. ÒSIMPARCHÕs Free Basin: A SkaterÕs
Perspective.Ó F News-The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept.
2000: 15(photographs)
WBEZ Radio,
Chicago NPR Affiliate. Report and Interviews with Lia
Alexopolous, Steven Badgett,
Skateboarder Patrick Melcher,
Chuck Thurow, and Hamza Walker. June
21, 2000
Weirsema,
Chris. ÒSimple Art, Outside the Box with the Boarders of Simparch.Ó
New City. Chicago weekly, June 15, 2000:38
(photograph)
Smith-Lindall, Anders. ÒOn Exhibit: the Hyde
Park Art Center Picks Up Speed.Ó Reader.
Chicago weekly, June 2, 2000:39 (photograph)
ÓWendover
Update: Architects, Writers, and Sound Archivists Work on and Around the
C.L.U.I. Compound.Ó The Lay of the Land, The Center for
Land Use Interpretation Newsletter. Summer 2000:3
(photograph)
Allen, Anthony. ÒSkate-able Art.Ó Big Brother
Skateboarding, October 2000:44 (photographs)
Larson, Tony. Photography by Chris Anderson.
ÒFree Basin, Traditions Carve into Chicago.Ó Transworld Skateboarding, October 2000:198 (photographs)
ÓBluetorch TVÓ, aired on Fox Sports, July 3,
2000
1998 Ship
from the Desert. (catalog) Hoffman, Christine,
Zane Fischer, and Michael Lujan. ÒThe ArtistsÓ and ÒIn Conversation.Ó (interview) Sept.1998
Park, Mike. ÒGetting
inside the SIMPARCH trailer.Ó The Reader. Omaha, NE. August 20, 1998: 29
(photograph)
1997 Wilson,
Malin. ÒSpinning Material Metaphors of Redemption.Ó The Albuquerque Journal North. Oct.
16, 1997: 4 (photograph)
McCloud, Kathleen. ÒTaking concept of shelter to preposterous edge: Simparch thrives on contradictions.Ó Pasatiempo,
Santa FeÕs Weekly Arts and Entertainment Magazine, The Santa Fe New Mexican.
Sept. 19-25, 1997 (photograph)
Fischer, Zane. ÒLearning from Las Cruces: A Conversation with Matt Lynch
and Steven Badgett of Simparch.Ó
Plan B Evolving Arts Newsletter. Santa Fe, NM September-October, 1997:
6+(photograph)