BIOGRAPHY

 

Dominique Moody

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Birthdate & Place

Born December 14, 1956 Augsburg, Germany

lEducation

University of California, Berkeley, B.A. 1986-1991
Pratt University, Brooklyn, New York, 1974-1975
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1970-1972

Awards

University of California, Berkeley
Phi Beta Kappa/Fine Art 1991
Maybelle Toombs/Fine Art Sculpture 1991
Gordon Heinz/Fine Arts 1990
Maybelle Toombs/Fine Art Painting 1990
UCB Honors 1987-1991
Pratt Institute
Art Scholarship 1974

Exhibitions

1999 Contemplating the Millennium, Group Show Fine Arts Gallery Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA (Jan. 23 - Feb. 20)
1998 Walkin on Water, Collaboration/Installation w/ writer Jocelyn Stewart Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA. (Mar. 12 - Apr. 24, 1998)
Contemporary Collage and Sculpture Artists, Group Exhibit, Kings Art Center, Hanford, CA (Jan. 17 - Feb. 22, 1998)

1997 Afrodisiac, Ascension Gallery, Washington D.C. Group Show (May 30 - June 20)
Women Speaks, Black Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Mar. 28 - May 15)
Perspectives in African-American Art, Seagram’s Commission Reception at California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Mar. 3 - May 30)

1996 Into the Dream Box (Solo Exhibit), Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA (May 5 - July 1)

1995 Windows Project, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA (January - April)

1994 12th Annual Salute to Black History Month, Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, CA (February)
National Black Arts Festival: Under a Spell/National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary African Amer i can Art, City Gallery, Atlanta, GA (July 12 - Aug. 19)

1993 Found Treasures, Design Connection Fine Arts Gallery (Nov. 25 - Jan. 15)
Perceptions II, The Lighthouse for the Blind, San Francisco, CA (March - April)
11th Annual Salute to Black History, Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (February)
Alternatives in Black, sponsored by the DuBois Group, Preservation Park, Oakland, CA (November)

1992 Benefit Show for the California African-American Museum hosted by Joy Simmons, Los Angeles, CA (November)
Art is for Everyone: Annual Art Auction, California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Private Reception for the J. Simmons Collection, Los Angeles, CA (May)
The 10th Annual Artists Salute to Black History Month, Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, CA (February)

1991 The Figure Identified, Group Show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (September - November)
A Celebration of Creativity: The 2nd Annual Exhibit for the Center for Independent Living, San Francisco Design Mart, San Francisco, CA (September)
MSEO (Mythical Spiraling Echo Organ), Musical Installation, Kroeber Hall, UC Berkeley, CA (May)
Ibo Landing (Solo Exhibit), White Room, Gallery Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley, CA (May)
Common Grounds (Ground Exhibition), Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA (May)
Annual Awards Exhibition, Group Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, CA (November)

1990 In the Beginning, North Gate Ruins Installation, UC Berkeley, CA (May)

1989 Out of the Woodwork, White Room Gallery, Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley, CA (April)
National Council of Artists: 31st Annual Convention, Fairmount Hotel, New Orleans, LA (March)

1983 Haight-Ashbury Artists: Group Show, Off the Wall Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980 San Francisco Art Commission Exhibition, City Hall, San Francisco, CA

1975 Brooklyn Artists Annual Cooperative Group Exhibition, Henry Hicks Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (November)

Publications
Jocelyn Stewart self-published book of poetry“Walkin on Water” in collaboration with D. Moody in stallation“Walking on Water” March 12, 1998
Sharon Banister Arts Viewing Points: Art takes many forms Review for the Hanford Sentinel Carousel Weekly Mag a zine, Hanford, CA (February)
American Visions Magazine“Perspectives in African American Art (Team sheet) Spring 1998
Emerge Magazine“Perspectives in African American Art”, February 1998
Adrienne Johnson, feature article, "A Matter of Perception" Life & Style Section, Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1997
Donald James“Artist Weaves a Different Kind of Vision”, first column, Los Angeles Watts Times, Feb. 27, 1997
David Pagel Reviews Into the Dream Box Exhibit at Watts Towers Arts Center, Calendar Section, Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1996
Angela Johnson Interview, Los Angeles Watts Times, June 20, 1996
Jocelyn Stewart“Walkin on Water,” Ramsess Publications, Los Angeles, CA 1994
Ramsey Bell Breslin, The Figured identified (unpublished review from Bay Guardian Weekly), Oakland, CA
James Brzezinski, Reassurance: The Figure Identified, Review Art Week, Richmond, CA November 17, 1991
G. Shontell, Multimedia Show, The Figure Identified, West County Times, Richmond, CA October 5, 1991

Private Collections

Terry McMillian, Northern California

Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA
Thelma Harris, Oakland, CA
Joy Simmons, Los Angeles, CA
Verna Aziz Abib, Los Angeles, CA
Eric Wray, Arlington, VA
Derrick Joshua Beard, Atlanta, GA
Euzhan Palcy, Paris, France
Carlos Santana, San Raphael, CA
Doris & Dale Davis, Los Angeles, CA

Private Commissions

Camille Hanks-Cosby, New York, NY
Asaki Bomani, San Francisco, CA
Joy Simmons, Los Angeles, CA
Cheryl Beverly, Los Angeles, CA
Mary Stallings, San Francisco, CA

Museum Collections

California African American Museum, Permanent Collection “Reunion” 1997, sponsored by Seagram