STAN WOODARD
Atlanta, GA • stan@stanwoodard.com • www.stanwoodard.com

Brief Bio

Stan Woodard is an artist living and working in Atlanta, GA. He works primarily with found materials to create installations and objects. Multimedia regularly figures into his installation work and he produces stand-alone multimedia, video, audio, and interactive digital works as well. Taking an archeological approach to found materials he often comments on the histories of places and objects. Woodard is a recipient of the KBFUS (King Baudouin Fellowship US) award. Woodard has been exhibited in Atlanta, New York, Hong Kong and regionally.

Statement

Inspiration gained through exploring my post industrial neighborhood founded my work using discarded and recycled material in the creation of artwork.  Believing that every debris object has a history as unique as each of our own, I chose items which had appealing formal qualities apart from that of other urban detritus.  These objects were originally manufactured to serve a particular purpose and at some point were lost or deemed no longer relevant. By aestheticizing debris objects, each of them having passed through cycles of real and perceived value, I redefine their meanings.

My work ranges from intimate objects to room size installations and may include multimedia across the range. Elements have included weathered metal parts, wood, demolition debris, natural stone, organic material, etc. Recent object oriented works incorporate relics of personal lives, such as dolls and electronic parts.  My installations are often immersive in character, and may include multimedia and interactivity. Through installation I have addressed a number of social issues such as the environment, gender and racial identity, and privacy, among others. I also create stand-alone video, audio, and interactive works set on a variety of themes.

While I consider archeology in the approach to found materials and new media, the works are evidence of personal mythologies and symbologies.  An archeologist must evaluate artifacts according to accepted conventions; an artist may interpret according to his own standards.  It follows that each observer brings a unique set of tools to evaluation.

Activities

2008
• March – Pinup Show #4, City Gallery East, Atlanta

2007
• February – Kuumba, Lamar Arts, Barnesville, GA
• July – Looks Good on Paper, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta
• August – Vinyl, New Street Gallery, Atlanta
• September - The 60 Second Southern Video Festival, Fugitive Projects, Nashville, TN
• October - Dead Flowers, Eyedrum, Atlanta

2006
• April - Politics, Politics, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
• April - National Juried Show, Eyedrum, Atlanta
• June - d'Asie d'Afrique, Artists Commune at the Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
• September - America on the Brink, ATHICA, Athens, GA
• September - I see no one, no one sees me, solo, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta

2005
• January - Shelter, Eyedrum, Atlanta
• July - Vinyl, New Street Gallery, Atlanta
• November - d'Afrique d'Asie, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NY

2004
• Woodard for President 2K4, woodardforpresident.org
• September/November - Decatur Street & Bradley Street, Atlanta, 2004 - Gathering, Dalton Gallery, Decatur, GA

2003
• February - Claxon Knot in Debris Field - Project: SGF Downtown
• Rui and Mike at Eyedrum, Eyedrum
• April - Domestic Violence/Sovereign Authority - Emergency Room - Site-specific collaborative installation with Danielle Roney; incorporating sculpture and video
• May - KBFUS Fellowship winner
• June - Expected Interstice - Eyedrum
• September - New Windsor , NY - Common Objects - City Gallery East, Atlanta

2002
• November - SomeFlash 11/02 -- EAAA / The Annual Survey 2002

2001
• June - (Un)Preparation - Hardware: The Penis Show, Eyedrum

2000
• Woodard for President 2K4, woodardforpresident.org
• April - Designed objects -- Food, Clothing, Shelter: The Design of Reality - Eyedrum

1999
• April - 107 Yellow Pages - Eyedrum
• June - Please allow your question to be answered, IVAC: Famous Artists Show
• September - Or was it just a dream?, Eyedrum

1998
• September - Found object assemblages - IVAC Members' Show

1996
• Woodard for President '96

1994
• April - Spring Idol's Idyll - Schema 1 / The Chamber

MUSIC/MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
2006
• December - ASSTOW, The Red Dress Party
• December - ASSTOW, Eyedrum

2004
• April - Music from the "Communicators Soundtrack"
• October - Short Circuit with Biofeedback, B-Complex
• November - Ambience, Barbara Archer Gallery
• December - Ambience, Eyedrum

2003
• February - preRevolutionary - Project: SGF Downtown
• June - Wife of Pariah, Eyedrum
• July - Wife of Pariah, Marcia Wood Gallery
• August - Wife of Pariah, Eyedrum
• September - Wife of Pariah, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
• September - preRevolutionary, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

2002
• January - Joseph Zitt w/Konx, Eyedrum
• January - Arthur Doyle w/Konx, Eyedrum
• May - Konx -- Jump Arts American Road Project
• July - Konx - Lenny's Bar and Grill
• September - Konx, the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center
• November - Konx - musical performance
• December - preRevolutionary, Eyedrum

1994
• April - Spring Idol's Idyll - Schema 1 / The Chamber
• April - Untitled: Body Painting Performance - Schema 1 / The Chamber

CONFERENCES
• National Alliance of African and African American Art Support Groups, 8th Annual Conference
Navigating the Mainstream VIII, Creative Collaborations: Artists, Curators, and Collectors,
algorithmeticblackbase10: Digital Science Decoding Character of Blackness, Panelist, 2006
• Bioneers, Southern Artists and Social Activism, Moderator, 2005
• Artists' Survival Series, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Panelist, 2003

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Getting to the Point", Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2004
"Politics, Politics", Art Papers, Jessica Dallow, September/October 2006
"Art School", Felicia Feaster, Atlanta Creative Loafing, October 19-25, 2006
Birmingham News

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/VOLUNTEER
Atlanta-Rio de Janeiro Sister Cities Committee, Member - 2004-
Board member/Webmaster - Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery - 2000-2003
Instructor- Hands on Atlanta - Partners in Technology - 2000-02
Web designer - Boy's and Girl's Clubs of Metro Atlanta - 2000
Webmaster - Individual Visual Artists' Coalition - 1998-2000
Volunteer - Ebenezer Intergenerational Center - 1995
Literacy Tutor - Literacy Volunteers of America - 1990-93