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Education
1996 Master of Fine Arts, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
1995 Study Abroad, The Cortona Program, University of Georgia Cortona, Italy
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Academic Appointments
2007–2014 Assistant Professor of Sculpture & MFA – Emerging Media University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
UndergraduateCourses:
Introduction to Sculpture
Advanced Sculpture
NarrativeSculpture
3-D Design
Graduate Courses:
Intermedia Sculpture
Serial Content and Classical Form
Design and Human Interaction
2006:
AdjunctFaculty - Art Appreciation, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
AdjunctFaculty - Art Appreciation, St. Philips College, San Antonio, TX
2004:
AdjunctFaculty - Introduction to Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty -Foundry, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty - Figure Modeling, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty - Advanced Metals,3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
2003:
Adjunct Faculty - Special Topics: Displacement Media, The Atlanta College of Art
2002:
AdjunctFaculty - Special Topics: Mold-Making, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
2001:
Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture, 3DStudio, The Atlanta College of Art
2000:
Adjunct Faculty - Wood Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
1999:
Adjunct Faculty - Metal Fabrication, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Faculty - Continuing Education,Metal Fabrication, The Atlanta College of Art
1998:
Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
1994 - 1996:
Teaching Assistant Appointment -Three-Dimensional Form, Michigan State University
Teaching Assistant Appointment-Drawing, Michigan State University
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 DistantLandscapes, Alt Space, Arts on Douglas Gallery, NewSmyrna Beach, FL
2011 Road to Hamartia, The Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2010 Bio-Permutations: Sculptures by David Isenhour, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME, curated by George Kinghorn, Director of The University of Maine Museum of Art
2007 Genetic Drift: New Work by David Isenhour, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
2006 David Isenhour: New Work, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio,TX
2003 Summer Solos, The Atlanta Center for Contemporary Arts, Atlanta, GA
2002 SaturdayMorning, New Works by David Isenhour, Fulton County Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2000 Archetypes, Richards Gallery,Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, in partnership with the Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 FultonCounty Emerging Artist Award Retrospective, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta Georgia 2011 Looking Back, Trudging Forward, B-Complex, Atlanta, GA (included works by Jack Mitchell, Kojo Griffin, Jessica Care Moore, Aubrey Longley-Cook,Wanda Ortiz, Bryce Hammond and myself)
Book 6: Future Perfect, Beautiful Decay, published by Feral Children Productions, LLC
2010 47th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, Juror: David Houston, Co- Director and Chief Curator of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art Group Exhibition
Annual UCF Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
Small Things Considered, Arts on Douglas Gallery, New SmyrnaBeach, FL
2009 8 - Inch Miniature Competition, Fontbonne University Fine ArtGallery, St. Louis, MO
Monochrome, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center,Cincinnati, OH
Annual UCF Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
2008 Urbania, Quality Pictures Contemporary Art,Curated by gallery owner Erik Schneider, Portland, OR
Annual UCF Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Florida ArtGallery, Orlando, FL
Bom, Galerie Janet Kurnatowski, Curatedby Dominick Lombardi, Brooklyn, NY
2006 BlueStar 21, BlueStar Contemporary Art Center, 20th Annual Invitational Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
Drawing Exhibition, Mor YorkGallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 PushPlay: Redefining Pop Art, Curated by George Kinghorn, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL
(In)Appropriate?, Presented by Context Art Projects, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Tickled Pink, Marcia WoodGallery, Atlanta, GALooks Good on Paper: Second Edition, Curated by Ben Apfelbaum, Spruill Center for the Arts Gallery, Dunwoody, GA
Studio B-9, Work by Jeff Conefry, Kojo Griffin, David Isenhour, Lance Lamont, and Charles Nelson,The Lenox Artwalk, Atlanta, GA
2001 Breadth, invitational sculpture exhibition, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Looks Good on Paper, Curated by Ben Apfelbaum, Spruill Center for the Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA Coming Attractions, Vaknin Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Alterbiographies, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Atlanta Emerging Artists, Lenox Artwalk, Atlanta, GA
Contemporary Urban Mentalities, Curated by Charles Nelson, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999 Body as Commodity, Nexus Center for Contemporary Art,Atlanta, GA
1998 Jeff Conefry, Roe Ethridge, and David Isenhour, Dekalb College, Decatur, GA
1997 David Isenhour and Betsy Kenyon, New Visions Art Space, The Tula Art Center, Atlanta, GA Atlanta Biennial, Curated by Theresa Bramlette, Nexus Center for Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
1996 Just Another Election Year, Robert Lowery Gallery, Athens, GA
1995 Mostra, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy1993
Grants/Awards
2008 UCF In-house Research Grant, University of Central Florida
2001 Fulton County Forward Arts Foundation, Emerging Artist Award Cash award and solo show at the Swan Coach House Gallery
1996 Student Achievement in ContemporarySculpture, Sculpture Magazine, International Sculpture Center
1995 Kresge Art Department Research Grant for studies in Italy, Michigan State
University Publications
Publications:
Book 6: Future Perfect, Beautiful Decay, published by Feral Children Productions, LLC, 2011 Jessica Bloch, “Influences Converge at UMMA Exhibit”, Bangor Daily News, January 23, 2010
Dan Goddard, S.A. Life, “Object Lessons”, San Antonio Express-News, Sec. G, July 12, 2006
Madeleine Peck, Reviews, Jacksonville, FLA, “Push Play”, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Art Papers, Nov/Dec, 2004
Lisa Kurzner, Reviews, Atlanta, GA,“(IN)Appropriate?-Contemporary Artists Pillage Art History”, Art Papers,Sept/Oct, 2004
Debbie Michaud, Reviews, Atlanta, GA, “Tickled Pink”, ArtPapers, Nov/Dec, 2003
Felicia Feaster, “Swan Coach House Gallery”, Sculpture,Vol. 22, No. 5, Washington, D.C., June, 2003
Cathy Byrd, “Breadth”, Sculpture, Vol. 22, No. 1,Washington, D.C., January/February, 2003
Jerry Cullum, “Agreeable Sculptural Perversions of Cartoon Memories”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sec. Q-8, July 5, 2002
Felicia Feaster, “Multi-tasking: Curators Shape the Future of Atlanta’s Art Scene”, Creative Loafing, Vol. 31, No.7, June 26, 2002
Uri Vaknin, “Flaunt”, Jezebel Magazine, pg.25, March 2000
Jerry Cullum, “2000 Innovation at Eyedrum”, The AtlantaJournal Constitution, Sec. Q-8, February 18, 2000
Jerry Cullum, “1997 Atlanta Biennial - Nexus ContemporaryArts Center”, Art Papers, Vol. 21, Issue 4, July/August 1997
Cathy Byrd, “Visual Verite’”, Creative Loafing, Vol.26, No. 10, July 26, 1997
Richard Eldridge, “Peach Buzz”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sec. C-2, July 14, 1997
Cathy Fox, “Punch Lines at an Exhibition”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sec. Q-8, Friday, April 11, 1997
“The A List: 1996 ISC Student Awards”, Sculpture, Vol. 15, No. 7, Washington, D.C., September, 1996
Jacqueline Humphrey, “Sculpture Exhibit…”, News and Record, Greensboro, NC, Friday, July 9,
1996 Master of Fine Arts, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
1995 Study Abroad, The Cortona Program, University of Georgia Cortona, Italy
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Academic Appointments
2007–2014 Assistant Professor of Sculpture & MFA – Emerging Media University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
UndergraduateCourses:
Introduction to Sculpture
Advanced Sculpture
NarrativeSculpture
3-D Design
Graduate Courses:
Intermedia Sculpture
Serial Content and Classical Form
Design and Human Interaction
2006:
AdjunctFaculty - Art Appreciation, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
AdjunctFaculty - Art Appreciation, St. Philips College, San Antonio, TX
2004:
AdjunctFaculty - Introduction to Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty -Foundry, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty - Figure Modeling, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty - Advanced Metals,3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
2003:
Adjunct Faculty - Special Topics: Displacement Media, The Atlanta College of Art
2002:
AdjunctFaculty - Special Topics: Mold-Making, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
2001:
Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture, 3DStudio, The Atlanta College of Art
2000:
Adjunct Faculty - Wood Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
1999:
Adjunct Faculty - Metal Fabrication, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
Faculty - Continuing Education,Metal Fabrication, The Atlanta College of Art
1998:
Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture, 3D Studio, The Atlanta College of Art
1994 - 1996:
Teaching Assistant Appointment -Three-Dimensional Form, Michigan State University
Teaching Assistant Appointment-Drawing, Michigan State University
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 DistantLandscapes, Alt Space, Arts on Douglas Gallery, NewSmyrna Beach, FL
2011 Road to Hamartia, The Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2010 Bio-Permutations: Sculptures by David Isenhour, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME, curated by George Kinghorn, Director of The University of Maine Museum of Art
2007 Genetic Drift: New Work by David Isenhour, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
2006 David Isenhour: New Work, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio,TX
2003 Summer Solos, The Atlanta Center for Contemporary Arts, Atlanta, GA
2002 SaturdayMorning, New Works by David Isenhour, Fulton County Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2000 Archetypes, Richards Gallery,Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, in partnership with the Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 FultonCounty Emerging Artist Award Retrospective, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta Georgia 2011 Looking Back, Trudging Forward, B-Complex, Atlanta, GA (included works by Jack Mitchell, Kojo Griffin, Jessica Care Moore, Aubrey Longley-Cook,Wanda Ortiz, Bryce Hammond and myself)
Book 6: Future Perfect, Beautiful Decay, published by Feral Children Productions, LLC
2010 47th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, Juror: David Houston, Co- Director and Chief Curator of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art Group Exhibition
Annual UCF Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
Small Things Considered, Arts on Douglas Gallery, New SmyrnaBeach, FL
2009 8 - Inch Miniature Competition, Fontbonne University Fine ArtGallery, St. Louis, MO
Monochrome, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center,Cincinnati, OH
Annual UCF Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
2008 Urbania, Quality Pictures Contemporary Art,Curated by gallery owner Erik Schneider, Portland, OR
Annual UCF Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Florida ArtGallery, Orlando, FL
Bom, Galerie Janet Kurnatowski, Curatedby Dominick Lombardi, Brooklyn, NY
2006 BlueStar 21, BlueStar Contemporary Art Center, 20th Annual Invitational Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
Drawing Exhibition, Mor YorkGallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 PushPlay: Redefining Pop Art, Curated by George Kinghorn, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL
(In)Appropriate?, Presented by Context Art Projects, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Tickled Pink, Marcia WoodGallery, Atlanta, GALooks Good on Paper: Second Edition, Curated by Ben Apfelbaum, Spruill Center for the Arts Gallery, Dunwoody, GA
Studio B-9, Work by Jeff Conefry, Kojo Griffin, David Isenhour, Lance Lamont, and Charles Nelson,The Lenox Artwalk, Atlanta, GA
2001 Breadth, invitational sculpture exhibition, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Looks Good on Paper, Curated by Ben Apfelbaum, Spruill Center for the Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA Coming Attractions, Vaknin Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Alterbiographies, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Atlanta Emerging Artists, Lenox Artwalk, Atlanta, GA
Contemporary Urban Mentalities, Curated by Charles Nelson, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999 Body as Commodity, Nexus Center for Contemporary Art,Atlanta, GA
1998 Jeff Conefry, Roe Ethridge, and David Isenhour, Dekalb College, Decatur, GA
1997 David Isenhour and Betsy Kenyon, New Visions Art Space, The Tula Art Center, Atlanta, GA Atlanta Biennial, Curated by Theresa Bramlette, Nexus Center for Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
1996 Just Another Election Year, Robert Lowery Gallery, Athens, GA
1995 Mostra, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy1993
Grants/Awards
2008 UCF In-house Research Grant, University of Central Florida
2001 Fulton County Forward Arts Foundation, Emerging Artist Award Cash award and solo show at the Swan Coach House Gallery
1996 Student Achievement in ContemporarySculpture, Sculpture Magazine, International Sculpture Center
1995 Kresge Art Department Research Grant for studies in Italy, Michigan State
University Publications
Publications:
Book 6: Future Perfect, Beautiful Decay, published by Feral Children Productions, LLC, 2011 Jessica Bloch, “Influences Converge at UMMA Exhibit”, Bangor Daily News, January 23, 2010
Dan Goddard, S.A. Life, “Object Lessons”, San Antonio Express-News, Sec. G, July 12, 2006
Madeleine Peck, Reviews, Jacksonville, FLA, “Push Play”, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Art Papers, Nov/Dec, 2004
Lisa Kurzner, Reviews, Atlanta, GA,“(IN)Appropriate?-Contemporary Artists Pillage Art History”, Art Papers,Sept/Oct, 2004
Debbie Michaud, Reviews, Atlanta, GA, “Tickled Pink”, ArtPapers, Nov/Dec, 2003
Felicia Feaster, “Swan Coach House Gallery”, Sculpture,Vol. 22, No. 5, Washington, D.C., June, 2003
Cathy Byrd, “Breadth”, Sculpture, Vol. 22, No. 1,Washington, D.C., January/February, 2003
Jerry Cullum, “Agreeable Sculptural Perversions of Cartoon Memories”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sec. Q-8, July 5, 2002
Felicia Feaster, “Multi-tasking: Curators Shape the Future of Atlanta’s Art Scene”, Creative Loafing, Vol. 31, No.7, June 26, 2002
Uri Vaknin, “Flaunt”, Jezebel Magazine, pg.25, March 2000
Jerry Cullum, “2000 Innovation at Eyedrum”, The AtlantaJournal Constitution, Sec. Q-8, February 18, 2000
Jerry Cullum, “1997 Atlanta Biennial - Nexus ContemporaryArts Center”, Art Papers, Vol. 21, Issue 4, July/August 1997
Cathy Byrd, “Visual Verite’”, Creative Loafing, Vol.26, No. 10, July 26, 1997
Richard Eldridge, “Peach Buzz”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sec. C-2, July 14, 1997
Cathy Fox, “Punch Lines at an Exhibition”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sec. Q-8, Friday, April 11, 1997
“The A List: 1996 ISC Student Awards”, Sculpture, Vol. 15, No. 7, Washington, D.C., September, 1996
Jacqueline Humphrey, “Sculpture Exhibit…”, News and Record, Greensboro, NC, Friday, July 9,
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