Douglas Degges (b. Shreveport, LA) is an artist and educator currently based in Mansfield Center, CT where he is an Assistant Professor of Art in Painting and Drawing at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT. Douglas received his MFA from the University of Iowa and a BA in Studio Art from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
TBD, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI
2023
two shakes of a squirrel’s tail, Cleaner Gallery + Projects, Chicago IL
a squirrel from memory, HPL Galleries, Hoover AL
here and there and polka dots, Galapago Space, Denver CO
2022
what not to do when you see a mountain lion, Whitespec, Atlanta GA
a squirrel from memory, Proyecto T, Mexico City Mexico
two snakes of a squirrel’s tail, Proyecto H, Mexico City Mexico (virtual)
a squirrel from memory, URSA Gallery, Bridgeport CT
Flypaper (collaborations with Sarah Phyllis Smith), Spirol Art Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson CT
2021
Remembering Accardo Tackle, The Morrissey Gallery, Galvin Fine Arts Center, St. Ambrose University, Davenport IA
a squirrel from memory, Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport LA
a squirrel from memory, Stove Works, Chattanooga TN
2020
a squirrel from memory, Side Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2018
props for pictures, Night Light Gallery, Chicago IL
Flypaper (collaborations with Sarah Phyllis Smith), VERSA, Chattanooga TN
2017
Split Ends, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville TN
Borough Body (collaboration with Chelsea Werner-Jatzke), The Factory, Seattle WA
props and pictures, Flat Tail Press Gallery, Minot State University, Minot ND
2016
making stuff like pictures, The Shed Space, Brooklyn NY
2015
making stuff out of things (collaborations with Eric Oglander), Wayfarers, Brooklyn NY
making stuff like pictures, GLITCH, Memphis TN
old man study group (collaborations with Hamlett Dobbins), Southfork, Memphis TN
2014
little bits and big pictures, Horse House, New York NY
props and pictures, John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY
props and pictures, The Times Club at Prairie Lights, Iowa City IA
2012
from the grass and to the trees, The Smith Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell IA
2011
the upchuck and the whisper, Material Art Space, Memphis TN
SELECTED TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Material Worlds, Curated by Noé Jimenez, New Alliance Art Gallery, CT State Community College Gateway, New Haven CT
2022
dirt from here and dirt from there, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY
2021
The Living Daylights, Cleaner Gallery + Projects, Chicago IL
Douglas Degges and MaryKate Maher, Pratt Munson Gallery, Munson, Utica NY
2020
An Object of Their Own, Curated by Julie Weber, Perspectives Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
2018
Fish Hotel, Space 204, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
Hold it Here, Yellow Door Gallery, Des Moines IA
The Weight of Play, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville TN
2017
Sharpless, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville TN
Corner Palace, Mild Climate, Nashville TN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
TBD, Casa Lü, Mexico City Mexico
2023
The View From Mars, Curated by Douglas Breault, Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
Night Vision, Curated by Kiernan Pazdar, Warner Gallery, Millbrook School, Millbrook NY
Cuarto Colectivo, Proyecto H, Mexico City Mexico
A Windy Day - Spring Selects, Side Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Anexo, Proyecto T, Mexico City Mexico
In Light of Color, Curated by Kristi Arnold, Lyet Gallery, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown PA
2022
Works on Paper, Side Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Sugar Coating, Co-Prosperity, Chicago IL
Opus ad Vivifica, Schelhaudt Gallery, Paier College, Bridgeport CT
2021
AbstractTENN, Channel to Channel, Chattanooga TN
2020
MILL ST., Mill Street Project, New Haven CT
The Daily, Curated by Sharon Butler, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven CT
2019
Past Times, Curated by Hilary Nelson, The Times Club at Prairie Lights, Iowa City IA
How the Beaver Got its Flat Tail, Northwest Arts Center, Minot ND
CforCollections, C for Courtside, Knoxville TN
2018
55th Annual Juried Competition, Juried by Joel T Parsons, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe LA
Friends with Benefits, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia MO
2017
Mapping Experience, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
Language Orthodox, Curated by Alicia Lange, Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson MS
Deconstructed, Curated by Esther Ruiz, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore MD
Contemporary On-Site, Douglas Degges, Mariah Dekkenga, Ann Pibal, Eleanor Ray and Nancy Shaver, Curated by the Fuel and Lumber Company, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta GA
Drawing Performance: Abstraction from Germany and the United States, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward NE and Inga Kondeyne Galerie, Berlin Germany
Star-Crossed Lovers, Morrissey Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport IA
2016
Deal With It!, Maake Magazine Fall 2016 Exhibition, The Woskob Family Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, State College PA
Drawing Performance: Abstraction from Germany and the United States, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln NE
Reanimator, Curated by John Avelluto, Bay Ridge Arts Space, Brooklyn NY
2015
Soft Eyes, Curated by Pete Schulte, Whitespace, Atlanta GA
2014
Almanac, Curated by Esther Ruiz, Wayfarers, Brooklyn NY
Pale Menagerie: Art Not About Love, Curated by Katie Grace McGowan and Jaime Marie Davis, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Soft Eyes, Curated by Pete Schulte, Curating Contemporary (virtual)
2013
Material Anthology, Crosstown Arts, Memphis TN
2012
Six Pack: Working Abs, Curated by Hannah Israel, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus GA
Bred and Fed, Curated by Mary Grace Wright, Shoot the Lobster : Iowa City, Iowa City IA
Deliberate: Law as Collaborative Model, Curated by Kathleen Perniciaro, Anheuser-Busch Hall, Washington University, St. Louis MO
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. : The Symbiotic Relationship Between Teacher and Student, Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mount Vernon IA
2011
micro-topologies, PLATFORM, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
Sincerely, Curated by Joel Parsons, The 31st Century Museum at the Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2010
We can’t go wrong, Peek & Poke, Rijeka Croatia
We Like Each Other, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward NE
This Iceberg, Curated by Pete Schulte, The Times Club at Prairie Lights, Iowa City IA
AWARDS | GRANTS | RESIDENCIES
2024
Alfred University’s Düsseldorf Summer Artist Residency, Düsseldorf Germany
Casa Lü Artist Residency, Mexico City Mexico
Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park NY
2023
El Sur Artist Residency, Mexico City Mexico
School of Fine Arts Research Grant, The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2022
Proyecto T Artist Residency, Mexico City Mexico
School of Fine Arts Project Completion Grant, The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
School of Fine Arts Research Grant, The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
Scholarship Facilitation Fund Award (Fall 2022), The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
Scholarship Facilitation Fund Award (Spring 2022), The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2021
Stove Works Artist Residency, Chattanooga TN
Scholarship Facilitation Fund Award (Fall 2021), The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2020
Scholarship Facilitation Fund Award (Fall 2020), The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2018
The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation Residency, Bethany CT
2015
Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship & Residency, Johnson VT
2013
The Millay Colony for the Arts Residency, Austerlitz NY
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Bodies Bigger Than Eyes, Selects: Curated by Douglas Degges, Locate Arts, locatearts.org
Group exhibition featuring the work of TN-based artists Eleanor Aldrich, Jessica Gatlin, Jana Harper, Raymond Padrón, Joel Parsons, and Erin Tucker