Blake Hurt

P.O. Box 7885 (434) 979-5388

Charlottesville, VA 22906 info@blakehurt.com

People have a special mental facility for recognizing faces. We can see them in clouds, the sides of mountains, or the moon. Along with this recognition, we also look for meaning in them; for some clue of experience or intention. Using the technique of filtering an image of a face through line drawings, a technique I call 'ink collage', I have taken advantage of the new digital opportunities to manipulate drawings and color in great detail so that the result is a palimpsest of meanings that are discovered by physically approaching the works. You see more about the person's history when physically close to the pictures and more about their appearance when stepping away; this seems an appropriate metaphor for how we see people in general.

1995-2000 Studied Painting under Richard Crozier at the University of Virginia

Studio Visit Magazine – Vol 2, May, 2008 by The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA



“More Than a Pencil: Using the Computer to Make Two-Dimensional Art”, a paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2007), January 24-26, 2007, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan



2009 Exhibitions

♦Solo Exhibition and Consultation Residency, January 23-March 7, 2009, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

2008 Exhibitions

♦“Images 2008”, June 11-July 13, 2008, [Juror: Dinah Ryan, Director, Staniar Gallery at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA] Robeson Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

♦”Currents”, March 24-April 22, 2008, [Juror: Beth A. Venn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Senior Curator of the Dept. of American Art at the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ] Court Gallery of the Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

♦”31st Annual Art on Paper”, March 7-April 13, 2008, [Juror: Tonia Matthews, Director, MFA Studio Program at Towson University], The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

♦Solo Exhibition ”About Face – Digital Works on Paper”, March 5-April 13, 2008, The Fire House Gallery, Louisville, GA

♦”2008 Colors of Life International Photo Contest”, March 1-October 2008, The Gallery Art & Design, Richmond, VA

♦“Mid-Atlantic 2008 New Painting”, January 24-March 2, 2008 [Juror: John B. Ravenal, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA], University of Mary Washington Galleries, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

2007 Exhibitions

♦”21st National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition (3rd Place), November 4-November 30, 2007 [Juror: Bill Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art], The Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville, Douglasville, GA

♦”New Directions ‘07”, (3rd Place), October 20-November 17, 2007, [Juror: Jose Luis Blondet, Dia Art Foundation of New York] Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

♦Solo Exhibition :”About Face”, October 1-31, 2007, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

♦”The Faces of Art”, August 25-September 15, 2007, Smithtown Township Arts Council Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY

♦ “Interior Spaces II”, (Recipient of Jane Merrill Choice Award and Patron’s Award) August 3-September 1, 2007, [Juror: Amy Finkbeiner ] Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA

♦”Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works”, May 25-July 14, 2007, Kutztown, PA

♦“The Human Form”, April 29-May 26, 2007, [Juror: Danny Conant, a Washington, D.C. area fine art photographer] Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA.

♦“TechArt III”, April 13-May 20, 2007, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.

♦“Painted Tongue – Union of Art & Word” (2nd Place), March 9-April 13, 2007, [Juror: Lanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs] Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

♦Solo Exhibition: “Structures”, January 26-March 3, 2007, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC

♦“Discoveries”, January 16-February 17, 2007, [Juror: Phyllis Tuchman, art critic, lecturer and curator] George Segal Gallery of Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

2006 Exhibitions

♦“New Directions ‘06”, October 21-November 18, 2006, [Juror: Sara Reisman, Cuatorial Fellow at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, NY] The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

♦Solo Exhibition: “Not Just A Pretty Face-New Digital Works on Paper”, May 1-May 27, 2006, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

♦“3rd Biennial National Print Exhibition”, March 24-May 30, 2006, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ

♦“2006 National Juried Exhibition - Connections”, March 20-April 21, 2006, [Juror: Dr. Donald Kuspit, art critic and professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook], Studio Montclair, West Orange, NJ

♦“Faces of Woman”, March 4-March 31, 2006, [Juror: Cynthia Sanchez of the Santa Fe New Mexico Capitol Art Foundation], Las Vegas, NM

♦“The International Digital Exhibition 2006”, April 30-June 12, 2006, [Juror: Marilyn Kushner, Dept. Chair, Prints, Drawings and Photographs and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Brooklyn Museum], San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

♦“20th International Juried Show”, February 17-March 29, 2006, [Juror: Patterson Sims, Director of Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (formerly of Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYI)], Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

♦“Nancie Mattice Award for Emerging Artists 2006”, February 13-March 11, 2006, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN

♦“5th Biennial National Art Exhibit”, February 4-March 17, 2006, [Juror: M. Stephen Doherty, Editor, American Artist], Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL

♦“Valdosta National 2006”, January 17-February 3, 2006, [Juror: Larry Walker, noted artist and educator, Professor Emeritus and past Director, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University], Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

♦“New Members Show”, January 2006, McGuffey Arts Center, Charlottesville, VA

2005 Exhibitions

♦“In the Game”, October 28-December 31, 2005, [Juror: William Stover, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA

♦“23rd Annual Juried Exhibition”, June 29-July 16, 2005, [Juror: Jordan Kantor, Assistant Curator, the Museum of Modern Art], Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

♦“2005 National Juried Competition: Photography and Digital Images” (3rd Place), July 2005, [Juror: Darsie Alexander, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland], Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ

♦“2005 Annual Open Non-Members Juried Exhibition”, June 20-July 1, 2005, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

♦“A Sense of Place 2005” (Juror’s Award), September 16-October 21, 2005 Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

♦“Americas 2000: All Media Competition” (Juror’s Recommendation Award), August 24-September 27, 2005, [Juror: Gordon McConnell, leading art writer and curator in the Rocky Mountain Region], Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND

♦“Paperworks”, August 23-September 18, 2005, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY

♦“McGuffey Summer Group Show”, July 1-August 14, 2005, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA

♦“Halpert Biennial ’05 National Juried Visual Art Competition and Exhibition”, June 6-September 16, 2005, [Juror: Mary Agnes Beach, Museum Curator City of Coral Gables, FL], Boone, NC

♦“VMRC 2005 Juried Art Exhibition”, June 5-July 5, 2005, Harrisonburg, VA

♦“Salon Exhibition of Small Works” May 27-July 23, 2005, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

♦“ADSO’s 13th Annual Southeast Exhibition”, May 16-June 9, 2005, Okaloosa-Walton College, Fort Walton Beach, FL

♦“2005 National Juried Exhibition (2nd Place)”, May 3-June 3, 2005, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX

♦“48th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition”, April 30-June 26, 2005, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

♦“6th Annual Shippensburg University National Exhibition”, April 2005, Shippensburg, PA

♦“36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition”, March 4-March 27, 2005, Laurel Art Guild, Laurel, MD

♦“26th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition”, February 2005, Columbia College, Columbia, MO

♦“1st National Drawing, Painting & Printmaking Competition”, February 18-April 1, 2005, [Juror: Kim Lawson, Assistant Curator of Education at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL], Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Fl

♦“Americas 2000: Paper Works Juried Competition”, January 12-February 22, 2005, Minot, ND

2004 Exhibitions

♦“Global All-Media Competition” (Honorable Mention), November 2004, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD

♦“Southeastern Juried Exhibition”, October 16-December 26, 2004, [Juror: Sean Ulmer, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art], Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

♦“5th Annual Juried Art Show”, October 2004, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA

♦“Vrooom: Art in Motion”, June 11-July 16, 2004, Indiana University Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN

♦“2004 National Juried Competition for Photography and Digital Images”, June 8-July 8, 2004, [Juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photographs, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA] Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ

♦“12th Southeast Regional Juried Art Exhibition” (2nd Place), May 17-June 17, 2004, [Juror: Susie T. Ranager, formerly Special Curator for Exhibits and Workshops at Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, MS] Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Fort Walton Beach, FL

♦“25th Annual Mini Works on Paper”, May 2004, Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL