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Artist Statement:
I started working in the
medium of video in the early
1980's as an experimental art
form. At the same time, I
started a series of drawings
on a 'close-up camera view' of
the body. Then I used video as
a performance medium to
express my philosophy and
concerns about child
development and pedagogy. By
the mid 80’s the computer was
on the scene and I began
creating geometric works using
a simple mirroring method,
printing it to paper and hand
coloring the results (see
'Tufte-esque Multiples'). I
looked to traditional
anatomical studies almost
taking a path as a medical
illustrator. Through the
experience and studies in
video and performance arts,
increasingly I became
interested in performance and
sound. During my studies as a
post graduate student in the
90's, one of my pieces layered
sounds to create comments on
war as a commercial entity. An
easy reference from art
history to German and Swiss
dadaist during and after
W.W.I, I spent time remixing
commercial television.
I documented fluxous
performances in an
improvisational group of
composers and forced the music
academy to watch it. For
some, the idea that sound and
acting could ...
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Exhibitions for David Rubright:
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1993....University of Iowa Musuem of Art, Iowa City, Iowa. Fluxus Music Performance Collaboration/ video documentation with performance event coordinated by Robert Parades, video
1992....University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa. MFA Exhibition under Hans Breder "Scream Walking", video
1991....Multimedia Studios, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Collaborative Instillation with Diane Lancia "The names have been changed to protect the innocent"
1990....Amsterdam, Atlanta, Germany, New York, Los Angeles. FAX Book Arts and Video Collage. Stategic Intervention: A Global Fax Art Project with Harry Heyink
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, Boyd Tower Lobbies, One Person Show, drawings and paintings
"Cut for TV" , video, co-director, Cablecast in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Group Show The Corroboree, University of Iowa
Johnson County Arts Center, Iowa City, Iowa, One Person Show
1989 ....Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, M.A. Show under David Dunlap "BeyondAwareness" solo, drawings and paintings
Johnson County Arts Center, Iowa City, Iowa, "Wearable Art and David Rubright" group show, drawings and paintings
Multimedia Studios, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, "Soak in the Secrets", Instillation
Cablecast in Iowa City, Iowa and Amsterdam, Group Show Video in a collection for Time Based Arts Network Curated by David Garcia, "Within" , video
The Light Within, Iowa City, Iowa, One Person Show, drawings and paintings
Cablecast in Iowa City, Iowa, "Video Stance" , video
1988....The Frame Station, Iowa City, Iowa, One Person Show, drawings and paintings
The Checkerd Space, Iowa City, Iowa, One Person Show, drawings and paintings
1987....Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, Iowa, Group Show "ARS Anatomica", illustrations
EDUCATION
1991 University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, Iowa
M.F.A.
1990 University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, Iowa
M.A.
1987 University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, Iowa
B.F.A.
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