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Artist Statement:
From readily accessible
digital media and online
social networks, a new fashion
of (desperate) narcissism and
pornography has risen to serve
as the modern day booty call.
Bevies of individuals now seek
to reconceive their identities
in a virtual world. Although
some people will use their
real names, most who use the
Internet for the purpose of
reinvention prefer the use of
pseudonyms, which often reveal
subtle or metaphorical hints
of personal information. As
users interact with an
established online identity a
reputation builds which
enables others to decide
whether the identity is worthy
of trust.
The concept of the personal
self, and how emerging
technology influences it is
currently studied in the
fields of psychology and
sociology. Research suggests
that unwise and uninhibited
behavior on the Internet rises
as a result of the
relationship between anonymity
and (immediate) audience
gratification creating a
loosening or even complete
abandonment of social
restrictions and reticence
that would otherwise be
present in traditional
face-to-face interactions.
The notion of “You don’t know
me” equates to simple
anonymity. Anonymity affords a
sense of protection, and
feeling protected provides an
individual with a virtual
playground allowing for a
meaningful release. The
release may ...
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Exhibitions for Douglas Cason As Zepeda:
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Education
2006 MFA Painting, University of Houston
1995 BFA, University of Texas at Austin
Solo and Small Group Exhibitions
2011 Discarded, Gallery 1724, Houston, Texas
2011 Zepeda Likes This, Gallery 1724, Houston, Texas
2009 RAW, Three person show, O’Kanes Gallery, the University of Houston-
Downtown, Houston, Texas
2007 Magnificent Obsession, Irvine Valley, Irvine, California
2006 Unhinging the Distance, Kathy Kelley-curator, Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston, Texas
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas
2006 Small Things in Large Spaces, Projex Gallery, Houston, Texas
2005 No Body Puts Baby in a Corner, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004 Keep These Objects Safe, Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas
2003 Artificial Artifacts, The Davenport, Houston, Texas
2002 Sub-Surfaces, Forbidden, Dallas, Texas
1998 Looking Glass, Past Perfect, Fort Worth, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Intersecting the Book, Ray Ogar-curator, Baum Gallery, University of Central
Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas
2010 Salon des Refuses, Gallery 1724, Houston, Texas
2010 The Big Show, Paul Middendorf -juror, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2010 Self Portrait Show, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, New York.
2010 Faculty Show, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
2010 Texas National, Judy Pfaf-juror, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas
2010 The Dirty Show 11, Bert's Warehouse Theater, Detroit, Michigan
2010 Nude 2010, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
2009 The Motel Show, City Center Motel, Los Angeles, California
2009 The Dirty Show 10.5, Bert's Warehouse Theater, Detroit, Michigan
2009 The Big Show, Laura Fried-juror, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2009 12 x 12 x 122, BECA Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2009 Texas National, Mel Chin-juror, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas
2009 Sketchbook Project, traveling show, originating at Art House
2008 Erotica, Gallery Lombardi, Ron Prince & Rachel Koper-jurors, Austin, Texas
2008 2nd Place, The Big Show, Aram Moshayedi. -juror, Lawndale Art
Center, Houston, Texas
2008 Faculty Show, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
2007 The Book “ever after”, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
2007 Works on Paper, Clint Willour and Anne Wilkes Tucker-jurors, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2007 Bookworks, Clint Willour-curator, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
2006 Honorable Mention, The Figure Show, TAACCL, Nassau Bay, Texas
2006 Caged fish and Gloryholes, Buffalo Bayou Art Park-Law Offices, Houston, Texas
2006 2nd Place, Erotica, KSpace Art Studios, Corpus Christi, Texas
2005 P-philia, Bootleg Studios, Houston, Texas
2005 Erotica, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
2005 The Back Room, 101 Gallery, Houston, Texas
2005 Hello Again, TAACCL, Nassau Bay, Texas
2005 The Big Show, Michael Olijnyk-juror, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2005 Best in Show, Erotica, KSpace Art Studios, Corpus Christi, Texas
2004 Line Up: A Drawing Show, 101 Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston, Texas
2003 Miniature, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston Texas
50/50, Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston, Texas
Art Car Showcase, Local Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
2001 Faculty Show, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
2000 Puppets and Rockets, Forbidden, Dallas, Texas
Bibliography
Ray Ogar, “Pilcrow 02” http://www.lulu.com/, 2010
Lisa Qualls, RAW, http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/901291, 2009.
Felipe Barral, “2800 Sketchbooks”, CNN, (uncredited)
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2009/04/27/barral.sketchbook.project.cnn
Rob Kimberly, “Review: RAW at O'Kane Gallery”,
http://www.29-95.com/art/story/review-raw-okane-gallery, Fall 2009.
Bob Stevenson, “Big Show interview”, originally aired on The Front Row, 07/14/2008 on KUHF 88.7, Houston, Texas
Catherine Lu, “Bookworks interview”, originally aired on The Front Row, 02/12/2007 on KUHF 88.7, Houston, Texas.
T.L. Hamilton, “Exhibition spotlights use of text, books in art,” The Galveston Daily News, January 21, 2007, D1-2.
Dusti Rhodes, “Painters’ influences run wild,” The Daily Cougar, April 19, 2006, 8.
Roxanne Gayle, “Erotica puts you in the mood for Valentine’s Day,” fyi, Volume 2, Issue 6, February 2006, 14.
Kathy Kelley, “Doug Cason: One heck of an artist and all around nice guy”, http://www.kkelley.net/uhkk/writing/dougcason.htm, Fall 2005.
Selected Public and Private Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
Tom and Barbara Solis, Houston, Texas
Dixie Friend Gay, Houston, Texas
Gus and Sharon Kopriva, Houston, Texas
Todd Wingate, Riverside, California
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