Kaleta Doolin

 

Education:        MFA     Southern Methodist University

                          BFA      Southern Methodist University

Solo Exhibitions:

2000    STEEL WATER, Austin College, Sherman, Texas

1999    SPIRIT OF INVENTION, Frito-Lay Commission, Touring Installation

1998    LA JUNTA DE LOS RIOS; JOURNEY’S END
            Collaboration with John Hernandez
            Sculpture Center, New York, New York

1996    LA JUNTA DE LOS RIOS: A FANTASTIC JOURNEY
            Collaboration with John Hernandez
            5501 Columbia Avenue Art Center, Dallas, Texas
            Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas

1995    PEN PALS, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (Catalog)

1992    Transformations, Installation at Visual Arts Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

1990    THE DOOLIN PARK PROJECT Didactic Gallery, Frito-Lay National Headquarters, Plano, Texas

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2002   PICTURE ID
           University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
           DALLAS VIDEO FESTIVAL

 

2001    ALTERNATIVE CURRENTS
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

            TEXAS DIALOGUES: SCENIC OVERLOOKS 
Curator: Nancy Bless, Blue Star  Art Space, San Antonio, Texas

2000       GARDEN, Connemara, Plano, Texas
Collaboration with James Sullivan

CONFLUENCE: ARTIST’S BOOKS AT FIVE MYLES
Brooklyn, New York

SMU ALUMNI EXHIBITION
Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas

BLACK AND BLUE, McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, Texas

1999   NEW WORK, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

WOMEN OF STEEL,  Sculpture, 5501 Columbia Art Center, Dallas, Texas

            WIRED FOR LIVING, Looped DVD Installation
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

            NORTH TEXAS COLLABORATIONS, Book Art Installation
Community Arts Collective, Houston, Texas
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1998   EXPO ‘98, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas

THE ASSEMBLAGE, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas
Juror: James K. Sullivan

MADNESS AT THE MAC, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

CRUCES DE LA VIDA, Plano Art Centre

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, Eastfield College, Curator: Kathy Windrow

1997   BOOK AS ART
City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Brannigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico

NORTH LAKE COLLEGE GALLERY
Collaborative installation with John Hernandez, Leticia Huerta, Viola Delgado,
and Albert Shaw, North Lake College, Irving, Texas

CRUCES DE LA VIDA
Plano Art Centre, Plano, Texas

            Ice House, Oak Cliff, Texas

1996    INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS BOOKS EXHIBITION
Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

            PAPER WORDS, National Book Arts Invitational
Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida

1995    THE BOOK RE-CONFIGURED,
The Center for Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
CRITIC’S CHOICE, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas
CRUCES DE LA VIDA, The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas

1993-1995          EYE TATTOOED AMERICA, National Touring Exhibition
1993      Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1/22/94 - 2/27/94   Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
6/6/94 - 8/15/94      Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10/29/94 - 11/30/94      Truman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute,
                                                      Indiana
5/21/95 - 7/9/95      Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
7/95 - 8/95       Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California

1994      IMAGES 1994, Hickory Street Annex Gallery, Dallas, Texas,
Curator: Mary Vernon

1994      Women's Rights as Human Rights, Zawadi Gallery, Dallas, Texas

               Sponsored by UNIFEM, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

               Judges:  Marilyn Waligore, Justine Yeager and Susan Harrington

1993      IMAGES 1993, Hickory Street Annex Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1992      METAL AND METTLE Austin College, Sherman, Texas, Curator:  Paul Harris

              GROUP SHOW, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas, Curator: Lee Akins

1991      TIME IS RELATIVE, Beverly Gordon Gallery, Dallas, Texas

              A VISUAL DISCOURSE, Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1990      SILENT STORIES, Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas

              TORNADO SHOW, Vanderbilt University, Sarratt Gallery,

              Nashville, Tennessee (catalog)

              ALEXANDER THE INFANT, Dallas Video Featival, Dallas, Texas

 

 

Video Art and Installation:

 

ALEXANDER THE INFANT - 5.37 

Dallas Video Festival - Dallas Museum of Art

 

COIFFURE VOYEUR - 4.40

 Dallas Video Festival,

Dallas Chapter of Women in Film - Chickflicks-Grand Prize Winner- Magnolia Theater

 

BACKYARD BALLET -14.55

Dallas Video Festival – McKinney Avenue Contemporary

ART IN THE COMMUNITY: WILLIE BIRCH – 5:00
Adaptation of The Frame Project, featuring Willie Birch teaching

self-portraiture

 

1953 FOUND FOOTAGE -10.53

Dallas Video Festival – Dallas Theater Center

 

ALEXANDER WIGGLETOOTH -5.55

Dallas Video Festival – Dallas Museumof Art  -The Texas Show

SXSW – Austin, Texas

Snakebite Festival - St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas

 

STOPPING MOTION: UNDERSTANDING THE ART OF JAMES SURLS -10.27 Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methoditst University, Dallas, Texas

Exhibition and Collection

 

Selected Public and Private Collections:

 

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

City of Aspen, Colorado

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas

New York City Public Library, New York, New York

Museé de l’Erotisme, Paris, France

Commercial Metals Corporation, Dallas, Texas

 

Publications:

 

2003 Art in the Community: The Frame Project by Kaleta Doolin, Larry Estes, and Paddy  Bowman, published for educational distribution by Contemporary Culture

 

Commissions:

 

2000        “Container of the Soul,” collaboration with Laura Jean Lacy, for the exhibition
“Facing the Rising Sun: Freedman’s Cemetery,” 

              African American Museum, Dallas

 

1999     Frito-Lay Commission for “The Spirit of Invention” Installation

        

1996     Leon Rabin Award, Presented annually by the Dallas Theater League
       Edition: 15 cast bronze draped pyramids

 

Honors and Awards:

 

 

Exhibition Awards:

Commission to create the  Dallas Theatre League  Leon Rabin Award, 1995

Women's Rights as Human Rights, Judges Award

150 WORKS BY TEXAS WOMEN ARTISTS, Cash Award

ART IN THE METROPLEX, Honorable Mention

VISIONS '84, Merit Award

Commercial Metals Corporation Competition, Second Place Award

Aspen, Colorado, Public Sculpture Competition, Purchase Award

 

 

Reviews and Articles:

 

“Mixed Signals,” Dallas Observer, April 5-11, 2001.

“Review of Texas Dialogues: Scenic Overlook,” San Antonio Express, January, 2001

“Where History Becomes Art,” by Phillip Collins, in Facing the Rising Sun: Freedman’s

  Cemetery, ed. by Alan Govenar and Phillip Collins (Dallas: African American

  Museum, 2000.

“A Space for Art: Connemara at 20,” Dallas Morning News, March 12, 2000.

“Naturals: Sculpture Show Makes the Most of Outdoor Setting,”  Dallas Morning News,

  March 10, 2000. 

“Arts Out There,” by Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News, September 3, 1999

“Book as Art,” article by George Lang, Oklahoma Gazette, February 6, 1997.

“Where Rivers and Artists Meet,” review by Janet Kutner, Dallas Morning News,

  June 13, 1996.

“Lost Art: Dallas’ Most Compelling Art Museum is Hidden Away in an old East Dallas

  Firehouse,” article by Matt Weitz, Dallas Observer, June 13-19, 1996.

“Run for the Border: 5501 Columbia Interprets a Surreal Desert Landscape,” review by

  Marina Isola, The Met, April 17-24, 1996.

  Stacy Simmons, “Chautauqua Celebration Highlights BHC’s 10 Years,” The Courier,

  Brookhaven College, May, 1989.

  J. Terrence Eck, “Alum’s Artwork Explores Violent Weather,” The Daily Campus

  SMU, June 13, 1988.

  Ed Howard, “Violent Tornadoes and the Whirlwind: Kaleta Doolin,” Arts Dallas

  Magazine, Summer, 1988.

  Becky Adamietz, “The Importance of Women in Art,” Texas Woman’s News,

  February, 1987.

  “Sculpture Show Fills Downtown with Street-Smart Art,” Dallas Morning News,

   March 10, 1985.

  Janet Kutner, “Art in the Metroplex Top Quality,” Dallas Morning News, June 17, 1985.

  Kevin Fox, “Fascination with the Idea of Fame Elevated to Religious Worship,” Dallas

  Downtown News, April 18-24, 1985.

  Joy Poe, “Women of the 5th Texas Sculpture Symposium,” The Woman’s News,

  June, 1985.

  Bill Marvel, “ Corporate Art Collections Continue to Gain in Popularity,” Dallas Times

  Herald, July 22, 1984.

  “A Winning Combination,” Dallas-Fort Worth Home & Garden (September 1984).

  “Pieces Picked for Mall,” The Aspen Journal, June 24, 1977.

 

 

Selected Professional Activities:

 

1991    Founder, 5501 Columbia Art Center, Dallas, Texas

            Founder and President, Contemporary Culture, Inc.

            Curator, Hockaday Alumnae Association

            Installation Coordinator, "Isaac's Ark:  The Woodcarvings of Isaac Smith," Trammel Crow Pavilion, Dallas, Texas, June 1991

1991      Coordinator, "Alternatives for the Future:  A Conference on New Directions in Contemporary Art, Exhibition and Criticism," Dallas Museum of Art, April 1991

1992      Advisory Board, Hughes-Trigg Gallery, Southern Methodist University

1993- 2000  Project Director and Participating Artist, "Art in the Neighborhood," 5501 Columbia, Dallas, Texas, funded in part by the City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs

1994      Texas Composers' Forum, Board of Directors

1995-1997 Public Art Committe, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs

1995-1998  Executive Board, Meadows School of the Arts
 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

1996      Co-Founder, Texas African American Photography Archive

            Advisory Board, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas

1997      Juror, ArtFest, Dallas, Texas

1998     Executive Board, Meadows School for the Arts,
 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

             Building Committee, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas

             Proposal Evaluator, Museum Panel, Office of Cultural Affairs, Dallas, Texas

2000        Technical Assistance, “Container of the Soul,” sculpture and installation
by Laura Jean Lacy, commissioned for the exhibition “ Facing the Rising Sun: Freedman’s Cemetery,” African American Museum, Dallas, Texas

2002     Visiting Artist, Dealey Middle School
             Video art lecture and Kite making workshop

2003     Visiting Artist and Teacher, Book Arts class, Texas Tech University,
             Lubbock, Texas

  Project Director, Art in the Community Teacher In-Service Training
              Mi Esquelita Education Centers  and African American Museum of Dallas  

              Judge, Women in Film, Young Filmmakers Scholarship

              Panelist/Evaluator, City of Dallas Office Cultural Affairs  DART Competition