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EDUCATION

 

MFA University of Maryland, Baltimore County    Imaging and Digital Arts     1998

MFA University of Pennsylvania                         Painting                           1985

BFA University of California at Santa Cruz          Painting                           1981

BA University of California at Santa Cruz           Painting                           1978

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AWARDS AND GRANTS

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2025  Artist Residency, SomoS Arts, Berlin, Germany (Virtual)

2023  Artist Residency, World of Co, Serbia (Virtual)

2022  Artist Residency, Rancho Linda Vista, Arizona

2020  Artist Residency, Arquetopia, Oaxaca, Mexico

2007  Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts

          Purchase Award, DC Commission on the Arts

          Sondheim Award, finalist

2006  Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Competitive Residency
2005  Bethesda Painting Awards, finalist
1999- Bunting Fellowship, Radcliff Institute, Harvard University

2000 

1997  Artist Fellowship Grant, District of Columbia Commission on the Arts

1995  Graduate Merit Fellowship, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1994  Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
1993  Visual Arts Competitive Grant, Prince George's County Arts Council
1991  Visual Arts Competitive Grant, Prince George's County Arts Council
1990  Visual Arts Competitive Grant, Prince George's County Arts Council
1989  First Place Award, Fairfax County Council for the Arts, juror: Helaine 

          Posner

          Visual Arts Competitive Grant, Prince George's County Arts Council
          Critics Residency Program, Maryland Arts Place, critic: Carter Ratcliff
1988  Visual Arts Work-In-Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council
1981  Chancellor's Discretionary Fund Award, University of California at Santa Cruz

 

 

SOLO SHOWS

2024  Full Orchestra, Jackson Hall, Guerneville, CA 

2023  Melody at Night, 17th Avenue Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

2021  Memorium, WIP Gallery, Ajo, AZ

          Snatches of Song, Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle AZ

2008  Cosmosis, Katzen Center for the Arts, Washington, DC
2007  Fieldwork: Placing Space in the Colorfield Remix, Pyramid Atlantic,
          Silver Spring, MD
2006  Illusion: Now, Mind and World, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA
2005  Parallel Play, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003  Each/Other: Vanishing Points, I Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000  Turn Around Time, Bunting Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1996  Troyer, Fitzpatrick, Lassman Gallery, Washington, DC
1994  Jones, Troyer, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1992  Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD
          Cardinal Gallery, Annapolis, MD
1990  Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC
1989  Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
1987  BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY
1982  Santa Cruz Art Center, Santa Cruz, CA
1978  Oakes College Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2005  "Bethesda Painting Awards", Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

2003  "Turnaround," Flatfile Galleries Project Room, Chicago, IL
          "Each/Other," Flatfile Galleries Project Room, Chicago, IL

2001  "Temple of Time", Masonic Temple, DeLand, FL
          "Faculty Show", Duncan Gallery, Stetson University, DeLand, FL

2000  "Rapture," Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1999  "A Range of Views," Bunting Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1998  "Anniversary Show," Troyer, Fitzpatrick, Lassman Gallery,
          Washington DC
          "Other Directions," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
          "MFA Show," University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD

1997  "Expansion Arts: Artists of Our Times II," The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
          "Thresholds:Limits of Perception," Installation, Eighth Floor Gallery,New York, NY
          "A Room of Your Own," Installation, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
1996  "A Chronic Act of Desperation," Performance in a U-Haul Truck, University of  Maryland, Baltimore County, MD

1995  "Lingua Pittura: Painting's Evolving Agenda," University of Maryland, College Park, MD
          "Art Site 6," Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1994  "43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1993  "Lingua Pittura: Painting's Evolving Agenda," McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, Arlington, VA
          Benefit Auction, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
          "Koan New Talent," Clark & Co., Washington, DC
1992  Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC
1991  Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
1990  "City Visions," Harbor Place and the Gallery, Baltimore, MD
          “Art Against Aids," Washington, DC
1989  Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
          "Open Exhibition 1989," Fairfax County Judicial Center, Fairfax, VA
1987  "Art Where It Lives," Creative Metalworks, Washington, DC
1985  "MFA Show," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
          "Alternative Solutions," Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
          "Alumni Show," Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

 

 

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS (*indicates reproduction)

2007  Tierney, Robin: “The Showcase Goes On,”  The Washington Examiner, January 3, 2007*
2006  Jessica Dawson: "Art Imitates Life and Visa Versa", Washington Post, September 30, 2006 *
2005  Michael O'Sullivan: "Different Strokes For Different Folks", Washington Post, June 24, 2005
2005  Fred Camper: "Grand Illusions", Chicago Reader, October 14, 2005 Victor Cassidy: "Prairie Smoke",

          Artnet Magazine, December 1, 2005*
2005  Jim Magner, Artist Profile: Inga McCaslin Frick, Hill Rag, January, p.78-79*
2004  Michael Klant: Grundkurs Kunst 4 - Aktion, Kinetik, Neue Medien, Braunschweig: Schroedel, pp.152/153(textbook).*                        Michael Klant: Kunst in Bewegung: Aktion, Kinetik, Neue Medien, Ostfildern bei Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2004 (DVD).*
          Michael Klant: Grundkurs Kunst 4 - Kunst in Bewegung: Aktion, Kinetik, Neue Medien, Braunschweig: Schroedel, 2004 (DVD).*
2003 Claire Wolf Krantz: Review, Art in America, October, p. 142.*
         Review, Mouth To Mouth, Spring 2003.

2000 Asher, Steve (Filmmaker): "Greater Boston Arts - Rapture at Mass Art" (television interview), WGBH, Jan-Feb
         Temin, Christine: "Assorted Artists Capture Rapture," The Boston Globe, February 2
1996 Protzman, Ferdinand: "Canvas of Change," The Washington Post,June 5*
         Howell, George: Review, Art Papers, May/June, p. 32*
         Protzman, Ferdinand: "It's the Thought that counts," The Washington Post, March 2
         Howell, George: Review, Art Papers, May/June, p. 32*
         Oda, Ken: Review, Koan, March, p. 17
1995 Howell, George: "Lingua Pittura: Painting's Evolving Agenda,”

         Art Papers, January

1994 Richard, Paul: "Canvas of Dreams," The Washington Post, September 9
         Richard, Paul: "How to Canvas the Neighborhood,”

         The Washington Post, June 2
         Russell, Donald: Review, Washington Review, May-June, p 26*
         Moss, Brett: “'Sites' shows art has its place," The Washington Times, June 9

         Edelman, Robert G.: "The Figure Returns," Art in America, March, pp. 39-43

         Cohen, Jean: "The 43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," Art News, February, p 145
         Howell, George: "Inga Frick: 43rd Biennial Exhibition of
         Contemporary Painting," Washington Review”, February, p. 18*
1993 Baker, Kenneth: Review, "Contemporary Painting Celebrated in DC,"
         The San Francisco Chronicle: Datebook, November 21
         Fleming, Lee: "Koan, Drawing New Blood," The Washington Post, November 6
         Richards, Paul: "What's Wrong with this Picture,”

         The Washington Post, October 31
         Burchard, Hank: "Out of the Fire, Into the Melting Pot," The Washington Post, October 29
         Mahoney, J.W.: "Lingua Pittura: Christopher French, Inga Frick, Greg
         Hannan, Raimundo Rubio and Jeffrey Smith," Art Papers, September/October, pp. 66-67*
         Mahoney, J.W.: Review, Art in America, May, pp. 127-128*
         Pollan, Andrea, "Lingua Pittura: Painting's Evolving Agenda," January (publication in conjunction with show)
1989 Ratcliff, Carter: "Maryland Art Place Critics Residency Program1987-1989"

         (publication in conjunction with project)*

 

TEACHING

2000-2003 Stetson University
      Introduction to Digital Art
      Fundamentals of Design
      Advanced Digital Art Studio
      Advanced Issues in Time-Based Media
      Sequential Images
      Drawing
      Interactive Art

 

1999 Harvard University
      Graduate student mentoring

 

1998 Art Institute of Phoenix
      Digital Audio/Video
      Broadcast graphics
      Character Study
      Analysis of Form (anatomy)
      Drawing

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1997-98 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
      Visual Concepts

1993 University of Maryland, College Park
      Design

1986 University of California at Santa Cruz
      Painting
      Drawing
      Visual Fundamentals

      1983-84 University of Pennsylvania
      Drawing

1979-81 University of California at Santa Cruz
      Drawing
      Painting

Inga Frick, 16300 3rd St. #163, Guerneville CA 95446

Tel 202-302-7998

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