Dave Birmingham Bio
Education:
Master of Design; Fashion, Body & Garment, 2016
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts; Fashion Design, 2006
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Areas of Specialization: Sculpture, Installation and Assemblage Art, Fashion Illustration, Garment Construction, Technical Apparel Design, Pattern Drafting and Draping, Performance, Research with a LGBTQ Historic Focus
Professional Experience:
2017
Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Industries Department, School of Design, Mount Ida College, Newton, MA Visiting Instructor of Fashion Design, “X-Treme Weeks” Youth Program, MassArt, Boston, MA 2016 Assistant Researcher, Freelance, Boston, MA Visiting Curatorial Artist, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2015/16
Teaching Assistant for Freshman Core Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015
Intern, Museum of Fine Arts Boston Department of Textiles and Fashion Arts, Boston, MA
2014
Fashion Collection Development Mentor, MoDA, University of Chicago and SAIC, Chicago, IL
Visiting Instructor of Fashion Illustration, “X-Treme Weeks” Youth Program, MassArt, Boston, MA
2007-Present
Drag and burlesque performance as Aquanette Prudence Jones; Various locations: MassMoCA, North Adams, MA; American Repertory Theater’s Oberon, Cambridge, MA; Seacoast Repertory Theater, Portsmouth, NH; Uptown Underground, Chicago, IL; Host of The Spritz with Aquanette Jones, Jacque’s Cabaret, Boston, MA
2007
Assistant Design/Technical Design, Studio Alessandro Pungetti, Bologna, IT
Exhibitions:
2017
New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Hydra Effect, Midways Studios, Boston, MA
Habitat/ion, MassArt Alumni Biennial, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston, MA
Reclaimed, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Auction and Exhibition, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston, MA
Constructed Visions II, St Louis Artists’ Guild, Clayton, MO
2016
Medicine Wheel Productions’ Day Without Art Twenty-four Hour Vigil, Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama, Boston, MA
Eclectic, Fine Art and Design by MassArt Alumni and Students, Boston Design Center, Boston, MA
Design Show 2016, Block Thirty Seven, Chicago, IL Post-Gay, The Distillery, Boston, MA
Lazarus & Ambrosia, Sage Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, curated by Nick Cave, Professor of Fashion Design, SAIC
2015
A Tour of Observations, Experiences, and Objects, No Nation, Chicago, IL
Utopia, Flatiron Building, Chicago IL, exhibition in conjunction with release of Free Ass Magazine, Issue #1
Imitations of Life, Sage Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014
Open Studio Night, Sage Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013
Momentum: Performative Work Crossing Gender, Cultural, and Sexual Boundaries, SoWa Arts District, Boston, MA, cocurated with Sean M. Johnson, Caleb Cole, Tom Bardwell
Smiling Stiletto: The Show, Harborside Lounge, Boston, MA
New York Fashion Week: Candice Wu, House of Cache, Dave J Bermingham Collections, Empire Hotel, New York City, NY
2010
CIC/GS 001, Cambridge Innovation Center 14th Floor Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2006
Spirit, Massachusetts College of Art Senior Fashion Design Thesis Show, Cyclorama, Boston, MA MassArt All School Show, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston, MA
2005
Deeper Shade of Pink, Atrium Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2004
Unfashionable, Tower Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA, Curator
Commissions/Collaborations:
2015
Dance of Death; A Reenactment of Modern Tokyo in Three Sections, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL, collaborators: Kara Jefts, Leonard Suryajaya, Toni Zhao
Billy Reid/Swarovski/SAIC Chandelier Design Project for Billy Reid, Chicago, IL
2013
Thom Solo Shoes: Giger Collection, custom garments for ad campaign and collection release events, Boston, MA Collections: David J Getsy, Private Collection, Chicago, IL Lisa Wainwright, PhD, Private Collection, Chicago, IL Anonymous, Private Collection, Winnetka, IL
Collections:
David J Getsy, Private Collection, Chicago, IL
Lisa Wainwright, PhD, Private Collection, Chicago, IL
Anonymous, Private Collection, Winnetka, IL
Awards and Honors:
2017
Recipient, Faculty Curriculum Development Travel Grant, Center for Global Connection, Mount Ida College, Newton, MA
Second Place Juror’s Prize, Constructed Visions II, St Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, MO. Terry Suhre, Juror
2016
Nomination to Participate, Ground Floor Annual Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Municipal Art League of Chicago Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014-16
Dean’s Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Vera Berdich Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011
Finalist, Out Magazine and Tylenol PM’s, “Lights Out Sleepwear Design Challenge”, Online
2006
Departmental Award for Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Residencies:
2017
Council on International Educational Exchange, International Faculty Development Seminar, Seville, Spain
2016
TextielLab, TextielMuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands
Selected Bibliography and Press:
2016
The Walk, Fashion Department Annual Magazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2016 pp. 40-41
Jarad Solomon, “What the F Are You Doing?: Phase Two”, fnewsmagazine.com, http://fnewsmagazine.com/2016/02/what- the-f-are-you-doing-phase-two-2/, February 16, 2016
Jac Kuntz, “Resurrecting the Dead”, SAIC.edu, http://www.saic.edu/150/resurrecting-dead
2015
Free Ass Magazine, video documentation, Chicago, IL, no.1, Utopia (2015), p. 56-57. Online http://freeassmag.com/IS- SUE-1-UTOPIA/MEDIA-1
Jarad Solomon, “What the F Are You Doing”, fnewsmagazine, November, 2015
Alison Reilly, “Deciphering 1920s Tokyo”, fnewsmagazine, April, 2015, p.29
2013
Ciresi Barrett, Joanne (Author/Compiler), Designing Your Fashion Portfolio; From Concept to Presentation, Bloomsbury Publishing 2013, p. 134, 142, 255, 274-5, 305
2011
Out Magazine/Out.com and Tylenol PM, Illustrations featured on main page and voting portal for Tylenol PM’s, Lights Out Sleepwear Design Challenge.
Symposia and Lectures:
2016
Salvage 3.1, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (C3T), Chicago, IL, Moderator, Conrad Hamather
Production, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Moderators, Pia Singh, Jameson Paige
TextielLab and TextielMuseum with SAIC’s Textile Technology Research Group, Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration, Chicago, IL
Affiliated Organizations:
Charles River Creative Arts Camp, Dover, MA; Instructor (anticipated)
Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA; Instructor (anticipated)
Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Jamaica Plain, MA; Instructor of Fiber Arts (anticipated)
Artisan’s Asylum, Somerville, MA; Member (2016-present)
College Art Association, Member (2016-present)
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA; Visiting Curatorial Artist for Nick Cave’s, Until. As Aquanette Prudence Jones, Performing Artist (2016)
The History Project: Documenting Boston’s LGBT History, Boston, MA; Volunteer (2016-17)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Textile and Fashion Arts Department, Boston, MA; Intern (2015)
Textile Technology Research Group, SAIC, Chicago, IL; Research Fellow and Lecturer (2015-16)
Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance, Boston, MA; Interim Director (anticipated), Cofounder, Member (2012-present)
Industrial Stitchers Guild, Boston, MA; Cofounder and Member (2009-2014)