Crystal Hartman (PDF)
BIOGRAPHY
1983 Born Durango Colorado
1998-01 Apprentice to Stanton Englehart, Durango CO
1999 Apprentice to Dr. Ronald Ritz, Durango CO
2005 BFA Printmaking - University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO
2009-11 Founding Director Durango Open Studios, Durango CO
ART
CURRENT
April 12-14, 2024 Boneyard Arts Festival: The Gallery at M@,Champaign Illinois Opening Friday April 12th
Boneyard Arts Festival: Prairie Rivers Network, Save Our Trees Exhibition, 1605 South State Street, Suite 1, Champaign IL
Boneyard Arts Festival: Friday-Saturday April 12+13 Pop-Up Shop! at Bohemia, 135 W Main Street, Urbana IL
May 4, 2024 Allerton Bluebell Festival and Folk School Fundraiser: The Market, Allerton Park and Retreat Center, 515 Old Timber Road Monticello, IL
May 18, 2024 The Magic of Light and Cyanotype Photography, Allerton Park and Retreat Center, 515 Old Timber Road Monticello, IL (a class offering)
Road Songs and Dream Sequences, Devin Frank, Released Tell ’Em Tapes, 2024 (album artwork)
Hidden Gallery of Secret Art, Online Exhibition with Hidden Letters Film, hiddenlettersfilm.com
UPCOMING
RUST, Curated by Tim Kapustka, Studio &, Durango CO, May 2024
A Figure and What it Needs, Vivian Krishnan and Crystal Hartman, The Gallery Art Bar, Urbana IL, September 2024
There Was Always The Forest, Studio &, Durango CO, November 2024 (solo exhibition)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 On a Sheet of Ice, a Flower, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL, April-May
2017 The Bees, Illumin Arts, Durango, CO
2017 The Monkeys, The Recess Gallery at Studio &, Durango CO
2016 Canary, Studio Colfax, Denver CO
2015 Recurring Butterfly, Studio Colfax, Denver CO
2012 You are my Muse, Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, Pagosa Springs CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Gallery at M2, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign IL, April
Save Our Trees, Prairie Rivers Network Traveling Exhibition, Opening at the Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign IL, April
RUST, Studio &, Durango CO, May
TRUTH, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo CO, July
A Figure and What it Needs, Exhibition with Vivian Krishnan, The Gallery Art Bar, Urbana Illinois, Opening September
2023
Hidden Gallery of Secret Art, Online Exhibition with Hidden Letters Film, hiddenlettersfilm.com , Open August
Afterimage, Boneyard Arts Festival, 112 University, Champaign-Urbana IL, April
Bring on the Gems, Online Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths, snagmetalsmiths.org , February-March
2022
TRUTH, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo CO, July 1-29
Trigger, Studio &, Durango CO, May
Gallery 112, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign IL April
2021
Around the Block III, Artist of our Virtual Neighborhood, Juried Online Exhibition, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign IL
Through, Studio &, Durango CO
Pandemics as Portal to Change, Krannert Art Museum, June-August, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Virtual Exhibition, UCIMC.org
SUI GENERIS, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
An Audience of Art, Studio & Gallery, Durango CO
2020
Poetic, Online Exhibition, Her Creative Collective, HerCreativeCollective.com
Artfully Created in Champaign County, Her Creative Collective, Mahomet IL
2019
Blurring the Line: Form, Function, and Design, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO
Small Works: XI, Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO
The Bracelet, Yearly Invitational Exhibition (participating yearly 2013-2019) Kathleen Sommers, San Antonio, TX
Portfolio of a Year, Hopscotch, Champaign IL
The COLOR Show, Rogards, Champaign IL
Paper Trails, Forty Point One, Champaign IL
Place, Studio &, Durango CO
2018
All Souls, Yearly Exhibition and Celebration of Those Past -participating 2012-2018, Studio &, Durango CO
Creatures and Creations, Black Crow Gallery, Denver CO
2017
Reverie, Artists of Willowtail, at the Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
Action/Reaction, Invitational Installation and Exhibition, Studio &, Durango CO
2016
Double Trouble, Dan Groth and Crystal Hartman, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
De Los Muetros, Outnumbered Gallery, Littleton CO
Boogeyman, Haas Brothers Gallery, Pagosa Springs CO
Beyond the Stone -Contemporary Jewelry Design from Colorado Metalsmiths, Denver International Airport, Denver CO
10x10, Invitational Auction and Fundraiser, Studio &, Durango CO, April
Under Pressure - The Art of the Hand Pulled Print, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2015
Human, Featured Artist, Pura Vida, Durango CO
Bound, Studio &, Durango CO
2014
TOP Jewels, International Jewelry Exhibition, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
Earthly Delights -Metalsmiths Inspired by Nature, Lillstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL
Extinct, Studio &, Durango CO, February-March
Her Amazing, Magnetic, Pulling Closer Machine, with The Panoply Project, Melangue, Telluride CO
2013
Year – A brief underview of the history of time, Studio &, Durango CO
2012
DYNAMO, Invitational Group Exhibition, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO
Past Lives, A Panoply Project Event, The Lost Dog, Durango CO
Recycled Art, Feat of Clay Gallery, Aztec NM
2011
I am a Scientist, The Panoply, Exhibition and Performance, The Rochester Hotel, Durango CO
Monsters Under My Bed or In My Head, Group Show, Studio &, Durango CO
2009
Single Speed World Championships, Ska Brewing World Headquarters, Durango CO
2008
National Watercolor Society 88th Annual Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
Deliciously Weird, A Guerilla Art Event with McCarson Jones, Durango CO
After Urban -Video Art and Architecture Event, Invitational Exhibition, Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania
2006
United BAC!06, Festival of Contemporary Art, Center for Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Spain
Forms, Figures and Symbols, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs CO
2005
Crossing Borders, Invitational Exhibition, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico
Or Best Offer, BFA SHOW, University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder CO
4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2005, National Palace of Culture, Sofia Bulgaria and Lessedra Gallery, Lozenetz, Sofia Bulgaria
DESIGN WORK
2024 Road Songs and Dream Sequences, Album Art, Devin Frank, Tell ‘Em Tapes, Columbia MO
2023 Electric Church, Album Art, Primitive Lights, Urbana IL
2022 Lady Peche, Wine Label, Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount IL
2021 Hotel Intaglio, Album Art, The Falbonauts, Chicago IL
2019 Swarm, Cover Art “Asamblea” by Michael Hardy and Antoni Negri, Ediciones Akal, S.A., Madrid, España
2017 Swarm, Cover Art for Assembly by Michael Hardt and Antoni Negri, Oxford University Press, New York, NY
2016 The Impossibility of Being Understood by Another, Cover Art for Verde Que Te Quiero Verde: Poems After Federico Garcia Lorca, Open Country Press, Missoula MT
2016 Swimming Pool, Cover Art for “Like A Teardrop and A Bullet” by Rachel Mindell, Dancing Girl Press, Chicago IL
2013 40 Years of CutBank, Cover Art, CutBank Literary Journal, Missoula MT
VIDEOGRAPHY
2020 Cafe, Sound and Text video, 3:19
2019 White Chocolate Milk, Puppet Show Short Film 8:05
2012 Mustache, Video Aphorism, study of masculinity, 0:44 Loop
2009 Winter Little Birds, with Roger Seliner, Stop Animation 7:15
2008 Divinity, Video Aphorism/Installation 5:05 Loop
2007 Lucky _____., Video Aphorism, 32:32
2006 Cut Me Loose, Videography for Null Skateboards, Boulder CO
2005 Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life., Video Installation 5:00 Loop
INSTALLATIONS
2024 Kneeling on the Debris, a shrine, Boneyard Arts Festival, The Gallery at M2, Champaign-Urbana, IL
2018 Laughter, portrait drawing installation, Bohemia, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana, IL
2017 Reaction/Action, invitational collaborative installation, Studio &, Durango CO
2017 Snakes and Snowflakes, Raider’s Ridge, Durango CO
2016 Community, community textile project, Yoga Durango, Durango CO
2015 Down the Rabbit Hole, invitational collaborative installation, Durango Arts Center, CO
2012 Iron Horse Classic, collaborative photo and video installation for the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the of the Iron Horse Classic Bicycle Race, The Durango Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, Durango CO
2011 Soldiers and Strings, collaboration with Jeff Madeen, The Art Library, Durango CO
2010 Words: Paper and Text, Raider’s Ridge, Durango CO
2009 a moment and silence, Eco-Installation, Move and Be Moved, Taos NM
2007 A Bird to an Artists Heart, Mural at Nimmanhaemin, Chiangmai, Thailand
2006 Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life., Video Installation, Center for Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Connotations, paper installation, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Art, Pagosa Springs CO
2006 The Fly, drawing/paper installation, 25 Blai, Barcelona Spain
Events:
2023 August Featured Artist, DesMoines Arts Center, Des Moines, IA
2023 Exhibiting Artist, Untitled, Fundraiser for 40North, Orpheum Theatre, Champaign IL
2018-23 Exhibiting Artist, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana IL
2022 I, Fundraiser for the University of Illinois, Champaign, Urbana IL
2021 Artist Talk, Around the Block III, Aritsts of our Virtual Neighborhood, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign IL
2015-19 Exhibiting Artist, Carbondale Mountain Fair, Carbondale, CO
2019 Temporary Installation/Exhibiting Artist, Rock + Roll Art Market, Chicago, IL
2016 10x10, Invitational Auction and Fundraiser, Studio &, Durango CO
2017 Community Art Project Design and Guide, IAmMusic Festival Indie Music and Art Festival, Durango, CO
2014-17 Founding Member, The Panoply Project, Women’s Arts Collaborative
2014-15 Fashion Design, Telluride Aids Benefit, Invitational Runway Show, Sheridan Opera House, Telluride CO
2014 Fashion Design, Aspen Aids Benefit, Invitational Runway Show, Belly Up, Aspen CO
Teaching:
2017 Drawing -Choose Your Story Make Your Mark, Mancos Public Library, Mancos, CO
2016 Drawing -Material Studies, GOAL: Girls’ Opportunities through Arts and Leadership, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2016 Drawing -Mask Making, GOAL: Girls’ Opportunities through Arts and Leadership, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2010 Humanities and Contemporary Art History, Private Instructor, Chiang Mai Thailand
2010 ESL, Early Learning and Conversational Instructor, New Zealand Education Systems, Chiang Mai Thailand
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2023 Delight Flower Farm, Champaign IL
2018 + 2015 Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center, Mancos CO
2014 Oxbow School of Art, Michigan
2014 DAC Artist Micro Grant, Durango Arts Center, Colorado
2013 Jumpstart Award, Colorado Creative Industries
2010 Small Steps Award, Colorado Council on the Arts
2008 Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award for Storytelling in the Arts, National Watercolor Society, California
2005 UROP Grant, “Femininity in Argentine Society”, University of Colorado
2005 Noerdliger Fine Arts Scholarship, University of Colorado
2005 Shirley Maxine Stroh Fine Arts Scholarship, University of Colorado
SELECTED ARTWORK IN PRINT
2021 Desert Flower and the Bees, Visual Art, Ponder Review, Volume 5, Issue 1, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus MS
2021 Collages of a Home, The Ndebele Art of House Painting, Issue 29, La Piccioletta Barca, lapicciolettabarca.com
2021 See for All, Beyond Words Magazine, Beyond Words Publishing House, Berlin Germany
2021 Lagoon, GHOUL Vol. 2, Brett Masse Works, https://brettmasseworks.com
2020 Honeysuckle Bees, Beyond Words Magazine, Beyond Words Publishing House, Berlin Germany
2018 Woman, A5 Magazine, London UK
2014 All Accounts and Mixture, visual response to Federico Garcia Lorca, CutBank Literary Journal, Missoula MT
2013 Gritty Silk, Collaboration with Rachel Mindell, Pitty Milk Press
2013 Darling Beastlettes, Visual Review of Darling Beastlettes by Gina Abelkop, (Apostrophe Books), CutBank Literary Journal, Missoula MT
2013 Apparition Wren, Visual Review of Apparition Wren by Maureen Alsop, (Main Street Rag Publishing Company), CutBank Literary Journal, Missoula MT
2011 The Poorest Florist, Writing and Illustration for The Fiction Project, in collection at Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn NY
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
SNAG - Society of North American Goldsmiths, 2015-present
ACC - American Craft Council, 2021-present
CLCU - Craft League of Champaign Urbana, 2020-present
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2024 SNAG - Society of North American Goldsmiths - Exhibition Advisory Committee
2017-18 Arts Advisory Committee, Durango High School, Durango, CO
2015 Durango Autumn Arts Festival, Juror, Durango, CO
2012-14 Durango Arts Center, Board of Directors, Durango CO
2009-11 Durango Open Studios -Catalogued Studio Tour + Exhibition- Founding Director, Durango CO
CURRENT REPRESENTATION
Durango Colorado, Studio &, 1027 Main Ave.
Chicago Illinois, Jackson Junge Gallery, 1389 N Milwaukee Ave.
Des Moines Iowa, Des Moines Arts Center, 4700 Grand Ave.
BOUTIQUES & JOAILLERIE
Colorado Springs CO, Revolution Jewelry Works, 5928 Stetson Hills Blvd #110
Durango CO, Lively -809 Main Ave.
Silverton CO, K& C Traders -1152 Greene St.
Urbana IL, Bohemia 135 West Main St.
Whitefish MT, Going to the Sun Gallery-137 Central Ave