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Ben Reynolds Senior Academic Professional Office Lamar Dodd School of Art 270 River Road Athens, GA 30602 email: [email protected] phone: 706.542.8786 education 1996 MFA with Distinction, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1991 BFA, Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA primary media Photography and Music teaching experience 2006- Senior Academic Professional, Photography & Graphic Design, Lamar Dodd School of Art, present University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1999 - Academic Professional, Photography & Graphic Design, Lamar Dodd School of Art, 2006 University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1998 - Temporary Instructor, Photography, Lamar Dodd School of Art, and School of 1999 Environmental Design (Historic Preservation), University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1997 Temporary Instructor, Photography, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy 1994 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Photography, Lamar Dodd School of Art, 1996 University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1986 Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy Selected Recent Performances 2014 Athens Americana Festival, Little Kings Shuffle Club, Athens GA. (April 24) 2013 Highhat Revisited, Hendershots, Athens, GA.(Sept. 12) World Famous (sold out), Athens, GA (Sept. 15) Georgia Theater, Athens, GA (Sept 28) South Carolina Green Fair,James Island Park Charleston,SC (September 22) 2011 Buckhead Music Festival, Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA (July 30) 2011 Athfest, Mainstage, Athens, GA (June25) 2011 SXSW, Speak Easy Cabaret, Austin, TX (March 16) Wayfarer Music Hall, Monroe, GA (October 15) The Melting Point (October 14) Fiery Ron’s Home Team, Sullivan’s Island (September 4) Stillwater Taproom, Augusta, GA (September 3) Barley’s Tap Room, Asheville, NC (July 1) Back Swamp School House, Florence, SC (June 29) The Melting Point (April 30) The Porch, Lake Charles, LA (March 19) Evangeline Café, Austin, TX (March 17) DBA, New Orleans, LA (March 12) Selected Exhibitions 2014 Gallery 1401 (solo exhibition), University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA. ATHICA Mystery Triennial, Athens Institute for Creative Art, Athens, GA. Mostra di Cortona Experience, Kehoe Center, Cortona, Italy. 2013 Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA About to Travel, University of North Georgia, Watkinsville, GA 2011 MFA Silent Auction, Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, Athens, GA Athica Mystery Triennial, Athica, Athens, GA 2010 Professori di Cortona, Chastain Arts Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2008 Faculty Exhibition 2008 Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA 2007 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA Young Movers and Shakers in the Georgia Art Scene, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA Below the Fall Line, Photographs by Ben Reynolds and Robin Dana, Firehouse Gallery, Louisville, GA 2006 Your Faith Instructions, Photographs by Ben Reynolds, Broad Street Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Photographs by Ben Reynolds, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA 2005 Center for Humanities, CHA Faculty Exhibition, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, GA 2003 Product, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA Do/don’t’, Can/can’t, Invitational, Johannesburg, South Africa 2002 In Italy, Atlanta Financial Center, Atlanta, GA Party Out of Bounds: 25 Years of Athens Music, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon GA Mercury 4, Mercury Gallery, Athens, GA Scrambled Eggs, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA In Italy, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA Scrambled Eggs portfolio exchange, Green Street Press& Papermill, Athens, GA 2001 In Italy, LaGrange College, La Grange, GA Small Show, Mercury Gallery, Athens, GA In Italy, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA 2000 Lamar Dodd School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA 1998 Adjunct Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA 1996 Five Ring Circus, 1996 Olympic sites in Athens, Madison, and Atlanta, GA 1994 Lagrange National, LaGrange, GA Art with a Southern Drawl, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL recordings and film 2013 Country Fried Rock Vol. 2 (song Scale). Florence, SC, Athens, GA. 2011 The Mechanic (use of song, Chickenbone), CBS Films, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Tracing Cowboys, (use of song, Lookout), Vigilante Films, Los Angeles, CA 2006 Athfest 10, 10th Anniversary CD, Ghostmeat Records, Athens, GA 2005 Workhorses of the Entertainment and Recreational Industry, Fundamental Recording Company, Chicago and Leeds, UK (expected to be released in September) 2005 Athfest 05, Ghostmeat Records, Athens GA. 2003 Rough Trade Country 1 & 2, Rough Trade Shops, London, UK 2000 Athfest, Ghostmeat Records, Athens, GA 1993 Mud on the Wheel, Cargo Records, San Diego, CA 1992 Flagpole Christmas Album, Flagpole Magazine, Athens, GA 1991 Eight Track Stomp, Mercury Records, New York, NY 1989 White Dirt, Texas Hotel/Polygram Records, Los Angeles, CA reviews and articles 2013 Flagpole,”Chickasaw Mudd Puppies are Back and Better than Ever,” T. Ballard Lessman (September 25, 2013). 2011 Charleston City Paper, T. Ballard Lesseman (September 4, 2011) Charleston Scene, Matthew Godbey (August 31, 2011) Buckhead Patch, http://buckhead.patch.com/articles/chickasaw-mudd-puppies-return (July 31, 2011) Cahl’s Juke Joint, http://cahlsjukejoint.com/2011/07/chickasaw-mudd-puppies-reform.html (July 30, 2011) Atlanta Retro, Kool Kat of the Week, http://atlretro.com (July 28, 2011) Blurt, http://blurt-online.com/news/view/5148/ (June 24, 2011) Flagpole, Bringing Back the Stomp, (June 22, 2011) Athens Music Junkie, http://www.athensmusicjunkie.com (May 3, 2011) Athens Banner Herald, Joe VanHoose (April 28, 2011) Awaiting the Flood, Jon Black, http://awaitingtheflood.com/2011-sxsw-the-mind-boggling-diversity/ (March 27, 2011) American Press, Marquee Section, Lake Charles, LA (March 2011) Abandoned Couches, http://www.abandonedcouches.com/?p=2327 (March 11, 2011) 2007 O Canadarm! http://ocanadarm.blogspot.com/2007/04/chickasaw-mudd-puppies-usa.html (April 17, 2007) 2006 No Depression, Seattle, WA (September/October 2006) Marquee, Athens Banner Herald, Athens, GA (January 12, 2006) Flagpole, Athens, GA (September 27, 2006). 2003 Marquee, Athens Banner Herald, Athens, GA (May 9, 2003) Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA (May 13, 2003) 2001 Rollingstone.com, Snapshots from the Porch (August 2001) Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, by Holly George-Warren 1994 Photoreview, Philadelphia, PA (Summer 1994) 1991 Spin Magazine. New York, NY (March 1991) Rolling Stone Magazine, New York, NY Ventura County & Coast Reporter (February 21, 1991) Details Magazine, New York, NY (February1991) New York Times, New York, NY (January 18, 1991) 1990 The Music Review, Marc Deitman, New York, NY (September 1990) Musician, New York, NY (August 1990) selected awards/nominations 2015 Dedicato a Cortona Award, Office of International Education, University of Georgia. 2008 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2004 Center for the Humanities Visiting Artist/Scholar Grant to host photographer Harris Fogel (co- written with Dr. Frances Van Keuren), Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2003 Learning Technologies Grant to provide ten areas within the School of Art the necessary equipment to document artwork (co-written with Prof. Lanny Webb), University of Georgia Athens, GA 1996 Lamar Dodd School of Art Assistantship Award, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1995 Mary Rosenblatt Scholarship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Lamar Dodd School of Art Assistantship Award, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1994 Purchase Award, LaGrange, GA 1986 Artist Initiated Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts 1985 Ford Foundation travel grant, Cortona, Italy professional activities 2015 Instructor, Cortona Experience, Cortona, Italy. 2010 Host for visiting artist Natalie Jerminjenko 2007- Coordinator, University of Georgia Science Maymester Program, Cortona, Italy present 2007- Technology Liason, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy 2010 2007 Instructor, Cortona Experience, Cortona Italy 2006- Faculty Advisory Committee, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy present 2006 Consultant: Louisville Arts Council Helped design performance space for non-profit in historic building. Louisville, GA 2005 Faculty Mentor for Faith Ploener, Best of CURO 2004 Consultant, Designed and Installed darkroom for Athens Academy, Watkinsville, GA Visiting Artist, Hillel, Athens, GA Visiting Artist, Grayson Tech, Loganville, GA Juror, UGA Office of International Affairs, Exhibition, Athens, GA Media Consultant, Society of Photographic Education Regional Conference, Athens, GA Faculty Mentor for Patrick Gosnell, Best of CURO, CURO Summer Research Fellow 2003 Juror, Piedmont College Student Show, Demorest, GA 2002 Developed ARGD 3090, Photography for Graphic Design for Lamar Dodd School of Art Graphic Design Area. Now a required class 2001 Media Coordinator, Odyssey, International Printmaking Conference, Cortona Italy 1999 Consultant, Designed and Installed darkroom for Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy Collections 2105 Thomas Barry and Susan Waltman, NY, NY. 2010 John Q. Norwood, New Orleans, LA T.G. Herrington, Brooklyn, NY Nom de Guerre Films, New Orleans, LA 2005 Dr. Lisa Thomassen, Seattle, WA 2003 Mala Sharma, Atlanta GA Kevin O’Neil, Athens, GA 2002 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA 2000 Angela Meltzer, Athens, GA Dr. Sylvia Knight, Athens, GA graduate committees Bridget Conn Amanda McAdams Mackenzie Chester Emily Gomez Eric Patton Maury Gourtemiller Laura Noel Alison Smith Catherine Bell Leslie Burns Sarah Laurentius Julia Allen Justin Plakas Michael Prault Clay Jordan Brittainy Lauback Luke Underwood Georgia Rhodes Anna Leavitt Jennifer Gier .