Derek Fordjour b. 1974 , NY

EDUCATION

2016 , MFA 2002 Harvard University, Ed.M 2001 , BA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 The Upper Room, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New york, NY 2015 Meritocracy, Jack Bell Gallery, London UK 2014 The BIG GAME, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2013 Sciame Artist’s Salon Series Exhibition, Sciame Corporate Gallery, New York, NY 2013 Built Environments: Inaugurations with Felandus Thames, Columbia University 2013 Russ Barrie Pavillion, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 I Like It Like This, Sothebys S2 Gallery, New York, NY 2015 And There is an End, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, , CA 2015 Mixed Doubles, Sometimes Gallery, New York, NY 2015 No Such Place, Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery, New York, NY 2014 OPEN, PAPILLION ART, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Corpus Americus, Driscoll Babcock Gallery, New York, NY 2013 Ticknihova and Winter, New York, NY 2013 Atlanta University Center Alumni Exhibition, Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA 2006 A Hicks of our Own, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2002 Recourse and Consideration, Spelman College Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

New York Times review of “The Upper Room” by Holland Cotter http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/arts/design/from-derek-fordjour-a-sense-of- abandoned-ritual.html?_r=2

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Huffington Post article on his solo exhibition “The Big Game” by Souleo Wright “The Sports world could learn from Derek Fordjour’s artworks” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-souleo-wright/on-the-a-wsouleo-the- spor_b_5877982.html

Brooklyn Rail write up on “The Big Game” by Jonathan Goodman http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/10/artseen/derek-fordjour-the-big-game

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