Stan Woodard

b. USA, 1960
Stan Woodard is an artist living in Atlanta, GA, USA

Stan Woodard is an artist living and working in Atlanta, GA. He works primarily with found materials to create installations and objects. Multimedia regularly figures into his installation work and he produces stand-alone multimedia, video, audio, and interactive digital works as well. Taking an archeological approach to found materials he often comments on the histories of places and objects.

As a performer, Woodard works a lone and with the performance trio Chinese Frankenstein.

Woodard is a recipient of the KBFUS (King Baudouin Fellowship US) award. Woodard has been exhibited in Atlanta, New York, Hong Kong and regionally.

Statement

Inspiration gained through exploring my post industrial neighborhood founded my work using discarded and recycled material in the creation of artwork. Believing that every debris object has a history as unique as each of our own, I chose items which had appealing formal qualities apart from that of other urban detritus. These objects were originally manufactured to serve a particular purpose and at some point were lost or deemed no longer relevant. By aestheticizing debris objects, each of them h...

Activities

2008
March Pinup Show #4, City Gallery East, Atlanta

2007
February Kuumba, Lamar Arts, Barnesville, GA
July Looks Good on Paper, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta
August Vinyl, New Street Gallery, Atlanta
September - The 60 Second Southern Video Festival, Fugitive Projects, Nashville, TN
October - Dead Flowers, Eyedrum, Atlanta
2006
April Politics, Politics, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
April National Juried Show, Eyedrum, Atlanta
June d'Asie d'Afrique, Artists Commune at the Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
September America on the Brink, ATHICA, Athens, GA
August Vinyl, New Street Gallery, Atlanta
September I see no one, no one sees me, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, solo show
November Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta

2005
January Shelter, Eyedrum, Atlanta
August Vinyl, New Street Gallery, Atlanta
November d'Afrique d'Asie, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NY

2004
January Ongoing Woodard for President 2K4, woodardforpresident.org
April Music from the "Communicators Soundtrack, Eyedrum, Atlanta, performance
September Gathering, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
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