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aaron.mcnamee@gmail.com
Born: 1977, La Grande, OR
Lives and works in New Orleans, LA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018  “Getaway,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017  “Pinkos,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016  “Mining the Domestic,” UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016  “Wad,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014  “Middle Digit,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012  “Side by Side,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012  “Between the Pages," Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010  “Some Kind of Time,” MFA Thesis Exhibition, UNO St. Claude Gallery, 
                    New Orleans, LA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018  “Consumer Multiples,” activation of Carlos Rolón’s Hustleman
                    New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2018  “Decade of Good,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017  “Lakeshore Drive,” University of New Orleans Faculty Exhibition, 
                    UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017  “Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans,” 
                    New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2016  “RE:TELL,” Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2016  “Back Room,” Gallery X, Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA
2015  “Homecoming, EOU Alumni,” Eastern Oregon University, Nightingale Gallery, 
                    La Grande, OR
2015  “Louisiana Contemporary,” curated by Brooke Davis Anderson, Ogden Museum of
     Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2015  “Delta Dawn,” Fl!ght Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2015  “Locally Sourced,” American University’s Museum in the Katzen Arts Center, 
                    Washington, D.C.
2015  “Imago Mundi,” (P.3+) curated by Diego Cortez, New Orleans Museum of Art, 
                    New Orleans, LA
2015  “Trivial Pursuits: Obsession’s Allure,” (P.3+) Acadiana Center for the Arts, 
                    Lafayette, LA
2015  “Crowning Glory,” (P.3+) Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014  “PAPER,” Mobile Museum of Art Gallery, Mobile, AL
2014  “Sputnik 2,” Boyd Satellite Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014  “Takeover,” Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
2013  “Sputnik 1,” Boyd Satellite Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013  “1000 Words,” Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2012  “Heat Wave: Stephen Collier, T.J. Donovan, Aaron McNamee and 
                    Stephen G. Rhodes,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012  “What is a Photograph?” curated by Russell Lord, New Orleans Museum of Art,
     New Orleans, LA
2012  “Sean StarWars and Aaron McNamee: New Prints,” Barrister’s Gallery, 
                    New Orleans, LA
2012  “Spaces: Antenna, The Front, and Good Children Gallery,” CAC, New Orleans, LA
2011  “Hit Refresh,” curated by Nick Stillman (Part 1) and Cameron Shaw (Part 2),
     Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011  “Prospect.2 Welcome Center Group Exhibition,” curated by Dan Cameron, 
                    P.2 Headquarters, New Orleans, LA
2011  “No Dead Artists,” jurors Toby Devan Lewis, Susan Taylor and William Morrow,
     Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011  “Common Ground,” curated by Jim Richard, Arthur Roger Gallery, 
                    New Orleans, LA
2011  “Cold Drink Invitational,” curated by Miranda Lash, Du Mois Gallery, 
                    New Orleans, LA
2011  “Fit for Consumption,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011  “Classified: Aaron McNamee and Nina Schwanse,” curated by Christopher 
                    Saucedo, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010  “Do What I Mean, Not What I Say,” University of New Orleans Faculty 
                    Exhibition, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010  “The Sublime and the Silly,” curated by Dan Tague, UNO St. Claude Gallery, 
                    New Orleans, LA
2010  “Postcards from New Orleans,” Galerie Im Andechshof, Innsbruck, Austria
2009  “Thank You Sir, May I Have Another,” Barister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2006  “Aaron McNamee & Kathy Andrews,” Mezzanine Gallery, La Grande, OR
2005  “Honored Artists,” Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR
2005  “Open Regional Exhibition,” Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
2005  “Alumni Exhibition,” Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, 
                    La Grande, OR
2004  “Recent Graduates Invitational,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 New Orleans Art Review, “Gallery Walk: Art Archaeological,” pg. 35, Fall/Winter 2016-2017
2012  Artforum, New York, NY, Reviews, pg. 80, Nov. 2012
2012  NolaVie, “Passing Time with Artistic Expression,” http://nolavie.com/2012/08/passing-time-with-artistic-news-expression-43208.html, August 2012
2012  New Orleans Art Review, “Common Ground,” Fall/Winter 2011-2012, Feb. 3, 2012
2011  NOLA Defender, “Ground Game,” http://www.noladefender.com/content/ground-game, Sept.
2011  Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, “Review Common Ground at Arthur Roger Gallery,” Aug. 17
2011  Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, “Cold Drink Invitational,” July 26, 2011
2011  Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, “Conceptual Sculpture Delivered Daily,” March 4, 2011
2011  Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, “The Death of Print Media,” March 1, 2011
2009  Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, “Thank You Sir, May I Have Another,” Aug. 24, 2009
2005  Artists of Eastern Oregon 2005, Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council
2005  Oregon East, Eastern Oregon University, also in 1998, 1999
2004  The Observer, La Grande, Oregon, “Art in 3-D,” July 1, 2004
2004  Artists of Eastern Oregon 2004, Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council

ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES
Artist Perspective Presentation, New Orleans Museum of Art, Oct. 19, 2015
Visiting Artist Lecture, Eastern Oregon University, Huber Auditorium, Badgley Hall, 
                    Sept. 30, 2015
Gallery Member Talk, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 17, 2012

COLLECTIONS
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
New Orleans Museum of Art
Eastern Oregon University

MEMBERSHIPS
College Art Association, 2010 ­– 2015
Good Children Gallery, 2010 – 2018

EDUCATION
2010  MFA, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2004  BA, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR

WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 – 2018  Artist in Residence, Sculpture, University of New Orleans
2016 – 2018  Graduate Coordinator MFA Fine Arts, University of New Orleans
2011 – 2018  Visiting Artist Committee Member, University of New Orleans, 
                                          Fine Arts Department
2015 – 2016  Undergraduate Research Council Member, University of New Orleans
2010 – 2011  Adjunct Instructor, University of New Orleans