Doc Atomic
2011 Coal Place SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
e-mail: docatomic@docatomic.com
Self taught artist who works with scrap, surplus, and found electronic equipment, electronic parts, and scientific apparatus, to create 2-D and 3-D sculpture and art cars.
OCTOBER 2013-March 2014: MIAM (Musée International des Arts Modestes) Sete, France; "FanClub" exhibition.
2013 April
DocAtomic Workshop: INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago IL.
2012 September
Aggregate, Contemporary Downtown Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Synergistic exhibition with the ISEA2012 international conference.
2012 August
Featured in Albuquerque Magazine "Creatives"
ISEA2012 - International Society of Electronic Art, Albuqerque, NM. Exhibited the Circuit Board Truck and co-lectured/presented with Harrod Blank.
2011-2012
Artwork used in Intuit: Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art teacher fellowship program, Chicago, IL. Lesson title; "Heroic Art: Transforming Found Objects to Represent Hope and Change".
2008-2009
Kitsch et Catch, Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille, France April to June 2008; Miam (Musée International des Arts Modestes) Sete, France November 2008 to February 2009; Musee de L'Objet, Blois, France March 2009 to November 2009.
2008
appearance on PBS television program "Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations"
2008
appearance in Harrod Blank's film "Automorphosis"
2007 Nov
Road & Track magazine (really!)
1998-2002 Jan
Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, New York, NY
- via Judy Saslow Gallery
2001 Aug-Nov
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IL
1999-2000
The Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
1999 Nov
Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Visions: Reflections and Projections - Spiritual and Futuristic Art" exhibit - featuring artwork by Doc Atomic
1998 Sep - 1999 Jul
Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France
Exhibited sculpture at the "Outsider and Folk Art: the Chicago Collections" show, the first exhibition of Contemporary American Folk Art on the European continent
1997 Jan & Feb
Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
"That Fabulous Face" exhibit
1996 Dec - 1997 Feb
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
"Outsider Art" exhibit
1996 May
Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM
Displayed 'home on the strange' art car at the national opening of the "Recycled Reseen: Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap" exhibit
1994 Jun
Nina Bean Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
"Left Brains" exhibit
1993 May
Houston International Festival, Houston, TX
Entered 'Home on the Strange' art car in the "Roadside Attractions" artists parade
1993
Appeared in Harrod Blank's "Wild Wheels" book with artcars 'home on strange' and 'postcard truck' (Pomegranate Artbooks ISBN 1-56640-453-3)
1992
National Gallery of the Arts, Washington DC
Invited guest artist speaker at screening of Harrod Blank's Film "wild Wheels" (1992 Harrod Blank Productions), as well as being featured in film.
1991 Jul & Aug
Orange Show, Houston, TX
Exhibited mail art at the "Mail Art: Envelopes as Art" Workshops
1991 May
Houston International Festival, Houston, TX
Received fourth place for 'home on the strange' art car in the "Roadside Attractions" artists parade
