Joseph Daun
Joseph Daun was born on September 11, 1967 in Miami, FL. In his early years, Daun won numerous photography awards and scholarships. Daun graduated from Florida State University in 1990 with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Photography. In 1994, Daun earned his Master’s of Fine Arts from the University of Texas San Antonio with an emphasis in both Photography and Sculpture.
Daun became the co-chair of the Freshman Foundation Program at The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, NY. Following this appointment, Daun became an assistant professor at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. During his time there, he was appointed Chair of the Art Department and helped to greatly expand the visibility of the program through his activities as gallery director and played a pivotal role in the acquisition of the Jacobs’ Collection: A collection of contemporary art and ancient sculpture. In 2003, Daun was selected as Chair of the Art Department at the University of Central Oklahoma. In 2005, Daun earned a tenure appointment at UCO.
During his academic career, Daun has shown in numerous art galleries and spaces across the United States including a prestigious artist’s residency at ArtPace in San Antonio, One person Exhibit at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY, A large installation at Fotouhi-Cramer Gallery in New York, NY, a one-person exhibit at 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, large installation at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, One person exhibit at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christie, TX. His work is in numerous university and private collections, including the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Central Oklahoma.
Exhibitions:
Joseph Daun was selected to be participant in “ART 365”. A project Curated by Diane Barber, Co-Executive Director and Visual Arts Curator for DiverseWorks in Houston. Art 365, a new exhibition from the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, offered six Oklahoma artists a year and $10,000 to hone their unique approaches to art and to develop a body of work that expresses their identities as artists. This project is documented with a catalog: http://www.ovac-ok.org/Events/Art365/Art365catalog.pdf
and a full hour documentary. Preview of documentary: http://www.ovac-ok.org/Events/events_art365.cfm
Venues:
2009, DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Houston, TX
Fall 2008, Legion Arts at CSPS, 1103 3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
May 29-June 27, 2008, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, 2930 E. 5th St., Tulsa
March 14 – April 26, 2008 • Untitled [ArtSpace] • Oklahoma City
Joe also had a three week residency followed by a one person exhibit scheduled for January 2009 at , Legion Arts at CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA