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Kiel Fletcher, is an Oregon based, new media and video artist. His work has been shown at the Tate Britain, dOCUMENTA(13), Disjecta Contemporary Arts, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and is in the Yale University Library. He is a founding member of the interdisciplinary artist collective, Danger Punch.
Kiel (dot) Fletcher (at) gmail
kielfletcher.net
dangerpunch.rocks
Education:
2013 - Pacific Northwest College of Art MFA Visual Studies
2006 - University of Colorado BFA Sculpture/Digital Media
2006 - University of Colorado Technology Arts and Media Certificate
Professional Experience:
2021-Present Oregon State University-Cascades Arts & Sciences Program Director - Bend, OR
2016-2022 Scalehouse Contemporary Board of Directors - Bend, OR
2015-Present Oregon State University Senior Instructor - Bend, OR
2013-2015 University of Oregon Adjunct Faculty - Eugene, OR
2014-2015 Mount Hood Community College Adjunct Faculty - Gresham, OR
2014 Lane Community College Adjunct Faculty - Eugene, OR
2012-2013 PNCA Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - Portland, OR
2011-2013 Museum of Contemporary Craft Preparator - Portland, OR
2012 Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, TBA Festival Videographer - Portland, OR
2012 Critical Art Ensemble project volunteer, dOCUMENTA (13) - Kassel, Germany
2011 Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, TBA Festival Volunteer - Portland, OR
2006 Lectured in Media Arts University of Colorado
2005-2006 Digital Arts Lab Assistant University of Colorado
2005 Metal Shop monitor University of Colorado
Select Exhibitions: (*Solo/Danger Punch Solo Exhibitions)
2024
”Faces and Figures” - Site:Brooklyn Gallery
”The Abstract Image” - The Chateau Gallery - Louisville, KY
2023
”Fo(u)r Hours” Solo Exhibition - CICA Museum - Yangchon-eup, South Korea*
”MF and Other Fathers” - btwMOMA - Vancouver, WA
”Celestial Bodies” - Oregon State University Cascades - Bend, OR*
”5”: Danger Punch Presents A recreation of the 5 Obstructions” - btwMOMA - Vancouver, WA*
2022
”Soundbox 5” Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR
“Excuse Me: A structural device for visual communication” - Scalehouse Contemporary - Bend, OR*
2021
“Concept 2021” CICA Museum - Yangchon-eup, South Korea
“International Videopoetry Festival Videobardo” Buenos Aires, Argentina
”New Appalachia Mixed Exhibition” Vestige Galley - Pittsburgh, PA
“Broken Screen” Casa Belgrado – Caba, Argentina
2020
"Technocratic Apocalypse" - El Blanco Centro De Experimentaciones Artísticas - Buenos Aires, Argentina
"The Treachery of Images" - El Patio de las Artes IOPPS - San Juan, Argentina
“NewMediaFest 2020, Corona Shutdown” – Cologne, Germany
“Depth of Field” - Spartanburg Art Museum - Spartanburg, SC
“Northwest Songs of the Americas” - AVA Center for the Visual Arts - Astoria, OR
2019
”Artificial Intelligence” - Central Oregon Community College Pickney Pence Gallery - Bend, OR*
“Artificial Intelligence” - Swope Museum - Terre Haute, IN*
“Danger Punch Presents: The Landscape” Publication Studio - Hudson, NY
“Biennial Artist Book Exhibition” - Bend Art Center - Bend, OR
2018
Bend Design Con. - “Design Asks, Art Answers” speaker panel - Bend, OR
“Panopticon” - Central Oregon Community College Barber Rotunda Gallery - Bend, OR*
2017
“Danger Punch Presents: It’s Not our Fault”- Rockerill - Charleroi, Belgium*
2016
“Pep Rally!” - Cathedral Park Place - Portland, OR
Bend Design Con. - artist workshop - Bend, OR
Bend Design Con. - Hub selected artist - Bend, OR
Printed Matter selected publication - New York City, NY
2015
“COCC Faculty Show” Pickney Pence Gallery, Bend, OR
Rainmaker Artist Residency Yale Union - Portland, OR
"My Arms are this Big" - Publication - Portland, OR
"Videofocus Biennial,The State of Video Art"- Online publication (France)
2014
"Oregon Bring Your Own Beamer" Ditch Projects - Eugene, OR
"BP Loud TATE: All Glitched Up" Tate Britain - London, England
"HAL Indexical" Red Fox - Portland, OR*
"Neo's Nativity" Danger Punch and Fo(u)rt Collective - The Fo(u)rt Space - Portland, OR
"Free, Twee, Mean, and Evergreen" LA Film Forum, Egyptian Theater - Los Angeles, CA
Portland Experimental Film Festival, Clinton Street Theater - Portland, OR
To.Be Featured Artist: Danger Punch - Online application
"PNCA + Holocene: Great Idea!" Holocene - Portland, OR
"Black Noise Group Show" Podium Dolhuis - Dordrecht, Netherlands
2013
Getting to Know You(Tube) | One Year Anniversary Hollywood Theater - Portland, OR
"Danger Punch presents: Friesnotfrench featuring Fried Fries" (Belgium) 411 Gallery - Portland, OR
"Danger Punch presents: America" Rockerill Productions - Charleroi, Belgium*
"Out of Focus!" Videoholica - Varna, Bulgaria
"Danger Punch presents: The Peanut Gallery" Night Market PDX - Portland,OR
"Portland Stew: Experimental Films Screening by Grand Detour" Clinton Street Theater - Portland, OR
"Danger Punch presents: GET ON THE BUS!" Vigor Industrial Shipyard - Portland, OR*
"Experimental Film Festival Portland" Covalent Bonds, Clinton Street Theater - Portland, OR
"Experimental Film Festival Portland" Elemental Shorts, Danger Punch entry - Portland, OR
"Encoding Identities" Dc3 Art Projects - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"subTerreanean3" Arts Illiana (Danger Punch contribution) - Terra Haute, IN
"Pacific Northwest College of Art Graduate Thesis Exhibition" Vigor - Portland, OR
"Getting to Know Youtube" Danger Punch on panel, Hollywood Theater - Portland, OR
"PNCA Intermedia Videofest" Clinton Street Theater - Portland, OR
"Submit Magazine" PNCA Publication - Portland, OR
"Danger Punch Presents: The Ides of March" Bunker Gallery - Portland, OR*
"Danger Punch Presents: Things We Should Have Said" Book reading, Publication Studio - Portland, OR*
"You Had Me At Mixtape" Group Show, Portcity ProjectGrow - Portland, OR
"27 27 27", Gallery 851x315, Danger Punch - Website
“The Files are in the Computer” Lodge Gallery – Portland, OR*
“Reactions Group Show”, Red Fox – Portland, OR
“Danger Punch Presents: The Five Obstructions”, SOHITEK Gallery - Portland, OR*
2012
dOCUMENTA (13) - Critical Art Ensemble’s, “Winning the Hearts and Minds” – Kassel, Germany
“Weird Fiction and Nadia Buyse Collaboration”, RA – Antwerp, Belgium
“Manhood, Masculinity, and Anxiety”, Washington State University - Vancouver, WA
“Make/shift” PNCA Gallery Central - Portland, OR*
“Global Studio Showcase”, PNCA In-Flux Gallery - Portland, OR
“Danger Punch Presents: The Horror", Bunker Gallery - Portland, OR*
“Group Show”, Lodge Gallery - Portland, OR
“Danger Punch Presents: The O Show”, Gallery Central - Portland, OR*
“MFA Visual Studies Class of 2013”, Disjecta Gallery Space - Portland, OR
2011
"Meet Somebody" Place Gallery - Portland, OR
"Rhizome" The Lodge Gallery - Portland, OR
2010
"SEABA Art Hop", Burlington, VT
2009
"Melbourne Stencil Art Festival” - Melbourne, Australia
"SEABA Art Hop" - Burlington, VT
"Vinyl Killers" Breezeblock Gallery- Portland, OR
2007
"Melbourne Stencil Art Festival" - Melbourne, Australia
"Snap to Grid", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - Los Angeles, CA
"Process Invisible", Breeze Block Gallery - Portland, OR
2006
"Snap to Grid", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - Los Angeles, CA
"Crossing Borders Group Show", UCB @ Bogotá, Colombia
"Farouche" , Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art - Boulder, CO
"Paroxysm", UCB Gallery Museum - Boulder, CO
"Sten and Luca’s International Poster Art Show", San Lorenzo Zone Rome - Rome, Italy
2005
"Crossing Borders", UCB Escuela Universidad Autonma de Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico
"Tongue", Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art - Boulder, CO
"Tongue", UCB Gallery Museum - Boulder, CO
Awards:
2014-2015 - Rainmaker Residency, Yale Union Laundry - Portland, OR
2012 - Pacific Northwest College of Art Global Studios Grant
2012 - Pacific Northwest College of Art MFA Scholarship Award
2011 - Pacific Northwest College of Art MFA Scholarship Award