LORDSCIENCE UNIVERSAL
AKA: David William Jones
Bio:
LORDSCIENCE UNIVERSAL is an artist whose paintings are epic abstract explorations. These surreal landscapes push the materiality of paint within the dynamic of texture and color. Lordscience has exhibited in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Germany. In 2018, he was selected as a Taos artist in residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. In 2017, he won Best in Show, Representing The West: A New Frontier, Pueblo Colorado. He received his Masters in Painting from the University of Delaware and his B.F.A. from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, B.C. He currently lives and works in his native state of Colorado.
LORDSCIENCE UNIVERSAL is an artist whose paintings are epic abstract explorations. These surreal landscapes push the materiality of paint within the dynamic of texture and color. Lordscience has exhibited in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Germany. In 2018, he was selected as a Taos artist in residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. In 2017, he won Best in Show, Representing The West: A New Frontier, Pueblo Colorado. He received his Masters in Painting from the University of Delaware and his B.F.A. from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, B.C. He currently lives and works in his native state of Colorado.
Artist Statement:
My Paintings explore my perceptions.
I embrace that which appears on the periphery of my observations and the unseen: a reality out of a world that seems to be invisible when it’s not being looked at.
I think it’s important to look at things. Using paint, color, and mark-making I long to emulate the etheral quality of being in the present.
My Paintings explore my perceptions.
I embrace that which appears on the periphery of my observations and the unseen: a reality out of a world that seems to be invisible when it’s not being looked at.
I think it’s important to look at things. Using paint, color, and mark-making I long to emulate the etheral quality of being in the present.
Education
2016 MFA in Painting, University of Delaware
2004 BFA in Media Arts, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Arousing Thunder: Refining Outward Aspects in Nature, Gallery 51, Denver CO
Alienation, Harmony, and Variance, Soup Experimental, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Encore, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2014 The Colossal Archives, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2012 Daydreams, Manias, and Other Visions, Kitchen’s Ink Gallery, Denver, CO
Group Exhibitions
2019 Surrealist Salon 11, BRG: Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2019 Arizona Psychedelics Conference, SCNM, Tempe, AZ
2018 Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, MoFA at FSU, Tallahassee, FL
Members Exhibition, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
2017 Representing The West: A New Frontier, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
Grand Release, Release Studio, Denver, CO
2016 FAREWELL, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
The Art of Catching Serpents, Tapir Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Propositions in Paint, Recitation Gallery, Newark, DE
2015 Welcome, DCCA, Wilmington, DE
2014 Red Bull Canvas Cooler, McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO
2013 New Works, Sputnik, Denver, CO
2012 Día de los Muertos: ALTAR, Pirate Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Don’t Look Down, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
RAW Artist: STIMULUS, Casselman’s Event Center, Denver, CO
Bordo Bello: 2012, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO
2011 The Hunt, Black Cloud Gallery, Denver, CO
HiFIVE Art Collective: FALL, Phoenix Gallery, Denver, CO
2010 Inkmostr Artist Showcase, Casselman’s Event Center, Denver, CO
DAMON, JAMES, SCIENCE, Hooked, Denver, CO
2008 Cycle Benefit, INDYINK, Denver, CO
2007 LORDSCIENCE vs. PASER, INDYINK, Denver, CO
2005 Experimentations, MEDIA+ Gallery, Vancouver, BC
ECUAD BFA Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Artist Residencies
2018 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Taos, NM
Awards
2016 Best in Show, Representing the West: A New Frontier, Pueblo, CO
2015 Minori Fellowship Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
MFA Travel Grant, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2014 MFA Scholarship (2014–2016), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Graduate Assistantship (2014–2016), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Publications
2017 Vlas, Adelina. &. Newark, DE: University of Delaware. Print.
2015 Unsal, Merve, A Droll Thing. Newark, DE: University of Delaware. Print.
Media
2017 Soup Experimental. LORDSCIENCE UNIVERSAL, In All Realms of Science and Exploration [Video File]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/221200999
Professional Experience
Studio Assistant, 2017, Jodie Bliss, Monument, CO
·Assist in site specific installations
·Arrange the delivery method and transportation of work to and from exhibitions
·Preparator: individually prepare and facilitate in the installation of large-scale work on site.
Gallery Coordinator, 2015 - 2016, Recitation Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
·Exhibition design
·communicate directly with the exhibition committee and provide gallery arrangements for exhibiting artists and guest curators.
·Provide overall direction, maintenance, and supervision of all gallery operations.
·Curation, collection, and preparation of artwork for exhibition
·Produce and provide programs, insurance, labeling, and map layouts for all exhibitions
·Lead a workshop on gallery practices and conduct
Instructor of Record, 2015 - 2016, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
· Core Painting: Fundamental oil painting techniques and practice.
· Core Design: Introductory color, design, and compositional theory.
Graduate Assitant, 2015, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
· Drawing Approaches: Process driven, advanced, and experimental methods in drawing.
Graduate Assistant, 2014, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
· Coordinate events with Graduate Student Government and faculty functions
· Arrange and host monthly film nights, community outreach
· Order supplies and maintain weekly sales and inventory reports.
Studio Assistant, 2012 - 2013, Amanda Gordon Dunn, Denver, CO
·Coordinate and assist in site specific installation
·Arrange the delivery method and transportation of work to and from exhibitions
·Preparator: individually prepare and facilitate the installation of large-scale work
