Delano Dunn

Delano Dunn (born 1978  in Los Angeles, California) uses painting, mixed media, and collage to explore questions of racial identity and perception, drawing from his experience growing up in South Central L.A. He has had solo exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, and Paris, with Montague Contemporary, Bermudez Projects, among others. Group exhibitions include Places & Spaces at Fredrichs’ Pantone Gallery, All That Light: A Ten Year Retrospective of The AIR Program (2012-2022) Logan Center, The Uptown Triennial 2020 at the Wallach Gallery Columbia University , I Like The Sound of That at Artspace in New Haven, Liberty and (in)Justice for All at Project for Empty Space in Newark, NJ, PULSE New York, PULSE Miami with Project for Empty Space and The Long Gallery Harlem, The Delaware Contemporary, and more.

Features and interviews include The New York Times, La Monde, White Hot Magazine, , VICE Creators, Black Lives Matter, and ArtNoir. Reviews include Hyperallergic and VICE Creators among others. Dunn has received grants and awards from the Darryl Chappelle Foundation, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the College Art Association, the Delaware Contemporary, and more. He has completed residencies at The Wassaic Project, the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life, Central College, Illinois State University, Project for Empty Space in Newark, NJ, and SPACE at Ryder Farm. His works are in such public collections as the Studio Museum of Harlem, New York City Public Art for Public Schools, along with numerous private collections.

Dunn holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and a BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and serves on the board forThe Wassaic Project in New York. Dunn lives in Oak Park, IL with his wife and two children.

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Denise Markonish

Denise Markonish is the Martin Friedman Chief Curator at Madison Square Park, her first projects will open there in 2027. For the previous eighteen years, she curated at MASS MoCA, where exhibitions included Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT; Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…(with the Contemporary Art Museum Houston); Joseph Grigely: In What Way Wham?;Glenn Kaino:In the Light of a Shadow; Trenton Doyle Hancock, Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass; Nick Cave: Until (with Crystal Bridges and Carriageworks); and Oh, Canada. She also worked on projects with Laurie Anderson, Sarah Oppenheimer, Stephen Vitiello, Julianne Swartz, Mark Dion, and more.

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