EDGAR HARTLEY
EDGAR HARTLEY
As a Queer Buddhist artist of the 21st century the way I see the world is heavily influenced by queer sexuality and the struggles of marginalized peoples, but especially by the profound Buddhist View (Minds Only School) and insight into how we are constantly arising in each moment as new sentient beings. While not everything I make is overtly themed along these lines, almost all my imagery is informed by an exploration of these ideas. Like many artists, I choose a polymathic approach, using a universe of different techniques to explore the points where the technology of belief systems (the software of Thinking) meets the reality of daily living (the projection of Karma in the present moment). While some shows or projects demand a specific theme or printmaking method, many times the work spontaneously arises simply as joyful expressions of the present moment. There is no sound, image, or medium which I consider forbidden to use to express my vision.
CV
2019
Grinding Iron Rods into Needles (铁杵磨成针): Various Prints and Techniques, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018
Ad Hoc: Advanced Processes and Methodologies, Wolf at the Door, Reeds and Metal Plate, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2018
1st India Print Biennale, Revelation, Lalit, Kala Institute, New Delhi, India
2016
USA-Iceland Exchange Show, Keys and Cola, Îslenk Grafik, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016
British Printmakers Exchange, And Then The Stones Flew Up Into The Sky, Manchester, England
2015
Wanderlust; Australian Printmakers Exchange, Renunciation I, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Australia
2013
Unbounded: Czech Printmakers Exchange, Single Present Moment thinking Only, Hollar Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia
2013
Prints for Peace Mexico, Namo Buddhaya: Mantra of World Peace, Arte AC/Tecnologico de Monterrey and Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales: Galeria Rodolfo Carpinteiro, Monterrey, NL Mexico
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Postcards From The Edge, The Love You Show Your Queer Children…, Bartolami Gallery/Virtual Auction, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2021
After Ray Johnson: David Thomas and Friends; Save Your Own Skin, Girls!, Private Collection, New York, NY
2021
Barnwood 2021, Beauty Way (Hozhoonin Deya), Bunnymen (chine collé) 3 of 5, Dont Look Now, How Else Should It Be?, Love You Have For Me, Oh! But the Children!, Remember_Fantasy State II, Revelation, Science Alone Cannot Save Us, Touch Hold Feel, Barnwood, Pink Stallion Productions, New York, NY
2021
Postcards From The Edge; The Blessings of Santa Julia, Bortolami Gallery/Virtual Auction, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2020
Full Deck/It’s in the Cards, Collaborative Deck of Cards: 10 of Skulls, Wild Yogi, 10 of Vajras, 9 of Skull Cups, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2020
MGC Benefit Auction, Ecos Y Sombras; Don’t Look Now…, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2020
Postcards From The Edge; My Phenomena and Yours, Bortolami Gallery, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2019
Threads, Beauty Way (Hoozhoonin-deya), Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2019
Below the Surface (intaglio exhibition), Bunnymen (chine collé), Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2019
Climate Change, Science Cannot Save Us, Acid Rain, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2019
MGC Portfolio Exhibition: The Blues; touch/hold/feel, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2019
Postcards From The Edge, When I See A Naked Body, Bortolami Gallery, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2018
Violence Against Women, White Tara Chemigram, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2018
Power to the Silkscreen; A Ah Sha Sa Ma Ha (Liberation of the Six Realms), Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2018
Postcards From The Edge, Bortolami Gallery, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2017
Evidence (portfolio exchange), Evidence of Vast Awakening, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2017
Selfies, Self Portrait-Chemigram, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2017
MGC Annual Members Show, Almost Nonexistent, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2017
Post Cards From The Edge, Furniture, Bortolami Gallery, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
2016
MGC Annual Members Show, A Trembling of Cardinals, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2016
Iowa State Postcard Exchange: Abstracted Simplicity, Iowa State University Print Society, Ames, IA
2016
Exquisite Corpse: Collaborative Box of Monsters, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2015
Erotica XXX, Narcissus, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2015
Iowa State Postcard Exchange: Heroes, Enlightened Hero, Iowa State University Print Society, Ames, IA
2014
One, Serpent Deity Meditates on the Vajra Nature, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2014
Living Large, Vajra Blueprint of the Universe, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2014
Portfolio Exchange: Undone, The Antikythera Mechanism or How Jesus Forgave Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2014
Lazarus Project: Desert Pavilions, Language of the Ancestors, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2014
The Red and The Black, Hopi Snake Priests, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2014
Holiday Show, Zi You Min Zhu (Freedom and Self Determination) t- shirt design, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2013
Square Deal: Art in Response, Glittering Sun, Cultivated Fields, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2013
Juried Show, The Emptiness of Pots and Vases, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2013
Members Holiday Show, Momento Exultatem, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2006
Winter Solstice, monoprints, gourd sculpture, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
2005
Salon Des Refuses, etchings, collagraphs, gourd sculpture, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
2005
Winter Group Show, etchings, monoprints, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
2005
Halloween Show, etchings, mixed media collage, Dirk Vermin’s Gallery Au-Go-Go, Las Vegas, NV
2005
The Portrait: b/w photography, Dirk Vermin’s Gallery Au-Go-Go, Las Vegas, NV
2005
The Vagina Monologues, gourd sculpture, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2003
The Center, Silent Charity Auction, monoprints, collagraphs, etchings, The Center, Las Vegas, NV
2003
Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival, etchings, photomontage, mixed media, collagraphs, monoprints, Las Vegas, NV
2003
Gallery Au-Go-Go, etchings, mixed media, monoprints, Dirk Vermin’s Gallery Au-Go-Go, Las Vegas, NV
2001
Gallery 1448, Fall Show 2001, etchings, photomontage, mixed media, Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD
2001
Gallery 1448, Spring Show 2001, etchings, photomontage, mixed media, Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD
2001
School 33 Open Studio Tour 2001, etchings, mixed media, mixed media sculpture, Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD
2000
Snapshot, b/w photographs, Contemporary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2000
Artomatic, etchings/collagraphs/poetry, Baltimore, MD
2000
Ides of March, etchings/collagraphs, Mr. Henry's Upstairs, Washington, DC
1999
Gone Postal, collage/mixed media, Sowebo Art Festival, Baltimore, MD
1997
National Capital Orchid Society, 50th Annual Show, 2nd and 3rd place in show, Ikenobo School, ikebana flower arrangements: traditional-in-frame, freestyle and moon boat, National Arboretum, Washington, DC
ART BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
2017
Book of Q, Edgar Hartley, unique edition, self-published
2016
The Body In Question, Rich Turnbull, Edgar Hartley, David Thomas,Furious Day Press, edition of 30
REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Collins, Doug, Edgar Hartley’s Ceremonies of Chemigram Magic, Nonfigurative Photo Blog, Sunday, January 27
2017
Merriam, Phyllis and Victor, 3D to 2D Workshop Collaboration, The Postdigital Printmaker Blog, July