Dillon Chapman (b.1995) is a San Diego-based artist, educator, and cultural critic. Her work is primarily concerned with practices of autofiction, autotheory, and hauntology, particularly as they relate to queer and trans/gender expansive histories of written and visual culture. Chapman holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Her work has been included in exhibitions, screenings, performances, and publications, nationally and internationally, in venues including the Feminist Center for Creative Work (Los Angeles), the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), Nightingale Cinema (Chicago), Altes Finanzamt (Berlin), and CURA. Magazine (Rome). She currently teaches writing (UCSD), film studies (USD), art history (SDSU), and serves as a contributing editor for HereIn Journal (San Diego).
Contact: citrusbeech@gmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION
2020 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts summa cum laude - University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art magna cum laude - Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCES
2024
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues, co-curated by Amy Reid and Kathleen Quillian, Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland, CA
Staged reading of Parakeet Heist, written by Gin To, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2023
Harvest & Gather: I heard your whisper when the veil was thinning, so clearly you said, “together we are softer”, co-curated by mika castañeda and Catt Gunn, Witches Tower, San Diego, CA
31st Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Isabel Casso, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2022
30th Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Anita Feldman & Marianela de la Hoz, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Dillon Chapman & Femme Vitale Screening, co-curated by Carolina Montejo and Jay Bell, Perspectives Space, Encinitas, CA
Femme Vitale, co-curated by Carolina Montejo and Jay Bell, Perspectives Space, Encinitas, CA
2020
29th Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Joe Yorty & Elizabeth Rooklidge, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
History of the Present, co-curated by Anthony Graham, Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, and Alex Nicholls, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, California
GLAMFA 2020: Double Play, Cal State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California
2019
A Show About Touching, curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge, Bread & Salt, San Diego, California
WE SPOKE, curated by meital yaniv, Feminist Center for Creative Work, Los Angeles, California
2018
Knick-knacks and Muses, curated by Zebulon Zang, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California
*Performing Vulnerability, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California
2017
Fair Play, curated by Micol Hebron, CMX Cinemas, Miami, Florida
FEAST, curated by Coral Short, Spektrum, Berlin, Germany
2nd Annual Video!Video! Video Festival, curated by Video!Video! Zine, Comfort Station, Chicago, Illinois
Contemporary Photography Exhibition 2017, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Freshly Painted Beige Walls, curated by Video!Video!Zine, LVL3, Chicago, Illinois
Special Topics, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
The Digital Body: The 3rd International Exhibition on New Media Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Video Screeming Party, curated by Sally J Kim, 5555 E Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, Texas
2017 BFA Qualifying Exhibition, The Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
My Body, My Self, curated by Video!Video!Zine, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, Illinois
Soft, curated by Coral Short, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin, Germany
2016
Student Show 2016, Umbrella Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Contemporary Photography Exhibition 2016, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Fort Worth, Texas
Performing the Body: A Screening, The Power Station, Dallas, Texas
Concept: The International Exhibition on Conceptual Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
A tragic duality, far as the curse is found, curated by Hannah M. Owens, CHICAGQ at RAIZVANGUARDA Asssociação Cultural, Bordeiro Portugal
International Experimental Film and Video, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Body Tensions, Days Inn Market Center, Dallas, Texas
2015
Voyeurs: Taos as Visual Material, Fort Burgwin, Taos, New Mexico
2014
Art and the Landscape, Fort Burgwin, Taos, New Mexico
* denotes solo exhibition/screening/performance
AWARDS
2020
29th Annual Juried Exhibition - 1st Place, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Waggaman Media Award, University of California - San Diego
2019
Russell Foundation Grant, University of California - San Diego
2018
Research Grant, University of California - San Diego
Nasher Microgrant, Nasher Sculpture Center - with DADE Collective
Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, Dallas Museum of Art - with DADE Collective
2017
Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Arts: Emerging Art in America
The Dan Wingren Award for Outstanding Senior, Southern Methodist University, Department Award
The Jones Fund Grant, Southern Methodist University, Department Award
The Doolin Fund Grant, Southern Methodist University, Department Award
2016
“Award that Makes a Difference”, The Standard Club of Dallas, Artistic Scholarship Award
2013
Meadows Artistic Scholarship, Southern Methodist University, Department Award
PUBLICATIONS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024
“HereIn Projects: IMG_4499” for HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California (forthcoming)
“Dillon Chapman on Maya Misra” for HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California (forthcoming)
“Dillon Chapman on celeste hernández” for HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California (forthcoming)
“Dillon Chapman on Nathan Storey, Part 2.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California (forthcoming)
“Elizabeth Rooklidge and Dillon Chapman” for HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
AS THE SUN WOUNDS THE SHADOWS press release
“Dillon Chapman on Hazel Katz.” HereInJournal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
2023
“Dillon Chapman on Arlene Mejorado, Part 2” for HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
“Dillon Chapman on Nathan Storey.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
“Notes: A Conversation on Autotheory.” A HereIn Project as part of HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California.
2022
“Asa Mendelsohn on Dillon Chapman: Dear Gays.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
“Bonfire” essay commissioned by Anya Gallaccio for Bonfire Group Show, 5838 Smiley Dr., Culver City, California
Rainbow Graduation Community Address, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
“Dillon Chapman on Maria Antonia Eguiarte Souza.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
“Dillon Chapman on beck haberstroh.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
2021
“Dillon Chapman on Arlene Mejorado: The Archive is a Palimpsest.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
2020
“Dillon Chapman on Allison Olivia Evans: The Vitality of Light.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California
Grimoire Fanzine Vol 2. Tunisia. 2020.
Beliveau Review: Issue #1, edited by Andreas Gripp. Ontario, Canada. 2020.
Orange Blush Zine: Issue 1, edited by Komal Keshran. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2020.
“Sister Chapman with HereIn.” HereIn Journal, edited by Elizabeth Rooklidge. San Diego, California.
Artist Talk: Tracing Trajectories. California State University Long Beach, Long Beach.
trains: issue #4 “intimacy,” edited by Frankie Bruiser. Berkeley, California. 2020.
2019
We Spoke, meital yaniv, 2019.
POP-UP: STEVEN HECTOR GONZALEZ, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, California
2018
CURA. 28. Rome, Italy. 2018.
Holding Pattern Vol. 2. Dallas, Texas: DADE Press, 2018.
2017
New Media Art 2018. Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea: CICA Press, 2017.
Peripheral Vision Arts: Emerging Art in America Issue #7 “Salon”, curated by Georgia Erger, Dallas, Texas. 2017.
Toxic Shock Discussion & Holding Pattern Launch, The Wild Detectives, Dallas, Texas.
Holding Pattern. Dallas, Texas: DADE Press, 2017.
Art Yellow Book #3. Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea: CICA Press, 2017.
2016
Artist Talk, El Centro College, Dallas, Texas.
Sunscreen (Shorts): Intimately Queer: LGBTQ Film and Video Art in the 21st Century, The Power Station,
Dallas, Texas.
Performing the Body: A Screening, The Power Station, Dallas, Texas
Body Tensions, Days Inn Market Center, Dallas, Texas
PRESS
Femme Vitale: Dillon Chapman, Telepathine Studio
Meet Trailblazer Sister Chapman, San Diego Voyager, January 27, 2020
Anna Fiorino, All is intimate in ‘A Show About Touching’, San Diego City Beat, July 20, 2019
Nuisaba Mizan, Dallas-Born Art Publication ‘Holding Pattern’ Gives Platform to Non-Male Makers, D Magazine, November 20, 2018
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019
UCSD Visual Arts Department Annual Open Studios, Event Coordinator
2018
UCSD Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Program Coordinator (2018-2019)
2016
Jeff Zilm, Studio Assistant
The Power Station, Exhibitions & Programs Intern, Dallas, TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 - Present
San Diego State University, School of Art + Design, Adjunct Lecturer
ART 157: Introduction to Art - Fall Semesters 2022, 2023 & 2024, Spring Semesters 2023 & 2024
ART 409: Photography: Past and Present - Fall Semesters 2022, 2023
ART 506: Contemporary Issues - Fall Semesters 2022, 2023, & 2024
ART 559: Art Since 1945 - Spring Semester 2024
2022 - Present
University of San Diego, Department of Art, Architecture + Art History, Adjunct Lecturer
ARTH 101: Introduction to Cinema - Fall Semesters 2022 & 2024, Summer Session 2023
ARTV 108: Introduction to Film/Video - Spring Semesters 2023 & 2024
ARTV 323: Film and the Female Gender - Fall Semester 2023, Spring Semester 2022
2017 - Present
UC San Diego, Dimensions of Culture Program, Temporary Lecturer
DOC 1: Diversity - Fall Quarter 2023
DOC 2: Justice - Winter Quarter 2024
DOC 3: Imagination - Spring Quarter 2024
UC San Diego, Dimensions of Culture Program, Teaching Assistant
DOC 1: Diversity - Fall Quarters 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
DOC 2: Justice - Winter Quarters 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
DOC 3: Imagination - Spring Quarters 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
UC San Diego, Department of Visual Arts, Teaching Assistant
VIS 2: Intro to Motion & Time-based Media - Winter Quarter 2019
VIS 60: Intro to Digital Photography - Winter & Spring Quarters 2018
VIS 70N: Intro to Media - Fall Quarter 2018, Spring Quarter 2019, & Fall Quarter 2020
VIS 80: Intro to Studio Practice - Fall Quarter 2017