EDUCATION

1999
Master of Fine Arts
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Space Between, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA

2007
Love, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2006
Love, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA

2005
Rike Center Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.

2004
Bare Hands Gallery , Birmingham, AL.

D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art , New Orleans, LA

2003
States Apart, Bonsack Gallery , St. Louis, MO
(Collaborative project with Thorsten Dennerline, Professor of Art.
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)

Derek Cracco: Recent Work, Isis Gallery , University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

2002
Homecoming, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art , New Orleans, LA

Bones 2002, Visual Arts Gallery , University of Alabama at Birmingham

2001
Bones 2001 , Shades Gallery of Contemporary Art , Birmingham, AL

Predator Prey Series, Bare Hands Gallery , Birmingham, AL

1999
Nature versus Nurture, Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
Expo Book Art, Centro Cultural, Casa del Omar, Chile

Print exchange, Usdam Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Curator: Thorsten Dennerline

Satisfaction Town, Southern Graphics Council print exhibition, Chicago, IL

Print exchange, Southern Graphics Council print exhibition, Chicago, IL
Curator: Thorsten Dennerline

2008
Group Exhibition, Galleri Jarsbo, Aarhus, Denmark
Director: Gitte Jarbo

2007
Wrong Time, Wrong Place, T.E.N.T. Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
Curator: Willie Stehouwer

Love or Lust Steve Martin Studio, Miami, FL
Group exhibition , Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2006
Risky Business, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
Curators: Dana Lee and JAMIE STERNS

2006 National Spring Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juror: Donald Kuspit

Made in Birmingham , Space 301, Mobile, AL

Group exhibition, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Calendar Months and Other Printed Matter, University of Southern Maine, Portland, MA

2005
Group Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ

The Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Juror: Tommy McPherson

Connections, Brazilian American Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2004
Alabama Contemporary: Variations in Form and Concept,
Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL

2003
Light Works, Gallery 303, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

2002
G.o.r.a. inmotus, Eyedrum Gallery , Atlanta, GA

Gun Crazy , Visual Arts Gallery , University of Alabama Birmingham

Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery , Nashville, TN

2001
Digital: Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art , Brooklyn, NY
Juror: Marilyn Kushner, Department Head, Curator, Prints & Drawings,
Brooklyn Museum of Art

Photo 2001, Monique Goldstrom Gallery , New York, NY

Recent work: Derek Cracco and Joel Seah , Lamar's Gallery, Birmingham, AL

Recent work: Derek Cracco and Benjy Davies, Cowles Myler Collier Galleries ,
Wesleyan College, Macon, GA

Faculty Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Traveling Faculty Exhibition, Eastern Shore Art Association, Fairhope, AL

2000
Annual Juried Show, Tennessee Valley Art Center , Tuscumbia, AL

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences Juried Annual ,
Love Ladies, NJ Juror: Darsie Alexander, Assistant Curator Museum of Modern Art

D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art , New Orleans, LA

Bare Hands Gallery , Birmingham, AL

1999
36th Juried Exhibition, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

Americas 2000, Northwest Art Center , Minot State University, Minot, ND

Print Work '99, Barrett Art Center , Poughkeepsie, NY
Juror: Claire Bell, Associate Curator, Prints and Drawings, Guggenheim Museum, NY

Large Scale Art Visual Arts Showcase, John H. Mulroy Civic Center , Syracuse, NY

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2007
Artist Residence, Foundation B.A.D. Guest Studio Project, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2003
Curriculum Technologies Mini-Grant, Photo Printmaking, School of Arts and Humanities,
University of Alabama At Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

2001
Space One Eleven, National Endowment for the Arts Grant,
Visual Dialogue Project, Birmingham, AL

2000
Purchase Award,
Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, AL
Juror: Dr Michael De Marsche, Director of The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Auburn, AL
Work: Maiden Voyage (Iris print)

Outstanding Achievement,
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences Juried Annual, Love Ladies, NJ
Juror: Darcie Alexander, Assistant Curator for the Museum of Modern Art, NY
Work: Dance Classes (Iris print)

Faculty Development Grant , University of Alabama at Birmingham

Faculty Research Grant , University of Alabama at Birmingham

1999
Purchase Award, Americas 2000, Northwest Art Center,
Minot State University, Minot, ND
Juror: Laurel J. Reuter, Director of the North Dakota Museum of Art
Work: Laughing Stock (Iris print)

COLLECTIONS

2007
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

2006
Hoar Construction, Birmingham, AL
Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL

2002
Alabama Power Inc., Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham Museum of Art , Birmingham, Alabama

2000
Tennessee Valley Art Association , Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, AL

1998
Syracuse University , Syracuse New York

1997
The College of New Jersey , Trenton, New Jersey

Gromley Gallery College of Notre Dame of Maryland

Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana

PUBLICATIONS

2008
Doug MacCash, Art Critic, “Bridging the Gap”,
New Orleans Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, September 19, 2008

2007
Tapestry, WBHM, Birmingham Public Radio, February 2006

James R. Nelson, “Artist Looks At The Face Of Love”, Birmingham News,
Birmingham AL, February 4, 2007

Doug MacCash, Art Critic, “Broad Strokes: Best of 2006”,
New Orleans Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, January 6, 2007

2006
Doug MacCash, Art Critic, “The Dark Side of Love”,
New Orleans Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, August 11, 2006

D. Eric Bookhard, Art Critic, “Love and Chaos”
Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, September 19, 2006

Catalog, Tommy McPherson, “Saltline Biennial 2005”,
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

2005
Benjamin Kline, “UD Exhibit with Porn, Church Images Creating Debate”,
Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, March 8, 2005

Andrew Douglas, “Scandal at UD” WHIO TV7, Dayton, OH March 7, 2005

2002
James R. Nelson, "Art Uses Bones to Explore Humanity's Nature, Function",
Birmingham News, Birmingham AL, January 20, 2002

James R. Nelson, "Cracco Exhibit Reveals Artist's Versatility",
Birmingham News, Birmingham AL, March 31,2002

2001
Marilyn Kushner, "Digital: Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art", Brooklyn, NY

Derek Cracco, "Visual Dialog Project" NY Arts Magazine, New York NY, December 2001

James R. Nelson, "Cracco uses Various Images in Computer- Generated Art",
Birmingham News, Birmingham AL, July 22, 2001

Jane Longshore, "Exhibitionism", Black and White, Birmingham, Al June 2001

Leigh Anne Monitor, "Glimpse the Dark Side", Birmingham Post- Herald, Birmingham al,
July 2001

Chianti Cleggett, "Canvas", Birmingham Magazine, Birmingham Al, July 2001

1999
Erica Lynn Huberty, "The Verdict: Remarkable ,"
The Southampton Press, Southampton, NY December 23,1999

Chronogram, Cover Image ( Laughing Stock ), Luminary Publishing,
New Paltz, NY, July 1999

Catalog, International Digital Works on Paper, McKissick Museum,
University of South Carolina, 1999

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