Cody Arnall
Artist Statement
While exploring the area I live, work and study in, I take the opportunity to collect things that others have discarded. I am drawn to particular objects. These things are humdrum in the sense that they are typically over looked or easily replaced, but their contexts and uses are socially occupied enough that when the unfamiliar and the unexpected is forced on them they become curious. I consider these qualities when I manipulate and begin to assemble formal associations with these objects.
With care, I recycle these objects; deconstruct, repaint, refinish, rework, bend, cut, and reassemble them in new ways. I work quickly, not afraid to attack and make ‘mistakes.’ I constantly flip these objects over and over during construction. I do this to channel a sense of spontaneity and movement in the pieces I create. I also seek to unify the surface of these objects by layered paint, in order to push a sense of ambiguity and curiosity that viewers can engage in.
Artist’s Resume
Email: carnal1@tigers.lsu.edu
Education
B.F.A., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, graduated: May 2007.
Pursuing M.F.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Louisiana, expected graduation: May 2010.
Selected Exhibitions
2009 “003D” Expanded Draught, The Galway Arts Centre. Galway Ireland.
“Stabbed In The Art,” 1284 Perkins Gallery, Baton Rouge, La
“4484 Street View Art Auction”, Foster Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
“Everything Must Go”, The Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008MFA Student Exhibition, “Save These Signatures, They Will Be Worth a Fortune Someday”, Foster Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge “REVO” Exhibition, Ephemeral Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Give It Up, Give In, “A Domestic Installation Of Excess and Denial”, 640 Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2007MFA Student Exhibition, “Save These Signatures They Will Be Worth a Fortune Someday”, Foster Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Juried Momentum Art Show “Art Doesn’t Stand Still”, Momentum Gallery, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, Ok
49th Annual Delta Juried Exhibition, Organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery, Open to artists in Arkansas and the six contiguous states, the Delta Exhibition is a current snapshot of the contemporary art scene in the mid-south, Juried by Don Reitz. Little Rock, Arkansas.
B.F.A. Art Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2006Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
“Oh, It’s Art”, 3rd Place Coffee Shop, Stillwater, OK
Juried Momentum Art Show “Art Doesn’t Stand Still”, Momentum Gallery, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, Ok
2005Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Art Awards and Honors
Selected Outstanding Senior of Oklahoma State University’s Art department, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2007
Provost Award, Best of show (3-D work), Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2007
Awarded J. Jay MicVicker Scholarship, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2006-2007.
Honorable Mention, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2006
Awarded Goldston Scholarship, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2005-2006.
Honorable Mention, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2005
Academic Awards and Achievements
Selected to be a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, awarded to top 10 percent of seniors nationally, 2006-2007
Oklahoma State University, Presidents Honor Roll (4.0 grade Point Average), spring semester 2006
Awarded Brunswick Scholarship, Brunswick Foundation Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program, 2005-2006
Oklahoma State University, Presidents Honor Roll, every semester of undergraduate school
Work and Other Activities
Teaching Assistant and instructor, Louisiana State University Sculpture Department, 2007-present
Sculpture Studio Monitor, Oklahoma State University Art Department, 2004-present,
Wood Stock Cabinets and Fine Mill Work, cabinet maker, 2004-present (during academic breaks)
Oklahoma State University, Gardiner Art Gallery Selection Committee member, 2005-2006
Oklahoma State University, Art Club Member, 2005-2006.
