Gregory Deddo
b.1988, Aberdeen, Scotland
Education
MFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2021
BA Studio Art (summa cum laude), Judson University, Elgin, IL, 2012
Selected Exhibitions
Comunidad Idendtidad, Miniprint, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
High Quality Final Hole, Asya Geisberg Gallery, NYC, 2021
New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, 2021
Graduate Thesis Show, RISD Museum, Providence, RI, 2021
Memories and How We Hold Them, Gelman Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, 2021
Not My First Rodeo, Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, 2020
Painting Department Triennial Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, 2019
Fall Art Showcase, Artpie Galleries, Waukegan, IL, 2018
The Discomfort of Being an Abiding Presence, Glen Ellyn, IL, 2018*
Interfaith Biennial, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, 2018
7th Annual Square Foot Show, The Arts of Life, Glenview, IL, 2018
Family, Village Hall, Lincolnwood, IL, 2018
Are We Not of Interest to Each Other (two person), Uptown Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2016
Collective: Process, Bean’s & Bagels, Chicago, IL, 2016
Collective: For(a)ging, Hammond Art Center, Hammond, IN, 2015
Art on the 8th, Elgin Art Showcase, Elgin, IL, 2013
On Divining and Dwelling, The Brick Gallery, Edison, WA, 2012*
Encountering the Absent and the Studies of What Remains, Judson University, Elgin, IL, 2012
Tapped 2, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2012
*indicates solo show
Curation
Art of Protest / Art of Dreams, Contemporary printmaking exhibition and event series featuring over forty artists, Wheaton College, IL, 2018
Marissa Voytenko: Boats and Bridges, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2017
Stephen Signa Avilés: GAME, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2017
Leah Samuelson: Land-Gap Junction, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2017
Professional Activities
Contributor, The Messiah, Gordon Symphony Orchestra, Gordon College, MA, 2022
Panelist, Interfaith Biennial, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, 2019
Organizer, Public workshops with printmaking collective Instituto Gráfico de Chicago,
Wheaton, IL, 2018
Guest Critic, Senior projects at North Park University, Chicago, IL, 2016
Guest Critic, Senior projects at Judson University, Elgin, IL, 2014
Juror, Annual Student Juried Show, Draewell Gallery, Judson University, Elgin, IL, 2012
Awards
Harvey Fellowship, Mustard Seed Foundation, 2020
Graduate Commons Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, 2020
RISD Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, 2020
Baruch Kirschenbaum Term Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, 2019
RISD Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, 2019
Achievement in Fine Art, Department Award, Judson University, 2012
Bibliography
High Quality Final Hole, by Hakim Bishara, Asya Geisberg, August, 2021
“Records of (un)learning”, Gregory Deddo, Rhode Island School of Design, June, 2021
RISD Grad Show Publication, Rhode Island School of Design, May, 2021
Though Provokers Series, Voyage Chicago, August, 2018
JUSTart, Seen Journal, CIVA, 2012