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Jonathan Fardy, Ph.D.

Chair and Associate Professor of Art

Office: Fine Arts, Building #11, Room 417

(208) 282-2488

jonathanfardy@isu.edu

Website

Education:

PhD, Theory and Criticism, University of Western Ontario

MA, Art History, Bowling Green State University

BA, Art, Framingham State College

Research:

My research investigates the aesthetic strategies that underwrite the constitution and argumentative structure of theories of art and politics from the 1960s to the present. My recent work has been particularly focused on the work of François Laruelle. A complete list of my publications can be found here: https://idahostate.academia.edu/JonathanFardy

Current Book Project:

Fardy, J. Works of Art: Experiments in Materialist Aesthetics

Published Books:

2024: Fardy, J. Ideology and Interpellation: Anti-Humanism to Non-Philosophy (Bloomsbury Academic).

2022: Fardy, J. The Real is Radical: Marx after Laruelle (Bloomsbury Academic).

2020: Fardy, J. Laruelle and Art: The Aesthetics of Non-Philosophy (Bloomsbury Academic).

2020: Fardy, J. Althusser and Art (Zero Books).

2018: Fardy, J. Laruelle and Non-Photography (Palgrave Pivot).

Recent Articles:

2022: Fardy, J. "The Object of Non-Aesthetics," in The Object as a Process: Essays Situating Artistic Practice," eds. Stephen Shmidt-Wulffen and German A. Duarte (Transcript Verlag/Columbia University Press).

2021: Fardy, J. “Photographism in Althusser’s Theory of Ideology (Notes Toward a Non-Philosophical Investigation),” Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities (26.6): 135-144.

Courses Taught:

All levels of Art History

Laura Ahola-Young

Professor of Art

Office: Fine Arts Building 411

(208) 282-3229

lauraaholayoung@isu.edu

Website

Education:

MFA, San Jose State University (2001)

BFA, Minneapolis College of Art + Design (1998)

Courses taught:

All levels of Painting and Drawing
Anatomy

Luis Benavides

Assistant Professor

Office: Fine Arts, Building #11, Room 402D

208-282-3439

josebenavides@isu.edu

Shawn Edrington

Assistant Professor of Art

Office: Fine Arts Building 415

208-282-2534

edrishaw@isu.edu

Website

Education:

MFA, Boise State University (2018)
BA, Idaho State University (2015)

Courses taught:

Printmaking
Digital Design
Drawing
Sculpture

David Noel

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Fine Arts, Building #11, Room 310

(208) 282-6652

davidnoel@isu.edu

Chris Pickett

Associate Professor of Art

Office: VOART 106

(208) 282-3693

chrispickett@isu.edu

Website

Education:

MFA the University of Florida

BFA the University of Tennessee

Courses taught:

All levels of Ceramics

Naomi S. Velasquez

Chair of Political Science and Professor of Art

Office: Fine Arts Building 414

(208) 282-3527

naomivelasquez@isu.edu

Website

Education:

MFA, Studio Arts, Fibers, University of North Texas (2012)

BA, Interior Design, Washington State University (1999)

Courses taught:

Fiber Media
Papermaking
Creative Process
Drawing

FACULTY EMERITI:

Donald D. Brown

Professor

Professor, Art. 1956-1994

Theresa Gail Dial

Professor

Professor, Art. 1974-2008

Scott E. Evans

Professor

Professor, Art. 1986-2015

Rudolph S. Kovacs

Professor

EDUCATION:

1975 - M.F.A. in Textile Design in Weaving University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

1972 - B.F.A. with a major in Ceramics & a minor in Weaving Ohio University, Athens, OH

1995 - Fondazione Lisio Arte Della Seta – Jacquard Weaving Firenze, Italy (1996-2002)

1997 - Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles – Jacquard Weaving Montreal, Canada (1997-2011)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1980 - 2004 - Idaho State University, Professor of Art

2004 - 2012 - Idaho State University, Chair and Professor of Art

2012 - Present - Idaho State University, Professor Emeritus of Art

- - Penland School of Crafts
  - Appalachian Center for Crafts
  - Present - Idaho State University, Professor Emeritus of Art
    - Penland School of Crafts
    - Appalachian Center for Crafts
    - Paper Book Intensive

SELECTED GRANTS / AWARDS:

2016 Friends of Dard Hunter Conference: Earth / Paper / Sky – Santa Fe, New Mexico (October 20-23, 2016) Material As

Metaphor: “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms”

2015 Artist Fellowship (honorary) Idaho Commission on the Arts

2004 Artists Retreat – Invitation to work for a week at Penland School of Crafts in celebration of the seventy-fifth

anniversary in March with one hundred leading artists working in different mediums in crafts.

2002 Artist Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts

1992 Artist Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts

1992 University of Wyoming Art Museum - (purchased) as part of its permanent collection "Ceremonial Cloth: Inca Trail"

1991-92 Distinguished Researcher Award Idaho State University

1991 "Fourth Annual - National Fiber Arts Competition and Exhibition" - (First Place Award) BASF Fibers and the Creative

Arts Guild, Dalton, GA

1984 Member of the 1984 China Delegation of Textile Designers, U.S.A.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / COLLECTIONS:

2016 Friends of Dard Hunter Conference: Earth / Paper / Sky – Santa Fe, New Mexico – October 20-23, 2016

Material As Metaphor: “Homage to the Spiral Jetty: Woven Forms”

2015 “Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition”

Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho – June 12 – August 1, 2015

Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho – August 8 – October 5, 2015

Visual Arts Center at BSU, Boise, Idaho – January 20 – February 18, 2016

2011 “Selected Work From Two decades 1990-2010 Idaho Artist Rudy Kovacs” The 814 Gallery- Salt Lake City

2010 2010 Idaho Triennial – Boise Art Museum – Boise, Idaho

2007 2007 Idaho Triennial – Boise Art Museum – Boise, Idaho

2006 “About Jacquard” – The Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles – Montreal, Canada

2005 Permanent Collection, Paper Crosses, Mark Miller, Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Permanent Collection, Red and Black Silk Weaving, Barney E. and Nancy Gesas – Salt Lake City, UT

2004 “The Nature of Crafts and the Penland Experience” – July 3, 2004 – January 30, 2005 – The Mint Museum –

Charlotte, NC

2003 “Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition”

Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho – Moscow, Idaho – January 24 – February 26, 2003

Friesen Galleries – Nampa, Idaho – May 24 – July, 2003

Jean B. King Gallery, Herrett Museum – Twin Falls, Idaho – September 9 – October 25, 200

Lewis Clark Center for Arts and History – Lewiston, Idaho – November 7 December 13,2003

2002 “An Academic Celebration of Idaho Artists – John B. Davis Gallery – Mind’s Eye Gallery / Transition Gallery – Idaho

State University – Pocatello, ID

2001 “The De-Constructed West” – Millennium Arts Center, Washington, D.C. – December 6, 2001 – January 31, 2002

RESEARCH / SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION:

Black Canyon – spring 2003 issue (Gallery – Fellowship: by Barbara Garrett)

The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience (My Work was included in this exhibition and the accompanying book – Larks Books of Asheville, NC)

Catalogue: Rudy Kovacs, Curator and Denise M. Bowen, Symposium Coordinator,

An Academic Celebration of Idaho Artists: A Collection of art by faculty of Idaho’s public colleges and universities – 2002

Big Sky Journal - Arts Issue 2002

Fiberarts, Jan/Feb 1996 issue, Profile: Rudy Kovacs: Weaving Spiritual Journey

Anthony Martin

Professor

Professor, Art. 1977-2015

Douglas Warnock

Professor

dougwarnock@isu.edu

Education:

MFA, Sculpture and Critical Theory, Hunter College, City University of New York (1986)

MA, Sculpture, San Jose State University (1979)

BA, Ceramic Sculpture, University of California at Santa Barbara (1975)

Courses taught:

all levels of Sculpture
Professional Practice and Display

select works:
2014-15 Total Kneefrettiti
Dr. and Ms. Steve Coker, Pocatello, Idaho (large-scale, private, design-and- build sculpture with environmental soundscape, flame, and water elements in an aqua-sensitive outdoor environmental site design, to be installed in July, 2015).

2014 Singularity
First Annual City of Eagle, Idaho Outdoor Sculpture Rotational Exhibition, juried and presented Best of Show Cash Award by Stephen Fisher, Professor of Art and Department Chair, College of Idaho. (a new, unique, nine foot tall concrete sculpture that suggests and considers autonomy and authenticity in children’s lives as they grow into adults in our culture).

2014 Critters and Creatures
City of American Falls Downtown Planted Stream Public Art Project, Phase One, (project vision and coordination of phase one of a large-scale, public, design-and-build sculpture of selected American Falls Reservoir environmental fauna, in collaboration with artists Kristol Coker, Jason Brown, Jake Warnock, Rebecca Merkley, Joe Pehrson, and Josh Sprague. Phase Two will involve haiku poetry created by American Falls K-12 students of divergent cultures and ISU Sculptural Studies Program students in its creative design, planning, and implementation over the next 1-2 years).

2014 design of Greene Street Hydro Wall Sculpture
Outdoor bronze, water and light sculpture proposal submitted to NOVA Designs & Builds, Inc. for site-specific residential site, San Francisco, California.

2013 Corten and Hot Rolled
Private design, build, and install commission, San Francisco, California.

2012 design collaboration of Transit Station/Plaza
City of Mesa, Arizona light rail system (design phase of five year design and build project, in conjunction with artist Roberto Delgado).

2012 Coordinated and participated in Aesthetic Neanderthals Exhibition
First Friday Artwalk, Old Town Pocatello. A group exhibition I created for ISU Department of Art undergraduates, graduate students, and interested faculty.

2012 design of Pocatello Charlotte Fire Eagle/Phoenix Public Art Project
In collaboration with Kristol Coker and Josh Sprague.

2011 Flame Cut
Pocatello Medical Center, Pocatello, Idaho (large-scale, public, design-and-build sculpture).

2011 Duality Boat/Bench: nature, death, transcendence, nothingness
Commissioned by Dr. Lee Abraszewski, Pocatello, Idaho (medium-scale, public, design-and-build public art sculpture installed on the Abraszewski Trail of the Portneuf Greenway Linear Park, Pocatello, Idaho)

JOINT FACULTY:

JOINT FACULTY FROM COMMUNICATION, MEDIA, AND PERSUASION:

Nikyra Capson

Assistant Professor

Office: Frazier Hall 315

208-282-4260

nikyracapson@isu.edu

Having been born and raised in Idaho, I’m excited to be a part of the CMP department at Idaho State University. After getting my BA in Communications and a BFA in Fine Art, I went on to get my MFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in digital arts. My work is centered around social media and the mental health issues it causes in some users. I teach Graphic Design and Typography and enjoy watching students find their artistic sides as they learn about visual communication.

Selected Shows:

We are All Contagious, UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery, Juried by Nato Thompson, New Bedford, Massachusetts
In Love and Tech: Exploration of the Human Interaction in the Digital Age, eighteen fifteen, Juried by Anton Chavez and Amanda Fay, Austin, Texas
enGENDERing Change: The Exhibition, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University Juried by Dr. Ann Woods, The Public Book, and Dr. Alan Woods, Alamosa, Colorado
The Biennial Project Biennial 2019, Juried by Kaveh Mojtabai, Jeannie Motherwell, Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, Yanelys Nuñez Leyva, and Nonardo Perea, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Women’s Stories (Untold) - Text and Image, Midwestern Center for Photography, Juried by Linda Robinson, Wichita, Kansas
“Clotheshorse,” Indianapolis Art Center, Juried by Kyle Herrington, Indianapolis, Indiana