Dalton C. Brink
Born: August 25, 1983. Memphis, TN
Current City: Bozeman, Montana
Email: daltoncbrink@gmail.com
Education
2008 - 2013 Free Art School
MFA
Studied under Jay Schmidt (Montana State University/Paintallica)
Studied under David Dunlap (University of Iowa/Paintallica)
Studied under Jesse Albrecht (University of Iowa/Paintallica)
2002 - 2004 Naval Nuclear Power School
Certified Nuclear Mechanical Operator
Certified Nuclear Engineering Laboratory and Radiological Controls Tech
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Paperwrights
Wild Joe's Gallery
Bozeman, MT
2011 Danksgiving
Courthouse Co-op
Memphis, TN
2011 The New Entropy.
PS1 Gallery
Iowa City, IA
2011 Prism Spells
406 Gallery
Bozeman, MT
2011 time'Spectrum
The Drawing Room Gallery
Livingston, MT
2011 Hello Stranger
Lil Sherpa
Bozeman, MT
2011 Greater Becomes You
The Cottonwood Club
Bozeman, MT
2010 Love and Other Demons
Bozeman Brewing Tasting Room Gallery
Bozeman, MT
2010 Can't Get Close
Wild Joe's
Bozeman, MT
2010 Brazen
The Cottonwood Club
Bozeman, MT
2009 The Makings of Mood
1297 Madison
Memphis, TN
2009 Tinsel and Tarnish: A Mother's Eyes
The Last Place on Earth
Memphis, TN
Group Exhibitions
2015 It Was Beautiful While It Lasted (self curated)
The Danforth Gallery
Livingston, MT
2015 Sergeant Jesse's Heart of Hearts Club Band
Paintallica
The Cottonwood Club Bozeman, MT
2015 The Provocative Show
The Foundry
Bozeman, MT
2013 Smell the Bar Oil: Paintallica
Rocksbox Gallery
Portland, OR
2013 Daily Reminders
The Vera Project
Seattle, WA
2012 Paintallica
The Cosmopolitan, P3 Studio
Las Vegas, NV
2012 Diminutive: Small Art With Huge Spirit
Danforth Gallery
Livingston, MT
2012 Beasts of the Apocalypse
a collaboration of The Living Breathing Thing
Flying Squirrel Gallery
Livingston, MT
2012 AC/3D: Assemblage, Collage, and 3 Dimensional
Danforth Gallery
Livingston, MT
2012 The Miniature Show
Danforth Gallery
Livingston, MT
2012 A Thousand Arms International: Priestess Show
Vast Gallery - Bomb Snow Magazine
Bozeman, MT
2012 PBR's Big Sky vs. Mile High
Vast Gallery - Bomb Snow Magazine
Bozeman, MT
2012 Revolutions of the Luminaries
Vast Gallery - Bomb Snow Magazine
Bozeman, MT
2012 Bring Your Own Art
The Cottonwood Club
Bozeman, MT
2011 Night + Day: A Paintallica Juggalo Opera
a collaboration of The Living Breathing Thing
Aunt Dofe's Hall of Recent Memory
Willow Creek, MT
2011 The Peril of Flux
ZACC Gallery
Missoula, MT
2011 These Machines Kill Fascists
The Cottonwood Club
Bozeman, MT
2011 The Alphabet Project
The Art Project
Bozeman, MT
2010 Upon the Heels of the Mystics
Danforth Gallery
Curated by Dalton C. Brink/the new entropy.
Livingston, MT
2010 Brazen
The Cottonwood Club
Bozeman, MT
2008 Family Tree
Waller-Yoblansky Gallery
Bozeman, MT
Current Representation
-Kurt Gerber Gallery - Chicago, IL
Work in Private Collections
-William Hjortsberg - novelist/screen play writer
-Walter Kirn - novelist whose works include Up In The Air and Thumbsucker, correspondent for The New Republic, regular contributor to the New Yorker
-Amanda Fortini - regular contributor to the New Yorker
-Jason Lytle - singer/songwriter/Grandaddy frontman
-Michael Earl Craig - poet on Wave Books
Curator
-Over 50 shows at The Cottonwood Club and others.
Press
-Bozeman Magpie July 2014 (interview)
-LivingBozeman February 2013 (interview)
-Bozeman Daily Chronicle February 2013 (story on Free Art School)
-Bozeman Magazine January 2013 (story on underground art in Montana)
-Unshod Quills May 2012 (published poem Slut Zero and Hotel Finlen with Michael Earl Craig)
-Cloudline Chic Flows April 2012 (featured artwork)
-Bozeman Magazine April 2012 (cover artist)
-Theory April 2012 (cover artist)
-Bozeman Magpie September 2011 (story on The Cottonwood Club)
Authored Books
-Of a Seedless Generation 2013
-Finis and the Light Echoes 2010
-Beasts in the Flower Garden 2008
-Everything Turns Still: Pure Reasoning of the Reverie Called Madness (cowritten with Jeff Pagano) 2007
-Southern Folklore and Ghosts: The Entropy Manifesto (cowritten with Jeff Pagano) 2006
Video Direction
-Poetry Video Series with poet Michael Earl Craig of Wave Books 2010 - present
-Video Production for art collective Paintallica 2012
-Music videos for A Funeral Walkaway Parade 2009 - present
Awards
-winner of the Joe Wenderoth Prize For Excellence in Video Poetry for
Perhaps You See Where I Am Heading - Michael Earl Craig. 2012
-finalist in the Shanghai Tunnels Poetry Video Contest. 2012
http://unshodquills.com/2012/01/25/shanghai-tunnels-project-video-poetry-contest/
Volunteer Work
-Founder of The Cottonwood Club Non-profit, Bozeman, MT
-Shadow Oaks Elementary, Horn Lake, MS
-Free Art School, NYC
-The Cottonwood Club, Bozeman, MT
-The Bike Kitchen, Bozeman, MT
Donations
-Gallatin Valley Skate Park (Kid Robot Munny doll), Bozeman, MT. 2010
-Gallatin Valley Skate Park (Skate deck), Bozeman, MT. 2012
-Bozeman Bike Kitchen. Bozeman, MT. 2011 / 2012
Developmental
-Founder of Free Art School Drawing Club Bozeman, MT. 2011
-Founder and manager of The Cottonwood Club DIY Arts Venue, Bozeman, MT. 2009 - present
-Board member of The Art Project Gallery, Bozeman, MT. 2009 - 2011
-Art director of several music albums and promotion.
-Member of Paintallica art collective.
-Member of The Living Breathing Thing art collective.
-Member of Free Art School.
-Founder of The New Entropy art collective.
-Member of Starchild art collective.