Current and Upcoming Shows: Systems Failure Juried by: Sarah Tanguy Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center 105 N. Union Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 August 21 - September 26, 2010 Reception: September 9th, 6-8pm  ________________________________________________ The Other Other OFF Space & 21 Grand Gallery 416 25th St, Oakland, CA 94606 September 3 - October 15, 2010 Receptions: Friday, Sept 3, 7-9 pm & Friday, October 1, 7-9 pm  ________________________________________________ Award Winners X / Reunion Biggs Museum of American Art 406 Federal Street, Dover, DE 19901 July 9 - October 24, 2010 ________________________________________________ Room to Roam Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Online Exhibition Curated by: John Massier Click here to viewhttp://www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/target2010/SystemsFailure.htmhttp://www.off-space.org/index.htmlhttp://www.21grand.org/http://www.biggsmuseum.org/exhibitions/current.htmlhttp://www.midatlanticarts.org/maar/details_photo/room_to_roam.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4
RON  LONGSDORF
Sink, 2010, polystyrene, digital inkjet print. Currently on view at Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE.
Recent Articles/Reviews: REVIEW: Ron Longsdorf, Delaware Division of the Arts by J. Susan Isaacs, Sculpture Magazine, May 2010. Click here to view PDF. As part of his 2009 residency at Elsewhere in Greensboro, Ron Longsdorf is mentioned in this article about the artist community: Elsewhere Collaborative: Community, Dispersal, and Reciprocity by Rebecca Dimling Cochran Art Papers, January/February 2010 Baltimore City Paper Review Seventh Annual Curators’ Incubator: Learning The Trade by Alex Ebstein 2009 Individual Artist Fellowship - Ronald Longsdorf by Christopher Yasiejko The Paper Machine: Artist Highlight: RON LONGSDORF by Wes Doyle Radar Redux Baltimore Arts & Culture Review: Gallery Four: RECTIFIED by Gretchen Warner RECTIFIED, Baltimore City Paper Review: Playtime: A surface sense of fun turns into something less playful in this group show by Bret McCabeHome_files/Sculpture_Longsdorf.pdfhttp://www.artpapers.org/feature_articles/article2.htmhttp://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=19139http://www.artsdel.org/information/iafrecipients/longsdorf.shtmlhttp://www.thepapermachine.com/features/august09/ronlongsdorf.phphttp://radarredux.com/component/content/article/23-may-09-reviews/186-gallery-four-rectified-.htmlhttp://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=18160http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=18160shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7
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Updated: July 10, 2010
“Another work that dwells on the role of memory as a tool for self-examination is Ron Longsdorf’s Drain, a sculptural installation combining domestic objects and video to create a familiar life situation.” - Vesela Sretenovic, Juror, GAPS, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA “The sculptural work by Ron Longsdorf and Mona Mullins Williams (honorable mentions) of house constructions evoked the sculpture of William Christenberry's decaying structures in rural Alabama.” - Marlene Rothacker, Juror, Radius 250, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA. Juror’s Statementhttp://www.artspacegallery.org/2009/exhibits/radius250/index.htmshapeimage_3_link_0