Sculptor Cody Arnall exhibited and presented during a solo exhibition at University of Notre Dame
Cody Arnall, associate professor of sculpture, has a solo exhibition at the University of Notre Dame that continues through November 10th. Arnall was invited to exhibit by Nooshin Hakim Javadi, Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Sculpture Area Head at Notre Dame. Arnall presented an exhibition talk on Wednesday October 4th, in advance of the Opening Reception for the exhibition.
Titled When You're Done Dying, the exhibition consists of two large installations, one with the same name as the title of the exhibition with involves sculptural objects and electronic light. The second work, titled, Losing Landscape is a video and sound installation. Both installations address human intervention in environments and impending doom. When You're Done Dying consists of a store front awning and parking lot sign. The awning has no cover and marks no entrance as it hangs on the gallery wall. The sign appears to have been pulled from the ground by indiscernible forces. Both light up advertising nothing. The piece is made of cheap building materials found at DIY mega stores, not what an actual store sign is made from. Foam, plywood, window screen and paint mimic steel and concrete. Losing Landscape consists of 4 overlaid landscape scenes that fade in and out of visibility by translucency adjustment. Sites include: Outside Marfa, TX; outside Johnson, VT; outside San Felipe, MX-BC; outside Las Vega, NV.
Arnall's research interests include traditional and nontraditional sculpture approaches, installation, and interdisciplinary approaches in visual art. Through material selection and manipulation, his work addresses human intervention in environments and impending doom. Some recent exhibitions are those at Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA; K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX; CICA Museum, Gimpo, SKR; Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO; Pump Project, Austin, TX; Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX; Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; DEMO Project, Springfield, IL; Living Arts, Tulsa, OK; the American University Museum, Washington, DC; and The Shed, Galway, IE. He has also participated in residencies at Sculpture Space in Utica, NY and at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson VT.
Arnall was born and raised in Tulsa, OK; he received a B.F.A. degree in Studio Art from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; and an M.F.A. in Studio Art from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Prior to his appointment at TTU, Arnall spent two years as a Full-Time Instructor at the Paducah School of Art & Design in Paducah, KY. He is also a member of the international artists' collective, Expanded Draught and a founding member of the artist run gallery and studio space, CO-OPt in Lubbock, TX.