Dustin Parker is a painter, illustrator, video artist and graphic designer living and working in Wichita, Kansas. Parker is also the founder, editor, and art director of Proteus Mag, an online art and design magazine.

EDUCATION:
BA, Art, Friends University, Wichita, KS, 2003

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2006:
KMUW Pledge Drive Exhibition, KMUW, Wichita, KS
Create & Destroy, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS

2005:
Destruction Method, CityArts, Wichita, KS

2003:
Ockham’s Razor, LineSight Gallery, Wichita, KS
Chasing Aphrodite, The Wichita Center For The Arts, Wichita, KS
The Identity Project, Hutchinson Art Center, Hutchinson, KS

2002:
Persona, The Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS
Excavation, The Riverside Perk, Wichita, KS

2001:
Destination Unknown, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

2006:
Guerrilla Art, Art As Activism, Altered Esthetics,Minneapolis, MN

2002:
CityArts Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, CityArts, Wichita, KS

SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2007:
The Dark Scientists: Arran Lowe + Dustin Parker, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS

2006:
The Sugar Plum Fairies: Wade Hampton + Dustin Parker, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Memory Stain: Dustin Parker + Katie Sykes, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007:
Red Box 3, Super Deluxe, Toyko, Japan
Said & Done, Collaborative Project Number Two, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Avec Creme, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS
The Geographical Center of a Shrinking Planet: Local Artists in the Global Age, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, ElDorado KS
The Third and Final Joe Show, Lawrence Photo, Wichita, KS
GimmeShelter, RedLetter1, Tampa Florida

2006:
Leftovers Again , Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS
Saturation Point: A Postmodern Photography Exhibit, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS
Art Aid 13, The Cotillion, Wichita, KS
Forever Friends, Friends University Alumni Art Show, Friends University, Riney Fine Arts Gallery, Wichita, KS
Said And Done, Antisocial Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Guerrilla Art, Art As Activism, Altered Esthetics,Minneapolis, MN
Potluck, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Chemical Burn, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS
Cheesecake Cover: An Exhibition-ism, Commerce Gallery, Wichita, KS
The Twist of Modern Day Savages, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
Caution: Police State!, Gallery Dv8, Austin, TX
Kicking & Screaming into the 21st Century, Lawrence Photo inc., Wichita, KS

2005:
Day Of The Dead, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Art: A Community Where Each Belongs, The United Cerebral Palsy Community Centre, Pittsburg, PA
The Human Figure, The Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS
Abandoned Planet, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Collection Of Parts, Tangent Lab, Wichita, KS

2004:
Always Room For One More- The Joe Show, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Tiny Works 2004: 9X9 What’s On Your Mind?, Project Gallery, Wichita, KS
Beanefit, CityArts, Wichita, KS
The Visual Pollution: The Art of War, LineSight Gallery, Wichita, KS
ART 101, CityArts, Wichita, KS
The Visual Pollution, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Logizomechanophobic, A Digital Art Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Sweet Arts, CityArts, Wichita, KS

2003:
Day Of The Dead, CityArts, Wichita, KS
The War Against Visual Pollution, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
A Colorful Melange, E.B. White Gallery, Butler County Community College, El Dorado, KS
The Tiki Show, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Pushing All The Wrong Buttons: Digital Art Show, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Piggy Back Art Show, CityArts, Wichita, KS
High Octane, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Some-Art-Sem-Antics, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita, KS
Sweet Arts, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Son Of The Bits, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Winds Of Change: Past, Present and Future, LineSight Gallery, Wichita, KS.

2002:
Down The Line: Friends University Senior Art Show, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Day Of The Dead, City Arts, Wichita, KS
Red, The Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Ripping Off The Greeks, City Arts, Wichita, KS
Art Spree (Benefit for Three Trees), The Wichita Boathouse, Wichita, KS
Art Spree (Benefit for Three Trees), Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS
Art’s Estate Sale, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Diaspora, The Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS
Recycled Karma, CityArts, Wichita, KS
But Seriously Folks, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Art Aid 9, The Cotillion, Wichita, KS
Sweet Arts, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Progression, The Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS

2001:
Day of The Dead, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Art Relief, The Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS
Faces Of Hope Project 2001, The Wichita Boathouse, Wichita, KS

2000:
Soup Ganza, Acme Gallery, Wichita, KS
Knocking Over Mailboxes, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Progression: Paintings In Progress, Whittier Fine Arts, Friends University, Wichita, KS

SELECTED CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2005:
Abandoned Planet, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS

2003:
The War Against Visual Pollution, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS

2002:
Art’s Estate Sale, Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
Progression, The Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, KS

2000:
Progression: Paintings In Progress, Whittier Fine Arts, Wichita, KS

PUBLIC LECTURES

2005:
Art Challenge, Friends University, Wichita, Ks

2004:
SPF 16 Guest speaker, AIGA Wichita, Wichita, Ks

2003:
Artist Talk – Ockham’s Razor, Linesight Gallery, Wichita, Ks

AWARDS:

2003:
Wichita Sedgwick County Arts and Humanities Council Art Awards, Individual Artist Award.

2002:
Wichita Chapter AIGA SPF, Best Illustration
Wichita Chapter AIGA Second Annual Design Contest, Best of Show
Wichita Chapter AIGA Second Annual Design Contest, Illustration Gold

PUBLICATIONS & BROADCASTS:

2007:
Behrends, J. “Artist Of The Week,” What To Wear During An Orange Alert | www.wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com, Wednesday, August 15, 2007.
Cru-A, issue 8, August 2007 | www.cru-a.com
Blanket Magazine, issue 5 The Face Issue, August 2007 | www.blanketmagazine.com
Proteus Mag, issue 2, July, 2007 | www.proteusmag.com
Fast, T. “City Culture.” Women’s Focus Wichita July 2007: Pages 6-7. | READ ARTICLE
Head Magazine, Issue 46 Forever Young, June, 2007 | www.headmagazine.co.uk
Proteus Mag, Issue 1, April, 2007 | www.proteusmag.com

2006:
Hemans, S. (2006, December 7). Sugar Plum Fairies Land At The Firehouse. Wichita City Paper, City Paper Publishing.
Iniciativa Colectiva, Issue 1, November, 2006. | www.iniciativacolectiva.com | READ ARTICLE
Carpal Tunnel Magazine, Issue 8, October, 2006 | www.carpaltunnelmag.com | READ ARTICLE
“Mixed Messages.” Look-Look Magazine, issue 6, June, 2006.
Beaudoin, J. (2006, March 30). Dustin Parker’s Appetite For Destruction, Tornado Publications.

2003:
Clonts, C. (2003, December 4). Parker Ventures Out With Razor. F5, Tornado Publications.

2002:
Peirce, J. (Producer). (2002). Welcome to Wichita, Wichita, KS: Clear Channel Television.
Norman, B. (2002, September 27) Portraits Of The Artists. The Wichita Eagle, p. 24C.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

Firehouse Gallery, Wichita, KS
CityArts, Wichita, KS