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Chad Erpelding: 
Gains and Losses

Artist Statement
“You can tell what’s informed the society by the size of … the tallest building in the place. When you approach a medieval town, the cathedral’s the tallest thing in the place. When you approach a 17th century city, it’s the political palace that’s the tallest thing in the place. And when you approach a modern city, it’s office buildings and dwellings that are the tallest things in the place.” Joseph Campbell

The stock market is commonly used to gauge the overall health of economies and is followed with an almost religious fervor. The major corporations that drive the market continue to increase in size and power through consolidations and governmental influence. They now write many of our laws and regulations, control legislation, and play a significant role in foreign and domestic policy. My work utilizes data visualization and systems-based strategies to investigate corporate power and global institutions.

Pulling from the history of abstract painting, I transform color fields with data-driven formats, replacing the formal and idealistic space of Modernism with our new idol – the market. Derived from the phrase “in the black/in the red,” the values of the colors shift in accordance with the value of stock indices, with red signifying losses and black signifying gains – the darker the color, the greater the change.

Through extensive research of stock markets, I look to discover various representations of global networks and activities.  I transform this data into a visually complex piece with conceptually disorienting elements, both revealing and concealing information. I hope my work challenges viewers to gain a new view into the powerful entities that affect our lives.  

​Biography

Chad Erpelding (b. 1974, Iowa; MFA Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2006) has been developing a body of work that investigates issues of corporations, globalization and economics, exploring some of the major global institutions that affect all of our lives.  Recent exhibitions include solo exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia; Pinebox Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Nagoya Zokei University, Nagoya, Japan; and ONONO Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.  His work has been included in group shows in the Philippines, Argentina, France, Italy, South Korea, Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Canada, Spain, and Mexico as well as throughout the US.  He’s been awarded artist residencies in Blanca, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Marnay-sur-Seine, France; and Yerevan, Armenia.  He is currently a Professor of Drawing and Painting and the MFA Graduate Program Director at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.

Buckham Gallery is funded by the following organizations:
Generous support is provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 

Our activities are sponsored in part by an award from the MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS  and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
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This program is sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work!
  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • Late Winter Exhibitions >
      • Chad Erpelding: Gains and Losses
      • Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay: Appropriated Figure-Grounds
      • Jordan Vinyard: Summary of A Few Volts
    • Exhibition Opportunities >
      • 2022-2023 Season Call For Entry
      • PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
    • 2020-2022 Exhibition Schedule
    • Selected Past Exhibitions >
      • JANUARY 2021 >
        • Karen Milito
        • Nancy Pennell
        • Linda Lou Woodruff
      • December 2020: United By One >
        • United By One: Allen
        • United By One: LaBret Einstein
        • United By One: Haylett
        • United By One: Hershman
      • November 2020: BAC Exhibitions >
        • A Climate Of Change: Viewing Room
        • Shadows: 2020 Buckham Print Exchange
      • October 2020: Serious Play >
        • Serious Play: Andy Hill
        • Serious Play: Timothy Kranz
        • Serious Play: Sifus J Thompson
      • September 2020: Dear Memory, >
        • Aj Cooke: Fragmented Place
        • Michele Leclaire
        • Lauren Scavo-Fulk
      • August 2020: Ineffable Benedictions >
        • Matthew Osmon: Private Insurrection
        • 0591: People First
        • Rachel Singel: Metamorphosis
      • July 2020: Verisimilitude
      • Feb. 2020: Eros and Thanatos >
        • Eros & Thanatos: Award Winners
      • Jan. 2020
      • November 2019 Exhibitions
      • Oct.2019 FEVER VESSELS >
        • Press Release: Fever Vessels
      • FIELD WORK: Sept. 2019
      • BIG CLAY - August 2019
      • Crush: July 2019
      • April 2019: Allegories to Anatomies
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • In Conversation
    • First Friday Open Mic
    • Second Friday Art Walk
    • Cider & Slides
    • Past Artist Talks >
      • Jan. 10, 2020: Artist Talks with Ardea Thurston-Shaine and Dominique Chastenet de Gary
      • Tommy Mintz, Nov. 2019
      • 2019 Smallidge Lecture
      • June 2019: Panel Discussion with John Dempsey, Guy Adamec, and my Gibas
      • May 2019: Terre Voce
      • April 13, 2019 ​Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine LeclaireNew Page
      • May 4, 2019- Artist Talk with Stephen Halko and Nick Reszetar
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      • Founders Feature: Sam Morello
      • Founders Feature: Ken Kinyon
      • Founders Feature: John Dempsey
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: GUY ADAMEC
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