"described as graphic, modern, pop, and contemporary, although what to actually call the process has been a larger source of debate; it has been called photo collage, digital art, and digital mixed media."
- ARTIST’S STATEMENT -
Daryl's work has been described as graphic, modern, pop, and contemporary, although what to actually call the process has been a larger source of debate; it has been called photo collage, digital art, and digital mixed media. The process begins with Thetford selecting a single, original photographic image followed by a digital layering and combining of dozens of additional original photographs. It is a process which takes an average of 40 hours. His resulting images range from culturally familiar individual pieces (bikes, cowboys, guitars, cityscapes) to more esoteric series' based on man's inner struggle with modern society or the human sense of isolation in the noise of the modern world. Thetford then creates a mixed-media piece using this printed image to create one of a kind paintings using torn and weathered handmade paper, various artist mediums and acrylic paint.
Daryl currently lives with his wife, writer and artist Dana Shavin in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They enjoy travel, great food, great art, and the company of good friends.
BIOGRAPHY
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Daryl Thetford’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Ormond Museum of Art in Ormond Beach, Florida; the Art Museum of the University of Memphis; and the Knoxville Museum of Art; the Alexandria Museum of Art in Louisiana; the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles; the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga; the Mobile Museum of Art in Alabama; the Coffman Gallery at the University of Minnesota; and the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California-Cico.
Thetford has been commissioned by numerous public agencies and corporations, including the Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department; the City of Loveland, Colorado; Des Moines Area Community College of Iowa; Sony Records in Nashville; Arrow Electronics and Dorsey and Whitney in Denver; the Mullins Group in Madison, Wisconsin; the Menard Financial Group in Houston; and the Utah Orthopedic Spine & Injury Center in Salt Lake City; Scripps Networks in Knoxville, Tennessee and Ryan Companies in Tampa, Florida.
In addition, his work is in public and corporate collections, including those of the Mayor’s Office, City of Hoover, Alabama; Penn College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; the Texas Office of Tourism in Austin; Ryan Companies in Tampa, Florida; Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Sioux City, South Dakota, The Mullins Group in Madison, Wisconsin; KP Development in St Louis, Missouri,; Land Development Strategies in Kansas City, Missouri and Tanglewood Property Group, in Houston, Texas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
-CONTEMPORARY POP : LIVING IN THE MODERN WORLD, Essence Art Gallery, La Quinta, California
2018
-COME FULL CIRCLE, The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee -THE MODERN PSYCHE, Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, California
2017
-UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY RELATIONSHIPS, Art Gallery, University of Tennessee, Martin
-GRAPHIC, MODERN, POP, Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, California
-REFLECTIONS ON SELF AND SOCIETY, Ormond Museum of Art, Ormond Beach, Florida
-CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES, The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
-THE STRUGGLE TO EVOLVE BEFORE THE END OF TIME, West Loop Gallery, Houston, Texas
-FLYING SOLO, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee -CONTEMPORARY CONVERSATIONS, The Dixie Carter
Performing Arts Center, Huntingdon, Tennessee
2016
-CONVERSATION WITH CHAOS, The Lubeznik Center for The Arts, Michigan City, Indiana
2015
-A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STRUGGLE TO EVOLVE, The Gallery, at Penn College, Williamsport Pennsylvania. Curated by Penny Lutz
2014
-INSPIRED CHAOS, Coffman Art Gallery University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
-INTRODUCING THE WORLD OF DARYL THETFORD, The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
-THE STRUGGLE TO EVOLVE BEFORE THE END OF TIME, Art Museum at the University of Memphis, Caseworks Gallery, Memphis. Curated by Eric Bork
-INTRODUCING THE WORLD OF DARYL THETFORD, Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee.
2012
-DIALOGUE; Tanner-Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee -PROGRESSION: WORKS BY DARYL THETFORD, Kennedy-
Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama
- SEVEN QUESTIONS, Jung Center, Houston, Texas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
-BALANCE : ORDER AND CHAOS, Chauvet, Nashville, Tennessee 2020
-ART OF UNITY, Chauvet ( formerly The Arts Company ), Nashville, Tennessee
2019
-SUMMER IMPROMPTU, The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
2018
-ABSTRACTA, Roan and Black Contemporary, Saugatuck, Michigan
2017
-TEXTURE, LAYERS, PROCESS, Roan and Black Contemporary, Saugatuck, Michigan
2016
-CONTEMPORARY SOUTH, Visual Art Exchange, Main Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina. Curated by Kristin Fleischmann Brewer
-PARTS AND PIECES, Roan and Black Contemporary, Saugatuck, Michigan
-TAKE TEN: THE GALLERY CELEBRATES A DECADE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Curated by Penny Lutz
2015
-REFLECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS: CREATING NEW WORLDS IN DIGITAL COLLAGE, Four Person Show, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins , Colorado. Curated by Jeanne Shoaff. 2014
-ARTSCAPES. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee Invitational. Curated by Denise Sanabria and Mary Morris
2013
-artMRKT CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN ART FAIR, San Francisco, Represented by Tanner-Hill Gallery
-PERSONA: Examining the Externalization of the Psychological Self, Maloney Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey Curated by Virginia Fabbri Butera
-ARTSCAPES. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee Invitational. Curated by Denise Sanabria and Mary Morris
2012
-SOFA CONTEMPORARY, 2012, Chicago, IL, Represented by Tanner- Hill Gallery
-DIGITAL DARKROOM, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles. Curated by Patricia Lanza
-WHERE WE ARE: TECTONIC SHIFTS AND DISSOLUTION OF BOUNDARIES: EXPLORING THE TENSION AND TRANSITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART TODAY, DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University. Curated by Elaine King
-ART DALLAS, Represented by Tanner-Hill Gallery, of Chattanooga, TN and Atlanta
2011
-SPECTRUM, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee -SOFA Chicago. Represented by Tanner-Hill Gallery
-ART CHICAGO. Represented by Tanner-Hill Gallery
-SMart Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Curated by
Bridgett Broughman
-ART DALLAS, Represented by Tanner-Hill Gallery, of Chattanooga,
TN and Atlanta
SELECTED PUBLIC ART AND CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
Raymond James Corporate Collection, Tampa, Florida
Advanced Bifurcation Systems, Newport Beach, California
Adams Homes, Pensacola, Florida
City of La Quinta, Main Library, La Quinta, California
City of La Quinta, Creator’s Wing of Library, La Quinta, California Coldwell Banker, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ryan Companies, Tampa, Florida
Arrow Electronics, Denver, Colorado
Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department, Tennessee
City of Loveland, Colorado, Fire and Administration Building Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, Iowa Dorsey and Whitney, Denver Republic Plaza Building, Denver ESa Architecture, Nashville, Tennessee
Glass Street Community Bus Shelter, Glass House Collective, Chattanooga, Tennessee Pinnacle Financial Partners, Nashville, Tennessee
Scripps Networks, Knoxville, Tennessee
Sony Records Corporate Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee Tanglewood Property Group, Houston, Texas
Preston Plaza, Tanglewood Property Group, Dallas, Texas
The Arts Company, Nashville, Tennessee
The Menard Financial Group, Houston, Texas
The Mullins Group, Madison, Wisconsin
Utah Orthopedic Spine & Injury Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Hotel Paseo, Palm Desert, California
Union Station Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee
The Rally Hotel, Denver, Colorado
Baker, Donelson, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Birmingham, Alabama The Hotel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Carlton, Fields, Jorden & Burt, Tampa, Florida
City of Hoover, Mayor’s Office, Alabama CTS Audio, Nashville, Tennessee
Emerge Print Management, Tampa, Florida Gustos Pizza, Des Moines, Iowa
Hotel Red, Madison, Wisconsin
Hubbard & Cravens Coffee Co Corporate Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana KP Development, St Louis, Missouri Land Development Strategies, Kansas City, Missouri Launch Pad, Denver, Colorado Lincoln Property, Nashville, Tennessee
LoDo’s Bar and Grill, Denver, Colorado M2 Lending Solutions, Denver, Colorado
Neptune Shipping Agency, Collierville, Tennessee Paramore Digital, Nashville, Tennessee
Penn College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Reverend Chico’s Restaurant, Bowling Green, Ohio
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.(SEH), Denver, Colorado
Texas Office of Tourism, Austin, Texas
Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa. Walden Security Corporate Collection, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Westin Hotel, Dallas, Texas
Windsor/Aughtry Company, Greenville, South Carolina
Winnow Press, Austin, Texas
YMD Eye and Face, Winter Park, Florida
AWARDS AND HONORS
Residency, Keystone College, La Plume, Pennsylvania, 2017 Career Advancement Grant, Lyndhurst Foundation, 2008
EDUCATION
M.S., Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, BS Union University, Jackson, Tennessee