Email: calder.yates@gmail.com
Born: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
Education
2014
MA, Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
MFA, Studio Art, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2007
BA, Art, New College of Florida: The Honors College, Sarasota, FL
At Publix during Hurricane Matthew, 2016
Essays
2017
“Op Ed: Has Your Art Done Enough?” Artillery, March/April 2017
2016
“Breaking Point: Accessibility and The Cummer Museum,” Art Practical, Issue 8.1: Art+Citizenship, November 2016
“Coda,” in Bill Bolling and Bill Yates, eds. Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink, Fall Line Press, 2016 (Atlanta).
“Controversy at Cummer Could Have Ripple Effects.” Florida Times Union, August 30, 2016
2015
“Contradictory Compassion: Pain and Punishment in Early First Aid Demonstrations” in Eric Olson ed., Sightlines: Visual and Critical Studies Reader, California College of the Arts, 2015 (San Francisco).
Reviews
2018
"Video Installation of Medical Training Breaks Down Art and Science Divide," KQED, Feb 19
2017
"Inner Workings of ‘Mechanisms’ on Full View in Horror-Tinged Show," KQED, Nov 14
“Alejandro G. Iñárritu: CARNE y ARENA,” Artillery, July 2017
“Broken Language at Shulamit Nazarian,” Artillery, June 2017
“Top Five Buddy Cop Films at Steve Turner Contemporary,” April 2017
“Thomas Houseago at Gagosian Gallery,” Artillery, March 7
“Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World at The Hammer Museum,” Daily Serving, February 28
“Mickalene Thomas at MOCA Los Angeles,” Artillery, January 10
“Central Park: All the Best,” Artillery, February 22
2016
“Night Gallery: Cara Benedetto and Christine Wang,” Artillery, November 3 “Flavr Savr* at The Pit,” Daily Serving, May 17
“Carmen Argote: Mansión Magnolia at Shulamit Nazarian” Daily Serving, May 12
“Kasper Bosmans: Motif (Oil and Silver) at Marc Foxx,” Daily Serving, May 3
“Alice Könitz: Commonwealth at Commonwealth & Council,” Daily Serving, April 4
“Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016, at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel,” Daily Serving, March 22
“Kota Ezawa: Gardner Museum Revisited at Christopher Grimes Gallery,” Daily Serving, February 10
“New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919-1930, at LACMA,” Daily Serving, January 12
2015
“Noah Davis: Imitation of Wealth at MOCA Storefront,” Art Practical December 16
“Random International: Rain Room at LACMA,” Daily Serving, November 30
“Michael Waugh: Boom at Von Lintel Gallery,” Daily Serving, October 15
“Noah Davis: Imitation of Wealth at MOCA Storefront,” Daily Serving, September 15
“HA! HA! BUSINESS! at Luis De Jesus,” Daily Serving, July 27
2013
“Reviews: Stairwells’s Field Trip #3,” SFMOMA Open Space, April 24
Interviews
2018
"Odd Jobs: On Becoming Something Else," Art Practical, Feb 13
2017
"Odd Jobs: Flouting the Work History," Art Practical, November 14
"Odd Jobs: Being an Artist in a Small City," Art Practical, October 24
“Odd Jobs: Amir H. Fallah,” Daily Serving, April 3
“Odd Jobs: Conor Fields,” Daily Serving, March 6
“Odd Jobs: Jade Gordon/My Barbarian,” Daily Serving, February 6
“Odd Jobs: Mary Reid Kelley,” Daily Serving, January 23
“Odd Jobs: Danielle Dean,” Daily Serving, January 2
2016
“Odd Jobs: Charles Gaines,” Daily Serving, December 12
“Odd Jobs: Kalup Linzy,” Daily Serving, November 14
“Odd Jobs: Jibz Cameron/Dynasty Handbag,” Daily Serving, October 3
Curatorial Projects
2015
Seven Rivers, Mayo Clinic Davis Gallery, October 2015 – February 2016
Just Breathe, Mayo Clinic Davis Gallery, August – October 2015
2014
Still In Wild Water, Mayo Clinic Davis Gallery, April – July 2013
2013
About Face: Identity and Medical Humanities, Mayo Clinic Davis Gallery, October 2014 – March 2015
Public Presentations
2016
Mayo Clinic Humanities in Medicine Symposium – “Representations of Pain in Medical Visual Culture”
2014
California College of the Arts 2014 Visual and Critical Studies Symposium “Contradictory Compassion: Pain and Punishment in Early First Aid Demonstrations”
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Corpus Curare, Recology, San Francisco, CA
2012
Skeleton, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
The Administrative State, Betty Iserman Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Group Exhibitions
2014 KCHUNG Radio, Public Engagement Artist-in-residence, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Point Of No Return, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2012 House Show, Stairwells, Oakland, CA
2012 John Baldessari: Class Assignments (Optional), Wattis Institute For Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2011 Wherehoused?, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Very Unhelpful, Errant Garrison Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Whole Parts, MackB Projects, Sarasota, FL
2007 FLOOD, Public Art Installation, Sarasota, FL
2006 Douglas Anderson School of the Arts: 25 Years, Jacksonville, FL
Residencies
2012 Recology Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2010 APAC Artist in Residence, Jacksonville, FL
Close Calls
2014 Finalist: Dedalus MFA Fellowship
2013 Finalist: Barclay Simpson Award
2013 Finalist: The Headlands Center for the Arts Graduate Fellowship