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Biography
Born 1985, raised in Daytona Beach, FL. The Brooklyn-based artist studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and graduated with an award for creative excellence in 2007. Edwards has mentored under photographer Gregory Crewdson since 2004. Since then he has taken up with the notorious surf gang, The Goons, which has led to development of sustainable surfboard manufacturing materials, treehouses, and Bollywood style dance party beach cleanups. At the same time, and in a parallel universe, Edwards has been working with the collectives Visual Buffet Public Arts, and the alternative transportation environmental non-profit Blotus.org. His personal work deals with the reconstruction and fabrication of histories through composited large-format photographs and sculptural elements. He has exhibited in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. In 2009, look for the new periodical Radical! Journal, which dives deeply into the fringes of surf culture the world over.
Education
New York University, New York, NY — BFA Photography & Imaging, 2007
Related Experience
2007-Present Member of Fjord Photo (www.fjordphoto.org
2007-Present Member of Young Photographers United (www.ypu.org)
2005-2008 Collaborative work as part of Team Big Tooth (co-founder) (www.teambigtooth.com)
2004-2008 Digital Production Coordinator for Gregory Crewdson (www.hoverproductions.com)
2003-Present Collaborative work as part of Visual Buffet Public Arts (co-founder) (www.vbpa.org)
Exhibitions
2009 "A Set of Directions for Making Something", Curated by Leslie Grant/Nina Pessin-Whedbee, Grotto Gallerie, NY
2009 "March Madness", Melanie Flood Projects, New York, NY
2009 "Humble Arts Foundation Curates Artlog Booth", Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
2009 "Booth amani olu", SCOPE NY Art Fair, New York, NY
2009 "100% Hangtime", Gorgeous George Franco Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL
2008 "The Troposphere", Curated by Sophie Lvoff, The Hampshire House Salon, New York, NY
2008 "MEET WARADISE",Curated by Fjord Photo & Alice Wells, New York, NY
2008 "As Above, So Below", Curated by Chris Fitzpatrick, Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter, San Francisco, CA
2008 "Strange Things", Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2008 "Young Curators, New Ideas", Bond Street Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "To Die In An Apartment", A Wolf Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Armchair Quarterback for Schroeder Romero Gallery", NADA Country Affair, New York, NY
2008 "Endless Bummer Fest" As Visual Buffet Public Arts, Daytona Beach, FL
2008 "Psymulation: Reenactments of the Present", Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter, San Francisco, CA
2008 "Better Beasts", As Visual Buffet Public Arts, NY Arts Magazine Gallery, New York, NY
2007 "Dangerous Liaisons", as Visual Buffet Public Arts, The Curfew Tower, In You We Trust Foundation, Ireland
2007 "1st Annual Silver Cup Sauce Boss Invitational Cookoff", as Visual Buffet Public Arts, FL
2007 "Transformations: Tisch Photo at 25", New York University, Gulf & Western Galleries, New York, NY
2007 "Tent City, Version 1", as Visual Buffet Public Arts, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 "We Are Playing Offense", as Visual Buffet Public Arts, Center For Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
2007 "BrooklyNature", St. Joesph's College, Brooklyn, NY
2007 "The Continental Strategic Planning Society presents Psych Securities LLC", New York University, New York, NY
2006 "Super Lucky Chance: the Art of Shredding", (with Justin Rancourt), Center For Contemporary Art, Japan
2005 "Flash Forward", Magenta Foundation, Redux Gallery, New York, NY & Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2005 "Visual Buffet Public Arts 2006 Residency", Wyndham Palms Resort, Celebration, FL
2005 "Company Picnic: A Visual Buffet Public Arts Production", Abandoned Home, Edgewater, FL
2004 "The Wet Dream: A Visual Buffet Public Arts Production", Island 1 mile west of Ponce Inlet, Ponce Inlet, FL
2003 "All You Can Eat: A Visual Buffet Public Arts Production", Gallery 230, Daytona Beach, FL
Recent Online Publications & Exhibitions
2008 Limited Edition Print, Humble Arts Foundation
2008 Interview, Feature Shoot & Lost at E Minor
2007 Feature; Fjord Photo
2007 Group Show Numer 15, Humble Arts Foundation, June 2007
Curatorial Experience
2008 “Wolf PAC @ The Republican National Convention”, September 2008, Minneapolis, MN (www.wolf-pac.org)
2008 "The Main Event”, with Thomas Seely, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY (www.themainevent.us)
2008 "Better Beasts”, with Thomas Seely, NY Arts Magazine Gallery, New York, NY (www.betterbeasts.com)
Publications
2009 The Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation
2009 Heartbreaker Magazine, Issue 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008 Fjord Photo Book of Emerging Photography, Fjord Photo Press
2008 Psymulation: Reenactments of the Present Catalogue, Hamburger Eyes Press
2007 Pyramid Power Magazine, Issue 2, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007 NYU Today, January 27, 2007, Vol. 20, No. 7
2005 Toronto Eye Weekly, April 10 Issue
Awards
2007 Tom Drysdale Production Fund Grant, New York University
2007 Award for Creative Excellence, New York University
Residency
2009 Art Channel, Beijing, China
2009 Kala Art Foundation, Berkeley, California
2008 Banff Center for Contemporary Art, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Collection
Southeast Museum of Photography