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Solo Exhibitions
2023“Randomly Accessed Memories”, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2022“Electronic Drift”, Waldemar A Schmidt Gallery, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
“No. 28”, Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA (with Roger Brouard)
2021“Footprints”, STNDRD Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2018“Circuit Floorplan”, Times Club Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2017“Uncertainty: Locations and Velocities”, The Gallery at Elings-Wood Center for Art&Design, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA
 “PCB Drawings”, Little Woods Gallery, Ames, IA
2016“A Convenient Workout”, Preus Gallery, Luther College, Decorah, IA
 “Nanogeography”, Constance Gallery, Graceland University, Lemoni, IA
 “Bounding Lines”, Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2015“Scientific Writing”, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
 “Open Circuits”, James Wegner Art Gallery, Riverland Community College, Austin, MN
 “Illuminated Writings”, Iowa Art Council’s “Art at the Café” series, Café Barrata, State Historical Museum, Des Moines, IA
2014“Digital Impressions”, Gallery in the Round, Ames, IA
2012“eCartacacoethes”, 40AU Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011“Digital to Dust: Digital Obsolete Objects in Transition”, Blackbird Gallery, Nashville, TN
2009“Changes”, Most Wanted Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Awards and Grants
2022Iowa Arts Council – Artist Project Grant
2021America Rescue Plan Arts Grant
Iowa Arts Council – Resilience Grant
2020Iowa Arts Council Fellowship
2019Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2018Iowa Arts Council – Artist Project Grant
2017Iowa Arts Council – Artist Project Grant
2015Iowa Arts Council – Artist Project Grant
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022“Contemporary Abstraction”, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
“Contemporary Fiber Art”, Clear Lake Art Center, Clear Lake, IA
2021“DuMA Biennial 2021”, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
“Iowa Crafts: 45”, Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA
“Summer Group Show”, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2020“Art of Our Time”, Olson-Larsen Gallery, West Des Moines, IA
2019“International TECHstyle Art Biennial”, Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
 “Into the Blue”, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
 “Inter/National Contemporaries”, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
 “Index to a Place”, Design on Main Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2018“Pushing the Pull”, The FATVillage Projects Space, Fort Lauderdale, FL
 “Winter Group Show”, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
 “Personal Geographies”, The Little Gallery, Omaha, NE
 “Introductions”, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017“Winter Group Show”, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
 “Just under 100”, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
2016“The Print Show”, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
 “XXX Books Books Books XXX”, Design on Main Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (juror and organizer)
 “Intertwine”, Design on Main Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2015“Ripples II”, Design on Main Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (curator and organizer)
 “5th Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial”, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
 “Bits, Pixels and Practice – Oh, My!”, Design on Main Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
 “cARTography: personal metaphors and mindful maps”, Ryan James Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
 “47th Annual Clay, Fiber, Paper, Metal, Wood Exhibition”, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
2014“Ames Is 150”, Gallery in the Round, Ames, IA (organizer)
 “Ripples”, HATCH Art Gallery, Detroit, MI (curator and organizer)
 “Platetone: Past, Present and Future”, Harpeth Hall, Nashville, TN
 “DISCO Vending Stand”, Art Vacancy Festival, Ames, IA (installation)
 “Interface”, Viaduct Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2013“Black”, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
 “Mimetia”, Design on Main Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
 “International Biennale For Miniature Graphics”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
 “34th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition”, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
 “Text and Image”, Gallery Temenos, http://www.adrianelittle.com/temenos/current.html.
 “45th Annual Clay, Fiber, Paper, Metal, Wood Exhibition”, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
 “Mid-America Print Council Juried Members Exhibition”, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
 “Stellar”, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
 “New Year/New Work”, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
2012“SOMATOTOPIA”, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
 “New Work 2012”, Fein Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
 “Low Fidelity”, Tower Gallery, The College at Brockport SUNY, Brockport, NY
 “Works-in-Progress Festival”, Iowa City, IA (installation & panel discussion)
 “Fresh Impressions”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
 “RSVP’12”, New Wilmington Arts Association, Wilmington, DE
 “Tributaries”, Gallery 121, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
  “A Sense of Place”, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
  “Numerical Notations”, Sechrest Art Gallery, High Point University, High Point, NC
  “KY.7 Biennial”, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
  “ReRoot”, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
  “Upcycle”, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2011“Nourishment”, Renaissance Art Center, Dickson, TN
 “Mapable”, SpaceCamp MicroGallery, Indianapolis, IN
 “HOME”, Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Nashville, TN
 “The Artistic Process as Exorcism”, Modernformations Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
 “Encoded Structures: Interpreting the Story”, Brownlee O. Currey Gallery, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, TN
 “Nashville Internationals V”, Centenial Arts Center, Nashville, TN
 “Stacks on Decks”, Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery, Nashville, TN
 “Presents: Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic”, Hyperallergic HQ, New York, NY
 “More Is More”, Lexington Arts League, Lexington, KY
2010“Interplay”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
 “New Juried Art Exhibition”, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
 “The Art of Technology”, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
 “Eco-prints”, Most Wanted Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA
 Geek Arts/Green Innovators Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
 “2010 Annual DATA Awards and Exhibition”, 15 Minutes Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009“Symbolon”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
 “My Window”, Little Gallery, Harper College, Palatine, IL
 “Semana de Arte”, Casa de Cultura Oswaldo Goeldi, Taubaté, Brazil
2008“Altered States”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
 “Grabados por la Paz”, IMNRC Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
 “Mixtape”, Tom’s Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2007“Artist Made Books”, Tom’s Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Residencies
2019New York Mills Arts Retreat, New York Mills, MN
2017Area 515, Des Moines, IA
2016Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA
Bibliography
Sophia Ahmad, “Intersection”, Des Moines Magazine, March-April 2019 (images and review)
“Spotlight: Tiberiu Chelcea”, SciArt Magazine, February 2018 (images and review)
“Quick View: Tiberiu Chelcea”, SciArt in America, December 2015 (images)
Anthony Capps, “Bringing art and technology together”, Ames Tribune, Feb. 2015 (interview and images)
Melissa Erickson, “Art exhibit showcases current, past Ames art”, Ames Tribune, Dec. 2014 (interview)
Gioia Laura Iannilli, “Planimetrie (per) formative: tra John Dewey e Nelson Goodman”, History of Art Masters Thesis, University of Bologna, April 2013 (images and review, in Italian)
“Apocalypse”, Hesa Inprint (Finland), Issue #23, Jan. 2013 (images)
“Atlas of Design”, published by the North American Cartographic Information Society, Volume 1, Oct. 2012 (images)
Karen Chambers, “Exhibit Explores Place’s Role in Self-Identity”, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 2012
Joe Nolan, “Map Reading”, ArtNowNashville.com, http://artnownashville.com/visual-arts-in-nashville/map-reading/, March 2012 (image)
Joe Nolan, “March’s First Saturday brings the year’s best crawl so far”, Nashville Scene, March 2012 (image)
Alec Berry, “The Black Forest Offers Tight Focus as an Anthology”, Spandexless.com, http://www.spandexless.com/2012/01/the-black-forest-offers-tight-focus-as-an-anthology/, January 2012
Joe Nolan, “Untitled’s Winter Show: Anti-Freeze”, Critic’s Picks, Nashville Scene, December 2011
“The Black Forrest”, published by Unicorn Mountain, October 2011 (images)
Joe Nolan, “Untitled Summer Show: Retrospective”, Critic’s Picks, Nashville Scene, July 2011 (image)
Laura Hutson, “ArtScene: Platetone Printshop Open Studio and Member Exhibition on Saturday”, Pith in the Wind Blog, Nashville Scene, http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/06/17/artscene-platetone-printshop-open-studio-and-member-exhibition-on-saturday, June 2011 (images)
Hrag Vartanian, “Mail Art Bulletin: Some Staff Picks”, Hyperallergic Blog, http://hyperallergic.com/25973/mail-art-bulletin-some-staff-picks/, June 2011 (images and review)
Chuck Lanigan, “Variety keeps the Associated Artists show Interplay interesting”, Pittsburgh City Paper, August 2010
Mary Thomas, “Art, Art Everywhere – Festival Spreads Out Its Exhibits”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 2010
Kurt Shaw, “Traditional Printmaking Pushed to Extremes”, Pittsburgh Tribune, December 2008
Collections
The University of Kentucky Museum of Art, Lexington, Kentucky
Private Collections
Education
2004Columbia University, PhD, Computer Science
1996Politehnica University of Bucharest, Msc, Electrical Engineering
1995Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bsc, Electrical Engineering
Other Professional Activities
Curator, “Subject to Change”, Untitled Nashville, April 2011
Board member, Untitled Nashville (2011-2012)
Board member, Ames C.art (2012- )
Holder of 5 national and international patents in electronic design