Education:
The Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA: M.F.A., 1998
The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC: Figurative Studies, 1992-1995
The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA: B.A. 1991

Exhibitions:
2005 Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo, CA

The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Projekt 30 Online Juried Exhibition

2003-2004 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC: Solo Exhibition, October 2004

2003 Artspan Selections 2003 Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
San Diego Art Institute International Exhibition, San Diego, CA

1999-2002 Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999-2000 Sharon Park Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
1999 Re_Presentation Juried Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID
Sharon Park Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
1998 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
The Spring Show, Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
1997 Winter Juried Exhibition, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
Sharon Park Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
1996 Fall Invitational Exhibition, Perry House Galleries, Alexandria, VA
The Spring Show, Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
1995 Summer Invitational Exhibition, Perry House Galleries, Alexandria, VA
Winter Juried Exhibition, The Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC

Awards and Honors:
" Honorable Mention, New England Realist Art Center Selected Figure Drawing Exhibition, 2004
" Featured in 100 Ways to Paint People and Figures published by The Artist's Magazine, 2004 & 2005
" Best in Show, Georgetown International Art Competition, 2003
" Finalist, Figure and Portrait, The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition: 2000, 2003, 2005
" Student's Choice Award, Academy of Art Spring Show, 1996 and 1998
" Second Place, M.F.A. Painting, Academy of Art Spring Show, 1998
" The Linda Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship, Corcoran School of Art 1994
" The Kenneth Stubbs Memorial Award for Drawing, Corcoran School of Art, 1994

Collections:
Copan, Inc., Seattle, WA
KMI Associates, New York, NY
The Law Offices of Christopher B. Dolan, San Francisco, CA
Numerous Private Collections in the United States and Europe

Additional Experience:
Professor of Foundation Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2004-present
Instructor of Anatomy and Drawing, Academy of Art, 1998-2004
Supervisor of Artistic Anatomy Studies, Academy of Art, 2000-2004
Creative and Technical Consultant, Luu Luu.com, 2000-2001
Created and Taught Online Anatomy Courses for the Academy of Art, 2003-2004

Douglas Malone

Artist Statement

As a figurative artist, I am dedicated to honoring the tradition and craft of painting while forging a unique and distinctive personal style.

Thematically, my work is rooted in the existential unease which arises from a deep and abiding sense of isolation and detachment. My paintings often feature a single figure in a self-consciously isolated environment, or multiple figures who exist in close physical proximity and yet are separated by a vast emotional distance. While often placed in guarded or even defensive postures, the figures are nonetheless exposed and vulnerable, laid bare to scrutiny. While offering a recognition of the predicament of irreconcilable isolation, the paintings also reflect an acknowledgment of the ultimate primacy of the individual, the inviolate and unique self.
Throughout my creative process, I am primarily concerned with technical and formal matters such as draftsmanship, anatomy, composition, palette, spatial relationships, etc. Each painting undergoes extensive transformation during the slow meticulous process of its development, starting out rather loose and general and becoming steadily more refined through each layer. Invariably, drawing is the fundamental basis for all of my work, the impetus from which all else arises.
Although representational, my paintings are not necessarily intended to portray specific people, events, or circumstances. Instead, they retain an element of calculated ambiguity which heightens the mystery of the pictures and precludes them from being identified with a specific time, place, or situation. While the paintings may be realistic to a certain degree, they are not simply depictions of recognizable imagery, but rather are carefully-arranged cohesive formal constructions in which all the pictorial elements are deliberately designed to relate consistently and satisfy my own sense of balance, harmony, and completeness.