1. William Fisher
Professor, Chair
Department of Art
Georgia College
CBX 094
Milledgeville, GA
478-445-4572
Master of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1996; Apprentice to the
Master, Yoshida Hanga Academy, Tokyo, Japan, 1988-93; Bachelor of
Arts, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1985
Employment
2001-Present, Georgia College
2000-2001, Professor of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, Georgia
1999-2000, Master Printer, Deckled Edge Press, Boca Raton, Florida
1996-1999, Visiting Artist in Residence, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
Selected Professional Activity/Exhibitions (Solo, Invitational,
Performances, Collaborations): Natural History, Morgan Conservatory,
Cleveland OH; Relief Benefit for Japan Earthquake Victims, Centro
Cultural Aztlan gallery, San Antonio, TX; First Edition Invitational, Macon
GA; Dixie Icons, Louisville, GA; Social Justice Invitational, IPCNY, Ithaca,
NY; East/West traveling portfolio, Central Connecticut U., U of Colorado, U.
of Louisiana, Murray State U., Utah State U., UMass Dartmouth; Start
Soma, San Francisco, CA; Allegories of the Genome, Outworks Gallery,
Winnipeg, Mb; Executive Branch Suite, Blue Tower Gallery, Atlanta, GA;
Seritypes, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Domestic Policy traveling
portfolio, Washington, DC, Cal State U, Fresno, U of Texas El Paso,
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA; Mexotica, with Guillermo Gomez Peña;
Your Blood is My Blood, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA;
Americas 2000, Minot, ND; Works on Paper, Ohio University; No Hate
Crimes (Reported), Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids,
MI; America on the Brink, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, GA;
Satisfaction Town, Columbia College, Chicago, IL;
Exchange/Travel/Distance, Czech Republic. Artist in Residence: Agnes
Scott College, Atlanta, GA; U. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA; Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; University of Windsor,
Canada. Publications: The Art of the Impression: Lino-Cut; afterword for
The Cartoons of Flannery O’Connor; Stone Lithography by Paul Croft;
2. American Artist Magazine, Drawing supplement; The Indiana Review;
Gateavisa #183 (Norway); Online featured artist--Killing the Buddha,
Tusculum Review, Cursor, Cabinet Magazine, Counterpunch, Rhizome,
The Nation. Fine Art print editioning, (Gas Light Press, Georgia
College): James Luna; Sue Coe; Edgar Heap of Birds; Dorothy
Netherland; Mark Dion; Basia Irland; Jonathan Brilliant; Dan McCleary;
Leon Johnson; Chakaia Booker; Stanley Bermudez, Flannery O’Connor
(posthumous, from her hand-carved blocks). Curator/Juror: Visa for Life,
a Holocaust Memorial; Out of the Closet, the Work of Queers and Allies;
Civisthetics, an Aesthetic of Civic Engagement; Dream, the Art of Baldwin
State Prison Inmates; Color in the Gaps, Madness, Pride and Brilliance in
the Clients of the Mental Health Industry; Cheeky Big Dog Secret, U. of
Western Australia, Perth, AU; USpain 06, Colegio San Pablo, Madrid,
Spain.
Publications featuring work include Stone Lithography by Paul Croft, and
The Indiana Review, 2005 Special Summer Issue. Interviews by Eye
Candy Magazine, Bad Subjects, Vivir Latino, Slacktivist.com, Take Back
the Media and Rolling Stone. Reviews of work have been featured in Art
Papers, the Gainesville Times and the Associated Press. Work has been
solicited by the Nation, Cursor and Cabinet Magazine web sites and
Rhizome Art Data Base, and was shown in Winnipeg and Vancouver in
early 2007 as part of the traveling exhibition "Allegories of the Genome."
Fisher was chosen to represent Georgia in the first 20-state fine art
invitational "20/20," at Fire House Gallery, 2008. Fisher's work is in private
and public collections internationally.
Bill Fisher
Under Secretary of Southern Cultural Hegemony and Rural Visual
Authority, US Department of Art & Technology.
http://billfisher.dreamhosters.com/nohate.html
william.fisher@gcsu.edu