Derek Cracco is Associate Professor of printmaking and computer graphics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received an MFA from Syracuse University in 1999 and BFA degree from Louisiana State University in 1996.
Cracco has participated in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally including Digital Printmaking Now at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in NY, curated by Marilyn Kushner, the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts Juried Annual, Love Ladies, New Jersey curated by Darsie Alexander, Assistant Curator Museum of Modern Art, and Printwork 99, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, juried by Claire Bell, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Guggenheim Museum, NY.
Cracco has been recognized for his innovative combination of traditional printmaking processes and computer graphics. His work has been purchased by several museums and by many private collections throughout the country and abroad.
Collections
New Orleans, Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
work: From God With Love
Ogden museum of southern art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Work: we sat and watch the sunrise, as the fires burned
Birmingham, Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Work: Shine
Wiregrass, Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama
work: High Beam
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
In a Flash, Muas Contemporary, Birmingham Al
2021
Blinded, HPL Gallery, Hover AL
Director: Jennifer Marshall
2019
Moments In Love, Gadsden Museum Of Art, Gadsden, AL
Curator: Ray Wetzel
2014
Love Songs, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
Tuscaloosa, Al
Curator: Sarah Marshall
2013
Blinded, Beta Pictoris, Birmingham, AL
From Here To There, Georgia College Art Gallery, Greensboro, GA
Form Here To There, Project Row House, Huston, TX
Identity, Carmen Wiedenhoeft Gallery, Denver, C0
2012
Love Songs, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA
2011
From Here To There, Usdan Gallery at Bennington Collage, Bennington, VT
From Here To There, SELU Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA
2010
From Here To There, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA
2008
Space Between, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA
2007
Love, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2006
Love, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA
2005
Heartlands, Rike Center Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2004
Heartlands, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Heartlands, D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA
2003
States Apart, Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
(Collaborative project with Thorsten Dennerline, Professor of Art. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
Derek Cracco : Recent Work, Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame,
South Bend, IN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Alabama Triennial, Abrams Ingalls Institute for the visual arts, Birmingham AL
Work: From Here To there, wallpaper and Do You Realize, collage on panel
Curators: John Fields and Tina Ruggieri
Wiregrass South East Regional Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan AL
Work: Hi Beams, acrylic on panel
Juror: Mario Gallardo, executive director for the Walnut Gallery
2021
Love… or something like it, Core: New Art Space,Lakewood, CO
Work: Love Will Tare Us Apart
Juror: Dana Cain
Intergalactic Open 2, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
Jurors: Preston M. Smith, Mike Collins, Kymm Swank, Scott Meskill and MUKA.
Work: Too Many Fish In The Sea
Relevance, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
Director: Peter Prince
Work: Radiant
Artopia, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA
Juror: Quinton Bemiller
Work: High beam
26th FALC Annual Juried Exhibition, Cary, NC
Juror: Ryan Fox
Work: Flash
2020
Eros and Thanatos, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Work: Love Will Tare Us Apart
Derector: Michele Leclaire
Political Discord, Laguna Gallery,Laguna Beach, CA
Work: This Is America
La Grange Southeast Regional Exhibition, LaGrange Art Museum LaGrange, GA
Work: Flash
Juror: Curlee Raven Holton
2019
Gun Show, Space One Eleven,Birmingham, AL
Curator: Cheryl Lewis and Peter Prince
Saturated: An Eye for Color, Barrett Art CenterPoughkeepsie, NY
Juror: Michael Rooks, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art
Work: Let There Be Light
2018
Stand Out Prints 2018, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
Juror: Crawford Alexander Mann, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Work: Looking for a Strong Women
Dab Art Gallery, Ventura, Ca
Work: Too Many Fish In The Sea, The Rascals
2018 SECAC Juried Exhibition, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama At Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Juror: Peter Baldaia, Curator at the Huntsville Museum of Art.
Work: Dawn
31st Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, Grand Gallery, McNeese University
Juror: Benjamin Hickey, Curator Masur Museum of Art
Work: I’m Looking For A Strong Women
2017
Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Juror: Gerry Bergstein
Work: Flash
2017
International juried exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
Juror: Randy Meador
Work: Flash
HotLanta, 2017 SGC Conference, Atlanta, GA
Work: Hotlants Silk screen
Pin up, OFFspace, San Francisco, CA
Work: From Here To There wallpaper installation
2016
Abstract 3, Gallery 25N, New York, NY
Jurors: Dr. Sherry Mayo, Director, Center for the Digital Arts Westchester College, NY
Dr. William Ralph, Artist/ Educator/ Mathematics Researcher
Edward A. Burke,
Artist/ Galleries/ Curator/ Teacher
60 Americans, Makeshift Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Curator: Terrence Sanders
Southeast Regional, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Juror: Deanna Sirlin artist and curator
Peep Show, Black Earth Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Juror: Kate Kunau, Associate Curator Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
12th National Juried exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Carmen del Valle Hermo Assistant Curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
2014
Multiple Methods: A Print Exhibition, Space One Eleven,
Birmingham, AL
Directors: Peter Prince and Anne Arrasmith
2013
Alabama/ Texas Artist Exchange, Space One Eleven,Birmingham, AL
Open Door 8, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2012
LOVE, Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery's, Manhattanville College, Purchase , NY
Thirty Years of Printmaking At LSU, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
Sixth Annual Louisiana Fine Art Showcase Exhibition, Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
2011
Pulp: Works on and with paper, Beta Pictoris, Birmingham, AL
2010
TKAM 2010: To Kill a Mockingbird- Awakening America’s Conscience,
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL
The Kinsey Institute’s 2010 Juried Art Show, Bloomington, In
Pressure: A National Printmaking Exhibition, SLU Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA
2009
Expo Book Art, Centro Cultural, Casa del Omar, Chile
Print exchange, Usdam Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Curator: Thorsten Dennerline
Satisfaction Town, Southern Graphics Council print exhibition, Chicago, IL
Print exchange, Southern Graphics Council print exhibition, Chicago, IL
Curator: Thorsten Dennerline
2008
Group Exhibition, Galleri Jarsbo, Aarhus, Denmark
Director: Gitte Jarbo
2007
Wrong Time, Wrong Place, T.E.N.T. Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
Curator: Willie Stehouwer
Love or Lust Steve Martin Studio, Miami, FL
Group exhibition, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006
Risky Business, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY
Curators: Dana Lee and Jamie Sterns
2006
National Spring Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juror: Donald Kuspit
Made in Birmingham , Space 301, Mobile, AL
Group exhibition, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Calendar Months and Other Printed Matter, University of Southern Maine, Portland, MA
2005
Group Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
The Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Juror: Tommy McPherson
2004
Alabama Contemporary: Variations in Form and Concept,
Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL
Curator: Georgine Clarke
2003
Light Works, Gallery 303, Georgia Southern University,
Statesboro, GA
Curator: Richard Tichich
2002
G.o.r.a. inmotus, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Gun Crazy, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2001
Digital: Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Curator: Marilyn Kushner, Department Head, Curator, Prints & Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Photo 2001, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
Recent work: Derek Cracco and Joel Seah, Lamar’s Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Recent work: Derek Cracco and Benjy Davies, Cowles Myler Collier Galleries, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Traveling Faculty Exhibition, Eastern Shore Art Association, Fairhope, AL
2000
Annual Juried Show, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, AL
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences Juried Annual,
Love Ladies, NJ
D.O.C.S. Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA
Director: Richard Nesbitt
Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL