Constance DeJong

Biography
Constance DeJong is a visual artist who works between sculpture and painting/drawing. Her predominate medium is reflective metal with light as a key factor. The protruding copper plates in DeJong’s light drawings capture and reflect ambient light to form geometric shapes. Each copper plate is etched by the artist to create a unique pattern. Since the composition is partially formed by light, it does not remain static unless the artwork is installed in an environment that contains a controlled light source. DeJong brings a feminine presence to contemporary minimalism and Light and Space movements.

Selected collections include the Albuquerque Museum, NM; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Clay Center for Arts and Sciences, Charleston, WV; University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM; Fisher-Landau Center, Long Island City, NY; Minnesota Gateway Landmark (in collaboration with Antoine Predock), Minneapolis, MN; Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM; and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ.

DeJong has created work worth seeing and thinking about under any circumstances.
– Dave Hickey 

Selected Exhibitions
2015
Black Magic, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2012
The Long Curve, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Economy of Means, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2011
Mostly Monochrome, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
20 in 2011, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawing, Charlotte Jackson, Santa Fe, NM

2010
Unforgettable, Fisher Land Center of Art, Long Island, NY
Cast Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

2008
Works on Paper, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, NY
Shift, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Scale, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2007
Off the Wall, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2006
Constellations, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2005
Arc, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Paint on Metal, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ; catalog
The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection, Albright-Knox, Buffalo, NY; catalog
Site Unseen IV, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, MN

2003
Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawings, a Retrospective, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, NM

2001
Organizing The World: Sculptural Interventions, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

2000
That Certain Look, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; catalog

1999
The Minimalist Tradition in New Mexico, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM; catalog

1998
Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, IA; catalog

1997
The Smallest Show On Earth, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1996
Nitrate Paintings, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM
Curatorial Selections: Acquisitions To The Historic, Contemporary, And Photographic Collections, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches And Schemas, SITE Santa Fe, NM, traveling to Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; book

1995
Common Ground 95, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM

1994
Light Drawings/Metal Paintings, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
100 Works, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
CSF Sculpture Project, College of Santa Fe, Greer Garson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1993
Art Of This Century, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM; catalog

1992
Gravity Is The Root Of Grace, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Intimate Objects, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM; catalog

1991
The Plane Truth, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS; catalog
Singular Visions, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; catalog
Abstract Art, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM; catalog
Double Vision, Conlon Gallery and Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Sculptor’s Drawings, Sena Gallery West, Santa Fe, NM

1990
Constance DeJong And Garo Antreasian, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

1989
Sculpture 1988 – 1989, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Constance DeJong, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM; catalog
Return Of The Soul To The World, Kimo Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Five New Painters curated by Sean Scully, John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

1988
Invitational, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico ’87, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; catalog

1987
Recent Work, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Working Small, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

1985
Grand Divisions, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Five From New Mexico, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Metal Works, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

1984
Invitational Exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, NM; catalog
Paper, Leather, Clay, Metal, Fort Worth Gallery, Fort Work, TX

1983
Recent Work, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1982
New Mexico In Three Dimensions, Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Traveling: Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO, Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY;
Salina Art Center, KS; Sioux City Arts Center, IA; Abilene Fine Arts Museum, TX; Tyler Art Museum, TX; catalog

1981
Steel Drawings, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
No Mountains, No Mesas: Contemporary Artists Of New Mexico, Taos Armory, NM; catalog
Six From Santa Fe, Betty Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

1980
Armory Show, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM; catalog
Young Americans: Metal; American Crafts Museum, New York, NY; catalog

Reviews and Publications
2012
Jan Ernst Adlmann, Beauty, Bare, Sculpture Magazine, September

2011
Elizabeth Harball, 20 in 2011 Preview, THE Magazine, September

2008
Kim Russo, Struck by the Sublime, Journal Santa Fe Section, October 17
Wendy Aaker, Spin on Albuquerque, Trend, Spring/Summer p 143-44
Douglas Fairfield, Constance DeJong: Shift, Pasatiempo, October
Rinchen Lhamo, Constance DeJong: Shift, The Magazine, November, p 47
Dan Mayfield, Sculptor’s Meticulous Sense of Order Conceals Fire Hidden Within, Albuquerque Journal, June 8

2007
Tom Collins, Shadows and Lite, Journal North, February 2
Kathryn M. Davis, Constellation, THE Magazine, April

2006
Laura Addison, The Stars in Our Midst, El Palacio, Winter
Ellen Berkovitch, Museum of Fine Arts Constellation, The Santa Fean, December
Arin McKenna, Aglow: Exhibit looks for patterns in light, Winterlife, December
Paul Weideman, A Gallery of Galaxies, Pasatiempo, December 15

2005
Wesley Pulkka, DeJong’s Copper Arcs Inspiring, Albuquerque Journal, May 22 2005: F5
Julie Sasse, Paint on Metal, Exhibition Catalog, Tucson Museum of Art Wei, Lily, The
Natalie and Irving Forman Collection, Exhibition Catalog, Albright-Knox Museum

2004
The Incredible Lightness of Metal Art, today.com, January 20

2003
Arden Reed, Constance DeJong: Metal, University of New Mexico Press

1999
Jonathan Abrams, That Certain Look, Exhibition Catalog, University of New Mexico

1998
Donald Doe, Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Exhibition Catalog, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

1997
Jonathan Goodman, From Painting Into Sculpture, World Sculpture News, Vol. 3, Number 3, p 40– 43

1996
Jan Aldmann and Barbara McIntyre, Contemporary Art In New Mexico, Craftsman House

1995
Sally Eauclaire, Constance DeJong, ARTnews, April, p153

1992
Arden Reed, On The Scene, Artspace, September/October p 69
Kathleen Shields, Intimate Objects, Exhibition Catalog, Graham Gallery

1991
Sandy Ballatore, Singular Visions, Exhibition Catalog, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of New Mexico
Donald Bartlett Doe, The Plane Truth, Exhibition Catalog, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
Peter Walch, Abstract Art, Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum

1990
Sandy Ballatore, New Mexico Sculptors: Contemporary Statements, El Palacio, Museum of New Mexico, Spring/Summer Vol. 95, Number 2, p 30-39
William Peterson, Constance DeJong, Artspace, November/December, p 54-55
Joseph Traugett, New Acquisitions 1982-1990, Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum

1989
Lisa Leidman, Galleries-SoHo, The New Yorker, June 19, p 14
Malin Wilson, 1989 Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Center for Contemporary Art
Peter Walch, An Art Historian’s Notes On Sculptures By Constance DeJong, Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum

1988
Dore Ashton, Notes From A Specialized Tourist, Impact, Albuquerque Journal Magazine, February 2, p 7
William Peterson, Timothy App And Constance DeJong, ARTnews, January, p 178
Wade Wilson, Constance DeJong, Art Gallery International, May/June p 26-29

1987
Landt and Lisl Dennis, Santa Fe, Hering Press
William Peterson, New Mexico, Artspace

1984
Invitational Exhibition Catalog, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

1983
Kathleen Shields, Constance DeJong, Artspace, Summer

1982
Donald Bartlett Doe, Santa Fe-Taos, Exhibition Catalog, Nebraska Art Association

1981
Anita Rankin, No Mountains, No Mesas: Contemporary Artists Of New Mexico, Exhibition Catalog, Taos Armory

1981
Timothy App, Constance DeJong, Artspace, Summer: 24-26

1980
Young Americans: Metal, Exhibition Catalog, American Craft Museum

1979
Women In The Southwest, Exhibition Catalog, Downtown Center for the Arts

1978
Silver In Silver City, Exhibition Catalog, The Francis McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM

Grants and Fellowships
1998 Creative Work Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1982 NEA Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Washington, DC
1980 Research Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1979 New Mexico Arts Commission Grant, Albuquerque, NM

Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM
Clay Center for Arts and Sciences, Charleston,WV
Fine Arts Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Minnesota Gateway Landmark, Collaboration between Constance DeJong and
Antoine Predock, Minneapolis, MN
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

Press Release
2021
Richard Levy Gallery at Art on Paper

2015
Richard Levy Gallery at Seattle Art Fair

2013
Richard Levy Gallery at Texas Contemporary

2012
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE New York
Richard Levy Gallery at Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
Richard Levy Gallery at Art Aspen

2011
20 in 2011 at Richard Levy Gallery
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE New York
Richard Levy Gallery at Art Aspen
Richard Levy Gallery at Art Miami

2010
Richard Levy Gallery at Dallas Art Fair
Richard Levy Gallery at San Francisco Fine Art Fair

2009
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE New York
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE Miami

2008
Constance DeJong • Scale at Richard Levy Gallery
Richard Levy Gallery at Art Miami
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE New York
Richard Levy Gallery at LA Art Show

2007
Friends of Art Ornament Auction at Richard Levy Gallery
Richard Levy Gallery at Los Angeles Art Show
Richard Levy Gallery at Art Miami
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE London
Richard Levy Gallery at The Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE New York

2006
Richard Levy Gallery at Art LA
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE Miami
Richard Levy Gallery at Art (212)
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE New York

2005
Constance DeJong • arc at Richard Levy Gallery
Richard Levy Gallery at PULSE Miami
Richard Levy Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair
Richard Levy Gallery at San Francisco Art Expo