Antonio Darden
b. Atlanta, GA, USA, 1983Lives and works in Atlanta, GA
Education
• Sculpture - Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
• BFA Sculpture - Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
• The Art Officials (AO), Art Installation and Performative Collaborative, Atlanta, GA
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2026 WAKE, solo presentation with Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick at Independent, New York, NY
2025
• EYES LIKE FIRE, Neue Welt, Nashville, TN
• Little Ricky, Temporary Studios, Atlanta, GA
2024 ENIGGMA, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA (with FRKO)
2023 My Body as a topic coming around again - Collaboration with choreographer Rebecca Pappas, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2022
• 10-13Day and Night Projects, Atlanta, GA
• RICO, The End Project Space, Atlanta, GA
2021 I am: A creative repair, Woodruff Park, Atlanta, GA
2014 We Made It: YouTube We Like, Sumptuary, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA (AO)
2012 Last show, I promise (performance) ACA/SCAD Sculpture Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 All Gold Everything, Studioplex 143, Atlanta, GA (AO)
Select Group Exhibitions
2026
• That’s What They Said, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA [forthcoming]
• Fade, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
• Media Swamp: New Media in the South, TSA: Greenville, SC [forthcoming]
• TAC: MONUMENT, curated by Stuart Horodner & Scott Ingram, Lexington, KY [forthcoming]
2025
• Atlanta Art Fair, Day & Night Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• Rubberneckin’, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, G
• Double Take, Bard Exhibition Center/UBS Gallery, Red Hook, N
• THE END: First Five Years, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, G
• Edge Award Finalist Exhibition, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2024
• ...an Atlanta Biennial..., Temporary Art Center, Atlanta,A
• The sea swept the sandcastles away..., curated by Daniel Fuller, March Gallery, New York, NY
2023
• Offerings, curated by Jacob O’Kelley, Atlanta, GA 2023 Carolina Roots, Art Space, Raleigh, N
• Southern Voices/Global Visions, Lake City, SC
• Southern Prize and State Fellows Exhibition, Hilliard Art Museum, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
• Art Fields: 2023, Lake City, SC
• Southern Prize and State Fellows Exhibition, Gately Gallery, FMU, Florence, SC
2022
• Southern Prize and State Fellows Exhibition, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
• Gathered V, Museum of Contemporary Art GA, Atlanta, GA
2018 WAP Apprentice Show, Museum of Contemporary Art GA, Atlanta, GA
2016 Gray Space, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015
• Start Something, Robert Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA
• Prosthesis, Atlanta Beltline, Atlanta, GA
2014 Walthall Fellowship Exhibition, Zuckerman Museum, Kennesaw, GA & Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA
2013 Culture Shock: Adios Frida and Diego, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Select Grants & Awards
2027 Nominee, US Artist Fellowship, United States Artists
2026 Joseph Hartog Fund for Independent Study Grant, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2024 Edge Award Finalist, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022
• Georgia Fellow - Southern Prize, South Arts, Atlanta, GA
• Juror’s Choice - Gathered V, Museum of Contemporary Art GA, Atlanta, GA
2015 Art on the Beltline Grant Recipient, Atlanta, GA
Forward Arts Prize Finalist, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 Walthall Fellowship, WR, Atlanta, GA
2012 Idea Capital Grant Recipient, Atlanta, GA
Selected Press & Publications
2026
• Cotter, Holland, “A Landmark Show Returns, Looking for Blackness in a Personal Way”/New York Times, May 21, 2026
• Russeth, Andrew, “The New York Fairs are Done. What Remains?” May 22, 2026
2025
• Reyes, Noah, “In Conversation with Antonio Darden.” November 13, 2025
• Genis, Leia, “Three exhibits confront the troubled past...”August 21, 2025
2024
• Seidel, Madeleine, The sea swept the sandcastles away. (To wake up in Atlanta!). February 8, 2024
• Steinhauer, Jillian, The sea swept the sandcastles away. (To wake up in Atlanta!). New York Times, January 24, 2024
2023
• Maa, Gerald, “Just Is,” The Georgia Review, Athens: The University of Georgia, Winter 2023
• New American Paintings. South Issue #166. Photos.
2022
• Renault, Gillian Anne. “Antonio Darden named South Arts fellow for Georgia, draws on tragedy for his art. “ September 6, 2022
• Feaster, Felicia. “Irreverence is a strategy for examining loss in artist Antonio Darden’s solo show.” July 19, 2022
• Mintz, Donna. Review: MOCA GA’s “Gathered V.” February 24, 2022
2010
• Fox, Catherine. Festival Review: FLUX 2010/October 2, 2010
• Blankenship, Jesica. All Gold Everything drops.../May 7, 2010
2009 Abernathy, Jeremy, Reasons to love Le Flash.../October 9, 2009