About
Oren Darling is an artist currently focused on photographic media as his primary form of expression. His body of work is largely focused on the post-industrial Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and Appalachian regions, though he travels extensively and shoots on a constant basis. He is currently employed by the Purdue Research Foundation, where he is involved in marketing for economic development, technology commercialization, and partnerships. Oren is an alumni of Alfred University (BA, 2005) and Purdue University (MFA, 2015).
Professional Experience
2013-present - Marketing Operations Manager, Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN
2012-2014 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2010-2012 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2005-2010 - Advertising Operations Manager, Blair LLC, Warren, PA
Education
2015 - MFA, Electronic & Time-Based Art, Purdue University
2010-2012 - Graduate Studies, Intermedia, University of Maine
2005 - BA, General Studies, Alfred University
Teaching Experience
2012-2014 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundations 2D & 3D Design, Purdue University
2011-2012 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Intro to New Media Technologies: Interaction, Prototyping, and Physical Computing Lab, University of Maine
2010-2011 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Design Basics for New Media, University of Maine
Workshop Presentations
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 - Storytelling, Media Relations, Branding, and Crisis Communications, Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN
2013 - Intro to Grasshopper: Generative/Parametric 3D Modeling for Rhino, Electronic and Time Based Art, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2013 - Max MSP & Arduino, Electronic and Time Based Art, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2011 - DMX Lighting Control with Max MSP, New Media Program, University of Maine
Workshops Attended
2018 - Magnum Photos - Finding Emotion in Narrative, Susan Meiselas and Newsha Tavakolian, August 7-11, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Installations
2015
Salvaged Narratives: War, Family, and Memory, Patty and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Yue-Kong-Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2013
Room 641A, Foam City, Lafayette, IN
Juried Exhibitions
2022
Empty Places : Abandoned Spaces, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2020
Walkabout, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS (online due to pandemic)
Freedom, Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Americans, Columbus State University Rankin Arts Photography Center, Columbus, Georgia (three images selected)
Earth Elements, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
2018
The State of America, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2017
In the Zone | Black and White Photography, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Field Work: Light and Shadow, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
Black and White: 2017, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2016
Night Photography: Dusk to Dawn, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2015
H2O, juried exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
Roots and Branches, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Online Gallery
2014
Westwood Art Exhibition, Westwood residence of Purdue University president, West Lafayette, IN
Group Exhibitions
2020
The Way We Live Now, virtual exhibition on Mozilla Hubs, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Isolation. Living Apart, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
2015
First International Exchange Exhibition, White Gallery, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea
Polarization: Purdue Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium Art Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2014
THEM? Robotic Interventions, Frontier Main Street Window Gallery, Lafayette, IN
2013
Between the Rough, 210 6th Street, Lafayette, IN
Networked Objects, Foam City, Lafayette, IN
2012
Night Lights at the Gardens, collaboration with Steve French, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo, NY
2011
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kahbang Arts, Bangor, ME
2010
Convey, group performance with Carol Ayoob, Karen Montanaro, Anatole Wieck, Sarah Cottrell, and Dennis St. Pierre, Minskey Theater, Orono, ME
Night Lights at the Heron, collaboration with Steve French, Great Blue Heron, Sherman, NY
Publications
2019
Stem Magazine, Issue #3, Traversing the Night
2021
Stem Magazine, Issue #6, Home
Awards
2016
Prehensile Technologies: Startup Class of 2015, Videographer Awards: Award of Distinction, Presented to Purdue Research Foundation Marketing and Communications
Purdue Foundry Startup Fund Brochure, Special Purpose Print Brochure, International Economic Development Council Bronze Award (2016), Presented to Purdue Research Foundation
Purdue Startup Class of 2015 Advertising Campaign, Paid Advertising Campaign, International Economic Development Council Silver Award (2016), Presented to Purdue Research Foundation
Purdue Research Park Aerospace District Brochure, General Purpose Print Brochure, International Economic Development Council Silver Award (2016), Presented to Purdue Research Foundation
2015
Best in Show and People’s Choice, Salvaged Narratives: War, Family, and Memory, Polarization: Purdue Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium Art Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Award of Honor: Annual Reports, Innovating the Future: Purdue Research Foundation 2014 Annual Report, 2015 Public Relations Society of America Hoosier Chapter Pinnacle Awards, Presented to PRF Department of Marketing and Communications
Helping our Global Society: Purdue Startup Guide, Special Purpose Print Brochure, International Economic Development Council Silver Award (2014), Presented to Purdue Research Foundation