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