Born in Austin, TX
Lives and works in Washington, DC and Louisville, KY

Education
MFA in Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Certificate in the College Teaching of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
MBA, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
MA in Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
BA in Journalism, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Solo Exhibitions & Collaborative Projects
2021 Cervidae, Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2020 BMA Salon, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Authentic Realities (with Sobia Ahmad and Erick Antonio Benitez), Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (curated by Liz Faust and Brian Miller)
2019 Catalyst (with Erick Antonio Benitez, Kate Kretz, Ajay Malghan, and Daniel Wickerham & Malcolm Lomax), Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (curated by Liz Faust and Brian Miller)
2018 I Love To Hate You, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2017-18 Ironed Out, Bowie State University Galleries, Bowie, MD
2017 Targets and Trophies, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2015 The Gaps Between Us (with Sarah Clough, Suzy Kopf, and Kirk Daniel Palmer), Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Eric Hibit)

Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2024 SECAC Juried Exhibition, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Galleries at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
In the Neighborhood: Art on Howard, Pazo Fine Art, Kensington, MD
2023 Be More Amplified, Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore, MD
In This Body Of Mine, MassArt x SoWa, Boston, MA (curated by Joan Cox and Liz Faust)
2022 Art Miami, One Miami Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay, Catalyst Contemporary booth, Miami, FL
Manifest Presence, Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
The Gender Within: The Art of Identity, Dupont Underground, Washington, DC
Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Baltimore Innovation Center, Catalyst Contemporary booth, Baltimore, MD
2021 Art Miami, One Miami Herald Plaza on Biscayne Bay, Catalyst Contemporary booth, Miami, FL
NOVA Faculty Biennial at Loudoun, Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA
INSIGHT, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Identity, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
2020 Fuchsia, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Hillsboro, VA (curated by Rebecca Cross)
Envisioning Creative Resistance, Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie, MD
Uncommon Goods, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
Good Form, Decorum, and in the Manner, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (curated by Tim Doud)
2019 Dialogues, STABLE, Washington, DC (curated by Dr. Jordan Amirkhani)
Left Space, 1100 Wicomico Street, Baltimore, MD
WERQ, NOGO Arts / The Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (juried by Todd J. Coulter)
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2018 STIFF, John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD (curated by René Treviño)
Faculty Biennial, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2017 Academy 2017, Connersmith, Washington, DC (curated by Dr. Jamie Smith)
Camp Artscape: Parents’ Day, Center for the Arts, Towson University, Towson, MD
Embedded Sources, Full Circle Gallery, Baltimore, MD (curated by Brian Miller)
Macho - The Mask of Masculinity, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC (curated by Rebecca Cross and Sarah Burford)
Fused Fragments: The Art of Collage, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2016 WPA Auction, Washington, DC (curated by Kimberly Gladfelter Graham)
2015 Hothouse: ImPRINT, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
2014 Colorscapes Exhibition, Takoma Park Community Center, Takoma Park, MD
Art-Craft-Art Exhibition, Strathmore Hall Foundation, Bethesda, MD
2013 August Exhibition Artist, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
Member Exhibition, DC Arts Studios, Washington, DC
2012 The People's Gallery Exhibit, City of Austin, Austin, TX
2010-11 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2006 National Spring-Summer Exhibition Artist, American Juried Art Salon
2005 National Juried Exhibit, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (juried by Charles DeBus, Noah Simblist, and Jennifer Spencer)
25 Artists : 1 Night, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2004 New Directions, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (juried by Tina Kukielski)
2001 Group Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX

Professional Experience
2022-Present Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY
2021-22 Assistant Professor of Art, Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA
Gallery Director, Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA
2016-20 Adjunct Professor of Art, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD
2017-18 Affiliate Professor, Studio Arts, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2014-16 Graduate Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2013-14 Gallery Director, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC
Executive Director, Washington Print Foundation, Washington, DC
2012 Gallery Preparator, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Awards, Grants & Residencies
2025 The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence, Skopelos Island, Greece (forthcoming)
2024 Faculty Professional Development Grant, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY. Funded trip to SECAC Annual Conference to co-chair and present during the session From How to Why: Examining the Pedagogical Evolution of Studio Instruction.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artist-in-Residence, le Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2023 Faculty Professional Development Grant, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY. Funded trip to SECAC Annual Conference to co-chair and present during the session Living On Video: Examining Contemporary Frameworks for Time-Based Art Projects.
2022 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artist-in-Residence, Amherst, VA
Faculty Professional Development Grant, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY. Funded trip to SECAC Annual Conference to present Divergent Lines: Expanding Standards of Accomplishment for Undergraduate Drawing Students.
Faculty Professional Development Grant, Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA. Funded collaboration and engagement during Virginia Community College System’s New Horizons Conference.
2020 Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council Artists & Scholars Project Grant, Silver Spring, MD
2014-17 MFAST Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Artist-in-Residence, Johnson, VT
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, Los Angeles, CA
2015 The Trawick Prize, Semi-Finalist, Bethesda, MD

Curatorial Projects
2018 Portrait Exhibition, Matthew Shepard Foundation Gala, Denver, CO
2016 Cadence, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
2015 New Light, Willow Street Gallery, DC Arts Studios, Washington, DC
2014 National Small Works, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC
Excellence in Printmaking, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC
South African Voices, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC

Bibliography
2022 Farley, Michael Anthony, “Art Basel Miami Beach at Twenty: Bmore Galleries Shine, Madonna Celebrates ‘Sex’ on the Beach, and Hotel Sleaze Makes a Comeback,” BmoreArt, December 9.
2021 Lauren Jones, “A Traditional Virginia Home Gets a Youthful, Relevant Update,” House Beautiful, February 11.
2020 Harry S. Johnson, “CitizenM announces first hotel in Washington DC,” eTurboNews, October 22.
Mark Jenkins, “In the galleries: Uncommon Goods,” The Washington Post, February 20.
2019 “WERQ: We’ve Been Doing This Our Whole Lives,” NOGO Arts / Cluster Gallery photos, June 8.
Cara Ober, “New Baltimore Gallery Catalyst Contemporary Offers Collectible Works By Artists From Baltimore and Beyond,” BmoreArt, May 31.
2018 Doug Rule, “Damon Arhos’ ‘I Love To Hate You’,” Metro Weekly, August 16.
Kriston Capps, “Damon Arhos Channels Andy Warhol and Other Pop Art Greats at IA&A at Hillyer,” Washington City Paper, August 10.
“Damon Arhos,” Studio Visit 42 (2018): 12-13.
2017 “Academy 2017,” CONNERSMITH exhibition overview, September / October 2017.
Katrina Schmidt, “Get Out: The List (August),” Baltimore Style, August 2017. 36.
“Macho – The Mask of Masculinity,” Cross MacKenzie Gallery exhibition overview, April-June 2017.
2015 “The Gaps Between Us,” Ortega y Gasset Projects exhibition overview, August 2015.
“Hothouse: ImPRINT,” Washington Project for the Arts exhibition overview, May 2015.
2012 “The People’s Gallery,” Austin Cultural Arts Division exhibition guide, 2012. 17.
2010 “East Austin Studio Tour Catalog,” Big Medium, 2010. 77.

Publications
2021 Liz Faust and Brian Miller, “Catalyst Contemporary 2021,” Art Miami exhibition catalog, December 2021.
Liz Faust and Brian Miller, “’Cervidae’ Artist Talk with Artist Damon Arhos,” Facebook Live interview, November 13.
2020 Liz Faust, “Catalyst Contemporary’s Visual Artist Talk Series: Damon Arhos,” Instagram Live interview, May 2.
2019 Suzy Kopf, “Art AND: Damon Arhos,” BmoreArt interview, August 22.
2018 “I Love To Hate You: Damon Arhos,” IA&A at Hillyer interview, August 22.
2017 Grossman, Sara Elizabeth, ed. “Targets and Trophies,” MatthewsPlace.com, August 15.
2016 Artist Profile for WPA Auction Exhibition, Washington Project for the Arts.
2015 Bettmann, Robert, ed. “Windows,” Bourgeon, May 4.
2014 “South African Voices,” DCimPRINT: Prints, Printmaking, Art and Life (blog), January 9.

Lectures, Presentations & Workshops
2025 Session Co-Chair and Presenter, Which Came First? Creativity or Craft?, FATE Conference, McLean, VA. (forthcoming)
Presenter, Setting the Stage: Reinforcing artistic technical skills while concurrently developing postmodern approaches in studio art foundations, College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, New York, NY. (forthcoming)
2024 Visiting Artist for Undergraduate Critiques, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, December 2.
Session Co-Chair and Presenter, From How to Why: Examining the Pedagogical Evolution of Studio Instruction, SECAC Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 24.
Presenter, My Residency, Your Residency, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY, October 1.
Visiting Artist for Undergraduate Critiques, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, April 4.
Session Chair and Presenter, From the Ground Up: Building a New Art and Design Institution Within a Dynamic Academic and Social Climate, College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, February 15.
2023 Session Co-Chair and Presenter, Living On Video: Examining Contemporary Frameworks for Time-Based Art Projects, SECAC Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, October 14.
Presenter, Cervidae As Muse, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY, February 9.
2022 Presenter, Divergent Lines: Expanding Standards of Accomplishment for Undergraduate Drawing Students, SECAC Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 29.
Visiting Artist for Undergraduate Color & Design Courses, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, September 7 and October 26.
2021 Session Chair, The Artist & the Archive: Drawing from History as a Contemporary Approach, College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, New York, NY, February 12.
2020 Idea Exchange Roundtable Host, College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, February 13.
Panelist, Envisioning Creative Resistance, Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie, MD, February 11.
Panelist, Dialogues — Part 3: Change, STABLE, Washington, DC, February 9.
2019 Panelist, Graduate Open House, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, November 9.
2018 Visiting Artist for Undergraduate Critiques, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, December 10.
2017 MFA Thesis Presentation, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, June 30.
Panelist, Macho — The Mask of Masculinity, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, February 13.

Affiliations
2024-28 Member, College Art Association (CAA) Board of Directors, New York, NY
2024 Member, Association of Print Scholars, New York, NY
Member, Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI), Kennesaw, GA
Reader for Art and Design, College Board's Advanced Placement Program as administered by the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
2021-Present Studio Artist, Seven Windows Studios, Kensington, MD
2021-24 Member, College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference Committee Council of Readers, New York, NY
2019-Present Represented Artist, Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2019-21 Post-Studio Artist, STABLE, Washington, DC
2013-17 Studio Artist, DC Arts Studios, Washington, DC
2010-12 Studio Artist, Pump Project Art Complex, Austin, TX
2009-12 Art City Austin Co-Chair and Volunteer, Austin, TX
2003-07 Board Member and Volunteer, UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum, Austin, TX

Public Collections
citizenM Capitol hotel, Washington, DC
Matthew Shepard Foundation, Denver, CO
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts le Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France