EDUCATION
1998
MFA Ohio University; Athens, OH
Majors: Painting and Art History
1993
BA Ohio State University and the Columbus College of Art and Design; Columbus, OH
self-designed program of concurrent study
Major: Painting; Minors: Art History, English
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Southern Ohio Museum; Portsmouth, OH
2011
Murfreesboro City Hall; Murfreesboro, TN
Emory and Henry College; Emory, VA
2009
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
2008
Christa Faut Gallery; Cornelius, NC
2007
Perry Nicole Gallery; Memphis, TN
Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum; Hampden-Sydney, VA
2006
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
2005
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
2004
Christa Faut Gallery; Cornelius, NC
Van Every Gallery, Davidson College; Davidson, NC
2002
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
Smith Gallery, Davidson College; Davidson, NC
2001
Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum; Hampden-Sydney, VA
1998
Ohio University; Athens, OH
1997
Lisa Kurts Gallery; Memphis, TN
1994
Executive Gallery; Columbus, OH
Wile-Kovach Gallery; Columbus, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Palm Beach Art Fair; Palm Beach, FL
2019
City Hall; Murfreesboro, TN
Canton Museum of Art; Canton, OH
Seattle Art Fair; Seattle, WA
Art Market; San Francisco, CA
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
2018
SOFA Expo; Chicago, IL
Davidson College; Davidson, NC
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
Paul Thiebaud Gallery; San Francisco, CA
2017
Seattle Art Fair; Seattle, CA
Art Market; San Francisco, CA
Paul Thiebaud Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Art Miami; Miami, FL
Parker Gallery; Sea Island; GA
2016
Parker Gallery; Sea Island, GA
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
Seattle Art Fair; Seattle, WA; art fair
Art Market San Francisco; San Francisco, CA; art fair
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
Paul Thiebaud Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
2015
Expo Chicago; Chicago, IL
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
Parker Gallery; Sea Island, GA
Paul Thiebaud Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Anne Neilson Fine Arts; Charlotte, NC
2014
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
Anne Neilson Fine Arts; Charlotte, NC
Todd Gallery; Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, TN
2013
Todd Gallery; Middle Tennessee State University; Murfreesboro, TN; juried show;
juror Jochen Wierich, Curator of Art, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum
2012
Cumberland Gallery; Nashville, TN
2010
Art Market, San Francisco, CA
Art Chicago; Chicago, IL
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA
2009
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA
2008
Art Miami; Miami, FL
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA
Hampden-Sydney College; Hampden-Sydney, VA
2007
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA
2006
Hunter Museum of American Art; Chattanooga, TN
Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum; Hampden-Sydney, VA
2005
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA
2004
Keny Gallery; Columbus, OH
Metrolina; Davidson, NC
2004
1708 Gallery; Richmond, VA; juried show; juror Peter Schjeldahl, art critic, The New Yorker
Dairy Barn Art Center; Athens, OH
2003
Christa Faut Gallery; Cornelius, NC
2001
Hiestand Galleries, Miami University; Oxford, OH; juried show; juror James Demetrion,
Director, Hirshhorn Museum
Cox Fine Art Center; Columbus, OH; juried show
Bedford Gallery, Longwood College; Farmville, VA
2000
1708 Gallery; Richmond, VA
Columbus Museum of Art; Columbus, OH; juried show; juror David Reed, painter
Keny Galleries; Columbus, OH
Cultural Arts Center; Columbus, OH
1999
Hunter Museum of American Art; Chattanooga, TN
Mansfield Art Center; Mansfield, OH
Shot Tower Gallery; Columbus, OH; juried show; Mary Lou Chess award
Lisa Kurts Gallery; Memphis, TN
GSI Gallery; Cleveland, OH
1998
Greer Museum; Rio Grande, OH
Columbus Museum of Art; Columbus, OH; juried show; juror Klaus Kertess, curator
Art Center; Zanesville, OH
1997
Bowery Gallery; New York City, NY; juried show; juror William Bailey, painter Ohio Art League, Grange Building; Columbus, OH
1996
Motorist Building; Columbus, OH
Ohio University; Lancaster, OH
1995
Ohio Northern University; Ada, OH
Wile-Kovach Gallery; Columbus, OH
Executive Gallery, Columbus, OH
COLLECTIONS
Museum
Canton Museum of Art; Canton, OH
Davidson College; Davidson, NC
Southern Ohio Museum; Portsmouth, OH
Zanesville Museum of Art; Zanesville, OH
Corporate
American Tire Distributors, Charlotte, NC
Bowling, Bowling and Associates; Memphis, TN
Guardsmark Corporation; Memphis, TN
Private
Over 300 private collections throughout North America and Europe
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
2018
Archer, Mary Ann. Shared Imagination. Bloomington: Balboa Press, 2018, cover image
Weals, Lucas. The Davidsonian, September 12, reproduction
2016
Shelton, Clark. Rutherford Source, June 1, reproduction
Nashville Arts, December, reproduction
Ohio Magazine, August, reproduction
2011
A! Magazine for the Arts, April, reproduction
2010
2010 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference Program, cover image
2009
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, November 12, reproductions
Farmville Herald, January 9, reproduction
2008
Frederick, Charity. Creative Loafing, May 14, reproduction
2007
The Hampden-Sydney Review of Poetry, front and back cover images
2006
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, November 12, reproductions
Nichols, Ann. Chattanooga Times Free Press, November 5, reproduction
2004
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, July 11, reproductions
2002
Baldwin, Lindy. The Davidsonian, October 2, reproductions
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, March 24, reproductions
Mascal, Richard. The Charlotte Observer, September 9, reproductions
Miami University Pacesetter, vol. 10 (reproduction)
Puckett, Laura. Libertas, September 12, reproduction
2001
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, July 22, reproduction
The Hampden-Sydney Review of Poetry, cover image
2000
The Garnet, Fall, reproductions
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, March 12, reproduction
Jerigan, Sarah. Southern Living, October, reproduction
Kluth, Eric. News Journal, January 3
1999
Hall, David. The Memphis Flyer, May 20
1998
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, July 26
New American Paintings, August/September, reproductions
1998
Poster, Ohio University graduate painting program, reproductions
1997
Catalog, Columbus College of Art and Design, reproduction
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), August 22, reproduction
The Memphis Flyer, August 21, reproduction
1995
Heisler, Eva. The Columbus Dispatch, January 15
1994
Columbus Alive, July 4, reproduction
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, June 30
Kline, Hillary. This Week, June 22, reproduction
1993
Hall, Jacqueline. The Columbus Dispatch, November 7
AWARDS and GRANTS
2013
National Small Works juried show, Award of Merit; juror Jochen Wierich, Curator of Art, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
2008
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Artist Fellowship; juror: Helen Molesworth, Curator of Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002
Davidson College Faculty Research Grant
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Artist Fellowship; juror: Jeffrey Grove, Curator Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2001
Miami University National Young Painters Competition, Second Place; juror James Demetrion, Director, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
1999
Ohio Art League, Mary Lou Chess Award
LECTURES and GALLERY TALKS
2016
Southern Ohio Museum; Portsmouth, OH
2013
Central South University; Changsha, Hunan Province, China
2011
Emory and Henry College; Emory, VA
2007
Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum; Hampden-Sydney, VA
2004
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA
Hampden-Sydney College; Hampden-Sydney, VA
2002
Central Piedmont Community College; Charlotte, NC
Davidson College; Davidson, NC
2001
Lynchburg College; Lynchburg, VA
Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum; Hampden-Sydney, VA
Cultural Arts Center; Columbus, OH
PUBLISHED ARTICLES and REVIEWS
Kleinlein, Ray. “Artificial Reality: Soviet Photography 1930-1987.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (March/April 2000)
_______. “Formal Distortions.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (July/August 1999)
_______. “James B. Moore.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (November/December 1999)
_______. “Nothing If Not Critical by Robert Hughes.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (March/April 2001)
_______. “Paintings by Chris Hyndman.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (September/October 2000)
_______. “Recent Drawings by Lowell Tolstedt.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (January/February
2001)
_______. “Reflections on Twenty Years.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (May/June 1999)
_______. “September 11, 2001.” Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, (November/December 2001)
TEACHING POSTITIONS
2019-present
Concordia University Chicago; Adjunct, Advanced Degree Program; Chicago, IL
2009-2018
Middle Tennessee State University; Adjunct, Department of Art; Murfreesboro, TN
2007-2008
Hampden-Sydney College; Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts; Farmville, VA
2007
Hampden-Sydney College; Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts; Farmville, VA
2006-2007
Longwood University; Lecturer, Department of Art; Farmville, VA
2006
Lynchburg College; Lecturer, Department of Art; Lynchburg, VA
2002-2004
Davidson College; Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; Davidson, NC
2003
Hampden-Sydney College; Lecturer, May Term in France; Paris, France
2001-2002
Longwood University; Lecturer, Department of Art; Farmville, VA
2000-2001
Hampden-Sydney College; Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts; Hampden- Sydney, VA
1997-1998
Ohio University; Instructor of Drawing, Foundations Department; Athens, OH
Ohio University; Teaching Associate, Department of Art History; Athens, OH
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