KEVIN NEAL GARDNER

EDUCATION

2009    MFA in Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2006    Certificate in Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1997 BA in Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD

TEACHING

Fall 2009-present        Assistant Professor, Berea College, Berea, KY

2009-10                       Fellowship Instructor, Herron School of Art and Design – Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN

2007-09                       Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

EXHIBITIONS

2011                Two-Person Show - Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster, PA

2010                Small Works Invitational - The Painting Center, New York, NY

2009                MFA Thesis Show - Indiana University Museum of Art, Bloomington, IN

2009                MFA Group Show - School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2008                MFA Group Show - School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2007                Group Show - Pennsylvania Art Conservatory, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Invitational Exhibit - William Way Center, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Group Show - The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Solo Show - William Way Center, Philadelphia, PA

2006                Group Show - The Moore Art Gallery, Moorestown, NJ

2006                Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings - The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2006                105^th Annual Student Show - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005                104^th Annual Student Show - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004                Juried Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2003                Juried Show, The National Arts Program at Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

AWARDS, HONORS, and ACHIEVEMENTS

2009                Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2006                Frances D. Bergman Memorial Prize for Excellence in Representational Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2006                Michael Pearson Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Painting that Utilizes Philadelphia Architecture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2006                Samuel David Memorial Prize for Cast Drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005                Lucille Sorgenti Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004                John R. Connor Memorial Prize in Printmaking, Special Notice, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2003                Organized, coordinated, and raised funds for 7,500 square-foot public LGBT themed mural, Philadelphia, PA

2003                The Lax Scholarship Fund, Bread and Roses Community Fund, Philadelphia, PA

1997                Charles Vernon Moran Prize in the Visual Arts, Honorable Mention, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD

PUBLICATIONS

2007                Quay Journal of the Arts, Six Bad Apples Press