KEVIN NEAL GARDNER

Born: Escanaba Michigan, August 8, 1975

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 POSITIONS

Smr 2010        Workshop Instructor, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA

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

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

EXHIBITIONS

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

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

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

2007                Group Exhibit, Pennsylvania Art Conservatory, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Invitational Exhibit – Out Loud and Proud, William Way Center, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Workshop Exhibit, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2007                Solo Exhibit, William Way Center, Philadelphia, PA

2006                Group Exhibit, The Moore Art Gallery, Moorestown, NJ

2006                143^rd Annual 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                103^rd Annual Student Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

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

1997                Senior Show, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD

AWARDS, HONORS, and ACHIEVEMENST

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                Successfully organized and coordinated 7,500 square-foot public mural with LGBT themes, 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

1997                Honors - Senior Essay: A Genuine Life, a Study of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD

PUBLICATIONS

2007                Quay Journal of the Arts, Six Bad Apples Press

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (other)

2006 – 2007    Business Management/Bookkeeping to the following arts related non-profit organizations: Al Bustan Seeds of Culture, Asian Arts Alliance, and Spiral Q Puppet Theater, Philadelphia, PA

2003 – 2006    Program Consultant, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2002 – 2003    Director of Finance, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2000 – 2002    Business Manager, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA