ARTIST

Education

1986           Master of Fine Arts (Painting/Sculpture), University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

1984           Master of Arts in Teaching (Painting/English Minor), University of Louisville, Kentucky

                  Certification: Art (K - 12), English (7-12)

1982           Bachelor of Arts with Honors (Drawing), University of Louisville, Kentucky

Current Position

1995 -  Chair and Professor, Department of Art, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Lamar University

            Member, Graduate Faculty,1995 to present

            Areas/Courses taught in the Department of Art Drawing, Painting, and Art Theory/Criticism

Selected Exhibition List

2004     

2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Brad Cooper Gallery, July 24 – September 25, Tampa, Florida,             
Juror: James McGarrell, Artist (international juried)

Go Figure, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, July 9 – August 8, Annapolis, Maryland  Juror: Wilford E. Scott, Dept Head, Adult Programs, National Gallery of Art, Education Div. Washington, DC (national juried)

36th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, April 18 – May 27, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, Juror: Carol Benson, Artist (regional juried)

Strathmore Paper Award

An Eclectic Collection of Gulf Coast Artists, January 15 through February 4, Cy-Fair College Art Gallery, Cy-Fair College, Cypress, Texas (regional invitational)

2003

Memori Mortem, works by Sharon Kopriva and Donna Meeks, October 11 through October 26, Megnet Gallery,  Beaumont, Texas (two person invitational)

67th National Midyear Show, July 6 - August 24, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio,  Juror: John Alexander, Distinguished American Painter, New York (national juried)

2002 

October International Competition, Robert and Mary Montgomery Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida,  Juror: Amy Cappellazzo, International Specialist Head, Contemporary Art, Christie’s, New York (international juried)

Alumni “Continuum”, September 21 - October 17, Union Art Gallery, U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Selections Jury: Graeme Reid, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Jill Sebastian, Professor of Sculpture, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (invitational)

Satellite Art Faculty Exhibition, September 5th - 27th, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas

Realism IV International, August 7th through 28th, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Juror: Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art, University of Nebraska, Omaha (international juried)

Love & Sex, February 9th - March 23rd, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, New Jersey, Juror: Allen Frame, Photography Faculty, Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts & International Center for Photography (international juried)

Painting ‘02: An International Juried Art Exhibition, January 3rd - 24th, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, Juror: Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art, University of Nebraska, Omaha (international juried)

2001 

October International Competition 2001, October 18th - November 24th, The Robert & Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, Juror: Peter Frank, critic,  L. A. Weekly  (international juried)

2001: An Odyessy Between Place & Space, October 6th - November 11th, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode  Island, Guest Curator: Ramsey Lofton, University of New Mexico, College of Fine Arts (international juried)

Beefcake/Cheesecake: Sex, Flesh, Money and Dreams, Sept 1st - 30th, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Juror: Tyler Stallings, Curator of Exhibitions, Laguna Art Museum (international juried)

16th Annual National Works on Paper, March 9th - May 10th, University of Texas at Tyler, Juror: Richard M. Ash, Chair of Art, Midwestern State University (national juried)

Spindletop 2001, January 10th - February 2nd, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas,  curated by Dr. Lynne Lokensgard, Director (national group invitational)

2000 

Selections: 1984 -2000, Oct 1st - Oct 27th, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar Univ,  Beaumont, Texas  (one person)

body:text, Aug 25th - Sept 23rd, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State Univ, Hays, Kansas (group inv)

Reply Hazy, Try Again (20 Artists Respond to the Magic 8-ball), February 4 -13, Flux Gallery, Denver, Colorado, curated by Terry Wellman (invitational)

1999

Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Aug 25th - Sept 22nd, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

1999 Critic's Choice, June 25 - August 20, presented by the Dallas Visual Art Center at the African

American Museum, Dallas, Texas, Juror: James Surls, artist (national juried)

National Showcase Exhibition, Alternative Museum, June 10 - July 10, Soho, New York City (national juried)

Re-Presentation: 5th Biennial Natl Juried Exhibition, March 5 - April 2, Boise State Univ Visual Arts Center, Boise, Idaho, Juror: Vicki Halper, Curatorial Fellow, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (national juried)

Is This A Joke or What? A State-Wide Juried Exhibit Exploring Feminism, Humor and Contemporary Art in Texas, March 1 - 31, O'Kane Gallery, U. of Houston-Downtown, Texas, Jurors: Don Bacigalupi, Ph.D., Director, Blaffer Art Gallery, U. of Houston, Mary Ross Taylor and Ann Trask (regional juried)

One Person Exhibition, February 20 - April 1, Robinson Galleries, Houston, Texas

1998  Figuresque: Human Form in Mixed Media, Sept 15-Oct 2, The Art Center, Mount Clemens, Michigan (national invitational)

Small Works '98: 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, February 26 - March 19th, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery,  Department of Art, Sam Houston State Univ, Huntsville, Texas, Juror: Dr. Donald B. Kuspit, SUNY-Stony Brook (national juried)

First Place Award

1997   National Juried Exhibition, June 26 - July 19, Denise Bibro Fine Art, 584 Broadway #207, Soho, New York,  Juror: Judd Tully, critic, New York City (national juried)

10th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, March 20 - April 18, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Juror: Jerry Saltz, critic, New York City (national juried)

International Juried Show '97, March 16 - April 20, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summitt, New Jersey,   Juror: Dr. Donald B. Kuspit, SUNY-Stony Brook (international juried)

Honorable Mention

Allen R. Hite Art Institute 50th Anniversary Alumni Self-Portrait Exhibition, February 21 - March 21, Allen R.         Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville (invitational)

TABOO, January 17 - February 21, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Juror: Ursula M. Kammer-Fox,  Artist (national juried)

1996

Group Art Show, September 5 - October 24, 711 William Street Gallery, Dakota Lofts, Houston, Tx.

One Person Exhibition, September 2 - 27, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC (invitational)

Close to the Border/Cerca de la Frontera, June 14 - August 10, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State    University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juror: Thomas Sokolowski, Director, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (international juried biennial)

FAMILY VALUES: Rhetoric Vs. Reality, June 4 - 30, Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont (invitational)

Works On Paper' 96, March 28 - April 27, Art Department, San Jacinto College South, Houston, Texas,  Juror: Marti Mayo, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (international juried).

Monetary Award

Mind and Body: Recent Works by Janine Klees, Donna Meeks, and Susan Sensemann, February 19 - April 5, Eric Dean and Permanent Collection Galleries, Randolph Deer Art Wing, Fine Arts Center, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana (invitational)

Work Selected for Purchase

The 2nd Annual Musky National: GenderAgenda Exhibition, Louis O. Palmer Gallery, Muskingum College,  New Concord, Ohio, Juror: Prof. Brooke Hannan, Columbus College of Art and Design (national juried)

Provocative Symbolism Award

1996

Works on Paper V, Group Exhibit, February 12 - March 1, Frank Center for the Arts, Department of Art,  Shepherd State College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (invitational)

1995

Terra Firma/Terra Fantastica, July 21 - September 1, Gallery Ten, 514 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois,   Juror: Todd Voss, Artist (national juried)

National Works on Paper Exhibition, May 4 - June 1, University Gallery, St. John's University, 109 Bent,  8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York, Juror: Catherine Valenza, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York (national juried)

Dialogue, March 15 - April 7, Gallery 57, 204 N. Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, California, Juror: Scott Ward, Executive Director, Downey Museum of Art (national juried)

1994

West Coast Works On/Of Paper 1994, July 5th-July 30th, The Ink People Gallery, 411 Twelfth Street,  Eureka, California, Juror: Michiko Itatani, Artist and Educator (national juried)

GAIA: A New Look At Art on Earth, May 12th-June 16th, Gallery North, Miami-Dade Community    College/North Campus, Miami, Florida (nationaVinternational invitational)

Work Featured on Exhibition Invitation

One-person Exhibition, March 7th-April 8th, Perkinson Gallery, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University,  Decatur, Illinois

Purchase Award Program

1993                      

Three-person Exhibition, November, Gallery 303, Art Department,Georgia Southern U., Statesboro

Drawings Coast to Coast, June 5 - July 17, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland, Juror: Grace Hartigan, Artist and Educator (national juried)

Eighteenth Biennial Regional Art Competition, May 22 - July 1, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Indiana,   Juror: Susanne Ghez, Director, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

Urban Roots/Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogues, January 19 - February 5, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois (traveling exhibition)

1992

The Affordable Show, December 12 - 21, SPACE Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (gallery artists invitational)

International Artists'Book Collaborations: Women at Work, Part 1: International Work Book, Dara Larson, Curator, Art & Cultures Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Parkland College Gallery, Champaign, Illinois, Oc. 22 - Nov. 13 (traveling exhibition)

Young Painters, October 10 - November 7,SPACE Gallery,Chicago,lilinois (gallery artists invitational)

EIU Art Faculty Exhibition, August 23 - September 11, Dorothea Thiel Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois

13th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College,Columbia, Missouri, Juror: Eric J. Bransby, Muralist, Colorado Springs, Colorado (national juried)

1991                      

Symbolism in Contemporary Art: Content and Context (Symposium II), December 8-January 2, Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth, Kansas (national invitational)

Symbolism in Contemporary Art: Content and Context (Symposium I), November 10 - December 2, Carnegie   Arts Center, Leavenworth, Kansas (national invitational)

Urban Roots/Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogues, Art & Cultures Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee,  Wisconsin (traveling three person exhibition)

Gallery Artists, Compassions Gallery, New Buffalo, Michigan

Aesthetics '91, Friendship Hall Gallery, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas, Jurors: Julie Britton, Kansas Arts Commission; Kepka Belton, National Heritage Fellowship (national juried)

Galex25, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois, Juror: Don Neville, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago (national juried)

47th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana, Juror: Matthew Daub, Artist (regional juried)

1990

Hoyt National Show 1990, The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania, Juror: Dr. Elaine King,   Professor of Art History/Gallery Director, Carnegie-Mellon University

Purchase Award

Art Faculty Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

Kansas 15th National Small Painting, Drawing and Print Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University, Juror: Max Cole, New York City

Two Person Exhibition (GalleryArtists), 300Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois

1989

One Person Exhibition, Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (invitational)

Gallery Artists, 300 Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois (invitational)

1989

 One Person Exhibition, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois

Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls., Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois (group invitational)

One Person Exhibition, Dorothea Thiel Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois

1988 

Alumni Exhibition, Morris B. Belknap Jr. Gallery, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, Univ. of Louisville, Kentucky

Myths, Fables, and Lies, Riverwalk Gallery, Naperville, Illinois (invitational)

Fall Invitational '88, Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois

One Person Exhibition, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1987

Artrageous, Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (invitational)

Open Door Five, Survival Graphics, Madison, Wisconsin (national juried)

Wisconsin Update,Cudahy Gallery, MilwaukeeArtMuseum (juried)

1986                      

Art Muscle, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (invitational)

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

The Midwestern Exchange, Ditmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1985

The Characteristic Behaviors of 11 Different Genuses, Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Verge in Spring, Verge Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (invitational)

1984

Do You or Don't You?, Verge Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (invitational)

Little Erotic '84, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, New York (national juried)

1983

Annual Art Works Show, Art Works Community Center, Frankfurt, Kentucky, Juror: James W. Shaffstall, Chair, Art Department, Hanover College, Indiana (juried)

Purchase Award

1982

11th Annual Coca-Cola Bottling Company Art Show, Elizabethtown, Kentucky (juried)

Purchase Award, Special Merit Award

Women's Student Show, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, KY, Juror: Jackie Parsley, Artist (local juried)

1981

10th Annual Coca-Cola Bottling Company Art Show, Elizabethtown, Kentucky (juried)

Collections

Museum

1990

Permanent Collection, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, 124 East Leasure Ave., New Castle, PA 16105

Institutional

2002

Permanent Collection, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1996

Permanent Collection, Wabash College, Art Department, Crawfordsville, Indiana

1994

Permanent Collection, Millikin University, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, Illinois

1987

Cape Townsend Artists'Workshops, Algoma, Wisconsin, Christine Davitt, Director

Corporate

1983

Beard Realty of Frankfort, 600 East Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

1982

Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Elizabethtown, Kentucky                     

Private

2004

Mr. Bill Connolly, Houston, Texas

2003

Mr. Dan Evans, Houston, Texas

Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Rita Ashley, Beaumont, Texas

2002

Ms. Jane Lowery, Director, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Beaumont, Texas

2001

Ms. Ashley Abbott, Houston, Texas

2000

Ms. Ashley Abbott, Houston, Texas

1999

Mr. J. Rob Clark, AIA, Architectural Alliance Inc., Beaumont, Texas

Ms. Marcia Hayslip, Houston, Texas

1997

Mr. Carl Waldman, Waldman & Smallwood, P.C., 320 College, Beaumont, Texas

Dr. James Simmons, President, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

Mr. Steve Bean, Beaumont, Texas

Selected Bibliography

Authored Publications

2003                      

Do We Know Our ABC’s: Art, Bridges & Community, ISSUE: The Arts Magazine of the Art Studio, Inc, Vol. 9, No. 9, June 2003.

1999

The Allegorical Imperative (or Why Paint when the Copy Store is Open Twenty-four/seven?), Visual Resources, Vol. XV, No. 2, Fall 1999.

1983

Some Thoughts on Jesse Stuart and Immanuel Kant: New Passageways in "Men of the Mountains,” Jack London Newsletter, Vol. 16, No.1, Jan-April, 1983.

Exhibition Catalogues

2004                      

36th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, April 18 – May 27, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, Juror: Carol Benson, Artist (regional juried)

2002 

 October International Competition, Robert and Mary Montgomery Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida,   Juror: Amy Cappellazzo, International Specialist Head, Contemporary Art, Christie’s, New York (international juried)

1999                      

1999 Critic's Choice, June 25 - August 20, presented by the Dallas Visual Art Center at the African

American Museum, Dallas, Texas, Juror: James Surls, artist (national)

1996                      

FAMILY VALUES: Rhetoric Vs. Reality, June 4 - 30, Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont (invitational)

1991                      

Urban Roots/Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogues, Art & Cultures Gallery, Alverno College,  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 6 - November 2, 1991.

1989 

Tim Robison, Curator, Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls., Hyde Park Art Center, February 26 - March 26, 1989.

Exhibition Reviews

1991                      

Art Symposium hailed a success, Art & Entertainment, The Leavenworth Times, Leavenworth, Kansas, Thursday 14 November 1991. (feature photo)

James Auer, Briefly Viewed, Entertainment, The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, WI, Sunday 27 Oct 1991.

1989                      

James Auer, Gallery exhibitions include the kitchen sink, The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, WI, Sunday 22 Oct 1989.

1989

Jeff Worman, Art Now: '89 - '90 Season in Full Tilt, Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, WI, 5 Oct to 12 Oct 1989, vol. 9, no. 40.

Donna Meeks' work on display, Times-Courier, Charleston, Illinois, Thursday 6 April 1989. (feature photo)

1988

Lois Michel, Magical, mystical aura emanates from gallery, The Naperville Sun, Naperville, Illinois, Wednesday 12 October 1988. (feature photo)

1986                      

Frank Lewis, Graduate show gets A-plus, Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin, Friday 18 April 1986.

1985

Dean Jensen, Artists on verge at exciting new gallery, Milwaukee Sentinel, WI, Friday 5 April 1985. (feature photo)

Biographical Listing

2002 

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 7th edition, Educational Communications, Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois

1999/2000

Who's Who in American Art, 23rd Edition, Marquis Who's Who, Providence, New Jersey.

1993-present

Who's Who in American Education, Marquis Who's Who, Providence, New Jersey.

Selected Professional Activities

Workshops/Residencies

2001

Visiting Artist, recipient of Knight Foundation Fellowship to edition print (100), Brandywine Workshop, May 7th - 11th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1996

Visiting Artist, Art Department, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, February 1 7th - 1 9th

1991

Artist-ln-Residence, Art Department, Alverno College, October 31 – November 2, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lectures

2003

Guest Speaker, 6th Annual Benefit for Art, for The Art Studio, Inc., held at the Beaumont Club, Thursday, April 24th, Beaumont, Texas.

1996

Artist's Lecture, Art Department, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, February 19th.

1992

Guest Artist, American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois, Monday November 9th, Professional Development Lecture: Balancing the Business and Creative Aspects of an Art Career

1991

Artist's Lecture, Urban Roots/Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogues, Art & Cultures Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sunday 6 October.