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Born 1968 in Youngstown, OH
Lives and works in Greenville, SC
Education
| 1995 | Master of Fine Arts in Painting | Kent State University, Kent, OH |
| 1991 | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC |
| Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC | |
| 2015 | Close Tolerances, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC |
| 2014 | Built, Rebuilt, Modified, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC |
| 2013 | Micro/Macro, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC |
| 2012 | Tectonics, Proximity Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 2009 | Etherredge Arts Center, University of South Carolina Aiken Campus, Aiken, SC |
| 2008 | Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC |
| 2004 | Picture in Picture, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH |
| 2003 | Gallery 138, Kent, OH |
| 2001 | Microstructures, Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood, OH New Building/New View, A.A.P. Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1998 | SNBP, Kent State University Stark Campus, Canton, OH |
| 1995 | Breaker, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2016 | Spectrum, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA (with painter, Enid Williams) |
| 2015 | Carolina Zeitgeist, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC Small Works Exhibition, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Juror: Amy Williams) South Carolina Biennial, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC (Jurors: Peter Plagens, Lia Newman and Frank Martin [catalogue]) Boldly Abstract: Seven Notable Artists, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC |
| 2014 | Artfields, Lake City, SC Contrast, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC |
| 2013 | South Carolina Art: Eight Decades Of New, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC Inaugural Exhibition, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA (Juror: Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA) |
| 2012 | By Turns, Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC (with painter, Enid Williams) Abstract Art in South Carolina: 1949-2012, SC State Museum Columbia, SC (catalogue) Contemporary Carolina Abstraction II, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC Small Works Exhibition, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Jurors: Michelle Segre and Steve DiBenedetto) |
| 2011 | Counterpoints: Form and Space, Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Perpetual Motion, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI What It Is, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC |
| 2010 | Color Fields, Forms & Fractures, Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC Intuitions, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI Image Resource, Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC Changing Lanes, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI |
| 2009 | Ideas Distanced From Objects, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC Studio Visit, Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Volume Five, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA Salon III: The Print Exhibition, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC |
| 2008 | Inaugural Exhibition, Marji Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Enid Williams, Paul Yanko and Monika Steiner, Marji Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Studio Visit, Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Volume Three, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA Pleased to Meet You, Contemporary Art Forum, Greenville, SC South Carolina State Museum Juried Art Exhibition, Columbia, SC |
| 2007 | 7’x 7’, Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, Greenville, SC (catalogue) Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC (with painter, Enid Williams) Group ’07, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC |
| 2006 | Construction Crew II, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC (catalogue) Small Monuments, Willard Wankelman Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH |
| 2005 | Paintings From a Marriage, raw & co. gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 2004 | Small Monuments, Museum of Contemporary Art - Sky Lounge, Cleveland, OH domestic setting – the sequel, Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL |
| 2003 | sequel, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA Paul Yanko and Megan Geckler, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH 48 Hours of Making Art, B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH Pandemonium, Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, OH (with Tim Hallaran) |
| 2002 | Cabot Studio Building Gallery, Montserrat College, Beverly, MA Dancing the Orange, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH (catalogue) One, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH |
| 2001 | 99 and Under, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine CA Tubac Center For The Arts, Tubac, AZ Photographs by Artists Made for a Variety of Purposes, Artists Image Resource Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 2000 | 8-Hour Drawings, Part III, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA Reading Visual/Text: Regional Volumes, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA Enid Williams and Paul Yanko, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH |
| 1999 | Recent Work: Enid Williams and Paul Yanko, Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH Converge – Collaborative Prints from Kent State University, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH |
| 1997 | Despite the Odds: Survival for Young Artists in the 90s, SPACES, Cleveland, OH (catalogue) Summer Painting Invitational, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 1996 | The Toledo Museum of Art Juried Annual, Toledo, OH TAG Juried Annual, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH Paul Yanko and Heather Protz, Akron-Canton Regional Airport, Akron, OH Searching the Grid: Abstract Paintings by Enid Williams and Paul Yanko, Millworks Gallery, Inc., Akron, OH |
| 1995 | Rooms, Millworks Gallery, Inc., Akron, OH Home Is Where The Art Is, Millworks Gallery, Inc., Akron, OH Butler Institute of American Art 58th Juried Annual, Youngstown, OH |
| 1993 | KSU/Blossom Painting Exhibit, Kent State University Gallery, Kent, OH |
| 1992 | 19th Annual Hoyt Juried Regional, The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA |
Awards / Fellowships
| 2011 | Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship |
| 2002 | Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship |
| 1993 | KSU/Blossom Summer Program Scholarship, Kent State University |
| 1993-1995 | Graduate Teaching Assistantship/Full Scholarship, Kent State University |
Selected Bibliography
| 2015 | Kathleen Nalley, Coat of Many Colors, TOWN magazine, July, pp. 37-39 |
| 2012 | Paul Matheny, Abstract Art in South Carolina: 1949 – 2012, Catalog essay, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC |
| 2009 | G Magazine, Reproduction, September/October, p. 66 |
| 2008 | Patti Brady, Rethinking Acrylic, Textbook article and reproduction, p. 58, North Light Books |
| 2007 | Melissa Blanton, Seventh Heaven, Greenville Journal, August 17, pp. 53, 55 James Shannon, Seven And Seven Is…, Upstate Beat, August 15-28, p. 17 Ann Hicks, The Greenville News, August 19, p. 8-D Connie Bostic, More is More, Mountain Xpress, January 24-30, pp. 46, 47 |
| 2006 | Kondria Woods, Soho Down South, TALK Greenville, August, pp. 26-30 Wim Roefs, Construction Crew II, Catalog essay, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC Aubrae Wagner, Artist Profile, Greenville News – City People, September 27, pp. 11, 12 |
| 2005 | Amy Bracken Sparks, Marriage of Minds, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 12, pp. 44, 45 Ellen Rudolph, Enid Williams and Paul Yanko: Paintings From A Marriage, Angle Magazine, September/October, Vol. 2, No. 22 |
| 2004 | Amy Bracken Sparks, Small Monuments, The Cleveland Plain Dealer Rachel Fichter, Working with a blank canvas, Daily Kent Stater |
| 2003 | Dan Tranberg, Review, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 30, p. 41 |
| 2002 | Dee Perry, Interview, WCPN Radio - Around Noon, Cleveland, OH, March 29 Dan Tranberg, Exhibition Spotlight, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 5, p. 59 Douglas Max Utter, Dancing the Orange, Catalog essay |
| 2001 | Ellen Wilson, Photos Give Insight Into Artistic Process, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 1, pp. D-1, D-4 Dan Tranberg, Fluently Speaking Ideas on Canvas, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 22, p. B Sharmila Venkatasubban, Life Lines, In Pittsburgh Weekly, February 14 – 21, Vol. 17, No. 28 |
| 2001 | Eve Modzelewski, Two Galleries Offer Vibrant Exhibits, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 25, pp. C-1, C-3 Christopher Bedford, Microstructures, Essay |
| 2000 | Dan Tranberg, Structured Works in Oil, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 19 Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 26, p. B-6 |
| 1997 | Steven Litt, Strong Showing of Abstract Art, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 27, pp. 1-I, 6-I Dan Tranberg, Reveling in Paint, The Cleveland Free Times, July 9 Laura Putre, Shooting Stars, The Cleveland Free Times, October 15 -21, Vol. 6, No. 4 Steven Litt, Reaching In, Crying Out, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 26, pp. E, 3-E Michael Loderstedt, Wear Your Helmet: Making Art in the 90’s, Catalog essay, SPACES, Cleveland, OH |
Collections
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Case Western Reserve University School of Business, Peter B. Lewis Building, Cleveland, OH
Advanced Elastomer Systems, Akron, OH
The Carroll Collection, Charlotte, NC
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Medical University of South Carolina, Contemporary Carolina Collection, Charleston, SC
Steve Shane Collection, New York, NY
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Clements University Hospital, Dallas, TX
Lectures / Panel Discussions
| 2015 | Post-Modernism in the Buck A. Mickel Collection, Greenville, SC |
| 2012 | South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC |
| 2011 | Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC |
| 2007 | Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC Anderson University, Anderson, SC |
| 2006 | Artists Talk: Paul Yanko and Enid Williams, Greenville Co. Museum of Art, Greenville, SC |
| 2004 | Faculty Lecture Series, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH |
| 2002 | Dancing the Orange Exhibition, Panelist, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH |
| 2001 | A.A.P. Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2000 | Allegheny College, Meadville, PA |
Gallery Representation
Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA
The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
Erdreich White Fine Art, Boston, MA
Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC
Professional Experience
| 2004 - Present | Visual Arts Instructor: Painting, Observational Drawing, Life Drawing, 2D Design South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC |
| Spring 2010 | Adjunct Professor: Painting II Furman University, Greenville, SC |
| 2006 - 2007 | Adjunct Professor: Drawing II Anderson University, Anderson, SC |
| 2002 - 2004 | Adjunct Professor: Painting I, Drawing II Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH |
| 1996 - 2004 | Term Assistant Professor: Painting, Drawing, 2D Design Kent State University, Kent, OH |
| 1999 - 2002 | Visiting Assistant Professor: Drawing I, Drawing II Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH |
| 1998 - 1999 | Adjunct Professor: Drawing I, Drawing II, 2D Design Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH |
| 1993 - 1995 | Graduate Teaching Assistant: Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting I Kent State University, Kent, OH |