CURRICULUM VITA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Forcastle Festival, site-responsive installation, Waterfront Park, Louisville, KY
2008 [de]hydration, Cressman Center for the Visual Arts, University of Louisville, KY
2006 Tsakhakh, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
1996 Beneath the Skin, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
Temporal Transformations, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
1994 Recent Sculpture, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
1992 Give and Take, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1991 Recent Sculpture, Summer Solo Series, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1990 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1989 New Art/New Material, Juried competition by proposal. Site-specific, large-scale
installation, North Carolina State University/Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Project 17: Ritual Geography, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
34th Annual Spring Invitational, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY
ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, PYRO Gallery, Louisville, KY
2016 33rd Annual Spring Invitational, Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, KY
2015 Held from Beneath: An Exploration of Cultural Sustainability, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN
2014 ENID: 2014, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
Work Play Work, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2013 ENID: 2013, Cressman Center for the Visual Arts, University of Louisville, KY
Ephemeral Art and Practice: The Evolving, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast
2011 Enid: Generations of Women Sculptors, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
2010 Louisville is the Land of Tomorrow, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY
Reflections on a Louisville Landmark, Louisville Visual Art Association, KY
2009 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
2007 Material Witness, Physical Evidence, Gloria Singletary Gallery at the Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY
Z20, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
2006 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, Patio Gallery at the Jewish Community Center, Louisville, KY
2005 Celebrating Women, Norton Women’s Pavilion and Frazier International History Museum, Louisville, KY
Forces of Nature, Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY
A Celebration of Sculpture, Carnegie Visual and Performing Art Center, Covington, KY
2004 Sculpture: Inside/Outside, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2001 Kentucky Women Artists: 1850 to 2000, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Elements of Dimension, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Claremont, KY
2000 Water, Heike Pickett Gallery at CMW, Lexington, KY
1999 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, Louisville Visual Art Association, KY
The Body in Question: Tracing, Displacing, and Remaking the Human Figure in Contemporary Art, Speed Art Museum,
Louisville, KY
Sculpture Invitational, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Made, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY
1998 Renewing the Spirit, Spiritual Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
1997 New Works, Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY
1996 KY/SCnyc, organized by the Kentucky Arts Council and the South Carolina Arts
Council, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
1995 Abstractions in Fiber, Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
1993 Sculptors at Work, Portland Museum, Louisville, KY
Art on the Spot, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990 Showcase '90, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
1989 42nd Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science,
Evansville, IN
1988 Work in All Media, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Focus on Form, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY
Grants and Awards
2014 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award
2008 Sallie Bingham Award / Kentucky Foundation for Women
Art Meets Activism Grant / Kentucky Foundation for Women
2006 Al Smith Fellowship / Kentucky Arts Council
2002 Artist Enrichment Grant / Kentucky Foundation for Women
Art Meets Activism Grant / Kentucky Foundation for Women
Individual Artist Professional Development Award / Kentucky Arts Council
1998 Artist Enrichment Grant / Kentucky Foundation for Women
1996 Brown-Forman Fellowship / Kentucky Arts Council
1995 Professional Assistance Award / Kentucky Arts Council
1992 Artist Enrichment Grant / Kentucky Foundation for Women
1991 Professional Assistance Award / Kentucky Arts Council
Selected Bibliography
Exhibition Catalogues:
ENID: 2013, 15 women sculptors inspired by Enid Yandell, Cressman Center for Visual
Arts, University of Louisville, KY
Reflections on a Louisville Landmark: 150 Years of Louisville Water Company, Louisville
Visual Art Association, KY
[de]hydration, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, University of Louisville, KY
Celebrating Women 2005, Norton Women’s Pavilion, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Women Artists: 1850 to 2000, The Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY
ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, The Louisville Visual Art Association, KY
The Body in Question: Tracing, Displacing, and Remaking the Human Figure in
Contemporary Art, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Profiles of Kentucky Artists, Kentucky Arts Council
KY/Scnyc, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
New Art/New Material, North Carolina State University
Articles:
2011 Gifford, Chelsea, Review, LEO, April 6, 2011
2008 Heilenman, Diane, Review, The Courier-Journal, September 20, 2008
2007 Cato, Judy, “A Sense of Space”, Angelo - Kentuckiana’s Art Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp. 12-13
Heilenman, Diane, “Exhibits offer a chance to reflect on women’s strengths”, The Courier-Journal, January 21, 2007
Triplett, Jo Anne, “Patio Gallery exhibit honors the sculptress”, LEO, February 2007
2005 Pearce, Sara, “Sculptors Carve Their Own Niches”, The Enquirer, June 26, 2005
2001 Heilenman, Diane, “Shows depict women’s prominent place in Kentucky art”, The Courier -Journal, November 11, 2001
1999 Nixon, Bruce, “Strength in Numbers”, Louisville Magazine, November, pp. 24-26
Findsen, Owen, “Kentucky Made at the Carnegie”, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 17, 1999
1997 Walcott, Ellison Austen, “National Review”, Sculpture, Vol. 16, No. 5, p. 66, (May/June)
Walcott, Ellison Austen, “Regional Review”, Dialogue, March/April
Minton, David, “Exhibit shows off works that stretch definitions”, Lexington Herald-Leader, October 19, 1997
1996 Heilenman, Diane, Review, The Courier -Journal, March 3, 1996
Heilenman, Diane, Review, The Courier -Journal, December 15, 1996
1994 Heilenman, Diane, Review, The Courier -Journal, February 6, 1994
1993 Bloeminc, Barbara, “Review”, ARTVU, Vol. 7 No. 1, p. 61
1991 Aguilar, Antonio, “Regional Review”, Art Papers, August
Fox, Catherine, "Visual Arts Preview," The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, July 5, 1991
1989 Ecke, Raymond, “Turning Fabric Into Art,” Nonwovens Industry, December, cover illus., p. 60
Selected Broadcast Media:
2008 “Villionaire: Louisville’s Rich Arts Culture”
“Studio 619”
Education
1990 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, M.F.A.
1986 Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, B.F.A.
Other Professional Experience
2018-present Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, Kentucky
2017-2018 Chair of Art, KyCAD at Spalding, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
1993-2017 Professor, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky