ARTIST RESUME
Education
1998 Master of Arts in Studio Art /Painting University of Missouri at Kansas City
1982 Bachelor of Science in Education, Art Missouri Western State College St. Joseph, MO
Solo Shows
2023
Collage Works, Mid-Continent Library, Platte City, MO
2022
Mid-Continent Library Platte City, Missouri
Spring Venture Group of Kansas City through ArtsKC Now Showing Program
2021
Road Trip Crow’s Coffee Waldo Location Kansas City, MO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City through ArtsKC Now Showing Program
2019
Echoes Through Time Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art St. Joseph, MO
2016
American Century Investments through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program
Pure Pursuit Kansas City, MO
2015
Common Ground Exhibition at the Kansas City Artists Coalition Underground Gallery
Room 39 Restaurant at Mission Farms in Leawood, KS
Strands - St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Mission, KS
2014
Alexander Open Systems through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program
Daily Iconography Cottey College Nevada, MO
2013
Reverberations - St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Mission, KS
Black and Veatch Company through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program
2012
The Pert Group through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program
Has Wilkerson through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program Fairway, KS
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences through the Arts KC Now Showing Program
2011
McCownGordon Construction - Arts KC Now Showing Program Kansas City, MO
2010
By Day and By Night St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Mission KS
2007
Helzberg Diamonds Corporate Office through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program
Radioactive Day Installation Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art St. Joseph, MO
2006
Apex Art Space Crossroads District Kansas City, MO
Group Shows
2023
Connections, ARC Gallery in connection with FUSEDChicago, Curated by Barbara O’Brien Chicago, IL
Fate, a collaborative exhibition with Laurel DeFreece, Johnson County Library, Lenexa City Center Branch, Lenexa, KS
State of the Arts 2023 Prairie Village Arts Council, Prairie Village, KS
Women’s Work UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO
Fate, a collaborative exhibition with Laurel DeFreece, Cottey College, Nevada, MO
2022
Fate, a collaborative exhibition with Laurel DeFreece, Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, Kansas City, MO
Fate, a collaborative exhibition with Laurel DeFreece, The Farmhouse Restaurant, KCMO
Fate, a collaborative exhibition with Laurel DeFreece, Campanella Gallery at Park University, Parkville, MO
The Life You’ve Seen, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
Fate, A Collaborative Exhibition with Laurel Defreece Steeple of Light Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Fate, A Collaborative Exhibition with Laurel DeFreece Potter Gallery, Missouri Western State University St. Joseph, MO
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Membership Show, Honorable Mention Mixed Media
2021
HAS 20, Heidmann Art Salon 20th Salon Anniversary Crossroads Hotel Kansas City, MO
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Membership Exhibition
14th International Encaustic Conference Virtual Juried Show
Artist Alliance 2021 Member Show
Fate, A Collaborative Exhibition with Laurel DeFreece Cultural Corner Gallery, Chillicothe, MO
2020
13th Annual Contemporary Figurative Show Hilliard Gallery Kansas City, MO
Women’s Works 33rd Anniversary Old Courthouse Arts Center Woodstock, IL
2018
Coloring It Bold Johnson County Library in partnership with GUILDit, an exhibition of women’s voices Central Resource Library Overland Park, KS
Exploration of Light Vanessa Lacey Gallery Kansas City, MO
2017
Hopeful Darkness International Encaustic Artists Juried Exhibition Atlantic Gallery, NYC
Weinberger Fine Art Kansas City, MO
2016
Raw@Heidmann Art Salon Kansas City, MO
Studio Above March First Friday Kansas City, MO
2015
Potter Art Gallery Centennial Alumni Exhibition Missouri Western State University
Kauffman Foundation and Conference Center Kansas City, MO through the ArtsKC Now Showing Program
re:Members Exhibition - Kansas City Artists Coalition
Urban/Suburban XI Epsten Gallery
2014
4th Annual National Juried Encaustic/Wax Exhibition Encaustic Art Institute Cerrillos, New Mexico
October 4th through November 2nd
Sunflower Fest - DeSoto, KS September 26th, 27th, and 28th
Sager Braudis Gallery Late Summer Exhibit Columbia, MO Curated by Joel Sager
2013
Music and Motion in 2D Central Exchange Kansas City, MO
Urban/Suburban Art Exhibition/Auction at the Epsten Gallery
Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art Curated by Marcus Cain
September 8th - October 26th
2012
Strecker-Nelson Gallery Pop Up Gallery - String Theory Series Manhattan, Kansas
Urban/Suburban Art Exhibition at the Epsten Gallery
Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art
Curated by Marcus Cain September 9th - October 27th
2011
Landmark Bank Lawrence, KS
2010
New Year New Art
Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
Defining the Abstract Buttonwood Art Space Kansas City, MO
Flow and Control National Juried Encaustic Exhibition
301 Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
In conjunction with the Fourth Annual National Encaustic Conference
Curated by Joseph Carroll of Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston MA
2009
Office of Senator Claire McCaskell - Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
2007
Women Artists of St. Joseph Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art St. Joseph, MO
2005
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Underground Gallery Kansas City, MO
ABC Television Show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Art Show Monarch Gallery Kansas City, MO
Corporate Purchases, Awards, and Grants
2020
Missouri Arts Council Featured Artists Program - Selected for the Inaugural Group for December 2020
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/featured-artists
2015
2015 International Encaustic Artists Project Grant Recipient
Landmark Bank Columbia, MO
2014
Mosaic Life Care
2007
Heartland Health Foundation
EmpowerU Building
St. Joseph, MO
2006
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
Membership Show 2nd Place in Mixed Media Category
2005
ABC Television Show
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Aired – May 8th, 2005
1996
University of Missouri at Kansas City Women’s Council Fellowship - Ida S. Rhodes Award and Grant
Galleries and Collections
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO Mosaic Life Care Liberty, MO
Landmark Bank Columbia, MO Heartland Health Foundation EmpowerU Building St. Joseph, MO
Professional Experience
2023
Instructor, Encaustic Collage Workshop at the Kansas City Artists Coalition
Instructor, Collage Workshop at Belisama, Independence, MO
2021
14th International Encaustic Conference (Virtual)
2017
Artist INC Advance 2017 - Professional development seminar and is a collaborative partnership of Mid-America Arts Alliance and the UMKC Innovation Center.
GUILDit presenter, an arts and business forum, KCMO
2015
GUILDit presentor at the Kauffman Foundation and Conference Center, KCMO
2013
Artist INC Live 2013 - Professional development workshop through a collaborative partnership of the Charlotte Street Foundation, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, and the UMKC Innovation Center
2010
Fourth Annual National Encaustic Conference Beverly, MA
2005
Encaustic and Monoprint Workshop
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY
Publications
2023 Artspeak Radio, KKFI, Kansas City, MO Hosted by Maria Vasquez Boyd
https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/artspeak-radio-with-browder-barrett-vanhoozer-defreece-gann/
2022 Wild Lands Book Publication, curated by Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
2020 Missouri Arts Council – Missouri Featured Artists Program Inaugural Group
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/featured-artists
2019 KC Studio Magazine May/June 2019
2016 encaustiZINE Spring- Summer 2016 A digital publication of international-encaustic artists.org
2014 Missouri Arts Council – July Feature Article – Bees, Sticky Trees, and Blowtorches:
Encaustic Painting Enthralls Missouri Artists by Barbara MacRobie
2013 University of Missouri Kansas City – On the Quad Article – Painting with Wax