SAM KENNEDY

samkennedyart.com

samanthak8996@gmail.com


EDUCATION

May 2021                      The University of Tulsa — Oklahoma. Master of Arts Degree 2020 & Master of Fine Arts Degree 2021.

May 2017                      University of Missouri- St. Louis – Missouri. Bachelor of Fine Arts.

May 2015                      St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley - Missouri. Associates of Fine Arts.

HONORS AND AWARDS

April 2021       Sarah Clark Best in Printmaking Award. 53rd Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. The University of Tulsa.

April 2020      Sarah Clark Best in Printmaking Award. 52nd Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. The University of Tulsa.

April 2020 1st Place Award in Graduate category. 52nd Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. The University of Tulsa.

Feb 2020 2020 Arrowmont Windgate Scholarship. Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gaitlingburg, TN.

June 2019 2019 Graduate Student Award of Excellence. Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

March 2019 1st Place Award in Graduate category. 51st Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. The University of Tulsa.

August 2018 Full Tuition Waiver. The University of Tulsa.

March 2017 Ferring Art and Art History Travel Award. University of Missouri- St. Louis. Trip to New York City with six fellow undergraduates to visit museums and artist’s studios.

April 2016 Undergraduate Research Funds. University of Missouri- St. Louis. Partial funds for travel and tuition to attend Frogman’s Print Workshop in July 2016.

2015-2017 Honors College Dean’s List. University of Missouri St. Louis- Pierre Laclede Honors College.

2015-2017 Chancellor’s Transfer Scholarship. University of Missouri- St. Louis.

2015-2017 Honors College Merit Scholarship. University of Missouri- St. Louis- Pierre Laclede Honors College.

EXHIBITIONS

April 2021              53rd Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. Virtual and physical exhibition. The Alexandre Hogue Gallery of Art. The    University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. Juror: Diana Gaston, Director of   Tamarind Institute. Elysian Sea received an award of merit.

March 2020          Everything was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt. MFA thesis solo exhibition. Alexandre Hogue Gallery of Art. The University of Tulsa, OK.

April 2020 51st Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. Virtual exhibition at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. Juror: Scott Stulen, Director and President of Philbrook Museum of Art. Life Mask 1 was awarded 1st place in the Graduate category.

March 2020          Momentum 2020. Dead People's Stuff, Oklahoma City, OK. Exhibiting both Stub Toe and Rapunzel Revisited.

October 2019- FiberWorks 2019. AHHA Tulsa Hardesty Center, Tulsa, OK. Exhibiting both Stub Toe and Rapunzel Revisited.
November 2019

May 2019 Floating Bodies. Collaborative, immersive installation with Sam Walton. Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education. Tulsa, OK.

March 2019- 51st Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition. Alexandre Hogue Gallery of Art. University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. April 2019 Juror: Jessica Borusky - Artistic Director of Living Arts of Tulsa. Stub Toe was awarded 1st place in the Graduate category.

January 2019- 34th Annual International Exhibition. Meadows Gallery. The University of Texas at Tyler. Tyler, TX. March 2019

November 2018 Alumni Invitational. Contemporary Gallery Florissant Valley, St. Louis, MO.  

August 2018 OUTLAW/EVIL ALUMNI EXHIBITION. 2720 Cherokee, St. Louis, MO.

November 2017 Art St. Louis XXXIII, The Exhibition.  Art  St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.

August 2017 Big St. Louis Print Show. Partisan Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

July 2017 Dispatch. RNG Gallery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

April 2017 The FAB 9! Sculptureworks, Ferguson, MO & Gallery FAB at University of Missouri-St Louis.

March 2017 It Figures. Gallery Visio - University of Missouri- St. Louis., St. Louis, MO.

February 2017 Evil Prints Showcase. Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

July 2015 Art, Mimosas, and Pancakes. Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.

PUBLICATIONS

2020  Stylus Journal, vol. 19, pp. 4, 19, 30. 

2019  “Awarding Excellence” by Laurence Myers Reese, Art Focus, vol. 34, no. (Fall 2019) pp. 18-20. 

2018  Stylus Journal, vol. 18, pp. 26 & 27.

TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE

Tulsa Public Schools – Kravis Art Camp

·       Collage Workshop – June 6th-17th, 2022

Tulsa Community College – Adjunct Instructor 

·       Printmaking 1 – Spring 2022

·       Drawing 1 – Spring 2022

·       Drawing 1 – Fall 2021

·       Art Appreciation – Dual Credit/Concurrent, two sections – Fall 2021

The University of Tulsa – Adjunct Instructor

·      Collage – Spring 2022

·      Drawing 1 – Fall 2021

·      Printmaking 1 – Fall 2020-Spring 2021

Rogers State University– Adjunct Instructor

·      Printmaking 1 – Spring 2022

·      Art Appreciation – Spring 2022

Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.

  • Assisted three Printmaking 1 classes to date

  • Assist Professor Martin with demonstrations

  • Maintain cleanliness and restock studio

  • Assist students with press operation and answer questions

Art Handler/Preparator, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, The University of Tulsa & The Sherman Smith Family Gallery, Tulsa, OK. 

  • Gently pack and unpack a variety of art objects

  • Install/deinstall pieces on walls and podiums

  • Patch and paint gallery

Press Assistant/Crew Member, Tom Huck’s Evil Prints, St. Louis, MO.

  •  Print Tom Huck’s blocks precisely to ensure pristine consistent editions

  • Promote release parties of Tom Huck’s artwork

  • Install exhibitions of Tom Huck’s and crew members work

  • Provide support for instructing Woodcut Bootcamps/classes

  • Assist members with press operation printing