khara koffel
www.kharakoffel.com . 215-***-**** . abpjr0@r.postjobfree.com . 1008 edgehill rd, Jacksonville, IL 62650
RESUME
Education
MFA in Sculpture - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
BA in Studio Art/Art History - Juniata College (summa cum laude), Huntingdon, PA
Professional Experience
2004 present
Associate Professor of Art, Art Program Director and Applebee Gallery Director,
MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL
2003 2004
Online Sales and Marketing Representative, Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, PA
2003
Part-Time Temporary Instructor, University of Alabama
Art Instructor, Frames on Main, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2002
Executive Director and Curator, 4th Wall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2001 2003
Appointed Member of The University of Alabama Endowed Sculpture Committee
Instructor of Record, University of Alabama
Selected Exhibition Record (* solo show marked by asterisk)
2013
*(to be named), Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA
*(to be named), McHenry College Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
* such a time, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2012
ArtPrize: Transformation, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, juried
exhibition. Juror: Cindy Buckner
*every after has a before, Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL
Art From the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, juried exhibition.
merit award received
khara koffel
www.kharakoffel.com . 215-***-**** . abpjr0@r.postjobfree.com . 1008 edgehill rd, Jacksonville, IL 62650
Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO,
juried exhibition. Juror: Marla Prather
The Third Dimension, Foundry Art Centre, St Louis, MO, juried exhibition. Juror: Laura Lloyd
KY.7 Biennial, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, juried exhibition. Juror: Chuck Swanson
2011
Visual Territory, Pittsburgh State University Gallery, Pittsburgh, KS, juried exhibition Juror: Sherry
Leedy
Living Gallery artist in residence January 21-28, 2011, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts
Center, Solomons, MD, juried selection of artists
Twenty-Four Maximum, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL, juried exhibition
Intimacy, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, juried exhibition
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-op of Brooklyn, NY, travelling exhibition
Living Gallery Exhibition, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons, MD,
juried exhibition from artists previously selected for the Living Gallery series
Honor Awards 2011, Art Saint Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO, juried exhibition. Juror: Marilu
Knode
The Edge of Excess II, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO, juried exhibition
More is More, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, juried exhibition
Art to the Making, Davis Art Gallery, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, invitational exhibition
Without End, UD@Crane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, invitational exhibition
neither here nor there, Applebee Gallery, MacMurray College, invitational joint exhibition
Pinholio, Good Citizen Gallery, St. Louis, MO, juried exhibition, merit award received
2010
Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, juried exhibition
From the Center: Now!, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, juried exhibition
Juror: Lucy Lippard
*for the time being, Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, AL
Brand 39: Works on Paper, Brand Art Galleries, Glendale, CA, juried exhibition
Art St. Louis XXVI: The Exhibition, Art St. Louis Gallery, St Louis, MO, juried exhibition
Juror: Stacy Switzer, Award of Excellence received
2009
*at some point, University of Illinois at Springfield Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL
Esprit de Corps, Applebee Gallery, Jacksonville, IL, invitational exhibition
*later rather than sooner, Good Citizen Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2008
Good Citizen Approved, Good Citizen Gallery, St Louis, MO, invitational exhibition
2008
*Of What Remains, Applebee Gallery, Jacksonville, IL
2007
*By Whatever Means Necessary, Traylor Gallery of Berea College, Berea, KY
khara koffel
www.kharakoffel.com . 215-***-**** . abpjr0@r.postjobfree.com . 1008 edgehill rd, Jacksonville, IL 62650
2006
Gaining Focus, Noir Art Emporium, Jacksonville, IL, invitational exhibition
Transformation: Phototography in the 21st Century, Space 301, Mobile, AL, curated
by Margarita Skiadas
2005
Biennial 23, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Juror: Aron Packer of Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juried exhibition Merit Award received
*Product II, Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL
*Product I, Applebee Art Gallery, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL
2004
People Watching: Artists and the Human Form, Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, AL,
invitational exhibition
Blur, Gadsden Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL, invitational exhibition
People s Choice Art Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art,Meridian, MS, juried exhibition
2003
Young Emerging Artists of Alabama, slide presentation by Georgine Clark, Director
of Visual Arts for the Alabama State Council for the Arts
*M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, University of Alabama
Familiar, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, AL
Southern Shift, Florida International University Gallery, Miami, invitational exhibition
Tuscaloosa Fine Arts Gala, Moody Music Building, Tuscaloosa, AL, invitational exhibition
2002
*M.A. Thesis Exhibition, University of Alabama
Once, Art Students League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
Pulse, Art Students League, Tuscaloosa, AL, invitational exhibition
Split, New Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, invitational exhibition
2001
Student Juried Art Show, Juror: Dennis Sears, Professor of Art,
Jackson State University, juried exhibition
Confluence: New Works by University of Alabama Graduate Students,
Art Students League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL, invitational exhibition
2000
Strictly Functional Pottery National 2000, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Juror: Ken Ferguson, Professor Emeritus - Kansas City Art Institute,
juried exhibition