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EDUCATION
In Progress PhD Art & Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
2006 MFA Painting (with Distinction), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2006 MS Art History (with Distinction), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2001 BFA Painting (with Honors), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014-2015 Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Fall 2014 Graduate Adjunct Facutly, Center for Art, Religion, and Education at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
2013-Fall 2014 Adjunct Instructor, William Jessup University, Rocklin, CA
2011-2012 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA
2007-2011 Assistant Professor Art & Weathersby Fine Arts Building Galley Director, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2001-2004 Graduate and Teaching Assistant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2007-2011 Art Department Chair, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
GRANTS
2013 Conference Scholarship, Christians in the Visual Arts, Wenham, MA
2012 Travel Grant, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
2008 Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Grand Rapids, MI
Faculty Development Grant, Walker Endowment, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2007 Faculty Development Grant, Walker Endowment, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2004 History of Art and Design CAA Travel Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS & HONORS
2015 Newhall Fellowship, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
2012 Resident Artist, River Oaks Art Center, Alexandria, LA
2009 First Place, Art, Spirituality & America II, on-line exhibition presented by the Secretary of Culture, Suzano, San Paulo, Brazil
2008 Christianity Contextualization and the Arts, Yogyakarta & Bali, Indonesia
2006 Pratt Circle Award for Academic Excellence (Graduate)
2004 Certificate of Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Graduate Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Circle Award for Academic Excellence (Undergraduate), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SOLO AND FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2014 I Am What I Am, Art & Soul Gallery, Oak hills Church, Folsom, CA
2013 62:1, L. Frank James Gallery, Valley Springs Church, Roseville, CA (Two person exhibition with Pamela Reynoso)
2012 Recent Work, The Cove, Santa Rosa, CA
2010 Fibonacci Divided, Omega Gallery, Carson-Newman College, Jackson City, TN
Rondall Reynoso, Arla Ray Tyson Art Gallery, University of Mary Hardi-Baylor, Belton, TX
Recent Work, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA
2009 Stratum, Kinlaw Library, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
2008 Mixing Metaphors, Hammons Gallery, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR
Recent Work, JRB Art Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2007 East Meets West: Christopher Kelly and Rondall Reynoso, River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
Just Another Square, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
Metaphors, Centerline Gallery, Woodland, CA (Two Person exhibition with Dianne Mattar)
Acrylics, Pamela Skinner/ Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA (Two person exhibition with Miriam Davis)
2006 Whatsoever, Artisan Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Providence, Gallery W, Sacramento, CA
A Closer Look, Warehouse Christian Ministries, Sacramento, CA
2004 Virtue & Knowledge, Stueben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
2014-2015 What Sustains Us/ Lo Que Nos Sosteine, International traveling exhibition organized by the Grunewald Guild.
Locations: 2015 Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA
Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA
Wooden Cross Lutheran Church, Woodinville, WA
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA
Lookout Galley, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
West Linn Lutheran Church, West Linn, OR
Community of Christ Church, Hillsboro, OR
Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR
2014 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Wenatchee, WA
2013-2014 Wholly Family, Regional traveling exhibition organized by the Grunewald Guild
Locations: 2014 Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon
St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA
Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA
2013 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Wenatchee, WA
2009-2012 Charis-Boundary Crossings, International traveling exhibition comprised of 14 North American and Asian artists. (catalog)
Locations: 2012 Brehm Center for the Arts, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Lookout Gallery, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Leu Art Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2011 Dordt College, Sioux City, IA
Hansen Galleries, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Dadian Gallery, Luce Center for the Arts and Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
2010 Philadelphia Biblical University, Philadelphia, PA
Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, GA
2009 Metcalf Gallery, Taylor University, Upland, IN
Center Art Gallery and Gallery 106, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Intersections Conference Exhibition, William Jessup University, Rocklin, CA
2013 Gala Exhibition, Paul Nystrom Library, William Jessup University, Rocklin, CA
JUSTArt, Hansen Galleries, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Christ Centered Art Show, Trinity Baptist Church, Livermore, CA
2012 Faculty & Friends Invitational Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2011 Annual Faculty Art Exhibition, Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
24th September Competition, The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Juror:Keith Perelli (catalog)
Faculty & Friends Invitational Exhibition, The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Curator: Sara Fuhrer
Faculty Exhibition, Weathersby Fine Arts Building, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2010 23rd September Competition, The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Juror: Kelli Scott Kelly (catalog)
LC Sculpture Invitational, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2009 Faculty Exhibition, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
Forever Summer, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Platform Project Space, New York, NY; Curator: Scott Malbaurn
Faculty Show, Weathesby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
Art, Spirituality & America II, on-line exhibition presented by the Secretary of Culture, Suzano, San Paulo, Brazil (First Place Award)
2008 Abstract Show, Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR
2007 Art, Spirituality & America, on-line exhibition presented by the Secretary of Culture, Suzano, San Paulo, Brazil
Paint Pink, Coughlin-Sanders Performing Arts Center & The Cabrini Hospital gallery, Central Louisiana Arts & Healthcare, Alexandria, LA
2004 Recent Work, The Gallery at Artists & Fleas, Brooklyn, NY
Pratt: Faithworks Comprehensive Shoe, Stueben Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
SONYA Prelude Exhibit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Hammerstein Ballroom Invitational Show, New York, NY
Pratt: Faithworks Chapel Show, Pratt Chapel, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Explorations/ Innovations, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
The Grand Group Show, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New York City MFA’s Colliding- Pratt/NYU Group Show, Stueben Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
New York City MFA’s Colliding- Parson’s Drawing Show, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
2003 11th Annual BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY
Dimensions, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 7th Annual BWAC Small Works Art Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
2013 “Beyond Belief,” civa.org, December 10, 2013
2012 “Between Two Worlds,” civa.org, June 18, 2012
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
ARTICLE: “Expanding Theology: An Argument for Visual Theology”
ARTICLE: “Five Evangelical Christs: Art as a Reflection of Faith”
ARTICLE: “Six Mormon Christs: Art as a reflection of LDS faith”
ARTICLE: ”Xu Bing: Contradiction and Enlightenment in Square Word Calligraphy”
ARTICLE: “That Ain’t Art…That’s Nekkid: Edward Knippers and the Aesthetic of Nudity in Evangelical Christianity”
ARTICLE: “The Cross, The Wilderness, and The Virgin: The Contemporary Christian Iconography of Edward Knippers”
ARTICLE: “Red Carpet over the Sawdust Trail: Sixty Years of the Bob Jones University Collection”
ARTICLE: “Art in the Service of Evangelism: Collecting and Re-contextualizing”
BOOK: Serving the Cause of Religion: The History of the Bob Jones University Collection
SYMPOSIA, PANELS, AND CONFERENCES
2015 Christians in the Visual Arts bi-annual conference, Scholars Track, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, June 11-14, 2015; Paper: “The Evangelical Aesthetic of Nudity.”
Mormon Scholars in the Humanities, LDS Institute and Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, April 17-18, 2015; Paper: “Six Mormon Christs: Art as a Reflection of LDS Faith”
American Academy of Religion Western Region Conference; Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; March 20-22, 2015; Paper: “Red Carpet over the Sawdust Trail: The Bob Jones University Art Collection”
Intersections Conference, William Jessup University, February 20-21, 2015; Session: “What is beauty?”
2014 Conference of Faith and History, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA; September 25- 27, 2014; Paper: “Artists, Art Historians, Nudity, and the Evangelical Audience”
2012 Conference of Faith and History, Gordon College, Wenham, MA; October 5-6, 2012; Paper: “Bringing Men to Christ: Cultural Programing at Bob Jones University in the Mid-Twentieth Century”
25th Annual Research Day, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA; March, 29, 2012; Paper: “Collecting and Recontectualizing: The Bob Jones University Collection”
2011 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Panel: Speak up for Art
2010 International Forum on Christian Higher Education, Atlanta, GA; Panel: Charis: Boundary Crossing- Neighbors, Strangers, Family, Friends
2009 Bringing Creation to Praise: Arts and Faith Conference, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY; Panel: Artist Panel
2008 Pratt Institute Masters Symposium, Brooklyn, NY; Paper: “Art in the Service of Evangelism: The Bob Jones Collection”
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 “Special Speaker Slated at Art Show at Trinity,” The Independent, (Livermore, CA, April 11, 2013)
2011 Jodi Belgard, “Competition begins tonight at Alexandria Museum of Art,” The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, LA, August, 19, 2011
Pears, Catherine M., “24th September Competition Exhibition Catalogue,” (Alexandria, Louisiana, Alexandria Museum of Art, 2011)
2010 “C-N Concert Lecture Series to feature art, film and music,” The Standard Banner, Jefferson City, TN, September 2, 2010
Pears, Catherine M., “23rd September Competition Exhibition Catalogue,” (Alexandria, Louisiana, Alexandria Museum of Art, 2010)
Rachel Hostetter Smith, “The Thread that Weaves Life Together: Crossing Boundaries with the Charis Exhibition,” Image Journal, Number 65, 2010
Rachel Hostetter Smith, “From Babel to Pentecost: Boundary Crossings- The Charis Exhibit,” CIVA SEEN, X.1 2010
Emily Toman, “Artist explores sociology, theology with art,” Temple Daily Telegram, February 14, 2010
Beth Yeary, “Visiting artist presents colorful display at Piedmont Art Gallery,” Piedmont College Navigator, Demorest, GA
2009 Smith, Rachel Hostetter, Charis: Boundary Crossing, Exhibition Catalog, (Grand Rapids, Michigan, Calvin College, 2009)
2008 Allie Martin, “Christian art, artists worldwide,” OneNewsNow.com, July 9th, 2008
Leigh Gentry, “LC Teacher to visit Indonesia for art, cultural experiences,” The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, LA, June 12, 2008
2007 Jodi Belgard, “Downtown becomes outdoor art gallery for Alexandria Art Walk,” The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, LA, October, 12, 2007
Robin Miller, “Just Another Square,” The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, LA, September 7, 2007
“Louisiana College’s first art exhibit of the academic year,” The Town Talk, Alexandria, LA, August 28, 2007
Bob Silva, “Portraits: The Pursuit of Happiness”, Sacramento Bee, March 11, 2007
Exhibition Review, Saunthy Nicolson-Singh, “Hot Orb Fantasy”, Sacramento News & Review, January 4, 2007
2004 Lisa J. Curtis, “’Flea Market,” The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn, NY, June 5, 2004
INTERVIEWS
2013 Interview by Paxson Jeancake at Valley Springs Church, Roseville, CA, October 20, 2013
2012 Interview by Krystle Jeffers as The Cove, Santa Rosa, CA, November 11, 2012
2008 Interview by Renee Allen, “Mid Day,” KALB-TV (NBC affiliate), Alexandria, LA, September 18, 2008
Interview by Scott Culpepper and Scott Loyd, “Faith Forward,” KZLC-FM 95.5, Pineville, LA & KSYL-AM 970, Alexandria, LA, September16, 2008
Interview by Allie Martin, American Family Radio (national radio network), Tupelo, MS, June 4, 2008
2007 “Jambalaya,” Interview by Melinda Johnson, KALB-TV (NBC affiliate), Alexandria, Louisiana, August 23, 2007
“News with Kate Archer Kent,” Interview by Kate Archer Kent, Red River Radio (NPR),
Shreveport, Louisiana, August 23, 2007
2006 Interview by Steve Scott, Warehouse Christian Ministries, Sacramento, CA April 22 & 23, 2006
2004 Interview by Matthew Recker, “Heritage of Faith,” WMCA 570, New York, NY, May 30, 2004
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2010 Louisiana College Allumni Exhibit, Granberry Conference Center & Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Pineville, LA
LC Sculpture Invitational, Weathersby Fine Arts Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2009 Faculty Exhibition, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2008 Bridie Rapson, Martin Performing Arts Center Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
Striations by Donnie Copeland, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
Prophetic Landscape, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
The Holcombe Collection, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
The Holcombes: Creative Works, Art Department Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
New Works: Scott Malbaurn, Weathersby Fine Arts Building Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2007 Art Quest Studios at The Martin Performing Arts Center (co-curated with Christopher Kelly), MPAC Gallery, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
2004 Pratt: Faithworks Comprehensive Show, Stueben Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Pratt: Faithworks Chapel Show, Pratt Chapel, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY