Teresa Dunn


EDUCATION
2002 M.F.A. Indiana University, Bloomington
1999 B.F.A. Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 TBA, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011 but the winds come anyway..., First Street Gallery, NY, NY
2009 Dilemmas and Innocents, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc, Houston
(Ir)rational Choice, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
2008 Maintaining the Illusion,Delta College Galleria, Delta College, University Center, MI
2007 In Dreams, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc, Houston
2005 Recent Drawings and Paintings, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2002 Recent Paintings, Cage Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 National Juried Biennial: Figurative Painting @ AmoA, Group Juried Exhibition. Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX; Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Juror
New Space/New Work, Group Invitational Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NY, NY
EXTREME(S), Group Invitational Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI
The Fourth National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, NYC, NY; William Bailey, Juror
Kentucky National 2011, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY; Matthew Staruss, Founder and Director of White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, Juror
The Dog Show, Invitational Group Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NY, NY
2010 Poetic License, Invitational Group Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NY, NY
2010 Biennial Contemporary American Realism, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN
Painting Only, National Competition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA; Charles Hespe of Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juror
Department of Art and Art History Michigan State University Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Art Interview 22nd International Online Artist Competition, Archived in permanent virtual gallery - http://www.art-interview.com/CompetitionWinners/competition_winners.html
2009 Art at the X: Celebrating Women, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; Jessica Flores, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Juror
Masterworks: 40th Anniversary Celebration, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Introspective Images II, Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD; Joe Yablonsky, Juror
3rd National Juried Exhibit, Prince Street Gallery, NYC, NY; Susanna Coffey, Juror
Narrative Revisted: Telling Stories for Our Times, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2008 University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, WI
2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Sr. Curator/Exec. Dir. Charles Shepard III, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections Sachi Yanari-Rizzo, and Leah Reeder, Jurors
The Art of Politics, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
The Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL; Allys Palladino-Craig, FSU Museum Director and Joe Sanders, FSU Art Department Chair Jurors
Small Works Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, New York
Michigan State University Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Figurative Works, National Group Juried Exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO; Mary Borgman, Faculty at Washington University in St. Louis Juror
35th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA; Carole Robb, Juror
Second National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY; Irving Sandler, Juror
OH+5 2008, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH; Jason Baldwin, Joel Feldman and Jordan Taylor, Jurors
2007 Helper Workshops Invitational, College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT; David Dorman, Juror
Figurative Fictions, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2007 Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibit, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO; Marshall Arisman, Juror
Small Wonders Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD; Susan Badder, professor of Art History, Maryland Institute College of Art, Juror
31, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Kinsey Institute's 2007 Juried Art Show, The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Karen Baldner, Juror
Texas National, The Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX; MANUAL (Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill), Juror
2006 Department of Art and Art History Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Michigan State University, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Masur Museum of Art 33rd Annual Juried Competition, Monroe, LA; Henry Finkelstein, Juror
Nude International 2006, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY; Patrick Oliphant, Juror
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Invitational, Student Exhibition Center, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2005 Nudes, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA; Rob Clifford, Juror
Faculty Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin University, Nocogdoches, TX
2004 Drawing from Perception V, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; Charles Cajori, Juror
Women Painting Women, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese St. University, Lake Charles, LA
2004 Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Susan Snodgrass, Juror
19th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, CMSU Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO; Douglass Freed, Juror
Faculty Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2003 Body Images, Gordon College, Wenham, MA; Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, Juror
Contemporary Drawing 2003, T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, Montpelier, VT; Harvey Breverman, Diane Sophrin, Dr. Mark D. Mitchell, Jurors
Sex Stitched: Women In Art Quilt Exhibition, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
Drawing from Perception IV, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; Graham Nickson, Juror
MFA Painters--Indiana University, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2000 43rd Annual Delta Exhibition--Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; Graham Nickson, Juror
MFA Painters--Indiana University, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Miami University Young Painters Competition, Oxford, OH; Robert Kurtz, Juror
1999 Art and Design BFA Exhibition, Missouri State University (formerly SMSU)
Selected Paintings and Drawings, Missouri State University (formerly SMSU) and Michigan State University, Springfield, MO
Paintings and Drawings, art and Design Gallery, Missouri State University (formerly SMSU) Springfield, MO
1998 5 Painters, Missouri State University (formerly SMSU), Springfield, MO
1994 Women's Invitational, Associated Artist Gallery, Carbondale, IL
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2010 Art Interview 22nd International Online Artist Competition, Honorable Mention - http://www.art-interview.com/CompetitionWinners/competition_winners.html
Little Strokes Gallery, 2nd place online artist competition.
2007-09 Michigan State University Intramural Research Grant Proposal, A Series of Contemporary Narrative Figure Paintings: Making Paintings a Visual Expression of Game Theory, Social Interaction, and Spatial Development
2008 Tri-Best in Show, 2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN; Carl Little, Juror
Art Buzz 2008, Publication, First Place (one awarded per media), oils
Artist of Special Interest Award, Nude International 2006, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY; Patrick Oliphant, Juror
2007 Honorable Mention, Small Wonders Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD; Susan Badder, Juror
Holbein Award, Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibit, St. Louis Artists' Guild; Marshall Arisman, Juror
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellow, 2nd Grant
Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Michigan State University, Departmental Grant, Travel to CAA to attend session on drawing in contemporary and historical contexts
Michigan State University, Departmental Grant, Travel to Italy for Study Abroad Program Development
Michigan State University, College of Arts and Letters/Office of Study Abroad Grant, Travel to Italy for Study Abroad Program Development
2006 3rd Place, Masur Museum of Art 33rd Annual Juried Competition; Henry Finkelstein, Juror
Artist of Special Interest Award, Nude International 2006, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY; Patrick Oliphant, Juror
2005 Faculty Development Grant, College, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX (Original research: Portrait project investigating and celbrating racial and ethnic diversity)
Faculty Development grant, Departmental, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX (Ft. Worth museum visit)
2000 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellow
Jacob K. Javits Fellow, U.S. Department of Education
Chancellor Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Finalist - William and Dorothy Yeck Young Painters Annual Competition, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Outstanding Scholar Nominee, Southwest Missouri State University
1999 Eric Sidney Memorial Scholarship
Frederick Keiferndorf Travel Scholarship
1998-2000 College of Arts and Letters out-of-state fee waiver, Southwest Missouri State University
1998-1999 Art & Design Department Scholarship, Southwest Missouri State University
1994-1998 Presidential Scholarship, Southwest Missouri State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-present Asst. Professor of Painting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006 ArtsItalia Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy, Co-coordinator, Drawing Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University. Travel from May 18-June13, 2006
2005-present Portrait of an Artist Online Participant as part of Outwin-Boocheever 2006 National Portrait Competition
2004-present Organized weekly Local Open Figure Drawing Group
2004 Image and Text IV: Modernism, the Figure, and the Narrative Tradition. Artist Panel Discussion, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2003 Demonstrating Artist - Living Traditions Artist: a part of Family First Saturdays, Cincinnati Art Museum
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 The Work of the Painter: Le Travail du Peintre. Poems by Paul Eluard as chosen by Fancis Poulenc. Images by: Gary Frields, Teresa Kirchner, Piero Fenci, Mary McCleary, Robert Kinsell, Charles Jones, John Daniel. LaNana Creek Press.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Marsha Blount, Nacogdoches, TX
Mike DeGennaro, Washington D.C.
Ster Dubberly, Nacogdoches, TX
David Lewis, Nacogdoches, TX
Dr. Kelly Moon and Dr. Brian Davis, Nacogdoches, TX
Dr. Tim and Aida Neary, Newport, RI
Michael and Rachel Petkevich, Houston
William Ridlehuber, Houston
Xavier Sanders, Nacogdoches, TX
Jack Wetmore, Houston, TX
Beta Theta Pi Chapter House - University of Michigan
Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Sienna Art Institute
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Venice, Italy
Wright State University Art Galleries