Kevin Kegler
Buffalo, NY
USA
• Education •
1987 MAH in Media Studies/ Design Studies • State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1983 MFA Candidate, Program in Artisanry • Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
1981 BS in Design • Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York
•Current Academic Position •
Professor, Director of Sculpture & Graphic Design Programs, Visual & Performing Arts Department
Daemen University, Amherst, NY 2000 – present
•Professional Positions •
Founding Partner, Vice-President and Director of Product Development, First Hand Learning, Inc., a non- profit organization dedicated to the development and distribution of natural science education materials and programs. 1998- 2001
Creative Director / Principal Designer, Object Lessons, Buffalo Museum of Science, developed object-based science kits to support middle school curriculum in natural sciences. 1992- 1998
Proprietor, principal designer and builder of residential and commercial studio furniture. 1983- 1992
Principal Builder, 1988-1989 restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Gardener’s Cottage,” Buffalo, NY. Directed, in partnership, the complete restoration of the structural and finish components of the original 1909 residential building.
Studio Artist and Designer, 1983 - present
• Academic/Art Work Abroad •
2015, November, sabbatical research and studio work in Berlin, Germany
2012, January Term, Costa Rican Natural History & Conservation
2011, November, South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China
2009, March, South China University, Guangzhou, Hangzhou University, Beijing University, China
2008, December, sabbatical work on sacred art in Amsterdam, Netherlands & Brugges, Belgium
2006, “London Calling: Wayfinding in London” (January Term) London, England
2003, Dominican Republic, mural painting in Progresso Dos
• Solo Art Exhibits •
2020, Grace & Carbon, The Nolanda Gallery, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
2018, Kevin Kegler Summer Show, The Corridors Gallery, Hotel Henry Buffalo, NY
2016, Recent Work, Tower Gallery, Daemen College, Amherst, NY
2014, want everything (with Felice Koenig), Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY
2012, Recent Work, Rust Belt, Buffalo, NY
2011, Eating the Apple With a Spoon, Zuhause, Berlin, Germany
2010, Figurant (with Katherine Koenig), Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2009, Mysteries (with Dennis Barraclough), Meibohm Gallery, East Aurora, NY
2009, Recent Work, Chow Chocolat, Buffalo, NY
2008, Recent Paintings, 10th Street Community Garden, Buffalo, NY
2007, Brilliant Light/ Mythic Shadow, C G Jung Center, Buffalo, NY
1990, Ashland Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1985, Together at Last (with Juliet Bice), Danny’s, Buffalo, NY
1984, Carnegie Cultural Center, North Tonawanda, NY
1981, Essex Street Gallery, Buffalo, NY
• Select Group Art Exhibits •
2022
Black & White, juried exhibit, Fusion Art, Santa Fe, NM
Kindred, Invitational, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2021
Verdant, juried exhibit, Envision Arts, UNT CoLab Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Beginnings, Invitational, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Body Language (chose not to exhibit), The Room Contemporary Art Space, Venice, Italy
Last Year on Earth, juried exhibit, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Cadeaux, juried, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2020
PLAYGROUND, juried exhibit/installation, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Shelter Domestics, juried virtual exhibit during COVID-19, Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, Australia
Lines, Shapes & Objects, juried virtual exhibit during COVID-19, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
Onyx II, juried virtual exhibit during COVID-19, Envision Arts, Dallas, TX
In Union, Remotely, juried virtual exhibit during COVID-19, Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, MA
SUPPORT, invitational virtual exhibit responding to COVID-19 pandemic, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY
Maid to Aid, invitational virtual exhibit for aid to COVID-19, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY
2019
Reflectivity – Artists on Climate Change, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California
Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2018
Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century, Arc Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
After the Pedestal, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Art Invasion: Fifteen, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY
X, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY
2017
Art Invasion: North Street, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY
The Corridors Gallery, A Resource Art Project, Hotel Henry, Buffalo, NY
Biophilia, 4-person invitational, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY
Summer in the City, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY
2016
Echo Art Fair NYC, Highline Lofts, NY, NY
Summer in the City, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY
2015 Emerging Converging, Damon Morey, Curated by Elizabeth Samuels, Buffalo, NY
Richard Kegler/P22 Type Foundry: Charles Burchfield (The Font Project), Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2014
Mirrored: Artist Self-Portraits From the Gerald Mead Collection, Tower Gallery, Amherst, NY
Better/Worse, Invitational, Block Club, Buffalo, NY
2013
Object Abuse, Spinach, London, UK
Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY
Zukunftsvisionen 13 (Visions of the Future 13), Bautznerstraße 32, Gorlitz, Germany
2012
Harvest, Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY
First Thought, Last Thought, CG Jung Center, Buffalo, NY
Members Exhibit, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2011
Summer Invitational Exhibit, Sugar City, Buffalo, NY
Members Exhibit, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
2010
Street Installation, Kopenicker Strasse 183, June 2, 2010, Berlin, Germany
Art and Violence, El Buen Amigo, Buffalo, NY
“Members Exhibit”, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Juried Spring Exhibit, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
Members’ Exhibit, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo NY
Invitational, “Extraordinary Forms II”, Kenan Center, Lockport NY
2009
Group Exhibit, “Interactive Currents”, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Invitational “Hallwalls 35th Anniversary Auction”, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Invitational, “Craft in Art Western New York 2009”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Invitational “Author & Artists”, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
Three Person Exhibit, “Brothers”, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
Group Exhibit “Type Tart Project”, Wallpaper Magazine & KK Outlet Gallery, London, England
Group Exhibit. “Inaugural Exhibit”, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
NYFA MARK, BUFFALO, Group Exhibit, ARTSPACE, Buffalo, NY
Members’ Exhibit, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008
Members’ Exhibit, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo NY
“Sender Receives” Group Exhibit, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY
2007
“Future Artemi”, Group Exhibition, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
2006
Print Invitational, Western New York Book Arts Collaborative, I a Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Sculpture Invitational Buffalo, ArtSpace, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005
“Collage/Assemblage” Four Artist Exhibit, Bryant Street Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Artist Educators”, Invitational Group Exhibit, Fineline Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2004
Juried Exhibit, Art Dialogue Buffalo, NY
“Pencil Me In: The Art of Drawing” Group Exhibit, Untitled, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
“Cause for Celebration”, Buffalo, NY
2003
Exterior Wall Mural, 12’ x 20’ Latex on Concrete, Progresso Dos, Dominican Republic
Regional Exhibition, Western New York Artists Group, Buffalo, NY
2002
“Members Exhibit”, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
2001
“Members Exhibit”, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
2000
“Artful Gifts” Group Exhibit, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
“Members Exhibit”, Western New York Artists Group, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
• Pre-2000 Exhibitions •
Group Exhibit, WNY Artists Group, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY 1998, 1999
“Cause for Celebration”, Buffalo, NY, 1996/97
“Regional 1995”, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1995
“Craft Art Western New York 1994”, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY1990, 1992, 1994
“Art Furniture of Western New York”, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY 1994
WNY Craft/Art, Niagara County Community College Gallery, Sanborn, NY 1993
Adams Memorial Group Exhibit, Dunkirk, NY 1987
Goldome Show, Buffalo, NY, 1987
“15 Anonymous American Poets”, Video Installation, Wende Hall, SUNY Buffalo, NY 1985
Theater Place Showcase of Craft Art, Buffalo, NY 1985
“40th Western New York Show”, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1984
“100 American Craftsmen”, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY 1984
“PAZ”, Invitational Exhibit, Sculpture, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY 1983
Group Exhibit, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY 1983
“The Kitchen and the Gallery”, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY 1982
“39th Western New York Show”, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1982