Kevin E. Cole

Born               Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Education      M.F.A Drawing, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
                       M.A. Art Education / Painting, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
                       B.S. Art Education, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Currently Chairman of the Fine Arts Department at Westlake High School where I teach drawing, painting, advance placement and design.
• Chairman of the Visual Arts Magnet Department  North Springs High School, 1998-2003 Teaching drawing, painting, Three Dimensional Design and Advance Placement 
• Curriculum Support Person/ Instructor for the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program, North Springs Arts and Sciences Magnet program, Atlanta, GA 1996-1998. Duties include overseeing the progress of the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Department; also assist in scheduling magnet students, etc.  Teach three classes: Magnet Fundamentals, 3-Design, Drawing, Painting and 2D-Design.
• Adjunct Professor, Georgia State University, School of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, 1987-1998. Taught drawing, painting, and design.
• Professional Leave of Absence to work on a 15 Story Mural for the 1996 Olympic Games. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company, 1994-1996.
• Visiting Artist, Des Moines Art Center, taught Drawing and Painting Classes, Spring 1996.
• Chairperson/ Instructor, Tri-Cities Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program, East Point, GA 1990-1994, taught drawing, painting, and design to high school Magnet students, 9th-12th grades.
• “Artist-In-Resident,” Crossroads Georgia Cities in Schools, Atlanta, GA, worked with at-risk students around the state of Georgia, 1995.
• Instructor, Woodland Middle School, East Point, GA, 1988 - 1990, taught art classes to middle school students, grades 6th-8th.
• Instructor, Camp Creek Middle School, College Park, GA, 1985 - 1988, taught art classes to middle school students, grades 6th-8th

SELECTED RESIDENCY/ VISISTING ARTIST, SYMPOSIUMS, PANELS, JURORS:

• National Black Fine Arts Show, New York University, 2007
• University of Georgia, Athens 2007
• Elgin College, Elgin Illinois 2006
• Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 2006
• Lecturer Morris Museum, Augusta, GA  2003
• Visiting Artist University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 2002
• Visiting Artist, Brandywine Center for the Art Center, Philadelphia, PA 2001
• Advance Placement Reader, ETS, Princeton, New Jersey 1996 to Present
• Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, AR 2000
• Visiting Artist, New World School for the Arts, Miami FL 1999
• Visiting Artist, Davidson Center for the Arts, FT. Lauderdale 1999
• Juror, Atlanta Artist Association, Atlanta, GA 1999 
• Visiting Artist, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 1999
• Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1998
• Juror, Employee Exhibition, Stone E. Webster Engineering Co, Atlanta, GA, 1998
• Visiting Artist, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
• Panelist, State of Louisiana, Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
• “Can Art Save The Children?” Des Moines Art  Center, Des Moines, IA (Lecture) 1996
• “Selected Public Art Commissions by Kevin Cole,” Spruill Art Center, Atlanta, GA (Lecture) 1996
• “The Business of Art,” Northern Illinois University, Dekalb (Workshop) 1996
• “Strait From the Hood.” Maryland College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Lecture) 1995
• “Artist-in-Residence,” The Springer School, Cincinnati, OH 1994
• “Urban Education in the Arts,” University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (Symposium) 1994
• 9th Annual Art Teachers Development Seminar, Detroit, MI 1992
• Artist/Educator, Atlanta College of Art 1992
• Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (Symposium) 1992
• Three Georgia Artists, Benny Andrews, Kevin Cole, Larry Walker, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, GA (Symposium) 1991

Selected  Public Art Commissions

                             
Washington Park Natatorium, Atlanta, GA ( Installation )
P.A.R.K, Little Rock, AR
Georgia International Convention Center, Atlanta, GA
StudioPlex, Atlanta GA (Installation)
ESPN Zone (Disney), Atlanta, GA (for the 2000 Super Bowl) – 48” x 38” x 9”)
Charlottesville Arbermarle Air port, Charlottesville, VA – 72” x 350” x 14”
Forest Avenue Public Library, Des Moines, IA – 120” x 120” x 3”
The Coca-Cola Centennial Olympic Mural for the 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA – 8200sq.ft
Southeast Atlanta Recreation Center (Artist Team), Atlanta, GA – 18’ x 12’ x 8’
The United Way, Atlanta, GA – 64” x 260” x 5”
The Anchor Center, Atlanta, GA – 69” x 240”
Red Oak Recreation Center, Red Oak, GA – 53” x 120”
City Hall, Atlanta, GA – 84” x 283” x 7”
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA – 115” x 105” x 7”
Carver Homes Public Library, Atlanta, GA – 15’ x 14’ x 2’ Installation
Bankhead Court Public Library, Atlanta, GA – 12’ x 10’ x 15” Installation
Boatrock Public Library, Atlanta, GA – 110” x 110” x 4”
My Sister’s House, Atlanta, GA, 72”x189”x12”

 

Over 750 Selected Public, Private and Corporate Collectors 

JP Morgan & Stanley, Chicago Il
IP Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, SC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Tampa Museum, Tampa FL
US Embassy Barbados
Corcoran Gallery Museum, Washington, DC
Walton Fine Art Center, Fayetteville, AR
Gibbs Museum of Art, Charleston SC
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Hammonds House Galleries and Museum, Atlanta, GA
Tubman Museum, Macon, GA
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
The Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
King Tisdale Museum, Savannah, GA
The Dr. David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park MD
Philander Smith College, Little Rock, AR
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Atlanta, GA

(Selected Collections  Continues)

UPS, Chicago, IL
The Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, GA
HeadFirst Marketing Research Inc, Stone Mountain, GA
Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, AL
Atlanta Life Insurance Co., Atlanta, GA
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Bell Laboratories, Hartford, NJ
City of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Doubletree Hotel, Tampa, FL
Eso Won Books, Los Angeles, CA
Evans-Tibbs Collection, Washington, DC
Gink, Marc, Inc., St. Louis, MO
The Houston Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC                                                 
 IBM, New York City, NY
Jump Incorporated, Chicago, IL
Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA
King and Spalding Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
McKinnley Foundation, Champaign, IL
Northern Telecom Inc., Atlanta, GA
Restaurant Development Group, Cincinnati, OH
Sutherland, Asbill, Brennan Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
The Springer School, Cincinnati, OH
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR
Virginia Center for the Arts, Sweetbriar, VA
West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA
Shorter College, Little Rock, AR
Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA
The College Board, New York City
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, NY
Nancy Gunn Library, Conyers, GA
South Fulton Regional Library, Union City, GA   
Bonz Wells, NBA Basketball Player, Memphis Grizzles
*Michael and Juanita Jordan, formerly of the Chicago Bulls, Chicago, IL  
*Darrell & Lisa Walker, former NBA Basketball Player, Little Rock, AR
*Doug & Jackie Christie, NBA Player for the Orlando Magic’s, Seattle WA
*Brad Seller, former NBA Player Chicago Bulls, Rome, Italy
*Alvin Williams, NBA Player, Toronto, Rappers, Toronto, Canada
  Elliot Perry, Former NBA Basketball Player, Phoenix Suns, Memphis, TN

* Rod Strickland, NBA Player Miami, Heat, Inglewood, NJ                        

*Bernard King, former NBA Player New York Nicks, Norcross, GA
*Joe Barry Carroll, former NBA Player, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta,
*Dr. David Driskell, Professor of Emeritus University Maryland, Hyattsville, MD
*Mel & Juanita Hardy Washington DC
*Harvey and Beverly Grant, former NBA Player Washington Wizards Glendale, MD
*Greg & Yolanda Head, HeadFirst Marketing, Stone Mountain, GA
*Monica Kaufman, Anchor Women, WSB TV, Atlanta, GA
 *Lewis Tanner Moore, Collector, Philadelphia, PA
*Terry & Thelma Harris, Art Dealer, Oakland, CA
*Jeff & Sivan  Hines MD , Atlanta, GA
*Larry & Brenda Thompson, Deputy Attorney General of the U.S., Atlanta, GA
*Dr. Robert Steele, College Park MD
*Michael Jasper, Lewisville, TX
*Linda Johnson, Johnson Publishing Co. Chicago, IL
*Sande Webster, Art Dealer Sander Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
Terry McMillan, Author, San Monica, CA
Dallas Austin, Record Producer Atlanta, GA
Oscar & Yvonne Robertson Former NBA Player Milwaukee Bucks, Cincinnati, OH

*Denotes two or more works

Over 41 awards in art: 30 fellowships and grants, and 23 teaching awards:
                             
2007      The History Makes, Chicago, IL
2006      Honorary Chairman Youth Art Month, Georgia Art Education Association
2005      Merit Award, Madison National Juried Exhibition, Madison, GA
2004      Southeastern Region Secondary Art educator of the Year, National Art Education Association
2003     Georgia Secondary Art Educator of the Year, Georgia Art Education Association  
            Class Act 11 Alive Outstanding Teachers in Georgia
            Who’s Who is Making a Different
2002     Alumni Award, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR
2001     Who’s Who in America 53rd Edition
2000     Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Fellowship, Colorado Spring, CO
            Knight Foundation Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
1999     Learn & Serve Grant, State of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
1998     Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweetbriar, VA
1997     Super Teacher of the Year, Turner Broadcasting, and Atlanta, GA
1996     Georgia State Artist of the Year, Atlanta, GA
            Voted Best Mural in Atlanta, GA, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA
1995     Who’s Who is Education
            Award of Excellence for Public Art, Atlanta Urban Design Commission, Atlanta, GA
            NEA Community Public Art Project, Washington, DC
1994     Who’ Who Among American High School Teacher
            Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
1992     Mellow Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY
            Artist Grant Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
1991     Paul Roberson, Award for Art Education, Atlanta, GA
            Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta
            Independent Artist Grant, Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA
1990    Teacher of the Year Wood land Middle School
           Award of Excellence Public Art, Atlanta, GA
1986    Teacher of the Year, Camp Creek Middle School
1985    Rhoden Smith Scholar, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

           
Selected Solo, Group, Juried & Invitational Exhibitions
        
2007    Cubano International Gallery ,, Toulouse, France
2006    Kevin Cole & Alonzo Davis, Old Dillard Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
          “Something old, Something new” Kevin Cole & Cedric Smith, Gallery Guichard, Chicago (solo)      
           Different Way of Seeing, the Noyles Museum of Art Oceansville, NJ ( group)
2005    Madison National Juried Art Exhibition, Madison GA              
           Prints from the Collection of Robert & Jean Steele,
           Yale University Gallery, New Haven, CT    
           University of Scranton, Scranton PA
           College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
           Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
           North Carolina Central, Durham, NC

2004  Images of America, from the Collection of Darrell and Lisa Walker

Walton Art Center, Fayetteville AR
Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Tubman Museum of Art, Macon GA                                  
Abstraction Revisited, International Visions Gallery, Washington DC
“Black Creativity’ Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
“Successions “Prints from the collection of Jean & Robert Steele Yale University
New Haven CT ( Group)         

Selected Exhibitions Continue

2003    Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA (solo)
           Jacob Lawrence and Kevin Cole, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
           National Black Fine Art Show, Puck Building, New York, NY ( Selected artist)
                                 
2002    Thelma Harris Gallery ( solo)
           University of Maryland, College Park, GA (Collectors Collection)
           Hampton Museum, Hampton University, Hampton VA (Juried)
           Michael Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA ( Group
           Sander Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
           International Visions Gallery, Washington DC 
           Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN                                         
               
2001    African American Art Museum, Dallas, TX
           “Absence of color”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Invitational)
           “Will” Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (Invitational)
                         
2000    Auction 2000,  Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
           Chicago Black Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Group)
           Third Annual National Black Art Exhibition, New York, NY (Group)
           Dillard University, New Orleans, LA (Collaboration)
           African-American Art Museum, Dallas, TX (Juried)
           Art Center of the Ozark, Springdale, AR
           Runaway Moon Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
        
1999    Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA,
           Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
           Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
           Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
           Arts & Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL (invitational)
           Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI (Group
           621 Galleries, Tallahassee, FL (Juried)                                     
           Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA
           Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA

1998     Kevin Cole, Frank Stella, Sam Gilliam, John Scott, etc. 
           Brandywine Workshop, Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Invitational)
           The Second Annual National Black Art Exhibition, New York City, NY
           Sande Webster Gallery, the Armory Show, New York (Group)
           City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA (Invitational)
                                                                                                                             
Selected Bibliography

• The History Makers, Chicago, IL January 2007
• Cathy Fox, “Things Old, new”  The Atlanta Journal & Constitution August 12, 2005
• Kendra Story Sculptors use their hands and hear to create timeless pieces” Upscale Magazine April 2005  
• Edmonds Alan Three Decades of Printing Making, The Brandywine Printmaking Workshop book 2004
• Matthew Kangas   Review  Sculpture Magazine  May 2004 Vol. 23 No. 4
• Wanda Freeman, “ An eye For Voices”  The Arkansas  Democrat and Gazette Northwest Arkansas  Edition , January 16, 2004 
• “Art in the new Georgia International Convention Center” Atlanta Business Chronicle, May 30, 2003
• Best Bet, Kevin Cole & Preston Sampson, at International Visions Gallery   Washington Times, Washington DC, March 21, 2002
• Veronica Reed, “PassingT he Passion African American Art Collectors in the NBA” The International Review of African American Art, Volume 17 2001
• Tom Stanley, “Clothes make the art in new exhibit,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

September 1, 2000

Selected Bibliography continues :

• Jerry Cullum, Images, Wall pieces echo with liberating effect, Atlanta Journal –Constitution, Friday Feb. 4,  2000
• Elena Cabral, “Hollywood exhibits showcase South Florida artists,” Hollywood Herald, November 7, 1999
• Catherine Fox, “Colorful combinations: Three Atlanta artists stake their claim in vivid hues, abstractions,” Atlanta Journal / Constitution, October 15, 1999
• Edward J. Sozanski, “A dialogue between painting and sculpture,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 1999
•  Robert Pincus, “Kevin Cole: Surviving Another Beat,” The Union Tribune, San Diego, CA April 30 1998 
• Ruth Latter, “Ties to the Community,” The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA, April 23, 1998
• Diane Jeilenman:  “African-American Exhibit Invigorating.” The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY: Sunday, February 15, 1998
• John Kernaghan: “Darrell, Sees the Big Picture.” July 1997, Toronto Raptors Year Book, Toronto, Canada
• NBA Inside Stuff, (NBC TV) , New York, November 16, 1996
• Donald Locke: “Three Dimension, Kindred Spirit,” Creative Loafing - June 28, 1996
• Mary Hill: “Intercity Youth, Engaging in Challenging Art Projects,” Des Moines Registry - March 14, 1996
• Carolan Schwartz: “Kevin Cole, An Exceptional Vision,” Art Experience Atlanta, December 4, 1995
• Merle Ware: “Good Day Atlanta” (CBS TV), Atlanta, GA, December 4, 1995
• Karen Daniels: “Between the Lines,” (TBS TV), August 12, 1995
• Amanda Morris: “From the Diary of Kevin Cole,” Free Form Magazine, Volume 1, Atlanta, GA -April 1995
• Mike Guiliano, “Black and Abstract.” City Paper, Baltimore, MD, February 22, 1995
• GA – August 5, 1994
• Bill Alexander, “Kevin Cole at North Georgia College, Dahlonega, Georgia,” Arts Papers, Atlanta, GA, August 5, 1994

GALLERY AFFILIATION

Hearne Fine Art, Little Rock, AR
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Thelma Harris Gallery, Oakland CA
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
International Visions, Washington DC
Boody Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO