Kevin Cole
CURRENT POSITION
Art Instructor: Westlake High School, Atlanta, GA
AP Art Consultant Savannah College of Art & Design Atlanta, GA
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
SELECTED RESIDENCY/VISITING ARTIST, SYMPOSIUMS, PANELS, LECTURES, JURORS
Lecture North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 2016
Visiting Artist, Brigham Young University, Utah Valley, UT 2014
Artist Talk Weston Gallery, January 2013
Lecture University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 2012
Lecture Arts & Science Center , Pine Bluff AR 2012
Lecture South west Art Center Atlanta, GA 2012
Artist Talk Hearne Fine Art. Little Rock, AR 2012
Table Leader AP Studio Art, Princeton, NJ 2004-Present
Performing Race, The David C Driskell Center, University of Maryland , College Park 2010
Juror National African American Juried Art Competition, Louisville, KY 2008-11
Development Committee the College Board, New York, NY 2008-12
Visiting Artist, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 2008
Panelist “ Beyond Sculpture, New York University, New York, NY 2007
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2007
Keynote Speaker Florida Art Education Association, Orlando, FL 2007
Business of Fine Art, Pulaski Community College, Little Rock, AR 2007
National Black Fine Arts Show, New York, NY 2007
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2007
Elgin College, Elgin, IL 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, NJ 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, FL 1999
Juror, Atlanta Artist Association, Atlanta, GA 1999
Visiting Artist, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 1999
Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1998
Juror, Employee Exhibition, Stone E. Webster Engineering Company, Atlanta, GA 1998
Visiting Artist, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Panelist, State of Louisiana, Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA (In progress)
Washington Park Natatorium, Atlanta, GA (Installation)
P.A.R.K, Little Rock, AR
Georgia International Convention Center, College Park, GA
StudioPlex, Atlanta GA (Installation)
ESPN Zone (2000 Super Bowl), Atlanta, GA (48” x 38” x 9”)
Charlottesville Arbermarle Airport, 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 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA (8200 sq.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 140”)
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 (Installation)
Bankhead Court Public Library, Atlanta, GA (Installation)
Boatrock Public Library, Atlanta, GA (110” x 110” x 4”)
My Sister’s House, Atlanta, GA (72”x189”x12”)
SELECTED PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTORS
Tyson’s Food Headquarter, Bentonville, AR
St. Louis University Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
Washington DC
William Jefferson Clinton Library, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
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
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Hammonds House Galleries and Museum, Atlanta, GA
Tubman Museum, Macon, GA
LaGrange Museum, LaGrange, GA
Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
The Dr. David C. Driskell Center University of Maryland, MD
Philander Smith College, Little Rock, AR
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Atlanta, GA
UPS, Chicago, IL
The Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, 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 Ángeles, 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
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 Jordan, formerly of the Chicago Bulls, Chicago, IL*
Juanita Jordan, 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, GA*
Dr. David Driskell Professor of Emeritus University Maryland, Hyattsville, MD*
Mel & Juanita Hardy Washington DC*
Harvey 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*
Jeff & Sivan Hines MD, Atlanta, GA*
Larry & Brenda Thompson, Former Deputy Attorney General of the U.S., Atlanta, GA
Dr. Robert Steele, College Park MD*
Linda Johnson, President, 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
AWARDS IN ART, FELLOWSHIPS AND
GRANTS, TEACHING AWARDS
Chancellor’s Award University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, AR 2017
Honorable Mention Georgia Artist Art Competition, Atlanta, GA 2016
Merit Award the LaGrange National XXVII, LaGrange Museum of Art, LaGrange GA 2014
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Honoree National Alumni Hall of Fame: 2013
Woodruff Foundation Leadership in the Arts, Atlanta, GA 2013
First Prize, The Georgia Artist Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta, GA 2011
The David C. Driskell Fellowship, The Experimental Workshop, Layfayette, PA 2011
Teacher of the Year, Westlake High School, Atlanta, GA 2010
Bombay Sapphire and Russell Simmons Juried Art Competition
WCLK Community Service Award, Atlanta, GA
NAEA Fellowship Anderson Ranch, CO, 2010
Artist & Influences , Hatch Billops, New York, NY 2009
National Secondary Art Educator of the Nominated, 2008
Scholarship Honor, Business of Art, Pulaski Technical College, Little Rock, AR 2007
Sandtown Foundation Grant, Atlanta, GA 2007
The History Makes, Chicago, IL 2007
Honorary Chairman Youth Art Month, Georgia Art Education Association 2006
Merit Award, Madison National Juried Exhibition, Madison, GA 2005
Southeastern Region Secondary Art educator of the Year, National Art Education Association 2004
Georgia Secondary Art Educator of the Year, Georgia Art Education Association 2003
Class Act 11 Alive Outstanding Teachers in Georgia 2003
Who’s Who is Making a Different 2003
Alumni Award, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR 2002
Who’s Who in America 53rd Edition 2001
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Fellowship, Colorado Spring, CO 2000
Knight Foundation Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA 2000
Learn & Serve Grant, State of Georgia, Atlanta, GA 1999
Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweetbriar, VA 1998
Super Teacher of the Year, Turner Broadcasting, and Atlanta, GA 1997
Georgia State Artist of the Year, Atlanta, GA 1996
Voted Best Mural in Atlanta, GA, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA 1996
Who’s Who is Education 1995
Award of Excellence for Public Art, Atlanta Urban Design Commission, Atlanta, GA 1995
NEA Community Public Art Project, Washington, DC 1995
Who’ Who Among American High School Teacher 1994
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA 1994
Mellow Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY 1992
Artist Grant Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA 1992
Paul Roberson, Award for Art Education, Atlanta, GA 1991
Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta 1990
Independent Artist Grant, Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA
Teacher of the Year Wood land Middle School 1990
Award of Excellence Public Art, Atlanta, GA
Teacher of the Year, Camp Creek Middle School 1986
Rhoden Smith Scholar, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 1985
SELECTED SOLO, GROUP, JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2017
Plano Art Center Plano TX (solo)
2016
Embassy: Istanbul Turkey, (Invitational)
North Carolina Central Art Museum, Durham, NC (solo)
Afri-COBRA Now Hearne Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR (group)
2015
Thelma Harris Gallery, Oakland, CA (3 person)
ArtField, Lake City, SC (Juried)
2014
Living off the Wall, 10th Street Gallery, St. Louis MO, (solo)
Art Basel Miami, Phantom Gallery, Miami, FL (group)
Traditions Re Define: the collection of Brenda and Larry Thompson, St. Louis University Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
LaGrange National Juried Exhibition XXVIII, LaGrange Museum of Art, LaGrange GA.
2013
Outside the Boundaries Black & Abstract, Sam Gilliam, Alma Thomas, Romare Bearden, Curator Valarie Cassell Oliver, Kevin Cole Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX (invitational)
One Hundred Fifty Years of African American Art From the Collection of the David C. Driskell Center” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati. OH
“Kevin Cole Straight From the Soul 25 Year Survey Traveling Exhibition
Curator Dr. Julie McGee, Weston Art Gallery Cincinnati, OH
2012
And the Band Played On, Hearne Fine Arts, Little Rock AR
Kevin Cole Straight From the Soul, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
The Southwest Art Center, Atlanta, GA
“Mixed Signals” Lafayette College, Allentown PA (solo)
2011
“ Seeking Higher Ground”, Delaware State University, Dover, DE (solo)
Georgia Artist Competition, Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta GA
Juror Michael Rooks, Curator of the High Museum of Art (juried)
2010
” Protégé Sam Gilliam & Kevin Cole, The Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte NC
LaGrange National XXXV Biannual, LaGrange Museum, LaGrange, GA (juried)
Corridor Gallery, New York, (invitational )
2009
“African American Currents: Contemporary Art from the Bank of America at 40 Acres in Sacramento, CA ( Collection)
National Black Fine Art Show , New York (Group)
2008
Golden Fine Arts, Denver, CO ( Group)
AfriCORBA: Liberated Images, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY (group)
National Black Fine Art Show, New York, NY (group)
In Context the Language of Abstraction, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY (invitational
2007
Beneath the Sound of Color, Hearne Fine Arts, Little Rock AR (solo)
Dialogue with Color, Kevin Cole & Preston Sampson, WhiteSpace Gallery Winston Salem, NC, (Two-person)
Beneath the Surface, Embassy of Venezuela Washington DC (group)
Cubano International Gallery, Toulouse, France (group)
AFRICOBRA Forty Years, Hampton Museum , Hampton, VA (group)
2006
Kevin Cole & Alonzo Davis, Old Dillard Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Something old, Something new” Kevin Cole & Cedric Smith, Gallery Guichard, Chicago (Two person)
Different Way of seeing, the Noyles Museum of Art Oceansville, NJ (group)
2005
Madison National Juried Art Exhibition, Madison GA: (juried)
Prints from the Collection of Robert & Jean Steele,( collection)
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 (Collection)
Walton Art Center, Fayetteville AR
Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Tubman Museum of Art, Macon GA
Abstraction Revisited, International Visions Gallery, Washington DC, (group)
“Black Creativity’ Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL(juried)
“Successions “Prints from the collection of Jean & Robert Steele Yale University New Haven CT ( Group)
2003
Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA (solo)
Jacob Lawrence and Kevin Cole, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA(two-person)
National Black Fine Art Show, Puck Building, New York, NY ( Selected artist)
2002
Thelma Harris Gallery, Oakland, CA ( 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(solo)
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA(group)
Arts & Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL (invitational)
Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI (Group)
621 Galleries, Tallahassee, FL (Juried)
Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA(two-person)
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA(solo)
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(group)
Sande Webster Gallery, the Armory Show, New York (Group)
City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA (Invitational)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Blue Greenberg, NCCU exhibition abstract blaze of color’ The Herald Sun, Durham, NC September 18, 2016
Courtney Lawson ”Celebrating a and moving forward," Northern NOW Fall 2016
Dr. Ruth Meyer” The Artist Life Profile: Kevin Cole Straight From the Soul” The Artist Magazine ; September 2013
Christopher Hoeting” Straight from the Soul” AEQAI, January 20,2013 Cincinnati, OH
Kathy Schwatz “Kevin Cole and Ties that Bind”City Beat; Volume 19 Issue 06 December 19-25 2012: Cincinnati, OH
Deborah Horn: From Hanging to Heaven to Neckties to Ladders,; Sealife Magazine Pine Bluff AR October 2012
Lee Raudanis “Six Educators Quietly Making a Difference , PAGE Magazine; January/February 2012
Dr. Ann Gibson, Protégé Sam Gilliam and Kevin Cole The Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC 2010
Halima Taha “Collaboration” 20 Years Hearne Fine Arts, Little Rock AR (book) 2008
Dennis Forbes “ Black Artist in the their Studios and Workspaces” Book 2008
Sean Drakes” Black Enterprise Magazine “Artistic Expressions” September 08 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, “Passing The 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
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
2006 Member of Afri-COBRA
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