EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; M.F.A.
Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA; B.F.A.
NON-DEGREE
EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN;
Printmaking, 1983-84
Akademia
Sztuk Pieknych, Krakow, Poland; Etching &
Drawing,1985-86
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan; New Directions in Printmaking Workshop (Waterless Lithography),
June 2004
GRANTS
Nation Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks
of American History and Culture Workshop,
ÒGeorgia
OÕKeeffe: Santa Fe, Abiquiœ, and the New Mexico
LandscapeÓ, Summer Scholar, 2012
Nation Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks
of American History and Culture Workshop,
ÒBlack Mountain College: An Artistic & Educational Legacy",
Summer Scholar, 2011
Fulbright, Research Scholar to Poland, 1985-86
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Individual Artist
Fellowship, 1990
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA,
Fellowship, 1993
Kosciuszko Foundation, Zaleski
Grant, New York, NY, 1988-89
Kosciuszko Foundation, Grant to Krakow,
Poland, 1981-82
CURRENTLY TEACHING
Passaic County
Community College,
Paterson, NJ, Instructor and Studio Arts Coordinator, 2015-present
Drawing, 2-D Design, Color Theory, Art
Appreciation
PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adrian
College, , Adrian, MI, Adjunct
Instructor, 2013-2105
Drawing, Relief Printing, Intaglio
The University of Toledo, Department of Art, Adjunct
Instructor, 1995-2002, 2008-2015
Perceptual Drawing, Explorations in Drawing,
Intro to Printmaking, Drawing 1, Drawing 2, 2-D
Foundations, Color Theory
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH, Adjunct
Instructor, 1998-2002, 2005-2015
Drawing; 2-D Design, History of Western Art,
History of Art: Renaissance to Contemporary, Art Appreciation, Art Appreciation
and Art History Online Courses
Studio M Printmakers,
Toledo, OH, Owner, Instructor
& Gallery Director, 2009-2015
Museum of Art, School of Art & Design, Toledo, OH, Instructor, 1999-02, 2005-2009
Printmaking and Book Arts Instructor
Bowling Green State University, , Bowling Green, OH, Adjunct
Assistant Professor 1997-99
2-D
Foundations, Drawing I
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Department of Art and
Design, Menomonie, WI
Drawing I, Lithography; Sabbatical
Replacement--Spring1993
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA, Teaching Assistant:
Undergraduate
Printmaking, 1988-89; Graduate Lithography, 1987-88;
Graduate
Intaglio, 1986-87
EXHIBITIONS
2014
Artists of Toledo Show, Work by 4
Invited Artists, Paula Brown Gallery,
Toledo, OH
Solo Exhibition,
The Main Event: Art and Music,
Freedman Gallery, Toledo, OH
Fresh Impressions, Work by 12 Printmakers, CVA
Gallery, University of Toledo, OH
Reed/Read, LeSo
Gallery, Toledo, OH
Undisclosed, Toledo School for the
Arts, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition,
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
2013
Undisclosed, Toledo School for the
Arts, Toledo, OH
Art Walk, Studio M
Printmakers, Toledo, OH
2012
University of Toledo Faculty
Exhibition, Center For Visual Arts, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Holiday Loop, Studio M Printmakers, Toledo, OH
2011
Group of Nine Invitational Exhibit, Hudson
Gallery, Sylvania, OH
ART 43551, Five Perrysburg
Artists, River House Arts Gallery,
Perrysburg, OH
93nd Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art,
Toledo, OH
Steamroller Print, Studio M Printmakers, Toledo, OH
University of Toledo Faculty
Exhibition, Center For Visual Arts, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition,
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Image and Text/Dajnak and Kress, Studio M Printmakers, Toledo, OH
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo
Mix Auction Exhibition, One Seagate, Toledo. OH
2010
92nd Annual Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition,
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Solo Exhibition, Nearly Square Drawings, Studio M Printmakers, Toledo, OH
Invitational Exhibition, Sur-Saint Clair Gallery, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition,
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Group Show, Gallery 333, Toledo School for the
Arts, Toledo, OH
Group Show, Studio M Printmakers, Toledo OH
2009
91st Annual Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition,
Toledo Museum of Art, Athena Society Award
Solo Exhibition, Outside Gallery, Owens College,
Toledo, OH
Solo Exhibition, Studio M Printmakers, Toledo, OH
University of Toledo Faculty
Exhibition, Center For Visual Arts, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo
Mix Auction Exhibition, Secor Gallery, Toledo. OH
2008
90th Annual Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition,
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
NOWOH, Bryan & Wankelman Galleries, Bowling Green State University
ÔTis the Secor, Secor Gallery, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition,
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
2007
Friends
of Hitoshi Nakazato Exhibit, The Crane Arts
Building, Philadelphia, PA
Environments,
Space
237 Gallery, Toledo, OH
Secor
Artists, Secor Gallery, Secor
Building, Toledo, OH
13Õs, Coincident Currents,
Collaboration/Performance, Owens College, Toledo, OH
Faculty Exhibition,
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
2006
88th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Prints and Ceramics Installation/Collaboration with Mary Weiss, Secor Gallery on 6, Toledo
Faculty Exhibition,
Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Secor Artists at Diva,
Diva, Toledo, OH
2005
Three Artists, Walter E. Terhune Art Gallery, Owens Community College, Toledo,
OH
87th Annual Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition,
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2004
86th Annual Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition,
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2003
Coincident Currents,
Collaboration/Performance, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Coincident Currents,
Collaboration/Performance, Lourdes College, Toledo, OH
Exhibition of Winners from the Janet Turner
Museum, Shasta College, CA
2002
84th Annual Toledo Area Artists
Exhibition,
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Solo
Exhibition,
Franciscan
Center, Sylvania, OH
Orphic Sounds, Collaboration/Performance, Toledo
Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Reciprocity, Collaborations Portfolio, Savannah
College of Art, Savannah, GA
Print Gumbo, Southern Graphics Council Conference,
New Orleans, LA
University of Toledo, Department of Art Faculty
Exhibition, Toledo, OH
2001
Solo
Exhibition, Artist Image Resource,
Pittsburgh, PA
2000
Art in the Workplace, Toledo Museum of Art,
Toledo, OH
1999
Solo
Exhibition, Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women, University of Toledo, OH
1998
School of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Bowling
Green State University, OH
All-Ohio Juried Exhibition, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University-Mansfield, OH
1997
7th Annual Salon des Refuses, Summit Street Studios,
Toledo, OH
1996
78th Annual
Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Creative Artists Network Selections
1984-96,
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
New & Unique: Unusual Processes & New
Acquisitions,
Turner Print Gallery, Chico, CA
Picture This, A.C.T. Gallery, Detroit, MI
University of Toledo Faculty Exhibition, Center
for the Creative Arts, Toledo, OH
1995
The Print Club of Albany's 19th National Print
Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, NY
Janet Turner Print Competition, Calif. State
Univ., Chico, First Place Purchase
Award
Counterpoint: 27th National Exhibition, McAshen Visual Arts Center, Ingram, TX
Ohio Women's Caucus for Art 6th Annual
Exhibition, Owen's Illinois Art Center, Toledo
PAN 1995, The Village Fine Arts Association, Milford,
MI, Honorable Mention
1994
479 Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
PNC Bank Gallery, Group Show, Philadelphia, PA
Winter, Spring, and Fall Members Shows,
Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA
1993
Stuart Levy Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
24th Bradley National Print and
Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
14th National Paper in Particular,
Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Selections From the 1993-94 Fleisher Challenge
Competition,
PNC Bank, Philadelphia, PA
University of Wisconsin-Stout Art Department
Faculty Exhibition, Menomonie, WI
MFA Alumni Exhibition, Meyerson Gallery,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Winter, Spring, and Fall Members Shows,
Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Hard Choices/Just Rewards, Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts Grant Recipients,
Johnson Art Museum,
Blair Art Museum, University of Pittsburgh, The Everhart
Museum, Edinboro University, Westminster College, University
of the Arts
32 Printmakers--Members of the Print Club of
Philadelphia,
Long Beach Island
Foundations of the Arts, Loveladies, NJ
The Pavilion Challenge, Pavilion Gallery, Mt.
Holly, NJ, Honorable Mention
MFA Alumni Exhibition, Meyerson Gallery,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Boston Printmakers 43rd North American Print
Exhibition, DeCordova Museum, MA
Solo Exhibition, Rites Left Under
the El, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
5th Parkside National Print
Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
7th National Print Show, Payne
Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Boise State University's National Small
Painting Exhibition, Boise, ID
Exhibiting Artists Choose New Artists, MLCA, Haverford, PA, Director's Award
Camden 10th Annual Exhibition, Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ
Works on Paper, Abington Art Center,
Jenkintown, PA
1990
Penn Prints: 30 years of Printmaking at the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Impressions, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
The Small Painting, Abington Art Center,
Jenkintown, PA
Camden 9th Annual Exhibition, Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ
1989
Solo Exhibition, Wayne Art Center,
Wayne, PA
New Prints Northeast, Women's Studio
Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Large Print Show, Annenberg Center,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Sketch Club Annual Print
Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Sketch Club Small Painting
Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Camden 8th Annual Exhibition, Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ, Honorable
Mention
1988
New Prints Northeast, Women's Studio
Workshop, Rosendale, NY
First Street Gallery Competition, First Street
Gallery, New York, NY
Selections from the 1988-89 Fleisher Challenge
Competition,
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Sketch Club Annual Print
Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Adam Styka Memorial
Art Competition, Doylestown, PA, First
Prize
Camden 7th Annual Exhibition, Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ, First Prize
1987
Solo
Exhibition, Printmaking
Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Hudson River Museum 72nd Annual Print
Exhibition, Yonkers, NY
Tyler Alumni Show, Diamond Club, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA
Printmaking Show, Arthur Ross Gallery,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1986
Three International Students Exhibit, Academia Sztuk Pieknych, Krakow, Poland
1985
Bradley National Print and Drawing, Bradley
University, Peoria, IL
Moravian College Print National, Payne Gallery,
Bethlehem, PA
1984
Three Person Show, Arbutus Gallery, Indiana
University, IN
Traditions/Alternatives: Potsdam Prints, Potsdam College,
Potsdam, NY
4th National Print Exhibition,
Artlink Contemporary Artspace, Fort Wayne, IN
5th Annual Susquehanna Art Society
Exhibition, Sellingsgrove, PA, Second Prize
1983
Terrance Gallery National Works on Paper, Palenville, NY
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival,
Greensburg, PA
Graphics and Sculpture Annual, Polish Institute
of Arts & Sciences, New York, NY
National Prints and Drawings, West Chester
University, West Chester, PA
1980
The Print Club International Competition, The
Print Club of Philadelphia, PA
COLLECTIONS
Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
Indiana University, Printmaking Department,
Bloomington, IN
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Academia Sztuk Pieknych,
Printmaking Department, Krakow, Poland
PUBLICATION
Cove Art, Living in the Candy Store, Poems by Leonard Kress,
Finishing Line Press, 2011
Cover Art, Braids and Other Sestinas, Poems by Leonard Kress, Seven Kitchens Press, 2011
Illustrations, Thirteens, Poems by Leonard Kress, Aureole Press, 2010
Founder,
Editor, & Artist,
HarrowGate Press, January 2000-2010
Associate Art Editor, Artful Dodge,
2000-01
Cover Art, Artful Dodge, Issue 34/35, 1999
Cover Art &
Design,
SapphoÕs Apples, Poems by Leonard
Kress, HarrowGate Press, 2000
Cover Art, Centralia Mine Fire, Poems by Leonard Kress, Flume Press, 1987
Art Featured in Artful Dodge, "Graphica (Monotypes)," Fall 1995 Issue;
(Etchings)," Fall 1985