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Selected Exhibitions, Grants and Awards
2025
Fast/Slow Forward: A Collection, One Person Show, Butler County Community College, El Dorado KS
Viridian Artists Affiliates Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
Now and Then, One Person Show, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita KS
Invitational Print Making Exhibition, Larksfield Place, Wichita KS
Group Invitational, Harvester Arts. Wichita KS
Reuben Saunders Gallery Invitational, Gallery 1516, Omaha NE
2024
Viridian Artists, Herstory (Group Show), NYC, NY
Water Color NOW!, Water Color USA Honor Society, Bowling Green KY
Viridian Artists Affiliates Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
Water Color USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield MO
2023
Viridian Artists Affiliates Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
2022
Abstract National Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita KS
Haunted Reveries/Sentimental Journeys, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita KS
2021
Viridian Artists Affiliates Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC,NY
Three Person Show, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita KS
2020
Viridian Affiliates Virtual Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
2019
Suspended Trails and Animated Dreams, City Arts, Wichita KS
2018
Viridian Affiliates Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
Mark Arts Invitational, Mark Arts, Wichita KS
Artist Print Making Residency, Riley-Strauss Gallery, Wellfleet MA
Water Color NOW!, Water Color USA Honor Society, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff AR
2017
Hard Pressed and Pulled, Steckline Gallery, Neuman University, Wichita KS
The Artist Project: Wichita Artists in Their Studios, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita KS
Shanahan/Theilen/Riley Show, Riley-Strauss Gallery, Wellfleet MA
Viridian Affiliates Show, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
2016
Inclusion of my artist profile in Wichita Artists in Their Studios, published by MM Bookworks, LLC.
Unusual Politics, Viridian Artists Gallery, NYC, NY
Abstract National Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita KS
2015
Remix, two person show, City Arts, Wichita KS
Discursions, one person show, The Gallery at Pioneer Bluff, Mattfield Green KS
Zig Zag Stream, Two Person Show, Fiber Studio, Wichita KS
2nd Place Cash Award, National Printmaking Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts
2014
One Person Show, Strecker-Nelson Gallery; Manhattan KS
Commission to create painting for promotional materials for Ballet Wichita production of The Nutcracker
2013
Inclusion of my work in Practical Mixed Process Printmaking published by A & C Black, London U.K.
University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition, Ann Arbor MI
Wichita Center for the Arts Faculty and Student Exhibition
Printmakers Who Paint and Painters Who Printmake, City Arts, Wichita KS
2012
Juror’s Cash Award; Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition; Wichita Center for the Arts; Wichita, KS
Kathleen Shanahan Printmaking; Shiawassee Arts Center; Owosso, MI
Animalia; Strecker-Nelson Gallery; group invitational; Manhattan KS
Printmaking Invitational, Castle Hill Art Center; Cape Cod MA
2011
The Language of Drawing (invitational); Erman B. White Gallery; Butler County Community College; El Dorado, KS.
One Person Show, Mixed Process Printmaking; Bob Schwan Studios; Wichita KS.
Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition; Elizabeth Koch Patron Purchase Award; Wichita Center for the Arts; Wichita, KS.
2010
Invitational, Fibre Studio; Wichita, KS;
2009
Kansas Masters Invitational; Strecker-Nelson Gallery; Manhattan, KS
Guest Artist Exhibition, Notched Tondos, Gallery XII, Wichita, KS
2008
KMUW Radio Artists Exhibition; Start Thinking; Wichita, KS
2007
Governor’s Inaugural Exhibition (invitational); Topeka, KS
Flexion Friezes, One Person Show; PI Gallery; Kansas City, MO
Kansas Masters Invitational; Strecker-Nelson Gallery; Manhattan, KS
2005
Mergers and Acquisitions, One Person Show; Fibre Studio; Wichita, KS
Watercolor Now!; Water Color USA Honor Society Exhibition; Springfield, MO
2003
Painting and Drawings, Three-Person Exhibition; Shiawassee Arts Center; Owosso, MI
2000
Fine Arts in Painting Grant ($5,000), Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation, Kansas City, MO.
Kansas Water Color Society Honor Show; Wichita Center for the Arts; Wichita, KS
Watercolor USA Honor Exhibition; Huntsville Museum, Huntsville, AL
1999
Human/Humane; Two Person Show; Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO.
1997
Drawing Power, Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA.
1996
Kansas Water Color Society 7 State Exhibition, Purchase Award and Cash Award, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS.
Watercolor USA, Cash Award and 2 Purchase Awards, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Rutgers National Works on Paper, Camden, NJ.
1995
Rocky Mountain National Water Media Exhibition, Golden, CO.
1994
One Person Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1993
Men: Moods and Metier, One Person Show, Artists en Masse, Lawrence, KS.
1990
Lawrence Collaboration in Lithography Grant, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS.
1988
One Person Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1987
Artist Residency Scholarship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL.
1986
Drills and Ceremonies; One Person Show, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS.
1981-82
Columbia College Faculty Development Grant for year’s research in Japan, “Folk Art and Modern Manifestations of the Japanese Aesthetic”, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
1981-82
Visiting Scholar , National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
1982
Karasu Ten (Crow Point); Two Person Show, Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
Selected Publications, Citations & Reviews
2025 Studio Interview Video, Artists in their Studios, Harvester Arts, Wichita KS
2016 Reproduction and artist profile, Wichita Ar
2011 Inclusion of work and artist profile in Practical Mixed Media Printmaking, Sarah Riley, A&C Black, London.
1995, 1987, 1985 New Art Examiner, review of show, Chicago, IL.
1995 New American Paintings, Open Studios Competition, Midwest Edition, Open Studios Press, reproduction of work and artist profile.
1990 Reproduction: Slide Portfolio which accompanies Drawing-Space, Form , Expression, Wayne Enstice, Prentice Hall.
1989 Reproduction and artist profile, Forty-Four Kansas Artists, A Kansas Collection,a printed edition of books.
1981 Shanahan: Drawings, “Minpaku”, monthly publication, National Museum of Ethnology Osaka, Japan.
Selected Collections
Jean Dive, Editor of Maison et Jardin and Director of Galerie Maison et Jardin, Paris, France
Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney NE
Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, AR
Elizabeth Koch Foundation, Wichita, KS
Greteman Group, Wichita, KS
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Piper Assisted Living Residence, Kansas City KS
Southern Graphics Council, Print Archives, Statesboro, GA
The Art of Emprise, Corporate Collection, Wichita, KS
Kansas Health Foundation, Wichita, KS
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Dr. T. Fujii, Director, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
KMUW, National Public Radio Affiliate, Wichita
Selected Academic Experience
2011-15 Faculty, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
2001-02 Lecturer, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
1983-97 Associate and Assistant Professor, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS.
1978-83 Assistant Professor, Columbia College, Columbia, MO.
1977-78 Instructor, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR.
1977 Adjunct faculty, Cochise College, Douglas, AZ.
1974-76 Instructor, Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, AZ.
Education
MFA University of Arizona
BFA University of Michigan