Kesler Woodward :: Artist Vita 2002

2001

Personal	Born: 1951 Aiken, South Carolina Alaska resident since 1977. Twenty years on art faculty at University of Alaska. Retired as Professor Emeritus in May 2000.
Recent Solo Exhibitions	2007	• Artique, Ltd. Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska • Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska
	2006	• New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	2004	• Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	2002	• Decker-Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
		• University of Alaska, Kenai Campus Art Gallery
		• New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	2001	• Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia • Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC • Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska • New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	1999	• Decker-Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska • New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	1997	• Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
	1996	• Site 250 Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska • Decker-Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
	1994	• Anderson Art Center, Anderson, South Carolina • Site 250 Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska • Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska
	1993	• Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
	1992	• Stonington Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
	1991	• Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska • University of Alaska Anchorage Fine Arts Gallery
	1990	• Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina • University of Alabama-Huntsville Fine Arts Gallery
Selected Curated, Juried and Invitational Exhibitions	2007	Sticks and Stones: Alaskan Structure, Kenai Cultural Center, Kenai, AK
	2006	Blanchard Mountain: A Special Place, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA Painting Alaska, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
	2005	Skagit Valley Artists, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison WA
	2003	Shaped by Design: Contemporary Art in Alaska. Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska Wetlands. Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska
	2002	Documents: Images from Experience. Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska Spirit of Alaska: The Inner Landscape. Kenai Cultural Center. Kenai, Alaska
	2001	2001: A Fish Odyssey. Kenai Cultural Center. Kenai, Alaska Letters Home. Fairbanks Arts Association Decker/Morris Invitational. Decker/Morris Gallery. Anchorage, Alaska Coeur d"Alene Art Auction. Reno, Nevada Arctic Eyes. Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
	2000	Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska Decker-Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
	1999	Works on Paper New York, NY (Through Melberg Gallery) Miami Art Expo Miami, FL (Through Melberg Gallery)
	1998	Landscapes Site 250 Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	1997	Frontier Sublime Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia Big Paintings New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska MiniaturesNew Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska (annual invitational exhibition - included each year since inception in 1994)
	1996	True North Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
	1995	A Sense of Wonder University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska Postcards (Paintings chosen for reproduction as postcards - juried exhibition) - Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
	1994	Group Invitational - Stonington Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
	1993	25th Anniversary Exhibition Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska Working Inspirations University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska On, Of, and About Fairbanks New Horizons Gallery,Fairbanks, Alaska
	1992	Contemporary Art from Alaska Magadan Civic Gallery, Magadan, Russia Denver National Print Fair Denver, Colorado
	1991	Terra Borealis Contemporary Landscape Paintings from Alaska - Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage South Carolina Artists Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
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Selected Collections	• Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington • Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia • Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska • Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska • University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska • Alaska Contemporary Art Bank, Anchorage, Alaska • Alaska Marine Highway System • Alaska Airlines Corporate Collection • Atlantic Richfield Company Corporate Collection • Renowa Health Art Collection, Reno, NV • British Petroleum Corporation Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska • Xerox Corporation Offices, Anchorage, Alaska • Tower Club, Charlotte, North Carolina • Olympia Community Hospital, Olympia, Washington • Denali Center, Fairbanks, Alaska • Idaho State University • Davidson College • Fairbanks Lutheran Church, Fairbanks, Alaska • Nationsbank Corporate Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina • Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia • Spaulding and Slye Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina • Cato Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina • KPMG Peat Marwick Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina
Selected Bibliography	Books, Journals, and Exhibition Catalogs
	• Kesler Woodward - Exhibition Review. Art News. September, 2001. • Kesler Woodward: North and South. Exhibition Catalog. Frank Soos, author. Morris Museum of Art. Augusta, Georgia. 2001. • Kesler Woodward - In: Icebreakers: Alaska's Most Innovative Artists. Julie Decker. Anchorage: Julie Decker. 1999. [Full-page color reproduction, two full-page b&w reproductions, photo of artist, biographical information, critical commentary.] • Kesler Woodward - In:The Artist and the American Landscape. John Driscoll. Chesterfield, MA: Chameleon Books, Inc. 1998. [Full-page color reproduction, biographical information, critical commentary.] • Kesler Woodward - In:Looking North. Aldona Jonaitis, ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1998. Pp. 62, 70, 71, 138-140, 144-145. [Two color reproductions plus details, biographical/critical information.] • Kesler Edward Woodward - In: Frontier Sublime. Estill Curtis Pennington. Augusta: Morris Museum of Art. 1997. Pp. 72-73. [Biographical/critical information, color reproduction] • Inlet in the Gulf, 1994 - In: A Sense of Wonder. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Museum. 1995. P. 77. [Biographical information, color reproduction] • The Endurance of Wonder: Kes Woodward's Paintings. Exhibition catalog. Shaw Smith, Jerald Melberg Gallery. Charlotte, North Carolina. 1992. • Kes Woodward: Inscapes and Poethics, The James Bay Paintings. Exhibition catalog. University of Alaska Anchorage Art Gallery. Anchorage, Alaska. 1991. • Kes Woodward. Exhibition catalog. Frank Soos. Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Anchorage, Alaska. 1991."Bright Birch, Deep Winter," In: Harpers. January, 2002.
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Recent Artwork Published	• Never Night. Derick Burleson. Grosse Pointe, MI: Marick Press. 2008. Cover • The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced. Thomas Litwin. Ruters University Press. 2005. Two color reproductions. • Alaska Quarterly Review. Spring/Summer 2005. Seven color reproductions. • Visions of Alaska. Augusta, GA:Morris Communications Co. 2003. Four color reproductions. • *Painting Alaska.* Alaska Geographic Society. Vol. 27, No. 3. September, 2000. Cover. • *Bamboo Fly Rod Suite: Reflections on Fishing and the Geography of Grace.* Frank Soos. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 1999. Illustrations by Kesler Woodward. 20 color illustrations, plus cover. • *Icebreakers: Alaska's Most Innovative Artists.* Julie Decker. Anchorage: Julie Decker. 1999. • *The Artist and the American Landscape.* John Driscoll. Chesterfield, MA: Chameleon Books. 1998. • *Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum.* Aldona Jonaitis, ed. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1998. • *Frontier Sublime.* Estill Curtis Pennington. Augusta:Morris Museum of Art. 1997. • *Northern Notes.* (Journal) Dickey Endowment for International Understanding. Dartmouth College. Hanover, New Hampshire. 1997, 1992, 1991, 1989. (covers) • *Sport Literate.* (Literary journal) 1996. • *Alaska: A Land in Motion.* (Alaska geography textbook) Nancy Ferrell, ed. University of Alaska Fairbanks. 1994.
Artist Fellowships, Residencies, Commissions, Awards	2004	Alaska Governor's Art Award For Lifetime Achievement
Artist Fellowships, Residencies, Commissions, Awards		Harriman Scholar and Expedition Artist for the 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced. Summer, 2001. Smith College, Clark Science Center.
	1997	Federal Public Art Commission - Four large paintings for Elmendorf Pacific Rim Hospital, Eagle River, Alaska
	1994	Museum Recognition Award. University of Alaska Museum.
	1988	Commissioned to provide painting for official poster of the 1988 Alaska-Canada Arctic Winter Games.
	1986	Commissioned to produce paintings on paper for Alaska's Governor's Awards for the Arts.
	1982	Artist-in-residence. Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum.
	1981	Individual Artist Fellowship. Alaska State Council on the Arts.
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