Kristin Beal-DeGrandmont

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work available through ADA Gallery, RVA.


Kristin Beal-DeGrandmont


Education

2002    MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University

1999    BFA, Wichita State University

1990    Kansas City Art Institute



Selected Exhibitions

2010   Supercellica, a traveling / evolving Squirrelly Girls exhibitionists event, Walnut Street Gallery, Wichita, KS.
2010   River City Bienalle, Wichita, KS.(April) curated by Hesse McGraw, Director/Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
2010   Cultivating Strategy, Hack.Art.Lab, White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, KS.

2009   SCOPE: Miami, with ADA Gallery(RVA), Miami, FL.

2009   A Few Small Steps, Hack.Art.Lab, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita, KS.

2009   A Fluid Wilderness with Sandra Luckett, Hack.Art.Lab, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA.

2009   Cadence, Hack.Art.Lab at PDCon09, PureData Convention, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

2009   Blood Promise, live performance with Lisa Rundstrom, Fischhaus, Wichita, KS.

2009   Supercell, a traveling Squirrelly Girls exhibition. ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA. Couchfire Coll., Columbus, OH.

2008   rEvolve, Hack Art Lab (H.A.L) at The Diver Studios, Wichita, KS.

2008   lumens, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita, KS. (two-person show)
2007   16th  WSU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS.             

2007   Stratification, Trish Higgins Fine Art, c/o The Frame Guild, Wichita, KS. (one-person show)

2006   Ephemera, Project Creo Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FLA.

2006   Unambiguous, a curated, printed exhibition. Artworld Digest Magazine, published by David Cohen, NYC. *

2005   Postcards from the Edge, VisualAIDS benefit c/o Robert Miller Gallery, NYC.

2005   Radius250, Artspace. Curated by John Ravenal, VMFA curator, Richmond, VA.

2005   Build-up, Babcock Gallery, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA. (one-person show)

2005   Notions of Expenditure, Initiated by A. Laurie Palmer with support from Gallery 400. Univ. of Ill., Chicago.

2004   Faculty Exchange, Don Bosco College, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2004   Postcards From the Edge, VisualAIDS benefit c/o Brent Sikkema Gallery, NYC
2004   Night of 1000 Drawing’s, Artists Space, NYC.
2004   Second Nature, Project Creo Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FLA.
2004   Transformers, Transformer Gallery, WDC.
2004   Indulge, 1708 Gallery Benefit Auction, Richmond, VA.
2004   Echo, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA. (three-person show)
2003   25 x 25, 1708 Gallery 25th anniversary invitational, Richmond, VA.
2003   Silent Auction, Spike Gallery, NYC.
2003   Night of 1000 Drawing's, Artists Space, NYC.
2003   Lustre, Stefan Stux Gallery, NYC.
2003   Art To Go, 1708 Gallery benefit auction, Richmond, VA.
2003   Rame Panorama, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, VA. Curated by Heide Trepanier
2003   Reflexance, Transformer Gallery, WDC. (three-person show)
2002   Fashion Victims with Sandra Luckett, Wearable Art, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2002   Faculty Show, Bedford Gallery, Farmville, VA
2002   Landscape(detail),Thesis, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA. *
2002   Rising Visions, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Curated by HeideTrepanier
2002   Options 2002, Tenth biennial, WPA/Corcoran, WDC. Curated by Victoria Reis *
2001   B Hotel, PS1 MOMA, NYC.
2001   Flower Fall, Project: Video, 1000 W. Broad, Richmond, VA.
2001   Tractor Pull, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2000   Antelope to Zebra, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2000   Abstract Act, Bradford Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA. (two-person show)
1999   Kansas Health Foundation, Wichita, KS. (one-person show)             
1999   Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS. (one-person show)
1999   Three Painters, FE 26, Wichita, KS. (three-person show)
 

Professional Activities

 
2009    Gallery Talk, Hack.Art.Lab, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita, Kansas

2009    Artist Presentation, From Observation, WSU ShiftSpace Gallery, Wichita, Kansas

2008    Gallery Talk, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita, Kansas

2008    Founding Member & Co-Director, Hack.Art.Lab, (HAL) Wichita, Kansas

2007    Artist Presentation, Artforum, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

2007    Committee Member, River City Biennale. Wichita, Kansas

2006    Artist Presentation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

2006    Artist Presentation, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

2005    Gallery Talk, Babcock Gallery, Sweet Briar College, Amherst, Virginia

2005    Artist Presentation, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

2005    Artist Presentation, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois

2004    Gallery Talk, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2002-03      Board Member, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2002-04      Board Member, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
                  Vice Chair: Exhibitions Committee.
 
Fellowships and Awards
2010                  Wichita Arts Council financial award via River City Bienalle.

2004/2005          The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship Award.

2002                  Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Student Travel Grant.

2001-02             Virginia Commonwealth University Commonwealth Award.

2000                  Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Teaching Fellowship.

Nominations:

Dedalus Foundation Graduate Fellowship

Joan Mitchell Foundation Graduate Fellowship

 

 

Bibliography

Lantern, BCC, Eldorado, KS. “White Gallery presents Hack.Art.Lab’s, Cultivating Strategy”,  Elly Grimm

Eldorado Times, Eldorado, KS. “Butler Art Gallery Hosts “Cultivating Strategies”, Julie Clements

Columbus Alive, Columbus, OH. “Artscape: Supercell”, Melissa Starker

RVA Magazine, FOUR, Vol. 5, issue 1, Richmond, VA.

“Low Pressure System:  The Atmospheric Conditions of the Squirrelly Girls. “ S. Preston Duncan

WRIR, Richmond, VA.  Zero Hour with Tim Bowring, Radio Interview.

Citybeat Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Aug. 25, 2008. “Review: Paper Chasers. Artworks show digs deep into form and philosophy”, Matt Morris

Wichita Eagle, Wichita KS. Jan. 26, 2007. “Out of the Classroom, Into the Gallery”, Chris Shull.

Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS. Dec. 22, 2006. Pg  D1. “ Art Rocks in ‘Straticulation’”, Chris Shull.

St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla. Nov. 14, 2004. Pg. 1.F. “Inter-r-resting” John Barry.

Critograph, Lynchburg College. Oct. 13, 2004. Volume 92, Issue 5. Aminata Traore’.

WSET, Channel Thirteen News. ABC. July 5, 2004. Interview by Liz Bryant.

The News and Advance, Lynchburg, Va. June 24, 2004. Fine Arts: Area Artist Nets Fellowship from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Style Weekly, Richmond, Va. May 12, 2004. "Is That Art?" 1708's newest show takes the pulse of contemporary art.  Nicole DeArmendi.

Style Weekly, Richmond, Va. Mar. 10, 2004 “Climbing the Walls” Arts and Culture. Paulette Roberts-Pullen.

Style Weekly, Richmond, Va. Oct. 16, 2002, Anniversary Issue, “14 Artists to Watch” pg.36-38. Carrie Nieman

Style Weekly, Richmond, VA.  Feb. 26, 2002, Arts and Culture, “Beyond Boundaries” pg.23-24. Debra McCloud.

The Washington Post, Mar. 8, 2002. Arts and Entertainment, “A Better Set of  ‘Options’” Michael O’Sullivan.