About Kris Iden

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2018 Pelago d’aria, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2015-2016 Enumeration, Pauley Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2015-2016 Cadence, Pauley Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2014 Cadence, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2012 Distance Beckons Distance, Mclean Project for the Arts, Mclean, Virginia
  • 2011 Select works from Movement in Plants, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
  • 2010 Flora, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2009 Flora, Kunstgalerie am Weissen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany
  • 2008 Movement in Plants, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2020 The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
  • 2006 This Whole Experiment of Green, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia
  • 2005 New Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2002 Reviewing Matters, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2001 Romantic Matter and Other Theories, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
  • 1999 Recent Work, Augusta County Medical Center, Fishersville, Virginia
  • 1998 Recent Work, Prints and Drawings, Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia

Selected Group Exhibits

  • 2023 Organic Matter, Les Yeux du Monde Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2023 The Nature of Things, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Virginia
  • 2014 20 Year, Gallery Anniversary Exhibition, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2012 New Vistas, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2011 Pushing Boundaries, Art as Metaphor in Love and War, Linden Row Inn 1708 Gallery Satellite Space, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2010 In the Beginning, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2007 Festtafel-Kunstlerinnenrunde /I, Kreative Werkstatt eV. Dresden Germany and Galerie Design, Wroslaw, Poland
  • 2006 5th Annual Korean / American Exchange, Daegu Culture and Art Center, Daegu City, Korea
  • 2005 Show Girls, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2004 One/Off Printmakers, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Virginia
  • 2004 Meridian / Meridien, ONE / OFF Printmakers, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Quebec
  • 2003 Her Mark, Date Book Release and Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • 2003 ONE / OFF 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School, Richmond, Virginia
  • 2000 ONE/OFF To Peru, ICPNA, Lima, Peru
  • 2000 Work Now, Richmond/New York/Washington DC, Artists’ Museum, Washington DC
  • 1999 ONE/OFF, Group Exhibition, Galleria SL Punto A, Milano, Italy
  • 1997 Print Invitational, Longwood College Gallery, Farmville, Virginia

Selected Collections

  • Hollins University
  • Martha Jefferson Hospital
  • Mary Baldwin College
  • Media General, Inc.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
  • Owens & Minor Corporation
  • Capital One Corporation
  • Jack Blanton Collection at Longwood
  • Center for the Visual Arts

Residencies and Awards

  • 6-week art residency with stipend, fall 2008  Denkmalschmiede Höfgen, Germany
    Drawings selected to accompany award winning short story Laika, by Fabian Martinez, Published by Cajasol Fundación, Seville, Spain 2008
  • Art Residency Fellowship, fall 2005/winter 2010  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
  • Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 2000  Virginia Museum Foundation, Richmond, Virginia
  • Juror’s Award – Paintings From the Piedmont – Juried Regional Exhibit, 1996  Daily Progress Building, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Juror’s Award – Select: A Regional Exhibit, 1995  Sawhill Gallery   Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • Painting and Printmaking Grant, 1990-1989  Master of Fine Arts Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Lectures & Presentations

  • Flourishing in the Creative Process, Virginia Art Education Association Conference
    Talking with Children about Art, Richmond Area Mensa Family Association & Richmond Area Directors of Preschools
  • Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
  • Visiting Artist Presentation, Bauhaus-Universität , Weimar Germany
  • The Language of Print, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Office of Statewide Programs
  • Collecting and Caring for the Fine Art Print, Friends of the Studio School Collectors Society, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • The Changing Role of the Contemporary Print after 1965, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Speakers on the Arts lecture series.
  • Historical and Technical Developments in Fine Art Printmaking, The Virginia Association of Independent Schools
  • Fine Art Printmaking: Materials, Process, and Techniques, Mary Baldwin College Summer Programs
  • Artist Lecture and Workshops, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Office of Statewide Programs
  • Visiting Artist Presentation, Longwood University, Farmville Virginia

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, 1991 Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Painting, 1988 Virginia Commonwealth University