Resume
Solo Exhibitions
2012
"You can have it all", A Group of One. Multiple mediums. February, 2012. Weizenblatt Gallery, Mars Hill College, NC
2010
the bucket, the water, and the well, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
the in between is mine, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
day night, Weizenblatt Gallery, Mars Hill College, NC
2008
Circle & Cycles: Large Pastels Plus, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
The Hanging Garden, Turner Gallery, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
2007
petite chênière, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Stratum, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006
Cubitum: measure of a man, The Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2005
Linear Stories/Circular visions, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
Short Stories, tones & reticulations, Wesley Lake Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2003
Compilation, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Short Stories, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
2000
New Work, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
New Work, Wyndy Morehead Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
1999
1994-1999, Five years, The Balcony Gallery, Asheville, NC
1998
Recent Works, Louisiana Tech Art Gallery, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
1997
Boundaries, Levee Gallery, Monroe, LA
1995
Painting, drawing & graphic work, Calcasieu Marine Tower, Lake Charles, LA
Group Exhibitions
2012
Bloom, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, January 27 - March 11
Code Work, Walden Braille series,18 pieces, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC, March 3 - April 6
Waking up with Van Gogh, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC, April 7 - July 29
Southern Abstraction, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, April - June
High Five, Representing highlights of the first five years of Cabarrus Arts Council, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC,
August 13 - October 4
2011
Homage Squared, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Curvature & Color: Kenn kotara & Dale McEntire, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
Word processing, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC
2010
Drawing Revisited, Green Hill Center for NC Arts, Greensboro, NC
All in the Approach: Abstract, Allegorical, Analytical, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC
2009
Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Members Exhibit, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
52nd Chautauqua Annual Exhibition, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
The Concept of Contemporary Art, Gallery Meepyung, Seoul, Korea
A&C Art Fair, Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Plane & pedestal, Green Hill Center for NC Arts, Greensboro, NC
2008
Anonymous Drawings No. 9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
String of Pearls: 30 Years of Upstairs Art, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
Up: An exhibition of hovering, folding, inflating or wheeling sculpture, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Summer Group Show, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
From East Tennessee & Beyond, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Escape to Create, Eileen West Gallery, Seaside, FL
2007
Eye Tricks, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ (catalog)
Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Arts, Greensboro, NC
Systems Go: Works by Kotara, Dowell & McCarthy, Iredell Museum, Statesville, NC
2006
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina – Greensboro, NC
2005
Small Works, Wesley Lake Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Paper One, Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, NY
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
2004
Selections from the Collection of Pamela M. Baker, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
Group Exhibit, Wesley Lake Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Works on Paper, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Gallery C Invitational, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
2003
Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Asheville Art Museum, NC
2002
Way Cool, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
Line: Drawings and More, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
North Carolina Contemporary Artists, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
Dialogue; Hultgren & Kotara, Wingspan Gallery, Lexington, KY
2001
Introduction: Mixed Media Work, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
North Carolina Invitational, Greenville Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Two Person Show, Kotara & Robinson, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
Four Person Show, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2000
Endings and Beginnings, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC (catalog)
Group Show, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
The Immediate and the Intimate, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of North Carolina-Asheville, NC
Three by the river, Urthona, Asheville, NC
1999
The Ritual of the Table, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC
Millennial Nudes, The Balcony Gallery, Asheville, NC
Large Abstract Works, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
Works On Paper, LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Twenty-Seventh Annual Competition for NC Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, NC
Twenty-First Annual Exhibition, Gaddy-Hamrick Art Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
1998
Works on Paper, Zone One Contemporary Gallery, Asheville, NC
Pablo Picasso, Homage to a Modern Icon, Fraser Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Art on the Riverfront, River District Studio Artists, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC
Culture and Agriculture ‘98, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (catalog)
LaGrange National XX Biennial, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
1997
Untitled: Non-objective Art, Associated Artists Winston Salem, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
Neo Landscape, National Competition, Chicago Southland Arts Incubator, Union Street
Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
10th Annual Peach Festival Fine Arts Exhibit, Ruston, LA.
Southern Drawl, Works by Southern Artists, SoHo Gallery, Pensacola, FL
1996
Miniatures International Competition, Glynn Art Association, St. Simons Island, GA
Indifference, Center for Contemporary Arts, Shreveport, LA
Time Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX (catalog)
9th Annual Peach Festival Fine Arts Exhibit, Ruston, LA
Fresh Paint ‘96, Annual Exhibition, Aardvark Gallery, Garland, TX
1995
Works on Paper National Exhibition, Michelle D. Long Gallery, Coppell, TX
Discovery: rising new stars, Adkins-Hoover Gallery, Dallas, TX
Time Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX (catalog)
Public Collections
Asheville Art Museum
City of Asheville
Elon University
Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tech University
Masur Museum of Art
Texas Woman’s University
U. S. Embassy, Jamaica
Corporate Collections
Alston & Bird, New York
Aria Resort, City Center, Las Vegas
Bellagio, Las Vegas
Ben Carter Properties, Atlanta
Concentrics Group, Atlanta
DLA Piper, Atlanta
Endurance Reinsurance Corporation of America, Philadelphia
Fidelity Investments, Charlotte
Four Seasons, Washington DC
GE Power Systems, Atlanta
Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, New York
Gold Strike Casino, Mississippi
Harrah’s, Lake Tahoe
Hilton, Atlanta, Orlando, Phoenix
Latham & Watkins, New York
Marriot, San Francisco
Mirage Resort, Las Vegas
Neiman Marcus, Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston
Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas
Park Hyatt Hotel, Washington DC
Parker, Hudson, Rainer and Dobbs, Atlanta
Prego, Palm Springs
Primland Resort, Virginia
Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta
SAS Institute, Raleigh
St. Regis Resort, Bahamas
Sumisho, Tokyo, Japan
Sun City, Tokyo, Japan
Terminus/Cousins Properties, Atlanta
Treasure Island, Las Vegas
Wachovia National Bank, Charlotte
Western Asset Management, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Westin, Pasadena
Galleries
Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dealers
Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington DC
Art Source L.A., Los Angeles
C. Smith Fine Art, Phoenix
DSA Fine Arts, New York
Fresh Paint, Los Angeles
Publications
O'Sullivan,Joanne, Photography: Rimas Zailskas, Square Roots, The Bold Life, Western NC Arts and Culture monthly, Feb., 2011
Arceneaux, Warren, Spanish moss grew into series, Lake Charles American Press,
Sept. 21, 2007
Barber, Marsha, Landscapes of the Mind, Mountain Xpress, Sept. 29, 1999
Bostic, Connie, Men Plan, Women Perceive, Mountain Xpress, March 29. 2006
Celebrating Creativity in Western North Carolina, The Center for Craft, Creativity and
Design, UNCA, 2001
Endings and Beginnings, Millennial Juried Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, 2000
Greenberg, Blue, Big Painting, The Herald-Sun, Aug. 27, 1999
Hess, Jean, Endings and Beginnings, Art Papers, July-Aug. 2001
Hopes, David, Endings and Beginnings, Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec. 10, 2000
Hopes, David, A colorful collection, Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec. 20, 1998
Marquis, Jason, Illusion/Elusion, Seton Hall University, November 2007
Motsinger, Carol, Portfolio: Kenn Kotara, Asheville Citizen-Times, Feb. 15, 2009
New American Paintings, No. 34, Open Studio Press, 2001
O’Sullivan, Joanne, Square Roots: Kotara’s Geometric Art, Bold Life, April 2011
Strauss, R. B., Painting the Picture, Around Philly, June 15, 2001
Winkler, Arlene, Kenn Kotara: Portrait, WNC Woman, June 2006
Wolf, Debra, Intense and Serene Works, Atlanta Constitutional Journal, April 29, 2007
Lectures
Circle & Cycles, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC, Feb. 11, 2010
Art Break, Kotara & Seinberg, Asheville Art Museum, March 2011
Art Break, Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space, Asheville Art Museum, Jan. 15, 2010
Artist Lunch Talk, GreenHill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC, May 13, 2009
Santa Rosa Cultural Arts Association, Santa Rosa, FL, Jan. 13, 2008
Art Speaks, Seaside Institute, Santa Rosa, FL, Jan. 20, 2008
Begin the Begin, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Oct., 2007
Residencies
Escape to Create, Seaside, FL, 2008
Artist in Residence, Warren Wilson College, NC, 2007
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2002
Teaching
Faculty, A-B Tech Community College, Asheville, NC. 2000-2006
Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Asheville, NC. 2000-2001
Committee
Public Art Board, City of Asheville, 2000-03 (Chair, 2001-03), 2006 – present
Asheville Downtown Master Plan, Cultural Art Committee, 2009
Art Advisory Committee, Texas Woman’s University, 1994-1996
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Studio - 2D, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, 1993
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, 1990
