Born: 1957, SchuylkilI. Haven, PA.
EDUCATION
Bloomsburg University, Studio Art, M.A., 1981
Bloomsburg University, Studio Art, B.A., 1979
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, October - November 1998.
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, October - November 1996.
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, February - March 1996 *
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, November - December 1994.
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, February -March 1994.
Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, September October 1993.
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, February March 1993.
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, March April 1992.
Shea & Bernstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, January -February
1992.
Tompkins College Center Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown,
PA, April - May 1987.
Bloomsburg University, Kehr Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA, March 1983.
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts, Pottsville, PA, February
- March 1982.
EXHIBITIONS
"Recent Acquisitions," State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, PA , January - March, 1998.
"Summer Group Show," David Beitzel Gallery, July 31-August
29, 1997.
"Archaeology,'t Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas,NV,
November -December 1997
"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection", Mississippi Museum
of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, March-July 1997
Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami, FL, November - December, 1996.
"Grand Traditions, Permanent Collection in 'Context,"
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI, August -October 1996.
"Field Days, Cerulean Embarkments," Geoffrey Young Gallery,
Great Barrington, MA, July - August 1996.
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, December 16 - January 10, 1995 "Wood
Work," Champion International Corporation
Headquarters, Stamford, CT, August - December 1995.
"Members Gallery," Aibright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY,
October 1994 - October 1995.
"Soliloquies," Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington,
MA, July August 1994.
"Group Show," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, Summer 1994.
"Summer Show," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY,
Summer 1994.
"Small Scale," Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, December 11,
1993-January 5, 1994.
"After 25 Years, A New Beginning", Alpha Gallery, Boston,
MA September - October 1992.
"Paper Houses", David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY,
July -August 1992.
"Inside Spaces", Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, June -September
1992, curated by Erica Behrens, Museum of Modern Art, Art Advisory
Services.
"New Talent", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, June - July
1992. Members' Gallery, Aibright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY,
October 1991 - October 1992.
"Invitational", David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY,
May -July,. 1991.
"Summer Show", Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York, NY,
1990.
"Ten Painters", Broadway Group, New York, NY, 1989.
"Invitational", Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, 1989.
"163rd Annual", National Academy of Design, New York,
NY, 1988.
"21st Juried Show", Allentown Art Museum, Allentown,
PA, January - February 1988, curated by Monique Beudert.
"New Printmakers", Parsons School of Design, New York,
NY, 1987.
"Pluralists Salon", Mulberry Gallery, New York, NY,
1986.
"20 by 20", Stephanie Wynn Gallery, New York, NY, 1985.
"Four Painters", Soho Center for Visual Arts, New York,
NY, April - May 1985, curated by Larry Aldrich, The Aldrich Museum
of Contemporary Art.
"Painters and Poets", Yair Staav Gallery, New York,
NY, 1984.
Group Show, Yair Staav Gallery, New York, NY, 1983.
"The Portrait Show", City Without Walls Gallery, New
Jersey, 1983.
"18th Juried Show", Allentown Art Museum, Allentown,
PA, 1983, curated by Anne d'Harnoncourt, Philadelphia Museum of
Art.
"Teachers Show", Baum School of Art, PA, 1982.
"9th Annual", Reading Museum, Reading, PA, 1982.
"New Artists", Madison Square Garden Rotunda, New York,
NY, 1981.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
-----. New American Paintings, Curated by Michael Lash, Edition
Number 14, February, 1998.
Gregory Crosby, Scope Magazine, "Radiant City," December
15, 1997.
Jeff Perrott, artsMedia, "Kevin Wixted: New Paintings,"
December 1996.
Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, December 30, 1993.
Nancy Stapen, "Kevin Wixted at Alpha Gallery, Boston",
ArtNews, May 1993. p. 145.
Mary Sherman, "Painter's patterns a brush with imagination,
mystery", The Boston Hera1d, Tuesday, March 2, 1993.
Nancy Stapen, "Poetic images that please the eye", ~
Boston Globe, Thursday, February 25, 1993.
Daniel Pinchbeck, "Openings", Art & Antiques, February
1993, p. 24.
Walter Thompson, "Kevin Wixted at David Beitzel", Art
in America, November 1992, p. 140.
Nancy Stapen, "Alpha Gallery's striking 'New Beginning' in
a new locale", The Boston Globe, October 8, 1992, p. 75
Justin Spring, "Kevin Wixted", Artforum, Summer 1992,
p. 111.
Jane Maulfair, "Dramatic form, resonant color in the work
of Kevin Wixted," The Allentown Morning Call, Thursday, April
30, 1987, p. D-13.
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
Drawing instructor, Parsons School of Design, Special Programs
Division, New York, NY, Summer, 1998.
Assistant Professor, Alfred University, School of Art and Design,
Alfred, NY, 1997~98
Visiting Artist, New York Studio School, New York, NY, 1997. Painting
& Drawing Instructor, The New School, New York, NY,
Spring and Fall 1996 - 1997.
Resident Artist, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, November
December 1996.
Drawing Instructor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, Summer 1996.
Visiting Artist, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 1996.
Resident Artist, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, April -May
1995.
Resident Painting Faculty Member, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua,
NY, Summer 1994.
Visiting Artist, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 1993
Resident Artist, Cummington Community for the Arts, Cummington,
MA, 1988
Visiting Artist, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1987
Painting Instructor, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA, 1982
Resident Artist, Schuylkill County Arts Council, Pottsville, PA,
1982
Painting and Drawing Instuctor, Schuylkill County Arts Council,
Pottsville, PA, 1980-82
Painting instructor, Frackville Vocational Technical School, Frackville,
PA, 1981
Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Instructor, Graduate Teaching
Assistantship, Bloomsburg University, Bloornsburg, PA, 1979-81
PUBLIC AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Ameritech Services, Chicago, IL
Baker & Botts, New York, NY
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn, NY
Champion international Corp., Stamford, CT
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, New York, NY
Henry Kaufman and Co., New York, NY
Hewlett Packard Corp., Palo Alto, CA
InterMetro Industries Corp., Wilkes Barre, PA
Knight Ridder Financial, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Lathrop & Norquist, Kansas City, MO
Little Caesar's, Inc., Detroit, MI
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Mastercard Corp., Purchase, NY
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Nomura Securities, New York, NY
Societe Generale, New York, NY
Southwestern Bell, San Antonio, TX
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Telesis Technologies Laboratory, San Francisco, CA
Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY
Wellington Management, Boston, MA