CURRICULUM VITAE

Kevin Demery (b) 1992. Modesto, CA USA

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EDUCATION

M.F.A The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2018

B.F.A California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2014

CCA S.M.A.R.T. Arts Education Program, San Francisco, CA, 2012-2014 In Partnership with Otis College of Art and Design
Certificate awarded | CSET Completed

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2021-Present Visiting Assistant Professor/AICAD Fellow, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2020-2021 Part-Time Adjunct Professor, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA

Solo EXHIBITIONs

2022 Menagerie, SakhileandMe Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2020 In the Neighborhood of Freedom, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA

2019 Power Lines, SakhileandMe Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2015 The New Classic, Omiiroo Gallery, Oakland, CA

2014 Dandruff!! Mary Weather Gallery, Oakland, CA

2014 Music, Racism, Romance, and Religion, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2022 Site Three, H&R Block Space, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2022 Sweeping the Chimney Through the Mantle of the Earth, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

2022 Relic, Arts Incubator, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2021 Invested Cape Town Art Fair, SakhileandMe Gallery, Capetown, South Africa

2020 Cologne Fine Art and Design Fair, SakhileandMe Gallery, Cologne, Germany

2020 The Space Between History and Hope, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA

2019 Art Berlin Fair, SakhileandMe Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2019 Acre Residency Exhibition, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL

2018 Oh Maker, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

2018 Got it for Cheap, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2018 Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL

2017 Not in my Name, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL

2017 Petty Biennial, Arts Incubator, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2015 Current Exposure, Omiiroo Gallery, Oakland CA

2015 Nonfiction, 289 Cumberland St., San Francisco, CA

2015 Making a Scene: 50 Years of Alternative Bay Area Spaces, Collaboration with Black Magic Collective, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

2015 Marcia Presents: Gentheji Miobre and Kevin Demery, Marcia Restaurant, Oakland, CA

2015 Ebb/Flow: The Annual 2015, Selections by Cesar Garcia, Founding Director & Chief Curator, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, Namia J. Keith, Assistant Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

2014 California College of the Arts 2014 Baccalaureate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2014 California Academy of Sciences Individual Project, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA

2013 Private Scholarship Recipient Exhibition, Jewett House, San Francisco, CA 2013 OvaSat City! Temescal Institute, Oakland, CA

Performances

2018 The Living Museum, Individual Performance for the Learning and Public Engagement Center, Art Institute of Chicago (Museum), Chicago, IL

2018 Soap Box Project Series, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, Art Institute of Chicago (Museum), Chicago, IL

SELECT Lectures

2020 California College of the Arts, Painting and Drawing Department, San Francisco, CA

2018 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

2022 Charlotte Street Studio Residency, Kansas City, MO
2022 Kansas City Art Institute Foundation Department Teaching Excellence Award
2021 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship
2020 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2018 Acre Residency, Steuben, WI
2018 SAIC – Municipal Art League Award
2018 SAIC – Chicago Expo Exhibition Award
2017 SAIC – Chicago Expo Exhibition Award
2016 SAIC – Dean’s Scholarship Award
2014 Kala Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2012 CCA – Ralls Painting All College Honors Award
2010 CCA – Creative Achievement Award
2010 CCA – Diversity Scholarship
2010 CCA – George Post Memorial Scholarship

Publications

2019 ArtXOfficial (online edition), Link: https://artx.net/mediapost/artist-spotlight-kevin- demery/

2018 Voyage Chicago (online edition), Link: http://voyagechicago.com/interview/check-kevin- demerys-artwork/

2015 Culture Spy, East Bay Express (online edition), Link: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ CultureSpyBlog/archives/2015/01/02/the-weekender-this-weekends-top-five-events