Education
MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
BFA California College of the Arts, 2014, San Francisco, CA
CCA S.M.A.R.T. Arts Education Program, San Francisco, CA (2012-2014)
Certificate awarded | CSET Completed
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
Solo Exhibitions
2020 In the Neighborhood of Freedom, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
2019 Power Lines, SakhileandMe Gallery, Frankfurt, 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
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
Teaching Positions
(2020 - Present) Berkeley City College, Adjunct Professor of Studio Art
(2017 - 2018) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roving Instructor
Lectures/Artist Talks
2020 California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA (Painting Department)
2018 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
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