KRISTOFFER HOLMGREN

krisholmgren@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

M.F.A. 2005 ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, IL

Concentration in Painting and Drawing

B.F.A. 2001 ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (magna cum laude), St. Cloud, MN

Concentration in Painting

1995- MAINE COLLEGE OF ART, Portland, ME

1997 Foundation courses in visual arts – emphasis in painting

1992- CONCORDIA COLLEGE, Moorhead, MN

1995 Courses in liberal arts – theology major, art major

SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD (*solo shows marked by asterisk)

2006 All New and Exciting, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL

2005 Nook, The Guest Room Project, Chicago, IL

The Modern Landscape, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL

* The Land Between Here and the Mountains, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Intimate Immensities, TranSpace Gallery, Normal, IL

2004 The Sophisticated Traveler Collective, The Stray Show, Chicago, IL

2003 The Sophisticated Traveler, Rented Storefront, Normal, IL

OX, Peoria Waterfront, site-specific installation, Peoria, IL

2002 Modus Vivendi, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2001 * Evel Knievel Where Did You Go?, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

Convoy, Ryder moving truck installation, Minneapolis, MN

2000 Within You, Without You, Two-person show with Susan Heath, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

AWARDS / SCHOLASTIC DISTINCTIONS

2002-05 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, School of Art, Illinois State University

2001 Graduated Magna Cum Laude, St. Cloud State University

May Bowle Scholarship, St. Cloud State University

2000 William Ellingson Scholarship, St. Cloud State University

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS

New American Paintings, Volume 59, 2005

Visual Artwork, AfterWork, Concordia College Literary and Visual Art Journal, 1995, 65.

VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, AND PANELS

2004 Chicago Public Schools All-City Art Exhibition, General Exhibition Adjudicator Panel

Scholarship Portfolio Review Panel. Illinois State University School of Art

2003 Filled in for Professor for Painting 1 class for a two-month period, Illinois State University, Spring 2003

2002 Visiting Artist for final painting critique, Painting 1, Illinois State University, Fall 2002

Workshop in Painting 1 class, Illinois State University, Fall 2002

CURATED SHOWS

2005 Intimate Immensities, Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL, Co-curated with Dawn Roe.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-2007 Instructional Assistant Professor, 2-D Fundamentals, Painting, Drawing, Illinois State University

2005-2006 Assistant Program Director, University Galleries, Illinois State University

2002-2005 Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor, Illinois State University, 2-D Foundations, Drawing Fundamentals, and Painting 2

2004 Instructor of Record, Illinois State University, Drawing Fundamentals for Non-Art Majors, Fall 2004

2000-2001 Gallery Assistant, Kiehle Visual Art Center, St. Cloud State University

2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Art Appreciation, St. Cloud State University

SKILLS

Computer software Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Quark Xpress, and Dreamweaver MX

Studio Screenprinting, B/W and digital photography, and basic knowledge of carpentry, lithography and intaglio.