Kris Kuksi

The Society for Art of Imagination



Education:

Painting in Dali's Garden, with Robert Venosa
July 2003, (Cadaques, Spain)

"Old Masters New Visions Seminar,"
with Philip Jacobsen
August 2002, (Reichnau, Austria)

MFA
(Fort Hays State University)
July 2002

"Painting the Fantastic,"
with Robert Venosa
May 2001, (Florence, Italy)

BFA
(Fort Hays State University)
May 1998

Gallery Representation:

The Fraser Gallery
1054 31st Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007

Recent Exhibitions:

2005

"Inter-dimensional Art Movement"
Gallery of the Senses
Seattle, Washington

"Fantastic 2005"
International On-line Exhibition
Artrom Gallery
Rome Italy


"Contemporary Drawings"
Fraser Gallery
Washington D.C.


"7th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition"
Upstream People Gallery
Omaha, Nebraska


2004

"Beyond Boundaries"
International on-line competition and Exhibition
Artrom Gallery
Rome Italy


"The Strange and the Fantastic"
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
Kansas City Missouri
(Solo)

"Fantastic Visions"
Limner Gallery
Phoenicia New York

"Art Visionary Exhibition"
Ballarat Regional Gallery
Victoria Australia


"Just a Taste"
Monarch Sculpture Park
Olympia Washington


"Inter-dimensional Art Movement"
Gallery of the Senses
Seattle, Washington

"The Great Passage"
Optic Nerve Arts Gallery
Portland, Oregon
(Solo)

"Art Visionary Exhibition"
Manning Regional Art Gallery
Taree Australia


"Art Visionary Exhibition"
Riddoch Art Gallery
Mt Gambier SA, Australia

2003

"Grave Matters"
Roc La Rue Gallery
Seattle, Washington

"Brave Destiny Grand Surrealism Show"
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
Brooklyn, New York

"Art Visionary Exhibition"
Orange County Regional Gallery
Orange, New South Wales

"Painting in Dali's Garden-Seminar Exhibition"
Villa Arenella, Cadaques, Spain

"Art Visionary Exhibition"
Global Arts Link Ipswitch Regional Gallery
Ipswitch / Brisbane, Queensland

"Figure Paintings"
The Fraser Gallery
Bethesda, Maryland

"The Mythic Quest"
International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show http://www.Dracoblu.com/symbolistshow.html

"Inter-dimensional Art Movement"
Gallery of the Senses
Seattle, Washington

"Spring Salon International Exhibition 2003"
Limner Gallery
New York, New York

"The Within"
The Fraser Gallery
Washington, D.C.
(Solo)

2002

"National Fall Exhibition"
Impact Artists Gallery
Buffalo, New York

"The Dreamer and the Dreamed"
International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show
http://www.Dracoblu.com/symbolistshow.html

"Artists in Action"
Garden Art Center
Lubbock, Texas

"Old Masters New Visions"
Castle Kuenburg
Reichenau, Austria

"Northern National Juried Art Exhibit"
Nicolet Area Technical College Art Gallery
Rhinelander, Wisconsin

"Toward the Within MFA Exhibition"
Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art
Hays, Kansas
(Solo)

"Fifteenth Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art"
Veterinary Medicine Library
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

"International Drawing Exhibition"
University of Hawaii at Hilo Campus Center Gallery
Hilo, Hawaii
(Invitational)

"Art of the Imagination Exhibition"
Cork Street Gallery
London, England

"Emerging Artists International Exhibition"
Limner Gallery
New York, New York

"Seven State Biennial"
Leslie Powell Art Gallery
Lawton, Oklahoma

"National Oil and Acrylic Exhibition"
St. Louis Artist Guild Gallery at Knoll Park
Clayton, Missouri

"Seven State Biennial"
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Art Gallery
Chickasha, Oklahoma

Published Reproductions and Articles:

"Bone Spider"
book cover for "Spider Pie"
by Alyssa Sturgill
published by Raw Dog Screaming Press
2005 (Hyattsville Maryland)

"The Strange and the Fantastic"
by Theresa Bemenister
published by "The Pitch"
2004 (Kansas City, Missouri)

"A Gander at the Galleries of Georgetown"
By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
May 2, 2003; Page WE43

Front page placement and six page article
"Direct Art"
published by Slowart Productions
spring 2003, (New York, New York)

Full page feature:
"New Art International"
published by Book Art Press
spring 2003, (Woodstock, New York)

Interview and video production:
"Kansas Arts Today"
feature episode of "Towards the Within"
MFA exhibition aired on Smoky Hills Public Television
December 26th 2002

Image reproduction of:
"Immaculate Conception"
and "
Whimsical Boy"
Direct Art Magazine
publication by Slowart Productions
fall 2002 issue, (New York, New York)

Image reproduction of:
"Salvation of 48 0933"
Lines: a Journal of the Arts:
published by Fort Hays State University, Volume XIV
September 2002, (Hays, Kansas)

Multiple image reproduction:
http://www.kansasartists.com
December 2001, (Humbolt, Kansas)

Image reproduction of:
"Anger Monkey"
and
"Stare"
Direct Art Magazine
publication by Slowart Productions
Fall 2001 issue, (New York, New York)

Article and image reproduction of:
" The Pursuit of Freedom"
"Art Student Making Connections"
published by The Hays Daily News
April 20 2001, (Hays, Kansas)

Article:
"Kuksi Exhibits in Manhattan"
published by The University Leader
March 20 2001, Volume 95 No.19, (Hays, Kansas)

Image reproduction of:
" Anger Monkey"
"Stare"
and
"Expecting to Fly"
Direct Art Magazine
awarded from Slowart Productions on-line gallery (http://www.directart.org)
January 2001, (New York, New York)

P.O. Box 1531
Hays, Kansas
67601

785-650-4990