Resume: KENNEY MENCHER
kmencher@ohlone.edu
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/EDUCATION
1993-1995 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
MFA Painting1991-1994 University of California, Davis, CA
MA Art History -Thesis Title:
"Vampires, the Audiences they Consume."1988-1991 City University of New York, Bronx, NY
Magna Cum Laude; BA Art History1985-1986 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
& Spring 19881981-1985 Art Students' League, Manhattan, NY
1978-1982 Art & Design High School, Manhattan, NY
EMPLOYMENT
1999-Present Associate Professor of Art & Art History, Ohlone College, Fremont, CaliforniaEXHIBITIONS: Solo and Two Person1998-1999 Instructor of Art History & Western Civilization, San Francisco University High School
1996-1998 Assistant Professor of Art & Art History, Texas A&M University, Laredo, TX
1995-1996 Curator of Visual Resources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995-1996 Adjunct Instructor, University of Chicago, IL
2006 Esteban Sabar Gallery, Oakland, CA
Similes and Sayings
(Solo Show)2006 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Mixed Metaphors
(Solo Show)2005 Dig Fine Art, Providence, RI
Clichés & Proverbs
(Solo Show)2005 Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Hamlettes on Wry
(Solo Show)2005 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA
(Solo Show)2004 Louie-Meager Art Gallery, Gary Soren Smith Center, Ohlone College, CA
Dress Code
(Solo Show)2004 STRS Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002 Louie Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Too Knew: Kathryn Frank and Kenney Mencher2001 Craighead-Green, Dallas, TX
Kenney Mencher and Connie Connally1997 Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX
Art Department Teaching Gallery
Relationships
(Solo Show)1997 Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
Noir Images
(Solo Show)1994 Brody Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
Androgynous Paintings of V.
(Solo Show)1993 Garden Gallery, Sacramento, CA
California Landscapes
(Solo Show)
EXHIBITIONS: GROUP2005 Klaudia Marr, Santa Fe, NM
12th Annual Realism Invitational2005 Blue Line Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Grand Opening Group Show2004 Craighead-Green, Dallas, TX
2004 Red Ink Studio, San Jose, CA
2003 Hang Gallery Palo Alto, CA
One More Thing Before I Go2003 Hang Gallery San Francisco, CA
Can't Sleep2002 Hang Gallery San Francisco, CA
Small Works2002 The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The View from Here: Anna Conti, Joel Tarbox and Kenney Mencher2002 Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
Painting2002 Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
Faces2001 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas TX
Connie Connaly and Kenney Mencher2001 Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Figurative Show2000 Bryant Gallery, Jackson, MI
Works on Consignment2000 Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works2000 Hanson Gallery, Knoxsville, TN
Faces and Figures1999 Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
First Annual Realism Invitational1999 Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas TX
Consignment Works1999 Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Anniversary Group Exhibition1998 Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works1998 Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nancy Switzer, Milt Kobayashi, and Kenney Mencher1998 Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas TX
Consignment Works1998 Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas TX
Michael Magovoro and Kenney Mencher1998 Primary Object Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1996 Martin Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Ron Hoover, Katie Pell and Kenney Mencher1995 Tangeman Center Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
Thesis Exhibit1994 Mason Fine Art Gallery, Mason, OH
Jan Brown Checco, Ken Landon Buck,
Irwin Greenburg, and Kenney Mencher1994 KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Manmade and Natural Landscapes1994 Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
Consignment Artists Show1994 Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Burrell, Simmons, & Mencher1994 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
The Innocent Eye Test1993 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1992 Images Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 The National Arts Club, Manhattan, NY
Fifteenth Annual Student Exhibition
Honorable Mention1986 Arts Consortium Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Monumental Still Life Drawings1986 Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH
Show in honor of scholarship recipients
LECTURES & PAPERS DELIVERED
2003 Hang Gallery San Francisco, CA
Can't Sleep2002 Hang Gallery
Painting1999 Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart High School
St. Peter's Cathedral1999 Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart High School
Constantine and Early Christianity1998 Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart High School
Monasticism/Scholasticism/Catholicism1997 Laredo Rotary
Pompeii as an Artifact of Civic Pride1996 Guest Lecturer, Classics Week, Texas A&M University,
"A Brief Tour of the Acropolis"1993 Guest lecturer, University of California, Davis, CA
"Mannerism and Architecture"1992 Guest lecturer, University of California, Davis, CA
"Art as Ideology"
AWARDS
1993-1995 Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Cincinnati OH1991 Departmental Honors:Art, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1991 Geldwerth Scholarship, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1990 Jacob Hammer Memorial Award in Playwriting
English Dept. Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1990 Raymond J. Sontag Prize History Dept. Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1986 Tuition Scholarship, Cincinnati Art Academy, OH
REVIEWS & ARTICLES ABOUT MY WORKControversy is in the eye of the beholder in Boehm exhibit, By: Sandra Kraisireideja, North County Times 2006"The Eyes of the Beholder" Jack Fischer, San Jose Mercury, 2006
"All Too Real" By Kelly Vance, East Bay Express, 2006
"Art scene by Bill Van Siclen: Works that deal with doubt, mystery and ambiguity" by Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal - Providence, RI, USA 01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, September 8, 2005
"His art's too racy for walls at CalSTRS" By David Barton Sacramento Bee Friday, April 16, 2004
Letter to the Editor in Response to Sac Bee Article 2004
"Teachers' group removes professor's suggestive art" by Monique Beeler, Oakland Tribune also published in the Fremont Argus
Friday April 23, 2004"Center for the Arts exhibits 'Relationships'" Laredo Morning Times 29 May 1997, 1C.
"Kenney Mencher's 'Noir Images' exhibit at LCC" Laredo Morning Times 6 April 1997, 1C.
"A&M International art Professor's 'Noir Images' opens April 11 at LCC" LareDOS April 1997: 34.
"A&M International University art professor in SA gallery show," LareDOS December 1996: 14.
Dan R. Goddard, "Painters Figure out unique ways to portray people," San Antonio Express News 20 November 1996:
"University art professor in SA gallery show," Laredo Morning Times 24 November 1996, sec. Local: 23A.
Lucy Gail Llenado, "EYE to EYE, Artist:Kenney Mencher," Everybody's News 1 September 1994: 5.
COLLECTIONS
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CALester and Eileen Traub, Los Angeles, CA
Founder's Title & Trust, Sacramento, California
Mary Kissler, Curator of Print, Art Museum of Auckland, New Zealand