About the Artist
Kevin Sloan is a Denver based painter working primarily with acrylic on canvas, drawings and paintings on paper and recently, ceramic and mixed media sculpture.
Growing up in Des Moines, Iowa his early interest in art was nurtured by student classes at the Des Moines Art Center. It was clear upon high school graduation he would continue to study art in college.
He received a BFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art where he studied with Stephen Greene and Stanley Whitney. He continued his formal education at the University of Arizona studying with James G. Davis, where he received an MFA in Painting.
His curiosity and love of travel has led him to live and work in a wide variety of cities across the United States including San Francisco, New York City, New Orleans, Key West, FL and Santa Fe, NM. All these locales have had a lasting impact on his practice.
Kevin’s work is an inquiry into whether a painting can hold the qualities of wonder and awe via the mundane and overlooked. Additionally, he is interested in what it means to be a painter of the natural world in a time of such extraordinary change environmentally, politically and socially.
In addition to his studio practice, he has been a visiting artist in residence at universities around the United States and occasionally teaches upper level painting classes in Denver. He exhibits regularly in one-person and group exhibits around the country.
His work is found in numerous private and public collections worldwide including the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida and the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
Kevin currently works in a converted church in the historic Denver neighborhood of Globeville where in addition to painting, he grows flowers and vegetables in the summer months. He shares his life with his husband Mark and two spirited Labradoodles, Otis and Poppy.
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Kevin Sloan (b. 1958) Des Moines, IA
Lives and works in Denver, CO
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 K Contemporary, Fervent Emblems, Denver, CO
2021 K Contemporary, Soft Monuments, Denver, CO
Denver Botanic Gardens, Radiant Season, Work by Kevin Sloan, Denver, CO
2020 Naropa University, Cathedral, Boulder, CO
K Contemporary, Private Work and Outliers, Denver, CO
2018 K Contemporary, The Wanderer's Garden, Denver, CO
California Museum of Art, Thousand Oaks, A Collection of Rarities, Thousand Oaks, CA
Clark Gallery, Paradise, Lincoln, MA
2016 Gardner Colby Gallery, A Delicate Balance, Naples, FL
2015 Clark Gallery, A Delicate Balance, Lincoln MA
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, An Artist and a Naturalist: John James Audubon and Kevin Sloan
2013 Ironton Gallery, The Naturalist’s Notebook, Denver, Co
Clark Gallery, New Paintings, Lincoln, MA
William Havu Gallery, Introducing Kevin Sloan, Denver, CO
2012 Richard J. Demato Fine Art, Kevin Sloan, New Paintings, Sag Harbor, NY
2011 Gardner Colby Gallery, The Cabinet of Curiosities, Naples, FL
Gilman Contemporary, Modern Parables, Sun Valley, ID
2010 Gardner Colby Gallery, Menagerie, Naples, FL
2009 Gilman Contemporary, Strange Eden, Sun Valley, ID
2008 Gardner Colby Gallery, Dreams and Allegories, Naples, FL
2007 Lisa Sette Gallery, The Sacred Ordinary, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Lisa Sette Gallery, Memories and Allegories, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Gardner Colby Gallery, Exotica, Naples, FL
2003 Chiaroscuro, Innocence and Experience, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Lisa Sette Gallery, Retablos, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Chiaroscuro, El Sagrado Teatro, Santa Fe, NM
Gardner Colby Gallery, The Garden Of Earthly Delights, Naples, FL
2000 Lisa Sette Gallery, Tabula Rasa, Scottsdale, AZ
1999 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New Still Life Paintings, New York, NY
Lisa Sette Gallery, The Poet's Garden, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Lisa Sette Gallery, Ancient Cornucopia, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Gwenda Jay Gallery, Offerings and Meditations, Chicago, IL
Lisa Sette Gallery, Tableaux Vivants, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 Galerie Simonne Stern, Elegance and Decay, New Orleans, LA
1995 Lisa Sette Gallery, Poetry and Jasmine, Scottsdale, AZ
Eva Cohon Gallery, Paintings From an Elysian Garden, Chicago, IL
1994 Koplin Gallery, Music of the Spheres, Santa Monica, CA
Lisa Sette Gallery, Paintings From Arcadia, Scottsdale, AZ
1993 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, The Garden of Earthly Delights, San Francisco, CA
Lisa Sette Gallery, Old Poems, New Prayers, Scottsdale, AZ
1991 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, Introductions, San Francisco, CA
University of Montana, Paintings, Missoula, MT
Etherton/Stern Gallery, Paintings, Tucson, AZ
1990 Lisa Sette Gallery, Recent Paintings, Scottsdale, AZ
1989 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Recent Paintings, Scottsdale, AZ
1988 Tucson Museum of Art, Emerging Artists, Tucson, AZ
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Mesa Gallery, New Paintings, San Francisco, CA
1986 Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Spring Fling, Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
Created Permanence: Picturing the Avian Past and Present, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2023 Fucking Flowers, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
As of Now, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
2022 Risky Business, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO
The Indivisible Spectrum, The Painting Center, New York, NY
True West, BRDG Project, Denver, CO
Nature’s Reverie, Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
2021 Pathological Landscape, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
Into the Rearview Mirror, Lone Tree Arts Center, Lone Tree, CO
Viral Influence: Art in the Time of Coronavirus, Arvada, CO
2020 McNichols Building, Lavender Mist: Gay Men in Contemporary Art in Colorado, Denver, CO
K Contemporary, As of Now, Denver, CO
Conde Contemporary, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Natchez, MS
2019 Arvada Center, State of the Art 2019, Arvada, CO
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Representing the West, Pueblo, CO
Talon Gallery, TONDO, Portland, OR
McMane Gallery, Murmurations, Boulder, CO
2017 Clark Gallery, Salon Show, Lincoln, MA
2016 Stephanie Chefas Projects, Selfie, Portland, OR
Modern Eden Gallery, Platinum Blend 2, San Francisco, CA
Abend Gallery, Animalia, Denver, CO
Arvada Center, Art of the Sate 2016, Arvada, CO
Gardner Colby Gallery, A Delicate Balance, Naples, FL
2015 Arvada Center, Conscious and Unconscious: Subjects of the Real &Surreal, Arvada, CO
M.A. Doran Gallery, National Contemporary Realism, Tulsa, OK
2014 M.A. Dornan Gallery, National Contemporary Realism, Tulsa, OK
Clark Gallery, April Flowers, Lincoln, MA
Antler Gallery, Brink, Portland, OR
Gardner Colby Gallery, 20th Anniversary Show, Naples, FL
2013 Ironton Gallery, Annual Group Show, Denver, CO
2012 Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art, Random Acts of Time, Santa Ana, CA
Richard J. Demato Fine Art, Rejuvenation, Sag Harbor, NY
2011 Harrison Gallery, White on White, Key West, FL
2009 Clark Gallery, Flower Power, Lincoln, MA
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Birds in Art, Wausau, WI
2008 Clark Gallery, Salon Show, Lincoln, MA
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Annual Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Gilman Contemporary, Big Impressions, Sun Valley, ID
2007 Gilman Contemporary, New Paintings, Sun Valley, ID
Gardner Colby Gallery, A Walk on the Wild Side, Naples, FL
Fresh Paint, Desire, Culver City CA
2004 Turner Carroll Gallery, Colors Without Lines, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Lisa Sette Gallery, The Garden of Compassion, Scottsdale, AZ
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Magic Realism: A New Generation, Pueblo, CO
2002 Lisa Sette Gallery, Living in the Presence of the Buddha, Scottsdale, AZ
Wyeth Hurd Gallery, The Magnificent Subject: Friends From the John Sloan Drawing Group, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Lisa Sette Gallery, Italianate, Scottsdale, AZ
2000 Fresh Paint, Update 2000, Culver City, CA
1999 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Summer Group, New York, NY
Tampa Museum of Art, Contemporary Citrus Imagery by Florida Artists, Tampa, FL
University of West Florida Gallery, Florida Fellowship Exhibition, Pensacola, FL
Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art & Design, Florida Fellowship Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
Museum of Art, Florida Fellowship Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL
Deland Museum of Art, Florida Fellowship Exhibition, Deland, FL
1998 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Gallery Artists and New Talent, New York, NY
Polk Museum of Art, Florida Fellowship Exhibition, Lakeland, FL
Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tribute, Tucson, AZ
Broward Art Guild, Salon de Refuses, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1997 Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA 1996
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL
Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Etherton Gallery, 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
Microsoft Corporation, Print Exhibition, Art Walk 12, Redmond, WA
Lisa Sette Gallery, Natural Selection, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 Lisa Sette Gallery, New Views, Scottsdale, AZ
Microsoft Corporation, Art Walk 11, Redmond, WA
400 South Hope Associates, Musical Instruments as Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Riverside Art Museum, Slice of Life: Contemporary Still Lives, Riverside, CA
Halls Gallery, Contemporary Realists, Kansas City, MO
Lisa Sette Gallery, Small Works, Scottsdale, AZ
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
1993 Hollis Taggart Galleries, Washington, DC
Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
Lisa Sette Gallery, Small Works, Scottsdale, AZ
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, What Heaven Looks Like, San Jose, CA
San Jose State University, What Heaven Looks Like, San Jose, CA
1992 Lisa Sette Gallery, Small Works, Scottsdale, AZ
Susan Cummins Gallery, Why Painting, Part I, curated by Bill Berkson, Mill Valley, CA
St. Mary’s College, The Crucifixion Through the Modern Eye, Moraga, CA
Zen Center Hospice Guest House, Still Lives, San Francisco, CA
1991 Susan Cummins Gallery, The Sacred Landscape, Mill Valley, CA
Upaya Gallery, June Salon, San Francisco, CA
Southern Exposure Gallery, Wet Paint, San Francisco, CA
Upaya Gallery, Contemporary Art I, San Francisco, CA
1990 The Old Pueblo Museum, Selections From Local Corporate Collections, Tucson, AZ
1989 University of Arizona Museum of Art, The New/Old Landscape, Tucson, AZ
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1988 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Landscape Anthology, New York, NY
1987 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1986 Laguna Gloria Museum, New American Talent, Austin, TX
San Diego Art Institute, 1986 National Juried Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Yuma Art Center, 21st Southwestern Invitational, Yuma, AZ
Greensboro Artists' League, 17th Annual National Juried Competition, Greensboro, NC
Pensacola Junior College, National Landscape Exhibition, Pensacola, FL
Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
Rancho Linda Vista, Post-Modern Renaissance Paintings, Oracle, AZ
Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ
1985 Tucson Art Institute, Tucson Festival Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
Zgany Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1984 Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
Olive DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1983 Central Arts Collective, Invitational Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
830 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Public Collections
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
City of Oakland, Oakland, CA
General Electric, Chicago, IL
Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Hilton Hotel Corporation, Tucson, AZ
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
McDonalds Corporation, Oak Brook, IL
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Four Seasons Hotels, Scottsdale, AZ
Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY
Monaco Hotels, San Francisco, CA & Seattle, WA
Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Prudential Life Insurance Company, Newark, NJ
Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ
Security Pacific Bank, San Francisco, CA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
St. Regis Hotels, Dana Point, CA
University of Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, UT
US West Communications, Denver, CO
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Miami, FL
Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Delta Caravelle Hotel, Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. Phoenix, AZ
Houston's Restaurants, Phoenix, AZ
Princess Cruise Lines, Los Angeles, CA
State University of NY University Art Museum, Albany, NY
Investment Advisory Services, The Woodlands, TX
Crawford Hotel, Union Station, Denver, CO
Awards
Best in Show, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO, 2016
State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, 1997
Gold Award, Art of California Magazine, 1992
Honorarium, "Wet Paint" Exhibit, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991
Bemis Foundation Residency Fellowship, Omaha, NE, 1991
Tucson/Pima Arts Council Fellowship, Tucson, AZ, 1988
Award of Merit, "Arizona Biennial" Exhibit, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 1988
First Place, "Greensboro Artists' League 17th Annual National Juried Competion", 1986
Grumbacher Award for Painting, "New American Talent" Exhibit, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX, 1986
Teaching
2018 Adjunct Faculty, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
2016 Atelier Instructor, Art Students League of Denver
2009 Visiting Artist, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
1999 Visiting Artist, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
1993-94 Adjunct Faculty, Drawing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1991 Visiting Artist, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1982-84 Graduate Assistant, Drawing, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
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