Scott Seebart
b. 1972 Georgia, USA
Lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri
Education:
2005 MFA in painting and drawing, minor in printmaking, University of Iowa
2004 MA in painting and drawing, minor in printmaking, University of Iowa
2002 Scoula della Grafica, Venice, Italy
1996-1998 Post-Baccalaureate in painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1995 BFA in painting, University of Minnesota
1992-1993 University of Amsterdam
Exhibitions:
2019 Materialist, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2018 Raw Umber, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2017 7th Mixed Media Exhibition, Lessedra Art Gallery, Sophia, Bulgaria
2016 Moving Boundary, Qigong Qin Gallery, Sanmin Arts Village, China
SunSet|SunRise: Work from Studio Nong, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
SunSet|SunRise: Work from Studio Nong, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
2015 Paintings 2005-2015, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Natura Morta/Natura Vita with Jessie Fisher, Florence, Italy
Galleria dello Piccolo Lupo, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
Dialoghi dell’Arte: International Tour
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Guilin Museum, Guilin, China
Palazzo dei Cartelloni, Florence, Italy
International Centre for the Arts, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
SunSet|SunRise: Work from Studio Nong, Belger/CraneYard Galleries, Kansas City
2013 Sunrise-Sunset, Qinzhou NiXing Pottery Museum, Qinzhou, China
2011 Narrow Margins, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
2010 Faculty Exhibition, FEMA Gallery, Longview Community College
2009 Two Painters: An Exhibition with Richard Mattsson, Unit 5 Gallery, Kansas City
2005 MFA Exhibition, the Museum of Fine Arts, University of Iowa
Finale, An exhibition of Gallery Artists, Lo River Fine Arts, Beacon NY
2004 Vis-A Vis, Lo River Fine Arts, Beacon NY
2003 Flora/Fauna, with Jessie Fisher, LoRiver Fine Arts, Beacon, NY
Professional Experience:
2018-2019 Lecturer, University of Central Missouri
2018 Lecturer, Study Abroad, Kansas City Art Institute
2018-2019 Lecturer, Survey of Art, Longview Community College
2017 Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Foundations Department
2005- 2017 Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Painting Department
2005-2015 Lecturer, Painting and Drawing, University of Missouri, Kansas City
2012-2014 Lecturer in Life Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute Ceramics Department
2008-2011 Instructor Longview Community College
2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor Wartburg College
2003-2005 Founder Ut Pictura Poesis collaborative MFA painting/writing workshop
2002-2005 Assistant-Adjunct Professor, the University of Iowa
1997-1998 Visiting Artists Program, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Visiting Critic | Lectures | Gallery Talks | Panel Discussions:
2006-2016 Visiting Critic, Sculpture Department, Kansas City Art Institute
2016 Artist Lecture Studio Nong, Sanmin Arts Village, Nanning City China
Gallery Talk: SunSet|SunRise: Work from Studio Nong, Memphis College of Art
2015 Artist Lecture | Teatro della Concordia, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2014 Gallery Talk: SunRise|SunSet: Work from Studio Nong, Memphis College of Art
Residencies:
2016 Studio Nong Residency at Sanmin Arts Village, Nanning, City, China
2015 Studio Nong Residency at: Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2013 Studio Nong Residency at: Guangxi Arts Institute, Nanning, China
Awards:
2002-2005 Virgil M. Beall Graduate Fellowship, University of Iowa
1994 Gwendolyn Knight/Fellowship Award, the University of Minnesota
Warren Mackenzie Fellowship the University of Minnesota
Collections:
Jigang Qin Studio, Sanmin Arts Village, Nanning City, China
Qinzhou Huayi Nixing Pottery Company, Qinzhou, China
Studio Nong, Guangxi Arts Institute, Nanning City, China
James Petersen and Neil Goldman, New York, NY
Eric McDade, Philadelphia, PA
James Montee, Kansas City, MO
Publications:
2016 Beautiful South, six-part documentary series on Studio Nong aired on Chinese television, August/September
2015 Surgery in Clay: A Visit to the Kansas City Art Institute, film editorial, Aug 18, Kansas City Star
Studio Nong at the Kansas City Art Institute, film editorial, Aug 6, Kansas City Star
Ferrell, Katie, Professors from China and Kansas City come together to Build Impressive Sculptures, Aug 2, Fox 4 News, KC
Evans, Matt, Chinese Artists Visit KC to Create, Learn. Cross-cultural Program Run Through KCAI, Aug 2nd, KMBC 9 News, KC
Evans, Matt, Studio Nong Arrives at the Memphis College of Art, Jul 24, Memphis Flyer
Brophy, Carrie, KC Studio Magazine, Art Ambassadors, Feature Article and Cover, Mar/Apr 2013
QinZhou 980: Arts and Culture Magazine, Sunrise-Sunset: Sculpture Exhibition and Speeches at the Nixing Museum, Aug 9
QinZhou NiXing Museum: International Collaboration with Artists from the US, Post of China, Taiwan Travel, QinZhou Post, Beibuwan Post, QinZhou Post, International Artist’s Residency
2005 Edwards, Nicole, Gallery Crams Space for Salon Exhibition, Poughkeepsie Journal, Feb 11, 2005.
Flora/Fauna to open at LoRiver Arts, Putnam County News and Recorder, Cold Spring, NY, Sept 8, 2004.
1997 The Unbroken Line-The Fellowship Centennial Exhibition 1887-1997, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Museum of American Art, 1997. Catalogue
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