RESUME
MARK ANTHONY PRIEST
Schnieder Hall Room 109B
Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 852-1016
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EDUCATION
1989 M.F.A. in Painting, Yale University. New Haven, CT
Studied with: William Bailey, Jake Berthot, Mel Bochner,
Bernard Chaet, Natalie Charkow, James Demartino, Andrew Forge,
Susan Jacobson, Lester Johnson, Richard Lytle, David Pease,
Robert Reed, Richard Ryan
1987 B.F.A. in Painting, University of Louisville. Louisville, KY
Studied with: Ying Kit Chan, Henry Chodkowski, James
Grubola, Kit Hillery, Suzanne Mitchell, Sam Richards, John
Whitesell
WORK EXPERIENCE
1993- current Associate Professor, Painting/Drawing. University of
Louisville, KY.
1991 Professor, Painting /Drawing. Seminole Community College,
Sanford, FL
1990 Adjunct Professor, Drawing. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1990 Painting Instructor, Louisville Visual Arts Assoc., Louisville, KY
1988 Teaching Assistant to Richard Ryan, Intermediate
Drawing. Yale, New Haven, CT
1986 Guest Artist/ Instructor, Junior /Senior Painting.
Manual High School, Louisville, KY
1979-86 CSX Railroad, Machine Operator, Louisville, KY
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 President’s Initiative Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2010 Project Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2009 Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship, Kentucky Arts
Council, Frankfort, KY
2008 Commission on Racial Equality and Diversity Grant,
University of Louisville, KY
2007 Project Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2006 President’s Initiative Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2005 African American Faculty Mini Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2003 Women Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2001 Project Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
2000 Vermont Studio Residency, Johnson, VT
1999 Women Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1998 Project Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1997 President’s Initiative Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1997 Project Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1997 Women Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1996 Kentucky Arts Council, Traveling Fellowship Award
1996 Kentucky Arts Council, Al Smith Fellowship
1995 Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Assistance Award
1995 Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1994 Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1994 Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1994 Young Investigators Award, University of Louisville, KY
1994 Merit Award Floyd County Museum of Art, New Albany, IN
1994 Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Assistance Award, Louisville, KY
1994 Research Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1994 Completion Grant, University of Louisville, KY
1989 The Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship
Award, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1988 Yale Tuition Scholarship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1988 Ford Material Grant, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1988 Arnold Bittleman Prize, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1987 Yale Tuition Scholarship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1987 Ford Material Grant, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1987 Winthrop Allen Memorial Award, University of Louisville, KY
1986 Judith Hall Award, Louisville, KY
1986 Merit Award, Most Promising Artist, The Annual
Black Artist’s Exhibition, Louisville, KY
1985 Purchase Award, Best of Show, The Annual Black
Artist’s Exhibition, Louisville, KY
1983 Merit Award, Potpourri Exhibition, Louisville, KY
ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2011 Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Charles Nalle Drawings Exhibition, Manhattan, Kansas
2010 Mount St. Joseph College, Studio Giuseppe Art Gallery Cincinnati, OH
2010 Botto House American Labor Museum, The Charles Nalle Rescue Drawing and Prints ,
Haledon, NJ
2010 Russell Sage Colleges Gallery, A Fugitive Slave Rescued: Paintings of Charles Nalle by
Mark Priest, Troy, NY
2010 Rensselaer County Historical Society, A Fugitive Slave Rescued ,Troy, NY
2009 Dorchester Art Center, Harriet Tubman and the
Underground Railroad, Cambridge, MD
2009 Allen R. Hite Gallery, Harriet Tubman and the
Underground Railroad, Louisville, KY
2007 The Museum of Rural Life, The Underground Railroad
featuring Harriet Tubman, Denton, MD
2005 40 Acres Gallery Collaboration with California State
Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
2004 Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
2003 Nazareth Arts Gallery, Iron Men, Iron Women, Nazareth, KY
2002 Solo Exhibition, Botto House Museum, Haledon, NJ
2001 Belknap Gallery, Louisville, KY
1999 University of Kentucky Museum, Lexington, KY
1999 Bershad Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1998 Women on the Railroad, George Meany Archives Gallery, Silver
Springs, MD
1997 University of Texas at El Paso, Fox Fine Arts Gallery, El Paso, TX
1997 Botto House American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ
1996-7 Wayne State University Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
1996 Mount St. Joseph College, Studio Giuseppe Art Gallery Cincinnati, OH
1996 Michigan State University Museum, Lansing, MI
1995 Kentucky Railroad Museum, New Haven, CT
1994 George Meany Gallery, George Meany Center for
Labor Studies, Silver Springs, MD
1992 Harris House Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
1991 Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1986 Triangle Gallery, Sponsored by Sam Gilliam, Washington, DC
1986 The Painted Persona, Natalina Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2008 The Story, Florida State University Museum of Fine
Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2007 John Parker Paintings, Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Southern Exposure University of Louisville, University of
Wisconson-Stout, Menomonie, WI
2005 Capital Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
2005 The Human Element, Puffin Foundation, NJ
2002 Louisville Visual Arts Association Gallery, Water Tower, Louis.,
KY
2002 Armory Art Center, Palm Beach, FL
2000 Vermont Studio, Johnson, VT
1999 Four Points Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 University of Louisville, Faculty Show, University of Cincinnati, OH
1998 Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
1998 University of Louisville, Faculty Show, University of Cincinnati, OH
1998 Representational Painters, Exhibition Series University of Louisville,
KY
1997 What One is Worth, The Labor Arts & History Project at
The Northwest Folk-Life Festival.
1997 Exhibiting with six other artists including Jacob Lawrence. University
of Seattle, WA
1997 The 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Belknap Gallery, University of
Louisville, KY
1996 Kresge Museum, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
1995 African-American Kentuckian Exhibition, Owensboro, KY
1995 Heike Pickett Gallery, New Works Lexington, KY
1994 Floyd County Museum of Art, New Albany, IN
1992 African-American Contemporary Art Exhibition, Orlando, FL
1992 Maitland Art Museum, Three by Three Exhibition, Maitland, FL
1992 Heike Pickett Gallery, New Works, Lexington, KY
1991 Kentucky on Paper, Kingman Foundation Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
1990 African-American Contemporary Art, Civic Museum of Contemporary
Art, Palermo, Italy
1990 10th Annual Black Artist Exhibition, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville,KY
1989 A&A Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1986 Contemporary Black Artists of Louisville, Evansville Museum of Art
and Science, IN
1985 Realism, Evansville Museum of Art and Science, IN
1984 Kentucky Painters of the Southern Tradition, JB Speed Art Museum,
Louisville, KY
1982 Eight State Exhibition, JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
JUROR
2010 Nude Exhibition, Loudoun House, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
2009 Mazin Juried Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, KY
2004 Gold Key, High School Scholastic Show, Arts & Craft, Louisville, KY
1995 Michigan State University, Undergraduate Exhibition, Lansing, MI
1994 Jefferson County High School Scholastic Show, Louisville, KY
1992 First Street Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanford, FL
1989 The South Carolina Commission for the Arts
COLLECTIONS
Denton Rural Life Museum, Denton MD
John Parker House Museum, Ripley, OH
Transportation Workers Union Association, New York City, NY
Botto House Museum, Haledon, NJ
George Meany Labor Center, Washington, DC
Kildare County Arts Council, New Bridge, Ireland
Mount St. Joseph College Fine Arts Dept. Cincinnati, OH
Brown Foreman Corporation. Louisville, KY
Palm Beach International Airport, FL
Charlottesville Museum, Charlottesville, NC
Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL
Mrs. Patricia Landry, Sorrento, FL
First National Bank Collection, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Fried Chicken Collection, Louisville, KY
Links Collection, Louisville, KY
IMAGES IN PRINT
Journal article Image. “The Rescue of Charles Nalle” pp 20-23, by Scott Christianson. New York Archives. Volume 10 number 1 Summer 2010.
Book Image. “ Railroads in the African-American Experience: A Photographic Journey” pp 372, 414 - 415, by Theodore Kornweibel. The John Hopkins University Press, 2010
Guide Cover Image. The National Parks Service. “ The Underground Railroad: Maryland’s Network to Freedom Guide”. “Harriet Tubman - Escape From Poplar Neck II” 2009.
Book Cover Image. “Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War”, by Scott Christianson, University of Illinois Press, 2009
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS (SELECTED)
Feature, “Telling a Story of Freedom Won”, Times Union. Albany, New York (February 26, 2010) pA1,A11
Review, “Artist tells Tubman Stories in Vivid Color”, The Star Democrat (April 2, 2009)
Feature, “Youths view art works”, The Daily Banner (March 25, 2009)
Feature, “Artist honors Tubman in Show at DCA”, Dorchester Star (March 13, 2009) p7
Review, “Dorchester Center for the Arts Presents the art of Mark Priest” The Daily Banner (March 6, 2009) p10
Exhibition Announcement, “Underground Railroad Exhibition with Works by Mark Priest”, What’s Up? Eastern Shore Magazine (March 2009) p18
Review, ”Brush up on Tubman’s Life, Painter’s exhibit honors trailblazer”, The Courier Journal (March 14, 2009) I pp1,3
Feature, Parker Society Unveils Images of Elizabeth J. Cloyd Exhibit. The Ripley Bee (June 14, 2007)
Feature, “Paintings in Denton Depict Underground Railroad”, The Star Democrat (February 16, 2007) p7
Feature, “Noted Painter Exhibits New Series”, by Pat Guida, Caroline Review (February 2007) p8
Review, North Jersey, “ Condition of Workers Examined” (October 2005) p6
Feature, Heavy Metal; Mark Priest Paints Life on the Railroad. The Sacramento Bee. (February 1, 2005) p10-11
Review, Art Headlines, “Rail Road Artist Story Teller” F6 Dayton Daily News, Sept. 12, 2004. Dayton Ohio
Review, The Shopper News, Botto House Open Exhibition, H46, September 4, 2002
Review, Heroism Often All in a Day’s Work”, September 1, 2002, NJ
Feature, American Labor Museum to Honor Railroad Women and Railroad Artist Mark Priest, New York Labor History Association (Fall 2002)
Review, Labor’s Heritage, (Vol. 10/ No. 1)
Exhibition Announcement, Lexington Herald - Leader, Nation and World (February 4, 1999) pA4 (D)
Review, Arts News for Teachers, “Mark Priest: The Railroad Labor Series”. (Winter 1999) pp1-2 (D)
Review, Lexington Herald - Leader, “Museum Showing State’s Talent”, (February 7, 1999) pk4
Review, Kentucky Kernel, “Priest Gives Taste of Life on Rails”, (February 8, 1999) p3
Review, Labors Heritage Television Feature, “PM Park 27 News First”. Maryland News. Public TV. News. (October 1998)
Television Feature, WKYT TV, Washington, DC. News. October 1998
Feature, The Chronicle of Higher Education. (October 16, 1998) B-3 B108
Radio Interview, National Public Radio. (September 7, 1998)
Feature, “Steel Drivin’ Women” The Washington Post. (August 13, 1998) C1, C5
Feature, “Working on the Railroad”, Montgomery Gazette (August 7, 1998) c-7
Feature, “Michaelangelo of the Rails at Meany Center”, Silver Springs Gazette (August 5, 1998)
Exhibition Announcement, The New York Times (March 16, 1997) p11
Exhibition Announcement, The Jersey Journal (March 14, 1997)
Review, American Labor Museum, “Iron Men: Steel Rail: Track Labor ant the Art of Mark Priest”, NJEA (March 1997)
Review, “Iron Men. “Iron Men: Steel Rail: Track Labor ant the Art of Mark Priest”, The Italian Voice, (February 6, 1997) p6
Review, Horvitz, Lee. “Iron Men. “Iron Men: Steel Rail: Track Labor ant the Art of Mark Priest”, Antenna Arts Magazine. (February 1997): 10 - 11
Dialogue: Art in the Midwest.(Jan/Feb 1997):29
Feature, “ A Bold Tribute to Laborer”, Working on Railroad Inspired Painter. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Enquirer. TEMPO. November 24, 1996
Feature, “Kentucky Artist a Big Draw”, The Evening Herald of Ireland, October 1996
Feature, “Worker of the World, Relax!: His Art Stays On Track”, (UAW) Solidarity
