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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              Instructor, Painting. Louisville Visual Arts Association, 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

 

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)

 

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          Nazereth 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, Louisville, 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

 

2009          Mazin Juried Exhibtion, Jewish  Community Center, Louisville, KY

2004          Gold Key, High School Scholastic Show, Louisville, 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

 

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)

 

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