Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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RESUME
John Paul Kesling was born and raised on the banks of the Ohio River, spending much of his time outdoors. He attended Morehead State University in Morehead, KY for his BFA in Arts and spent a semester in Europe studying art history. Kesling went on to receive his MFA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design in 2010. He spent the next six years in Brooklyn, NY immersed in the NYC art scene. In March of 2016, he attended a month-long residency at The Vermont Studio Center. While there, he realized how integral time, space, and nature were to his studio practice and in July of 2016 he relocated to Madison, TN, just outside of Nashville. He has been included in group exhibitions at I Like Your Work Podcast (curated by Catherine Haggerty), Wassau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wassau, WI), ArtFields (Lake City, SC), New York Hall of Science & SciArts Initiative (Queens, NY), The Red Arrow Gallery (Nashville, TN), Tim Faulkner Gallery (Louisville, KY), Prince Street Gallery (New York, NY), Julia Martin Gallery, (Nashville, TN), The Gallery at Fort Houston (Nashville,TN), Ten Eyck Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) and Momenta Art (Brooklyn, NY). He has had recent solo shows at The Red Arrow Gallery (Nashville, TN), Oz Arts (Nashville,TN) and Tim Faulkner Gallery (Louisville, KY). He is represented by The Red Arrow Gallery and now owns a dog.