RESUME

EXHIBITION RESUME (December 2023)

AWARDS
2008 - Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
1995 - Individual Fellowship in Painting, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1991 - Creative Fellowship in Photography, Colorado Council on the Arts & Humanities. 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
- Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, NM
- University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME 
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
- Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
- University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, IA

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023 - "JACK BALAS & WES HEMPEL: FRONT RANGE, BACK TO BACK,"  William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado  2019 - "AGAINST THE GRAIN: MEN, MAPS AND OTHER INCORRECTIONS," Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 2017 - "MAINE AND AGAIN," University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME  2014 - "YES/NO (THE WOODS)," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO. 2010 - "TATTOO DETOUR/THE MAIN EVENT," L2Kontemporary, Los Angeles CA 2009- "JACK BALAS: AMERICAN MALE," Scope Artfair, Basel, Switzerland 2009- "JACK BALAS: AMERICAN MALE," Ego Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. 2008 - "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU," Project Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO. 2008 - "TATTOO DETOUR," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO. 2006 - Aspen Art Museum (Colorado Biennial, Aspen, CO. 2006 - Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas. 2006 - Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 2005 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. 2003 - g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2002 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. ("Rough Draft") 2002 - g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. 2001 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. ("Territory Found") 2001 - "BATHERS: AN INSTALLATION," Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO 2000 - Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas 1999 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. 1997 - "CONSUMPTION & CONFLUENCE," Kimura Gallery, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage. 1997 - "The Marriage of History and Fiction," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO 1996 - "WESTWARD, HO!," University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY 1996 - "SPANISH MOSS-- THE EFFIGIES," Warehouse Studio, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023-24 Group Exhibition, U.S. Department of State Art in Embasies Program, United States Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018 "Arizona Biennial," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2014-2016 - Group Exhibition, U.S. Department of State Art in Embasies Program, United States Embassy, Vienna, Austria. 2013 - "PAGE 179, ARTFORUM SEPTEMBER, 2013," Brennan and Griffin, New York, NY. 2013 - "TEN YEARS DRAWN," L2Kontemporary, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 2013 - "CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF THE WESTERN LANDSCAPE," Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, NM. 2013 - "THE ART OF RENEWAL," James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2013 - "A SHOW OF HANDS," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2012 - Summer Gallery Artists, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. 2009 - "WORD," Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008 - "COCKED: THE MALE POSSESSED," Luis de Jesus Seminal Projects, San Diego, CA. 2007 - "MODES OF DISCLOSURE," Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. 2007 - "THE PLAYERS," Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York, NY. 2006 - "DECADES OF INFLUENCE," Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado. 2006 - "ENGENDERED SPECIES," California State University, Long Beach, California. 2005 - "SELF-EXPOSURE: THE MALE NUDE SELF-PORTRAIT" Clamp Art, New York , NY 2004 - "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona. 2004 - "CONTEMPORARY DRAWING," Eisentrager / Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. 2000 - "THE IMAGE OF TEXT," Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. 2000 - "LONDON BIENNALE," (David Medalla, Organizer) London, England. 2000 - "HORSE," Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado. 1999 - "CONCEPTUALISTICATIONISM," Star-67 Project Space, Brooklyn, New York. 1998 - "EGYPT OF THE MIND," Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. 1997 - "PRIVATE WORLDS: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN STILL LIFE PAINTING," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. Julia Augur and Ann Daley, Curators. 1995 - "ART AND THE LAW," West Publishing Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Travel Schedule: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J.R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois; University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada; Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio. 1994 - "FOCUS ON COLORADO / THE FRONT RANGE: JACK BALAS, WES HEMPEL & SCOTT CHAMBERLIN," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. 1992 - "OUT OF BOUNDS: THE WORD BECOMES ART," Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ. 1991 - "COLORADO COUNCIL ON THE ARTS & HUMANITIES CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS," Metropolitan State College Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado. 1991 - "RODEO IN FACT AND FANTASY," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1990 - "PERSONAL / POLITICAL: SEXUALITY SELF-DEFINED," The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago,Illinois. 1989 - "THE NEW NARRATOLOGY: EXAMINING THE NARRATIVE IN IMAGE / TEXT ART," Artspace Annex, San Francisco, California. Travel Schedule: The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, California; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas, Arlington. Maria Porges, Curator. 1988 - "THE LANDSCAPE," Marilyn Pink Gallery, Los Angeles, California. 1986 - "IMAGE WARS," The Center for Idea Art, Denver, Colorado. Lucy Lippard, Curator. 1985 - "MENAGERIE," San Francisco International Airport, California. 1985 - "GALLERY ARTISTS," Asher/ Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California. 1983 - "NEWCOMERS '83," Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California. Josine Ianco- Starrels, Curator. 1983 - "PAINTING OF THE MONTH," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (L.A.I.C.A.), California. 1981 - "GALLERY ARTISTS," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. 1978 - "NEW HORIZONS IN ART," Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2012 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #102, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA. Bill Arning, Director Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Curator. (portfolio of paintings) 2011 - THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF GORGEOUS GUYS, Constable & Robinson Ltd., London, UK. Barbara Cardy, Editor. (portfolio of STUD DUST photography) 2010 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #90, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA. Toby Kamps, Menil Collection, Houston TX, Curator. (portfolio of paintings) 2008 - CODE D'ACCES, Factory Editions, Paris, France. Winter 2008. p. 46 (painting) 2008 - TIMELESS: THE ART OF DRAWING, The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey. Exhibition Catalog. 2008 - THE NUDE MALE: 21st CENTURY VISIONS, by David Leddick. Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, New York. 2007 - THE FRONT RANGE AND THE RANGE OF IDENTITY, catalogue essay for "DECADES OF INFLUENCE" AND "EXTENDED REMIX," Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. 2006 - "ARTWORLD DIGEST" Brooklyn, NY. 2005 - "SELF-EXPOSURE: THE MALE NUDE SELF-PORTRAIT" photo anthology by Reed Massengill, Rizzoli International, New York (images from Studio Men series). 2005 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #60 (October), The Open Studios Press, Boston, Mass. Fereshteh Daftari. Museum of Modern Art, NY, Curator. (portfolio of paintings). 2005 - CALENDAR 2005, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado. Cydney Payton, Curator. 2004 - (internet) TRAMPOLINE HOUSE.COM (August) Brooklyn, NY. "Saint Beach Boy" www.TrampolineHouse.com 2003 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #48 (October), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass. Beth Venn, Curator (Independent), NY. pp. 10-13 (portfolio of paintings). 2003 - BLUE #45 (July), Studio Magazines, Sydney, Australia. "Photo ID," (portfolio of "Studio Men" series images). pp. 72-77. 2001 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #36(November), The Open Studios Press, Boston, Mass. Terrie Sultan, Director, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Texas, Curator. pp. 14-17 . (portfolio of paintings) 2001 - MALE NUDE NOW, David Leddick, Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, New York. (Photo from Studio Men series) 1999 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #24 (October), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass. Lisa Phillips, Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, Curator.pp. 6-9. (portfolio of paintings) 1998 - EGYPT OF THE MIND, Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Exhibition Brochure. 1997 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #12 (October), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass. Jeffrey Weiss, Dept. of 20th Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Curator.pp. 4-5. 1995 - ART AND THE LAW, West Publishing Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Catalog of 20th Annual Exhibtion. pp. 20-21. 1993 - HIGH PERFORMANCE #61, Spring. Santa Monica, Cal. (photo from series "History Repeats Itself.") pp. 38-39. 1993 - COLORADO EXPRESSION, Volume 3, No. 1, Winter. Denver, Colorado. Feature article by Marilynne S. Mason, "Not Quite on the Map: Magic & Art." pp. 48-57. 1993 - THE NEW CENSORSHIP Denver, Colo. Vol. 4, No. 1. April, 1993. Photograph from the series: "History Repeats Itself." Cover. 1991 - THE PARIS REVIEW #120, Fall. New York, NY. Portfolio of Paintings "Today I Drove Along the Rio Grande." pp. 121-129. 1991 - 16 CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS IN THE VISUAL ARTS, Colorado Council on the Arts & Humanities. Catalog of award recipients. 1989 - THE NEW NARRATOLOGY: EXAMINING THE NARRATIVE IN IMAGE / TEXT ART, Words and Pictures, Oakland. California. Catalog for exhibtion at Artspace Annex, San Francisco, California.(Paintings and excerpts from MileMarker) pp. 26 - 29. 1986 - WHITEWALLS #14, Autumn. Chicago, Illinois. (Paintings and excerpts from MileMarker) pp. 22-28. 1983 - L.A.I.C.A. Newsletter # 94, June-July. Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, California. "Painting of the Month." Cover.