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PERSONAL DATA
Born July 2, 1950; Norman, Oklahoma

EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Printmaking, Indiana University, 1977
B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking, Memphis State University, 1972

DISCIPLINES PRACTICED
Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, Digital Imaging

EXHIBITIONS
One Person and Small Group

  • “ Ken Jones, Andrew Polk, Mike Stack”, Davis Dominguez Gallery; Tucson, AZ (Nov-Dec 2003)
  • " Pict @ Millenium", 4 person exhibit, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI (Oct 1999); The Center for the Visual Arts, University of Toledo, OH (Jan 2000)
  • One person exhibit, Cochise College; Sierra Vista, AZ (Feb 1999)
  • “ Polk, Quiroz, and Royal”, Davis-Dominguez Gallery; Tucson, AZ (Dec 1998-Jan 1999)
  • " Prints by Phillip Lichenhan, Andrew Polk, Andrew Rush"; Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Nov 1995)
  • " Foreign States: T. Sanchez-Burger, Kelley Walker, Andrew Polk"; Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ (Oct 1993)
  • Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (May1993)
  • " Andrew Polk & Gary Benna", Dinnerware Artists Cooperative, Tucson, AZ (April1993)
  • Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ (1992, Jan-Feb)
  • " Private Obscenities: A Family Portrait"; Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 1991)
  • Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (April 1991)
  • Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Sept 1989)
  • " Violence & Heartache: Works on Paper by Andrew Polk", University of Anchorage Art Gallery; Anchorage,
  • Alaska (Sept 1989)
  • " Paintings and Prints"; Davis Gallery; Tucson, AZ (Sept 1989)
  • " Works on Paper", Gallery Route One (Project Space); Point Reyes, CA (April 1989)
  • University of Washington; Seattle, WA (Jun-Jul 1988)
  • " Paintings & Prints", Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (1988)
  • " Dream Fantasy", Andrew Polk and Virginia Carnes, Tullibody Fine Arts Center, Alabama State University, Montgomery (1988)
  • Featured Artist, University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson (1987)
  • " Serigraphs", University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1987)
  • " Andrew Polk and Erik Lauretaen", Main Street Gallery, Napa Valley College, CA, (l986-87)
  • Wilde-Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (1987)
  • " New Directions", Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ (1986)
  • " Artzak", The Upstairs, Tryon, NC (1984)
  • " Andrew Polk - Paintings", High Point Arts Council Theater Gallery, NC (1983)
  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (1981)
  • " Paintings, etc.", Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (1981)
  • " Paintings, Prints, and Drawings", Columbus College, GA (1980)
  • " Marvin Coats and Andrew Polk", Hanes Community Center Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC (1979)
  • " Paintings, Prints, and Drawings", Memphis State University, TN (1979)
  • Corpus Christi State University, TX (1978)
  • " Self Portraits by Andrew Polk", (for 'Portraiture in the Arts'), Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC (1977)
  • Franklin College, IN (1976)
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    Invitational Exhibitions

    • “ What’s Love Got to Do With it?”, Tucson Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Feb-Apr 2004)
    • The Mediated Image, Grossman Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater; Whitewater, WI (Oct-Nov 2003)
    • Gallery Artists”. Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Sep 2003)
    • “ Small Works”, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Jul 2003)
    • “ Gallery Artists”. Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Sep 2002)
    • “ Small Works”, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Jul 2002)
    • “ Persona: The Ethos of Identity”, Indiana UniversitySchool of Fine Arts Gallery; Bloomington, IN (Oct/Nov 2000)
    • Group Invitational, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ (Apr 2000)
    • " ACM/SIGGRAPH 99 Traveling Exhibit", 1999 - Sausalito Art Festival, September 1999; Santa Monica
      College Art Gallery, Nov-Dec, 1999; Freeman Hall, Mississippi State University, MS (Jan/Feb 2000)
    • " Mimesis 5", Central Arts Collective; Tucson, AZ (May 1999)
    • “Abject Lands: Personal Horizons”, University of Western Australia; Perth, Western Australia (Oct 1998)
    • " USA Prints", Traveling Exhibit: Australia & New Zealand - Western Australia School of Art -Edith Cowan University, Perth (March, 1998);Northern Territory University/ Darwin (April, 1998);University of Western Sydney Kingswood, New South Wales (May, 1998); University NSW , Paddington (June, 1998); University of Newcastle/ Callaghan, NSW (Aug/Sept., 1998); Flinders Museum of Art/ Adedeliade, South Australia, (Oct/Nov., 1998); Elam School of Art/ Auckland, New Zealand (March, 1999); James Cook University Oownsville,Queensland (JulyAug, 1999); Sydney College of the Arts (Sept, 1999); Deakin University, Warranambool, Victoria (Oct., 1999), Ohio Wesylan University, USA (Jan, 2000)
    • " ArtSpace Invitational Print Show"; ArtSpace Collective; Oshkosh, WI (Jan 1997)
    • " Here and Now: Arizona Contemporary Artists, Part I"; Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University; Phoenix, AZ (oct-Dec1995)
    • " Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints"; Roopankar, Bharat Bhavan; Bhopal, India (Feb 1995)
    • " Arizona on Paper", University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Feb-Mar 1995)
    • " Arizona on Paper", Traveling Exhibit in Slovakia: Galeria Mest Bratislavy (Bratislava, Slovakia) Jun-Aug 1994, Statna Galeria (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia) Sep-Oct 1994, Galeria M.A. Bazovskeho -rencin, Slovakia) Oct-Dec 1994
    • " Art Detour", Grant Recipients (Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum), Downtown Phoenix (Mar 1993)
    • " Works on Paper by Arizona Artists", Traveling Exhibit in Bulgaria: Baltchiik, Blagdavgrad, Plovdiv, Sofia, Ankara, Istanbul (1993-1994)
    • " 1st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art"; The Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN (Jul-Aug 1992)
    • 'Humans Off the Street II"; Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ (May 1993)
    • " Printmakers 1992"; Social and Public Resource Center; Venice, CA (May-Jul 1992)
    • " Humans Off the Street"; Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ (Apr-May 1992)
    • Premiere Exhibition (Bentley, De Musee, Polk, Whyman); Boritzer Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Mar-Apr 1989)
    • " Comment"; Nexus Gallery; Atlanta, GA (Nov-Dec 1988)
    • " Altered Prints"; Dinnerware Artists Collective; Tucson, AZ (Nov 1988)
    • " Prominent Printmakers"; Missouri Western States college (Apr 1988)
    • Selections from the "63rd Annual International Competition", Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, (Heindel Library Gallery), Middletown, PA (1988)
    • " West Coast Prints", Kutztown University, PA (1987)
    • Group Print Show, Mechanicsburg Art Center, PA (1987)
    • Printmaking Group Show, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ (1987)
    • " Figuratively Speaking", Neville- Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL (1986)
    • " Video Art", Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (1986)
    • " Colescott, D'Agosfino, Jimenez, Polk, Shorr", Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson (1985)
    • " Fifth Annual Invitational", Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery; Tucson, AZ (1985)
    • " Investigation, Documentation, Multiple-Media Art", Southeastern College Art Conference, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (1983)
    • " Fantastic Art", Somerhill Gallery, Durham, NC (1982)
    • " The Human Figure: New Definitions", High Point Theatre Galleries, NC (1982)
    • " Forty North Carolina Artists", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, (an exhibition of paintings com-missioned by Phillip Morris Incorporated, 1982)
    • " Winston-Salem Artists", Fine Arts Gallery, Wake Forest University, NC (1982)
    • " Art on Paper", North Carolina Museum of Art (Collector's Gallery); Raleigh, NC (1981)
    • " PCHKU", (Collaborative Performance Piece: Alvin Curran-Music, Andrew Polk-Visuals, Marcia Plevin-Dance), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (1981)
    • " Invitational Exhibition of Monumental Art by Southern Artists", Memphis State University, TN (1981)
    • " The Art of North Carolina", World Headquarters, E.R. Squibb and Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ (1981)
    • " Seaspace", High Point Theatre Gallery, NC (1980)
    • " Group Show", New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, IN (1980)
    • " Four-Person Show", Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA (1979)
    • " Printmaking Group Show", (invitational), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (1978)
    • " Invitational Show", University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1976 "Group Show", Mixed Media Gallery, Memphis, TN (1973)

    Competitive and Group Exhibitions

    • “ University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition”, University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 2003)
    • “ Director’s Choice”, Missouri Western State College; St. Joseph, MO (Oct 2003)
    • “ Miniature Art 2002”, Chambersburg Area Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA (Nov-Dec 2002)
    • “ University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition”, University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 2002)
    • “ 21st Annual Art Auction Exhibiton”, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson., AZ (Oct 2002)
    • “ University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition”, University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 2001)
    • “ University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition”, University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 2000)
    • “ University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition”, University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 1999)
    • " SIGGRAPH 99", Los Angeles Convention Center; Los Angeles (Aug 1999)
    • " Print types", Indian Hills Community College; Ottumwa, IO (Sep 1998)
    • " A Strange Vision", Brazoport College; Lake Jackson, TX (Mar 1998)
    • “ American Print Survey”, University of Texas – Dallas; Richardson, TX (Nov-Dec 1997)
    • “ University of Arizona Faculty Exhibition”, University of Arizona Museum of Art; Tucson, AZ (Oct-Nov 1997)
    • “ American Print Survey”, University of Texas – Dallas; Richardson, TX (Nov-Dec 1997)
    • " American Print Survey"; Highland Community College; Highland, Kansas (Jan 1997)
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Aug-Sep 1996)
    • The Streich Lang Tucson Collection; Streich Lang Attorneys, Tucson, AZ (Mar 1996)
    • Small Works Invitational; Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Dec 1996)
    • " Consortium Prints"; Missouri Western State College; St. Joseph, MO (Sep 1996)
    • " Print Types"; Art Institute for the Permian Basin; Odessa, TX (Mar 1996)
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Aug-Sep 1995)
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Aug-Sep 1994)
    • " Print Types", Chadron State College; Cchadron, Nebraska (Sep 1994)
    • " Print Types", Central College; Pella, Iowa (Nov 1994)
    • " 24th Annual Works on Paper", Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (Feb 1994)
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Sep 1993)
    • " Tucson Collects", Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Aug-Sep 1993)
    • " At Home in Tucson", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (Jun-Sep 1992)
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Aug-Sep 1992)
    • Gallery Artists, Davis Gallery; Tucson, AZ (Dec-Jan 1991-1992)
    • " A Strange Vision", Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonee, WI (Oct 1991)
    • " Print Types", Indiana University Southwest, New Albany, IN (oct 1991)
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Oct 1991)
    • " Desert Storm"; Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ (Jul-Aug 1991)
    • New Members Show, Central Arts Collective; Tucson, AZ (May-Jun 1991)
    • " Print Types"; Owatana Art Center, Owatana, MN (Jan-Fed 1991)
    • " Environmental Expressions", Community Design Resource Center, Tucson, AZ (Dec-Jan1990-1991)
    • Faculty Exhibit, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Oct 1990t)
    • " American Print Survey", Martin Museum University Art Center, Baylor University (Oct-Nov 1990)
    • Group Show, Davis Gallery, Tucson, AZ (Aug 1990)
    • " The Lithographic Process", University Art Center, Arkansas State University (Aug-Sep 1990)
    • " PrintTypes", Morehead State University; Morehead, KY (Apr 1990)
    • " A Strange Vision"; Bradley University, Peoria, IL (May-Jul 1990)
    • 1988 Stockton National IV Print and Drawing Exhibition", Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA (1988)
    • " 63rd Annual International Competition", The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA (1987)
    • " 17th Annual Works on Paper Exhibit", Southwest Texas State University; San Marcus, TX (1987)
    • 1987 National Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute; San Diego, CA (1987)
    • " Hunterdon National Print Exhibition", Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ (1987)
    • " 17th National Works on Paper Exhibition", Minot State College, ND (1987)
    • " Fine Art for Fine Causes", Tucson, AZ (1987)
    • " 62nd Annual Philadelphia Print Club Exhibition", PA (1986)
    • " 62nd SAGA National Print Competition" ([he Society of American Graphic Artists), Lever House, New York,NY (1986)
    • " 1st International Biennial Print Exhibition", Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY (1986)
    • " 1986 International Art Competition", 112 Greene St. Gallery, NY (1986)
    • " 1986 Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition", University of Hawaii at Ililo (1986)
    • " Faculty Show", University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (1986)
    • " 2Oth Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition", Orange County Associated Artists, Brea, CA (1986)
    • " 1986 Arizona Biennial", Tucson Museum of Art, AZ (1986)
    • " 16th National Works on Paper Exhibition", Minot State College, ND (1986)
    • " Heart of America National Print Exhibition", University of Missouri, Columbia (1986)
    • " La Grange National XI", Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, La Grange ,GA (1986)
    • " Colorprint USA", Texas Tech University, Lubbock (1985)
    • " 15th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition", Southwest Texas State University, San Marcus (1985)
    • " Faculty Exhibition", University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson (1985)
    • " 31st Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show", Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN (1985)
    • " 2Oth Annual Juried Art Exhibition", Jewish Community Center of Houston, TX (1985)
    • " 1985 Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition", University of Hawaii, Ililo (1985)
    • " Faculty Exhibition", University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson (1984)
    • " North Carolina Artists Exhibition", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (1984)
    • " Wake Forest University Faculty Exhibition", Scales Fine Art Center Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC (1983)
    • " Wake Forest University Faculty", Collector's Gallery, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (1980)
    • " 42nd Annual Artists Exhibit", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (1980)
    • " 1980 National Print Exhibit", San Diego State College, CA (1980)
    • " 24th National Print Exhibition", Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ (1980)
    • " Wake Forest University Faculty", Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (1980)
    • " 37th Southeastern Competition for Painting and Sculpture", Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (1979)
    • " Atlanta Arts Festival Regional Exhibition", Forest Avenue Consortium, Atlanta, GA (1979)
    • " 41st Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (1979)
    • " NCA Traveling Exhibition" (Sponsored by North Carolina Museum of Art), Raleigh, NC (1979-80)
    • " Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Painting and Sculpture", Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (1979)
    • " Charlotte Printmakers' Society 3rd Annual Print Exhibition", Charlotte, NC (1979)
    • " Miller Plus 60 Exhibition", Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC (1979)
    • " Transplants", Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (1979)
    • " La Grange National IV", La Grange, GA (1978)
    • " 4th Annual Village Center Print Competition and Exhibition", Orlando, FL (1978)
    • " Stockton National 1978", Stockton, CA (1978)
    • " Color Print USA", Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (1978)
    • " Seventh Annual Southeast Texas State Art Show", San Marcus, TX (1977)
    • " MFA Thesis Exhibition", Indiana University, Bloomington (1977)
    • " Printmaking Exchange Show", (UCLA/Indiana University), Los Angeles, CA (1978)
    • " 32nd Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition", Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN (1976)
    • " 5th National Print Exhibition", Georgia State University (1976)
    • " Pensacola National Drawing Exhibition", Pensacola Junior College, FL (1976)
    • " College Arts Association Drawing Exhibition", Chicago, IL (1976)
    • " Graduate Printmakers", Matrix Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington (1975)
    • " M.F.A. Invitational", Skidmore College (1975)
    • " 3rd Annual Printmaking Competition and Exhibition", Tulsa, OK (1975)
    • " 3rd Hawaii National Print Exhibition", Honolulu (1975)
    • “ Exhibition of Prints and Printmakers”, University of South Dakota (1975)
    • " Barry College National Student Photographers Competition", North Miami, FL (1975)
    • " 16th Annual Delta Art Exhibition", Little Rock, AR (1973)
    • " 51st Regional Exhibit", Shreveport, LA (1973)
    • " 35th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings", Palm Beach, FL (1973)
    • " 4th Annual National Print Exhibit", San Diego, CA (1972)
    • " 11th Annual Artist's All-State Exhibition”, Nashville, TN (1972)
    • " 5Oth Regional Exhibit", Shreveport, LA (1972)
    • " 16th Annual Mid-South Exhibition", Memphis, TN (1971)

    CURRENTLY REPRESENTED BY
    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

    ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

    • Professor of Art, University of Arizona, 2000 - present
    • Director, School of Art, University of Arizona, 1996-2002
    • Interim Head of the Art Department, University of Arizona, 1994-1996
    • Associate Professor of Art, University of Arizona, 1990 - 2000
    • Assistant Professor of Art, University of Arizona, 1985 - 1990
    • President, Tucson Visiting Artists Consortium, 1988 - 1991
    • Visiting Asst. Professor of Art, University of Arizona, 1984 - 1985
    • Assistant Professor of Art, Wake Forest University, 1983 - 1984
    • Instructor of Art, Wake Forest University, 1978 - 1983
    • Instructor (part-time), Wake Forest University, 1977 - 1978
    • Associate Instructor (serigraphy), Indiana University, 1975 - 1977

    AWARDS

    • Fine Arts Summer Research and Professional Development Incentive Grant, University of Arizona, 1994
    • Honorable Mention (cash award), 1994 Visual Art Fellowship, Tucson/Pima Arts Council
    • $1000 Materials Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 1993
    • $1000 Award, Nomination for 1992 Arizona Artists Award, Tucson Community Corporation, Tucson, AZ, 1992
    • " Best One-Person Show", Best of Tucson '91, Tucson Weekly, Sept.25 - Oct. 1; vol.8, number 32, p.34
    • Faculty of Fine Arts Incentive Grant, University of Arizona, 1990
    • Honorable Mention, "Hunterdon National Print Exhibition", Clinton, NJ, 1987
    • Certificate of Excellence, 1986 International Art Competition, New York, 112 Green Street Gallery, NY, 1986
    • Purchase Award, "16th National Works on Paper Exhibition", Minot State College; Minot, ND, 1986
    • Recommendation for purchase, 11th Colorprint USA, Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX, 1985
    • Juror's Award, "15th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition", Southwest Texas State University, San Marcus, TX, 1985
    • Summer Research Grant, Wake Forest University, 1983 (to attend International Conference of Computer Art, "Digicon '83", Vancouver, BC)
    • Purchase Prize, Miller Plus 60 Exhibit; Greenhill Gallery; Greensboro, NC, 1982
    • Purchase Prize, Stockton National Exhibition; Stockton, CA, 1978
    • Purchase Prize, 4th Annual Village Center Print Competition and Exhibition, Florida Technological University,
    • Orlando, 1978
    • 1st Prize, Urban Wall Competition, Winston-Salem, NC, 1978
    • Purchase Prize, 91h Annual Walter C. Cook Memorial Award (32nd Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN), 1976
    • Honorable Mention, "Exposure '74", Mid-America College Art Association, 1974

    PRESENTATIONS, VISITING ARTIST RESIDENCES, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES

    • Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ; Graduate Seminar (10/7/03)
    • Indiana University, Bloomington; slide lecture and student critiques (11/17/86)
    • State University of New York, Buffalo; slide lecture, monoprint demonstration (3/7/89)
    • University of Kentucky, Lexington; slide lecture to "Arts Professions" class and student critiques (2/3/89)
    • Indiana University, Bloomington; slide lecture to printmaking program (2/2/89)
    • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Slide lecture and lithography workshop (2/22/88 - 2/26/88)
    • University of Washington, Seattle; Slide lecture and lithography workshop (2/29/88 - 3/4/88)
    • University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson; Gallery talk (11/9/87 and 11/18/87)
    • Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ; Slide lecture, "Morning with New Directions Artists" (1/17/86)
    • University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson; Gallery Talk (12/4/85)