About/Bio

Kevin Christman

EDUCATION

1993 - 1995 Master’s Program, Art Institute of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1989 - 1990 Fine Arts Major, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998 - Present Christman Studio, Painting and Sculpture, Talent, OR
1995 - Present Figurative Sculpture, Drawing & Painting, Instructor, Ashland Academy of Art & Christman Studio
1995 - Present Professional Mold Maker and Sculpture Enlargement
1993 - 1997 Apprenticeship, Paul Moore, Santa Fe, NM
1993 - 1997 Apprenticeship, Doug Hyde, Santa Fe, NM
1991 - 1993 Artisan, Weston Foundry, Santa Fe, NM
1990 - 1991 Apprenticeship, Vernon Wilson, Glendale, CA
1987 - 1989 McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, Advanced Materials Engineering, Huntington Beach, CA
1985 - 1987 Northrop Corporation, B-2 Stealth Program, Research Technician, Pico Rivera, CA

EDITORIAL

September, 2013 Ashland Daily Tidings & Medford Mail Tribune, Alchemy in Flight
May, 2013 Messenger Quarterly, Art for the St. Mary’s Chapel
March 13, 2012 KOBI TV, Local Artist Benefits from Construction
February 29, 2012 OPB, Oregon ArtBeat, Artist Kevin Christman Feature
August 13, 2011 Ashland Daily Tidings, The Angel Takes Flight, Public Sculpture
March 21, 2011 Medford Mail Tribune, A Piece of Contemplation, Stained Glass Installation
January 8, 2010 KOBI TV, Joe’s Journal Documentary, Retrospective of an Artist
January 4, 2010 Ashland Daily Tidings, Making a Grand Entrance, Stained Glass and Custom Door Installation
January 1, 2011 Southern Oregon Magazine, Get Sketchy, Live Art Performance
September 11, 2009 KOBI TV, Angel Flying in the Sky, Art Installation
September 1, 2009 Distinctly Northwest, Artistic Trio Makes it “Big”, Group Exhibition
May 21, 2009 Ashland Daily Tidings, Tuesdays at Tease, Public Art Happening
November, 2008 Talent News & Review, Kevin Christman, Artist Profile
November 17, 2007 Medford Mail Tribune, Alchemy of Light, Public Sculpture
October 21, 2007 Medford Mail Tribune, The Remembering, Public Sculpture Installation
September, 2007 Ashland Magazine, The Long Road Home, Artist Profile
February 15, 2006 Paynesville Press, Paynesville Native Takes Home the Gold, Competition


EXHIBITIONS

2014 Un Mois Ensemble Regional Artist Show, The Studio at Living Opportunities, Medford OR
2013 Figuativas 2013, MEAM, Barcelona Spain
2013 Figuratively Speaking, Rogue Gallery, Medford OR
2012 Grand Central Art Academy, Figurative Sculpting Competition, New York NY
2012 Burning Man Art Exhibition, Black Rock City, NV
2012 Nude Night Tampa, The Warehouse, Tampa FL
2012 Nude Night Orlando, Church Street Exchange, Orlando FL
2012 Members Only Exhibition, Portrait Society of America
2011 Love Exhibition, National Sculpture Society
2011 EarthDance Exhibition, Vallejo CA
2011 Night of a Hundred Angels Exhibition, Cottage Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
2011 Annual Non-member Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York NY
2011 Solo Exhibition, Studio 20, Ashland OR
2011 Grand Central Art Academy, Figurative Sculpture Competition, New York NY
2011 Mirrors Project, Firehouse Gallery, Grant Pass OR
2011 Rogue Valley Biennial, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford OR
2010 Being & Matter, Bohemia Gallery, Ashland OR
2010 furnARTure Exhibition, Studio at Living Opportunities, Medford OR
2010 Solo Retrospective, Rogue Valley Manor Gallery, Medford OR
2009 Transmutation, Solo Exhibition, Grants Pass Art Museum, Grants Pass OR
2009 Inaugurational Sculpture Installation, Medford International Airport, Medford OR
2009 Fine Art Inside Out, Goldsmith Gallery, Portland OR
2008 Solo Exhibition, Bohemia Gallery, Ashland OR
2007 Sculpture & Painting, Bohemia Gallery, Ashland OR
2006 New Sculpture Works, Solo Exhibition, Gallery Elan, Jacksonville OR
2004 Art Bears, City of Grants Pass, Grants Pass OR
2003 Art Bears, City of Grants Pass, Grants Pass OR
2002 Solo Exhibition, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland OR
2001 The Tuscan Landscape, Rogue Valley Manor Gallery, Medford OR
2000 The Painting of Curacao, Solo Exhibition, Aalta Gallery, Ashland OR
1999 Solo Exhibition, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland OR
1998 Old Media New Ways, Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1994 Monothon, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe NM
1993 Mayor’s Gallery Show, State Capitol Building, Santa Fe NM
1992 Sculpture New Mexico, New Mexico Sculptors Guild, Santa Fe NM
1992 Que Pasa, Fuller Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
1991 The New Landscape, Solo Exhibition, The Commons Gallery, Terryville, CT


HONORS, AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

2013 - 2014 Nadia, Private Commission, Syndey Australia
2012 Second Prize, Grand Central Academy of Art Sculpture Competition, New York NY
2012 Honorarium, Burning Man, Black Rock City NV
2012 - 2015 Stained Glass and Bas Relief Sculpture Commission, St. Mary’s Chapel, Medford OR
2011 Best in Show, Non-Member Show, Salmagundi Club, New York NY
2011 Gold Medal, Night of a Hundred Angels Exhibition, Laguna Beach CA
2011 Honorable Mention, Grand Central Academy of Art Sculpture Competition, New York NY
2011 The Bus Stops Here Commission, Grants Pass OR
2011 Bread & Wine, Stained Glass, Our Lady of the Mountain, Ashland OR
2010 Orchid Door, Stained Glass & Custom Door, Tease Restaurant, Ashland OR
2010 Second Place Award, furnArture Exhibition, Medford OR
2010 Inorganic Compound, Public Sculpture, Calle Guanajuato, Ashland OR
2010 Pirates of Cookietown Sculptures, Private Commission, Nashville TN
2009 Alchemy of Light, Public Sculpture, Soundpeace, Ashland OR
2007 Heaven is a Half Pipe, Public Sculpture, Talent Skate Park, Talent OR
2006 Gold Medal, International Snow Sculpting Competition, Breckenridge CO
2002 J. Delgado Portrait Commission, Delgado Medical Clinic, Ashland OR
2001 Tree of Life, Stained Glass, Havurah Shir Hadash, Ashland OR
2000 Formation, Public Sculpture, Peerless Hotel, Ashland OR
1999 Venus Fort Mall, Public Sculpture, Odaiba, Japan
1999 Mandalay Bay Casino, Public Sculpture, Las Vegas NV
1998 Washington Street Bridge, Albuquerque NM


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Sculpture Society
Portrait Society of America
Ashland Chamber of Commerce
Ashland Art Center Artist Member
Salmagundi Club Artist Member


REFERENCES

St. Mary’s School - Client for St. Mary’s School Chapel, a commission of 32 stained glass windows and 16 sculptures
Frank Phillips (School Director)
816 Black Oak Drive,
Medford OR 97501
541-773-7877

Public Arts Commission Worked with to establish a new public art commission and public art policy for the city of Ashland, OR, and the installation of the sculpture Inorganic Compound in the Calle Guanajuato Sculpture Garden
Libby Edson (Board Member)
City of Ashland
541-621-7379

National Sculpture Society
Doug Hyde (Board of Directors)
928-308-7106