David Kohan
 

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1983

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1980

 

Teaching History

Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Art Foundation Program and Painting and Printmaking Department
August 2001—present

Assistant Professor, Drawing and Painting, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
August 1998—May 2001

Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
September 1997—June 1998

Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University
Art Foundation Program
January 1992—July 1997

 

Selected Exhibitions

Solo
Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2000

Spring Solos, Arlington Arts Center, Gallery II, Arlington, VA, 1995

Group
Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, 2001

13th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 2001

Approaching the Surface: Paintings by Stephen Clark, Bill Fisher, David Kohan (curator) and William Potter, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2000

Twenty-Fourth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 2000

Trans, three-person invitational, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, 2000

12th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1998

One Dimension Two Dimension Three Dimension Four, four-person invitational, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH, 1998

The Painter's Position, five-person invitational, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 1998

College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Faculty Show, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH, 1998

Regional '97, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, 1997

Janus I, eight-person invitational, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 1997

New American Talent: The Twelfth Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX, 1996

ArtSites96, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA; sponsored by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996

33rd Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 1996

Strictly Painting, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, 1995

New Work, invitational, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1995

Making a Mark, invitational, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, VA, 1995

Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1995

14th Annual Juried Show, Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL, 1994

32nd Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 1994

Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1993

 

Grants and Fellowships

Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, painting, 2001

Wichita State University Research/Creative Projects Award, 1999

Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, painting, 1996

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, drawing, 1995

 

Juried Show Awards

Award (one of four equal), Greater Midwest International, 2001, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO

Award of Honor, Juried Exhibition 1997, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

First Prize, Sixth Annual National Juried Show, 1996, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

Second Prize, 33rd Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, 1996, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

Best of Show Award, co-winner, Strictly Painting, 1995, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

Award of Honor, Juried Exhibition 1995, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

 

Public Collections

Washington, DC Convention Center

Bank of America, Norfolk, VA

Markel Corporation, Richmond, VA

The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA