Born 1968 in Youngstown, OH
Lives and works in Greenville, SC
Education
1995
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Kent State University, Kent, OH
1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Shelters Formations Demarcations, Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC
2022
Fixed and Moveable Parts, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2020
Brace Migrate Enclose, Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC
2019
Standing Migrating Sheltered Merged, University of South Carolina Upstate, UPSTATE Gallery on Main, Spartanburg, SC
Snap to Grid. Migrate from Center. Deviate and Expand, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2018
Snap to Grid, Riverworks, Greenville, SC
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, Sift Gallery, Greenville, SC
2016
Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC
Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
2015
Close Tolerances, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014
Built Rebuilt Modified, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC
2013
Micro/Macro, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
2012
Tectonics, Proximity Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2009
Etherredge Arts Center, University of South Carolina – Aiken Campus, Aiken, SC
2008
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
2004
Picture in Picture, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH
2003
Gallery 138, Kent, OH
2001
Microstructures, Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood, OH
New Building/New View, AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1998
SNBP, Kent State University – Stark Campus, Canton, OH
1995
Breaker, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Selected Two Person and Group Exhibitions
2022
Re-Surface, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2020
Perfectly Familiar/Unrecognizably Strange, Lander University, Greenwood, SC
Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
In Times Like These, Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC
2019
Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA (with painter, Enid Williams)
2018
82nd National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (Juror: Peter Reginato)
30th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, South Carolina State Museum, Lipscomb Gallery, Columbia, SC
2016
Spectrum, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA (with painter, Enid Williams)
2015
Carolina Zeitgeist, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
South Carolina Biennial, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC (Jurors: Peter Plagens, Lia Newman and Frank Martin [catalogue])
Boldly Abstract: Seven Notable Artists, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
Small Works Exhibition, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Juror: Amy Williams)
2014
Contrast, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2013
South Carolina Art: Eight Decades Of New, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Inaugural Exhibition, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA (Juror: Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA)
2012
By Turns, Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC (with painter, Enid Williams)
Abstract Art in South Carolina: 1949-2012, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC (catalogue)
Contemporary Carolina Abstraction II, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Small Works Exhibition, 440 Gallery , Brooklyn, NY
(Jurors: Michelle Segre and Steve DiBenedetto)
2011
Counterpoints: Form and Space, Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery,
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Perpetual Motion, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
What It Is, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
2010
Color Fields, Forms & Fractures, Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
Intuitions, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Image Resource, Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC
2009
Ideas Distanced From Objects, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Studio Visit, Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Volume Five, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Salon III: The Print Exhibition, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
2008
Inaugural Exhibition, Marji Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Enid Williams, Paul Yanko and Monika Steiner, Marji Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Studio Visit, Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Volume Three, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Pleased to Meet You, Contemporary Art Forum, Greenville, SC
South Carolina State Museum Juried Art Exhibition, Columbia, SC
2007
7’x 7’, Metropolitan Arts Council Gallery, Greenville, SC (catalogue)
Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC (with painter, Enid Williams)
Group ’07, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2006
Construction Crew II, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC (catalogue)
Small Monuments, Willard Wankelman Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2005
Paintings From a Marriage, raw & co. gallery, Cleveland, OH
2004
Small Monuments, Museum of Contemporary Art – Sky Lounge, Cleveland, OH
domestic setting – the sequel, Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
2003
sequel, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
Paul Yanko and Megan Geckler, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH
48 Hours of Making Art, B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
Pandemonium, Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, OH (with Tim Hallaran)
2002
Cabot Studio Building Gallery, Montserrat College, Beverly, MA
Dancing the Orange, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH (catalogue)
One, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH
2001
99 and Under, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine CA
Tubac Center For The Arts, Tubac, AZ
Photographs by Artists Made for a Variety of Purposes, Artists Image Resource Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2000
8-Hour Drawings, Part III, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Reading Visual/Text: Regional Volumes, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA
Enid Williams and Paul Yanko, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH
Selected Bibliography
2015
Kathleen Nalley, Coat of Many Colors, TOWN magazine, July, pp. 37-39
2012
Paul Matheny, Abstract Art in South Carolina: 1949 – 2012, Catalog essay, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC
2009
G Magazine, Reproduction, September/October, p. 66
2008
Patti Brady, Rethinking Acrylic, Textbook article and reproduction, p. 58, North Light Books
2007
Melissa Blanton, Seventh Heaven, Greenville Journal, August 17, pp. 53, 55
James Shannon, Seven And Seven Is…, Upstate Beat, August 15-28, p. 17
Ann Hicks, The Greenville News, August 19, p. 8-D
Connie Bostic, More is More, Mountain Xpress, January 24-30, pp. 46, 47
2006
Kondria Woods, Soho Down South, TALK Greenville, August, pp. 26-30
Wim Roefs, Construction Crew II, Catalog essay, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
Aubrae Wagner, Artist Profile, Greenville News – City People, September 27, pp. 11, 12
Angle Magazine, September/October, Vol. 2, No. 22
2005
Amy Bracken Sparks, Marriage of Minds, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 12, pp. 44, 45
Ellen Rudolph, Enid Williams and Paul Yanko: Paintings From A Marriage, 2004
Amy Bracken Sparks, Small Monuments, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rachel Fichter, Working with a blank canvas, Daily Kent Stater
2003
Dan Tranberg, Review, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 30, p. 41
2002
Dee Perry, Interview, WCPN Radio – Around Noon, Cleveland, OH, March 29
Dan Tranberg, Exhibition Spotlight, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 5, p. 59
Douglas Max Utter, Dancing the Orange, Catalog essay
2001
Ellen Wilson, Photos Give Insight Into Artistic Process, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 1, pp. D-1, D-4
Dan Tranberg, Fluently Speaking Ideas on Canvas, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 22, p. B
Sharmila Venkatasubban, Life Lines, In Pittsburgh Weekly, February 14 – 21, Vol. 17, No.28
Eve Modzelewski, Two Galleries Offer Vibrant Exhibits, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 25, pp. C-1, C-3
Christopher Bedford, Microstructures, Essay
2000
Dan Tranberg, Structured Works in Oil, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 19
Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 26, p. B-6
1997
Steven Litt, Strong Showing of Abstract Art, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 27, pp. 1-I, 6-I
Dan Tranberg, Reveling in Paint, The Cleveland Free Times, July 9
Laura Putre, Shooting Stars, The Cleveland Free Times, October 15 -21, Vol. 6, No. 4
Steven Litt, Reaching In, Crying Out, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 26, pp. E, 3-E
Michael Loderstedt, Wear Your Helmet: Making Art in the 90’s, Catalog essay, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Collections
The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC
Morris Museum of Art – King Snake Press Collection, Augusta, GA
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, Greenville, SC
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Case Western Reserve University School of Business, Peter B. Lewis Building, Cleveland, OH
Advanced Elastomer Systems, Akron, OH
Abacus Planning Group, Columbia, SC
The Carroll Collection, Charlotte, NC
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Medical University of South Carolina, Contemporary Carolina Collection, Charleston, SC
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Clements University Hospital, Dallas, TX
Commissions
2015 – 2017
Lulemon Atheltico, Greenville, SC
2016
Trenholm Plaza Mural, Columbia, SC
Awards / Fellowships
2011
Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship
2002
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1993-95
Graduate Teaching Assistantship/ Full Scholarship, Kent State University
1993
KSU/Blossom Summer Program Scholarship, Kent State University
Lectures / Panel Discussions
2015
Post-Modernism in the Buck A. Mickel Collection, Greenville, SC
2012
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
2011
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2007
Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
Anderson University, Anderson, SC
2006
Artists Talk: Paul Yanko and Enid Williams, Greenville Co. Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
2004
Faculty Lecture Series, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2002
Dancing the Orange Exhibition, Panelist, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
2001
A.A.P. Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2000
Allegheny College, Meadeville, PA
Gallery Representation
The George Gallery, Charleston, SC, Charlotte, NC
Hampton III Gallery, Greenville, SC