EDUCATION
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| 2001 |
Master of Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine |
| 1994 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Utah |
| 1981-85 |
School of Applied Arts, Painting, Architectural and Stage Design, Prague, Czech Republic |
AWARDS
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| 2019 |
First Place Award, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT |
| 2018 |
Utah Visual Art Fellowship |
| 2011 |
New American Painting magazine – publication |
| 2011 |
Studio Visit magazine – publication |
| 2011 |
Utah Painting and Sculpture 2011 – Juror’s Award |
| 2009 |
Central Utah Art Center, Utah Artist Show, Ephraim Utah, third place |
| 2006 |
Central Utah Art Center, Utah Artist Juried Show, Ephraim Utah, best of show, Juror: Howard Rosenthal, Pratt Institute, art critic |
| 2005 |
New American Painting # 60 – featured on back cover |
| 2005 |
Utah Art Council Statewide Annual Exhibition, Painting ad Sculpture, Juror's Award, Travel Award |
| 2002 |
Utah 2002, Painting and Sculpture, Juror's Award |
| 2002 |
The Lieutenant Governor's Invitational Art Exhibition, State Capitol, UT |
| 01,96,95 |
Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts Council and NEA |
| 1998 |
Merit Scholarship Residency, School of the Chicago Art Institute |
| 1996 |
Prize of the Masaryk Academy of Arts for Artistic Achievements, Prague, CR |
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
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| 2018 |
Art Dialog, Klenova/Klatovy, Czech Republic |
| 2011 |
UMOCA, Salt Lake City, UT - Artist in Residence |
| 2002 |
Great River Arts Association, Little Falls, MN - art instructor |
| 1998 |
Advanced Painting Institute - School of the Chicago Art Institute, scholarship |
| 1997 |
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont - scholarship |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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| 2002-present |
University of Utah, Westminster College, adjunct professor |
| 2005 |
Utah State University, Logan, UT – summer workshop |
| 2004 |
Weber State University, adjunct professor |
| 2002 |
Great River Arts Association, Little Falls, MN - art instructor |
| 2000-01 |
Salt Lake Art Center - art instructor |
| 1995-present |
Visual Art Institute - art instructor |
LECTURES
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| 2015 |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar |
| 2014 |
Art and Disaster, Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID- gallery talk |
| 2013 |
Snow College, Art Talk lecture |
| 2010 |
Utah Valley University, Visiting Artist Lecture |
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BYU, Visiting Artist Lecture |
| 2005 |
Utah Valley State College, Visiting Artist Lecture |
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BYU University, Provo |
| 2004 |
University of Utah, Guest Lecturer |
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Graduate Seminar Utah Valley State College, Public Lecture Series |
ART RELATED EXPERIENCE
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| 2002 |
"Alternative 2002", Utah Arts Festival art exhibition, SLC - co-curator with Cordell Taylor |
| 2001-03 |
Cordell Taylor Gallery, Denver, CO - gallery co-curator |
| 2000-present |
Utah Arts Festival - Artists Market Place coordinator |
| 1998-99 |
Salt Lake Art Center - exhibition assistant |
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
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| 2022 |
Rose Wagner Theater Mural
Dolores Eccles Theater Winter Installation |
| 2021 |
Art & The Utah Sky Public Art, Valley Regional Park, UT |
| 2020 |
Bike Racks Design, DayBreak, UT |
| 2018 |
SLC Public Health Clinic Downtown, SLC, UT |
| 2017 |
337 Pocket Park, Salt Lake City, UT
Art Shop Project, Gateway Mall, SLC, UT |
| 2016 |
McClelland Trail, Salt Lake City Corp., SLC, UT |
| 2016 |
West Jordan Health Center, Salt Lake County, UT |
| 2015 |
Summit County, Artscape Program, Park City, UT |
| 2015 |
Finalist for Bruin Center, Salt Lake Community College, SLC, UT |
| 2014 |
Cottonwood Park, SLC, UT |
| 2012 |
Finalist for Streetcar/Greenway Project, Utah Transit Authority, RDA SLC |
| 2012 |
Finalist for IHC Salt Lake Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, CLC, UT |
| 2012 |
Flying Objects Commission – downtown Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2011 |
Finalist, FrontRunner South Jordan, UTA |
| 2009 |
Finalist for City Creek Development, downtown SLC |
| 2007/8 |
TRAXX commission, Old Greek Town Station, downtown SLC, UT |
| 2006 |
Flying Objects sculpture– downtown Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2006 |
Wasatch Elementary, Four Murals for their new school building, |
| 2005 |
Finalist, Salt Lake County Commission, Draper Library |
MUSEUM and Public COLLECTIONS
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Westminster College, SLC, UT |
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National Art Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah |
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Fairfield Museum of Art, Fairfield, Utah |
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National Museum of Dance, NY |
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State of Utah Art Collection |
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Salt Lake County Fine Art Collection |
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Utah State Capitol Art Collection |
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
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The Shop, SLC, UT |
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Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough Attorneys |
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Federal Bank of San Francisco |
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Regional Art Collection |
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First Western Trust Bank, Denver Colorado |
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Richter Seven, SLC, UT |
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Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough Attorneys |
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Federal Bank of San Francisco |
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Regional Art Collection |
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First Western Trust Bank, Denver Colorado |
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Richter Seven, SLC, UT |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2022 |
Transient Objects of Desire, Curfman Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, CO |
| 2021 |
Debris Landscapes, Nox Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2019 |
Remnants, Argo House, Ogden UT
Mimicry, UMOCA, SLC, UT |
| 2018 |
Disputed Territory, Colorado Mesa University Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
Darker Territory, Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2017 |
Dark Territory, Granary Art Center, Ephraim, UT |
| 2015 |
Art and Disaster, Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID |
| 2013 |
Closing In, Gallery at Library Square, SLC, UT |
| 2011 |
Drawing the Light In, installation, Salt Lake Art Center |
| 2008 |
Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2007 |
Close and Distant Danger, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO |
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Selective Measures, Kayo Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2005 |
Rodeo Picture Show, A Gallery, SLC, UT |
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Rodeo Picture Show, Red Shift Gallery, Denver, CO |
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Rodeo Picture Show , St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT |
| 2004 |
Multiplicity, BYU University, Provo |
| 2003 |
Conditions, Mailroom Gallery, Portland Oregon |
| 2002 |
Memory Game, Art Access Gallery, SLC, Utah |
| 2001 |
Lost & Found, Cordell Taylor Gallery, Denver, CO |
| 2000 |
Galerie U knihomola, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 1999 |
Metropolitan Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 1999 |
Recent Work, Atrium Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 1998 |
Pioneer Memorial Theater, SLC, UT |
| 1997 |
Painting in Cage, Back Alley Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 1996 |
Speakeasy Cafe, Seattle, WA |
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Cordell Taylor Gallery, SLC, |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2021 |
Wildfires, BDAC, Bountiful, UT
Papier Maquette, Lucca Biennale, Lucca, Italy
Brand 49, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
Black & White, Site Brooklyn, NY |
| 2020 |
Right Here, Right Now, SUMA, SUU, Cedar City, UT |
| 2019 |
Pushing Paper, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
Right Here, Right Now, Modern West, SLC, UT
Transcontinental, Rio Gallery, SLC, UT
Art on Paper, SITE: Brooklyn, NY
Making Her Mark, Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT
StateWide, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT |
| 2018 |
Intersalon AJV 2018, Galerie Marianska, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Site Lines, U of U Art Faculty, UMFA, SLC, UT
Art Dialog, Sypka, Galerie Klenova Klatovy, Czech Republic
Tactilis, Salt Lake Community College, SLC, UT
Curious Nature, Maine College of Art Triennial, Portland, ME
Paper is Part of the Picture, The Anderson Gallery, Drake University, IA
Materials: Hard + Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, TX |
| 2017 |
Statewide Annual, Rio Gallery, SLC, UT
Work on Paper 2017, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, NJ
Paper Works, Forth Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Utah Collect, Alice Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2016 |
Now, NOX Contemporary, SLC, UT |
| 2015 |
Doha, Qatar. VCUQ |
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James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA |
| 2014 |
New Naratives, UMFA, SLC, UT |
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Nation of Emigrants, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, SLC, UT |
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Columbia College, Chicago, IL |
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Papercuts, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN |
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Femme Fatales, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, OK |
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Only Light, Rio Gallery, SLC, UT |
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Papercuts, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon , MI |
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Dissonance, Loge Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2013 |
Ink, Paper, Scissors, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT |
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The University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH |
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Shadow and Light, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN |
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Hollins University, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Roanoke, VA; |
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Florida Atlantic University, University Galleries, Boca Raton, FL; |
| 2012 |
Herron School of Art and Design / IUPUI, Herron Galleries, Indianapolis |
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Columbus State University, Norman & Emmy Lou P. Illges Gallery, Columbus, GA |
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Georgia State University, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Galleries, Atlanta |
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Papercuts, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Space 301, Mobile, AL |
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Papercuts, Space 301, Mobile, AL |
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West of Center, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2010 |
Nature/Culture, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY |
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Untitled, Rio Gallery, Utah Arts Council, SLC, UT |
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Landscape: Shaken Gently With A Twist, Art Access Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 2009 |
ArtPrize, installation, Grand Rapids, MI |
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Paperworks, bj spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY |
| 2008 |
Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins, CO |
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Present Tense, Salt Lake Art Center, UT |
| 2007 |
Intervals, Fort Andross Mill, Brunswick, ME |
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337 Project, SLC, UT |
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Kayo Gallery, SLC, UT |
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Mizel Center for Contemporary Art, Denver, CO |
| 2006 |
Constructing Self, The Gallery at Library Square, Utah Arts Festival, SLC, UT |
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Central Utah Art Center, Utah Artist Juried Show, Ephraim, UT |
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Aesthetic of Complexity, Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2005 |
New American Painting # 60 – featured on back cover |
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UAC Statewide Annual Exhibition, Painting ad Sculpture. WSU, Ogden, UT |
| 2004 |
environMental, 8 Contemporary Utah Artists, Sundance, UT |
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Borderline, Utah Arts Council Gallery, SLC, UT |
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Interior Exterior Spaces, invitational alumni show, Gittins Gallery, UT |
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Torrey Gallery, Torrey, UT |
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Artists from Cordell Taylor Gallery, Bangor, India |
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Emotions, Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT |
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Love 4 Sale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO - invitational show |
| 2002 |
Utah 2002, Painting ad Sculpture, Park City, UT - Juror's Award |
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Rocky Mountain Bienial, Fort Collins, CO |
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The Lieutenant Governor's Invitational Art Exhibition, State Capitol, UT |
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International Mail-Art Project, Bacharach, Germany |
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Ztracene-Nalezene (Lost and Found), Galerie Spektrum, Strakonice, Czech Rep. |
| 2001 |
Ztracene-Nalezene (Lost and Found), Galerie U prstenu, Prague, Czech Rep. |
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Juxtapositions, Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, Utah - invitational group show |
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Size Matter, Flux Gallery, Denver, CO |
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Rio Grande Gallery, Grant Recipients Show, Utah Arts Council |
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MFA Show, Portland Maine |
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Global Reflections, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME |
| 2000 |
Filament Gallery, Portland, Maine |
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Gutenberg 2000, Mainz, Germany, France |
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Western Regional Women's Artists Invitational, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
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Bread Installation, Ginger & Fred House, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Utopia,Dystopia,Apocalypse: Images for a New Millennium, Atrium Gallery, UT |
| 1999 |
Emergency 23, Rough House, 330 W. 38 St., NY NY |
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Folding Screens, Salt Lake Art Center, UT |
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Breaking Boundaries: Women’s “Work”, Union Gallery, SLC, UT |
| 1998 |
Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT |
| 1997 |
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont |
| 1996 |
Zompa Gallery, Seattle, WA-three artist show |
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Phillips Gallery, group exhibition, SLC, UT |
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Finch Lane Gallery, SLC, UT |
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Salt Lake Art Center, UT |
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Kite to Asylum, Atrium Gallery, SLC, UT |
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European Traveling Exhibit: Strakonice, Plzen, Tabor, Prague, Czech Republic |
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
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| 2015 |
Ladies of Substance, Gulf Times, Doha, Qatar by Anand Holla |
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VCUQatar opens global exhibition Papercuts, The Peninsula, Qatar |
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Papercuts, DNRonline, Harrisonburg, Virginia by Aleda Johnson |
| 2014 |
Papercuts, Jconline, by Tom Shafer |
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Traveling exhibition Papercuts opens at Columbia, The Columbia Chronicle by Jennifer Boylen |
| 2013 |
Shadow and Light, The Tennessean, by MiChelle Jones |
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Sun Sentinel, Papercuts review at FAU, by Jonathan D. Marcus |
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15 Bytes, Closing In Review, by Geoff Wichert |
| 2012 |
Burnaway, Papercuts exhibition review, by Jerry Cullum |
| 2011 |
Papercuts in Space 301, by Thomas B. Harrison |
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New American Painting #96 |
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Studio Visit Magazine #15 |
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Artistaday.com, web article |
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Zionized 84: Artist Lenka Konopasek, YouTube |
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Papercuts, exhihition catalog, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 2008 |
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Regional Art Collection Catalog |
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Present Tense, Salt Lake Art Center, UT- catalog |
| 2007 |
New Disasters of War, Mizel Center for Contemporary Art, Denver, CO - catalog |
| 2005 |
New American Painting # 60 – featured on back cover |
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UAC Statewide Annual Exhibition, Painting ad Sculpture, exhibition catalog |
| 2004 |
The Ecclecticism of Lenka Konopasek, by Laura Durham, Artists of Utah |
| 2002 |
Utah 2002, Painting ad Sculpture, Park City, exhibition catalog |
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The Lieutenant Governor's Invitational Art, exhibition catalog |
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Remembering Place, Lance Duffin, Salt Lake Magazine. Aug. 2002 |
| 2001 |
Galerie U Prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic, catalog |
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Maine Sunday Telegram - Global Reflections review. Jan. 2001 |
| 2000 |
Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany, catalog |
| 1999 |
Utah Painting and Sculpture/Swanson, Olpin, Seifrit |
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Victory Park, Journal of the New Hampshire Institute of Art |
| 1998 |
Salt Lake Tribune, Mark Knudsen, Oct. 1998 |
| 1997 |
Utah Painting and Sculpture/Swanson, Olpin, Seifrit |
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Art Access, Seattle, WA, Feb 1997 |
