Michael Nichols

born, St. Louis, Missouri

 

education

2000  MFA Painting, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

1997  BFA Painting, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

1995  AFA, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO

academic appointments

2016–Present, Professor of Art, Foundations, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
(Asst. Prof. 2004–10, Assoc. Prof. 2010–16) 

2019 (Jan-April), Visiting Professor of Art, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England

2009 (Jan-April), Visiting Professor of Art, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England

2001–2004, Lecturer, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

1998–2004, Instructor of Art (Adjunct), St. Louis Community College Meramec, St. Louis, MO

solo exhibitions

2025

TBD, Gallery 101, Ohio Valley Art League, Henderson, KY, Duo (April)

2024

Contemporary Fresco Installations, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, Solo (October)

Surface Matters, Frescoes and Silverpoints by Michael Nichols, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad Monastery, St. Meinrad, IN, Solo

2022

Refresh, Buon Fresco Paintings by Michael Nichols, Manifest Galleries, Cincinnati, OH, Solo

Plastered, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, Solo

2021

Present Perfect, Stephen P. McCutchan Art Center/ Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, Solo

2020

Resurfaced, Explorations in Fresco Painting, Joan DerryBerry Art Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, Solo

2019

2019 October Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO, Small-group

About Face, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY, Trio

2018

Mike Nichols Fresco Pop-Up Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, Solo (In conjunction with fresco workshop)

2017

Limelight: Contemporary Buon Frescoes by Micheal Nichols, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY, Solo

Through the Looking Glass, New Works by Michael Nichols and Kristina Arnold, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY, Duo

2016

Refresh, Frescoes and Silverpoints by Michael Nichols, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, Solo

2015

On the Surface, John Cross and Michael Nichols, Fine Arts Gallery, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, Duo

2014

Michael Nichols, Fresco & Silverpoint, Lucretia C. Begley Gallery, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY, Solo

2013

Michael Nichols: Selected Works, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY, Solo

2012

Southwest Strata, Works by Michael and Leslie Nichols,  Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY, Duo

2011

Michael Nichols, Selected Works, Peter L. Youngers Art Gallery, Northeastern College, Sterling, CO, Solo

Confluence; Michael Nichols and Leslie Nichols, Visual Arts Center, Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, Duo

2010

Group Dynamics, Arts Center Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY. Trio

2009

Michael Nichols, Pastels, Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Berea, KY, Solo

Michael Nichols; Figures in Flux, University Art Gallery, John Brown University, Silaom Springs, AR, Solo

Opus Stratum, Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton College, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, Duo

2007

Mike Nichols and Jason Lascu, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance, Bowling Green, KY, Duo

2006

Michael Nichols; Selected Works, Thigpen Gallery, Volunteer State Community college, Gallatin, TN, Solo

Mike Nichols and Brent Oglesbee, Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Gallery, Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN, Duo

2005

Michael Nichols; Paradigm Shifts, University Gallery , Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, Solo

2004

Michael Nichols; Recent Works, St. Peters Cultural Arts Center, St. Peters, MO, Solo

2003

Michael Nichols and Jaye Greggory, Messing Gallery, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO, Duo        

group & juried exhibitions (selected, 2006 to present)

2024

Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

37th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

Faculty Exhibit Retrospective, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

2023

Time Constraints, IU Kokomo Art Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN

Masur Museum of Art’s 60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

Flora, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO

Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rinelander, WI

Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN

Small Works Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO

OAG Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY

Members-Only Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

Holiday Group Exhibit, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

All Kentucky Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Downing Museum, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY

Abound, Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Making the Jonesville Fresco, FAC Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (Curatorial Project by Elizabeth Jones and Michael Nichols)

Artworks Inc. Summer Art Exhibition, University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2022

61st Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN

Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY

2022 Baker/Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN

29th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN

2022 Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY

All Kentucky Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2022, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2021

International Painting Annual 10, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

ArtWorks, Inc. July Exhibition, Skypac, Bowling Green, KY

US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2021, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

December Exhibit, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

2020

Portraiture Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO

Family, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA

Alumni Exhibition, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

Small Works Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO

ArtFields 2020, Lake City, SC (presented online due to COVID-19)

Portraits, Fine Art Gallery, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO,

Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Regional Showcase, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2020, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2019

International Painting Annual 9, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 

Drawing Down, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD

Potluck, 1: a selection of works by past exhibitors, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY

Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

Celebration of the Creative Arts at Harlaxton, Gold Room & Great Hall, Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, England

12th Annual Members Only, Artwork Inc., WKU, Bowling Green, KY

2018

"And Now for Something New" Vol 1., LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA

International Painting Annual 8, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 

2018 Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY

11th Annual Members' Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY

2018 Jack Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

2017

Art of the South 2017, Number Inc. Magazine, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN

National Juried Painting Exhibition, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI

Half-Truth, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

24th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper IN

Kentucky Visions at the Capitol 2017, KAC, Capitol Annex, Frankfort, KY

Artworks Inc. 10th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Studio Time, 2017 Faculty Works, University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2016   

International Painting Annual 6, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Just In: Buon Fresco Paintings by Michael Nichols, Garvey Simon Art Access, New York, NY

Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

Instructor Exhibit, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Past and Present, Ellis walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

2015   

Metalpoint Now!, Garvey Simon Art Access, New York, NY

International Painting Annual 5, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN

Contemporary Portraits, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

Face It, Eichold Gallery, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL

State of Painting, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY

Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

12x12”, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

Artworks Inc. 8th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2014   

The Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Fine Art, Huntsville, AL

Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC

6th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

33rd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY

Biennial Faculty Exhibit, University Gallery Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

12x12”, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY

US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2014, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2013   

6th Annual Paint the Parks, Traveling, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS

Biennial Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY

Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN

OAG Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY

32nd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Thoroughbred Square, Bowling Green, KY

Uncommon Wealth, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY

2012   

International Drawing Annual 7, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH

56th Mid-States Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN

Grayscale, Strathmore Mansion and Galleries, North Bethesda, MD

4th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

2011   

Residue, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

“9 x 12”, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

3rd Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

emè Exposition Internationale, Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne, St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities Inc., Lyon, France

International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO

Harlaxton Exhibit; 40th Anniversary Celebration, Krannert Gallery, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN

Drawing Resurfaced, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN,

Community of Artists, Center for Research & Development, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2010

Creative Inquiries; 2010 Chautauqua Lecture Series, Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Sixth Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Arts Center Old Forge, The Arts Guild of Old Forge, Old Forge, NY

Juried Art Exhibition, Dorothy Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA

Annual Central South Art Exhibition, Tennessee Art League Galleries, Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN

Germinate, Square Space Gallery, Gallatin, TN

Biennial Faculty Exhibit, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2010, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Kentucky Visions, House and Senate Offices, State Capitol Annex, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY

2009

Nude 2009, Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

28th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY

emè Exposition Internationale, Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities Inc., Lyon, France

International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO

2008

Pastel National 2008, Wichita Center for the Arts Gallery, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

Buon Fresco Painting; Michael Nichols with Students, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Annual All Kentucky Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY

International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO

US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2008, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY

Biennial Faculty Exhibit, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2007

Southern Realism, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA

New Beginnings, Hentschel Art Gallery, Des Moines

26th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY

It’s in your Head; Approaches to Likeness, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

National Drawing Annual 2006, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2006

Contemporary Realism, Space 301, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL

25th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY

US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2006, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green KY

Art Faculty; Annual Show, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO

grants & fellowships  

Sabbatical Leave, Contemporary Fresco Installations, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2023

Quick Turn-Around Grant, Airbrushed Buon Fresco, Potter College of Arts and Letters, Western Kentucky University, 2020

Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY, 2019

Quick Turn-Around Grant, Influences, Conversations about fresco in Italy, Potter College of Arts and Letters, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 2019

RCAP Grant, Refresh: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Buon Fresco, Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2014

Sabbatical Leave, Refresh: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Buon Fresco,   Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2014

Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY, 2010

Faculty Grant, Painted in Stone: the Art of Italian Fresco Painting, Office of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2010

Junior Faculty Grant, Buon Fresco Technique, Office of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2007


awards (selected, 2006 to present)

Best of Show, All Kentucky Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

People’s Choice Award, Masur Museum of Art’s 60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 2023

Susan and Daniel Horton Award, Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI, 2023

Honorable Mention, Dogwood Regional Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN 2023

1st Place, 61st Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY, 2023

Honorable Mention, 61st Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, 2023

Best of Show, Baker / Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2022

Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist, 17th Exhibition Season (2020-21), Cincinnati, OH

Honorable Mention, Dogwood Regional Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN 2022

Honorable Mention, Annual All-Kentucky Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, 2022

Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist, 16th Exhibition Season (2019-20), Cincinnati, OH

Potter College Faculty Award for Research and Creative Activity (2019-2020 a.y.)

Juror’s Choice, “And Now for Something New”, Vol 1, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, 2018

Best of Show, 2018 Jack Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY

Second Place, 2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, Gallery of Art and Design University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2017

Best of Show, 10th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY, 2017

Award of Excellence, 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN, 2017

Patron Award, 30th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, 2017

Second Place, International Painting Annual 6, Manfiest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2016

Merit Award, Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Knoxville, TN, 2015

Best of Show, 8th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Bowling Green, KY, 2015

Best of Show, All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Bowling Green, KY, 2014

Best of Show, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2014, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2014

Best of Show, OAG Juried Exhibit, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, 2013

Third Place, Biennial Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY, 2013

Juror’s Award, 6th Annual Paint the Parks, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS, 2012

Third Place, 3rd Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, 2011

Julie Tabbitas Moore Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibit, Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY, 2010

Great American Artworks Product Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY, 2010

Best of Show, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2010, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2010 

Best of Show, Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts, Bowling Green, KY, 2008

Best of Show, Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts, Bowling Green, KY, 2007

Second Place, National Drawing Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2006


public collections

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR

Downing Museum / Jerry E. Baker Foundation, Bowling Green, KY

Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO (75th Anniversary Mural)

Harlaxton College, Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

John Brown University, Saliom Springs, AR

St. Mary’s High School, St. Louis, MO (Veterans Memorial Mural)

University of Evansville, Evansville, IN

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (Fresco Mural)

Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY (Fresco Mural Collaboration)


bibliography & press (selected)

Art students leave their mark on WKU with buon fresco installation, WKU News, Mary Bidwell, https://www.wku.edu/news/articles/index.php?view=article&articleid=11364 , June 7th, 2023

Mural Honoring Jonesville Now On Display At WKU's Kentucky Museum, WKYUFM WKU Public Radio,  Colin Jackson, https://www.wkyufm.org/post/mural-honoring-jonesville-now-display-wkus-kentucky-museum?fbclid=IwAR21FHIyvQ12MKHoRxTZVv0kmYNmiZgoEv4Lk_1NCqsKl19Th_y-7hgnokA#stream/0  August 18th, 2021

Local artist, WKU students team up to commemorate Jonesville neighborhood, Bowling Green Daily News, Aaron Mudd, https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/local-artist-wku-students-team-up-to-commemorate-jonesville-neighborhood/article_1a5c5fea-ec24-50cf-8a93-816de5e9dee7.html   August 5th, 2021

WKU Art Professor perfects and teaches ancient painting technique, WKU Research Foundation, Western Kentucky University, https://wkurf.org/wku-art-professor-perfects-and-teaches-ancient-painting-technique/ July, 2020

“About Face' exhibit now open at art museum” Kentucky New Era, July 11th, 2019

“Alla Scuola d’Affresco Sala una settimana internazionale”, Monza Chronicle, https://giornaledimonza.it, Monza,Italy, May 6th, 2019

Apicella, Barbara, “Dagli USA a Monza per Apprendere L’Arte Dello Strappo Nell’Affresco”, www.seietrenta.com , May 5th, 2019

Schwalb, Susan & Mazzullo, Thomas, Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing: A Complete Guide to the Medium, Routledge/Focal Press, December, 2018

Gardner, Stephen CP, Gateway to Drawing, A Complete Guide, Thames and Hudson, December 1st, 2018

Loosterboer, Lorena, “Idiosnycratic Monochromes”, PoetsArtists Magazine #85

Cole, Megan, “In the ‘Limelight’, Art professor featured at Downing Museum”, College Heights Herald, WKU, September 21st, 2016, p. B1

“Arrowmont Instructor Exhibit Opens”, Mountain Life, The Mountain Press, Section B, June 3rd, 2016

Furman, Anna, “10 Metalpoint Artists Redefine a Traditional Technique in Contemporary Terms”, Artsy Inc., Web, June 25th. 2015

“The Antique Art Technique Finding New Flavour”, Phaidon, June 18, 2015

Corona, Sarah, “Metalpoint Art: An unexpected revival”, Wall Street International Magazine, Web June 2nd, 2015

“Michael Nichols – Bowling Green”, Kentucky,” 365 Artists 365 Days Project, Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery, February 17th, 2014

Muente, Kevin, “Michael Nichols at the Carnegie”, ÆQAI, October 22nd, 2013 

Jenkins, Mark, “VisArts at Rockville Marks 25 Years; ‘Grayscale’”, Washington Post, Washington D.C.: December 20th, 2012, p. 2


video & television

Kentucky Life, Season 28, Episode 11, “Honoring the Jonesville Community.” Aired: April 15th, 2023, KET/PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/wade-houston-flavors-from-home-first-vineyard-iMPvSK/

Kentucky Museum fresco mural depicts demolition of Jonesville, WNKY News 40, Meghann Stamps  https://www.wnky.com/kentucky-museum-fresco-mural-depicts-demolition-of-jonesville/?fbclid=IwAR0xfUk6V4m2wtPDib_unzCdHyDLEhU-uspsBW3LvUTAEwt33prl2E1CzEE August 4th, 2021

New fresco mural at Kentucky Museum to pay tribute to historic Jonesville, ABC 13 WBKO, Katey Cook, August 2nd, 2021

Badetti, Barbara, “Antico e modern, Affreschisti di tutto il mondo uniti dal web”, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala”, Civic Gallery, Monza, Italy, November 26th, 2017

Beckley, Cheryl, “New, Old, & Natural”, Main Street, Bowling Green, KY; WKYU-PBS, July, 2012

Collins, Lindsey, “WKU Connection”, Bowling Green Today, Bowling Green,KY; Bowling Green television WNKY NBC/CBS 40, August 27th, 2010

Knipp, Michael A., The People Project, St. Louis, MO: DHTV Video Documentary, St. Louis Public Access Television channel 21, 2001

buon fresco workshops - led

2023

Buon Fresco Workshop, Owensboro Art Guild, Owensboro, KY

Cartoons & Superheros, Fresco Workshop for Jonesville Academy S.T.E.A.M Day, Western Kentucky University Department of Art & Design

Buon Fresco Workshop, Kentucky Educators Professional Development Day, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2022                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Artworks Inc., SKCTC, Bowling Green, KY

2020                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Tennessee Tech University, Cookville, TN

2019                

Buon Fresco Booth, Franklin Simpson Night of Innovation, Franklin Simpson Schools, Franklin, KY

Buon Fresco Workshop, Art Club and Campus Community, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England

2018                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Arkansas State University

Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Louisville, KY

2017                

Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Southern Indiana

Buon Fresco Demonstration, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Louisville, KY

Buon Fresco Workshop, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY

2016                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN

2015                

Buon Fresco Workshop. Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

2014                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY

Two-day buon Fresco Workshop, ARTWORKS INC. Bowling Green, KY

2011                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

2010                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Kentucky Art Education Association Fall Conference, Western Kentucky University

2009                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Society of Art History and Archeology, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN

Buon Fresco Workshop, Art Education Mini-Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

2008                

Buon Fresco Workshop, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY


workshops - attended

2019 “Strappo” Fresco Workshop, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala, Monza, Italy

2007 Professional Fresco Workshop, Fresco School, Los Angeles, CA