Vincent Hron

Biography


B O R N

October 3, 1961


E D U C A T I O N

1996 - present   Associate Professor of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
1988     Post Graduate, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Karlsruhe, Germany
1987     Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1984     Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, IA


E X H I B I T I O N S
    SELECTED SOLO AND SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  • 2006  Uptown Gallery, NYC" New Talent"
  • 2005  Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, "Home Turf" 5/29-7/3
  • 2005  Cedar Crest College, Cressman Gallery, Allentown, PA, "Familiar Places" 7/28-8/28
  • 2004  Pennsylvania College of Technology Gallery, Williamsport, PA "Interiors" Oct. '04
  • 2004  Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY "Recent Work"
  • 2003  Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, "Simulations"
  • 2003  Little Gallery, Firelands College, Huron, OH, "Vincent Hron: Recent Work"
  • 2002  Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA, "In Your Face/At Your Door"
  • 2002  Pearl Conrad Gallery, The Ohio State University - Mansfield, OH "Recent Work"
  • 2002  Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC, "Recent Work"
  • 2001  Temple Univ., Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Soft Cell: The Bounds of Comfort"
  • 2001  Coker College, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, SC, "Recent Work"
  • 2001  University of Minnesota, Morris Campus, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, Morris, MN,"Recent Work"
  • 2001  Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, "Interiors"
  • 2000  West Chester University, Mitchell Hall Gallery, West Chester, PA, "Recent Work"
  • 2000  Penn State Harrisburg, Morrison Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, "Hron: Recent Work"
  • 2000  Millersville University, Ganser Art Gallery, Millersville, PA, "Recent Work"
  • 2000  Susquehanna Museum of Art, Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, "Recent Work"
  • 2000  Sinclair Community College, Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Dayton, OH, "Landscapes"
  • 1999  Shippensburg University, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA, "Vincent Hron: Paintings"
  • 1999  Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Vincent Hron: Inside and Out"
  • 1999  East Stroudsburg University, Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA, " Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
  • 1999  Austin Peay State University, Trahern Gallery, Clarksville, TN, " Interiors and Exteriors"
  • 1999  ArtHaus at Wilks Brashford, San Francisco, CA, "Playlands"
  • 1999  Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition in conjunction with Dennis Aufiery
  • 1998  Kentuck Museum, Northport, AL, "Inside and Out"
  • 1998  The University of Texas Pan-American, Edinburg, TX, "A Musing"
  • 1998  Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, "Vincent Hron: Recent Work"
  • 1998  The Casements Cultural Center, Ormond Beach, FL, "Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
  • 1998  Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, "Play Time"
  • 1998  Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH "Interiors and Exteriors"
  • 1997  Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, "Recent Work" San Bernadino County Museum, San Bernadino, CA, "Games and Places"
  • 1997  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Stages"
  • 1997  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Belgian Print Portfolio"
  • 1995  13th Street gallery, Omaha, NE "Clay things and Playthings"
  • 1995  The Gallery, Fremont NE, "Neighborhoods and Interiors"
  • 1995  Governor's Mansion, Lincoln, NE, "Recent Work"
  • 1995  University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Continuing Education, Peter Kewit Conference Center, Omaha, NE "Harper and Hron: School Desks and Playgrounds"
  • 1994  Anderson Obrien Gallery, Omaha, NE "Florals"
  • 1994  Wayne State College Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Hron: Recent Work"
  • 1994  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Duane/Vince: New Work"
  • 1993  The Source Gallery, Kansas City, MO, "Hron: New Perspectives"
  • 1993  Peru State College, Peru, NE, "Hron and McGilvrey"
    li>1993  13th Street Gallery Omaha, NE "Rights of Passage"
  • 1993  Metropolitan Arts Council, Omaha, NE, "Vince Does Windows"
  • 1993  Anderson Obrien Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Mr. Vince's Neighborhood"
  • 1992  Iowa Western Community College, School of Art Gallery, Council Bluffs, IA, "Hron: Paintings and Prints"
  • 1992  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Hron and McGilvrey: Recent Work"
  • 1992  First Data Resources, Omaha, NE, "Crawford and Hron: Recent Work"
  • 1991  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Ferguson and Hron: Focus on the Figure"
  • 1991  University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Continuing Education, Peter Kewit Conference Center, Omaha, NE, "Hron: New Work"
  • 1991  Dana College, School of Art Gallery, "Introductions"
  • 1991  Drake University, Des Moines, IA, "Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
  • 1991  Metropolitan Arts Council, Artspace Gallery, Omaha, NE, "People and Places"
    Creighton University, School of Art, Omaha, NE "Hron: New Paintings"
  • 1990  Bellevue College, School of Art Gallery, Bellvue, NE, "Hron: Recent Work"
  • 1990  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Views of Omaha"
  • 1989  Living earth Designs, Omaha, NE, "Omaha Romanesque"

    Group Shows
  • 2005  Ourchitecture, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
  • 2005  Appalacian Corrodors, Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV, Juror Faith Ringgold (Purchase Prize)
  • 2004/5  "In Our Own Back Yard," a Traveling Exhibition of recent PCA Fellowship recipients,
         Touring Schedule:
         1/3-2/1 '04 Lancaster Museum of Art
         2/23-3/28'04 Mainline Art Center
         7/2-8/19'04 Erie Art Museum
         1/29-4/17'05 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown
         4/29-7/17'05 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona
         9/1-10/15'05 Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University
  • 2004  Summer Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
  • 2003  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
  • 2002  George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY, "Random Selections"
  • 2002  Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Third Annual Juried National Exhibition" Awarded 2nd Place
  • 2001  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Drawing Invitational"
  • 2000  Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, "Interiors"
  • 2000  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
  • 1999  Art Gallery le Puget, Alzonne France, "Biennial of Drawing"
  • 1999  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
  • 1999  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
  • 1998  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
  • 1997  Art Haus, San Francisco, CA, "Summertime"
  • 1997  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE "Summer Show"
  • 1997  Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Grins and Whimsy"
  • 1997  Frank Martin Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, "Mayfair's Juried Exhibition"
  • 1997  Hastings College, Hastings, NE, "Contemporary Printmaking"
  • 1997  13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition"
  • 1996  Wright State University, Dayton, OH, "Drawing from Perception"
  • 1996  Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, "Summer Solstice Show"
  • 1996  Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Group Show"
  • 1995  Bellevue University Bellevue, NE "Faculty Show"
  • 1995  University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NE, "Faculty Show"
  • 1995  Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Grand Excursion"
  • 1995  MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, "New Faces"
  • 1994  College of Saint Mary's, Omaha, NE, "Bad Girls"
  • 1994  Antiquarian Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Free Male III"
  • 1994  Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, "Faculty Show"
  • 1994  Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, "New World Season"
  • 1994  Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "From the Permanent Collection"
  • 1994  Haydon Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Spring Exhibition"
  • 1992  Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Prairie Light Showcase '92"
  • 1992  Antiquarian Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Free Male II"
  • 1992  Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Recent Acquisitions"
  • 1992  Haydon Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Vantage Points"

S E L E C T E D   C O L L E C T I O N S

Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center, Charlottesville, WV
University of Minnesota, Morris MN
Florida Art in State Buildings Program, Duval County Health Dept., Jacksonville, FL
Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburg, PA
The American Hotel Association, San Francisco, CA
Fannie Mae, Lincoln, NE
Alley Poyner Architecture, Omaha, NE
Glaska Floor and Wall, Omaha, NE
Atlas Moving Co., Phoenix, AZ
Huerter Orthodontics Inc. Omaha, NE
The Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
University of Michigan
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA

A W A R D S

2005  Purchase Prize, Appalacian Corrodors, Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV, Juror Faith Ringold
2005  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Creative Artist Special Opportunity Stipend
2002  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting and Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA
2002  Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Third Annual Juried National Exhibition" Awarded 2nd Place
2001  Bloomsburg University, College of Liberal Arts, Special Initiatives Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
2000  Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, "Interiors," Best in Show,
1998  Bloomsburg University Research and Disciplinary Projects Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
1998  Bloomsburg University Individual Research Project Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
1996   Juror's Award, Drawing From Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1995  International Projects Grant, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1995  Frans Masereel Center Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium
1994  Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1992  Best of Show, "Prairie Light Showcase 92," Purchase Prize for the permanent collection of the permanent collection of the Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
1991  Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1991  Purchase Prize, "Images of Nebraska" a touring group exhibition sponsored by the American Express Corporation and the Metropolitan Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1990  Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1987  Graduate Scholarship, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, to study for one year at the State Art Academy in Karlsrhue, Germany

S E L E C T E D   R E V I E W S   A N D   A R T I C L E S

2005   American Art Collector, Juried Competition of new Work, Volume 1, book 3 - Northern States, Alcove Books, Berkley, CA
1/1/04   Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA "The State of Art: PA Grant Recipients Are On Display at the Lancaster Museum of Art, article by Susan Lindt, color image reproduced
10/29/03   WBRE TV Channel 16, Williamsport, PA, "On the Road with Mike Stevens" public interest story featuring my work and interview with Mike Stevens
10/30/01   Morris Sunday Tribune, Morris, MN, "New HFA Gallery Exhibit opens October 29, review by staff writer, image reproduced
10/21/01   The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, "Review of Soft Cell: Bounds of Comfort", Article by Ed Sozanski,
8/25/01   The Morning News, Florence, SC, "Pennsylvania Art Professor opens show at Coker", article by Justin Bailey,
11/7/00   The Quad, West Chester, PA, "Art Exhibition Closes, but t doesn't end there". Review by Derick Lim Tze Wern, four color images reproduced
2/5/00   Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, "Photo Mosaics and Tricky Landscapes," review by Jane A. Black, image reproduced
2/24/00   Impact Weekly, Dayton, OH, "Pregnancy and Panoramas," review by Jud Yalkut
9/23/99   Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA, "Impressive September Art Gallery Shows on the Hill", review by Ruth R. Russell, image reproduced
9/30/99   The Stroudsburg Courier, Stroudsburg, PA, "Art Exhibit Features Paintings By Artist Vincent Hron," review by David A. Finken, Image reproduced
4/12/9   Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, "Haunted Canvases", review by Kathy Whyde Jesse, images reproduced
4/9/98   Dayton Voice, Dayton, OH, "Vincent Hron Exhibit," announcement, image reproduced
9/25/96   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "'Stages' takes artist to a New Level," review by Kyle MacMillan, color reproduction
1/14/96   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Hron Hits His Stride" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
8/17/95   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Sees Delight, Terror in Playground" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
7/3/94   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Summer Accompanied by a Variety of Shows" review by Kyle MacMillan
6/30/93   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Looks Afresh at Ordinary Slice of Life" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
4/7/93   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Local Artist Painting at Jones Street" interview with Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
10/25/92   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Hron Painting Wins Award" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
9/26/91   The Enterprise, Blair, NE , "A Closer Look at the World Around You" review by Michelle Doyle, Image reproduced
5/26/91   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Cultivates Fertile Imagination" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
6/26/90   Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Trip to the Unknown is Refreshing" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced

C O M M I S S I O N S

1996    Mural for Ameristar Casino, Council Bluffs, IA
1995    Mural at Tilts Family Entertainment Center, Westroads Mall, Omaha, NE
1993    Mural at Jones Street Brewery, Omaha, NE


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