VITA
R. Wesley Hurd- vita
4637 Calumet Way
Eugene, OR97404
Home / studio
Cell - 541-912-8540
Education
B.S. Art Education, Southern Oregon College, 1967
Ph.D. Education and Social Thought, University of Oregon, 1988
MFA, Painting, University of Oregon, 2000
Career Experience
Graduate Teaching Fellowships, 1999, 2000
Tutor, Professor, Gutenberg College, Eugene, OR. – 1994 – 2012
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Painting, University of Oregon, 2001, 2002
Co-Founder, BlueTower Arts Foundation, Eugene, OR. 2004 – present
Co-Founder, Eugene Contemporary Art, Eugene, OR. 2012 — present
Director of Education, Eugene Contemporary Art, Eugene, OR. 2012 — present
Awards
2007, Nominated for Portland Art Museum’s Northwest Contemporary Art Award
Exhibition Record
Group Shows-
LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, 1999
LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, 2000
University of Oregon Art Museum, University of Oregon, 2000
Puccinelli Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 1997, 1998
MFA Thesis Show, University of Oregon Museum of Art, 2000
Puccinelli Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2002
Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2006
Chambers @ 916, Portland, Oregon 2009
Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2009
Brenners Green Gallery, Eugene, 2009 Todd James Gallery, Provincetown, MA 2012 The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR 2014 Odyssey of These Days - Multi-media collaboration, Hult Center, Eugene, OR 2017 Around Oregon Juried Exhibition, Art Center, Corvallis, OR 2017
Solo Shows-
BIOLA University Museum of Art, La Mirada, CA. 1999
The Wave Gallery, Eugene, OR 2012 Watershed Arts at Fertilab, Eugene, OR 2016 Puccinelli Gallery at Gutenberg College, Eugene, OR 2017