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KENNEY MENCHER

EDUCATION
1993-1995	University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH MFA Painting
1991-1994	University of California, Davis, CA MA Art History -Thesis Title: "Vampires, the Audience Whom they Consume."
1988-1991	City University of New York, Lehman College, Bronx, NY Magna Cum Laude; BA Art History
1985-1986	University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH & Spring 1988
1978-1982	Art & Design High School, NYC
EMPLOYMENT
1999-Present	Associate Professor of Art & Art History, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
1998-1999	Instructor of Art History & Western Civilization, San Francisco University High School
1996-1998	Assistant Professor of Art & Art History, Texas A&M University, Laredo, TX
1995-1996	Curator of Visual Resources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995-1996	Adjunct Instructor, University of Chicago, IL
EXHIBITIONS- SOLO AND TWO PERSON
2006	Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Kenney Mencher, new paintings
2006	Norton Studio Gallery, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, Being There (Solo)
2006	Elliott Fouts, Sacramento, CA Apperceptions and Allegories (Solo)
2006	Esteban Sabar, Oakland, CA Similes and Sayings (Solo)
2006	Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA Mixed Metaphors
2005	Dig Fine Art, Providence, RI Clichés & Proverbs (Solo)
2005	Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA Hamlettes on Wry (Solo Show)
2005	Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA (Solo Show)
2004	Louie-Meager Art Gallery, Gary Soren Smith Center, Ohlone College, CA Dress Code (Solo Show)
2004	STRS Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002	Louie Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA Too Knew: Kathryn Frank and Kenney Mencher
2001	Craighead-Green, Dallas, TX Kenney Mencher and Connie Connally
1997	Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX Art Department Teaching Gallery Relationships (Solo Show)
1997	Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX Noir Images (Solo Show)
1994	Brody Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH Androgynous Paintings of V. (Solo Show)
1993	Garden Gallery, Sacramento, CA California Landscapes (Solo Show)
EXHIBITIONS- GROUP
2006	Klaudia Marr, Santa Fe, NM 13th Annual Realism Invitational 2006
2006	Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA The Go Figure Show: Artistic Interpretation of Figure Elements
2006	Esteban Sabar, Oakland CA Inaugural Show
2005	12th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004	Craighead-Green, Dallas, TX
2004	Red Ink Studio, San Jose, CA
2003	Hang Gallery Palo Alto, CA One More Thing Before I Go
2003	Hang Gallery San Francisco, CA Can't Sleep
2002	Hang Gallery San Francisco, CA Small Works
2002	The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA The View from Here: Anna Conti, Joel Tarbox and Kenney Mencher
2002	Period Gallery, Omaha, NE Painting
2002	Period Gallery, Omaha, NE Faces
2002	Hang Gallery San Francisco, CA
	Small Works
2001	Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas TX Connie Connaly and Kenney Mencher
2001	Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA The Figurative Show
2000	Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Small Works
2000	Hanson Gallery, Knoxsville, TN Faces and Figures
1999	Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA First Annual Realism Invitational
1999	Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas TX Consignment Works
1999	Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Anniversary Group Exhibition
1998	Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Small Works
1998	Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Nancy Switzer, Milt Kobayashi, and Kenney Mencher
1998	Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas TX Consignment Works
1998	Craighead/Green Gallery, Dallas TX Michael Magovoro and Kenney Mencher
1996	Martin Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, TX Ron Hoover, Katie Pell and Kenney Mencher
1995	Tangeman Center Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH Thesis Exhibit
1994	Mason Fine Art Gallery, Mason, OH Jan Brown Checco, Ken Landon Buck, Irwin Greenburg, and Kenney Mencher
1994	KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Manmade and Natural Landscapes
1994	Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY Consignment Artists Show
1994	Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Burrell, Simmons, & Mencher
1994	840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH The Innocent Eye Test
1993	Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1992	Images Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990	The National Arts Club, Manhattan, NY Fifteenth Annual Student Exhibition Honorable Mention
1986	Arts Consortium Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Monumental Still Life Drawings
1986	Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH Show in honor of scholarship recipients
BOOKS, LECTURES AND PAPERS DELIVERED
2002	Author of Liaisons, Readings in Art, Literature, and Philosophy (Kendall Hunt Publishers)
1999	Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart High School St. Peter's Cathedral
1999	Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart High School Constantine and Early Christianity
1998	Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart High School Monasticism/Scholasticism/Catholicism
1997	Laredo Rotary Pompeii as an Artifact of Civic Pride
1996	Guest Lecturer, Classics Week, Texas A&M University, "A Brief Tour of the Acropolis"
AWARDS
1993-1995	Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Cincinnati OH
1991	Departmental Honors:Art, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1991	Geldwerth Scholarship, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1990	Jacob Hammer Memorial Award in Playwriting English Dept. Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1990	Raymond J. Sontag Prize History Dept. Lehman College, Bronx, NY
1986	Tuition Scholarship, Cincinnati Art Academy, OH
MAGAZINE FEATURES, REVIEWS AND ARTICLES ABOUT MY WORK
Imelda Valenzuela “Artist: Kenney Mencher” Tri-City Voice August 15, 2006
Jack Fischer, "The Eyes of the Beholder" San Jose Mercury, 2006
Kelly Vance, "All Too Real" East Bay Express, 2006
Sandra Kraisiredeja, “Controversy is in the eye of the beholder in Boehm exhibit “ For the North County Times Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:27 AM PST
Bill Van Siclen, Art Scene, “Works that deal with doubt, mystery and ambiguity,” Providence Journal - Providence, RI, USA 01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, September 8, 2005
Lullaby Hearse #6 2005 (Magazine)available at:
http://www.store.yahoo.com/shocklines/luhema6bboco.html
"New Hampshire Review," 2005 (On Line Magazine) http://www.newhampshirereview.com/mencher.htm
"Gertrude Magazine," 2005 ISSN 1535-2072 http://www.gertrudepress.org/backissues/issue9/issue9.html
"The Renascent, Painting" edited by E.R. Morse and J.S.B. Morse, ISBN 1411643275
available at: http://www.code-interactive.com/compass/book/book_3001.html
Monique Beeler, “Teachers' group removes professor's suggestive art” Oakland Tribune and Fremont Argus,Friday April 23, 2004
David Barton “His art's too racy for walls at CalSTRS” Sacramento Bee Published 2:15 am PDT Friday, April 16, 2004
"Center for the Arts exhibits 'Relationships'" Laredo Morning Times 29 May 1997, 1C.
"Kenney Mencher's 'Noir Images' exhibit at LCC" Laredo Morning Times 6 April 1997, 1C.
"A&M International art Professor's 'Noir Images' opens April 11 at LCC" LareDOS April 1997: 34.
"A&M International University art professor in SA gallery show," LareDOS December 1996: 14.
Dan R. Goddard, "Painters Figure out unique ways to portray people," San Antonio Express News 20 November 1996:
"University art professor in SA gallery show," Laredo Morning Times 24 November 1996, sec. Local: 23A.
Lucy Gail Llenado, "EYE to EYE, Artist:Kenney Mencher," Everybody's News 1 September 1994: 5.
COLLECTIONS
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Lester and Eileen Traub, Los Angeles, CA
Founder's Title & Trust, Sacramento, California
Mary Kissler, Curator of Print, Art Museum of Auckland, New Zealand
Karen Jenkins Johnson, San Francisco, California
Art Department University of Chicago