Dan Kirchhefer
“All three of my works could be read as a simple plea for redemption; touched with a bit of sarcasm. While paying homage to my favorite animal the dog. Now that I think about Danny Spreads the Plague, it seems a bit too timely.
EDUCATION
B.F.A. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
M.A University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
M.F.A Printmaking, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
HONOR AND MEMBER
National Watercolor Honor Society, 2012
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi South Central Region Artist Award, 1999
Emporia State University, President’s Award for Research and Creativity, 1998
LA&S Excellence Award, Outstanding Faculty Achievements, 1997
LA&S Annual Award for Excellence in Instruction, 1989
Phi Delta Theta Outstanding Faculty Award, 1988
Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor Award, Emporia State University, 1989
Life member of the Nebraska P.T.A., 1976
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Drawing and Printmaking, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas 1980-
2015, Emeritus
Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Spencer Art Museum, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1977-80
EXHIBITIONS
No big Heads
2015 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery,
The Values of Drawing Part 2, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa, 2013
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s 34th International Juried Exhibition, The Crary Art Gallery, Warren, Pennsylvania, 2013
L>M less is more, Small Works in a Great Space, National Juried Show, The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland,2013
The National Weather Center Biennale, The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma, 2013
20/20 Vision Fifth Edition, The Art Of Contemporary University Printmaking, The Fire House Gallery, Louisville, Georgia, 2012
Emerald Art Center National Juried Show, Springfield, Oregon, 2012
Watercolor U.S.A., Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, 2012
The Will’s Creek Survey, 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland, 2012
Kansas Watercolor National Juried Show, Wichita Center For the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, 2012
National Juried Paint America, Mini Top 50, 2011
Northern National Art Competition Juried Show, Wisconsin, 2011
Americas 2010: National Juried Work on Paper exhibition. Northwest Art Center, Minot State University
“Au Naturel” The Nude in the 21st Century National Juried Exhibition, Astoria, Oregon, 2010
Prints: Now in 3D, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2010
6th Annual National Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Competition, J & G Davis Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida, 2010
Bookends: The Book as Art, International Juried Exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Springs, Maryland, 2009
22nd Parkside National Juried Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, 2009
The Beautiful Book, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2009
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Flowers ,Sins, Dogs, and Me, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas, 2018
McNeese Drawing Invitational, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 2012
Death is in the Details Invitational, Studio Two Three, Richmond, Virginia, 2012
International Print Triennale, Chamalieres, France, 2010
One-person Show, Mary Moody Gallery, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas, 2010
Kansas Masters, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas, 2009 / 2011
Fish, Flowers and Flying Things: Nature at the Spencer Museum, Spencer Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, 2002
Midlands Invitational 2000, Works on Paper, Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska, 2000
One-person Show, The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Kansas, 1997
AWARDS
Patron Award, Emerald Art Center National Juried Show, Springfield, Oregon, 2012
Juror’s Third Place Award, The Will’s Creek Survey 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cumberland, Maryland, 2012
Juror’s Award, Watercolor U.S.A. 2012, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, 2012
Benefactor Award, Northern National Art Competition Juried Show, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 2011
Second Place Juror’s Award, 11th National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas, 2009
Honor Award, Northern National Art Competition Juried Show, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 2008
Purchase Award, Secrets and Lies, International Juried Artist Books Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, 2008
Juror’s Honorable Mention Award, 25th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Houston, Texas, 2008
Best in Show and Honorable Mention, National Juried Spring Exhibition, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon, 2006
Juror’s Cash Award, City Arts, Arts Council Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas, 2006
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Alford House, Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, Indiana
Angelo Gallery, College of St. Mary, Omaha, Nebraska
Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas
Bradley University, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, Illinois
Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
Emprise Bank Art Collection, Wichita, Kansas
Fredonia Arts Council, Fredonia, Kansas
Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
Galerie D’Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France
Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Kansas Medical Foundation, Wichita,Kansas
Kansas State University, Department of Art/University Collections, Manhattan, Kansas
Mulvane Museum of Art, Topeka, Kansas
Museum of Nebraska Art-MONA, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Nebraska
Mutual Benefit Life Company, Kansas City, Missouri
New York Public Library, Print Collection, New York, New York
Portsmouth Community Art Center and Museums, Portsmouth, Virginia
Sabatini Gallery, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, Kansas
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas
S.U.A. Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
BOOKS, EXHIBITION CATALOGUES, ARTICLES, AND REVIEWS
20/20 Vision Fifth Edition, Louisville Georgia, 2012
Triennale De Chamaliers 8, France, 2011
New American Paintings, The Open Studio Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003
The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing,
Frye Art Museum, University of Washing Press, 2002
Skylarking on Honeysuckle Road, by Dev Hathaway, book cover art
Midlands Invitational 2000, Works on Paper, Joslyn Museum of Art, 2000
75 Years, 75 Treasures, Mulvane Museum of Art, 1999
Harper and Rowley, Artists: A Kansas Collection, Artists Registry Inc., 1989
The National Mutual Exchange Portfolio, Sponsored by Brigham Young University, One of 60 artists selected.
American Drawings, Smithsonian Institution, 1983
GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS
Print edition for the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas 2002
Kansas Arts Commission, Individual Artist Mini-Fellowship for 2-D Visual Art, 2000
1997 Gift Print, “South of Cottonwood Falls, “ Friends of the Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas