In essence I think the work serves as an extension of my interest in form and space, still founded in the use of simple, yet expressive forms, but now integrates a stronger figurative nature than in other work. While sentiments and concepts driving past work has examined the human condition, this work more literally represents something akin to poetic landscapes of emotion or maybe event identity.
SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
2010
UPCOMING: Solo Show, Hillyer Art Space at International Arts and Artists – Washington, DC
UPCOMING:Aqua Art Miami, Courtesy of C. Emerson Fine Arts – Miami, FL
The Earth Project, University of Baltimore – Baltimore, MD
Sapience, C. Emerson Fine Arts – St. Petersburg, FL
The Souvenir Shop, Art Star Boutique and Gallery – Philadelphia, PA
3D: Contemporary Sculpture, Carroll Square Gallery – Washington, DC
Disidentifications, Stamp Gallery at the University of Maryland – College Park, MD
Artists of the Gateway Arts District, Gateway Arts Center – Brentwood, MD
2009
Aqua Art Miami, Courtesy of C. Emerson Fine Arts – Miami, FL
Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale: Nature-Peace, Korean Nature Artists Association – Gongju Chungnam, South Korea
Bilateral Engagement, Art Museum of the Americas at the Organization of American States – Washington, DC
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Headquarters (lobby), A Lerner Corporation building – Tysons Corner, VA
2009 Staff Show, Federal Reserve Board of Governors - Washington, DC
Sculpting Time, VisArts: Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts – Rockville, MD
SOLO SHOW: Sculpture 1275: Kyan Bishop, Washington Sculptors Group @ 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue – Washington, DC
Sculpture Now 2009, Washington Square building – Washington, DC
National Juried Exhibition: Clay and Context, Indiana State University – Terre Haute, IN
2008
JUROR’S AWARD: Making It: The Art of Contemporary Craft, Gallery RFD – Swainsboro,GA
Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis, Arthur Roger Gallery – New Orleans, LA
Think Tank, Murray State University - Murray, KY
The Human Condition, C. Emerson Gallery - St. Petersburg, FL
Once Again, Again: Rhythm and Repetition, McLean Project for the Arts - McLean, VA
Arts Council @ GRACE 2008, Arts Council of Fairfax County - Annandale, VA
SOLO SHOW: sustain, GSL Art Projects (formerly Arabesque Gallery) – New Orleans, LA
Here and Now, Transformer Gallery – Washington, DC
National Juried Exhibition: Transforming the Elements: Earth, Water, Fire and Air, Artisans Center of Virginia – Waynesboro, VA
Coincide: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture at Art-o-Matic – Washington, DC
The Myth of Permanence, Standard Clay Factory – Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Staff Show, Federal Reserve Board of Governors – Washington, DC
2007
RESIDENCY: Tin Shop Guest Artist Residency – Breckenridge, CO
Art Reincarnated, Altered Esthetics Gallery – Minneapolis, MN
2007 Annual Group Show, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop – Washington, DC
2006
Rebuilding with Tools for Social Justice: Hurricane Katrina One Year Later, The David C. Driskell Center of the University of MD – College Park, MD
REMIX: East-West Currents in Contemporary Art, Arlington Arts Center – Arlington, VA
Without Formula, Cubicle Ten – Washington, DC
RESIDENCY: The Landon School – Bethesda, MD
2005
Superstition, District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC) - Washington, DC
2005 Montgomery College Group Show – Takoma Park, MD
RESIDENCY: Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT
RESIDENCY: The Landon School – Bethesda, MD
2004
ART-o-MATIC, The Waterfront Space – Washington, DC
Art-on-the-Block community collaboration project – Washington, DC
2004 Montgomery College Group Show – Rockville, MD
HONORS and AFFILIATION
2009: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Small Project Programs grant recipient (Washington, DC)
2007-current: Washington Sculptors Group Board member
2007: Tin Shop Guest Artist Residency (Breckenridge, CO)
2005: Vermont Studio Center Residency(Johnson, VT)
EDUCATION
AA, Studio Art, Montgomery College – Takoma Park, MD
BA, Economics/Spanish, Denison University – Granville, OH
