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Ambition (2008) Jeff Whipple United States 20" x 16 " 51 x 41 cm POR |
Contemplation (2009) Jeff Whipple United States pencil on paper 17" x 14" 43 x 36 cm POR |
Determination (2009) Jeff Whipple United States watercolor on paper 10" x 12" 25 x 30 cm POR |
Fashion Trend 2 (2008) Jeff Whipple United States pencil on paper 30" x 22 " 76 x 36 cm POR |
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Historian (2007) Jeff Whipple United States 16" x 12" 41 x 30 cm POR |
History (2009) Jeff Whipple United States 20" x 16 " 51 x 41 cm POR |
Past in the Present (2007) Jeff Whipple United States watermedia on paper 16" x 12" 41 x 30 cm POR |
Pull (2008) Jeff Whipple United States 16" x 20 " 41 x 51 cm POR |
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Resolve (2009) Jeff Whipple United States 20" x 16 " 51 x 41 cm POR |
Stuck (2008) Jeff Whipple United States 16" x 24 " 41 x 61 cm POR |
The Confused Patron (2007) Jeff Whipple United States 30" x 22 " 76 x 56 cm POR |
The Patron Hates It (2007) Jeff Whipple United States 30" x 22 " 76 x56 cm POR |
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Wade (2009) Jeff Whipple United States photograph 16" x 24 " 41 x 61 cm POR |
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Jeff Whipple has had 75 solo exhibitions and his plays have been in 19 productions. He has won dozens of top awards in art and playwriting competitions.
His play “Spokesperson” was produced in Chicago last year and his comedy, “Couch Potatoes of the 22nd Century” was produced in April in Orlando.
He has received two arts council artist fellowships from Illinois and three from Florida. One of the Florida fellowships was for Playwriting. In 2001, he was the first recipient of the annual Fulton Ross Award, a $10,000 grant based on career achievements.
His public artworks include a 75-foot wide video installation for the Tampa Museum of Art, a 300-foot long mural for the City of Tampa and a 150-foot long mural for the Johnson Library in St. Petersburg.
Whipple has taught at several colleges including Arizona State University, Northern Illinois University, the Ringling College of Art and the University of Tampa.
Jeff Whipple lives in Tallahassee with his partner, the artist Chalet Comellas.
JEFF WHIPPLE RÉSUMÉ
EDUCATION
M.F.A. 1980 University of South Florida B.F.A. 1978 Northern Illinois University
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2008 Artist Grant, Hillsborough County Arts Council - video 2007 Artist Enhancement Grant, Florida Arts Council 2006 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship – painting 2001 Fulton Ross Grant for Artists, a $10,000 grant based on career achievements 1996 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship – playwriting 1990 Illinois Individual Artist Fellowship – painting 1985 Illinois Individual Artist Fellowship – painting 1982 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship - painting
Honorable Mentions from the Florida Arts Council: Playwriting, 2005 and Visual Art, 1990 and 1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Museum of Florida Art, De Land, Florida (September) Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida (June) 2007 Signs of Life, Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, Florida The Perpetual Spasm, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida 2006 The Spasm Between the Infinities, video/art installation on a Miami Beach hotel facade for the Tampa Museum of Art during Art Basel Miami Long Time No See, Light, 80' video and 300' mural painting, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida 2005 Riled Life Refuge, Salt Creek Galleries, St. Petersburg, Florida Moving Pitchers, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida 2004 Sketches, video and drawing installation, part of the 2nd Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Tampa, Florida 2003 Twenty-five year Retrospective, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida Twenty-five year Retrospective, Orlando City Hall Galleries, Orlando, Florida Gallery Enormous, St. Petersburg, Florida Florida Stage, Manalapan, Florida Boxing Us, video and sculpture installation, part of the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Tampa, Florida 2002 Twenty-five year Retrospective, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida 2001 Seminole Community College, Sanford, Florida Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida A.E. Bean Backus Gallery & Museum, Fort Pierce, Florida 2000 Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Avon Park, Florida Mount Dora Art Center, Mount Dora, Florida 1998 Buckhead Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Eitharong Gallery, Orlando, Florida Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Florida West Coast Symphony, Sarasota, Florida Florida Stage, Manalapan, Florida 1996 Kanega, Sarasota, Florida 1995 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas Stetson University, DeLand, Florida Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois 1994 Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida 1993 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida Casements Cultural Center, Ormond Beach, Florida 1992 Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Florida Arcade Theater, Fort Myers, Florida TECO Plaza Gallery, Tampa, Florida 1991 Kunst Gallery, Denver, Colorado Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Florida Manatee Community College, Bradenton, Florida B.I.G. Arts, Sanibel, Florida 1990 West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia Berghoff-Cowden Galleries, Tampa, Florida North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois Rainbo Club, Chicago, Illinois 1989 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 1988 Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida Berghoff Gallery, Clearwater, Florida Raw Space, Chicago, Illinois Rainbo Club, Chicago, Illinois University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida 1987 Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois 1986 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois Rainbo Club, Chicago, Illinois 1985 A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois New School of Visual Arts, Tampa, Florida Soho South Gallery, Clearwater, Florida 1984 Judson College, Elgin, Illinois 1983 Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida Soho South Gallery, Safety Harbor, Florida 1982 Artist's Alliance Gallery, Tampa, Florida Edison College, Fort Myers, Florida Palm Press Gallery, Tampa, Florida 1981 Tampa Originals Gallery, Tampa, Florida Brandon Cultural Center, Brandon, Florida 1980 University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 58th Annual All Florida Competition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida All-Media National Exhibition IV, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, Best In Show Award Take Out, artists using take out containers, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida Pinnacle, national art competition, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, 3rd Place Award 22nd Annual Northern National, Rhinelander College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Patron Award Contain It, 10 artist installations in storage pods, Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin, Florida 25 Florida Fellowship Artists, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 25 Florida Fellowship Artists, City of Orlando Art Gallery, Orlando, Florida 17th Southeast Regional, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Florida Philosophical Visual Metaphor in Contemporary Florida Art, Gallery for Innovation & the Arts, Tallahassee, Florida 59th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Best of Show Award Electronics Alive V, curated digital media exhibit, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida 2008 Retro/Perspectives, 5 channel large-scale video installation in a group show, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida Independents’ Film Festival, video, Education Channel, West Central Florida Cable Television, Florida Choice Award 57th Annual All Florida Competition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida Florida Fellowship Artists, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida Black and White Show, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida Faculty Show, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida New Tampa Arts, New Tampa, Tampa, Florida, Honorable Mention Award The Circle Revisited, Gallery 209, West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, Florida 2007 Florida Fellowship Artists, Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida Electronics Alive IV, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida 20th Annual Northern National, Rhinelander College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Patron Award Cognitive Romance, two-artist show with Chalet Comellas, Progress Energy Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida New Tampa Arts Tampa Palms, Tampa, Florida, Best of Show Award 2006 Group Show, Bleu Acier, Tampa, Florida 56th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Best of Show Award Faculty Show, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida 2005 54th Annual All Florida Competition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida 55th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, 2nd Place Award Independent’s Film Fest, video, Education Channel, West Central Florida Cable Television 2D-3D 2005, Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, Florida Flock Around the Dock, Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida Adjunct & Alumni Show, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida Art Encounter 2005, juried national, von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida 2004 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida underCURRENTS/overVIEW 7, curated survey, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida Home Grown: Florida Artists from the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida Art 2004, Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, Award of Merit 4th National Art Exhibition, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, Florida Independent’s Film Fest, video, Education Channel, West Central Florida Cable Television Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, 6 videos, Tampa, Florida, Narrative Comedy Award 54th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Best of Show Award 2003 Small Works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts 52nd Annual All Florida Juried Competition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida Independent’s Film Fest, video, Education Channel, West Central Florida Cable Television, Best Experimental Film Award Party of Twelve, Bettcher Gallery, Miami, Florida Take Home A Nude, invitational, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida The 53rdt Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Third Place Award 2002 Figurative Elements, All Florida Juried Exhibition, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida On the Edge, (video), juried exhibition, Sarasota, Florida National Art Exhibit, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, Florida Cuban Sandwich Show, Viva La Frida, Tampa, Florida All Media Exhibit, Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, Honorable Mention Multiple Visions III, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida Northern Trust Annual Competition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Third Place Award 2001 50th Anniversary Invitational, 15 Florida Artists, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Artists Unlimited, Tampa, Florida Figurative Works, Juried National Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida Two Artist Show, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida Gallery Artists, Spiller Vincenty Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida 2D/3D Exhibition, Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida The 51st Anniversary Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Award of Excellence Northern Trust Annual Competition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award 2000 Sarasota Biennial, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida 43rd Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Center, Chautauqua, New York Idiosyncracies, Figurings, Regional Group Show, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida Wallpaper, Group Show, Pedestrian Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida Landscapes, Group Show, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Images, Objects & Ideas, Group Show, Merrick Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida 4th Annual National Competition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida Paintings of Florida, Two artist show with Susan Klein, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, Florida Northern Trust Annual Competition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Equal Award 1999 The Museum Collection, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida Artistic Waters, Invitational, The Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida Jean Bordeaux Florida Sculpture Competition, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida Florida Images, Four Artist Show, DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand, Florida 11th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida Group show, Pedestrian Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida 3rd Annual National All Media, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida Shannon Exhibit, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award 61st National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida Group Show, Clayton Gallery, Tampa, Florida Town of Longboat Key Show, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award Sarasota Artists, Invitational, Selby Library, Sarasota, Florida 1998 Lest We Forget, a national survey about the Gulf War, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida A Fan Fantasy, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida 2nd Annual National, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Award of Excellence Much Ado About Art, Saltcreek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida 1997 Impressionistic Realism, Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida 9th Annual All Florida, Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, Juror’s Choice Award 12+1, Sarasota Visual Art Center, Sarasota, Florida 60th Anniversary International, Manatee Art League, Bradenton, Florida Inside/Outside, Fulton Burt Gallery, Sarasota, Florida 1996 Small Works, Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Figurative Painters, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico Featuring Florida, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, Purchase Award Biennial II, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida 45th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida The Texas International, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 8th Annual All Florida, Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida The 10th Coastal National, Glynn Art Association, St. Simons Island, Georgia Shannon Exhibit, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Artist as Activist, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center @ Salt Creek Galleries, St. Petersburg, Florida The World Around Us, Manatee Art League, Bradenton, Florida, Equal Award Group Show, Indigo Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida LBK Exhibit, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Equal Award 1995 The Nuclear Neighborhood, The Peace Museum, Chicago, Illinois 1994 Biennial I, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida, Purchase Award 43rd Florida Juried Competition, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, Florida All Florida Juried Show, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida 3rd Annual Competition, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award Portrait & Figure, Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, Merit Award 1993 55th National Exhibition, Society of the 4 Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, J. C. Houser Award Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Florida 1992 Annual Juried Exhibition, Orlando Museum, Orlando, Florida, Best of Show Award Waking the Dream, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida Festival of Trees, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida, Merit Award Sleeping on a Bed of Nails, ARTarget, Sarasota, Florida 1991 40th Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, Florida Image, Irony, Illusions, five artist show, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio Disjunctive, four artist show, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida Artists of Florida, Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, Florida Selections From Florida Collections, Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin, Florida Directions, Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Florida Florida Landscape, The People, Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida Northern Trust Show, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Honorable Mention Faculty Show, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida Annual Juried Exhibition, B.I.G. Arts, Sanibel, Florida Human Image Show, Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, Honorable Mention 1990 Faculty Show, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida Artfest '90, Venice, Florida, First Place Award 40th Juried Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois, Merit Award 4th Annual Regional Show, Gallery Ten, Rockford, Illinois, 3rd Place Award Artforms '90, Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, Indiana Faculty Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 1989 Documents of Censorship, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Artist as Provocateur, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois The Beautiful and the Ugly, Center of Modern Art, Gainesville, Florida Faculty Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois Alumni Selections, N.I.U. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1988 Par Excellence, School of the Art Institute Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1987 Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Berghoff Gallery, Clearwater, Florida Some People's Work We Really Like, N.I.U. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Bates Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Figuration in the Eighties, Hodgell-Gillman Gallery, Tampa, Florida Figuration in the Eighties, Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida 1986 Rutgers National Works on Paper, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey 29th Annual Beloit Vicinity Competition, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin 1985 9th Annual Competition, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois 11th Juried Exhibition of Illinois Artists, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Florida Figures, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida Vicinty Show, Norris Cultural Art Center, St. Charles, Illinois Nine Artists Briefly, Captiva Library, Captiva Island, Florida 2nd Annual Competition, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois, 2nd Place Award and Purchase Award Soho South Gallery, Clearwater, Florida People, Places and Things, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida 1984 10th Juried Exhibition of Illinois Artists, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois Invitational, Florida's Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, Florida Update: Small Works, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida Soho South Gallery, Safety Harbor, Florida 1983 9th Juried Exhibition of Illinois Artists, Wicker Park Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Recent Funambulism, 2 artist show, Cape Coral Art Gallery, Cape Coral, Florida Small Works Competition, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida, Purchase Award Chairs, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Soho South Gallery, Safety Harbor, Florida New Artists, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri 1982 Florida Painting '82, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida Drawings and Prints Southeast, Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida Miami International Print Biennial, Metro Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, Award of Merit Dimensions '82, Westside Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, Best of Show Award 1981 Museum Choice, Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida James Rosenquist Invitational, Artist's Alliance Gallery, Tampa, Florida Hangar One, Artist's Alliance Gallery, Tampa, Florida 1980 Tampa Bay '80, Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida Wonderworks '80, Centennial Art Center, Nashville, Tennessee Hodgell-Hartman Gallery, Sarasota, Florida Student Art Competition, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, Best of Show Award Object as Subject, Artist's Alliance Gallery, Tampa, Florida Grad student show, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 1979 Student Art Competition, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2nd Place Award 1978 Vicinity Competition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois It Only Hurts at the Knees, 2 artist show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 1977 Ars Nova, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
RECENT PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AND PURCHASES
2006 Tampa Museum of Art – Video projection in Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami Beach week 2006 City of Tampa, Florida - Video projection (temporary) and 300-foot long lighted mural (permanent) 2005 Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida- Mural for the Coleman Library 2004 Whole Foods Market, Sarasota, Florida – Purchase of a 1995 oil painting for exhibit in their store 2004 Hospice of Chiefland, Chiefland, Florida – Two commissioned sculptural benches 2003 MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida – Portrait of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. 2003 Hospice of the Lakes, Palatka, Florida – Two commissioned sculptural benches 2002 Johnson Library, St. Petersburg, Florida - Mural, 3 feet by 150 feet 2001 Volusia County Courthouse, De Land, Florida - Four commissioned oil paintings, 5 feet by 6 feet each 2001 Alachua Regional Service Center, Alachua County, Florida - Two oil paintings purchased. 2000 McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, New York - Six oil paintings purchased. 1999 The European Academy of Early Education, Nokomis, Florida - Mural, 3 feet by 140 feet
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005-9 University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida
1998 Manatee Community College, Bradenton, Florida
1990-92 Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida
1988-90 Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois 1982-83 Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida 1982 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona PERFORMANCE – Theater Productions of original plays
2009 Couch Potatoes of the 22nd Century, Valencia Character Company, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida 2008 Spokesperson, full production, Prop Thtr, Chicago 2007 Spokesperson, two staged readings in the New Play Festival, Prop Theater, Chicago, Illinois 2005 The Cutting Edge of Amenities, one-act play in The Floridians, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida 2004 Couch Potatoes of the 21st Century, Bowsher High School production, Toledo, Ohio 2002 The Terrorism of Love, Valencia Character Company, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida Dial-a-mom, one script in a comedy review called Laughing Matters, Florida Studio Theater, Sarasota, Florida 2001 The Meat Bush, Florida Playwright’s Process, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida Dial-a-mom, Florida Shorts, A festival of short plays by Florida Playwrights, Florida Studio Theater, Sarasota, Florida 1999 Tunnels in the Crust, The Players Theater, Sarasota, Florida 1998 The Tourist Trap, The Players Theater, Sarasota, Florida The Polio Boxer, Caldwell Theater, Boca Raton, Florida 1997 The Polio Boxer, The Players Theater, Sarasota, Florida The Polio Boxer, The Arcade Theater, Fort Myers, Florida The Tourist Trap, Valencia Character Company and the International Fringe Festival, Orlando, Florida 1994 Bitter, Valencia Character Company, Valencia Community College and the International Fringe Festival, Orlando, Florida 1993 Telewas, Artworks Theatre Company, Miami Beach, Florida 1992 Tunnels In The Crust, Arcade Theatre, Fort Myers, Florida 1988 Ninja Love Trilogy, Michigan State University and Sheffield's, Columbia College, and the Rainbo Club in Chicago 1987 I Married a Ninja, Mr. Courtesy, Banana Zaps, 3 one acts, Sheffield's, Chicago, Illinois 1987 Mr. Courtesy, Gallimaufry #19, Second City ETC, Chicago The Suburban Missile Crisis and Coping With Coping, Askance Theater, Chicago 1986 The Blame, Playwright's Center, Chicago
PUBLIC LECTURES
2007 Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida 2007 University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida 2006 Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida 2004 Keene State University, Keene, New Hampshire 2004 Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida 2003 Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida 1999 Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida 1995 University of Texas, El Paso, Texas 1995 Stetson University, De Land, Florida 1991 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 1991 Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida 1991 Manatee Community College, Bradenton, Florida 1990 North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois 1990 Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida 1989 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 1986 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1983 Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida 1982 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida Graphic Chemical Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois Armor Holdings, Jacksonville, Florida Holland and Knight Law Offices, Tampa, Florida McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, New York MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida Alachua Regional Service Center, Alachua County, Florida Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Museum, Coral Gables, Florida (1982 Purchase) University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida Tampa Museum of Art and the City of Tampa, Tampa, Florida Williams Properties, Orange City, Florida Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida Hospice of North Central Florida, Gainesville, Florida Hospice of the Lakes, Palatka, Florida Hospice of Chiefland, Chiefland, Florida Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida European Academy of Early Education, Venice, Florida Volusia County Agricultural Center, De Land, Florida Volusia County Courthouse, De Land, Florida Johnson Library, City of St. Petersburg, Florida Whole Foods Market, Sarasota, Florida City of Palm Desert, Palm Desert, California
ARTS WRITING
2000 The Weekly Planet, regional monthly cultural magazine, An interview for the June 15 issue, Sarasota, Florida 1996-99The New Art Examiner, national magazine, articles and art reviews 1999 Eclipse Magazine, regional monthly cultural magazine, Culture column and reviews, Sarasota, Florida 1995-6 Arts writer and columnist, The Albuquerque Tribune, daily newspaper, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1994-5 Art reviewer, THE magazine, monthly arts magazine, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1994-5 Art and theater reviewer and Arts and Literature Editor, NuCity, weekly cultural newspaper, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1994 Art and theater reviewer, The Dolphin, weekly newspaper, Anna Maria Island, Florida 1994 Commentary, Edgewise Magazine, monthly arts magazine, Tampa, Florida 1992 Art reviews and columnist, Sarasota Arts Review, monthly arts magazine, Sarasota, Florida
PUBLICATIONS – selected examples from dozens of published articles
“Couch Potatoes of the 21st Century”, full-length play, Eldridge Publishing Company, 2001 “Creators and Collectors,” columns featuring interviews of artists and art collectors, The Weekly Planet, Sarasota edition, 1999 “On View: Miami,” The New Art Examiner, April 1996, 36 “The Culture Cowboy”, weekly column on art and culture, Albuquerque Tribune, 1995-1996 “Job Fishing in San Antonio,” The New Art Examiner, February 1996, 12 “Get thee to the asphalt,” theater review, The Albuquerque Tribune, August 3, 1995, Wild Life section cover story, 3-4 “Wigged Out: Lorna Simpson at Richard Levy Gallery,” NuCity, weekly newspaper, Albuquerque, NM, January 25, 1995, 21 “The Invisible Censor,” Edgewise Magazine, July/August 1994, 16 “Field Guide to the Art of Jeff Whipple,” 12 page booklet for supplementing solo exhibitions, 1990 – 1995
AWARDS – Juried Exhibitions
2009 All-Media National Exhibition IV, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, Best In Show Award Pinnacle, national art competition, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, 3rd Place Award 22nd Annual Northern National, Rhinelander College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Patron Award 59th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Best of Show Award 2008 Independents’ Film Festival, video, Education Channel, West Central Florida Cable Television, Florida Choice Award New Tampa Arts, New Tampa, Tampa, Florida, Honorable Mention Award 2007 20th Annual Northern National, Rhinelander College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Patron Award New Tampa Arts Tampa Palms, Tampa, Florida, Best of Show Award 2006 56th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Best of Show Award 2005 55th Fine Arts Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, 2nd Place Award 2004 Art 2004, Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, Award of Merit The 54th Anniversary Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Best of Show Award Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Anti-Corruption Playwriting Contest, Castillo Theater, New York, NY, Honorable Mention 2003 The 53rd Anniversary Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Third Place Award 2002 All Media Exhibit, Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, Honorable Mention Northern Trust Annual Competition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Third Place Award 2001 The 51st Anniversary Exhibition, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Award of Excellence Northern Trust Annual Competition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award 2000 Northern Trust Annual Competition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Equal Award 1999 Shannon Exhibit, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award Town of Longboat Key Show, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award 1998 2nd Annual National, Ridge Art Center, Winter Haven, Florida, Award of Excellence 1997 9th Annual All Florida, Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, Juror’s Choice Award 1996 Featruing Florida, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, Purchase Award Shannon Exhibit, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show The World Around Us, Manatee Art League, Bradenton, Florida, Equal Award LBK Exhibit, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Equal Award 1994 Biennial I, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida, Purchase Award 3rd Annual Competition, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Best of Show Award Portrait & Figure, Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, Merit Award 1993 55th National Exhibition, Society of the 4 Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, J. C. Houser $1000 Award 1992 Annual Juried Exhibition, Orlando Museum, Orlando, Florida, Best of Show Award Festival of Trees, Tampa Covention Center, Tampa, Florida, Merit Award 1991 Northern Trust Show, Longboat Key Art Center, Longboat Key, Florida, Honorable Mention Human Image Show, Art League of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida, Honorable Mention 1990 40th Juried Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois, Merit Award 4th Annual Regional Show, Gallery Ten, Rockford, Illinois, 3rd Place Award 1985 2nd Annual Competition, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois, 2nd Place Award and Purchase Award 1983 Small Works Competition, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida, Purchase Award 1982 Miami International Print Biennial, Metro Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, Award of Merit Dimensions '82, Westside Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, Best of Show Award 1980 Student Art Competition, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, Best of Show Award 1979 Student Art Competition, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2nd Place Award |
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