Kristin Skees
Education
2007 M.F.A. Studio Art, University of Arizona
2003 B.F.A. Studio Art, University of Alabama at Birmingham, (summa cum laude)
Arts Management, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
Employment and Experience
2005- Present Professor of Record, 3-D Design, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005, 2006 Professor of Record, Beginning Ceramics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Ceramics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004 Teaching Assistant, 3-D Design, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004- 2006 Public Art and Installation Assistant to Moira Geoffrion, Tucson, AZ
2005 Installation Assistant, Justine Cooper, Rapt II Installation,
UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2003-2004 UAB Visual Art Gallery Installation Assistant, Birmingham, AL
2003-2004 ItWorks Productions, Digital Video Editor, Birmingham, AL
2002-2004 Chip Shots Photography, Staff Photographer, Birmingham, AL
2002-2004 Edgewood Frame Shop, Conservation Framer, Birmingham, AL
2001-2003 Sloss Furnace Historical Landmark Casting Volunteer, Birmingham, AL
2001-2002 Gallery Assistant, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham, AL
1999-2000 Gallery Assistant and Docent, Brenau University Galleries, Gainesville, GA
Exhibitions
2007 Voyeur Collective, International Video Collective, www.voyeurcollective.com
The Launch, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia
Art Melbourne 07, The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Australia
Zurich, Switzerland
Helsinki, Finland
Amsterdam, Holland
Combined Talents: Florida International, International Juried Exhibition (catalogue), Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
Arthur’s Curatorial Debut, screening of “Wrapped,” International Juried Film Festival,
Film and Video 825 in association with Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
The Human Presence, Regional Invitational, Gallery Centella, Tucson, AZ
Memorializing Conflict, National Juried Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Kitchen Goddess, National Juried Exhibition, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
Ideas of Home and Travel, (exchange portfolio) Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales and
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Masters of Fine Arts Show, (catalogue) University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2006 SECAC/MACAA Membership Exhibition, The Parthenon, Nashville, TN
National Juried Exhibition, Juror Eleanor Heartney
Disturbed Domestic, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Two-person exhibition and collaboration. Artist Talk in association with the exhibition
Mimesis 2006, Regional Invitational, Kachina Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Her Shorts: 1st Annual Women’s International Video Festival, Members Screening of “The MeatCutter,”Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Home_Home, National Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Artist Talk in association with the exhibition
2005 Old School, New School, No School, National Juried Exhibition,
Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, PA
Snap to Grid, International Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Inertia 2005, National Juried Exhibition, Juror Jeff Jahn, Gallery 500, Portland, OR
Combining Media, Regional Exhibition, Fremont House, Tucson, AZ
Le Salon des Refuses, Regional Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Gallery,
Tucson, AZ
The Seven Ages of Man, National Juried Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004 21st Annual Magic City Art Connection, Regional Art Fair, Birmingham, AL
2003 UAB 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, (Two Awards of Distinction), Regional, Birmingham, AL
Juror John Simon, Jr.
Sidewalk Film Festival, International Juried, “Love Thy Neighbor” screening, Birmingham, AL
Foreseeing, Installation at Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Ashley Little, Kristin Smith, Janice Weeks, Three-person exhibition,
UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL
UAB 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Regional, Juror Mirko Ilic, Birmingham, AL
Digital City Films, Regional Invitational, IMAX film screening of “Love Thy Neighbor”
at the McWane Center, Birmingham, AL
UAB at UAT, Regional Invitational exhibition, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2001 First Annual Juried Exhibition, Regional, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham, AL
Juror Wendy Jarvis, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
UAB 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, (Award of Distinction),Regional, Birmingham, AL
Juror Mark Messersmith, Florida State University
2000 Brenau Collaborative, Regional Juried Show, Brenau Presidents Gallery, Gainesville, GA
Grants and Awards
2007 Tucson Pima Arts Council, Plugged Video Collective Operations Grant
Tucson Arts Coalition, PerformIT festival Operations Grant
2006 Barbara Grygutis Scholarship, University of Arizona
Dennis Jones/Steelcase Scholarship, University of Arizona
Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant
2005 College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence Award, University of Arizona
College of Fine Arts Small Grant Award, University of Arizona
Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant
Medici Grant, University of Arizona
Stephen Langmade Scholarship, University of Arizona
2004 Josette Pignato Scholarship, University of Arizona
1999 Jessica Loftis Memorial Scholarship, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School, AL
Marie Kirkland Scholarship, Royal Neighbors Association
Brenau University Presidential Scholarship
Service / Outreach
Plugged Women’s Video Art Collective, Co-Director, Tucson, AZ
PerformIT 2007, Co-curated, co-founded, co-organized the first Tucson
Performance Art Festival
Her Shorts: Women’s International Video Art Festival, Co-curated, co-founded,
co-organized the annual festival,first screened in 2006, in Tucson, AZ
2005 One Night Stand, Exhibition Co-Curated with Alan Skees, Fremont House, Tucson, AZ
Dinnerware Contemporary Arts: 24th Annual Art Auction, Auction Donation, Tucson, AZ
2004 Imagination Festival, Children’s Art Fair Project Leader, Birmingham, AL
Raise the Voice, 2nd Annual Art Auction benefiting Rape Response and Crisis Center, Auction Donation, Birmingham, AL
2003 Art From The Heart, Auction Donation, Studio By the Tracks, Birmingham, AL
Raise the Voice, 1st Annual Art Auction benefiting Rape Response and Crisis Center, Auction Donation, Birmingham, AL
Bibliography
2006 Eichenbaum, Randi, “Not So ‘Desperate’ Housewives,” Arizona Daily Wildcat, Sept. 7, p.15,21
Mirocha, Anna, “Creativity Begins at Home,” Tucson Weekly, Aug 31-Sept 6, p27.
2005 Bovee, Katherine, “Maintain Full Speed,” www.portlandart.net Sept. 2005.
2000 Photographs Ballerina and Dancer published in literary magazine, The Elixir
Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia