CURRICULUM VITA

Greg Fuqua
Home Address:
1322 Carroll Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 231-7178

Academic Preparation

2000   Master of Fine Arts
Major: Painting
Department of Art
                     New Mexico State University          

1994   Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Printmaking
University of Iowa
               Department of Art and Art history
                                                                2006              
                                                    (group shows)            

          -"8th Annual Abstraction International Online Juried Art Exhibition",                                
            Special Recognition Merit Award, Upstream People Gallery,                             
            Oct. 31st, upstreampeoplegallery.com.                                              
          -"Driven To Abstraction Exhibition", Third Place Award Winner,                     
            Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Aug. 19th- Sept. 22nd.                           
          -2006 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, juror, Manon Slome           
            Agora Gallery, New York, NY. July 21-August 10                                  
          -AbstractEXPOsure National Juried On-line Exhibition, July 1st-                                         
            September 31st, at abstractexposure.com                                               
          -"Radical Nature" Solo Exhibition, University Unitarian                                     
             Gallery, June 5th- July 1st, Ames, IA.                                                         
          -"Art on Paper 2006" National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation                                   
             of Art, Annapolis, MD, March 17th-April 29th.                                                                  
          -"Nancie Mattice Award, International Juried Exhibition",                                                   
             Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN, Feb.13th-Mar. 11th.                                            
          -"Breaking Creative Barriers: Art and Science Exhibition"                                         
            Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA, April 4-16th.
                                         
                                                      (solo show)                                       
         -"Primal Universe", Solo Internet Exhibition Award, Caladan Gallery,              
            Dec.10th- Jan. 12th.                                       
                         
                                             (Academic Distinctions)           
           -Iowa Arts Council Mini-grant Award                                                             
           -Juror and Speaker, Heart of Iowa Conference Art Exhibition, Story               
             City, IA March 3rd.                                                                            
           -Community Outreach: ArtFest '06 mural, Ames High School                         
             Drawing Workshops  (Fall'06)               
                                    
                                                              2005       
                                               (Group, small group and solo)   

           -"Mandalas: Conscious Maps of Order", Caladan Gallery, Juried  Internet Exhibition, Solo                       
               Exhibition Award Winner. Dec. 5th- Jan. 4.
           -"Mark the Line", National Drawing Exhibition, Southeastern
              Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University,
              Hammond, Louisiana, Oct. 6th-Nov. 6th.        
          -"Contemporary Drawing 2005", National Juried Exhibition, TW Wood  
             Gallery and Arts Center, Montpelier VT, Aug.1                    
          -"30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Juried Exhibition",                             
             Bradley University, Peoria IL, Dec. '04-May '05.                                            
                          
                                                  (Academic distinctions)
         - Co-director, International Symposium and Exhibition, 05'-'06                           
            Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Grant Award:          
            "Breaking Creative Barriers: The Arts and Sciences in Collaboration."    
         - Guest Juror Design Studies Final Project Review, Spring '05, ISU.               
                                                                   2004
                                                                (solo)
                - "Nature's Energy", One-person show, On Q- art gallery,                          
                   Lubbock, Texas, Mar. 1st- Apr. 3rd                                             
                                                           (Two-person)   
                - Two-Person Invitational Exhibition, Peoples Gallery, El                             
                   Paso City Hall, El Paso, Texas, Aug. 4th- Oct. 29th                        
                                                   (Academic Distinctions)                
               - Excellence in Teaching Award, Fall Semester, Interfraternity                                              
                 University Council. Iowa State University.                                                  
               - Director, "Open Discussions," A monthly Interdisciplinary                                              
                 Critique Forum for graduates and upper-level undergrads. Texas Tech School of Art.
               - Guest Juror, Graduate Final Reviews, MFA Program, TTU.                    
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                                                              2003-2000  
                                                                (Solo)  
                - "Inner Work", New Paintings and Drawings, one-person show,                
                   Las Cruces Museum or Fine Art, Jan. 2nd- Jan. 30th                                       
                                                                (Group)        
                -Texas Tech University Faculty Exhibition, Landmark Gallery,                            
                    Sept.12th-Oct.24th.                                                                     
                - New Mexico State University Faculty Exhibition, New Mexico                      
                   State Art Gallery, Jan.26th- Feb. 28th                                            
                - El Paso Community College Faculty Art Exhibition, AS Building, El Paso,        
                   TX, Oct. 9th-Oct. 27th.                                                                       
                - "National Drawing 2001", National Juried Exhibition, Mesa                      
                   Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona. April 27th-June 1st                     
                - El Paso Arts International Juried Competition,International Museum          
                  of Art, El Paso, Texas, Aug.26-Sept.23                                    
                - "What Is Drawing Now?" National Juried Exhibition, Weber State                  
                   University, Feb.7-March10, Juror, Jane Fudge, Curator of Modern and                 
                   Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum.                               
                - "Labeled and Ready", National Juried Student Exhibition.                                            
                   The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Mar.17-Apr.1                               
                - "SWAP", Graduate exchange show, University of Arizona,                        
                    Rotunda Gallery. March 17th-April 1st.                                                             
                                                     (Academic Distinction)           
                - NMSU Janet Swenson Memorial Scholar.                                            

                                        References available upon request                                      
                                                     2009-2010    
     
                                                 (group)
       -
Third Place Award Octagon's 42nd Annual National All Media Juried Exhibit, OctagonCenter for the Arts,     
            
Ames, IA, Jan
          
 8th- Apr. 3rd  
       -Drawing Discourse, Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, University of
          North Carolina-Asheville, Tucker-Cooke Gallery Jan.12-Feb. 2, 2010
       -BIG -UNS Group Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition, Hollingsworth Gallery,
         Palm Coast, Florida Sept 12th - Oct.5th
       -Texas National 2009 Exhibition, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches,  TX. April 4 - May 17.
       -Paperworks: On and of Paper Exhibition, University of West Florida
         Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida, Jan. 15th- Feb. 6th
                                           
                                                        2008
     
                                                  (invite)
       -Large Works Show, ICON, Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery,
        Fairfield, Iowa, Nov. 9th-Jan.2nd.

                                                       (group)
       -2007 Manifest iNDA, International Drawing Annual Exhibition-in-Print.
         Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press.
       -40th Annual Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition,
        Octagon Center For The Arts, Ames, IA, Jan. 11th-March 30th.
       -22nd International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey,
         Carter Foster, Curator of Drawings, Whitney, Feb. 8th-March 24th.
                                                
                                                       2007
     
                                          (Academic Distinction)
       -Featured Artist, "At the Intersection of Science and Art",
ArtScene,
          Issue12, Dec. 2007, Cathy Wilke, Senior Editor.
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                                               (solo show)
       -Project Art, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
          Gallery III, Iowa City, IA. Dec. 14th- Feb. 8th.

                                               (group shows)
       -Best of Show, "Contemporary Symbolism", Juried exhibition, Prairie State  
         College,Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, Oct. 9th-Nov. 8th.
       -"Breaking Barriers 2: Art and Science Exhibition", Iowa State          
         University, Memorial Union, Pioneer Gallery, Sept, 20th-Nov. 12th.
       -49th International Award Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, Norman
          Bryson, Juror, April 29th-June 11th.                                           
       -16th Annual Emerging Artists 2007, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY     
         April 5th-28th, 2007.                                                                  
Selected Exhibitions and Academic Distinctions