Kevan Joseph O’Connor
KevanJosephArt@gmail.com | KevanJoseph.Art | 615 . 498 . 8873
Instagram: @Kevan_Joseph
Artist Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Lee University, Cleveland, TN
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Literature | 2011
Visual art, studied under:
Mary Mathias-Dickerson, oil painting + art history
Amy Krimsier Sterling, drawing + painting
Tammy O’Connor, glasswork + art history
Shows, Exhibits, and Collaborations:
Webb School of Knoxville, “Artxtravaganza” annual juried art show
Knoxville, TN | March 2024
Number:inc Magazine / Rock Wall Gallery – “Cosa Nostra” group show
Tender After All exhibited
Nashville, TN | February - March 2024
Vol State Gallery – “Locus Solus”, group show curated by Lain York, manager of Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville
How To Hold Something In Your Hands and Glacially exhibited
Gallatin, TN | November 2023 - January 2024
Cëcret by Cë Gallery – “Group Show No. 2, Inside Historic Merritt Mansion”
Chasing The End Of The String exhibited
Nashville, TN | July 2023
Red225 Gallery — “CLUMSY”, solo
Nashville, TN | May 2023
Webb School of Knoxville, “Artxtravaganza” annual juried art show
Knoxville, TN | March 2023
Rockwall Gallery — An Unfinished Works Group Show
Untitled Canvas exhibiting
Nashville, TN | March 2023
Nashville Soccer Club “Soundwaves” Gallery — “Nashville In Rhythm” group show
The Nature Of Escape selected
Nashville, TN | Spring 2023
Red225 Gallery — “A Taste of Things to Come” group show
Chrysalis and Chandelier in My Chest selected
Nashville, TN | February 2023
Stamford Art Association — “Faber Birren 42nd National Color Award Exhibit”
Juried by Laura G. Einstein, Manager at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhale, 1 selected
Stamford, CT | December 2022
Galerie Tangerine — “December Salon Show”
Analogies 1 and 2, and Intersections 1 and 2 selected
Nashville, TN | December 2022
The Art Center – “Contemporary Abstract”
The Nature of Escape and Looking Over My Shoulder exhibited
Dover, NH | November - December 2022
Montgomery Bell Academy’s Annual Juried Art Show
Nashville, TN | November 2022
Rockwall Gallery – “A Group Show For October”
Chrysalis and Exhale, 1 exhibited
Nashville, TN | October - November 2022
San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center – “In The Abstract”, virtual juried event
Unobserved Roots selected for Southern California Open Regional Exhibition
Encino, CA | March 2022
Cëcret by Cë Gallery – Kevan Joseph O’Connor and Lance Scruggs
Two person show for Gallery debut opening show
Nashville, TN | February 2022
Cëcret by Cë Gallery - SohoHouse Nashville Opening - Featured on SohoHouse.com
Six paintings exhibited for private Art Walk
Nashville, TN | January 2022
Tennessee Titans Foundation, Fort Houston Group Show and Gala — “Titans Art Show”
Unobserved Roots exhibited
Nashville, TN | December 2021
University School of Nashville fundraiser, Beveled donated to school auction
Nashville, TN | November 2021
Montgomery Bell Academy’s Annual Juried Art Show
Nashville, TN | November 2021
Artclectic: University School of Nashville Annual Juried Art Show
Nashville, TN | October 2021
Hendersonville Library Gallery Featured Visual Artist
Hendersonville, TN | October 2021
Brentwood Library Gallery Featured Visual Artist
Brentwood, TN | August 2021
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art – “Emergence” Group Exhibit
An Analogy for Vulnerability and Abundance / Nurturing displayed
Tuscumbia, AL | June 2021
The Holy Art Gallery – “Nostalgia” Virtual Group Exhibit
Winner, First Place
Sibling Trust, The Space Between My Words, and The Questions Don’t Have To Go Away exhibited
London, UK | April 2021
Centennial Art Center’s Holiday Art Exhibition
Nashville, TN | Dec 2020
Montgomery Bell Academy’s Annual Juried Art Show
Nashville, TN | November 2020
Frothy Monkey Coffee House - 2020 Featured Exhibiting Artist
Franklin, TN | Spring 2020 – 2021
East Nashville Holiday Market
Nashville, TN | Dec 2019
Centennial Art Center’s Holiday Art Exhibition
Nashville, TN | Nov 2019
Art Night Market at POPSTART Art Gallery
Nashville, TN | Nov 2019
Crafting Change benefit fundraiser for The Family Center
Nashville, TN | Nov 2019
Nashville Public Library at Green Hills, Featured Visual Artist
Nashville, TN | Oct 2019
Jazzmania Fundraiser, two donated paintings for Nashville Jazz Workshop fundraiser
Nashville, TN | Oct 2019
Commissions, Installations, and Published Work:
Beyond Words Literary Magazine
Spirit of Youth published in February edition | 2022
Your Words, A Jetty published in December edition | 2021
Softer In My Desert published in August edition | 2021
@VisionaryArtCollective
When Words Fail -- Virtual Exhibit, Artist Honorable Mention | 2021
Salmon Creek Journal, Vancouver WA
Indebted To Your Kindness published in spring edition | 2021
@HomeStyledNashville, Nashville TN
Featured artist in home staging shoot | 2020
Private recording studio, Nashville TN
Custom painted sound treatment installation | 2019
Wes Pickering, Author, Nashville TN
Paintings and illustrations for book cover | 2019
Immanuel Nashville, Church, Nashville, TN
Painted album artwork for singles, “Shame into Praise” and “Steadfast love” | 2019
Illustrative art for Easter signage | 2018
Related Projects:
Guest Moderator: “Art Talk with Andy Harding” at Tinney Contemporary Gallery
Nashville, TN | May 2021
Creator + Host of “Spirit of Play: Conversations on Creativity” Podcast
Nashville, TN | Feb 2021 - Present