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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2016
– Griffith Gallery
, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
– REM Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2014
– REM Gallery, "Concrete Poetry and Other Poems in Gray," San Antonio, Texas

2010 
– South West School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas

2006
– Art Gallery, Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas

2003   
– Amarillo Museum of Art
, "Kent Rush: Works on Paper," Amarillo, Texas

2002
– Legion Arts/CSPS,
"Kent Rush: Photographs," Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1998
– McNay Art Museum-"Kent Rush: A Retrospective," San Antonio, Texas

1995
– [ArtPace], "Long Shots: Camera Images by Kent Rush," San Antonio, Texas

1994  
– Martin Museum of Art, "Kent Rush: Photography," Baylor University, Waco, Texas

1993    
– Richard Levy Gallery, "Kent Rush: Recent Photographs," Albuquerque, New Mexico

1992 
– Dowd Fine Arts Center Gallery, Recent Works of Kent Rush," State University (SUNY) College at
   Cortland, New York

1990    
– University of New Mexico Art Museum, "Kent Rush: Recent Work," Albuquerque, NM
– Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, "Kent Rush: Grabados," Lima, Perú
– The Photographer's Gallery, "Kent Rush: Embankments," London, England

1988   
– Art Space, "Kent Rush: Embankments," Los Angeles, California
– Galeria Del Taller De Las Artes Plásticas, "Rufino Tamayo", "Obra Gráfica de Quince Años de
   Trabajo del Maestro Kent Rush," Oaxaca, México

1984   
– Bluxome Gallery, "Kent Rush: Paintings and Limited Edition Book, 'Snake'," San Francisco, California
– McNay Art Museum, "Kent Rush: Snake," San Antonio, Texas

1982
– University of Wisconsin, "Kent Rush: Lithographs and Works on Paper," Department of Visual Arts Gallery, Superior

1979
– Dorothy Katz Gallery, "Kent Rush: Lithographs and Mixed Media Paintings," San Antonio, Texas

1977
– McNay Art Museum, "Kent Rush: Works on Paper," San Antonio, Texas

1976
– Montalvo Center for the Arts, "Kent Rush: Lithography and Collage," Saratoga, California

 

SELECTED GROUP and COMPETITIVE EXHIBITIONS:

2016
"A Plastic Practice: The Still-life in Contemporary Art," Terminal 136, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
"Icons and Symbols of the Borderland," Mexicarte Gallery, Austin, TX
"Stand Out Prints," juror: Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, St. Louis Art Museum, Highpoint Center for Prints, Minneapolis, MN

2015
"Hare and Hound Press + artpace: The Art of Collaboration," curated by Amada Cruz, Hudson Showroom, artpace, San Antonio, TX
"Recycled, Repurposed, Reborn: Collage and Assemblage," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
"Hand Pulled Prints," juror: Ruth Lingen, master printer/papermaker, Pace Editions, NYC.Onsite Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
– "Icons and Symbols of the Borderland," Centenial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso, TX

2014 
– "Sei per Sei: Six Texas Visionary Artists," Spazio Imago (as part of Arezzo & Fotografia 2014), curated and created by Dr. David Lewis, Professor, of Art History, Stephen F. Austin State University, (gallery), Arezzo, Italy
REM Gallery, "Victoria Suescum and Kent Rush," two person exhibition, San Antonio, Texas

2013 
Abercrombie Gallery, "26th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition," McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Judge: Claudia Schmuckli, Director, Blaffer Art Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

2012
McNay Art Museum, "Drawn Forth: Contemporary Drawings from the Collection (McNay Art Museum)," San Antonio, Texas
Museum of Printing History, "James Hajicek, Kent Rush and Paul Thirkell: Contemporary Collotypes," (Fotofest participating exhibition), Houston, Texas

2011
Martin Museum of Art, "Andrew DeCaen, Dennis Olsen and Kent Rush," invitational print exhibition, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2010
Leipzig Lichtdruck Kunst Gallery, "Hajicek, Rush, Thirkell: Contemporary Collotypes," Leipzig, Germany

2009
Springfield Art Museum "Prints USA 2009" Cash Award, , Jurors: Jerry Berger, Director; Sarah Buhr, Curator of Collections; Chalen Philips, Curator of Exhibitions Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

2008
McNay Art Museum, "American Art Since 1945: In a New Light," opening exhibition of the permanent collection in the newly constructed Jane and Arthur Stieren Wing, San Antonio, Texas

2007
– “Collotypes,” Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2006   
– "St. Bride Printing Library Collotype Exhibition," organized by Dr. Paul Thirkell, London, UK

2005
– “Anomalies,”(four person) Fort Worth Community Art Center Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

2003    
– "16th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition," McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana

2001   
– "Boston Printmakers 2001 North American Print Exhibition," 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston,
   Massachusetts

2000    
– Institute Franco-American, "U.S. Printmakers: The Artist Inker's Almanac," Rennes, France

1997   
– New York Artist's Book and New Editions Fair (Richard Levy Gallery), the Drawing Center, New York,
   New York

1996 
– Southeast Museum of Photography, "FRESH WORK," Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona
   Beach, Florida

1995   
– Art Chicago '95 (Richard Levy Gallery), Chicago, Illinois

1994   
– Diverse Works, "Drawing/Crossing the Line", Houston, TX
– The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York

1992    
– Art St Louis, "1991 M-AAA Award Winning Photographers," St. Louis, Missouri

1988   
– Lawndale Art and Performance Center, "Texas: Exploring the Boundaries" (FOTOFEST '88), Houston,
   Texas
– Museu de Arte Contemporanea Internacional, "Papel Arte", Bahia, Brasil

1987
– Laguna Gloria Art Museum, "Texas Annual '87", Austin, TX

1986
– Museu de Arte Contemporanea Internacional, "Papel Arte", Bahia, Brasil
– San Antonio Museum of Art, "Nine Texas Artist Printmakers", TX

1985
– Lawndale Art and Performance Center, "Discoveries II," Houston, TX
– Museo del Chopo, "La Exposición Bienal De La Facultud De La UTSA", Mexico City, México.

1984
– UCLA Art Library/ Dickson Art Center, "Artist's One of A Kind Books", Los Angeles
– Olin Fine Arts Gallery, Washington and Jefferson College, "Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show" (Prize Award), Washington, PA

1983
– World Print Council Gallery, "Prints from the California College of Arts and Crafts", San Francisco
– Art Space, "Kent Rush: Paintings," Los Angeles

1982
– Bradford Galleries, "Seventh British International Print Biennale," Bradford, England

1981
– Art Space, "Douglas Meyer/Kent Rush," Los Angeles, CA

1980
– Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan and
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "Cliche-Verre: Hand-Drawn, Light-Printed"

1979
– Witte Memorial Museum, "Paperworks: An Exhibition of Texas Artists," San Antonio, TX

1978
– New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, "First Southeast Graphics Annual"

1977
– Madison Art Center, "Works on Paper by Contemporary American Artists", Madison, WI

1976
– Koehler Cultural Center, San Antonio College, "2nd Annual Regional Invitational", San Antonio, TX

1975
– Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, "1975 Santa Fe Biennial," Santa Fe, NM
– Southern Connecticut State College, "In Their Own Image?", New Haven

1974
– University of Northern Illinois, "Exposure '74", DeKalb.

1973
– "Contemporary Prints from American Universities", USIA traveling exhibition: Aman, Jordan; Bangkok, Thailand; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Islamabad, Pakistan; Kinshasa, Zaire; Lima, Peru; Lisbon, Portugal; Manila, Philippines; Ottawa, Canada; Santiago, Chile; La Paz, Bolivia)

1972
– San Jose Museum of Art, "3rd Annual Regional Art Competition," San Jose, CA

1971
– Oakland Museum, "Phelan Awards: Photography 1971", Oakland, CA

1970
– Indianapolis Museum of Art, "Young Printmakers 1970", IN

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
Auchenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
Centre for Fine Print Research, U. of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, Artist's Book Collection
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Instituto de Obra Gráfica de Oaxaca, México
J.S. Blanton Museum of Art, Print Collection, University of Texas, Austin
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Museu de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional, Brazíl
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Photography Collection, Houston, Texas
Oakland Museum, Print Collection, California
Palmaz Vineyards, Napa, California
Southern Graphics Council Print Archives, University of Mississippi
SBC Center, San Antonio, Texas
Trinity University, Elizabeth Coates Maddux Library, Rare Book Collection
University of New Mexico, University Art Museum, Tamarind Archives
USIA, Washington, D.C.

 

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS:

– Senior Fulbright Fellowship, Research/Lectureship, Oaxaca, México, 1988
– Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Artist's Fellowship in Photography, 1991-92
– Partners of the Americas Grant, Lima, Perú , 1990
– Artist-in-Residence, Tamarind Institute, 1991
– Invited, Participating Artist, 9th Drake Print Symposium, Drake University, 1990
– Faculty Research Leave - Fall Semester 2003 & 2009, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
– Faculty Research Award, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 1994,
– President's Distinguished Achievement Award in Creative Activities,  University of Texas, San
   Antonio, 1990-91