Regina Allen, gruvkitty9@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois: MFA in Art Theory and Practice, concentration in painting.

Washington University in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri: BFA in Painting; AB in English Literature.

Graduated with honors

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020     Overview, Landscapes from Above, Saulsbury Gallery, Cultural

            Activities Center, Temple, Texas

            Overview Effect, Old Bakery & Emporium Gallery, Austin, Texas

2019     Overview Effect, ABP Gallery, Austin, Texas

2017     Overview, Central Texas College Gallery, Killeen, Texas

2002     The Girls Next Door, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026    Vantage Point, Central Texas College Gallery, TX

2025    Alumnae Art Exhibit, Harpeth Hall School Gallery, Nashville, TN

2024    The Austin Tour Exhibit, The George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, TX

            Convergence: A Fusion of Form, Frame, and Fantasy, Killeen, TX

            This Land, ArtFluent.com

2023     The People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX

2022     Extinction, Gallerium Art, Ontario, Canada

2021     Water, Downtowner Gallery, Round Rock, Texas

2020     Group Show, Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

2019     Austin Studio Tour, The Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin, Texas

2018     Featured Artist, McCrory Timmerman Gallery, Taylor, Texas

             Big Show, Round Rock Arts, Texas State University, Round Rock, Texas

             The Texas National, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juror: Jed Perl

             Austin Studio Tour, The Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin, Texas

 2016     Naissance, Gallery 701, The Long Center, Austin, Texas

              Full Circle, Central Texas College Gallery, Killeen, Texas

 2015     From Mountains to Sea, Art. Science. Gallery., Austin, Texas    

 2014     EAST Austin Studio Tour, 701 Tillery St Studios, Austin, Texas

              Group Show, Gallery Ware Frames Ltd, Ware, Hertfordshire, England

 2013     Full Circle, Central Texas College Gallery, Killeen, Texas

 2012     Future-Perfect-In-Past Tense, GrayDuck Gallery, Austin, Texas

              The Texas National, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juror: David Hickey

              Presidential Losers, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, Texas, Portraits of all the       

              losing Presidential candidates- Ross Perot.

 2011     EAST Austin Studio Tour, Maison D’Etoile, Austin, Texas

              Brand 40 National Juried Exhibition Works on Paper, Glendale, California,
              Juror: Peter Frank

 2010     The Texas National, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juror: Judy Pfaff

 2009      Be a Doll, Estel Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

              Femme on Femme, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, California

 2007      Battle of the Sexes, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, California

 2006      Black Market, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, California

              Group Show, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, California

              Tar Fest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California

 2005     New American Paintings, Issue #60

              May Feature, Vin Gallery, Austin, Texas

              Just a Taste, Vin Gallery, Austin, Texas

2002      The Girls Next Door (solo show), Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2001      Snow Globe Invitational, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

              Venus, Lyonswier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

              Something Old, Something New, Lyonswier Gallery, New York City, NY

              Artists Alumni, Block Museum, Evanston, Illinois

1998      Group Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

1997      In the Image of Woman, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 

1996      Gary Justis Appoints Three, Lineage Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

              The Navy Pier Show, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

              Surfacing, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois      

AWARDS

Art in Public Places Project, Austin Public Libraries Seven Branches, Selected artist, 2023

Artist Inc. Austin, Fellow, 2016. Professional development seminar for artists. 

Milovich & Harford Award in painting, Washington University in St. Louis, 1990

Edmund Henry Wuerpel Award in painting, Washington University in St. Louis, 1988

 
ILLUSTRATION

Edge of Safety, Bombardier Books, Cover Art, 2022

Jung, Crop Circles & The Re-Emergence of the Archetypal Feminine, North Atlantic Books, Cover Art, 2011

The American Book Review, Cover Art, November/December 2005

Beneath the Axis of Evil, So New Media Books, Cover Art, 2003

The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, Harper Collins, Cover Art, 2002

MEDIA COVERAGE

The Austin Chronicle, Austin Studio Tour is All Over the Map, November 11, 2022  

The Austin Chronicle, WEST Pop-Up at the Neill-Cochran House Museum, May 18, 2018

HuffPost Arts & Culture, Presidential Losers, Featured Art Work, November 15, 2012

Plum Magazine, Featured Artist, Spring/Summer 2008

The Austin Chronicle, Just a Taste, February 2005

The Northwestern Observer, Artists Alumni Show, Review, May 2001

The Chicago Reader, Gary Justus Appoints Three, January 1996
         

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

St. Ermin’s Hotel, London, England

Hyatt Hotel, Atlanta, GA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Central Texas College, Killeen, Texas

August, 2016- present, Professor of Art

August, 2017-present, Gallery Manager

August, 2017- 2022, Visual Arts Program Coordinator

January 2012-August 2016, Adjunct Professor

Drawing I and II, Life Drawing, 2-D Design, Painting I and II, Art Appreciation, and, Art History (including ECHS classes)

Austin Community College, Austin, Texas

2003-2005, Adjunct Associate Professor

2-D Design, Drawing I

Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

2002, Instructor

Drawing I, Painting I

Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2001, Instructor

Beginning & Advanced Watercolor

Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania

2001, Beginning Drawing, Watercolor

Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois

1999-2000, Instructor

Drawing I

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

1999-2000, Instructor

Drawing I, Advanced Drawing, Painting I

The Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1996-99, Art History Seminar for AP History high school students

Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

1995-98, Advanced Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolor, Still Life Drawing, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Painting

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1995, Instructor

2-D Design

COLLEGE SERVICE

Visual Arts Program Coordinator, Central Texas College , 2017-2022

Gallery Director, Central Texas College, 2017-present

Student Show Supervisor, Central Texas College, 2017-present

Institutional Representative for Texas Association of Schools of Art, 2017-2022

Visual Arts Hiring Committee, Central Texas College, 2017-present

Fine Arts Club, Co-Sponsor

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Creative Director:

Baskitz, Los Angeles, CA 2007-2011

Designed and executed corporate gifts, promotional projects, movie studio pitch projects and/or wrap reports, and other gifts or PR projects. Also led production and training.

Decorative painter:

Bella Decorative Painting, Chicago, Illinois. 1997-2000

Co-owner, murals, wall finishes, stenciling, and painted furniture.

Simes Studios, Chicago, Illinois. 1996-97

Mural and decorative arts painter

Kozan Studios, Chicago, Illinois. 1995-96

Mural and decorative arts painter

REFERENCES UPON REQUEST