Profile
Selected works
Art faculty
 
John W. Oakes
Professor
270 745 5931
john.oakes@wku.edu
Ivan Wllson Center for Fine Arts 461
At home on tour
   
 


  Education
   
  1975 Harvard University, Certificate in Arts Administration.
1973 University of Iowa, Master of Fine Arts/terminal degree Major Area: Painting; Minor Area: Creative Photography.
 
1966 University of Iowa, Master of Arts degree
Major Area: Painting; Minor Area: Creative Photography.
 
1964 Western Kentucky University, Ogden Scholarship,
Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude
Major: Art: Minors: English, Economics and Sociology.
 
1962 Art Students League of New York, Albert Dorne Scholar
 


    Selected Exhibitions
     
  August and September 2003. Exhibited five engravings in the fifth edition of "The International Small Engraving Salon Carbunari 2003". Juried Exhibition at the Florean Museum in Maramures, Romania.
  January 10 -26, 2003
Two paintings on exhibit at:
Ter Dilft, Cultural Centre of Bornem, Belgium.
  January 31 -February 15, 2003. De Ploter, Cultural Centre of Ternat, Belgium.
  February 21 -March 3, 2003 De Bosuil, Cultural Centre of Overijse, Belgium.
  March 14 -March 30, 2003 Casino, Cultural Centre of Koksijde, Belgium.
  April 4 - April 20, 2003. Het Loo, Cultural Centre of Tessenderlo, Belgium.
2003 Intaglio print on exhibit in the exhibition "Self-portraits and Secrets" to be shown in record stores in a traveling exhibition in North Sydney, Australia
 
2003. Digital print on exhibit in "Dormant/Potent" exhibition organized by artist Laura Dunn in Biddleford, Maine February
 
2003 Sense of Place exhibition at The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado.
2003 Collage exhibition Quebec, Canada
2002 Abstraction exhibit in Brussels, Belgium
  2002 "At Home On Tour" exhibit presented at Ruby Green Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee in October.
  2002 Two paintings on exhibit at:
De Borre, Cultural Centre of Bierbeek, Belgium.
  2002 Casino, Cultural Centre of Houthalen, Belgium; December 6 - 22, 2002
 
  2002 20th Annual All Kentucky Juried Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY.
 
  2001 One Man Show: Landscapes of Scotland, Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Bowling Green, KY.
  2001 One man Show: Landscapes of Scotland, International Highland Games Exhibit, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Lucas, KY
     
    Awards
    Catherine Coogan Ward Feminist Action Award
    Academic of Italy with Gold Medal
    1 Best of Show for painting
    5 First Prizes for painting
    1 Second Prize for painting
    11 third prizes for painting
    2 Honorable Mentions for painting
    1 First Prize for photography
    2 Second Prizes for photography
    4 Third Prizes for photography
    4 Honorable Mentions for photography
    1 First Prize for printmaking
   

1 First Prize for drawing

     
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