Gwyn Pevonka
575 Queen STreet · Boone, nc · 28608
(910)612-4875· pevonkagm@appstate.edu
EDUCATION
2007-Present
Appalachian State University Boone, NC, BFA Studio Art. Double Primary Concentration: Painting and Sculpture. Expected to Graduate in Spring 2011.
EXPERIENCE
2010
Teaching Assistant. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Painting II. Professor-Ali Raza.
Front Desk and Shop Volunteer, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC.
Assistant on Pour Team. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Installation Team. Rosen Sculpture Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
2009
Vice President of Student Art League. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Art Director. Camp Tecumseh, Brookston, IN.
Assistant on Pour Team. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
2008
Head Chair of the Art Committee. The Peel Literary Arts Magazine, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
AWARDS
2010
Plemmons Student Union Purchase Award, Art Expo, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Belk Library Purchase Award, Art Expo, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Art Expo Faculty Choice Award- Painting Category
2010-2007
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Dean’s List
2003
Student Artist of the Year
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Foundry:
Bronze, aluminum, iron
Mold-making:
Resin-bonded
Wood:
General shop equipment, carving, lamination
Ceramics:
Hand building, throwing, glazing, wood fire kiln preparation, kiln operation.
Photography:
35mm and Digital, darkroom and film processing equipment and process
Painting:
Building and stretching canvas
EXHIBITIONS
2010
Lines, Koncepts Lounge, Boone, NC. Solo Exhibition.
The Sketchbook Project, Traveling Exhibition Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, NY. Group Exhibition.
New Acquisitions, Looking Glass Gallery, Boone, NC. Group Exhibition.
Artrageous, Wrightsville Beach, NC. Art Walk. Annual Summer Festival.
Koncepts in Art featuring its inaugural exhibition Salon des Refuses Boone, NC.
Art Expo, Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC. Annual Juried Show.
2009
Molding and Casting, The Collective, Boone, NC. Class Exhibition.
HalloweeNth, Nth Gallery, Boone, NC. Annual Group Exhibition.
2008
Art Expo, Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC. Annual Juried Show.
COLLECTIONS
2010
Plemmons Student Union Permanent Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Belk Library Permanent Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2010-2008
Wood Firing with Mark Peters of Pine Root Pottery Studio. Bakersville, NC
2009
Iron Pour at Bervard Community College, Bervard, NC.
Iron Pour at Appalachain State University, Boone, NC.
Cast Iron Conference, Sloss Furnaces. Birmingham, AL.
2008
Iron Pour at ETSU, Eastern Tennessee, TN.
MEMBERSHIP
2010
Cameron Art Museum Member, Willmington, NC (One year membership) .
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