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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts
The Pennsylvania State University – University Park, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Western Illinois University – Macomb, Illinois
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Americans Looking In - Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Spring Fever - curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Treat Gallery, online
2019 Moon Creeper - Solo Exhibition - Union Gallery, University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS
PULSE Art Fair - Miami Beach, FL
Satellite Art Show - Brooklyn, NY
Fall 2019 Group Exhibition - Orchard Art Collective - Philadelphia, PA
Build & Fabricate: online, two-person exhibition - GHOST - Omaha, NE
Sun Dogs - Solo Exhibition - UNDRground Contemporary Arts - Grand Island, NE
Treat America Project - Treat Gallery Instagram Takeover & Exhibition Series:
Foley Gallery, New York, NY
OSNY Project Space - New York, NY
Satellite Art Show, SXSW - Austin, TX
5th International Exhibition of New Media Art - CICA Museum - Gimpo-si, Korea
Invited Alumni Exhibition - Western Illinois University Art Gallery - Macomb, IL
In Congruity: DoVA Faculty Exhibition - Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, Hastings College - Hastings, NE
2018 Cubed Luminous - Pensacola Museum of Art, University of West Florida - Pensacola, FL
Barnstorm, PUNCH Projects - Ellensburg, WA
Small Works 2018 - Online Exhibition - Trestle Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
Staring into Space - Curated by Behnaz Farahi, Mid-America College Art Association, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Future Artifact: Creative Tech Week Exhibition - Plexus Projects - Brooklyn, NY
Jordan Buschur, Bubblegum & Whiskey, & Chris Drobnock – James May Gallery – Appleton, WI
Yonder Dreams - Solo Exhibition - Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, Hastings College - Hastings, NE
2017 Young at Art – Roxbury Arts Center – Roxbury, NY
Tidal Shifts – Art Museum of South Texas – Corpus Christi, TX
Retro Future - Miranda Kuo Gallery - NYC
2016 International Exhibition of Contemporary Illustration – CICA Museum – Gimpo-si, Korea
Politics and Power – Juried Exhibition – Ann Street Gallery – Newburgh, NY
It Can Happen Here - Juried Exhibition - Arts & Literature Laboratory - Madison, WI
Tastemakers II – Juried Exhibition – Court Tree Collective & Treat Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Tying The Knot – Benefit Exhibition – San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles – San Jose, CA
Sweet Spot – Juried Exhibition - Treat Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Art & Oddities - Benefit Exhibition - Second Sight Project, Sign House 735, Columbus, OH
Peace Among Savages: The Gun Show – Juried Exhibition-Amos Eno Gallery–Brooklyn, NY
Fun Size – Group Exhibition - Treat Gallery – NYC
Art with Impact - Benefit Exhibition - AWI Foundation - San Francisco, CA
2015 InLiquid v.15 – InLiquid - Philadelphia, PA
Wham-O! – Artists’ Milepost – Portland, OR
International Small Works Exhibition – Kirkland Art Gallery – Clinton, NY
2014 Art + Architecture - Philadelphia Center for Architecture – Philadelphia, PA
Unmarked - The Active Space – Brooklyn, NY
Digital Hand - Gallery 709 – Pittsburgh, PA
Heroes & Villains - Arc Gallery – Chicago, IL
Painting Now - Florence Quatar Gallery – Southwest University of Visual Arts – Tucson, AZ
Small Pleasures - Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
InLiquid v.14 - InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Contemporary Still Life - Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, AR
2012 Collage & Assemblage - Winner, 2nd Place, Eastern New Mexico University- Roswell, NM
Plein Aire - Winner, Best in Show, The Penn State Theater- State College, PA
2010 Tapped - Manifest Gallery- Cincinnati, OH
3rd Annual College Invitational - Figge Art Museum- Davenport, IA
AWARDS & GRANTS
2018 Trustee Innovation Grant, Hastings College Foundation - Hastings College, Hastings, NE
Service Learning Grant - Hastings College, Hastings, NE
2014 Gerald Davis Painting Prize – The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Visual Arts Professional Travel Grant – The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2010 University Gallery Purchase Award – Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2009 William B. & Jo Ann Sanders Scholarship – Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
2019 CICA Museum / CICA Press, “Post-Human: New Media Art 2020” forthcoming
SLAG MAG, “Bubblegum & Whiskey” * Volume I, Issue 4: Rurality
2018 “Bubblegum & Whiskey.” Featured Artist. Artist Studios, AS | Mag. The Journal.
Medium.com/as-mag. June 2018.
Genevieve Randall, NETNebraska.org "Friday Live: Homestead, String Beans, Chiara, Chadron Debussy, and More..." January 12, 2018 radio interview
Laura Eppinger, "The Highs and Lows of Daily Life"
January 31, 2018
2017 Courtney Simchak, “Volume 8, Issue 2” Newfound.org bubblegum-whiskey/ October 1, 2017
2016 “Bubblegum & Whiskey” Young-Space.com
“Kevin Mercer” Dialgoist.org, October 1, 2016.
Kevin Mercer, “In This, Our Darkest Year” AlebrijesLit.org, July 1, 2016.
Kevin Mercer, “A Life of Steam – Steam Man – Man of Steam – A Man of Light & Steam – Working Titles” Newsletter, September 1, 2016.
2014 “Kevin Mercer – Pittsburgh, PA” 365Artists365Days.com, December 28, 2014.
Dante Brebner, “Margaret Noel and Kevin Mercer Jr. – Collage and Mixed Media Object” , April 1 2014.
2011 Jason Franz / Manifest Gallery, “Manifest Volume Fifty-One” Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Art, Gallery Director & Digital Fabrication Coordinator
Hastings College - Hastings, Nebraska
August, 2019 – May, 2020
Visiting Instructor of Art, Gallery Director & Digital Fabrication Coordinator
Hastings College – Hastings, Nebraska
August, 2018 – May, 2019
Adjunct Instructor of Art, Gallery Director & Digital Fabrication Coordinator
Hastings College - Hastings, Nebraska
August, 2017 – May, 2018
Professional Assistant Professor
& University Galleries Manager
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
January, 2016 – May, 2017
Construction & Facilities Coordinator
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July, 2014 – March, 2015
Wood / Metal Shop Technician
The Pennsylvania State University
School of the Visual Arts
University Park, Pennsylvania
July, 2013 – May, 2014
Instructor of Record, 2D & 3D Foundations
The Pennsylvania State University
School of the Visual Arts
University Park, Pennsylvania
August, 2013 – May, 2014
Teaching Assistant
Art 020: Introductory Drawing
The Pennsylvania State University
School of the Visual Arts
University Park, Pennsylvania
January, 2013 – May, 2013