CV
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts
The Pennsylvania State University – University Park, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Western Illinois University – Macomb, Illinois
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Affordable Art Fair (Fall)- exhibiting with Treat Gallery, NY, NY
Grey Area - Treat Gallery, online
Affordable Art Fair (Spring)- exhibiting with Treat Gallery, NY, NY
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”
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" https://newfound.org/tag/bubblegum-whiskey/
January 31, 2018
2017 Courtney Simchak, “Volume 8, Issue 2” Newfound.org http://www.Newfound.org/current-issue/visual-arts- bubblegum-whiskey/ October 1, 2017
2016 “Bubblegum & Whiskey” Young-Space.com
http://www.young-space.com/blog/2016/11/bubblegum-whiskey?rq=bubblegum
“Kevin Mercer” Dialgoist.org, October 1, 2016. http://www.Dialogist.org
Kevin Mercer, “In This, Our Darkest Year” AlebrijesLit.org, July 1, 2016. http://www.AlebrijesLit.org
Kevin Mercer, “A Life of Steam – Steam Man – Man of Steam – A Man of Light & Steam – Working Titles” Newsletter, September 1, 2016. http://www.UnitedProjectsNewsletter.com
2014 “Kevin Mercer – Pittsburgh, PA” 365Artists365Days.com, December 28, 2014. http://www.365artists365days.com
Dante Brebner, “Margaret Noel and Kevin Mercer Jr. – Collage and Mixed Media Object” www.SmallPleasures.org, April 1 2014. http://www.smallpleasures.org
2011 Jason Franz / Manifest Gallery, “Manifest Volume Fifty-One” Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Digital Media Arts & Animation
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Illinois
August, 2021 - Present
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