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Christopher Carver

zwd26@yahoo.com

 

Education

 

M.F.A.      

2009

Studio Art, Sculpture

University of North Texas

B.A.A.S.

2006

Arts & Applied Science, focus in Behavior Analysis and Sociology,        minor in Music

 

University of North Texas

A.A.S.

2004 

Avionic Systems Technology   

 

Community College of the Air Force

Exhibitions

 

2011

The Kinsey Institute 2011 Juried Show

SoFA Gallery, Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

 

 

Seattle Erotic Art Festival

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Seattle, WA

 

2010

The Kinsey Institute 2010 Juried Show

SoFA Gallery, Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

 

 

Seattle Erotic Art Festival

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Seattle, WA

 

 

Rochester Erotic Arts Festival

Harro East Ballroom

Rochester, NY

 

 

Faculty Exhibition

Matteson-Parrish Gallery

Conroe, TX

 

2009

Christopher Carver’s MFA Show

Cora Stafford Gallery

Denton, TX

 

 

Magnitude 7

Manifest Gallery

Cincinnati, OH

 

2008

Inner Play

UNT Art Gallery

Denton, TX

 

 

H2OMG!

Ft. Worth Community Arts Center

Ft. Worth, TX

 

 

Voertman Student Art Competition

UNT Art Gallery

Denton, TX

 

 

You Are Here

Clayton House Motel

Denton, TX

 

2007

Voertman Student Art Competition

UNT Art Gallery

Denton, TX

 

 

Free Flat Tops

Maker Faire

Austin, TX

 

Professional Experience

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

University Park Campus; summer 2011

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

Tomball Campus; summer 2011

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Houston Community College System

Pinemont Campus; spring 2011

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Houston Community College System

Northline Campus; spring 2011

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

Montgomery Campus; spring 2011

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

University Park Campus; spring 2011

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Houston Community College System

Pinemont Campus; fall 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

Cy-Fair Campus; fall 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

University Park Campus; fall 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Color Theory; Art Institute

North Houston Campus; summer 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Design Fundamentals; Art Institute

North Houston Campus; summer 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Observational Drawing; Art Institute

North Houston Campus; summer 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art Appreciation; Lone Star College System

University Park Campus; summer 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Art History I; Houston Community College System

Pinemont Campus; spring 2010

 

·        Adjunct Professor; Drawing I & II; Lone Star College System

Montgomery Campus; spring 2010

 

·        Teaching Assistant; Design I; College of Visual Arts and Design

University of North Texas; fall 2009

 

·        Teaching Assistant; Sculpture; College of Visual Arts and Design

University of North Texas; 2008-09

 

·        Area Assistant; College of Visual Arts and Design

University of North Texas; 2007-09

 

·        Motorcycle Rider Coach; Texas Department of Public Safety

Austin, TX; 2001-2011

 

·        Trombone Private Lesson Teacher; Burleson High School

Burleson, TX; fall 2005

 

Grants, Awards, Published Citations

 

·        Herald Times Online; Bloomington; “Kinsey show challenges gallery goers to see age-old subjects from many perspectives”; 05 June, 2011

 

·        Kustom Kulture Blog; Pinstriping.dk; Denmark; “Pinstriping tattoo designed by J. Bram”; 11 December, 2009

 

·        Reader’s Gallery; Finescale.com; Waukesha; “August 2009 Photo Gallery”; 01 August, 2009

 

·        Cash grant; University of North Texas College of Visual Art and Design; 2009

 

·        Auto Art Magazine; “What’s New in Our Industry”; January/February 2009, Volume 10, Issue #58

 

·        Material grant; Chen Tian Toys Industry Co., LTD; 2008

 

·        Deep in the Arts Blog; KERA 90.1FM; Dallas; “1,000 fly traps, 1 unofficial world record, 1 night only”; 08 March, 2008

 

·        Material grant; Woodstream Corporation; 2008

 

·        Austin American Statesman; “A level-headed exhibition among Maker Faire Geeks”; 28 October, 2008

 

 

Technical Abilities

 

·        Metalworking

 

o   Machining; drill, mill, wet/dry saw, plasma cutting, lathe

o   Welding; gas, MIG, TIG, brazing, soldering

o   Roll forming, bending, cold connection

o   Foundry; ceramic shell, sand casting

o   Centrifugal casting

o   Hydraulic die forming

o   Acid etching

o   English wheel

o   Finishing; plating, anodizing, polishing

 

·        Woodworking

 

o   Carving

o   CNC router

o   Wood shop; lathe, joiner, planer, router, saws, sanders

o   Jig building

 

·        Kinetics

 

o   Electromechanical systems

o   Radio frequency circuitry

o   Printed circuit board photo-etching/troubleshooting/assembly

o   Programmable controllers

o   PC interface technologies

 

·        Cold Casting

 

o   Mold making; silicone, plaster, latex, alginate

o   Composite materials; Fiberglas, aramid, carbon fiber

o   Casting; epoxy/polyester resins, wax, clay slip

o   Expanded polystyrene; hot cutting, milling, joinery

o   Vacuum forming

 

·        Fibers

 

o   Basketry

o   Foot treadle (Jack) loom

o   Felting

o   Screen printing

o   Hand dying

o   Sewing; hand, machine, serger

o   Carding/spinning

 

·        2D

 

o   Drawing; charcoal, graphite, pastel, ink

o   Airbrush

o   Basic pinstriping

 

·        Ceramics

 

o   Clay making; mixing, pugging, wedging

o   Throwing; electric wheel

o   Hand building; coil, pinch, slab

o   Slip casting

o   Decorating; slip, carving, glazing, hand alteration

o   Firing; gas, raku, electric

 

·        Other

 

o   Photography; digital SLR

o   Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator

o   Taxidermy; traditional, tanning, freeze-dry

o   Performance art

o   Music; vocals (baritone), tenor trombone, cuica

o   Lighting; optics, gobo manufacture/projection

o   Video; LCD, CRT, digital projection

o   Laser etching/cutting

o   Powdercoating

 

Travel

 

·        Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Cyprus, The Sultanate of Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Mexico

 

 

References

 

·        Bryan Bauhs; Art Instructor; Northeast College; HCC; Houston, TX

o   713-718-2402

 

·        Robby Wood; Professor of Art; Montgomery College, LSC, Houston, TX

o   936-273-7064

 

·        Linda Woodward; Art Department Chair; Montgomery College; Houston, TX

o   936-273-7228

 

·        Jerry Austin; Studio Department Chair; University of North Texas; Denton, TX

o   940-369-7671