JOHN VINKLAREK

VITA EDUCATION MFA University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 1973 BFA Technological University, Lubbock EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION 1977- Present Employed as Art Instructor at Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas (2006 Professor) Employed as a Graduate Teaching Fellow and Casting Consultant for the design of a 1975-76 foundry at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

OTHER CAREER EXPERIENCE 1972-74 Employed as an Artisan at Mesa Bronze Art Foundry, Lubbock, Texas

JURIED SHOWS 2019 West Texas Regional Show 3rd prize San Angelo Art Club San Angelo, Texas. Midland Art Association Annual Fall Show honorable mention Midland, Texas. Laredo 30 international exhibit Laredo College, Laredo, Texas. Monmouth Museum National Show Lincroft, New Jersey. Langdon Center National Show Merit Award, Granbury, Texas. 53rd Annual Richardson Art Society Regional show First Prize Graphics Richardson, Texas

2018 52nd Annual National Drawing and Sculpture show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi Texas. 31st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana (Honorable Mention). 5th Annual National Juried Exhibit, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford , Virginia. 31st Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rinelander Wisconsin

2017 51nd Annual National Art Exhibit Del Mar College , Corpus Christi Texas. Langdon Center National Show, Granbury, Texas. Matte Kelly art Center National Show Pleasantville, Florida. South Cobb Art Alliance , Mabelton, Georgia. Bower Center National Show Bedford, Virginia. Crooked Tree National Competition Petosky, Michigan. Topeka Competition- National Show 4 Topeka, Kansas. Mixed media Prize Kendall art Gallery, San Angelo , Texas.

2016 50th annual National Art Exhibit Del mar College Corpus Christi, Texas. Linius Technology and Science show on line Gallery California. Academy Art Center National Competition Lynchburg, Virginia (Merit Award) Rio Brazos 19th Annual National Juried Show, Granbury, Texas (Juror’s Award) Lancaster Art Association, National juried show Strausberg , Pennsylvania (2nd Prize) Midland Art Association Spring national show Museum of the Southwest Midland , Texas. Bower Center Annual National Juried Exhibition 2016 Bedford, Virginia.

2015 Brazos Valley Art League National Juried Exhibition, College Station, Texas (2nd and 3rd prizes in sculpture) Midland Art Association, Texas artists today Juried show, Museum of the southwest , Midland Texas. 36th Annual national Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersy. American Art Salon, 22nd international juried exhibition Art video in Youtube Rio Brazos18th Annual Art Exhibit, Langdon Art Center, Granbury, Texas Brownwood Arts Association Stars of Texas art competition, Brownwood, Texas 49th Annual National Juried show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas Maryland Federation of Art, Eye of the Beholder national juried competition Annapolis , Maryland, Topeka Competition 32, Topeka Public Library-Alice Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, Kansas

2014 2014 Sequim Arts National Show, Sequim Washington. 52nd Annual BAL Show, Beaumont, Texas. 18th Annual Rio Brazos Art Exhibition , Granbury, Texas. Midland Art Association Spring Show, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas. 48th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. 30th Annual Show, North Valley Art League, Redding California. Gulf coast Exhibition, Rockport Art Center, Rockport , Texas.

2013 26th Northern National Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. 2013 Art Kudos On line international competition. www.artkudos.com. 47th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, (honorable Mention) Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas. 36th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition. Maryland Federation of Arts (Juror: Katherine Blood, Curator of fine Prints, Library of congress, Washington D.C.) Texas Spirit Art Show, Old Post Office Museum and Art Center, Graham, Texas. The Machine Art Show, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois. Salmon International Sculpture Competition, San Angelo Museum of fine Art, San Angelo Texas. 15th annual all media online international exhibit Upstream Peoples Gallery. Invitational Show: The Summoned, K-Space Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas.

2012 Industrial Ohio Juried exhibition, Artspace Ohio, Lima, Ohio. The Art of It All, Shy Rabbit contemporary arts, Pagosa Springs, Colorado. 19th annual Natchitoches art Guild Juried Exhibition, Natchitoches, Louisiana-Award for creativity and innovation. My Artspace .com Juried Online Competition, Editor’s Choice Award. Pictures of Nothing , JF Gallery West Palm Beach, Florida. Midland Art Association Spring Competition Midland, Texas. Sequim Arts International Juried Show, Sequim, Washington. Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Strausberg, Pensylvania.

2011 Rio Brazos 15th annual Art Festival Langdon Art Center, Grandbury, Texas. Abilene Arts Council Seuss inspired Sculpture Competition, Abeline, Texas (Purchase Prize) Baker Art Center National Show, Liberal, Kansas (Merit Award). Topeka Competition 31 Topeka , Kansas. Nicolet College National Art Competition, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Third Coast National, Corpus Christi, Texas. Viewpoint 2011 National Exhibition, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, Ohio

2010 Americas 2010, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot North Dakota. 44th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. 23rd National, South Cobb Art Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia. Upstream Peoples on line juried show, (Special Recognition) Omaha , Nebraska. 2010 Human Figure Exhibition, Long beach Arts, Long beach California. Transitions National Art Exhibit, Fredricksburg Center for the Arts, Fredricksburg, Virginia. Rio Brazos Art Festival Langdon Art Center, Grandbury, Texas.(best in show). Midland art Association Fall Show, Midland College, Midland Texas. 2009 Katharine Butler Gallery National Show, Sarasota Florida Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Strausberg, Pensylvania (2nd

prize in Sculpture) Bal National 47th annual Juried Exhibit, Beaumont, Texas 43rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College Corpus Christi,

Texas Rio Brazos Art Exhibition, Tarelton Langdon Center, Grandbury, Texas (Merit Award)

42nd Annual National Competition Drawing and small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College 2008 Courpus Christi, Texas Cape Girardot Juried Exhibition, Cape Girardot, Missouri. National Watermedia Oklahoma 34th Exhibition, Science Museum Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Rio Brazos Art Exhibition, Tarelton Langdon Center, Gandbury, Texas KSpace National Exhibit, Corpus Christi, Texas Craven Arts Council National Sculpture Show, New Bern, North Carolina Midland Art Association Fall Juried Show, Midland College, Midland, Texas (Merit Award)

2007 Craven Arts Council National Sculpture Show, New Bern North Carolina Black and White Show, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, California Works on Paper, Long Beach Arts, California Rio Brazos Art exhibition, Tarelton Langon Center, Grandbury, Texas Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri Visual Art Society of Texas National Competition, Denton, Texas Topeka Competition 28, Topeka, Kansas (Honor Award) Crossing Borders International Exhibit, Laredo center for the arts, Laredo, Texas (Amado

Pena, Juror) Midland Art Association Fall Juried Show, Midland College, Midland, Texas

2006 Visual Art Society of Texas National Competition, Denton, Texas Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri 40th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi,

Texas (First Prize) 19th Mable Art Center Show, Atlanta, Georgia (Merit Award) Southeast Missouri Arts Council National Show, Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Artist Award) Ohr-Okeefe National Juried Show, Biloxi, Mississippi

2005 Arizona Aqueous, 20thAnnual Watermedia Exhibition, Tubac, Arizona Lancasater County Art Association Juried Exhibition, Strausberg, Pennsylvania (2nd Prize

in Sculpture) Absolute Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Claifornia Florida Printmakers 14 Competition International Print and Drawing

Exhibition, Miami, Florida Midland Arts Association Fall Exhibit, Midland, Texas (Merit award)

2004 17th National Show at Mable Art Center Show, Atlanta, Georgia 38th Annual Nation Drawing and small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College,

Corpus Christi, Texas Vroooom .Art in Motion, Indiana University, Kokomo Indiana Foundry Art Centre, Paperwork, St. Charles Missouri Midland Arts Association Fall Exhibit (Merit Award) Midland, Texas Laredo Center for the Arts International Exhibition (second place prize in

mixed media) Laredo, Texas

11th Annual International exhibition, Laredo Art Center Laredo Texas ( 2003 2nd Sculpture prize) 27th Annual Fall Art exhibition Midland, Texas (honorable mention) 37th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi,

Texas (Second Prize) Brian Paulsen, Juror Period Gallery Contemporary V National Exhibition, Lincoln, Nebraska Paseo Outdoor Sculpture exhibition, Palo Alto College, , Texas Girardot National Juried Exhibition, Cape Girardot, Missouri, (Barbara

Thompson Juror)

George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge, The Ohr-O'keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi Mississippi 2002 (Paul Soldner Juror) Laredo Center for the Arts X Annual International Show, Laredo, Texas 2nd

Prize-Printmaking Americas 2000 competition, Northwest Art Center, Minot North Dakota Paper in particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia

Missouri Fred Wells National 25 Exhibition, Nebraska Weslyan University, Lincoln,

Nebraska Valdosta National all Media Exhibit. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia Wayne Art Center International Exhibition Wayne, Pennsylvania

(Honorable Mention) Sam Hunter Juror Del Mar College National Show, Corpus Christi, Texas (1000.00 Purchase

prize) Marti Mayo-Juror

Americas 2000 All media Competition, Northwest Art Center, Minot North 2001 Dakota Wayne Art Center National exhibition, Wayne, Pennsylvania (Sam Hunter,

Juror)Honorable Mention Arizona Aqueous XVI National watermedia exhibition, Tubac Center for

the Arts, Tubac Arizona Positive P2 Negative 16th All Media Exhibition, East Tennessee State

University, Johnson City Tennessee 35th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture National Exhibition, Del Mar

College, Corpus Christi, Texas

On/of Paper National Juried Exhibition, Adams State College, Alamosa, 2000 Colorado 15th Annual National works on Paper, 2000, University of Texas at Tyler. (

Ken Kerslake Juror) Kreft Center for the Arts 2000 National, Concordia College, Ann Arbor,

Michigan Works on Paper XII, National Exhibit, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

Georgia Fred Wells 24 Exhibition, Nebraska Weslyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska 34th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas

(Cesar Martinez Juror) Paperworks 2000, Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg,

Virginia Visions Toward Wellness 2000, Society For The Arts In Healthcare a traveling show

appearing in Rhode Island, MA, CT, and New York

Septemberfest International Juried Art Exhibition Period Gallery, Omaha, 1999 Nebraska Form 99, Business of art center, Manitou Springs, Colorado Small works National Show, Pedestrian Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida Abstraction Distraction Show, Center for the Arts, Fredricksburg, Virginia Midland Art Association National Show, Museum of the Southwest,

Midland, Texas Dishman Competition, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas Tri-State Plus National Show, Beaumont, Texas

1998 Florida Printmakers Society Annual Print Exhibition, Ft Myers, Florida 21st Annual Juried Show, Midland, Texas Reality Bites-Abstraction Show, Fredricksburg Center for the Arts,

Fredricksburg, Virginia 11th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit of Lawrence, Kansas, (Honorarium

of 500 dollars) Paper in Particular, Columbia College Columbia, Missouri Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson , South

Carolina.(Eleanor Heartney Juror) Frameless-Works on Paper, Whiteville, North Carolina. (Anthony Janson

Juror)

1997 Fine Art Center Annual, Lubbock, Texas 20th Annual Fall Juried Show, Midland, Texas(Honorable Mention) Oklahoma: Centerfold '97, Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery, Lawton,

Oklahoma 10th Annual National Exhibition, Mable Cultural Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Form '97 Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, Colorado Works on Paper IX, National Juried Exhibit, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, Georgia 31st Annual National Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas

(Melissa Miller Juror)

4th Annual International Exhibition, Laredo, Texas ( 3rd prize in Mixed 1996 Media) 14th Maine Maritime Flatworks Exhibition, University of Maine, Presque

Isle, Maine Paperworks'96 an International Show, Coastal Center for the Arts, St.

Simons Island, Georgia 19th Annual Fall Juried Show, Midland, Texas ( Honorable Mention ) (

Becky Duval Reese Juror) Fred Wells 20th National, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln,

Nebraska Society of Watercolor Artists 15th National Juried Show, Tarrant County

Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas Tri-Sate Plus Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Beaumont, Texas. 30th Annual National Show, Del

Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. (Jesus Moroles Juror)

1995 3rd Annual International Juried Exhibition, Laredo, Texas (First Prize in Printmaking and Third Prize in Watercolor) National Watercolor Oklahoma 21st Exhibition, Kirkpatrick Center

Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8th National Exhibition, Mable Cultural Center, Atlanta Georgia Terra Firma/ Terra Fantastica, International Exhibit, Gallery 10, Rockford,

Illinois Exit the 20th Century National Exhibition, Muskingum College, New

Concord, Ohio Tri-State Plus Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Beaumont, Texas (Jurors

the Art Guys) 51st Annual State Competition, Grace Cultural Center, Abilene, Texas 42nd Artist's National Exhibit, Coastal Center for the Arts, St. Simons

Island, Georgia

1994 Midland Art Association Regional Show, Midland, Texas (Merit Award) Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National Exhibit, Kenan Center, Lock

Port, New York All-American National P-3 Print Exhibition, West Texas A&M University,

Canyon, Texas Works on Paper: Printmakers Show (an international exhibition), Gallery

451, Rockford, Illinois National Small Works Exhibition, Shoharie Arts Council, Cobbleskill, New York (Honorable

Mention)( Jerry Saltz Juror) 28th Annual Regional Show, Richardson, Texas 41st Artist's National Exhibit, Coastal Center for the Arts, St. Simons Island,

Georgia Tri-State Plus Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition Beaumont, Texas 50th Annual State Competition, Grace Cultural Center, Abilene, Texas

Several shows with the Texas Society of Sculpture including the Texas Sesquicentennial 1987-1989 Juried Show honored by proclamation of Governor Mark White

Westwood Art Association National Exhibition, Las Angeles, California 1979 (Helen Falkenstein Juror)

1978 Llano Estacato National Show Hobbs, New Mexico

1977 The Amarillo Competition, Amarillo Art Center, Texas (Peter Plagens Juror)

SELECTED SHOWS, INSTALLATIONS, COMMISSIONS AND PERFORMANCE

2011 Judged the Del Mar National. DelMar College Corpus Christi, Texas 2010 One Man Show at Tarleton State University, “Pataphysics out West” 2004 Laredo Art Center, Laredo, Texas (One person Show) 2003 Gallery 6 Degrees, San Angelo Texas (One person Show) Midland College Art Gallery, One person Show. San Angelo Museum of Fine Art Children's 2001 Museum Showcase, One Person Show. PATAPYSICAL RADIO Broadcasts on Ram Radio (every week since 2001) 1997 The Hero and the Child exhibit, Children's Art Museum, San Angelo, Texas ASU Faculty shows at the University Center, Angelo State University, San Angelo Museum 1990-2004 of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, and Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island Bronze Commission for the San Angelo Fire Department, City Hall, San Angelo, Texas ( a 6 1986 foot tall Fire Fighter Holding a child) Visions and Choices Exhibits I, II, III ( Merit Award at Exhibit II ), at the San Angelo Museum 1987-1996 of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas 1982 1000 square ft. mural at GTE, San Angelo, Texas 1989- 1997 gave a series of Film lectures at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art 2002 lectures to the students of Edison Junior high in San Angelo Texas workshop every year for the students of the Arts Magnet High School in Texas, as 1999-2004 well as, the High School Students in San Angelo, Texas I have also done slide presentations on my work at Sul Ross University and Abilene Christian University in 1999 and 2002 respectively Works are in the collections of San Angelo Museum of fine Art WAH Center Brooklyn New York Del Mar College White Library collection and the collection of the Art Department (One work in each collection)

PUBLIC SERVICE

2010 Organized exhibits, did workshops for the Texas Sculpture Symposium at San Angelo Museum of fine Art 2004 Off Campus Representative for the Accreditation Process for Abilene Christian University Organized a print art demonstration and exhibit showing the Southern Graphics Council 2003 traveling Show at the San Angelo Museum of Art 2002 Wax repair work Santa Angela Sculpture project, San Angelo Museum of Art 1997- 2000 Santa Fe Rail Fair Project with the San Angelo Depot Board 1996 Courthouse drawing Project for the Concho Valley Council of Governments Public Lectures on film and committee work for the San Angelo Museum of 1988 Fine Arts 1981-1996 Design and Marketing for the San Angelo Help Center Sheltered Workshop for the Developmentally Disabled

A native of West Texas, John Vinklarek joined the ASU faculty in 1977. Along with the challenges of teaching a wide variety of courses, Vinklarek has continued his professional growth as a practicing artist. Some examples of Mr. Vinklarek's work include a 1000 foot mural for GTE in 1982, a monumental bronze for the San Angelo Fire Department erected in 1986, and an extended series of drawings with a bronze plaque for the Concho Valley Council of Governments completed in 1996. Vinklarek regularly contributes to the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art as a consultant as well as participating in the museum's Art Faculty shows.