Calvin Collins 2051 Young St. # 3 , HI 96826 808.203.4003 ccollins@.edu calvin-collins.com Education:

M.F.A 2006 Drawing/Painting Studio, University of Hawaii at , Honolulu, HI B.F.A 1998 Drawing/Painting Studio, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA Studied 1995-1996 Drawing & Painting, California College of Art, Oakland, CA

Professional Experience:

2011-Present: ART 115: Introduction to 2D Design, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, HI 2013 ART 101: Introduction to Art, Windward Community College, Kaneohe, HI 2011-2012 ART 101: Introduction to Art, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, HI May 2011 Art instructor for VSA Hawaii working with disabled students (2 week immersion program), Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI 2010-2012 FT 216: Fashion Design & Sketching, Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, HI 2010 Instructor for Me, Myself & You: Portraiture, Honolulu Museum of Art School 2008-2009 ART 113: Introduction to Drawing, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2008 Art-to-Go Instructor, (elementary school children), Honolulu Museum of Art School 2007 Instructor for Mixed Media Text & Image 2D Design Course, Honolulu Museum of Art School 2006 Teaching Practicum: ART 113, ART 213, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2006 Graduate Assistant, ART 123: Intermediate Painting, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2004-2005 Teaching Assistant, ART 101, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2004-2005 President, Graduate Art Council, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Grants | Awards

2012 1st Place, 2D Category, Japanese Chamber of Commerce Commitment to Excellence Exhibit, Honolulu, HI 2007 Newcomer Award, Japanese Chamber of Commerce Commitment to Excellence Exhibit, Honolulu, HI 2006 Nominated for Frances Davis Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award 2006 Helen Gilbert-Bushnell Memorial Award 2005 University of Hawaii at Manoa Graduate Student Travel Grant 2004 Women's Campus Club Graduate Exhibit Assistance Grant 1998 Pacific Artist's Material Award, San Francisco Art Institute 1997 Sobel Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute 1995 All College Honors Award for Painting, California College of Arts

Selected Exhibits

2012/2013 Faculty Biennale, Koa Gallery, Honolulu, HI

2012 Criterion Series, Solo Exhibit, Gallery of Hawaii Artists (GoHA), Honolulu, HI

2012 AlOHA HO’OMALUHIA XXVIII Group Exhibit, Kaneohe, HI

2012 Painters who Teach-Teachers who Paint” Pauahi Tower, Honolulu, HI

2010 “Caution * Righteous * Thirst, Group Exhibit, Koa Gallery, Honolulu. HI

2009 “Anomaly” Solo Exhibit, Hawaii Pacific University Gallery, Kaneohe, HI

2009 Hawaii Artist’s 2009, Bethel Street Gallery, Honolulu, HI

2008 Bailout' Group Exhibit, Nuuanu Gallery, Honolulu, HI

2008 Encore Excellence Group Exhibit, Nuuanu Gallery, Honolulu, HI

2008 The Loft Gallery, Group Exhibit, Honolulu, HI

2007 Japanese Chamber of Commerce Commitment to Excellence Exhibit, Linekona Art Center, Honolulu, HI

2007 Hawaii Artists 2007, Bethel Street Gallery, Honolulu, HI

2006 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Hybrid Semantix, Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu,HI

2006 "Wanderings" Group Exhibition, Roger Smith Lab Gallery , New York, NY

2005 "Hawaii Artists 2005" Group Exhibition, Bethel Street Gallery, Honolulu, HI

2003 "Dreaming in Color" Group Exhibit, The Arts @ Mark's Garage, Honolulu, HI

1998 Group Exhibit, Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 BFA Group Exhibit, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 Group Exhibit, Center For the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA