TAI LIPAN CURRICULUM VITAE 8315 Redondo Drive email: [email protected] Indianapolis, IN 46236 phone: 317-450-9044 website: tailipan.com
EDUCATION 2004-2006 Western Carolina University’s MFA program, emphasis on painting and printmaking (summer intensive MFA with professors from Yale, UPenn, RISD) 2001 Chautauqua School of Art, NY – summer program 2000 American University’s Art in Italy program, semester abroad 1998-2002 B.A. Fine Arts, Anderson University, IN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2020- Associate Professor of Art/ Director of University Galleries/ Anderson University Promotion, Dec. 2020 2019- Co-Director of Jeeninga Museum of Near Eastern and Biblical Archeology Directed renovation, museum design, content research / writing Direct archival practices for museum, run programs and tours 2016-2020 Assistant Professor of Art / Director of University Galleries/ Anderson University Instruct 8-9 classes per year, serve on AU curriculum committee, and advise students. Courses include: Painting for Liberal Arts, Drawing for Liberal Arts, Introductory Drawing (for majors), Illustration for Majors, Art Appreciation, Art History, Archival Preservation and Presentation Director of University Galleries Curate, coordinate, install exhibits, and host gallery tours for the following: AU, permanent collections archives Warner Sallman Gallery, permanent collection Ongoing Exhibitions, Wilson Gallery (rotates monthly) 2002-2016 Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing, Anderson University Courses include: Intro & Intermediate Drawing, Painting 1 & 2, Critical Inquiry, 2D Design, Art Appreciation, Concepts in Art, Special Projects in Art 2010-2016 Gallery Director, Jessie C. Wilson Galleries, Anderson University Program 6 exhibits per year RELATED EXPERIENCE March 2019 Guest Artist, Drawing Session Instructor, Marion University, IN Summer 2018 Instructor Mount Gretna School of Art- Mt Gretna, PA Visiting instructor of drawing for summer intensive art program SOLO-EXHIBITS (EXHIBITS OF MY WORK) SPRING 2021 solo exhibit- Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI 2020 solo exhibit-Dividers of Daybreak and artist lecture, Marion University, IN 2020 solo feature in NYC Phoenix Gallery online invitational exhibit 2019 solo exhibit-Graduate Gallery, Madison, WI 2019 solo exhibit-Celebration Rain, The Bubbler at Madison Public Library, Madison, WI PERSONAL RECENT TWO-PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITS 2020 Faculty Exhibition, Anderson University, IN 2020 Process and Materials, Woman Made Gallery, juror Yoonshin Park, Chicago, IL 2019 Gardens- Group exhibit, Schwitzer Gallery, Indianapolis, IN 2018 States of Reverie, Two Person Show, Sykes Gallery Millersville University, PA 2018 Well-Traveled, Fletcher Place Arts, Indianapolis, IN 2018 Small Works, Trestle Gallery, curated by Sharon Louden, Brooklyn, NY 2018 Artist Lecture, Mount Gretna, PA 2017 Faculty Exhibition, Anderson University, IN 2016 The Painting Center; Artfile Chelsea/NY, NY 2013 Group Exhibition, Park Street Gallery, IN 2013 Faculty Exhibition, Anderson University 2013 Lecture, Anderson University 2010 Animal Nation, Caladan Gallery, juried exhibition, Artfile 2009 The Painting Center; Artfile. Chelsea/NY, NY 2009 Nurture Art; Artfile Brooklyn, NY 2009 Faculty Exhibition; Wilson Gallery. Anderson, IN 2009 Artist Lecture; Wilson Gallery. Anderson, IN 2008 Juried Exhibition; Carol Robb juror; Masur Museum of Art. Monroe, LA 2008 National Juried competition; Elwood, IL 2007 Coming of Age; Douglasville, GA 2006 Oddballs and Endnotes; YMI Cultural Center. Asheville, NC 2006 Student Exhibition; Gallery 86. Waynesville, NC 2006 Master in Fine Arts Solo-Thesis Exhibition; WCU. Museum of Art, NC 2006 Juried Exhibition; Henry Finkelstein juror; Masur Museum of Art. Monroe, LA 2005 One Painting, One Drawing; Wilson Gallery. Anderson, IN 2005 Paper Trail; Captains Book Shelf. Asheville, NC 2005 Juried Exhibition; Barbara Grossman, juror; Masur Museum of Art. Monroe, LA 2004 Species of Light; Mitchel Place Gallery. Muncie, IN 2004 Best Western; Wedge Gallery. Ashville, NC 2004 Annual Exhibition; Frankfort Library. Frankfort, IN 2004 Alumni Exhibition; Wilson Gallery at Anderson University. Anderson, IN 2003 Annual Exhibition; Frankfort Library. Frankfort, IN 2003 In the Studio, solo-exhibit; Henry Count Art Center. New Castle, IN 2002 Observational Painting solo-exhibit; Connie Donnell Gallery. New Castle, IN 2002 Exposure; Wilson Gallery at Anderson University. Anderson, IN 2001 Student Show; Logan Gallery. Chautauqua, NY 2001 Art in Italy; Wilson Gallery at Anderson University. Anderson, IN 2001 American University Exhibit, Corciano, Italy CURATING GRANTS AWARDED 2005 Falls Initiative Grant: AU Alumni Exhibit 2012 Falls Initiative Grant: Graphic works of Georges Rouault 2019 Falls Initiative Grant: Jeeninga Museum Renovation/Relocation
EXHIBITS CURATED (As Director of University Galleries, Anderson University) 2019 o Great Ideas of Humanity: Project / Design Museum of Chicago o Tyanna Buie, After Image: Detroit based painter o Reviving and Artform: Nineteenth Century French Etchings: AU perm. Collection o Relocation Jeeninga Museum of Near Eastern Artifacts 2018-19 o Designing Justice, Luba Lukova: NY based designer/illustrator o Vision and Verse: Highlighting the connection between painting and poetry, NY Based artists o Meditations on the Sacred, works on paper by Otto Flath: AU perm. collection 2017-18 o Profession and Practice of Illustration and Design: 4 Women, Designers / Illustrators NY o Pivot Design, Design team from Indianapolis-juried student show /exhibited work concurrently o Marc Chagall and The Bible o AU Faculty Exhibit o Bill Gaither Vocal Band (York Hall Gallery, AU) 2016-17 o Wheels for Water: Rule 29 Creative, Design campaign for clean water in Africa o Pointed Pens: Editorial Cartoons and American Politics o The Paintings of Ruthven Byrum: AU perm. Collection o Words and Music: Life and Legacy of Bill and Gloria Gaither (York Hall Gallery, AU) 2015-16 o WWII Poster Exhibit o Research Jam: A taste of how design is improving community health in Indiana/ Sanematsu o The Anatomy of and Advertising Agency: Well Done Marketing o Sallman Celebration: 75th anniversary exhibit of Sallman’s Head of Christ Painting 2014-15 o Shadow of Turning: The Art of Binh Pho, Vietnamese wood turned sculpture o Second Nature: Painting and Embroidery by Dorthey Frey and Heidi Leitzke (PA based) o Ramicack: an installation of baseball themed prints by Tom Walker o Commercial Artisan: Designs of James and John Sholly, jurors exhibit o Alumni Art + Design Exhibit 2013-14 o Still Blue: Zeuxis Still Life Paintings o Hold Fast: Michael Dinges: Chicago based multimedia artist o Little World of Red Nose Studio: Sculpture/Illustration/Animation o Emerging Painters: Exhibit of three early career NY based painters o Anderson University Faculty Exhibit 2012-13 o The Drawings of Kathy Moore o Best of Indiana Glass o Georges Rouault, Graphic Works o The Brady Print Collection: Etchings o Source and Sequence: Weavings by Sherri Smith and Janice Moss Woodcuts of Sarojini Johnson 2011-12 o Breath of Plants: Drawings by Jennifer Rosengarten Perry Four: Paintings of Tim Kennedy o WWII Propaganda Posters o Illustration and Design of Eric Kass: jurors Exhibit 2010-11 o Sarah Jantzi: Drawings o Alumni Exhibit: painting, illustration, glass from Boston, Seattle, Rhode Island based alumni Glen o Cebulash: Jurors Exhibit, juried student exhibit / exhibit concurrently o Works of Chris Domenick, NY based artist
TRAVELING EXHIBITS: ANDERSON UNIVERSITY’S PERMANENT COLLECTIONS o Reviving and Artform: Nineteenth Century French Etchings o The Bulletin Covers of Warner Sallman