Craig Alan Anderson
Craig Alan Anderson
craig@craig-alan-anderson.com
Education
craig@craig-alan-anderson.com
Education
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
MFA in Painting
May 2000
The Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus, OH
BFA in Painting
May 1996
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, KS
Class of 1992
Lawrence, KS
MFA in Painting
May 2000
The Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus, OH
BFA in Painting
May 1996
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, KS
Class of 1992
Professional Activity __
2010 Currently in the studio making new work.
2009 Created Idea Ghost it's related web site.
2008 Group show with Art Collision at the Namaste Hospice Gallery in Denver, CO.
Group show with Art Collision at the Space Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
Exhibit with Ankush at the Gallery Obscura in Eugene, OR.
2007 Solo Exhibit Ten years of Custom Brand Painting, (C.B.P): at the Millworks Gallery in Akron, OH.
Continued work with Paint Flow, Fresh Paint Job (F.P.J.) and C.B.P. in Lawrence, KS.
2006 Group shows with Art Collision at the Garage Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, and at the Space Gallery
Continued work with Paint Flow, Fresh Paint Job (F.P.J.) and C.B.P. in Lawrence, KS.
2006 Group shows with Art Collision at the Garage Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, and at the Space Gallery
in San Francisco, CA.
Continued work with F.P.J. and C.B.P. in Lawrence, KS.
2005 Group show Black Holes and Hollywood Snow: With Gunner Fox and Christian Jankowski at the
Paragraph Gallery in Kansas City, MO.
Solo Exhibit Fresh Paint: at the Bean Cycle in Fort Collins, CO.
Continued work with F.P.J. and C.B.P. in Fort Collins, CO and Lawrence, KS.
2004 Solo Exhibit Hiawatha: at Tallyn’s Reach Library in Aurora, CO.
Group showing at COCOA in Fort Collins, CO.
Continued work with F.P.J. and C.B.P. in Fort Collins, CO.
2003 Established Fresh Paint Job in Fort Collins, CO.
2002 Continued work with C.B.P. on several projects in Lawrence, KS.
2001 Worked as an AmeriCorps Vista with Van-Go Mobile Arts in Lawrence, KS.
Worked with C.B.P. on several projects in Lawrence, KS and Estes Park, CO.
2000 New Works by Craig Anderson/ Ryan Anderson & Mitch Miller at Sakaroff's in Lawrence, KS.
2005 Group show Black Holes and Hollywood Snow: With Gunner Fox and Christian Jankowski at the
Paragraph Gallery in Kansas City, MO.
Solo Exhibit Fresh Paint: at the Bean Cycle in Fort Collins, CO.
Continued work with F.P.J. and C.B.P. in Fort Collins, CO and Lawrence, KS.
2004 Solo Exhibit Hiawatha: at Tallyn’s Reach Library in Aurora, CO.
Group showing at COCOA in Fort Collins, CO.
Continued work with F.P.J. and C.B.P. in Fort Collins, CO.
2003 Established Fresh Paint Job in Fort Collins, CO.
2002 Continued work with C.B.P. on several projects in Lawrence, KS.
2001 Worked as an AmeriCorps Vista with Van-Go Mobile Arts in Lawrence, KS.
Worked with C.B.P. on several projects in Lawrence, KS and Estes Park, CO.
2000 New Works by Craig Anderson/ Ryan Anderson & Mitch Miller at Sakaroff's in Lawrence, KS.
MFA thesis exhibit: Welcome to Custom Brand Painting at the University of Kansas in
Lawrence, KS.
Graduate Instructor of record for the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
Staff position at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminars in Colorado Springs, CO.
1999 Graduate Student Exhibition at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
Graduate Instructor of record for the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
Staff position at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminars in Colorado Springs, CO.
1999 Graduate Student Exhibition at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
Graduate Instructor of record for the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
Staff position at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminars in Colorado Springs, CO.
1998 Scholarship Show at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
1998 Scholarship Show at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
commissioned mural for J. Krizman
Solo Exhibition at the Jazz House in Lawrence, KS.
Staff position at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminars in Colorado Springs, CO.
Solo Exhibition at Sakaroff's in Lawrence, KS.
Solo Exhibition at The Bourgeois Pig in Lawrence, KS.
Solo Exhibition at The Bourgeois Pig in Lawrence, KS.
Metal folk art fabricator at Celestial Ironworks in Lawrence, KS.
1997 Solo Exhibition at Jester's in Lawrence, KS.
1997 Solo Exhibition at Jester's in Lawrence, KS.
Staff position at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminars in Colorado Springs, CO.
Benefit Show at Acme Art Co. in Columbus, OH.
Established Custom Brand Painting in Columbus, OH.
1996 BFA Thesis Exhibition: Cerebral Landscape at the Columbus College of Art and Design
Benefit Show at Acme Art Co. in Columbus, OH.
Established Custom Brand Painting in Columbus, OH.
1996 BFA Thesis Exhibition: Cerebral Landscape at the Columbus College of Art and Design
in Columbus,OH.
1995 Solo Exhibition at Insomnia in Columbus, OH.
1994 Group Show at Insomnia in Columbus, OH.
1995 Solo Exhibition at Insomnia in Columbus, OH.
1994 Group Show at Insomnia in Columbus, OH.
Collaboration and Performance_______________________________________________________
2007 Extended progress on the CoLab paintings with Gunner Fox in Lawrence, KS.
2006 Continued work on the CoLab series with Gunner Fox: Los Angeles, CA and Lawrence, KS.
2005 Began a new series of CoLab works with Gunner Fox in Ft. Collins, CO.
2001 MLL paintings series with artists: Gunner Fox, Carlos Rodrigues, Dave Norem + Amanda Cram,
Slade Acker, Issac Hilpman, Ryan Anderson, and Aaron + Kendra Marabel.
2000 Golden Glow 2000 Series 1 & 2 with Ryan Anderson in Lawrence, KS.
1999 Lighted painting done via mail with Niomi Plotkin of Brooklyn, NY.
1998 Performance by Gunner Fox at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, KS.
1997 Homage to Beuys and Duchamp: Halloween performance with Mitch Miller in Lawrence, KS.
1996 Series of three editioned lithographs with Jeremiah Ketner, Columbus, OH.
Awards_____________________________________________________________________________
1999 Hollander Foundation: $1000.00 while at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
1998 Art department scholarship: $3000.00 while at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
1995 Department scholarship: $500.00 while at the Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH.