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Neil E. Callander
b.1981 Louisville KY
     
Education
     
2006   MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2005   Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2003   BFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2002   Indiana University, Florence, Italy

Professional Experience
     
2010-2011   Sabbatical Replacement in Painting and Drawing
Allen R. Hite Art Institute, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2010-Present   Studio Manager
Undergraduate Studios (OMOS), University of Louisville, Louisville KY

Instructor
Cabaret Life Drawing, 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville KY
2007-Present   Part-time Lecturer
Allen R. Hite Art Institute, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2007-Present   Part-time Lecturer
Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2006-2007   Studio Assistant
Jeff Koons LLC, New York, NY
2005-2006   Teaching Assistant
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Selected Exhibitions
     
2011   Neil Callander: Basement Paintings (Solo) - Kentucky School of Art, Louisville KY
Basement Living (Solo) - Goose Barnacle Gallery, Brooklyn NY
The Observed (Juried)- Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Art Auction - Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville KY
The Original Makers Club - Bittners Gallery, Louisville KY
Grand Opening Exhibition - Nautilus Gallery, Louisville KY
Paint Snob Invitational - Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR
Water Tower Regional Juried Exhibition - Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville KY
Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition (Juried) - 92Y Tribeca, New York NY
2010   Adjunct Faculty Show - Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany IN
Water Tower Regional - Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville KY
Cabaret Life Drawing - Proof at 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville KY
2009   Art of the Everyday – The Greenwich, Cincinnati, OH
2008   Paint Snob Invitational – McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
Faculty Exhibition – Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
Doppelganger – Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2007   Juried Exhibition – Provincetown Work Center, Provincetown, MA 
2006   Fresh Meat/Young Blood – The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
MFA Thesis Exhibition – Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick NJ
First Look – New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ
2005   Spectrum – Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Faculty and Student Show – Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2004   First Year MFA Exhibition – Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
NSAL Award Winners Exhibition – National Society of Arts and Letters
Walden Arts Center, Bloomington IN
New Paintings (Solo Exhibition) – Textillery Gallery, Bloomington IN
2003   BFA Thesis Show – SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Exposure – John Maize Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

Awards and Memberships
     
2011   Member, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville KY
2007   Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
Finalist, Provincetown Work Center
2006   Paul Robeson Award for Emerging Artists, Rutgers University
2005   Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2004   Grand Prize Winner, National Society of Arts and Letters
2003   Evelyn Glaser Award for Excellence in Painting, Indiana University
2002   Harry S. Engel Scholarship for Painting, Indiana University
1999   Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 115

Publications
     
2011   Observed (Exhibition Catalog), MANIFEST Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati OH
2011   INPA 2 (International Painting Annual 2), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2010   LEO Magazine, Louisville KY
Velocity, The Courier Journal, Louisville KY
2008   2008 Paint Snob Directory
2007   New American Painting: Book #70 – Southern Edition
2006   The Westfield Leader, Summit NJ