Christina Kang

christinakang44@gmail.com

christinamkang.com

EDUCATION

2018-pending           Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

       MFA Printmaking Candidate | NIU Art Museum assistant | NIU print shop assistant   

2013-2018               West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

                                           BFA magna cum laude in Printmaking | Minors: Chinese, Mathematics

                                           GPA: 3.8 | Major GPA: 3.9

                                           Dean’s List (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)

                                           President’s List (Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

                                           WVU Print Club President (2017-2018)

Summer 2015            Study Abroad: Intensive Chinese Language & Culture Program, Nanjing 

                                  Medical University, Nanjing, China

2009-2013                Morgantown High School, Morgantown, WV

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2017                         WVU Dean of Libraries Tuition Waiver, Morgantown, WV

2016                         School of Art and Design Merit Based Tuition Waiver, Morgantown, WV

2013-2016                WVU Academic Rhododendron Scholarship, Morgantown, WV

2013-2016                WVU Academic Promise Scholarship, Morgantown, WV

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2018-present            Studio and Teacher’s Assistant, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 

Maintained print studio equipment, prepped demonstrations for introductory print classes, assisted in grading introductory project assignments

2017-2018                Intern, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA

Assisted in summer & fall outreach programs around local Pittsburgh festivals, schools, and museums, and the printing of work by artists Ricardo Ruiz, Alisha Wormsley, Tonja Torgerson, and Robert Hodge

2017-2018                Summer Teaching Assistant, Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Assisted and taught arts & crafts at children’s art camp in the summer for 6 week intervals 

2012-2013                 BOPARC Ice Rink Murals painter, White Park, Morgantown, WV 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS      

2018                          (Un)Necessary Duplicates, Albany County Library, Laramie, WY

                                  AIR Interns Show, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA

                                  BFA Senior Show, Mesaros Gallery, Morgantown, WV

                                  WVU Print Club exhibition, Terra Cafe, Morgantown, WV

2017                          Dean of Libraries Student Art Awards, WVU Library, Morgantown, WV

                                 Student Juried Exhibition 2017, Mesaros Gallery, Morgantown, WV

                                 ArtsWalk, The Diamond Gallery, Morgantown, WV

                                 Pictures from Home by Leslie Norris, Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV

2016                          WVU Student Painting Exhibition, University Place & Sheetz gallery, Morgantown, WV

                                  ArtsWalk, The Diamond Gallery, Morgantown, WV

                                   Multiplicity: Work by WVU Printmakers, The Diamond Gallery, Morgantown, WV

PRINT EXCHANGES

2018                          “Unnecessary Duplicates” by Meghan O’Connor, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE

2017                            WVU/Cape Town print exchange, Cape Town University, Cape Town, South Africa

                                  “Superstitions” by Stephanie Alaniz, Morgantown, WV

 2016                          WVU/Utah State print exchange, Utah State University, Logan, UT 

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

2017                              “Dean of Library Student Art Awards 2017”, https://exhibits.lib.wvu.edu/student

ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS/CONFERENCES

2018                              MAPC, Laramie, WY

                                      SGC International, Las Vegas, NV

2017                              SGC International, Atlanta, GA