Kyle Just Kyle 

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kylepetersonstudio@yahoo.com  | kylejustkyle.com | Pennsylvania, USA

 

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts | with Honors | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2015

• Major: Studio Art

• Minor: Gender and Women's Studies

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Experience

• Long-term Substitute Art Teacher | Franklin Central School | Franklin, NY | November 2018-June 2019

• Substitute Teacher | Unatego High School | Otego, NY | September 2017-November 2018

• Carpentry and Masonry Apprentice | Dan Peterson Builder, LLC | Wells Bridge, NY | December 2016-2018

• Assistant Wax Technician | Art Research Enterprises | Lancaster, PA | August 2015-December 2016

• Emerging Artist in Residence | Millersville University | Millersville, PA | August 2015-May 2016

• Studio Assistant | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | August 2013-May 2015

• Agricultural Muralist | Muddy River Dairy, LLC. | Otego, NY | June 2013-2015

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Awards and Grants

• Second Place | Here Comes the Sun | LEAF Art and Poetry Exhibition | CANO Art Gallery/Fenimore Art Museum |
  Oneonta/Cooperstown, NY | 2018

• First Place | The Starter Kit Juried Exhibition | Philadelphia, PA | 2015

• First, Second, and Third Place in Non-Functional Craft Category | Delaware County Fair | Walton, NY | 2015

• Departmental Honors for Independent Studio Project | Department of Art and Art History |
  Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2015

• Goldberg Award | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2015

• Student Achievement in Research and Creativity Grant | Student Achievement in Research and Creativity Committee | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2014

• Roger O. Youngs Memorial Art Award | Unatego Jr/Sr High School | Otego, NY | 2011

• Josten's Key Award in Art | Unatego Jr/Sr High School | Otego, NY | 2009 | 2010 | 2011

• Precedence Award for Art | Unatego Jr/Sr High School | Otego, NY | 2010

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Exhibitions

Group

• Here Comes the Sun | LEAF Art and Poetry Exhibition | CANO Art Gallery, Fenimore Art Museum | Oneonta/Cooperstown, NY | 2018

• More Or Less | Sykes Gallery | Millersville, PA | 2015

• The Starter Kit Juried Exhibition | Jurors: Kim Jackson, Julie Fox, Carlee Myers; artists, Philadelphia, PA | The Starter Kit Community of Artists | Philadelphia, PA | 2015 

• Widening the Cycle Exhibition | Suffolk University | Boston, MA | 2015

• Berman Museum of Art Student Exhibition | Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2013 | 2014 | 2015

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Lectures

• Hands in Aljesafe | Molding with Aljesafe | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2016

• Beyond "Menstruation Bathroom": Stimulating Social Change Through Visualizations of Gendered Blood | Artist Plenary | Widening the Cycle Exhibition | Boston, MA | Suffolk University | 2015 

• Gendering of Women Martyrs | Phi Alpha Theta Pennsylvania East Regional Conference Presentation | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2015

• Senior Honors Project CoSA Lecture | Berman Museum of Art | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2015

• CoSA Lecture | Berman Museum of Art | Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | 2014

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Bibliography

• “Gendering of Women Martyrs” | Proto Undergraduate Humanities Journal | 2015

• Widening the Cycle: A Menstrual Cycle & Reproductive Justice Art Show | Exhibition Catalogue | Blurb | Editor & Producer Jen Lewis | 2015

• “To Deal” | Independent Honors Thesis Essay | Ursinus College | 2015

(available to read at: http://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/art_hon/2/).

• Interview | Her Turn Samantha Burbol | WORTfm | Madison, WI | 2015

(available in the archives at http://archive.wortfm.org/).

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Technical Skills

Sculpture

Armature design, welding, extensive experience with power tools, wood shop, fabric arts, sewing, tatting, knitting, crochet, figurative work, clay sculpting, firing clay, plaster, concrete

Bronze/Stainless Steel Casting

Lost wax molding, wax chasing, and wax sprue gating systems on sculptures large and small, vacuum casting (wax preparation), buffing bronze/cleaning stainless steel, patination/waxing experience, lighting and furniture experience

Molding

Plaster casting, urethane rubber and silicone mold casting (large and small scale), alginate casting, sand casting experience (bronze)

Drawing

Conte, pastel, graphite, alternate materials, etching, charcoal, pen and ink, color pencil, marker

Painting

Watercolor, oil, acrylic, tempera, paint pens, murals, stretching and preparing canvases

Other

Matting, mounting, framing, shipping 2D and 3D works, demonstration and presentation experience, installation of 2D and 3D works, studio maintenance, hazardous studio materials disposal experience

Teaching

Experience with Pre-K, elementary (K-sixth), middle school (seventh-eighth), high school (ninth-twelfth) teaching, and college level assistant teaching. College-level sculpture focus.