KIT REISCH / "VEM MĚ SEBOU" / "TAKE ME WITH YOU"

Kit Reisch born April 1, 1986, Dallas, Texas currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic Education_______________________________________________________________ 2008                    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude                               Texas State University, San Marcos, TX                              Studio Art, Drawing Awards and Residencies_______________________________________________________________ 2010      -Artist-in-Residence, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic 2009     - Best in Show Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas 125-Mile Juried Show                 - Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists: Kimbrough Grant Award                 - Vermont Studio Center Brown Foundation Full Fellowship Award                 - Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Houston, Texas 2008     - Best in Show Award, TSU all-student exhibition juried by Steve Roden - Juror’s Merit Award, TSU all-student exhibition juried by curator David Rubin                                          - Fine Arts and Communication Council of Scholars, Texas State University 2007     - Art and Design Departmental Scholarship, Texas State University 2006     - Austin Green Gate Competition Award              -A grant to construct a large-scale public gateway sculpture displayed in downtown        Austin, TX on     behalf of Austin Green Art              -The sculpture was situated across at Austin City Hall from April 21-May 10, 2006,             measuring 14 ft x 8 ft x 18 ft for the general public to interact with.      Selected Exhibitions _______________________________________________________________ 2010      -The Ambiguous Object, Cantanker Space, Austin, TX                -TINA B. On The Road, České Centrum, Prague, Czech Republic                -Here. There. & Beyond. Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX                -Down Every Side Street – New Directions in Southwest Art, Las Cruces Museum of Art,                  Las Cruces, NM              -*Kit Reisch: Indices, Midwestern State University                    *solo exhibition 2009 –  Visual Arts Society of Texas 125-Mile Juried Show, Denton, TX                    Juried by Chris Bergquist Fulmer                 Visual Arts Society of Texas 41st National Juried Show, Denton, TX                    Juried by Dan Piersol, chief curator, Mississippi Museum of Art                 Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Decorative Center, Houston, TX                  Juried by Kate Green, Chiyo Ishikawa, and Suzanne Folds McCullagh                 Texas A&M Forsyth Gallery Regional Juried Exhibition   Juried by Eric Hormell, Editor, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA                 Baker Arts Center 11th National Juried Show, Liberal, KS   Juried by Scott Shields, Curator, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA                 100-4-100, Texas State University Invitational Exhibition                   Juried by Mary Mikel Stump, Gallery Director 2008 --  An Exhibition by Faculty and Staff, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX                -Walls, Gilrose Studios, Wichita Falls, TX                -New Art/e Nuevo juried exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio                   Juried by Benito Huerta and Kathy Vargas                 -Beyond Is and Is Not, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Texas State University                -Best in Show, All-Student Juried Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX                   Juried by Steve Roden                 -Juror’s Merit Award, All-student juried exhibition, Texas State University                   Juried by David Rubin, Curator, San Antonio Museum of Art 2007 --  Form Follows, The Texas Sculpture Symposium, hosted by San Marcos, TX Sculpture Network of Texas annual exhibition juried by Mary Mikel Stump and Clint Willour                  -All-Student Juried Exhibition, Design Center, Austin, TX                  Juried by Mark Smith, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX 2006 --  All-Student Juried Exhibition, Shady Tree Studios, Austin, TX                  Juried by James Surls 2004 -- All-Student Juried Exhibition, Texas State University                  Juried by Clint Willour, Director, Galveston Arts Center   For more enquiries: Lucie Šplíchalová lucie@meetfactory.cz +420 604 150 078 www.meetfactory.cz   MeetFactory – International center of contemporary artPlatform for meeting of the arts and creative groups. In the former factory run gallery spaces, theater, music, film club, studios, library and resident studios. MeetFactory is supported by the capital city of Prague (5.5 mil Czk).