Warren Farr
1018 Davis Avenue
Paducah, Kentucky 42001-7721
270-442-0903
warren@warrenfarr.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2003
Exhibition 280/PARAMETERS
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
juried by Peter Plagens
catalog
2002
Yeiser ’02
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
juried by Susan Dawson
$300 Award
Gallantly Streaming: Artists Respond to “9/11”
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
open forum
2001
Automotive
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
one-man show
1999
Fellowship Exhibition
Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
a showing of work by 1998 and 1999 Kentucky Arts Council Fellowship recipients
1998
Yeiser ’98
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
juried by Bonnie Anne Speed
$100 Award
1997
From Dusk to Dawn:
Paintings and Drawings of Warren Farr
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
retrospective
1996
48th Mid-States Art Exhibition
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
juried by Nancy Hoffman
Museum Guild Purchase Award
catalog
Southeastern Triennial Exhibition
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
juried by Donald E. Knaub
catalog
1995
Exhibition of Recent Paintings
Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
New Orleans Triennial
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Dan Cameron, guest-curator
catalog
1994
Cheekwood National
Contemporary Painting Competition
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee
juried by Jennifer Wells and Kenneth Noland
catalog
National Exhibition ’94
Mari Galleries, Mamaroneck, New York
Exhibition 280: Works on Walls
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
juried by Trudy Hansen, Steven Maklansky, and Kit White
catalog
1993
Cheekwood National
Contemporary Painting Competition
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee
juried by Bonnie Earls-Solari and Charles S. Moffett
catalog
Halpert Biennial Visual Arts Competition
Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Boone, North Carolina
juried by Robert Evans
catalog
1992
Water Tower Annual
Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
juried by Peter Bodnar II
Exhibition 280: Works on Walls
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
juried by Julia Boyd, Keith F. Davis, and Jon Meyer
Honorable Mention
catalog
1991
Common Ground
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
also traveled to
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
a showing of work by Southern Arts Federation Fellowship recipients
3 Years on the Art Frontier
Two Street Studio, Paducah, Kentucky
invitational
1990
Farr/Hunt
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
New Harmony, Indiana
two-person invitational
1989
41st Biennial of Contemporary American Painting
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
also traveled to
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
an overview of recent work by artists from the Southeast
William Fagaly, guest-curator
catalog
1988
Art Lunacy
Two Street Studio, Paducah, Kentucky
invitational
Southdown Fine Arts Biennial
Southdown Plantation House, Houma, Louisiana
38th Spiva Annual
Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
Individual Talent II
Water Tower Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
work by Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship recipients
Exhibition 280: Works on Walls
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
juried by Doug Prince, Raymond Kass, and Peter Morrin
Award of Excellence
catalog
1987
Winter Dreams
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Midwestern artist invitational
Shirley Schwarz, curator
catalog
Artists of the Jackson Purchase
Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
invitational
The Kentuckians: 1987
National Arts Club, New York, New York
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky
invitational sponsored by Kentucky Department of the Arts and Owensboro Museum of Fine Art
catalog
Springfield Art League 68th National Exhibition
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
Springfield, Massachusetts
19th W&J National Painting Show
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
1986
21st Annual Central South Art Exhibition
Parthenon Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee
Owensboro National Bank and the Arts:
A Kentucky Investment
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky
COLLECTIONS
PUBLIC
Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science
Evansville, Indiana
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee
Yeiser Art Center
Paducah, Kentucky
CORPORATE
Computer Services, Inc.
Paducah, Kentucky
Owensboro National Bank
Owensboro, Kentucky
Hilliard Lyons
Louisville, Kentucky
Jackson Purchase Electric Cooperative
Paducah, Kentucky
PUBLISHED WORK
chapbook
Desperate For Love: Poems by an Artist
Cottage-on-the-Hill Publications
1993, 1995 (illustrated edition)
computer game
COMPU-OPOLY (based on Monopoly)
Dynacomp, Inc.
1984
REVIEWS
Marcia E. Vetrocq
“Report from New Orleans: Dixie Buffet”
Art in America, September 1995
Catherine Fox
“Corcoran Biennial Paints Varied Picture of South”
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, April 28, 1989
Jane Addams Allen
“Biennial focuses on Southern Gothic”
The Washington Times, April 5, 1989
Paul Richard
“The Corcoran’s Southern-Flavored 41st Biennial”
The Washington Post, April 5, 1989
William A. Fagaly
“Corcoran Biennial Catalog”
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989
AWARDS AND HONORS
Museum Guild Purchase Award
48th Mid-States Art Exhibition
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Juried by Nancy Hoffman, 1996
Grant
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York
1992
Fellowship
Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, Georgia
1990
Award of Excellence
Exhibition 280: Works on Walls
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
juried by Doug Prince, Raymond Kass, and Peter Morrin, 1988
Fellowships
Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, Kentucky
1987 & 1998
Third Prize
Positive Negative III
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Juried by Lisa Phillips, 1987
Bronstein Purchase Award
39th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Juried by Theodore Wolff, 1986
LECTURES/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Slide presentation and lecture
Paducah Lions Club, Paducah, Kentucky
2001
Slide presentation and lecture
Rotary Club of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
2000
Slide presentations and lectures
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
1990, 1997, and 2001
WEBSITE DESIGN (SELECTED SITES)
sarahroush.com
art, 2006
unitheist.org
faith, 2004
innsaver.com
travel, 2003
gurf.com
humor, 2001
warrenfarr.com
art, 2000
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
1986
IMC (via contractor), Paducah, Kentucky
computer programmer
Helped develop inventory management software.
1977-1985
Voice Communication Coil Co., Paducah, Kentucky
draftsman
Did drafting, plant layout, quality control.
1970-1977
CTS of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky
draftsman
Prepared drawings of electronic components.
EDUCATION
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Paducah Community College, Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah, Kentucky