Résumé
 
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

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