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daniel kinney
750 grant street, iowa city, ia 52240
daniel@danielkinney.com
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EDUCATION

University of Iowa Master of Arts in Special Education At-Risk and Diverse Student Populations 2009
University of Iowa Bachelor of Fine Arts w/ Honors Drawing/Painting & Intermedia 2000
University of Iowa College of Education Art Education K-12 2000

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2008-present Tate Alternative High School, Iowa City, IA
RESOURCE/ART TEACHER, instruction of At-Risk students individually and in small groups, working with Art program to integrate Art Education curriculum with learners' accommodations, coordinator for student art projects in community, coordinator of district-wide student mural project for Broadway Neighborhood Center at Wetherby Park

2006-2007 Zimmerman Elementary School, Zimmerman, MN
ART TEACHER, Coordinated school-wide multicultural art project

2005 Mural painting project with Zapatista communities, Chiapas, Mexico;
Presented at conferences in Seattle, WA & México City, México;
Solo art show at Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2003-2005 Babylon Art & Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
DIRECTOR OF VISUAL ARTS, WEBMASTER for 501C(3) non-profit arts organization

2002-2005 Spring Lake Park High School & Spring Lake Park Learning Alternatives Center, Spring Lake Park, MN
ART TEACHER, YEARBOOK ADVISOR, Taught all areas of Art in high school and Alternative Learning Center

2002 Mohave Community College, Mohave Valley, AZ
INSTRUCTOR, taught courses Drawing I and Drawing II

2001-2002 Bullhead City Junior High, Bullhead City, AZ
ART TEACHER, YEARBOOK ADVISOR

 


SOLO EXHIBITIONS/CONCEPTUAL CURATOR


2005 Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“How We live and Grow”, painting/sculpture/sound/video installation


2004 Art-A-Whirl, Q. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Art Makes Us Human,” Curator and lead artist of show featuring Haider and Sabri Al-Amery from Iraq,
sponsored by Northeast Minneapolis Art Association


2003 Babylon Art & Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
“Beyond Good & Evil,” Designer, curator and lead artist of multi-media art show.
Featured in internationally-circulated Punk Planet; featured in arts weekly Pulse of the Twin Cities


2003 Marcello's Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
"Paintings by Daniel Kinney"


2000 Checkered Space Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
"Body History," Joseph Patrick, Professor of Art, Curator

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2004 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
“The Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion,” work featured in collaborative show


2004 Seward Arts Festival, Minneapolis, MN
“Return to Babylon,” curator and lead-artist of intermedia group show

2004 Andre Aleksandrov Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Group show,” film-painting-sound collaboration with Leif Gebauer and Jason Misik

2003 Babylon Art & Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
"Dissent, Create, Resist... War is not Freedom”

 

INVITATIONAL / COMMISSIONS / MURALS

2008 Broadway Neighborhood-Wetherby Park Community Mural, Iowa City, IA
Lead students in composing, planning and executing neighborhood mural; funded by Iowa City Community School District and Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee

2005 Mural painting project with Mayan communities, Chiapas, Mexico
Collected ideas and input from indigenous Mayan village to plan and execute community mural

2004 HOWL Festival, Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY
“Art Around the Park,” invited by festival committee to paint mural with Iraqi muralist Haider Al-Amery

2004 ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Invited by art center to paint mural in courtyard with Iraqi muralist Haider Al-Amery

2004 “The Future,” public mural sponsored by Northeast Minneapolis Art Association, Minneapolis, MN
Collaborator/assistant to Iraqi muralists Haider and Sabri Al-Amery

2003 “The Dream,” mural commissioned by 7 Bridges World Marketplace, Minneapolis, MN
Collaborator/assistant to Iraqi muralists Haider and Sabri Al-Amery


PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA


2008 Iowa City Press-Citizen. Sept 23. “Tate Students Add Color to Shelter,” p. 3A
Feature and color photos on Wetherby/Broadway Neighborhood mural project

2004 The Wake. Feb 25, '04. “The Fall of Babylon” p. 10
Quoted in article on Babylon Art & Cultural Center in Twin Cities bi-monthly

2003 Punk Planet. #57 Sept/Oct ‘03. “Beyond Good and Evil” p. 20
Featured in nationally-circulated magazine as conceiver and curator of multi-media art show

2003 The Pulse. July 9-15, 2003. “Beyond Good & Evil” p. 22
Featured in Twin Cities arts weekly

2003 KUOM (Radio K) Feature News Interview: “Minneapolis Collectives”
Interview feature in radio documentary program on collectively-run organizations in the Twin Cities



CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS

2008 Public Art Advisory Committee, City Hall, Iowa City, Iowa
Awarded funding for Broadway Neighborhood Community Mural Project at Wetherby Park


2008 14th Annual Inclusive Education Symposium, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
"The Merits of Direct Instruction For Art Education"


2005 1st International Art of Resistance Conference, México City, México
Presentation on behalf of Babylon Art & Cultural Center


2005 2nd National Art of Resistance Conference, Seattle, WA
Presentation on behalf of Babylon Art & Cultural Center


2004 U.S. Conference of Democratic Workplaces, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Represented Babylon Art & Cultural Center

ACTIVITIES/ AFFILIATIONS


2008-present Iowa City Education Association
2001-2008 National Art Education Association
2001-2008 National Education Association
2003-2004 Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, volunteer for gallery-art center

 

 

email: daniel at danielkinney dot com

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