CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN

Bio/CV

Born 1959

EDUCATION

MFA, Painting, Kansas State University (2002)

BFA, Painting, Fontbonne University (1986)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Kling Gallery West, St. Louis, MO: Inspired by St. Louis (Forthcoming)

2015 Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL: Urban Myths: The Art of Christopher Brennan

2005 Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL

2003 Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS: Christopher Brennan: Featured Kansas Artist

2003 Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS: Urban Dreams

2002 Kemper Art Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS: MFA Thesis Exhibition

2001 Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO: New Paintings

1998 Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO: Urban Landscapes

1996 Midtown Arts Center, St. Louis, MO: Moods of the Urban Landscape

1989 Artists on the Corner, St. Louis, MO: Urban Views

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery, Godfrey, IL: Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2020 Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL (online): Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2018 Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN: 59th Mid-States Exhibit

2018 Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery, Godfrey, IL: Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2018 St. Louis University High Gallery, St. Louis, MO: Bicentennial Alumni Art Show

2017 Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery, Godfrey, IL: Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2017 Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL: Southern Illinois Artists Biennial

2016 Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery, Godfrey, IL: Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2015 Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL (forthcoming)

2015 Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery, Godfrey, IL: Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2013 Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS: Only the Best

2013 Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL: Southern Illinois Artists Biennial

2013 Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL: Lewis and Clark Faculty Exhibit

2012 Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL: Rural Minds Inspiring Design

2011, 2012 Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL: Faculty Exhibit

2009 Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL: Southern Illinois Artists Biennial

2006 Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2002 Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS: Washburn University Faculty Exhibit

2002 Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO: New Works/Nine States; Jurored by Lynn Herbert, Curator, Houston Museum of Contemporary Art

2002 Ft. Hays State University, Hays, KS: Great Plains National; jurored by Leesa Fanning, Asst. Director of Contemporary Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum

2001 Period Gallery, Omaha, NE: Realism III

2001 Carnegie Art Center, Leavenworth, KS: Brennan, Russom, Schwartzchild

2001 Rose-Hullman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN: Jetstream

2001 Willard Gallery, Manhattan, KS

2000 Salina Arts Center, Salina, KS: 21st Annual Juried Exhibition; Awarded People's Choice Awards; Jurored by Lynn Herbert, Curator, Houston Museum of Contemporary Art

2000 Urban Designs, Manhattan, KS: First Peek

2000 Willard Gallery, Manhattan, KS

1997 Fontbonne University Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO: Three Alumni

1995 Adam Whitney Gallery, Omaha, NE

1991 Blue Moon Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1989 Brenau College, Gainesville, GA: National Invitational

1988 Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO: Tina Brown and Chris Brennan

1987 Wittenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1986 Center of Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO: Artists from Fortune

1986 Fontbonne University Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO: BFA Thesis Exhibit

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS

Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, MO

US Bank, St. Louis, MO

Emprise Bank, Wichita, KS

Citizen's National Bank, Lansing, KS

Topeka Public Library / Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS

Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan, KS

Charles Crane Insurance Agency Co., St. Louis, MO

Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, St. Louis, MO

Bruce and Barbara Feldacker Collection / Mercantile Library, St. Louis, MO

Timothy and Jeanne Drone Collection, St. Louis, MO

Numerous private collections

TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor/Art Coordinator, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL (2013-2022)

Adjunct Instructor, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL (2005-13)

Adjunct Instructor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (2003-04)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Washburn University, Topeka, KS (2002-04)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (1999-2002)

Graduate Exhibits Coordinator, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (1999-2002)

Graduate Assistant, Image Library, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (1999-2000)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO (1996-98)

Technical Director, Stage Carpenter, Scenic Painter, St. Louis Black Repertory Co., St. Louis, MO (1994-96)

Art Instructor, Ursuline Academy, St. Louis, MO (1987-88)

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Gallery Shows

Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL