KenzZinger Art

KENZIE K. HOLZINGER

3402 State Route 160, Highland, IL | 217-821-9718 | kenzkzinger@gmail.com |@kenzzinger_art

 

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Drawing     Fall 2019 –4.0 GPA – Dean’s list 2019-2021

 

Thomas Edison State University (TESU) | Bachelors of Art   2017-2020. 4.0 GPA

 

AWARDS/HONORS 

• Student Commencement Speaker on behalf of the College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2021-Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). 2021

• 1st Place Award, 26th FALC Annual Juried Exhibition, FALC-Fine Arts League of Cary. 2021

• Valerie Lee Renolds Smith Award in Painting, SIUE Student Exhibition. 2021

• Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville URCA Award, Creative Assistant of the Semester Award. 2020

• 1st Place Award, The Premier Exhibition, The In Art Gallery. 2020

• Honorable Mention, Celebration of Art 2020, Marin Society of Artists. 2020

• Honorable Mention, Bigger Than Big Exhibition, The In Art Gallery. 2021

• 1st Place Award, Illinois State Town and Country Art Show, Springer Cultural Center. 2017

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Studio Assistant | Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Program (URCA) – SIUE, Edwardsville, IL. Fall 2020

·       Assisted Instructor with work inside the studio, and on current artwork being produced

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Edwardsville Arts Center/Instructor | EAC Gallery – Edwardsville, IL. August 2021-Current

·       Arrange a syllabus and teach painting, drawing and All-Media based classes for Adult classes and children’s classes ranging K-12.

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Choreographer/Instructor | Alfresco Productions – Granite City, IL. Spring 2020

·   Choreographed and Instructed dance in an adult musical performance.

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Choreographer/Instructor | Hard Road Theatre Productions – Highland, IL. 2017,2018,2019 &2021

·   Choreographed and instructed dance within several seasonal musicals. This includes musicals performed by children and musicals performed by adults. 

 

PUBLICATIONS

• 2021 – Artistonish - Contemporary Art Magazine, Discover the Artist, Online and Print

• 2021 – The Alestle – College Press Association, Student-run newspaper of SIUE. Online and Print.

• 2021 - Diversia Earth, Honoring the Earth Day. Full color print of online exhibition.

• 2021 - 12th Annual Drawing Discourse - full color catalogue, Print 

• 2020 - River Bluff Review - Student Literary Journal, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL. Print

• 2019 - River Bluff Review - Student Literary Journal, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL. print

• 2018 - River Bluff Review - Student Literary Journal, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL. print

• 2017 - The Highland News Leader - Highland newspaper, Highland IL, Print

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 

2021-   ​

• Luminosity, B Extraordinaire, St. Louis, MO. Jurors: Carol Ferring Shepley and Virginia Becker.

• Peace, Exhibizone, Biafarin Online Exhibition.

• Happiness 2021, Exhibizone, Biafarin Online Exhibition.

• REENTRY, Webster Arts, St. Louis, MO. Juror: Vicki Friedman

• Footprint, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. Jurors: Deborah Douglas & Matthew Isaacson.

•  Joy, Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton Ohio, Juror: Gallery owner Ed Dixon.

• Bigger Than Big, In Art Gallery, Juror: Melanie Cooper Pennington. 

• LUMIÉRE, Art Fluent International Online Gallery, Massachusetts.

• Liminal, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Online Exhibition, Portland, OR, 2021.

• STLACC Students Virtual Underground Art Show, Arts Chamber of Commerce, Saint Louis, MO.

• The 29th Cederhurst Biennial, Cedurhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL. Juror: Margaret Rieckenberg.

• Artist Guild Online International Exhibition, The San Diego Museum of Art, CA. Juror: Anita Feldman.

• 30 Under 30, Viridian Artists, New York, NY, 2021. Juror: Vernita Nemec.

• Nature Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Juror: Ryan Horvath

• OF THE EARTH, Art Fluent Gallery, International Virtual Exhibition, Massachusetts, Director’s choice.

• 26th FALC Annual Juried Exhibition, FALC-Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary, North Carolina, 2021. Juror: Ryan Fox.

• FEMME, Virtual Exhibition, Art Fluent Gallery, International Virtual Exhibition, Massachusetts.

• These Truths, Gallery 114 International Exhibition, Portland Oregon, 2021

• Diversia: Earth-2021, Honoring the Earth Day, Exhibizone online International Exhibition, 2021.

• Varsity Art XXV, 25th annual invitational exhibit featuring works by undergrad and grad level art, Art Saint 

              Louis, St. Louis, MO.

• Models In Motion, SCORE (Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions), San Fernando Valley Arts and

              Cultural Center, San Fernando, CA, Juror: Jim Morphesis

• Open Theme Annual 2021, Webster Arts, St. Louis, MO, Juror: Allana Ross.

• Drawing Discourse-12th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, Juror: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum.

• STAND, Online Art Fluent Gallery, Massachusetts.

• GALEX 55-National Juried Competition and Exhibition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL, Juror: Oscar Jay Gillespie

2020     GALEX 54 National Juried Competition and Exhibition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL.

• Women Speak 1920-2020, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL.

• The Premier Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Juror: Thad Duhigg

• Gallery 510 October National 2020, Gallery 510, Decatur, Illinois.

• Creatures II, Art Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, Jurors: John Cross and Lisa Ober.

• Celebration of Art 2020-An All Media Show, Marin Society of Artists, San Raphael,  California.

• 2020 - Political Discord, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

• Get the Message: Words and Images, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California. 

• Boundless, Online Art Fluent Gallery, Massachusetts. 

• Home for the Holidays, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI. 

2019      Fayette County Town and Country Professional Art Show, Artworks Gallery, Vandalia, IL.

•  Wood River Small Works Juried Exhibition, Wood River Museum, Wood River, IL.

2014-2018 (Five shows)  

• Illinois State Town and Country Art Show, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, I

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK|COMMISSIONS

• NEO Home Loans Triptych figural painting for office space. 2021 

• Book Cover Design, Legends of Heretrua (Volume 3), Author: Bethany Lawson. 2021

• Boonie’s Farm Mural design and execution. Warden, IL. 2021

• Boonie’s Farm Menu Board design and execution. Warden, IL. 2021

• Systems Health Care Manual Illustrations and poster design. Systems Health Care (3rd Edition). 2020

• Book Cover Design, Legends of Heretrua: Ruination of Light (Volume 2), Author: Bethany Lawson. 2018

• Unreleased design work for an upcoming clothing company. 2018

• Town Model Design and Creation for Grantfork IL, Grantfork Historical Society. 2017

• Official Town Emblem Design for Grantfork IL, Grantfork Historical Society. 2017

• Soil on the Saddle Ranch, sign design creation. 2016

• Book Cover Design, Legends of Heretrua: Rulers of Light (Volume 1), Author: Bethany Lawson. 2015

• Private home wall mural design and execution. Highland, IL, 2015

 

ORGANIZATIONS

2021 - St. Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce, member.

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Art Saint Louis, Art Saint Louis Gallery, Saint Louis MI. member.

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Biafarin, Biafarin Inc. Member.

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Painting and Drawing Association (PDA), SIUE, Co-President.

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Apposed Pecking Order Artists (APO Artists), Founding Member.

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2020 - Painting and Drawing Association (PDA), SIUE, Co-President.

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Sculptors at Wagner (SAW), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 

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Apposed Pecking Order Artists (APO Artists), Founding Member.

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2019 - Painting and Drawing Association (PDA), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Social Media Officer.

 

Sculptors at Wagner (SAW), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 

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2018 - Painting and Drawing Association (PDA), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, member

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VOLUNTEER WORK

Friends of Art Auction – SIUE, Edwardsville, IL. 2019

Collinsville Mural -Collinsville Senior Center, Collinsville, IL. 2019

Children’s Choreographer/Instructor- Hard Road Theatre, Highland, IL. 2017-2021