Kevin Kegler

Buffalo, NY

USA

Education •

1987 MAH in Media Studies/ Design Studies • State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 

1983 MFA Candidate, Program in Artisanry • Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

1981 BS in Design • Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York

Professional Positions •

Professor, Director of Sculpture & Graphic Design Programs, Visual & Performing Arts Department, Daemen University, Amherst, NY 2000 – 2023

Founding Partner, Vice-President and Director of Product Development, First Hand Learning, Inc., a non- profit organization dedicated to the development and distribution of natural science education materials and programs. 1998- 2001

Creative Director / Principal Designer, Object Lessons, Buffalo Museum of Science, developed object-based science kits to support middle school curriculum in natural sciences. 1992- 1998

Proprietor, principal designer and builder of residential and commercial studio furniture. 1983- 1992

Principal Builder, 1988-1989 restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Gardener’s Cottage,” Buffalo, NY. Directed, in partnership, the complete restoration of the structural and finish components of the original 1909 residential building. 

Studio Artist and Designer, 1983 - present 

Academic/Art Work Abroad •

2015, November, sabbatical research and studio work in Berlin, Germany

2012, January Term, Costa Rican Natural History & Conservation

2011, November, South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China

2009, March, South China University, Guangzhou, Hangzhou University, Beijing University, China

2008, December, sabbatical work on sacred art in Amsterdam, Netherlands & Brugges, Belgium

2006, “London Calling: Wayfinding in London” (January Term) London, England

2003, Dominican Republic, mural painting in Progresso Dos

Solo Art Exhibits •

2024, Shaded Spaces (2-person), C. Stuart & Jane H. Hunt Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2024, Start Over Again, Public Sculpture, Erie County Harbor Development Corp., Buffalo, NY

2024, Holding Space (2-person), Raft Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2023, Carbon Echo: Kevin Kegler, Tower Gallery, Daemen University, Amherst, NY

2021, Kevin Kegler: Recent Paintings, Ró, Buffalo, NY

2020, Ladder Tired of Being a Ladder, PLAYGROUND, Burchfield-Penney, Buffalo, NY

2020, Grace & Carbon, The Nolanda Gallery, Naropa University, Boulder, CO 

2018, Kevin Kegler Summer Show, The Corridors Gallery, Hotel Henry Buffalo, NY 

2016, Recent Work, Tower Gallery, Daemen College, Amherst, NY

2014, want everything (with Felice Koenig), Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY

2012, Recent Work, Rust Belt, Buffalo, NY

2011, Eating the Apple With a Spoon, Zuhause, Berlin, Germany

2010, Figurant (with Katherine Koenig), Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2009, Mysteries (with Dennis Barraclough), Meibohm Gallery, East Aurora, NY

2009, Recent Work, Chow Chocolat, Buffalo, NY

2008, Recent Paintings, 10th Street Community Garden, Buffalo, NY

2007, Brilliant Light/ Mythic Shadow, C G Jung Center, Buffalo, NY

1990, Ashland Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

1985, Together at Last (with Juliet Bice), Danny’s, Buffalo, NY

1984, Carnegie Cultural Center, North Tonawanda, NY 

1981, Essex Street Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

Select Group Art Exhibits •

2025

Sitting With Chairs, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY

2024

Group Exhibit, Josephine Gallery Project, Buffalo, NY

Spirit ‘24, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2023

Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Spirit ‘23, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Inaugural Exhibit, Barclay Gallery Project, Buffalo, NY

2022

Black & White, Fusion Art, Santa Fe, NM

Kindred, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2021

Verdant, Envision Arts, UNT CoLab Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

Beginnings, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Last Year on Earth, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Cadeaux, Raft of Sanity Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2020

PLAYGROUND, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Shelter Domestics, virtual exhibit, Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, Australia

Lines, Shapes & Objects, virtual exhibit, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA

Onyx II, virtual exhibit, Envision Arts, Dallas, TX

In Union, Remotely, virtual exhibit, Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, MA

SUPPORT, virtual exhibit, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY

Maid to Aid, virtual exhibit, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY

2019 

Reflectivity – Artists on Climate Change, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California

Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2018 

Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century, Arc Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

After the Pedestal, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Art Invasion: Fifteen, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY

X, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY

2017

 Art Invasion: North Street, Resource Art, Buffalo, NY

The Corridors Gallery, A Resource Art Project, Hotel Henry, Buffalo, NY

Biophilia, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY 

Summer in the City, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY

2016 

Echo Art Fair NYC, Highline Lofts, NY, NY 

Summer in the City, Indigo Art, Buffalo, NY

2015

Emerging Converging, Damon Morey, Curated by Elizabeth Samuels, Buffalo, NY

Richard Kegler/P22 Type Foundry: Charles Burchfield (The Font Project), Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY 

2014 

Mirrored: Artist Self-Portraits From the Gerald Mead Collection, Tower Gallery, Amherst, NY

Better/Worse, Block Club, Buffalo, NY

2013 

Object Abuse, Spinach, London, UK

Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY

Zukunftsvisionen 13 (Visions of the Future 13), Bautznerstraße 32, Gorlitz, Germany 

2012 

Harvest, Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY

First Thought, Last Thought, CG Jung Center, Buffalo, NY

Members Exhibit, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY 

2011 

Summer Invitational Exhibit, Sugar City, Buffalo, NY

Members Exhibit, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY 

2010 

Street Installation, Kopenicker Strasse 183, Berlin, Germany

Art and Violence, El Buen Amigo, Buffalo, NY

Members Exhibit, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

Juried Spring Exhibit, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

Members’ Exhibit, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo NY

Extraordinary Forms II, Kenan Center, Lockport NY

2009 

Interactive Currents, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Hallwalls 35th Anniversary Auction, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

Craft in Art Western New York 2009, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Author & Artists, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY

Brothers, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

Type Tart Project, Wallpaper Magazine & KK Outlet Gallery, London, England

Inaugural Exhibit, Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

NYFA MARK, BUFFALO, ARTSPACE, Buffalo, NY

Members’ Exhibit, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2008 

Members’ Exhibit, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo NY

Sender Receives, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

2007

 Future Artemi, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

2006

I a Buffalo, Western New York Book Arts Collaborative, Buffalo, NY

Sculpture Invitational Buffalo, ArtSpace, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2005 

Collage/Assemblage, Bryant Street Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Artist Educators, Fineline Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2004  

Juried Exhibit, Art Dialogue Buffalo, NY

Pencil Me In: The Art of Drawing, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

Cause for Celebration, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2003 

Exterior Wall Mural, Progresso Dos, Dominican Republic

Regional Exhibition, Western New York Artists Group, Buffalo, NY

2002 

Members Exhibit, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

2001 

Members Exhibit, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

2000 

Artful Gifts, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

Members Exhibit, Western New York Artists Group, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY

• Pre-2000 Exhibitions

Group Exhibit, WNY Artists Group, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY: 1998, 1999

 Cause for Celebration, Buffalo, NY: 1996/97

Regional 1995, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY: 1995

Craft Art Western New York 1994, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY: 1990, 1992, 1994

Art Furniture of Western New York, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY: 1994

WNY Craft/Art, Niagara County Community College Gallery, Sanborn, NY: 1993

Adams Memorial Group Exhibit, Dunkirk, NY: 1987

Goldome Show, Buffalo, NY: 1987

 15 Anonymous American Poets, Video Installation, Wende Hall, SUNY Buffalo, NY: 1985

Theater Place Showcase of Craft Art, Buffalo, NY: 1985

40th Western New York Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY: 1984

 100 American Craftsmen, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY: 1984

PAZ, Sculpture, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY: 1983

Group Exhibit, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY: 1983

The Kitchen and the Gallery, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY: 1982

 39th Western New York Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY: 1982