KENNETH FALANA SR. EDUCATION University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI
Master of Fine Arts, 1972 Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL
Bachelors of Science Art Education, 1964 Gibbs Junior College
St Petersburg, FL
Associates of Art, 1961 EXHIBITIONS 1972 Contemporary International Print Exhibition from American Universities at American Embassies - London, England; Finland; Togo; Gambia; Guatemala, El Salvador; Panama, Costa Rica, Guinea and Laos. 1972
National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Albion College, Albion, Michigan 1972
Solo Exhibition, prints, “Ken Falana”, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Kentucky 1974
Solo Exhibition, “ Prints”, Washington Federal Bank, Miami, Florida 1975
“Exhibits in Print and Sculpture Exhibition”, Lemoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida 1976
Florida A&M University Art Faculty Exhibition. “Prints and Drawings”, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1977
Solo Exhibition, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama 1977
Solo Exhibition, “Prints, Drawings, and Collages”, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin Art Department, Madison, Wisconsin 1979
“Exhibits in Impressions / Expressions: Black American Graphics”, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York 1980
“Exhibits in Dimensions and Directions: Black Artists of the South”, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi 1980
“Impressions: Printmaking and Drawing”, National Center of Afro-American Artists Museum, Boston, Massachusetts 1980
Solo Exhibition, “Prints, Drawings, and Collages”, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1980
10th Anniversary of the Elvehjem Museum, Elvehjem of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1982 “Images of Dignity, Black American Heritage”, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1982
“Thoughts and Expressions”, Lemoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida 1983
“Prints and Drawings at Four Arts Gallery”, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1984
“A FAMU Art Celebration: Past and Present”, 22nd Floor Gallery, New Capitol Building, Tallahassee, Florida 1985
“Printmaking’85”, The Tallahassee Invitational, University Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1986
“Ten Florida Black Artists”, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, Florida 1986
“The Wisconsin Connection: Black Artists Past and Present, “Wisconsin Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1987
“Artist Who Teach,” Faculties from member institutions of the National Association of State University and Land Grant Colleges, Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington, D. C. 1988
“Afro-American Prints and Drawings: An Exhibition of New Acquisitions”, The National Center of Afro-American Artists Museum, Boston, Massachusetts 1989
“African-American Contemporary Art”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Palermo, Italy 1990
“Light Aberrations,” Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas 1990 “Works on Paper,” Jimmy Mosely Gallery of Art, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Prince, Maryland 1991
“A FAMU Art Celebration 1992” Foster Tanner Fine Art Gallery, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 1992
“NBAF 1992 National”, Invitational Exhibition, Nettus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia 1993 “Ken Falana: Recent Work”, Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 1993
“Regenerative Spirit,” Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 1994
“Where Water Taste Like Cherry Wine: African American Artist in Florida”, Polk Museum, Lakeland, Florida 1994
“Ken Falana: Silkscreen Construction”, Broward Community College, South Campus, Pembroke Pine, Florida 1994
“Contemporary African-American Artists, 1980-1994” The National Art Club, New York, New York 1996
“Ken Falana: A World of Color”, Florida Gulf Coast Museum, Largo, Florida 1997
“Ken Falana: A World of Color”, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida 1997
“Bang! The Guns as Image”, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1997
“Ken Falana: A World of Color”, Museum of Arts and Science, Daytona Beach, Florida 1998
“TransAfrican Art” Invitational Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida 1999
“Inner Voicing: Printmaking and Sculpture”, Schacknow Museum of Art, Coral Spring, Florida 1999
“Print Matters”, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2000
“Ken Falana Color in Motion”, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida 2000
“Millennium Flashback”, Harmon House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2001
“Kenneth Falana: A Retrospective”, North Carolina Central University Art Museum, Durham, North Carolina 2003
“In Print: The Language of Art, FSU Museum of fine art, Tallahassee, Florida 2009
Ken Falana " An Explosion of Color", Brick City Center for the Arts, Ocala, Florida AWARDS 1971
“Purchase Prize for Serigraph Law and Order USA”
Wisconsin Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1977
“Certificate of Recognition for Exemplary Representation of African American Artistic and Cultural Expression”, Festac Lagos, Nigeria 1986
“First Place Printmaking Purchase Award”, Sixth Annual National Art Exhibition and Competition, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA 1988
“First Place Printmaking Purchase Award”, Eighth Annual National Art Exhibition and Competition, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA 1988
“Purchase Award for Serigraph Rubber Bullets”, Ninth Afro-American Printmakers Exhibition, Community Art Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1988
“Purchase Award for Serigraph Constructive Engagement: South Africa” Warrington Gallery, Pensacola Community College, Pensacola, FL
1989
“1st Place Mix-Media Purchase Award”, “2nd Place Painting Purchase Award”, “2nd Place Printmaking Purchase Award”, The Ninth Annual Atlanta LifeAfro-American Art Competition and Exhibition, Atlanta Life Insurance Co., Atlanta, GA 1992
“Purchase Award for Serigraph, Constructed Engagement”, African-American Invitational Exhibition, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis Missouri 1998
“Teacher of The Year Award” 1998-1999, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida COMMISSIONED WORKS
1993
Commissioned to Design five large multicolored silk screened fabric banners for Art-in-Public Places at the Miami Arena, Miami, Florida 1998
Commissioned to Design 10420 Ft Multicolored Silk Screen fabric banner in the Plant Operations and Maintenance Building, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida WORK EXPERIENCE Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL
1972 – 2007
Professor of Art, Department of Visual Humanities, and Theatre
2002 – 2005
Chairman, Department of Visual Humanities, and Theatre
2000 – 2006
User Agency Representative, Art in State Building Program
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
1970 –1971
Teaching Assistant, Printmaking
Communication Art Center, Broward Board of Public Instruction
Fort Lauderdale, FL
1968 – 1970
Art Specialist
Crispus Attucks Junior & Senior High School
Hollywood, Florida
1965-1968
Art Instructor
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