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HRIStIAN VANDEHAAR
Farmboy Studio
CHRIStIAN VANDEHAAR

Altoona, Iowa

cdvandehaar@gmail.com

 

Group

Exhibitions         coming up... The Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA, 2012

                                        The Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA, 2011

Marshalltown Main Street Art Walk, Marshalltown, IA, 2010

DeWaay Art Gala, Clive, IA, 2010

Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Des Moines, IA, 2010

                                        The Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA, 2010

                           Cornerstone Art Showcase, Ames, IA, 2010

                                 International Christian Art Competition, www.art4god.com, 2009

  DeWaay Art Gala, Clive, IA, 2009

                           Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Des Moines, IA, 2009

                           Senior BFA Peep Show Exhibition, Iowa State University, 2009

                           FOCUS Juried Exhibition, Iowa State University, 2009

                           FOCUS Grant Exhibition, Iowa State University, 2009

                           Rome Student Exhibition, Iowa State University, 2009

    29th Art and Design Student Annual, Iowa State University, 2008

                                       Studies in Creativity, Iowa State University, 2008

                                       Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Des Moines, IA, 2008

                                       Social Injustice Through the Arts Exhibition, Iowa State University, 2007

                               Cornerstone Art Showcase, Ames, IA, 2007

                                       Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Des Moines, IA, 2003-2007

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Exhibitions    coming up...  Iowa State University Memorial Union, Ames, IA, October 2012

                                   coming up... State 4-H Office, Ames, IA, January 2012

                                   St. Mark Discipleship Center, West Des Moines, IA, July 2011

                                    Fisher Community Center, Marshalltown, IA, May 2011

   The Book Cellar and Coffee Attic, Iowa Falls, IA, October 2010


Awards                Des Moines Arts Festival, Best of Emerging Iowa Artists, 2011

                                   Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, 2010

   Cornerstone Art Showcase, Best of Show, Best of Drawing, 2010

                                   Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, People’s

                                                Choice Second Runner-Up, 2009

                            Iowa State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Best of Show, 2008

Elizabeth Kirke Memorial Scholarship Award, 2008

Social Injustice Through the Arts Exhibition, 2nd Place, 2007

Kathryn Benbrook Lapp Memorial Scholarship 2007

Art and Design Excellence Scholarship 2007

Iowa State Fair Fine Youth Arts Exhibition, Honorable Mention, 2005


Grants and Publications

                                    Drake Blue, Alumni Magazine, Fall 2011, p. 42-43, "The Root of Originality"

                                    FOCUS Grant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Spring 2008

                             “Farmboys,” Chalk Pastel Triptych. Grant Amount $537.29

                                 Exhibited March 2009, Memorial Union, Iowa State University

                             Sketch, Iowa State University, Fall 2007, Vol. 72.1, p. 59, “The Storm”

                        Iowa State Daily, “Artist gets grant for farm past,” April 13, 2009

                             

Education           Drake University, Des Moines, IA; December 2010

                              Masters in Arts of Teaching, Secondary Art Education

                                                GPA: 4.0

 

  Iowa State University, Ames, IA; May 2009

                                     Bachelors in Fine Arts, Drawing Emphasis

Magna Cum Laude; GPA: 3.86; Honors Status: 2007-2009

Top 2% Scholars and Leaders Award 2007-2009

Dean’s List 2005-2009

 

                                    Study Abroad, Iowa State University, Rome, Italy; Summer 2008

College of Design Rome Program: Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Italy and Paris, France.


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