Curriculum Vitae

Reginald Gammon
1921 – 2005

Place of Birth : Philadelphia, PA.

Education:
1946 – 1949: The Philadelphia Museum College of Art (then called the Philadelphia School of the Industrial Arts)
and The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Art, Temple University, Philadelphia.

Profession:
1970 - 1991 Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Retired as Full Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts and Humanities

COLLECTIONS:
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI.
Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA.
The African American Museum, Dallas, TX.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY.
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH.
Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI.
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Endicott Johnson Public Schools, Endicott, NY.
Paul R. Jones Collection
The Carl and Winifred Lee Honors College, Kalamazoo, MI
The African American Museum in Wichita, KS
Chase Manhattan Fine Arts Collection, NYC
Dennison College, Ohio
Benny Andrews Collection
Hatch-Billops Collection

AWARDS:
2005: Honoree, The Dedicators, 10 th Annual Celebration of Black Artists.
2004: Unveiling and Reception, The Carl and Winifred Lee Honors College, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI.
2002: 3rd Place, 2001: 1999: 1st, 2nd and Honorable Mention, 1998, 1997, Fine Arts Gallery, State Fairgrounds,
Albuquerque, NM.
2000: Water, Albuquerque Museum, Tamarind Merit Award.
1999: Five State Pastel Competition, 2nd Prize, St. Joseph, MI.
1998: iMagnifico! The Ninth Annual Art of Albuquerque Honoring Reginald Gammon.
1994: 11th Annual African American Art Exhibition, Purchase Award, Louisville, KT.
1991: 12th Annual Michigan Artists Competition, Award of Merit, 1990: Art Center of Battle Creek
1990: 1st and 3rd Prize, Black Arts Cultural Committee, Kalamazoo, MI.
1989: Kalamazoo Black Fine Arts Competition, 2nd Prize, Kalamazoo, MI.
1989: Holland Area Arts Council, 3rd Annual Michigan Art Competition, One painting “With Our Regrets”.
1987: 3rd Place Kalamazoo Black Fine Art Competition ’87, Kalamazoo, MI.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Recipient of Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Grants for 1988 and 1989.
Awarded Michigan State Council for the Arts, Creative Artists Grant 1984.
Recipient of Faculty Fellowship and Grant for research in mixed media in Printmaking Techniques and The Art of Body Decoration 1978.
Western Michigan University. Faculty Grant-in-aid,1976.

Awarded Faculty Fellowship and Grant for research in mixed media for 1974,
Mentioned in Who's Who in American Art '76-'77
Mentioned in Who's Who in Black Americans '77-'78

JUROR:
Black Arts and Cultural Center, Fine Art Competition ’93, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI.

Exhibitions:
2005:
-Tone Parallel, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
-Proof: Works by Contemporary Printmakers, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-Reginald Gammon, Coming Home, Our Philadelphian Son, Art Around the Corner, Philadelphia, PA.

2004:
-All That Jazz, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Reginald Gammon Paintings, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Black & White (and a little color), Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
-Southern Journeys, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA.
-Print Cabinet, Wittstock Museum, Germany.

2003:
-Then and Now, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-Jazz & Blues, Johnson’s of Madrid, Madrid, NM.
-6th Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes, Ville de Chamalieres, France.

2002:
-5000 Flowers, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Six Months of iMagnifico!, Magnifico Art Space, Albuquerque, NM.
-Discover Downtown, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-NM State Fair Art Exhibtion, Expo NM, Albuquerque, NM.
- Painterly Prints, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.

2001:
-Encore, NMAAAG, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-A Joyful Noise, A Tribute to Jazz Musicians, Parker’s Jazz Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Inspace at the Outpost, Albuquerque, NM.
-Lush Life, Parker’s Jazz Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Prints by Reginald Gammon,
-NMAAAG, State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, NM.
-Jazz Images, Parker’s Jazz Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

2000:
-Rhythm and Hues, Expressions in Blues, NMAAAG, Governer’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
-Water: Magnifico’s Eleventh Annual Exhibition; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM; juried exhibition.
Merit Award.
-Painterly Prints; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
-Blacks in the Southwest 1880-2000, iMagnifico!, Albuquerque, NM.
-20th Century African American Icons: Series II, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA.

1999:
-Second Annual Veterans Art Exhibition; Fine Arts Gallery, State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM.
1st Prize, 2nd Prize and Honorable Mention.
-Magnifico Downtown Studio Tour; Albuqueroue, NM.
-Harwood Salon Show; The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-Confluence: Six Albuquerque Artists; South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-Creativity, Aging and The Arts Conference: Seniors Reaching Out, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM.
-Locating the Spirit: Religion and Spirituality in African American Art, The Anacostia Museum and Center for
African American History and Culture, Washington, DC.
-Poetry Paint, Poetry Habitat, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-The Spiritual Path, New Mexico African-American Artists Guild, South Broadway Cultural Center,
Albuquerque, NM.
-Five State Pastel Competition, The Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI.

1998:
-Faithful Voices: Four Decades of African-American Art, Hampton University, Hampton, VA.
-Vehicle, Art and Transportation in New Mexico, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM.
-Veterans Fine Art Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM.
-Two For The Money. New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM.
-Magnifico! The Ninth Annual Art of Albuquerque Exhibition,The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
honoring Reginald Gammon.
-iMagnifico! The Art of Albuquerque, Honoring Reginald Gammon, Sandra Humphries Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Ida y Vuelta,12 New Mexico Artists in France, Musee Des Beaux Arts Denys Puech, Rodez, France.
-In Search of Master Artists: Selections from the Moore Collection of African American Art. Lafayette College,
Easton, PA.
-Print Exhibition, Paterson College, Paterson, NJ.

1997:
-Magnifico! Albuquerque Festival of The Arts, Albuquerque, NM.
-Six Episodes in Color Filled Life, Solo Exhibition, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
-International Joint Art Exhibition, Shin Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan.
-Art and Religion: The Many Faces of Faith, The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies and Villanova University Art
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
-Collaboration, A Joint Venture in Exhibiting, The South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-The Prints of Albuquerque,The Coleman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM.
-ARTI-FAX, An International Exhibition of Fax-Art, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-Harwood Art Salon Exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-43rd Hiroshima Peace Exhibition, Hiroshima Perfectural Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan.
-One Man Exhibition, Café Au Lait, Albuquerque, NM.
-Art Market Sale, Hatch-Bishop’s Collection, New York City, NY.
-New Mexico Contemporary ’97, Fine Arts Galllery, New Mexico State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM.
-Duke’s Dream: Black, White, Brown and Beige, The InPost Artspace, OutPost Performance Space,
Albuquerque, NM.
-Harwood Art Center Group Show, Exchange Exhibition, AS200 Galleries, Providence, RI.
-Dedication at the African-American Studies Department, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

1996:
-200 Years Toward Freedom: The Legacy of Sojourner Truth, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI.
-Artists and Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
-The Art of Albuquerque Show, The Arts Building, New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Magnifico!, Albuquerque , NM
-Albuquerque United Artists, Contemporary '96, Fine Arts Building, New Mexico State Fairgrounds,
Albuquerque, NM.
-Roots, Dreams, and Visions: African American Images' of Culture, Community, and Creativity in New Mexico,
Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
-African American Artists of New Mexico, The Governor's Gallery, State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM.
-New Mexican African-American Artists Guild, Kress Building, Albuquerque, NM.
-Through the Spiritual Lense, Juried Exhibition, The Kimo Theater Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Inside Vision/Outside the Mainstream, Horwitch-LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe,
-Artzone, The Joseph E. Loup Jewish Community Center, Denver, CO.
-Perspectives in African American Art, The African American Museum, Dallas, TX.

1995:
-Vernissage, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
-We Too Are American, NMAAAG, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM.
-Just For The Health Of It, Santa Fe Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
-Family Album, Working Classrooms, Inc., Visiones Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
-Eros in Winter, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
-Artist and Influence 1995, Hatch-Bishops Collection, New York, NY.

1994:
-Sharing the Dream,   A Touring Exhibition of Eleven African-American Artists, LewAllen Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM.
-New Mexico African-American Artists Guild of Albuquerque, Mr. Powdrell's Barbecue Restaurant,
Albuquerque, NM.
-Visions of Excellence, Albuquerque United Artists, Juried Exhibition, State Fair Fine Arts Gallery, New Mexico
State Fair Grounds, Albuquerque, NM.
-11th Annual African American Art Exhibition, Louisville, KT.

1993:
-Africa and America Then and Now, Garden Court Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
-Sharing the Past and the Future, Traverse Area Arts Council Gallery, Traverse City, MI.

1992:
-Kalamazoo Institute of Art Area Show 1992, Kalamazoo, MI.

1991:
-All Michigan State, Krasl Art Center, St. Josephs, MI.
-12th Annual Michigan Artists Competition, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI.
-Two Homey's, Black Arts and Cultural Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Kalamazoo Black Arts and Cultural Center Fine Arts Competition, Kalamazoo Institute for The Arts.
Kalamazoo, MI.
-Artists Pick Artists, Eleventh Annual African American Art Exhibit, Water Tower Gallery, Louisville, KT.
-Art Auction ’91, Louisville Visual Art Association and the University of Louisville’s Allen R. Hite Art Institute,

1990:
-Black Arts Cultural Committee, Fine Arts Competition, Kalamazoo Institute of Art. Kalamazoo, MI.
-11th Annual Michigan Artists Competition, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI.
-Annual Juried Regional Artists Competition, The Carnegie Center for The Arts. Three Rivers, MI.
-King Scott Exhibition, Greater Kalamazoo Fund Winners, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Ann Arbor Art Association Print Competition. Ann Arbor, MI.
-Mid-Michigan Annual, Holland Art Center, Holland MI.
-Continuum, Nine African American Artists, Focus Gallery, School for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
-George Bayard’s African American Fine Arts Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI.
-Michigan African American Artists, Collection of The Battle Creek Art Center. Space Gallery,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
-New Initiatives for The Arts, Invitational Touring Exhibition, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI.
-One Man Exhibition, Governor State University, University Park, IL.

1989:
-Five Person Exhibition, Sherry A. Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI.
-Faculty Exhibit, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Grand Portraits Show, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI.
-Holland Area Arts Council, 3rd Annual Michigan Art Competition, Holland, MI.
-Art Source Annual, Flint, MI.
-Invitational Touring Exhibition, New Initiatives for the Arts.
-1989 Kalamazoo Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI.

1988:
-Focus ’88, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
-Ninth Michigan Artists Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Summer Exhibits, Kendall Gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
-A Day in a Life, Nazareth College Art Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.

1987:
-The Black Experience, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Eighth Michigan Artists Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, MI.
-?, Michigan Council for the Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI.
-Reggie’s People, Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Michigan’s Black Artists, Battle Creek Art Center,
-Kalamazoo Black Fine Art Competition ’87,   Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI.

1986:
-Kalamazoo Black Arts Festival ’86, Burdick Mall, Kalamazoo, MI.

1984:
-Black Music: Sacred and Secular, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, MI.
-Focus On Black Artists, Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY.
-Minority Experience, Willard Library, Battle Creek, MI.

1983:
-Paintings by Reggie Gammon, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Women and Art in Africa, Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
-Fourth Michigan Artists Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI.
-A Joyful Noise: Sacred and Secular, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI.

1982:
-Reginald Gammon, Creative Arts Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
-Black Art Show, University Student Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.

1981:
-Reginald Gammon Paintings, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI.

1980:
-An Exhibition of Body Decoration, Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.

1979:
-Political Comment in Contemporary Art, Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College, Potsdam, NY.

1978:
-Four Directions, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI.

1976:
-The Great American Midway, Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.

1973:
-The Gammon File, Acts of Art Gallery, New York, NY.
-Black: USA: New York Cultural Center, New York, NY.

1971:
-Smith-Mason Gallery, Washington, D.C
-Gallery 7, Detroit Michigan
-Sill Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michgan
-Studio Muuseum, Harlem, NY

1970:
-Boston Museum of Fine Art
-Harlem Cultural Council, New York

1969:
-Black Art on Display, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
-30 Contemporary Black Artists, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN,
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI.

1968:
-American Greetings Galleries, New York
-Brooklyn College
-Minnesota Institute of Art

1965:
-Black and White, Organized by Spiral, Christopher Street Gallery, New York City, NY.