VINCENT HRON
222 Pine Tree Road, Millville, PA 17846, (570) 458-5011
Professor of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 1996 - present
Post Graduate Study, State Art Academy in Karlsrhue, Germany, 1987-8
Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1987
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, 1984
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Anderson O’Brien Gallery Omaha, NE, “Vincent Hron”
2011 Tennessee Tech University, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Cooksville, TN, “Clouds”
2010 Lockhaven University, “Looking Up”
2010Harrisburg Area Community College, Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg, PA “Skyscapes”
2009Casper College, Goodstein Gallery, Casper WY, “Cloudscapes”
2008 Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicot City, MD, “Interiors”
Siena Heights University, Klem Gallery, Adrian, MI, “Home Turf”
2007Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Hron: Recent Work” Oct. ‘07
2006Bloomsburg University, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg PA, “Sabbatical”
Uptown Gallery, New York, NY, “New Talent”
2005Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, "Home Turf,"
Cedar Crest College, Cressman Gallery, Allentown, PA, "Familar Places"
2004Pennsylvania College of Technology Gallery, Williamsport, PA "Interiors"
Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY "Recent Work"
2003Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, "Simulations"
Little Gallery, Firelands College, Huron, OH, "Vincent Hron: Recent Work"
2002Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA, "In Your Face/At Your Door"
Pearl Conrad Gallery, The Ohio State University - Mansfield, OH. "Recent Work"
Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC, "Recent Work"
2001Temple Univ., Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Soft Cell:The Bounds of Comfort"
Coker College, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, SC, "Recent Work"
University of Minnesota, Morris Campus, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, Morris,
MN, "Recent Work"
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, "Interiors"
2000West Chester University, Mitchell Hall Gallery, West Chester, PA, "Recent Work"
PennState Harrisburg, Morrison Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, "Hron: Recent Work"
Millersville University, Ganser Art Gallery, Millersville, PA, "Recent Work"
Susquehana Museum of Art, Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, "Recent Work"
Sinclair Community Colege, Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Dayton, OH,
"Landscapes"
1999Shippensburg University, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA, "Vincent Hron:Paintings"
Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Vincent Hron: Inside and Out"
East Stroudsburg University, Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA,
"Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
Austin Peay State University, Trahern Gallery, Clarksville, TN, " Interiors and Exteriors."
ArtHaus at Wilks Brashford, San Francisco, CA, "Playlands"
Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition in conjunction with Dennis Aufiery
1998Kentuck Museum, Northport, AL, "Inside and Out"
The University of Texas Pan-American, Edinburg, TX, "A Musing"
Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY , "Vincent Hron: Recent Work"
The Casements Cultural Center, Ormond Beach, FL, "Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, "Play Time"
Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH "Interiors and Exteriors"
1997Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, "Recent Work"
San Bernadino County Museum, San Bernadino, CA, "Games and Places"
1996Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Stages"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Belgian Print Portfolio"
199513th Street gallery, Omaha, NE "Clay things and Playthings"
The Gallery, Fremont NE, "Neighborhoods and Interiors"
Govenor's Mansiion, Lincoln, NE , "Recent Work"
University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Continuing Education, Peter Kewit
Conference Center, Omaha, NE "Harper and Hron: School Desks and Playgrounds"
1994Anderson Obrien Gallery, Omaha, Ne "Florals"
Wayne State College Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Hron: Recent Work"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Duane/Vince: New Work"
1993The Source Gallery, Kansas City, MO, "Hron: New Perspectives"
Peru State College, Peru, NE, "Hron and McGilvrey"
13th Street Gallery Omaha, NE "Rights of Passage"
Metropolitan Arts Council, Omaha, NE, "Vince Does Windows"
Anderson Obrien Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Mr. Vince's Neighborhood"
1992Iowa Western Community College, School of Art Gallery, Council Bluffs, IA, "Hron:
Paintings and Prints"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Hron and McGilvrey: Recent Work"
First Data Resources, Omaha, NE, "Crawford and Hron: Recent Work"
199113th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Ferguson and Hron: Focus on the Figure"
University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Continuing Education, Peter Kewit
Conference Center, Omaha, NE, "Hron: New Work"
Dana College, School of Art Gallery, "Introductions"
Drake University, Des Moines, IA, "Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
Metropolitan Arts Council, Artspace Gallery, Omaha, NE, "People and Places"
Creighton University, School of Art, Omaha, NE "Hron: New Paintings"
1990Bellevue College, School of Art Gallery, Bellvue, NE, "Hron: Recent Work"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Views of Omaha"
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, “Faculty Show”
2006Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY, “Gods and Monsters”
Laura Craig Galleries, Scranton, PA “Everyday Life - Genre Art Northeast”
Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA “Everyday Life - Genre Art
Northeast”
2005Ourchitecture, newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
Appalacian Corrodors, Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center,
Charleston, WV, Jurror Faith Ringold, Purchase Prize
2004/5"In Our Own Back Yard," a Traveling Exhibition of recent PCA Fellowship recipients,
Touring Schedule:
1/3-2/1'04Lancaster Museum of Art
2/23-3/28'04Mainline Art Center
7/2-8/19'04Erie Art Museum
1/29-4/17'05Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown
4/29-7/17'05Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona
9/1-10/15'05Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University
2004Summer Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
2002George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY, "Random Selections"
Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Third Annual Juried
National Exhibition" Awarded 2nd Place
200113th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Drawing Invitational"
2000Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, "Interiors"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
1999Art Galery le Puget, Alzonne France, "Biennial of Drawing"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
1998Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
1997Art Haus, San Francisco, CA, "Summertime"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE "Summer Show"
Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Grins and Whimsy"
Frank Martin Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College,
Allentown, PA, "Mayfair's Juried Exhibition"
Hastings College, Hastings, NE, "Contemporary Printmaking"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Ten Year Anniversery Exhibition"
1996Wright State University, Dayton, OH, "Drawing from Perception"
Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, "Summer Solstice Show"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Group Show"
1995Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE "Faculty Show"
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NE, "Faculty Show"
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Grand Excursion"
MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, "New Faces"
1994College of Saint Mary's, Omaha, NE, "Bad Girls"
Antiquarian Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Free Male III"
Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, "Faculty Show"
Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, "New World Season"
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "From the Permanent Collection"
Haydon Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Spring Exhibition"
1992Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Prarie Light Showcase '92"
Antiquarian Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Free Male II"
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Recent Aquisitions"
Haydon Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Vantage Points"
COLLECTIONS
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-Lockhaven University, Lockhaven, PA
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- Divine Providence Hospital, Williamsport, PA
- Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV
- University of Minnesota, Morris MN
- Florida Art in State Buildings Program, Duval County Health Dept., Jacksonville, FL
- Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburg, PA
- The American Hotel Association, San Francisco, CA
- Fannie Mae, Lincoln, NE
- Alley Poyner Architecture, Omaha, NE
- Glaska Floor and Wall, Omaha, NE
- Atlas Moving Co., Phoenix, AZ
- Huerter Orthadontics Inc. Omaha, NE
- The Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
- Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
- Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
- University of Michigan
- Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
AWARDS
2012 - Faculty Professional Travel Grant, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2008 -Pollock/Krasner Foundation Individual Fellowship
2008-Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting and
Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
2005- Purchase Prize, Appalatian Corrodors, Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay
Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV, Faith Ringold Jurror
2005- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Creative Artist Special Opportunity
Stipend
2002- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting and Works on
Paper, Philadelphia, PA
2002- Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Third Annual Juried
National Exhibition" Awarded 2nd Place
2001- Bloomsburg Univ., College of Liberal Arts, Special Initiatives Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
2000- Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, "Interiors," Best in Show,
1998- Bloomsburg University Research and Disciplinary Projects Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
- Bloomsburg University Individual Research Project Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
1996- Juror's Award, Drawing From Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1995- International Projects Grant, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1995- Frans Masereel Center Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium
1994- Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1992- Best of Show, "Prairie Light Showcase 92," Purchase Prize for the permanent collection
of the permanent collection of the Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
1991- Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1991- Purchase Prize, "Images of Nebraska" a touring group exhibition sponsored by the
American Express Corporation and the Metropolitan Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1990- Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1987 - Graduate Scholarship, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, to study for
one year at the State Art Academy in Karlsrhue, Germany
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
5/12 The Omaha Reader, Omaha, NE, (Online Magazine @: http://www.thereader.com/index.php/site/
comments/big_sky_paintings/), “Big Sky Paintings: Hron Delivers Landscapes in Sublime
Post-modernism at Anderson O’Brien”, Review by Mary Day, image reproduced
2005 American Art Collector, Juried Competition of new Work, Volume 1, book 3 - Northern States, Alcove Books, Berkley, CA
1/1/04 Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA "The State of Art: PA Grant Recipients Are On
Diplay at the Lancaster Museum of Art, article by Susan Lindt, color image
10/29/03 WBRE TV Channel 16, Williamsport, PA, "On the Road with Mike Stevens"
public interest story featuring my work and interview with Mike Stevens
10/30/01 Morrris Sunday Tribune, Morris, MN, "New HFA Gallery Exhibit opens October
29, review by staff writer, image reproduced
10/21/01 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, "Review of Soft Cell: Bounds of
Comfort", article by Ed Sozanski,
8/25/01 The Morning News, Florence, SC, "Pennsylvania Art Professor opens show at
Coker," article by Justin Bailey,
11/7/00 The Quad, West Chester, PA, "Art Exhibition Closes, but t doesn't end there"
Review by Derick Lim Tze Wern, four-color images reprodeced
2/5/00 Dayton Daily News, Datyon, OH, "Photo Mosaics and Tricky Landscpes," review
by Jane A. Black, image reproduced
2/24/00 Impact Weekly, Dayton, OH, "Pregnancy and Panoramas," review by Jud Yalkut
9/23/99 Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA, "Impressive September Art Gallery Shows on
the Hill", review by Ruth R. Russell, image reproduced
9/30/99 The Stroudsburg Courier, stroudsburg, PA, "Art Exhibit Features Paintings By
Artist Vincent Hron," review by David A. finken, Image reproduced
4/12/98 Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, "Haunted Canvases," review by Kathy Whyde
Jesse, images reproduced
4/9/98 Dayton Voice, Dayton, OH, "Vincent Hron Exhibit," anouncement, image
9/25/96 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "'Stages' takes artist to a New Level," review by
Kyle MacMillan, color reproduction
1/14/96 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Hron Hits His Stride" review by Kyle
MacMillam, image reproduced
8/17/95 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Sees Delight, Terror in Playground"
review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
7/3/94 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Summer Accompanied by a Variety of Shows"
review by Kyle MacMillan
6/30/93 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Looks Afresh at Ordinary Slice of Life"
review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
4/7/93 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Local Artist Painting at Jones Street" interview
with Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
10/25/92 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Hron Painting Wins Award" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
9/26/91 The Enterprise, Blair, NE , "A Closer Look at the World Around You" review by
Michelle Doyle, Image reproduced
5/26/91 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Cultivates Fertile Imagination" review
by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
6/26/90 Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Trip to the Unknown is Refreshing" review by
Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
MURAL COMMISSIONS
1996- Mural for Ameristar Casino, Council Bluffs, IA
1995- Mural at Tilts Family Entertainment Center, Westroads Mall, Omaha, NE
1993- Mural at Jones Street Brewery, Omaha, NE
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE
TEACHING
InstitutionRank Dates of Service
Bloomsburg University,Assistant Professor 8/96 - 7/02
Bloomsburg, PAAssociate Professor 7/02 - present
University of Nebraska, Instructor 8/92 - 5/96
Omaha, NE
Dana College, Sabbatical Replacement 8/91 - 12/91
Blair, NE
Bellevue University, Instructor 8/90 - 5/96
Bellevue, NE
Metropolitan Community Instructor 8/89 - 5/96
College, Omaha, NE
University Of Michigan,Teaching Assistant 8/85 - 5/87
Ann Arbor, MI