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BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Dennis Navrat, now Emeritus Professor of Art of the University of South Dakota, served as department Chair from 1989 through 1997, and continued teaching as a professor from 1998-2005 . He served as the College of Fine Arts International Coordinator, and as a visiting evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Previously he taught at Dickinson State University from 1966-1989, at Southport College of Art, England, on a Fulbright-Hays scholarship during 1976-77, and at The Institute of Logopedics, Wichita, Kansas, in 1965-66. He earned an MFA degree from Wichita State University and a BA degree from Kansas State University.

An artist since 1962, he has exhibited in nearly 400 exhibitions in the USA, Africa, Canada, England, and Germany, including 48 solo exhibitions. He specializes in handmade paper art, painting, and mixed media, and operated the Hummingbird Mill & Studio at his home in Vermillion, South Dakota.

As an artist/educator in higher education since 1966, he has served community arts development, including appointments to the board of directors of the North Dakota Council on the Arts by three different Governors, serving for 12 years. Recently he served on the board of directors of the Vermillion Area Arts Council.

As an artist/educator/administrator since 1971, he directed the Mind's Eye Gallery at Dickinson State University for 21 years, and has headed art departments for 18 years at both DSU and USD.

He has been referenced in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN ART, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, WHO'S WHO IN THE MIDWEST, and other biographies.

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Résumé

DENNIS EDWARD NAVRAT (DEN NAVRAT)

32191 Ponderosa Drive

Burbank, SD 57010-7004

(605) 677-5636 USD Art Office; (605) 624-6828 home/Hummingbird Studio

Fax: 605-624-6828

Email: dnavrat@usd.edu

Internet: http://www.usd.edu/~dnavrat

Artist / Educator / Administrator

MEDIA SPECIALTIES: Handmade Paper Art/Mixed Media/Painting

Professional training : Since 1966 I have participated in 78 conferences, seminars, workshops (state, regional, national, international), and visitations in the fields of art, literature, theatre, science, education, arts advocacy, community arts development, public policymaking, and academic accreditation, in the USA, Canada, and England.

EXHIBITIONS:Summary, 1962-2006: 397 exhibitions, including 48 Solo (USA, England, Germany); 43 Competitive, Juried (regional, national, international); 56 Invitational (regional, national, international); 250 Group (throughout USA, Africa, Canada, England, Germany); (request Exhibition Record for detailed listings).

RECENT EXHIBITIONS (Selected):

2006 - Bend, Mutilate, Staple, IBM Card Invitational Exhibition, Washington Arts Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD - August/September

2005 - Den Navrat Retrospective: Imaging the Edge of Whirl (1965-2005), Main Gallery, USD, January 10-31

2003 - Interpreting Tragedy and War, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, SD, September 12-November 2

2003 - Interpreting Tragedy and War, Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico-Gallup, March 24-April 18

2002 - Interpreting Tragedy and War, Sioux City Art Center, IA, April 6 - May 19 

2001 - Wet Edge Gallery & Studio, Lead, SD, January-July

2001 - WSU Printmaking Alumni Exhibition, Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, November-December

2001 - USD Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Main Gallery, October 24-November 17

2001- Local Perspectives 2001, Sioux City Art Center, June 30-September 23

2000 - Wet Edge Gallery & Studio, Lead, SD, January-December

2000 - Sweepstakes Award Winners Invitational Exhibition, Holiday Art Show, Badlands Art Association, Dickinson, ND, November 10-12

2000- Dennis Navrat: Dakota Tao Te, Solo Exhibition, University of New Mexico-Gallup, February

1999- Wet Edge Gallery & Studio, Lead, SD, January-December

1999 - 1999 Annual Auction, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, February 7

1999 - USD Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Main Gallery, Vermillion, SD, March 25-April 16

1998 - Dakota Tao Te solo exhibition, Mind's Eye Gallery, Dickinson State University, North Dakota, Sept. 16 - Oct. 15

1998 - Anatol in Ratingen/Navrat in Vermillion, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Germany, Aug. 23 - Oct. 18

1998 - Museum Der Stadt Ratingen, Germany, Feb. 13 - April 19

1998 - Local Perspectives 98, juried exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa, Nov. 21 - January 13, 1999

1998 - Wet Edge Gallery & Studio, Lead, SD, January-December

1997 - Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, Oct. 16-Nov. 30

1997 - Wet Edge Gallery & Studio, Deadwood, SD, June-December

1997 - Navigations Portfolio Exhibition, University of Nebraska-Omaha Art Gallery

1996-USD Faculty Biennial Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD; January 8-29

1996 - SD Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, New Gallery, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD;January 3 – February 13

1996 - Dennis Navrat/Sud Dahcotah Solo Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD, February 24 - March 15

1996 - Salon Soiree Invitational, Sioux City Art Center, IA, June 8-9 

1996 - Dennis Navrat/Sud Dahcotah Solo Exhibition, Bede Art Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD, Nov. 4-29

1996 - Navigations Portfolio Exhibition, University of Montana Art Gallery, Missoula

1996 - Navigations Portfolio Exhibition, Art Department Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown

1995 - 19th Biennial National Art Exhibition, 2nd Crossing Art Center, Valley City, ND, April 4-26; CASH AWARD

1995 - 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, IA, April 23 - June 11

1995 - Summer Arts XVIII Regional Juried Art Exhibition, University Art Gallery, USD, Vermillion, SD, July 5-30

1995 - South Dakota Art Faculty, SD Art Museum, Brookings, Nov. 4 - Dec. 5

1995 - THE GREAT OUTDOORS: CONTEMPORARY SOUTH DAKOTA ARTISTS AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS: FROM THE COLLECTION, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD, Dec. 10, 1994 - January 8, 1995

1995 - ON COMMON GROUND, Oscar Howe Art Center, Mitchell, SD, November - December; also traveling exhibition Jan. - Sept., 1995

TRAVELING SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2002- present - INTERPRETING TRAGEDY AND WAR

1998-2000      -  DAKOTA TAO TE

1996              - SUD DAHCOTAH

1987-present - THE BLACK HILLS SERIES

1983-1986      - PRAIRIE PAPERS

1978-1980      - NEW LIGHT INSIGHT/Cibachrome Images on Exchange

1974-1977      - THE SEXIST SERIGRAPH SERIES

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS(Selected):

Institutional, 1964-2006: 26, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Germany; Sioux City Art Center, IA; The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, England; The Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, MN; The North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks; The North Dakota Heritage Center, Bismarck, City of Blyth Valley, England, City of Kokkola, Findland, City of Mauberge, France, City of Gagarin, Russia, City of Beelitz, Germany, The University of South Dakota

Corporate, 1975-2006: 5, including McDonald's Corporation Headquarters Complex, Oak Brook, IL; Hollister, Incorporated, Chicago, IL

COMMERCIAL GALLERIES:

1997-2002:Wet Edge Gallery & Studio, Lead, SD 57732 

1992-93:Patti Gilford Fine Arts, 444 N. Wells, Chicago, IL 60610

1987-1988:Strecker Gallery, 332 Poyntz, Manhattan,, KS 66502

1985-1990:Neville-Sargent Gallery, 215 West Superior St., Chicago, IL 60610

1986-date:ARTMAIN, 13 South Main, Minot, ND 58701

1975:Tibor Dnagy Gallery, New York, New York

AWARDS AND HONORS(Selected):

2006 - Visiting Evaluator/Team Leader, National Association of Schools of Art and Design

2005 - Emeritus Professor of Art, The University of South Dakota

2004 - Visiting Evaluator/Team Leader, National Association of Schools of Art and Design

2003 - Visiting Evaluator/Team Leader, National Association of Schools of Art and Design

2003 - Sabbatical Leave, USD, Spring Semester

2002 - Governor's Technology Award, State of South Dakota

2002 - Research Enhancement Grant, Office of Research, USD

2002 - Artist in Residence, Sioux City Art Center, IA

2002 - Visiting Evaluator/Team Leader, National Association of Schools of Art and Design

2001 - Governor's Technology Award, State of South Dakota

2001 - Technology Fellow Grant, USD

2001 - Office of Research Travel Grant to Germany

2001 - International Studies Committee Travel Grant to Germany

2001 - Artist in Residence, Sioux City Art Center, IA

2000 - Visiting Evaluator, National Association of Schools of Art and Design

2000 - Technology Fellow Grant, USD

1997 - Faculty Development Grant Travel to Germany, USD Office of Research

1997 - USD Office of Research Incentive Grant for International Educational Development, European Union and the USA 

1994 - IDEA Grant, Educational Media Division, USD University Senate Learning Resources Committee

1994 - General Research Grant, Office of Research, USD, for "Explorations in Nontraditional Handmade Paper: Vacuum-Formed Paper Art"

1993 - Sioux City Art Center Purchase Award for Collection

1992 - General Research Grant, Office of Research, University of South Dakota, for "Explorations in Nontraditional Handmade Paper: Paper Art/The Black Hills Series"

1991 - Research Travel Award, Office of Research, University of South Dakota

1987 - Bush Foundation Faculty Development Award

1986 - Bush Foundation Faculty Development Award

1985-1990; 1975-1980; 1971-1975 - North Dakota Council on the Arts (appointed to Board of Directors, by Governors George Sinner, Arthur Link, and William Guy, (respectively)

1983 - Bush Foundation Faculty Development Award

1976 - Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to the United Kingdom 

1969 - North Dakota Consortium of Colleges Faculty Development Award

1967-2003 - Purchase Awards and Medals in Art Competitions (request detailed Exhibition Record)

1964 - Delta Phi Delta Honorary Art Fraternity National Scholarship for Graduate Studies 

BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS (Selected):

Who’s Who in the World (13th Ed., 1995, Marquis)

Who’s Who in America (43rd Ed., 1985, 1990, Marquis)

Who’s Who in the Midwest (17th-24th Ed., 1979-1999, Marquis)

Who’s Who in American Art  (13th-22nd, 1978-2006, Bowker)

Who's Who in American Art (23rd-27th Ed., Marquis, 1999-2006

Who’s Who in American Education (4th-5th Ed., 1993-99, Marquis)

PUBLISHED (selected):

2004 - Ratingen Freundschaften Weltweit, celebration booklet by Hans Biefang, October, 2004, Ratingen, Germany,
pages 50-51

1999 - DieQueckeNr. 69, November, 1999, Ratingen, Germany, article by Roswitha Riebe-Becht 

1993 - POSTPRINTS, Friends of Dard Hunter, Volume I, 1992, illustrated article on three international paper artists by Amanda Degener of HAND PAPERMAKER Magazine

1990 - Darkroom Photography magazine, December issue: illustrated article by Catharine Reeve, "Handmade Paper:Special Darkroom Discovery Section," pp. 46-52

1989 - The Fine Artist's Guide to Showing & Selling Your Work, by Sally Prince Davis, North Light Books, Cincinnati, OH

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (full-time):

May 15, 2005 - (retired) Emeritus Professor of Art, The University of South Dakota

1997 - 2005 - Professor of Art and CFA International Coordinator, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 

1989-1997 - Professor of Art and Chairman (Tenured), University of South Dakota, Vermillion 

1979-1989 - Professor of Art, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND

1976-1977 - Lecturer II (Foundation Program), Southport College of Art, Southport, Merseyside, England

1972-1979 - Department Chairman and Associate Professor of Art, Dickinson State University

1971-1972 - Acting Chairman and Associate Professor of Art (Tenured), Dickinson State University

1968-1971 - Assistant Professor of Art, Dickinson State University

1966-1968 - Instructor of Art, Dickinson State University

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT, SUMMARY, 1973-2002: 

Professional Employment : Full list of employment. 

Since 1973 I have been employed by invitations from 40 individuals and local, state, and regional organizations:to serve as a gallery director, visiting artist, lecturer, presenter, consultant, visiting evaluator, instructor, artist-in-residence, judge, juror, appraiser, discussion group moderator, selection panelist, and visual arts panelist.  (request Related Professional Employment for detailed listings) 

EDUCATION:

1969 - The University of Iowa, Iowa City (post-MFA graduate coursework)

1964-1966 - Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, M.F.A. Degree in Painting and Printmaking

                Thesis Publication: Intuitive Painting: A Search for Form

1960-1964 - Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, B.A. Degree in Art (Painting) and Humanities

1966-2006 - Continuing Education: Participation in 78 conferences, seminars, and workshops (state, regional, national, international) in the fields of art, literature, theatre, science, education, arts advocacy, community arts development, public policymaking, and academic content standards (request separate, detailed listings)

ART WORKSHOPS (Selected):

2001-2002 - Interpreting Tragedy and War.  As SCAC Artist-in-Residence, I conducted a four-month long, mixed media workshop taught to twenty-one area high school students at the Sioux City Art Center, leading to a student exhibition April 6-May 19, 2002.

1987 (June-July) - Papermaking workshops presented by Lloyd Menard and the University of South Dakota, Silver City, SD (Oriental and European handmade paper study with Timothy Barrett and Ted Ramsey)

1986 (July-Aug.) - Emma Lake Campus, The University of Saskatchewan (watercolor study with Peter Bradley and art criticism with John Link)

1983 (August) - Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado (photographic methods on HMP/paper art) 

1977 (April) - The Photographer's Place, Derbyshire, England (study with Paul Hill and Ralph Gibson)

REFERENCES / ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: Available upon request

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