CHRISTOPHER J. TROUTMAN
3015 Westmont Dr., Beaumont, TX 77706, , http://christophertroutman.weebly.com
309-472-5137 , [email protected], [email protected]
EDUCATION:
MFA 2008, Drawing and Painting, California State University Long Beach, California
BFA 2003 Drawing and Painting, Minor: Art History, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois,
Summa Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
University Teaching:
2019- Present Associate Professor of Art, Lamar University
2013-2019 Assistant Professor of Art, Lamar University: Drawing I, Drawing II, Life Drawing, Advanced
Life Drawing, Advanced Drawing classes (V-VIII and Graduate Drawing)
2010-13 Full-Time Unit B Faculty, Eastern Illinois University: Drawing I, II, III, Painting I, II, III, IV,
Life Drawing, Advanced Life Drawing, and Graduate Painting.
2009-10 Instructor of Art (Full Time, 4/4), Vincennes University: Beginning Painting, Color and
Design, 2D Design, Art Appreciation (fall 2009 – spring 2010).
2008-09 Visiting Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University:
Beginning Drawing and Beginning Painting (fall 2008 - spring 2009).
2008 Teaching Assistant, CSULB (Instructor of Record) ART 184 Foundation Life Drawing (SP '08).
2007 Teaching Internship, ART184 Foundation Life Drawing, Professor Jennifer Grey, CSULB
Teaching Internship, ART 384 Intermediate Life Drawing, Associate Professor Yu Ji, CSULB
FUNDED UNIVERSITY RESEARCH:
2021 Faculty Development Leave, “Merge,” graphic novel
2017- Distinguished Faculty Creative Activity Fellowship, Digital Drawing Curriculum
2020 Development and International Faculty/Student Collaborative Exhibition
2017 Summer Research Grant, Combining US Comic Features with Large-Scale Oil Painting
AWARDS:
2022 Award of Excellence, 77th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Pref. Musuem, Japan
2022 First Place Award, 2nd Miyazaki Comprehensive Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Pref. Art Museum
2022 Honorable Mention, 39th Yoshi Junji Art Exhibition, Sueyoshi Community Cntr, Kagoshima
2022 First Place Prize, Neches River Festival Art Exhibition, Beaumont Art League
2021 Honorable Mention, 76th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Pref. Museum, Japan
2021 3rd Place Award, Nerd Alert!, City of Moses Lake Museum and Art Center. WA
2021 1st Place Award, Memories: Old, New, Real and Imagined, Museum of the Gulf Coast
2020 College of Fine Arts and Communications Creative Activity Innovation Award
2020 2nd Place Award, 46th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition
2020 3rd Place Award, 3020: A Look into the Future, Museum of the Gulf Coast
2019 Efford Award, 9th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center
2019 3rd Place Prize, 66th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition
2019 1st Tier Prize, 71st Miyanichi Sougou Art Exhibition, Miyzaki Prefectural Art Museum
2019 1st Place, Images of Life, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
2018 Effort Award, 8th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center
2018 2nd Place Award, 45th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Japan
2018 3rd Place Prize, 65th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition, japan
2017 Honorable Mention, 72nd Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2017 Award of Excellence, 32nd Sothern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2017 Award of Excellence, 64nd Miyakonjyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou, Miyazaki, Japan
2017 Effort Award, 7th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki, Japan
2017 1st Place Prize, 69th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan
2017 2nd Place Prize, 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL
2016 2nd Place Prize, 42nd Miyazaki Prefectrual Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki
2016 Award of Excellecte, 33rd Yoshi Junji Commemorative Exhibition
2016 Effort Award, 6th Miyanichi Samll Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki, Japan
2015 Award of Excellence (Shusakushou) 70th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten), Kagogshima
Prefectrual Art Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan, juried by panel.
2015 Kirishima City Mayoral Award, 30th Sothern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2015 Special Award, 62nd Miyakonjyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou, Miyazaki, Japan
2015 Merit Award, Paperworks 2015, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2015 Effort Award, 5th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki, Japan
2014 Grand Prize (Paris Prize), 66th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan
2014 Honorable Mention, 69th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Reimeikan, Kagoshima City, Japan
2014 3rd Place Prize, 61st Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City, Miyazaki, Japan
2014 Muse Prize, 31st Fukui Thumb Hole Exhibition
2014 Third Place Prize, 4th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition
2013 Best in Show, Marks: A National Juried Art Exhibition
2013 Miyakonojyou City Congressional Prize, 60th Miyakonojyou City Exhibition,
2013 Miyakonojyou Mayoral Prize, 65th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition,
2013 Sponsor’s Prize, 10th Makurazaki Triennial, Naneikan, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima
2013 Honorable Mention, 3rd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center
2012 Merit Award, 19th Biennial, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2012 Best in Show, Majestic Galleries National Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
2012 Second Place Award (Juntokusen), 2nd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center
2012 First Place Award (Tokusen), 62th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki
2011 First Place Award (Tokusen), 61th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki
2010 First Place Award (Tokusen), 60th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki
2009 Honorable Mention, 4th Annual National Juried Competition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio,
Juried by Catherine Evans
2009 Second Place Prize (Juntokusen), 59th Nobeoka City National Juried Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City
Culture Center, Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, Juried by panel, 2009.
2008 Second Place Prize, International Drawing Annual 4: Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH, Juried by panel.
2008 Permanent Collection Purchase Award, Insights, University Art Museum, California State University,
Long Beach. Juried, 2008.
2008 The Joy of Life Award. Insights 2008, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, CA. Juried.
2008 Life Drawing and Painting Award. Insights 2008, University Art Museum, CSULB,
Long Beach, California. Juried.
2007 Merilyn Werby Scholarship Award recipient. California State University, Long Beach. Scholarship
Committee: Robin Richesson, Todd Grey and Fred Rose.
2007 Honorable Mention. Inspired Black and White, Long Beach Arts, California. Juried by Suvan Geer.
2007 Life Drawing and Painting Award. Insights 2007, University Art Museum, CSULB,
Long Beach, California. Juried.
2007 Honorable Mention. Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long
Beach, California. Juried.
2005 Award of Excellence (Shusakushou). 60th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima
Prefectural Art Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagohsima, Japan. Juried by panel.
2005 Grand Prize (Taishou). 52nd Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten), Kagoshima City
Museum (Shiritsubijyutsukan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan. Juried by panel.
2004 Honorable Mention (Shoreishou). 59th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima
Prefectural Art Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan. Juried by panel.
2004 Honorable Mention (Shoreishou). 1stKokubu City Fine Arts Exhibition, Kokubu Civic
Center, Kokubu City, Kagoshima, Japan. Juried by panel.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Giant Size Comics, University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Sequential, the Main Gallery, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
Christopher Troutman, the Art Gallery at South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2020 Christopher Troutman, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, TX
2019 Slicing Time: Drawing and Narrative, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX
Christopher Troutman, Olin Art Gallery , Washington Jefferson Collge, Washington, PA
Splicing Time: Drawing and Narrative, Western Colorado Center for the Arts,
Grand Junction, CO
Sequential: Comics and Studio Art, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
2018 In Squence:Drawing and Narrative, Ohio Univeristy Eastern Art Gallery
Retold: Drawing, Memory, and Narrative, Rosemary Gallery, Broward College
Story/Line: Drawing and Narrative, West Loop Gallery, Houston Community College
Time and Line: Drawing and Narrative, Hunderford Gallery, Colledge of S. Maryland
2017 Drawing and Narrative, University Gallery, Saint Joseph’s University, PA
Drawing and Narrative, Feves Gallery, Blue Mountain College, Pendleton, OR
Drawing and Narrative, Baker City Center, Blue Mountin Colelge, Baker City, OR
2016 Drawing and Narrative, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Drawing and Narrative, Fine Arts Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV
2015 Divided Drawings, Carl Sandberg College, Galesburg, IL
66th Miyanichi Paris Prize Exhibition, Miyanichki Kaikan Papyrus Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
Sister Cities Exhibition, Machinaka Koryukan, Beppu City, Oita, Japan
Drawing Narrative, Focus Gallery, Forth Worth Community Arts Center
Time and Place, Art Gallery at Lone Star College, Conroe, TX
Home, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
Dividing Time, Art Museum of South East Texas, Café Gallery, Beaumont TX
2014 Dividing Time, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Dividing Time, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Dividing Time, IndiGo Gallery, Champaign, IL
Dividing Time, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2013 Mallin Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Wiseman and Firehouse Galleries, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
Spliced Viewpoints, DeCaprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Watching: U.S. and Japan, University of Rochester Gallery, Rochester NY
2012 Watching: U.S. and Japan, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Watching: U.S. and Japan, Earlville Opera House Gallery, Earlville, NY
Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA
Stretched Observations, Shrode Art Center, Mt. Vernon Illinois
2011 Angled Observer, Gallery 1, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN
Resonant Viewpoints, Heuser Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Joan Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
2010 Shifting Perspectives, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Shifting Perspectives and Sensitive Observations, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Ivyside Juried Exhibition: Christopher Troutman, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona
2008 Shifting Perspectives, Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2005 Arumoni: Volume 2, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
People, Paper and Canvas, Arumoni, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
2004 Recent Works, the Green Room, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki, Japan.
2003 Sliced Portraits, Hartman Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
2002 New Genre, Gallery 305A, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2020 3C Comics: Zack Dubuisson and Christopher Troutman, The Mont Creative Studios
2019 3C Comics: Zack Dubuisson and Christopher Troutman, the Avenue Coffe Shop
2017 Inner World, Christopher Troutman and Xenia Fedorchenko, KonoMichi Gallery, Kanada
Town, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
2016 Works on Paper: Domenic Cretara and Christopher Troutman, Triangle Gallery, Sinclair
Community College, Dayton, OH
2015 Domenic Cretara and Christopher Troutman, Shomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Christopher Troutman and Gerry Wubben, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL
Going Home, Domenic Cretara and Christopher Troutman, Las Vegas Charleston Heights Gallery
Chris Troutman and Gerry Wubben, Birmingham Southern College, AL
2014 Stan Bycia (States of Being),Gdansk Public Library, Gdansk, Poland
Made in America, K and E Diner, Miyaknojyou City, Japan
Space Odyssey, Main Gallery, San Jacinto College, Central Campus, Pasadena, TX
Space Odyssey, Gallery Del Norte, San Jacinto College, North Campus, Houston, TX
2011 Innate Notes, the Gallery of the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
2010 Christopher Troutman and Joomi Chung, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center,
Ohio National Financial Services Gallery, Covington, KY, curated by Bill Seitz.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022
Christopher Troutman and Lamar University Students Digital Drawing Exhibition, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
68th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojo Museum of Art
Lamar University Digital Art Exhibition, Kenmin Gallery, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
10th What is Drawing? Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art
Big/Bold, Tower Gallery, SUNY Brockport, NY
39th Yoshi junji Art Exhibition, Sueyoshi Community Center, Kagoshima
2nd Miyazaki Comprehensive Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art
Neches River Festival Art Exhibition, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
Member’s Exhibition, the Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
2021
76th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
67th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojo City Museum of Art, Japan
Climate Imaginaries: Nostalgia in Flight (Online), Junction North, Calgary, Canada
Nerd Alert!, Moses Lark Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA
Joy (This is Just What I Needed)(Online), Edward Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
Summer Small Works Show, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
6x6, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Le Grand Bal, Taste of the Arts Art Auction, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Memories: Old, New, Real and Imagined, Museum of the Gulf Coast
The Alternative Show, the Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
The Art Studios Inc. Member’s Exhibition, the Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, WV
Raise the Roof, Fundraiser Exhibition, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Raise the Roof, Fundraiser Exhibition, Avenue Coffee, Port Neches, TX
2020
Recent Acquisitions, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Paperworks VII, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles, MO
Fragments, Arc Studio and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Race in America, Drury’s Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO
Martha Vineyard Drawing Prize, Online Juried Exhibition
City, Online Juried exhibition, Contemporary Art Room Gallery
August Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
3rd Coast Biennial, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Detour, Online Juried Exhibition, University of Maine at Farmington
46th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
Spontaneous Constructions, The Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
3020: A Look into the Future, Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX
TASI Member’s Exhibition 2020, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Miyakonojo City Art Museum’s 1st Online Exhibition, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan
Le Grand Bal, University Art Auction Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
2019
A New Shape of Drawing: Christopher Troutman and Lamar University Student Art
Exhibition, Shimin Gallery, Miyakonojo Museum of Art, Miyazaki, Japan
Christopher Troutman and Lamar University Student Digital Art Exhibition, Kodo Gallery,
Kagoshima City Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
45tth Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
9th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center
66th Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
74th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima City, Japan
34th Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler.
71st Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
65th Miyakonojo Prize Exhibition, Miyakonojo City Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, University of Indiana Kokomo, Downtown Gallery
Upbringing, University of Indiana, Kokomo, Downtown Gallery
Paper in Particular, Columbia College Sidney Larson Gallery
54th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College Art Gallery
Inaugural Group Exhibition, James May North Gallery, Algoma, WI
TASA One-Foot Faculty Exhibition, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
TASI Members’ Exhibition, The Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
Images of Life, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
Capsula Stellis Inter In Nave, The Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Montober, the Mont Creative Studios, Beaumont, TX
2018
44th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
8th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center
33rd National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Competition, Matsushita Art Museum
68th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
Sumi-e Painting: Traditional and Experimental, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
73rd Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima City, Japan
TASA 12x12 Exhibition, McAllen, TX
70th Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
65th Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
2017
72nd Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
8th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of South Caroline, Ashville, juror Scott Noel
51st Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, TX
38th Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Colorful: Miyazaki Artist File Exhibition, Takanabe Museum of Art, Miyazaki, Japan
Demographically Speaking: A Figurative Exhibition, Lexington Art League, KY
67th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
64rd Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
69th Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
7th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki, Japan
32th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
The Group Show: 2017 (C. Troutman, X. Fedorchenko, J. Harris), Hibiscus Café Gallery,
Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
2017 TASA One Foot Exhibition, Studio 97w, Fort Worth, TX
2016
State of the Art: Drawing Invitational, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Paducah School of art and Design 2016 National Drawing Invitational, Bill Ford Gallery, KY
71st Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
7th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of South Carolina, Ashville, juror Edgar Jerins
42nd Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
33rd Yoshi Junji Commemorative Exhibition, Sou City Sougou Taikukan, Sou City
66th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
63rd Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
68th Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
6th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki, Japan
31th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2016 9x12 Works on Paper Exhibition Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Secret Life of the Storyboard, Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
Comic Art: Fantasy and Imagination, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2nd Annual Alabama National Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, University of Alabama
2015
70th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
67th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
What is Drawing? 5, Gallery Simon, Tokyo
62nd Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
The Group Show, Hibiscus Café, Miyakonojyou, Miyazaki, Japan
65th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
15th AJAC (All Nations Japan Artists’ Co-operation), Kagoshima City Art Museum, Japan
The “A” Exhibition, Tagawa Museum of Art, Tagawa City, Fukoka, Japan
5th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki, Japan
30th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2015 Rochester 6x6 Exhibition. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2015 9x12 Works on Paper Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Paper in Particular, Columbia College, MO
Graafika in Exhibition, Parnu City Callery, Parnu Estonia
35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, IL
2015 Hunting Art Prize, Friedkin Companies Campus, Houston, TX
49th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX
America’s 2015 Paperworks, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot North Dakota
2014
66th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
40th AJAC Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, UENO, Tokyo Japan
61th Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou Art Museum, Miyakonojyou City, Japan
9x12 Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
20 Year Anniversary Invitational, Fire House Gallery, Rogue Community College, OR
69th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Reimeikan, Kagoshima City, Japan
Marking Time, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Four Americans, Hibiscus Café Gallery, Miyakonojyou, Japan
31st Fukui Thumb Hole Exhibition, Fukui, Japan
29th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Competition, Kagoshima City
64th Nobeoka City Exhibition, by invitation, Nobeoka Culture Center
4th Miyanichi, Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki City
2014 Rochester 6x6 Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Re:Tales, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Tales Told, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
48th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
What is Drawing? 4, Gallery Simon, Tokyo, Japan
2013
68th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Reimeikan, Kagoshima City, Japan
65th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
60th Miyakonojyou City Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Museum, Miyakonojyou, Japan
Komatsu Drawing Prize, Miyamoto Saburo Museum, Tokyo
Marks, Madelon Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA
A Fine Line, Claypool-Young At Gallery, Morehead State University, KY
2D-3D Works: National Art Competition, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta college,
Stockton, CA
Gallery 842’s 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
10th Makurazaki Triennial, Naneikan, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima
3rd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki City
63rd Nobeoka City Exhibition, by invitation, Nobeoka Culture Center
34th Bradley International, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2013 Wheaton Biennial, Beard and Weil Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Graphic Content, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
50th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
47th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Three’s A Crowd, The Project Space, Doudna Fine Arts Center, EIU, Charleston, IL
2012
19th Biennial, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
National Small Works Exhibition, Tejas Gallery, Dayton OH
62nd Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Civic Center Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
2nd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki City Art Center, Miyazaki City, Japan
KY.7 Biennial, Loudon House, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Majestic Galleries National Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
68th Annual Wabash Valley Regional Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN.
National Juried Show, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA
Black and White, National Exhibition Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH
2011
Populus, The Art Gallery, Reisman Hall, Cazenovia College, NY
Northern National Art Competition, Nicholet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
61st Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Civic Center Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
Next Step Studio’s Spring Happening, Detroit, MI
6th International Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Library Thoughts, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest
33rd Bradley International, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Rasterize, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
QX.net Nude 2011, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Juried by M. Priest and K. Gillenwater.
Kentucky National Biennial, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray St. University, juried by M. Strauss.
2010
Drawing and Watercolor: Illinois, 18th Biennial Exhibition, Tarble Arts Cntr, EIU, Charleston, IL.
Next Step Studio’s Spring Happening, Detroit, MI
60th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka Civic Center Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan.
The Kinsey Institute 2010 Art Show, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
3rd Annual Naturally Nude, Ciao Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming. Juried by K. Hall and M. Walters.
Score, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
Vincennes University Faculty Exhibition, Shircliff Gallery of Art, Vincennes, IN
Au Naturel, Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR, Juried by L. Russo.
Nude 2010, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Juried by E. Randal and B. Zakic.
2009
2009 Master's Mystery Art Show, Florida International University, Miami, FL
8x8" in 'O9, the Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
Paper Explorations, Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, curator L. Craven.
26th Fukui Small Works National Juried Art Exhibition, Fukui Culture Center, Fukui City, Japan.
59th Nobeoka City National Juried Art Exhibition, Nobeoka Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan.
4th Annual National Juried Competition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH, Juried by C. Evans.
The Kinsey Institute 2009 Juried Art Show, The SoFA Gallery, IU Bloomington, Juried by J. Cahn.
Shaped by Water, Gallery on Main, Richmond, KY
2008
International Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Mythography, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH curated by Tim Parsley.
32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Juried by L. Kreneck, Peoria, IL.
Freedom, The Chautauqua National Exhibition, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University.
2008 Anonyme No 9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Transit, 4th Street Vine, Long Beach, California, Juried by Olivia Borba.
Ties Untied, CSULB, Office of the University Provost Grant Exhibition, Juried by Olivia Borba
Foehn Documents, The Constant Gallery, Culver City, California
Insights 2008, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California.
National Juried Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, CA.
California State University, Long Beach Graduate Exhibition, 3rd and Pine Gallery, L.B., CA.
Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
Juried by Domenic Cretara.
2007
This is Long Beach, 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Center.
Score VI, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA. Juried by Michael Zakian.
Cal State University, Long Beach Graduate Advancement Exhibition, Gatov Gallery
Inspired Black and White, Long Beach Arts, CA. Juried by Suvan Geer.
A Passage Beyond, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China. Juried by J. Anderson.
Insights 2007, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California.
Emerging Artists 2007, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York.
National Juried Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, California.
2005
60th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum
(Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagohsima, Japan.
Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum Tenth Anniversary: A Designer’s Exhibition of Present
Age Japan, Miyazaki Illustrator’s Club group exhibition, Miyazaki City, Japan.
23rd Yoshii Jyunji Tribute Exhibition, Sueoshi City, Kagoshima, Japan.
18th Thumb Hole Exhibition, Kagoshima Pref. Museum, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
52nd Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten), Kagoshima City
Museum (Shiritsubijyutsukan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
Maryland Pastel Society National Open Exhibition 2005, Blackrock Center for the Arts,
Germantown, MD.
3rd Fukui Shape of Life Biennial, Fukui City, Fukui Japan.
KFS (Kodansha Famous Schools) Mt. Fuji Contest, (Nyuusen) Selected Work,
Shizuoka City, Japan.
2004
IEMA, International Competition of Painting, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.
Studio Zukoushitsu's Daimaru Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City, Miyazaki, Japan.
59th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima Prefectural Art
Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagohsima, Japan.
1stKokubu City Fine Arts Exhibition, Kokubu Civic Center, Kokubu City, Kagoshima, Japan.
22nd Yoshii Jyunji Tribute Exhibition, Sueoshi City, Kagoshima, Japan.
19th National Art Festival, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.
6th Akune City Painting Competition, Akune City, Kagoshima, Japan.
51st Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten), Kagoshima City
Museum (Shiritsubijyutsukan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Jpn.
2003
Longview 2003, Cincinnati Art Guild, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2002
Color 2002, The La Grange Art League and Gallery, La Grange, IL
The 52nd Annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibition, The Quincy Art Center, Quincy IL.
PUBLICATIONS:
Chapter Contributor “Chapter 4, Through the Artist’s Eye: Drawing,” pg 49-63.
Stephanie Chadwick and Donna Meeks, “Art as Living Practice,” Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2019.
Chapter Section Contributor, Foundations Drawing Textbook
Dr. Zhen Wei, editor, Poetry Evoked by Black and White, Ways of Expression in East and West (Beijing: Normal University, 2016), 70-87.
COLLECTIONS:
-California State University, Long Beach -Bradley University -The Kinsey Institute
-Hinode Preschool -Dunlap High School -Arumoni Books
COMMISSIONS:
2012 Kirishima Landscape, oil on canvas, Yokoyama Family, Miyakonojo, JapanKirishima Landscape, oil on canvas, Koichi Kamemoto, Miyakonojo, Japan
2008 Portrait Studies, Jeffery L. Gatlin (Gatlin Corp.), Brookhaven, MS.
2005 Bounoutsu Island, oil on canvas, Yukiko Shimotakahara.Landscape (2), wax stick and ink on paper, Sumiko Maito, 2005.
High school textbook character and clip art illustrations, Minerva Children’s Conversational
English School, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
2004 High school textbook character clip art illustration, Minerva Children’s Conversational English
School, designs published.
2003 Logo design for sign, advertising and goods, Fire House Pizza, Peoria, IL.
2002 Drawings (5) of training facility, CCF Fitness Counseling, Peoria, IL.
2001 Character designs, watercolor drawings (10) and 1 painting (acrylic on
canvas), The Edge Fitness Center, Peoria, IL.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Exhibition Catalog, 33rd Yoshi Junji Commemorative Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan, 2016
Exhibition Catalog, 5th What is Drawing? Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2015
Exhibition Catalog, 4th What is Drawing? Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Exhibition Catalog, 66th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan, 2014
Exhibition Catalog, 65th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan, 2013
Exhibition Catalog, 10th Makurazaki Triennial, Kagoshima, Japan, 2013
International Drawing Annual 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.
Exhibition Catalog, 19th Biennial, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, 2012
Kumaya Yuten, “Level/Variety, Up, ”Miyazaki Nichinichi Newspaper, July 18, 2012 pg. 13
Exhibition Catalog, 61th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki, 2012
International Drawing Annual 6, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.
Paul Winslow, Direct Art Volume 18, 2011, pg 42.
Exhibition Catalog, 33rd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, 2011.
Exhibition Catalog, 2011 Kentucky National, Murray State University.
Exhibition Catalog, Drawing and Watercolor Illinois: 18th Biennial, Tarble Arts Center, 2010
International Drawing Annual 4, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Exhibition Catalog, Mythographry, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
International Drawing Annual 2008, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Paul Winslow, "EA 07," Direct Art, fall/winter 2007, pg. 97
Exhibition Catalog, "CSULB MFA Open Studios," California State University, Long Beach, 2007.
Exhibition Catalog, "A Passage Beyond," CSU Long Beach and Tianjin Academy, 2007.
Shirle Gottlieb. "Go Figure." Press-Telegram. 16 Mar. 2007.
Southern Japan Newspaper (Minami Nihon Shinbun). “Pursue My Style.” S. Japan Newspaper, 11 Nov ‘05.
Exhibition Catalog, "60th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten)", S. Japan Newspaper, 2005.
Kouichi Shibatachi. “Kao (Face).” Southern Japan Newspaper (Minami Nihon Shinbun), 20 May 2005.
Exhibition Catalog, "52nd Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten)," Kagoshima Prefectural
Museum, 2005.
Exhibition Catalog, "59th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten)," Southern Japan
Newspaper, 2004.
Molly Herridge, “Slices of Real Life.” Harbinger. 5 Dec. 2002.
Channy Lyons. “Essence of Subject.” Peoria Times-Observer. 27 Nov. 2002.
VISITNG ARTIST LECTURES:
2021The Taste of the Arts, Art Museum of Southeast Texas
2019 The Art Studios Inc.
2018 College of the Mainland
Ohio Univeristy, Eastern Campus Gallery
California State University, Long Beach
2017 Visiting Artist, Demonstration and Presentation, Beppu University, Japan
2016 Skype Talk, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State U., Nacogdoches, TX
2015 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Lone Star College, Conroe, TX
2014 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Main Gallery, San Jacinto College, Central Campus, Pasadena, TX
2013 Visiting Artist, California State University, Long Beach
Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture, University of Rochester, NY
2012 Visiting Artist, Class Visit, Grad Crits, Slide Lecture, Louisiana Techl University, Ruston, LA
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Cedarhurst Art Center, Exhibition Opening, Mt. Vernon, IL
2011 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
2010 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, De Ricci Gallery, Exhibition Opening, Edgewood College, WI.
Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture, 15th High School Art Seminar, Auditorium, Parkland College, IL.
Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture, Parkland Art Gallery, Exhibition Opening, Parkland College, IL.
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL.
TRAVEL AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
-2003-2006: Resided in Kagoshima, Japan: travel throughout Kyushu.
-Speak Japanese at conversational level : 24 units written and spoken Japanese at University level.
Other Related Experience:
2014 Assistant, Children’s Collaborative Art Event, Miyakonojyou City Wellness Plaza,
August 10, 9:30-12:30am, Japan (James Harris and Christopher Troutman)
2012 Summer Art Tutor, Drawing, Private Individual Lessons, Miyakonojo, Japan.
2009 Summer Art Teacher: Painting, Studio Zukoushitsu, Miyakonojyou, Japan.
2008 Summer Drawing Teacher, Sanyabaru Preschool, Miyakonojyou, Japan.
Summer Art Teacher: Drawing, Studio Zukoushitsu, Miyakonojyou, Japan.
2004-06 English Teacher, Chris’ Conversational English School (co-owner), Kagoshima City, Japan.
2004-05 Collaborative Assistant, "Oval (Monmarutoru)," Miyakonojyou City monthly public art
and culture event, organized by Fujimura Lee, Miyazaki, Japan.
2003-04 English Teacher, WinBe Conversational English School, Kagoshima City,Kagoshima, Japan.
2001 Design Internship, Multi-Ad Services Incorporated, Peoria, Illinois.
SERVICE:
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2016
Exhibition Juror, A Winter’s Tale, Beaumont Art League
2015
SACS Accreditation Representative
Library Writing Art Gallery Co-Coordinator
Study Abroad Japan Committee, Global Studies, Lamar University
Department of Art International Exchange Representative, summer ’15, Beppu Univ., Japan
Recruitment Presenter, Ozen High School, Beaumont, TX
Faculty Sponsor, Student Organization Lounge and Gallery, Dept. of Art, Lamar University
Faculty Sponsor, Artist Common, Student Art Association Group. Dept. of Art. Lamar U.
Retention and Recruitment Committee member, Department of Art, Lamar University
2014
Faculty Sponsor, Student Organization Lounge Gallery, Dept. of Art, Lamar University
Faculty Sponsor, Artist Common, Student Art Association Group. Dept. of Art. Lamar U.
Retention and Recruitment Committee member, Department of Art, Lamar University
2013
Retention and Recruitment Committee member, Department of Art, Lamar University
2012 Exhibition Organizer for Art Association and Art Dept. Students, the Café Gallery, EIU campus
Faculty Advisor, Art Association, Eastern Illinois University (2011-present)
Awards Juror, Effingham Art Guild City Exhibition, Effingham, IL
Graduate Thesis Committees, Art Department, Eastern Illinois University (fall 2010-present)
2011
Organizer, Sunday Model Session, Spring Semester, Eastern Illinois University.
Awards Juror, 57th Annual Fall Show, Bicentennial Art Center, Paris, IL
2010
Awards Juror, Knox County High School Exhibition, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes U.
2009
Foundations Assessment Committee, Member, Eastern Kentucky University
2008
Miyakonojyou Summer Festival, Volunteer Artist, Miyakonojyou, Japan
(my really old website: http://troutman.art.tripod.com)
3015 Westmont Dr., Beaumont, TX 77706, , http://christophertroutman.weebly.com
309-472-5137 , [email protected], [email protected]
EDUCATION:
MFA 2008, Drawing and Painting, California State University Long Beach, California
BFA 2003 Drawing and Painting, Minor: Art History, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois,
Summa Cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
University Teaching:
2019- Present Associate Professor of Art, Lamar University
2013-2019 Assistant Professor of Art, Lamar University: Drawing I, Drawing II, Life Drawing, Advanced
Life Drawing, Advanced Drawing classes (V-VIII and Graduate Drawing)
2010-13 Full-Time Unit B Faculty, Eastern Illinois University: Drawing I, II, III, Painting I, II, III, IV,
Life Drawing, Advanced Life Drawing, and Graduate Painting.
2009-10 Instructor of Art (Full Time, 4/4), Vincennes University: Beginning Painting, Color and
Design, 2D Design, Art Appreciation (fall 2009 – spring 2010).
2008-09 Visiting Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University:
Beginning Drawing and Beginning Painting (fall 2008 - spring 2009).
2008 Teaching Assistant, CSULB (Instructor of Record) ART 184 Foundation Life Drawing (SP '08).
2007 Teaching Internship, ART184 Foundation Life Drawing, Professor Jennifer Grey, CSULB
Teaching Internship, ART 384 Intermediate Life Drawing, Associate Professor Yu Ji, CSULB
FUNDED UNIVERSITY RESEARCH:
2021 Faculty Development Leave, “Merge,” graphic novel
2017- Distinguished Faculty Creative Activity Fellowship, Digital Drawing Curriculum
2020 Development and International Faculty/Student Collaborative Exhibition
2017 Summer Research Grant, Combining US Comic Features with Large-Scale Oil Painting
AWARDS:
2022 Award of Excellence, 77th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Pref. Musuem, Japan
2022 First Place Award, 2nd Miyazaki Comprehensive Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Pref. Art Museum
2022 Honorable Mention, 39th Yoshi Junji Art Exhibition, Sueyoshi Community Cntr, Kagoshima
2022 First Place Prize, Neches River Festival Art Exhibition, Beaumont Art League
2021 Honorable Mention, 76th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Pref. Museum, Japan
2021 3rd Place Award, Nerd Alert!, City of Moses Lake Museum and Art Center. WA
2021 1st Place Award, Memories: Old, New, Real and Imagined, Museum of the Gulf Coast
2020 College of Fine Arts and Communications Creative Activity Innovation Award
2020 2nd Place Award, 46th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition
2020 3rd Place Award, 3020: A Look into the Future, Museum of the Gulf Coast
2019 Efford Award, 9th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center
2019 3rd Place Prize, 66th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition
2019 1st Tier Prize, 71st Miyanichi Sougou Art Exhibition, Miyzaki Prefectural Art Museum
2019 1st Place, Images of Life, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
2018 Effort Award, 8th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center
2018 2nd Place Award, 45th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Japan
2018 3rd Place Prize, 65th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition, japan
2017 Honorable Mention, 72nd Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2017 Award of Excellence, 32nd Sothern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2017 Award of Excellence, 64nd Miyakonjyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou, Miyazaki, Japan
2017 Effort Award, 7th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki, Japan
2017 1st Place Prize, 69th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan
2017 2nd Place Prize, 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL
2016 2nd Place Prize, 42nd Miyazaki Prefectrual Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki
2016 Award of Excellecte, 33rd Yoshi Junji Commemorative Exhibition
2016 Effort Award, 6th Miyanichi Samll Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki, Japan
2015 Award of Excellence (Shusakushou) 70th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten), Kagogshima
Prefectrual Art Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan, juried by panel.
2015 Kirishima City Mayoral Award, 30th Sothern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2015 Special Award, 62nd Miyakonjyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou, Miyazaki, Japan
2015 Merit Award, Paperworks 2015, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2015 Effort Award, 5th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki, Japan
2014 Grand Prize (Paris Prize), 66th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan
2014 Honorable Mention, 69th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Reimeikan, Kagoshima City, Japan
2014 3rd Place Prize, 61st Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City, Miyazaki, Japan
2014 Muse Prize, 31st Fukui Thumb Hole Exhibition
2014 Third Place Prize, 4th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition
2013 Best in Show, Marks: A National Juried Art Exhibition
2013 Miyakonojyou City Congressional Prize, 60th Miyakonojyou City Exhibition,
2013 Miyakonojyou Mayoral Prize, 65th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition,
2013 Sponsor’s Prize, 10th Makurazaki Triennial, Naneikan, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima
2013 Honorable Mention, 3rd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center
2012 Merit Award, 19th Biennial, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2012 Best in Show, Majestic Galleries National Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
2012 Second Place Award (Juntokusen), 2nd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Art Center
2012 First Place Award (Tokusen), 62th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki
2011 First Place Award (Tokusen), 61th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki
2010 First Place Award (Tokusen), 60th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki
2009 Honorable Mention, 4th Annual National Juried Competition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio,
Juried by Catherine Evans
2009 Second Place Prize (Juntokusen), 59th Nobeoka City National Juried Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City
Culture Center, Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, Juried by panel, 2009.
2008 Second Place Prize, International Drawing Annual 4: Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH, Juried by panel.
2008 Permanent Collection Purchase Award, Insights, University Art Museum, California State University,
Long Beach. Juried, 2008.
2008 The Joy of Life Award. Insights 2008, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, CA. Juried.
2008 Life Drawing and Painting Award. Insights 2008, University Art Museum, CSULB,
Long Beach, California. Juried.
2007 Merilyn Werby Scholarship Award recipient. California State University, Long Beach. Scholarship
Committee: Robin Richesson, Todd Grey and Fred Rose.
2007 Honorable Mention. Inspired Black and White, Long Beach Arts, California. Juried by Suvan Geer.
2007 Life Drawing and Painting Award. Insights 2007, University Art Museum, CSULB,
Long Beach, California. Juried.
2007 Honorable Mention. Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts Gallery, Long
Beach, California. Juried.
2005 Award of Excellence (Shusakushou). 60th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima
Prefectural Art Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagohsima, Japan. Juried by panel.
2005 Grand Prize (Taishou). 52nd Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten), Kagoshima City
Museum (Shiritsubijyutsukan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan. Juried by panel.
2004 Honorable Mention (Shoreishou). 59th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima
Prefectural Art Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan. Juried by panel.
2004 Honorable Mention (Shoreishou). 1stKokubu City Fine Arts Exhibition, Kokubu Civic
Center, Kokubu City, Kagoshima, Japan. Juried by panel.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Giant Size Comics, University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Sequential, the Main Gallery, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
Christopher Troutman, the Art Gallery at South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2020 Christopher Troutman, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, TX
2019 Slicing Time: Drawing and Narrative, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX
Christopher Troutman, Olin Art Gallery , Washington Jefferson Collge, Washington, PA
Splicing Time: Drawing and Narrative, Western Colorado Center for the Arts,
Grand Junction, CO
Sequential: Comics and Studio Art, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
2018 In Squence:Drawing and Narrative, Ohio Univeristy Eastern Art Gallery
Retold: Drawing, Memory, and Narrative, Rosemary Gallery, Broward College
Story/Line: Drawing and Narrative, West Loop Gallery, Houston Community College
Time and Line: Drawing and Narrative, Hunderford Gallery, Colledge of S. Maryland
2017 Drawing and Narrative, University Gallery, Saint Joseph’s University, PA
Drawing and Narrative, Feves Gallery, Blue Mountain College, Pendleton, OR
Drawing and Narrative, Baker City Center, Blue Mountin Colelge, Baker City, OR
2016 Drawing and Narrative, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Drawing and Narrative, Fine Arts Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV
2015 Divided Drawings, Carl Sandberg College, Galesburg, IL
66th Miyanichi Paris Prize Exhibition, Miyanichki Kaikan Papyrus Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
Sister Cities Exhibition, Machinaka Koryukan, Beppu City, Oita, Japan
Drawing Narrative, Focus Gallery, Forth Worth Community Arts Center
Time and Place, Art Gallery at Lone Star College, Conroe, TX
Home, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
Dividing Time, Art Museum of South East Texas, Café Gallery, Beaumont TX
2014 Dividing Time, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Dividing Time, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Dividing Time, IndiGo Gallery, Champaign, IL
Dividing Time, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2013 Mallin Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Wiseman and Firehouse Galleries, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
Spliced Viewpoints, DeCaprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Watching: U.S. and Japan, University of Rochester Gallery, Rochester NY
2012 Watching: U.S. and Japan, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Watching: U.S. and Japan, Earlville Opera House Gallery, Earlville, NY
Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA
Stretched Observations, Shrode Art Center, Mt. Vernon Illinois
2011 Angled Observer, Gallery 1, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN
Resonant Viewpoints, Heuser Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Joan Derryberry Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
2010 Shifting Perspectives, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Shifting Perspectives and Sensitive Observations, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Ivyside Juried Exhibition: Christopher Troutman, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona
2008 Shifting Perspectives, Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2005 Arumoni: Volume 2, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
People, Paper and Canvas, Arumoni, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
2004 Recent Works, the Green Room, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki, Japan.
2003 Sliced Portraits, Hartman Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
2002 New Genre, Gallery 305A, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2020 3C Comics: Zack Dubuisson and Christopher Troutman, The Mont Creative Studios
2019 3C Comics: Zack Dubuisson and Christopher Troutman, the Avenue Coffe Shop
2017 Inner World, Christopher Troutman and Xenia Fedorchenko, KonoMichi Gallery, Kanada
Town, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
2016 Works on Paper: Domenic Cretara and Christopher Troutman, Triangle Gallery, Sinclair
Community College, Dayton, OH
2015 Domenic Cretara and Christopher Troutman, Shomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Christopher Troutman and Gerry Wubben, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL
Going Home, Domenic Cretara and Christopher Troutman, Las Vegas Charleston Heights Gallery
Chris Troutman and Gerry Wubben, Birmingham Southern College, AL
2014 Stan Bycia (States of Being),Gdansk Public Library, Gdansk, Poland
Made in America, K and E Diner, Miyaknojyou City, Japan
Space Odyssey, Main Gallery, San Jacinto College, Central Campus, Pasadena, TX
Space Odyssey, Gallery Del Norte, San Jacinto College, North Campus, Houston, TX
2011 Innate Notes, the Gallery of the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
2010 Christopher Troutman and Joomi Chung, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center,
Ohio National Financial Services Gallery, Covington, KY, curated by Bill Seitz.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022
Christopher Troutman and Lamar University Students Digital Drawing Exhibition, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
68th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojo Museum of Art
Lamar University Digital Art Exhibition, Kenmin Gallery, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
10th What is Drawing? Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art
Big/Bold, Tower Gallery, SUNY Brockport, NY
39th Yoshi junji Art Exhibition, Sueyoshi Community Center, Kagoshima
2nd Miyazaki Comprehensive Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art
Neches River Festival Art Exhibition, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
Member’s Exhibition, the Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
2021
76th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
67th Miyakonojo City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojo City Museum of Art, Japan
Climate Imaginaries: Nostalgia in Flight (Online), Junction North, Calgary, Canada
Nerd Alert!, Moses Lark Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA
Joy (This is Just What I Needed)(Online), Edward Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH
Summer Small Works Show, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
6x6, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Le Grand Bal, Taste of the Arts Art Auction, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Memories: Old, New, Real and Imagined, Museum of the Gulf Coast
The Alternative Show, the Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
The Art Studios Inc. Member’s Exhibition, the Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, WV
Raise the Roof, Fundraiser Exhibition, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Raise the Roof, Fundraiser Exhibition, Avenue Coffee, Port Neches, TX
2020
Recent Acquisitions, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Paperworks VII, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles, MO
Fragments, Arc Studio and Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Race in America, Drury’s Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO
Martha Vineyard Drawing Prize, Online Juried Exhibition
City, Online Juried exhibition, Contemporary Art Room Gallery
August Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
3rd Coast Biennial, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Detour, Online Juried Exhibition, University of Maine at Farmington
46th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
Spontaneous Constructions, The Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
3020: A Look into the Future, Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX
TASI Member’s Exhibition 2020, the Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Miyakonojo City Art Museum’s 1st Online Exhibition, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan
Le Grand Bal, University Art Auction Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
2019
A New Shape of Drawing: Christopher Troutman and Lamar University Student Art
Exhibition, Shimin Gallery, Miyakonojo Museum of Art, Miyazaki, Japan
Christopher Troutman and Lamar University Student Digital Art Exhibition, Kodo Gallery,
Kagoshima City Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
45tth Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
9th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center
66th Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
74th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima City, Japan
34th Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler.
71st Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
65th Miyakonojo Prize Exhibition, Miyakonojo City Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, University of Indiana Kokomo, Downtown Gallery
Upbringing, University of Indiana, Kokomo, Downtown Gallery
Paper in Particular, Columbia College Sidney Larson Gallery
54th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College Art Gallery
Inaugural Group Exhibition, James May North Gallery, Algoma, WI
TASA One-Foot Faculty Exhibition, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
TASI Members’ Exhibition, The Art Studios Inc., Beaumont, TX
Images of Life, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
Capsula Stellis Inter In Nave, The Art Studios, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Montober, the Mont Creative Studios, Beaumont, TX
2018
44th Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
8th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center
33rd National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Competition, Matsushita Art Museum
68th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
Sumi-e Painting: Traditional and Experimental, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
73rd Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima City, Japan
TASA 12x12 Exhibition, McAllen, TX
70th Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
65th Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
2017
72nd Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
8th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of South Caroline, Ashville, juror Scott Noel
51st Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, TX
38th Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Colorful: Miyazaki Artist File Exhibition, Takanabe Museum of Art, Miyazaki, Japan
Demographically Speaking: A Figurative Exhibition, Lexington Art League, KY
67th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
64rd Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
69th Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
7th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki, Japan
32th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
The Group Show: 2017 (C. Troutman, X. Fedorchenko, J. Harris), Hibiscus Café Gallery,
Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
2017 TASA One Foot Exhibition, Studio 97w, Fort Worth, TX
2016
State of the Art: Drawing Invitational, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Paducah School of art and Design 2016 National Drawing Invitational, Bill Ford Gallery, KY
71st Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
7th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of South Carolina, Ashville, juror Edgar Jerins
42nd Miyazaki Prefectural Art Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
33rd Yoshi Junji Commemorative Exhibition, Sou City Sougou Taikukan, Sou City
66th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
63rd Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Japan
68th Miyazaki Sougou, Art Exhibition, Miyazkaki Prefecural Art Museum, Japan
6th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki, Japan
31th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2016 9x12 Works on Paper Exhibition Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Secret Life of the Storyboard, Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
Comic Art: Fantasy and Imagination, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2nd Annual Alabama National Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, University of Alabama
2015
70th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
67th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
What is Drawing? 5, Gallery Simon, Tokyo
62nd Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
The Group Show, Hibiscus Café, Miyakonojyou, Miyazaki, Japan
65th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan
15th AJAC (All Nations Japan Artists’ Co-operation), Kagoshima City Art Museum, Japan
The “A” Exhibition, Tagawa Museum of Art, Tagawa City, Fukoka, Japan
5th Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki, Japan
30th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan
2015 Rochester 6x6 Exhibition. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2015 9x12 Works on Paper Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Paper in Particular, Columbia College, MO
Graafika in Exhibition, Parnu City Callery, Parnu Estonia
35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, IL
2015 Hunting Art Prize, Friedkin Companies Campus, Houston, TX
49th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX
America’s 2015 Paperworks, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot North Dakota
2014
66th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
40th AJAC Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, UENO, Tokyo Japan
61th Miyakonojyou City Art Exhibition, Miyakonojyou Art Museum, Miyakonojyou City, Japan
9x12 Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
20 Year Anniversary Invitational, Fire House Gallery, Rogue Community College, OR
69th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Reimeikan, Kagoshima City, Japan
Marking Time, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Four Americans, Hibiscus Café Gallery, Miyakonojyou, Japan
31st Fukui Thumb Hole Exhibition, Fukui, Japan
29th National Southern Kyushu Sumi Painting Competition, Kagoshima City
64th Nobeoka City Exhibition, by invitation, Nobeoka Culture Center
4th Miyanichi, Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki City
2014 Rochester 6x6 Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Re:Tales, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Tales Told, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
48th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
What is Drawing? 4, Gallery Simon, Tokyo, Japan
2013
68th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, Reimeikan, Kagoshima City, Japan
65th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum, Miyazaki, Japan
60th Miyakonojyou City Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City Museum, Miyakonojyou, Japan
Komatsu Drawing Prize, Miyamoto Saburo Museum, Tokyo
Marks, Madelon Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA
A Fine Line, Claypool-Young At Gallery, Morehead State University, KY
2D-3D Works: National Art Competition, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta college,
Stockton, CA
Gallery 842’s 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
10th Makurazaki Triennial, Naneikan, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima
3rd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki Arts Center, Miyazaki City
63rd Nobeoka City Exhibition, by invitation, Nobeoka Culture Center
34th Bradley International, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2013 Wheaton Biennial, Beard and Weil Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Graphic Content, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
50th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
47th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Three’s A Crowd, The Project Space, Doudna Fine Arts Center, EIU, Charleston, IL
2012
19th Biennial, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
National Small Works Exhibition, Tejas Gallery, Dayton OH
62nd Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Civic Center Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
2nd Miyanichi Small Works Exhibition, Miyazaki City Art Center, Miyazaki City, Japan
KY.7 Biennial, Loudon House, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Majestic Galleries National Show, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
68th Annual Wabash Valley Regional Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN.
National Juried Show, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA
Black and White, National Exhibition Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH
2011
Populus, The Art Gallery, Reisman Hall, Cazenovia College, NY
Northern National Art Competition, Nicholet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
61st Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka City Civic Center Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan
Next Step Studio’s Spring Happening, Detroit, MI
6th International Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Library Thoughts, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest
33rd Bradley International, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Rasterize, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
QX.net Nude 2011, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Juried by M. Priest and K. Gillenwater.
Kentucky National Biennial, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray St. University, juried by M. Strauss.
2010
Drawing and Watercolor: Illinois, 18th Biennial Exhibition, Tarble Arts Cntr, EIU, Charleston, IL.
Next Step Studio’s Spring Happening, Detroit, MI
60th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, Nobeoka Civic Center Gallery, Miyazaki, Japan.
The Kinsey Institute 2010 Art Show, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
3rd Annual Naturally Nude, Ciao Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming. Juried by K. Hall and M. Walters.
Score, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
Vincennes University Faculty Exhibition, Shircliff Gallery of Art, Vincennes, IN
Au Naturel, Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR, Juried by L. Russo.
Nude 2010, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Juried by E. Randal and B. Zakic.
2009
2009 Master's Mystery Art Show, Florida International University, Miami, FL
8x8" in 'O9, the Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
Paper Explorations, Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, curator L. Craven.
26th Fukui Small Works National Juried Art Exhibition, Fukui Culture Center, Fukui City, Japan.
59th Nobeoka City National Juried Art Exhibition, Nobeoka Culture Center, Miyazaki, Japan.
4th Annual National Juried Competition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH, Juried by C. Evans.
The Kinsey Institute 2009 Juried Art Show, The SoFA Gallery, IU Bloomington, Juried by J. Cahn.
Shaped by Water, Gallery on Main, Richmond, KY
2008
International Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Mythography, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH curated by Tim Parsley.
32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Juried by L. Kreneck, Peoria, IL.
Freedom, The Chautauqua National Exhibition, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University.
2008 Anonyme No 9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Transit, 4th Street Vine, Long Beach, California, Juried by Olivia Borba.
Ties Untied, CSULB, Office of the University Provost Grant Exhibition, Juried by Olivia Borba
Foehn Documents, The Constant Gallery, Culver City, California
Insights 2008, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California.
National Juried Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, CA.
California State University, Long Beach Graduate Exhibition, 3rd and Pine Gallery, L.B., CA.
Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
Juried by Domenic Cretara.
2007
This is Long Beach, 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Center.
Score VI, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA. Juried by Michael Zakian.
Cal State University, Long Beach Graduate Advancement Exhibition, Gatov Gallery
Inspired Black and White, Long Beach Arts, CA. Juried by Suvan Geer.
A Passage Beyond, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China. Juried by J. Anderson.
Insights 2007, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California.
Emerging Artists 2007, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York.
National Juried Human Figure Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, California.
2005
60th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima Prefectural Art Museum
(Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagohsima, Japan.
Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum Tenth Anniversary: A Designer’s Exhibition of Present
Age Japan, Miyazaki Illustrator’s Club group exhibition, Miyazaki City, Japan.
23rd Yoshii Jyunji Tribute Exhibition, Sueoshi City, Kagoshima, Japan.
18th Thumb Hole Exhibition, Kagoshima Pref. Museum, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
52nd Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten), Kagoshima City
Museum (Shiritsubijyutsukan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
Maryland Pastel Society National Open Exhibition 2005, Blackrock Center for the Arts,
Germantown, MD.
3rd Fukui Shape of Life Biennial, Fukui City, Fukui Japan.
KFS (Kodansha Famous Schools) Mt. Fuji Contest, (Nyuusen) Selected Work,
Shizuoka City, Japan.
2004
IEMA, International Competition of Painting, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.
Studio Zukoushitsu's Daimaru Exhibition, Miyakonojyou City, Miyazaki, Japan.
59th Southern Japan Art Exhibition, (Nannichibiten), Kagoshima Prefectural Art
Museum (Reimeikan), Kagoshima City, Kagohsima, Japan.
1stKokubu City Fine Arts Exhibition, Kokubu Civic Center, Kokubu City, Kagoshima, Japan.
22nd Yoshii Jyunji Tribute Exhibition, Sueoshi City, Kagoshima, Japan.
19th National Art Festival, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan.
6th Akune City Painting Competition, Akune City, Kagoshima, Japan.
51st Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten), Kagoshima City
Museum (Shiritsubijyutsukan), Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Jpn.
2003
Longview 2003, Cincinnati Art Guild, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2002
Color 2002, The La Grange Art League and Gallery, La Grange, IL
The 52nd Annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibition, The Quincy Art Center, Quincy IL.
PUBLICATIONS:
Chapter Contributor “Chapter 4, Through the Artist’s Eye: Drawing,” pg 49-63.
Stephanie Chadwick and Donna Meeks, “Art as Living Practice,” Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2019.
Chapter Section Contributor, Foundations Drawing Textbook
Dr. Zhen Wei, editor, Poetry Evoked by Black and White, Ways of Expression in East and West (Beijing: Normal University, 2016), 70-87.
COLLECTIONS:
-California State University, Long Beach -Bradley University -The Kinsey Institute
-Hinode Preschool -Dunlap High School -Arumoni Books
COMMISSIONS:
2012 Kirishima Landscape, oil on canvas, Yokoyama Family, Miyakonojo, JapanKirishima Landscape, oil on canvas, Koichi Kamemoto, Miyakonojo, Japan
2008 Portrait Studies, Jeffery L. Gatlin (Gatlin Corp.), Brookhaven, MS.
2005 Bounoutsu Island, oil on canvas, Yukiko Shimotakahara.Landscape (2), wax stick and ink on paper, Sumiko Maito, 2005.
High school textbook character and clip art illustrations, Minerva Children’s Conversational
English School, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan.
2004 High school textbook character clip art illustration, Minerva Children’s Conversational English
School, designs published.
2003 Logo design for sign, advertising and goods, Fire House Pizza, Peoria, IL.
2002 Drawings (5) of training facility, CCF Fitness Counseling, Peoria, IL.
2001 Character designs, watercolor drawings (10) and 1 painting (acrylic on
canvas), The Edge Fitness Center, Peoria, IL.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Exhibition Catalog, 33rd Yoshi Junji Commemorative Exhibition, Kagoshima, Japan, 2016
Exhibition Catalog, 5th What is Drawing? Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2015
Exhibition Catalog, 4th What is Drawing? Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Exhibition Catalog, 66th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan, 2014
Exhibition Catalog, 65th Miyanichi Sougou Exhibition, Miyazaki, Japan, 2013
Exhibition Catalog, 10th Makurazaki Triennial, Kagoshima, Japan, 2013
International Drawing Annual 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.
Exhibition Catalog, 19th Biennial, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, 2012
Kumaya Yuten, “Level/Variety, Up, ”Miyazaki Nichinichi Newspaper, July 18, 2012 pg. 13
Exhibition Catalog, 61th Nobeoka City Art Exhibition, City Culture Center, Miyazaki, 2012
International Drawing Annual 6, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.
Paul Winslow, Direct Art Volume 18, 2011, pg 42.
Exhibition Catalog, 33rd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, 2011.
Exhibition Catalog, 2011 Kentucky National, Murray State University.
Exhibition Catalog, Drawing and Watercolor Illinois: 18th Biennial, Tarble Arts Center, 2010
International Drawing Annual 4, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Exhibition Catalog, Mythographry, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
International Drawing Annual 2008, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2009
Paul Winslow, "EA 07," Direct Art, fall/winter 2007, pg. 97
Exhibition Catalog, "CSULB MFA Open Studios," California State University, Long Beach, 2007.
Exhibition Catalog, "A Passage Beyond," CSU Long Beach and Tianjin Academy, 2007.
Shirle Gottlieb. "Go Figure." Press-Telegram. 16 Mar. 2007.
Southern Japan Newspaper (Minami Nihon Shinbun). “Pursue My Style.” S. Japan Newspaper, 11 Nov ‘05.
Exhibition Catalog, "60th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten)", S. Japan Newspaper, 2005.
Kouichi Shibatachi. “Kao (Face).” Southern Japan Newspaper (Minami Nihon Shinbun), 20 May 2005.
Exhibition Catalog, "52nd Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kenbiten)," Kagoshima Prefectural
Museum, 2005.
Exhibition Catalog, "59th Southern Japan Art Exhibition (Nannichibiten)," Southern Japan
Newspaper, 2004.
Molly Herridge, “Slices of Real Life.” Harbinger. 5 Dec. 2002.
Channy Lyons. “Essence of Subject.” Peoria Times-Observer. 27 Nov. 2002.
VISITNG ARTIST LECTURES:
2021The Taste of the Arts, Art Museum of Southeast Texas
2019 The Art Studios Inc.
2018 College of the Mainland
Ohio Univeristy, Eastern Campus Gallery
California State University, Long Beach
2017 Visiting Artist, Demonstration and Presentation, Beppu University, Japan
2016 Skype Talk, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State U., Nacogdoches, TX
2015 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Lone Star College, Conroe, TX
2014 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Main Gallery, San Jacinto College, Central Campus, Pasadena, TX
2013 Visiting Artist, California State University, Long Beach
Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture, University of Rochester, NY
2012 Visiting Artist, Class Visit, Grad Crits, Slide Lecture, Louisiana Techl University, Ruston, LA
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Cedarhurst Art Center, Exhibition Opening, Mt. Vernon, IL
2011 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
2010 Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, De Ricci Gallery, Exhibition Opening, Edgewood College, WI.
Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture, 15th High School Art Seminar, Auditorium, Parkland College, IL.
Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture, Parkland Art Gallery, Exhibition Opening, Parkland College, IL.
Visiting Artist, Gallery Talk, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL.
TRAVEL AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
-2003-2006: Resided in Kagoshima, Japan: travel throughout Kyushu.
-Speak Japanese at conversational level : 24 units written and spoken Japanese at University level.
Other Related Experience:
2014 Assistant, Children’s Collaborative Art Event, Miyakonojyou City Wellness Plaza,
August 10, 9:30-12:30am, Japan (James Harris and Christopher Troutman)
2012 Summer Art Tutor, Drawing, Private Individual Lessons, Miyakonojo, Japan.
2009 Summer Art Teacher: Painting, Studio Zukoushitsu, Miyakonojyou, Japan.
2008 Summer Drawing Teacher, Sanyabaru Preschool, Miyakonojyou, Japan.
Summer Art Teacher: Drawing, Studio Zukoushitsu, Miyakonojyou, Japan.
2004-06 English Teacher, Chris’ Conversational English School (co-owner), Kagoshima City, Japan.
2004-05 Collaborative Assistant, "Oval (Monmarutoru)," Miyakonojyou City monthly public art
and culture event, organized by Fujimura Lee, Miyazaki, Japan.
2003-04 English Teacher, WinBe Conversational English School, Kagoshima City,Kagoshima, Japan.
2001 Design Internship, Multi-Ad Services Incorporated, Peoria, Illinois.
SERVICE:
(needs to be updated)
2016
Exhibition Juror, A Winter’s Tale, Beaumont Art League
2015
SACS Accreditation Representative
Library Writing Art Gallery Co-Coordinator
Study Abroad Japan Committee, Global Studies, Lamar University
Department of Art International Exchange Representative, summer ’15, Beppu Univ., Japan
Recruitment Presenter, Ozen High School, Beaumont, TX
Faculty Sponsor, Student Organization Lounge and Gallery, Dept. of Art, Lamar University
Faculty Sponsor, Artist Common, Student Art Association Group. Dept. of Art. Lamar U.
Retention and Recruitment Committee member, Department of Art, Lamar University
2014
Faculty Sponsor, Student Organization Lounge Gallery, Dept. of Art, Lamar University
Faculty Sponsor, Artist Common, Student Art Association Group. Dept. of Art. Lamar U.
Retention and Recruitment Committee member, Department of Art, Lamar University
2013
Retention and Recruitment Committee member, Department of Art, Lamar University
2012 Exhibition Organizer for Art Association and Art Dept. Students, the Café Gallery, EIU campus
Faculty Advisor, Art Association, Eastern Illinois University (2011-present)
Awards Juror, Effingham Art Guild City Exhibition, Effingham, IL
Graduate Thesis Committees, Art Department, Eastern Illinois University (fall 2010-present)
2011
Organizer, Sunday Model Session, Spring Semester, Eastern Illinois University.
Awards Juror, 57th Annual Fall Show, Bicentennial Art Center, Paris, IL
2010
Awards Juror, Knox County High School Exhibition, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes U.
2009
Foundations Assessment Committee, Member, Eastern Kentucky University
2008
Miyakonojyou Summer Festival, Volunteer Artist, Miyakonojyou, Japan
(my really old website: http://troutman.art.tripod.com)