Arden Ellen Nixon: Resume

Arden Ellen Nixon

Selected Exhibitions
Any blank wall I come across, be it in a coffee shop or a gallery!
Nuke-Con, Omaha, NE, Fall 2010
Mystic Fest, Omaha, NE, Fall 2010
OsFest, Omaha, NE, Summer 2010
ConQuest, Kansas City, MO, Summer 2010
ConStellation, Lincoln, NE, Spring 2010
Mystic Fest, Omaha, NE, Fall 2009
First Friday Art Tours, Albany, NY, Year of 2009
Noyes Gallery, Lincoln, NE, Year of 2008
Shaman’s Gallery, Hot Springs, SD, Summer 2006
Dunn Bros Coffee, Rapid City, SD, June 2006
Tassel Bird Arts, Chadron, NE Summer-Spring 2006
Five Degrees of Separation: Senior Show, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE December 2005
All Student Juried Exhibition, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE May 2005
All Student Juried Exhibition, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE May 2004
Solo exhibition, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE August-September 2003
All Student Juried Exhibition, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE May 2002

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE 2005
Art major, English Minor

Graduate Student, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE 2007-2008

Extensive research and free time devoted to ancient history, mythology, and world religion.

Travel for Research Purposes
May 2006--Visited New York to attend the Metropolitan Museum’s "Hatchepsut: From Queen to King" exhibition. Also spent extensive time in the Metropolitan’s painting galleries and the Modern Museum of Art.

July 2007--Visited Philadelphia to attend the Franklin Institute's hosting of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition. Also devoted as much time as possible to the Rodin Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Mutter Museum, and the Philadelphia Zoo.

July 2008--Moved to New York State to be closer to my love and to further my art.

Commissions and Projects
2003--Designed the t-shirt for the Language and Communication Arts Department at Chadron State College
2007-2008--Cartoonist for the Eagle Newspaper, Chadron State College
2008--Designed the t-shirt for the Sigma Tau Delta's (STD) "Love-Slam" Valentine's Day event.

Other Interests
Writing (everything from novels to poetry), graphic design, reading, researching anything and everything, day-dreaming, and life.

Arden in Action: Painting Methods & Madness

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