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Michael W. Faris


117 Toulon Court

Fairview Heights, IL 62208

618-322-9181

[email protected]

http://www.michaelfarisart.com/
 
Academic Degrees:
     
      Ph.D.                      Indiana University, Bloomington                   2011                Art Education
      M.S.                       Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville      1999                Art Education
      B.S.                        Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville      1996                Art Education
 
Recent Art Exhibition Record, Solo Shows:
     
      2024          A History of Racism, Green Root Gallery, Belleville, IL
                        A History of Racism, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
      2022          Retrospective, Michael Faris, Stone Soup Gallery, St. Louis, MO
                        Kids and Guns, Greg Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
                        The Censorship Series, Long Con Magazine, issue 11, Halifax, Nova Scotia
      2020          Five Works by Michael Faris, Quaranzine Magazine online, Third Estate Art, 
                        Chicago, IL
                        The Riot Show, Shawnee Community College, Ullin, IL
      2019          Critical Enlightenment Theory, Cottey College, Nevada, MO
                        The Riot Show, African American Museum of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
                        The Riot Show, Northwest Missouri State University, Kansas City, MO
                        The Riot Show, Kranzberg Art Center, St. Louis, MO
      2018          The Theory of Resistance, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
      2017          Michael Faris and the Temple of Doom, Hartley Gallery, Herrin, IL
      2016          Shots Fired, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
      2015          Censorship and Other Forms of Violence, South Suburban College, Chicago, IL
      2013          Rejection Notice, Centralia Cultural Society, Centralia, IL
      2012          Retrospective, Michael Faris, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL

Recent Art Exhibition Record, Group Shows:
     
​      2025          Social Justice, Artspace 304, Carbondale, IL
                        Shrode Competition Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL     
      2024          The Artist Collective on Race, Equity, and Unity, Anna Art Center, Anna, IL
      2023          Art is Why I Get Up in the Morning, Harrisburg Public Library, Harrisburg, IL
                        Collectors Choice XXIII, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
                        Cedarhurst Thirtieth Biennial Competition Exhibit, Mt. Vernon, IL
                        Raise your Voice: Art of Protest and Empowerment, Art St. Louis, virtual
                        The Artist Collective on Race, Equity, and Unity, Shawnee College, Ullin, IL
                        Pop 2, Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
                        Woman, Life, Freedom, St. Louis Community College Forest Park, MO
                        Shrode Competition Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
      2022          Biennial Community Art Show, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, MO
                        The Artist Collective on Race, Equity, and Unity, Cairo High School, Cairo, IL
      2021          All Colors, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
                        Nonbinary Review Issue #26, Person of Interest, Zoetic Press, Santa Cruz, CA
                        You in the Lou, Stone Soup Gallery, St. Louis. MO
      2020          4th Annual National Art Education Association Juried Member Exhibition, virtual
      2019          Elements and Principles, Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
                        Art in Our Region: 1930s-2019, Hise Museum of Regional Art, Harrisburg, IL
                        59th Mid-States Art Exhibit, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
      2018          Northwest Missouri State Faculty Invitational, University of Nebraska, Omaha
                        NWMSU Faculty Show, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
                        In Black and White: Art Meets Writing, SAA Collective, Springfield, IL
                        Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
                        Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
      2017          Tell me a Story, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
                        The 27th Cedarhurst Biennial, Mt. Vernon, IL
                        The Hartley Invitational, Hartley Gallery, Herrin, IL
                        Shrode Competition Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
                        A Change is Gonna Come, Thomas Dunn Learning Center, St. Louis, MO
      2016          Shrode Competition Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
                        IAEA Presenters Exhibit, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
                        Critical Response Exhibit, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
                        Herrinfesta Art Exhibit, The Hartley Gallery, Herrin, IL
      2015          The 26th Cedarhurst Biennial, Mt. Vernon, IL
                        Art is why I get up in the Morning, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, IL
                        Members Exhibit, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL
 
Academic Teaching Experience:
     
      2023
                     Adjunct Instructor
                                    Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis, MO
      2017-2021             Assistant Professor
                                    Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO           
      2005-2016             Art Instructor
                                    Shawnee Community College, Ullin, IL
      2004-2005             Lecturer
                                    Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville     
      1999-2003             Adjunct Instructor
                                    Kaskaskia College, Centralia, IL
      1996-2003             Art Instructor
                                    Centralia High School, Centralia, IL
                                     
 
 
 
 
 
Community Art Center Teaching Experience:
     
     2025                      Instructor

                                    St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
                                    Oasis, St. Louis, MO
                                    Cedarhurst Art Center, Mt. Vernon, IL
      2024                      Instructor
                                    St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
                                    Oasis, St. Louis, MO
                                    Cedarhurst Art Center, Mt. Vernon, IL
      2023                      Instructor
                                    Drawn Studio, St. Louis, MO
                                    St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
      2022-2023             Instructor
                                    Stone Soup Gallery, Chesterfield, MO
      2022                             Instructor
                                    Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO
      2016                      Instructor
                                    Hartley Gallery and Event Center, Herrin, IL
      2012-2016             Coordinator
                                    Summer Art for All
                                    Free summer art programs for children in various locations throughout Southern Illinois
      1992-1995             Instructor
                                    Centralia Cultural Society, Centralia, IL
 
 
 
 
 
Artworks Online Page:
http://www.michaelfarisart.com/
 
PBS episode of Expressions:
http://www.pbs.org/video/2365675205/
 
Professional Honors:
     
      2004                      Della Fricke Art Education Scholarship, Indiana University, Bloomington
      1996                      Graduated Summa cum Laude, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
      1996                      Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
                                               
Professional Grants:
     
      2022                      Illinois Arts Council Agency, Southern Arts Fund Grant
      2021                      Institutional Research Grant- Northwest Missouri State University
      2020                      Institutional Research Grant- Northwest Missouri State University
      2016                      Carbondale Community Arts Residency Grant
      2016                      Tides Foundation Grant, for the Summer Art for All program
      2015                      Tides Foundation Grant, for the Summer Art for All program
 
Professional Activities and Memberships:
     
      2023-Present         Member, St. Louis Artists’ Guild
      2017-2021             Member, Missouri Art Education Association
      2016-2017             Artist in Residence, Carbondale Community Arts
      2005-2017             Member, Little Egypt Art Association
      2003-Present         Member, National Art Education Association
      2003-2017             Member, Illinois Art Education Association
      2001-2003             President, Centralia Palette and Brush Club
      1994-2003             Member, Board of Directors of the Centralia Cultural Society
      1996-Present         Member, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Professional Presentations:
     
      2024          The Artist Collective on Race, Equity, and Unity, Anna Art Center, Anna, IL
     
      2023          The Artist Collective on Race, Equity, and Unity, Shawnee College, Ullin, IL
     
      2022          The Artist Collective on Race, Equity, and Unity, Cairo High School, Cairo, IL
     
      2021          Critical Race Theory and The Riot Show, Healing Illinois Juneteenth Celebration with Visual Arts,                              Legacy Training, Inc. Zoom presentation
      2020          How to Visit an Art Museum, Shawnee Community College, Ullin, IL
     
      2020          Contemporary African American Artists, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
     
      2020          Careers in Visual Art, Shawnee Community College, Ullin, IL
     
      2019          Art with a Social Agenda, Missouri Art Education Association, Kansas City, MO
     
      2018          Creating Textures with Graphite and Charcoal, Southern Illinois Art Education     
                        Association, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
 
      2018          The Theory of Resistance, discussion panel about my artwork and the work of      
                        other social justice artists, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO.
 
      2016          Drawing and Adobe Photoshop workshops, Leadership Conference, Trio, Shawnee Community College
     
      2016          Art with a Social Agenda, Southern Illinois Art Education Association, Southern Illinois University 

      2014          Civil Rights Symposium artist and presenter, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, Illinois.
 
      2014          Understanding the Elements and Principles of Design, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, Illinois.
 
      2013          Summer Art for All and strategies for fundraising, Illinois Art Education Association Conference
 
      2012          Summer Art for All, Southern Illinois Art Education Association Conference, Carbondale, Illinois
 
 
 
 
Recommendations
 
1. Zackary Petot, Executive Director
St. Louis Artists’ Guild
12 Jackson Ave.
Clayton, MO 63105
(314) 727-6266
[email protected]
 
2. Sara L. DeNeal, Art Instructor
Harrisburg High School
College Street
Harrisburg, IL 62946
618-841-7043
[email protected]
 
3. Josh Shearer, Visual Arts Director
Anna Middle School District No. 37
301 South Green Street
Anna, Illinois  62906
217-549-0549
[email protected]
 
4. Juanita Simmons, Consultant, Missouri Juvenile Justice Association
17711 Woods
Boonville, MO 75233
660-563-1557
[email protected]
 
5. Robert Ketchens, Artist
1022 Woods Way
O’Fallon, IL 62269
314-792-5299
[email protected]
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  • Art Works
    • Drawings
    • Paintings
    • Prints and collages
    • Sculpture
    • Student Works
  • The System (work in progress)
    • Narrative
    • Images
  • A History of Racism (2022)
    • Narrative
    • Images
  • KIDS AND GUNS (2020)
    • Narrative
    • Images
  • The Riot Show (2018)
    • Statement of Purpose
    • Biography of Michael Faris
    • Riot Show images