J U D I G E E R K E L L A S
18711 Jefferson Hills Dr.
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
785/393-4298
jgeerkellas@gmail.com
www.geerkellas.com
P R O F E S S I O N
Painter & Printmaker
E D U C A T I O N
BA, Liberal Arts, Birmingham-Southern College
MA, Fine Arts, University of Alabama
G A L L E R I E S
Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, Alabama
1109 Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas
P E R S O N A L
Born La Plata, MD, 1939
Married, George A. Kellas
M E D I A
Acrylic, metal leaf, collage, mixed media
Silverpoint and graphite drawings
Lithography, serigraphy, relief prints
S O L O E X H I B I T S
2010 Burkholder Project, Outback Gallery, Celebration of Flight, with Susan Sutherland Barnes, ceramics, May, Lincoln, NE
2009 Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots, Celebration of Flight, November-December, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 Coutts Art Museum, Celebration of Flight, April & May, El Dorado, Kansas
2008 St. Benedict’s Abbey Church Art Gallery, Celebration of Flight, Atchison, KS
2007 Burkholder Project, featured artist, Celebration of Flight, Lincoln, NE
2006 Corner Bank, Waterflowers, Lawrence, Kansas
Muchnic Gallery, Celebration of Flight, Muchnic Gallery, Atchison, Kansas
2004 Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Waterflowers, Manhattan, Kansas
Stocksdale Gallery, William Jewel College, Liberty, Missouri
2000 South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado, Arkansas
1997 Soaring Spirits: The Legacy of Amelia Earhart, Muchnic Gallery, Atchison, KS
Prior to 1997 36 One Artist Shows
G R O U P S H O W S
2010 Artists Choose Artists, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009 Small Works Big, 1109 Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas
2008 Self-portraits, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
2007 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
Classroom Collection, Spencer Museum of Art, CornerBank, Lawrence, KS
3rd Annual Evening of Art & Poetry, Trinity Episcopal Church, Lawrence, KS
Post Cards to My Valentine, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, (February)
2006 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, (December)
Project artists group show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, (January)
2005 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska (December)
Summer Salon, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2004 Nine Connections: works by 9 women artists, Alice Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
Lawrence Own-Your-Own Exhibit, Ed Barr, Dir. Mulvane Art Mus.-juror, Lawrence, KS
Summer Show, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2003 Lawrence Own-Your-Own Exhibit, Carolyn McMasters-juror, Lawrence, Kansas
Women's History Month: Women in Aviation, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
Cedar Key National, Joe Sabatella-juror, Cedar Key, Florida
2002 Icarus International, Ghost Fleet Gallery, 2 pieces, juried, award, Nags Head, NC
Lawrence Own-Your-Own Exhibit, 3 pieces, 3rd place, juried, Lawrence, KS
Summer Salon, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Common Ground, City Hall Gallery, Maureen Korp-curator, Ottawa, Canada
Grand Opening, the Museum Gallery, Invitational, Overland Park, Kansas
2001 Icarus International, Ghost Fleet Gallery, juried, Nags Head, NC
Holiday Invitational Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas
Sexually Charged, juried, Carmesi, Lawrence, Kansas
Third Inaugural Exhibit, juried, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC
2000 Icarus International, Ghost Fleet Gallery, juried, 2 pieces, Nags Heading
Original Art Work by Bert Nash Poster Artists, the Columbian, Wamego, Kansas
The Art of Mental Health: Bert Nash Poster Artists Show, Lawrence, Kansas
1999 Icarus International, juried, 2 pieces, Nags Head, North Carolina
Total Woman, Impact Art Gallery, Juried, 2 pieces, Buffalo, New York
Icarus International, juried, 2 pieces, Prize, Nags Head, North Carolina
1997 Landscape Show, Art Affair Gallery, Invitational, Baldwin, Kansas
Visions of Flowers, Wichita Flower & Garden Assoc., juried, Wichita, Kansas
Prior to 1997 59 Juried & Invitational Exhibits
P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
The Beech Foundation, Wichita, Kansas
The von Thaden Family Collection, Leonardtown, Maryland
Patty Wagstaff Air Shows, Inc, St. Augustine, Florida
Davis Art Images, Davis Publications, Worcester, Massachusetts
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama
The Exxon Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma
IBM International, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Hadley Foundation, Inc., Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas
Spencer Art Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Taylor Perky & Parker, Overland Park, Kansas
The Williams Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Plus 100+ private collections in the USA, Great Britain, Canada and Mexico
G R A N T S & A W A R D S
2002 Sharp Award Women‘s History Month: Women in Aviation, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2002 2nd Annual Lawrence Own-Your-Own Juried Art Show, Award, Committee for the Advancement of the Visual Arts, Lawrence, Kansas
1998 Depicting the Theme Award 1998 Icarus International, Nags Head NC
Phoenix Award for Visual Art, Lawrence Arts Commission, Lawrence, Kansas
1996 Poster & Brochure Artist, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Convention
& Visitors Bureau, Festival of Poinsettias, Lawrence, Kansas
1991 Poster Artist, Bert Nash Mental Health Center, Lawrence, Kansas
1984-85 NEA-Kansas Arts Commission, Assistantship, Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri
J U R I E S, W O R K S H O P S, P R E S E N T A T I O N S
2002 Workshop in Silverpoint Drawing, City of Ottawa, Canada,
Private Workshop in Silverpoint & Metal point Drawing, Lawrence, KS
2000 Private Workshop in Silverpoint & Metal point Drawing, Lawrence, KS
1997 Atchison Art Association, judge, Soaring Spirits, Muchnic Gallery, Amelia Earhart Centennial Celebration, Atchison, Kansas
1996 Baker University, Juror, Art Affair Gallery, Student Show, Baldwin City, Kansas
Art in the Park, Awards Juror, Lawrence Art Guild
1987-96 Screen Printing and Drawing Workshops, Young Audiences of K.C.
1996 Topeka Art Guild, Annual Meeting Speaker, Topeka, Kansas
Topeka Art Guild, Winter Show, juror, Topeka, Kansas
Baker University Art Department, juror, Art Affair Gallery, Baldwin, KS
Prior to 1996 over 100 juries, presentations & workshops
P R O F E S S I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N S & P U B L I C S E R V I C E
2008-09 American Society of Aviation Artists, artist member
2004-07 Lawrence Arts Commission, board member, City of Lawrence, Kansas
2000-04 Lawrence Committee for the Advancement of the Visual Arts
1992-96 Douglas County AIDS Project, Board of Directors, Treasurer. 1992-93
1985-91 Kansas Women's Substance Abuse Services (First Step House), Board of Directors, President 1986,1991
1991 Wallace Galuzzi Volunteer of the Year Award, United Way, Douglas County, Kansas
1986-89 Lawrence Arts Center, Board of Directors, Lawrence, Kansas
P U B L I C A T I O N S
99News: May-June 2009, Jan-Feb-March 2010
Kansas Monks: Spring 2008
Atchison Globe: July 2008
Crosswinds: April 2003
Icarus International: December 2003, December 2002, December 2000, December 1999
Pitch: 1995
Topeka Capitol Journal: August 1994
City of Ottawa, Ontario: Common Ground 2002
Topeka Metro News: 1993
Forum: December 1992
Eastern Shore Courier: June 1987
Manhattan Mercury: April 1984
Lawrence Journal World: September 2004, November 2002, December 2002, January, 1999, January 1998, September 1995, October,
1995, October 1991
18711 Jefferson Hills Dr.
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
785/393-4298
jgeerkellas@gmail.com
www.geerkellas.com
P R O F E S S I O N
Painter & Printmaker
E D U C A T I O N
BA, Liberal Arts, Birmingham-Southern College
MA, Fine Arts, University of Alabama
G A L L E R I E S
Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, Alabama
1109 Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas
P E R S O N A L
Born La Plata, MD, 1939
Married, George A. Kellas
M E D I A
Acrylic, metal leaf, collage, mixed media
Silverpoint and graphite drawings
Lithography, serigraphy, relief prints
S O L O E X H I B I T S
2010 Burkholder Project, Outback Gallery, Celebration of Flight, with Susan Sutherland Barnes, ceramics, May, Lincoln, NE
2009 Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots, Celebration of Flight, November-December, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 Coutts Art Museum, Celebration of Flight, April & May, El Dorado, Kansas
2008 St. Benedict’s Abbey Church Art Gallery, Celebration of Flight, Atchison, KS
2007 Burkholder Project, featured artist, Celebration of Flight, Lincoln, NE
2006 Corner Bank, Waterflowers, Lawrence, Kansas
Muchnic Gallery, Celebration of Flight, Muchnic Gallery, Atchison, Kansas
2004 Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Waterflowers, Manhattan, Kansas
Stocksdale Gallery, William Jewel College, Liberty, Missouri
2000 South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado, Arkansas
1997 Soaring Spirits: The Legacy of Amelia Earhart, Muchnic Gallery, Atchison, KS
Prior to 1997 36 One Artist Shows
G R O U P S H O W S
2010 Artists Choose Artists, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009 Small Works Big, 1109 Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas
2008 Self-portraits, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
2007 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
Classroom Collection, Spencer Museum of Art, CornerBank, Lawrence, KS
3rd Annual Evening of Art & Poetry, Trinity Episcopal Church, Lawrence, KS
Post Cards to My Valentine, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, (February)
2006 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, (December)
Project artists group show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska, (January)
2005 Holiday Show, Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska (December)
Summer Salon, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2004 Nine Connections: works by 9 women artists, Alice Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
Lawrence Own-Your-Own Exhibit, Ed Barr, Dir. Mulvane Art Mus.-juror, Lawrence, KS
Summer Show, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2003 Lawrence Own-Your-Own Exhibit, Carolyn McMasters-juror, Lawrence, Kansas
Women's History Month: Women in Aviation, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
Cedar Key National, Joe Sabatella-juror, Cedar Key, Florida
2002 Icarus International, Ghost Fleet Gallery, 2 pieces, juried, award, Nags Head, NC
Lawrence Own-Your-Own Exhibit, 3 pieces, 3rd place, juried, Lawrence, KS
Summer Salon, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Common Ground, City Hall Gallery, Maureen Korp-curator, Ottawa, Canada
Grand Opening, the Museum Gallery, Invitational, Overland Park, Kansas
2001 Icarus International, Ghost Fleet Gallery, juried, Nags Head, NC
Holiday Invitational Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas
Sexually Charged, juried, Carmesi, Lawrence, Kansas
Third Inaugural Exhibit, juried, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC
2000 Icarus International, Ghost Fleet Gallery, juried, 2 pieces, Nags Heading
Original Art Work by Bert Nash Poster Artists, the Columbian, Wamego, Kansas
The Art of Mental Health: Bert Nash Poster Artists Show, Lawrence, Kansas
1999 Icarus International, juried, 2 pieces, Nags Head, North Carolina
Total Woman, Impact Art Gallery, Juried, 2 pieces, Buffalo, New York
Icarus International, juried, 2 pieces, Prize, Nags Head, North Carolina
1997 Landscape Show, Art Affair Gallery, Invitational, Baldwin, Kansas
Visions of Flowers, Wichita Flower & Garden Assoc., juried, Wichita, Kansas
Prior to 1997 59 Juried & Invitational Exhibits
P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
The Beech Foundation, Wichita, Kansas
The von Thaden Family Collection, Leonardtown, Maryland
Patty Wagstaff Air Shows, Inc, St. Augustine, Florida
Davis Art Images, Davis Publications, Worcester, Massachusetts
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama
The Exxon Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma
IBM International, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Hadley Foundation, Inc., Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas
Spencer Art Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Taylor Perky & Parker, Overland Park, Kansas
The Williams Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Plus 100+ private collections in the USA, Great Britain, Canada and Mexico
G R A N T S & A W A R D S
2002 Sharp Award Women‘s History Month: Women in Aviation, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2002 2nd Annual Lawrence Own-Your-Own Juried Art Show, Award, Committee for the Advancement of the Visual Arts, Lawrence, Kansas
1998 Depicting the Theme Award 1998 Icarus International, Nags Head NC
Phoenix Award for Visual Art, Lawrence Arts Commission, Lawrence, Kansas
1996 Poster & Brochure Artist, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Convention
& Visitors Bureau, Festival of Poinsettias, Lawrence, Kansas
1991 Poster Artist, Bert Nash Mental Health Center, Lawrence, Kansas
1984-85 NEA-Kansas Arts Commission, Assistantship, Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri
J U R I E S, W O R K S H O P S, P R E S E N T A T I O N S
2002 Workshop in Silverpoint Drawing, City of Ottawa, Canada,
Private Workshop in Silverpoint & Metal point Drawing, Lawrence, KS
2000 Private Workshop in Silverpoint & Metal point Drawing, Lawrence, KS
1997 Atchison Art Association, judge, Soaring Spirits, Muchnic Gallery, Amelia Earhart Centennial Celebration, Atchison, Kansas
1996 Baker University, Juror, Art Affair Gallery, Student Show, Baldwin City, Kansas
Art in the Park, Awards Juror, Lawrence Art Guild
1987-96 Screen Printing and Drawing Workshops, Young Audiences of K.C.
1996 Topeka Art Guild, Annual Meeting Speaker, Topeka, Kansas
Topeka Art Guild, Winter Show, juror, Topeka, Kansas
Baker University Art Department, juror, Art Affair Gallery, Baldwin, KS
Prior to 1996 over 100 juries, presentations & workshops
P R O F E S S I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N S & P U B L I C S E R V I C E
2008-09 American Society of Aviation Artists, artist member
2004-07 Lawrence Arts Commission, board member, City of Lawrence, Kansas
2000-04 Lawrence Committee for the Advancement of the Visual Arts
1992-96 Douglas County AIDS Project, Board of Directors, Treasurer. 1992-93
1985-91 Kansas Women's Substance Abuse Services (First Step House), Board of Directors, President 1986,1991
1991 Wallace Galuzzi Volunteer of the Year Award, United Way, Douglas County, Kansas
1986-89 Lawrence Arts Center, Board of Directors, Lawrence, Kansas
P U B L I C A T I O N S
99News: May-June 2009, Jan-Feb-March 2010
Kansas Monks: Spring 2008
Atchison Globe: July 2008
Crosswinds: April 2003
Icarus International: December 2003, December 2002, December 2000, December 1999
Pitch: 1995
Topeka Capitol Journal: August 1994
City of Ottawa, Ontario: Common Ground 2002
Topeka Metro News: 1993
Forum: December 1992
Eastern Shore Courier: June 1987
Manhattan Mercury: April 1984
Lawrence Journal World: September 2004, November 2002, December 2002, January, 1999, January 1998, September 1995, October,
1995, October 1991
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