I'm thrilled to share that my work has been selected for the upcoming New American Paintings publication for the Southern region of the U.S. (edition #106). Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art, served as juror. Out of approximately 1,000 submissions, 40 artists were selected. I've long enjoyed looking at this publication and I am excited to have my work included for the first time.

The publication should be on most newsstands in June/July.

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While scheduling details are still TBD, I will be giving an artist lecture at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. I'm excited for my first lecture of this sort and I am eager to speak with the students.

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On February 28, I will be participating in a panel discussion hosted by Catalyst Projects. The title of the panel is "Art and Acquisition: Conversations with Artists and Their Collectors." My role in the discussion will be focused on my dual role as artist and collector. I hope that I am able to bring something interesting to the discussion. Please join us if you can.

The event is Thursday, February 28, from 7:30-8:30pm at Hamiltonian Gallery (1353 U St. NW, Washington, DC).

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I will be participating in my first art fair this December at Scope in Miami, FL. Blank Space will be presenting my work along with three other gallery artists. I am thrilled to introduce my work to a broader audience.

The gallery will be in booth F05. The fair runs from Dec. 4-9.

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Opening Thursday, November 29, is my second exhibition with Blank Space in Chelsea NYC. This will be a two-person show with Elyce Abrams from Philadelphia, PA. I will be debuting a new body of work that I am very excited about. If you're in the NY area, I hope you can see the show.

The show runs from Nov. 29 to Jan. 11. The opening reception is Thursday, Nov. 29 from 6-8pm.

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I'm excited to announce that I have curated a show for The Athenaeum in Alexandria, VA. The show brings together three Mid-Atlantic painters who deal with networks and information. The three artists created brand new work for the show that responds directly to the space. It's an exciting show and I am proud of it. The show runs Nov. 15 - Jan. 6 and the opening reception is Sunday, Nov. 18 from 4-6pm.

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I am honored and thrilled to share that I've been awarded a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship for 2012-13. The juror for the professional fellowship awards was Scott Rothkopf, curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The fellowship is in the amount of $8,000.

A record 755 applicants submitted for fellowships this year and 27 were awarded. Of the 27, eleven were for professional artists, while the remainder went to graduate and undergraduate students.

I am beyond excited to use this fellowship to continue pushing my work forward in ways that would not have been possible otherwise.

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My work has been included as part of the internationally curated project Geoform.net.

Geoform is an online scholarly resource, curatorial project, and international forum whose focus is the use of geometric form and structure in contemporary abstract art.

Geoform explores, documents and celebrates the rich diversity of style and aesthetic intent that characterizes this broad vein of contemporary abstraction. Such diversity attests to the profound resonance that geometric form and structure have had for people across time and place.

Geoform is edited by Julie Karabenick. The project was collaboratively developed and formally launched in May, 2005 by Julie Karabenick and Howard R. Barnhart.

You can see my work by visiting Geoform.net. I am honored to have my work alongside some great artists from around the world.

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I'm pleased to share that I have been selected as a semi-finalist for the Sondheim Prize. The sixth annual competition awards a $25,000 fellowship to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. The Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize is held in conjunction with the annual Artscape juried exhibition and is produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.

I will be notified on Tuesday, April 19 about if I have been selected as a finalist. If so, I will have the opportunity to show my work at the Baltimore Museum of Art and interview with the jurors. This year's jurors are: Polly Apfelbaum, a New York based artist with an extensive exhibition history that spans nearly 25 years; Tina Kukielski, among the team of three curators who was recently named to organize the 56th Carnegie International in 2013; Franklin Sirmans, the chief curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

I had previously been selected a semi-finalist in 2006.

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I am excited to be part of a group exhibition titled Material World at ArtDC Gallery in Hyattsville, MD. Curated by Stephen Boocks, the show features work by Sherill Anne Gross, Michael Janis, J.T. Kirkland, Matthew Langley, Katherine Mann, and Marie Ringwald. A catalog for the show will be published as well.

“The commitment these artists have for their materials and craft lets their processes inform the content of the work, not overwhelm it,” notes curator Stephen Boocks. “While viewers will inevitably wonder how the works were made and will marvel at the technical prowess, the pieces selected ultimately transcend the materials used, allowing each finished object to stand on its own.”

The exhibition opens on Saturday, March 12 with an opening reception from 6-8pm. The show will close on Sunday, April 3.

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I will be participating in a three-person exhibition at Blank Space Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. The other artists included in the show are Gary Abernathy and Antionette Wysocki. The show runs from November 18 to December 10.

The opening reception is Thursday, November 18 from 6-8pm. I will be present.

511 West 25th Street
Suite 204
New York, NY 10001
(212) 924-2025

Hope to see you there!

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I will be having a two-part solo show with Christopher West Presents in Indianapolis, IN. The first part of the show will have brand new paintings that build off what I made at the Vermont Studio Center. The second part of the show will be made up of examples from my White Paint series. The show will be happening very quickly… the first part opens on Thursday, July 1 and the second part opens on Thursday, July 22. I will be present for the opening reception on July 1 (5-8pm)

Christopher West Presents
646 Massachusetts Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46204

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A group show featuring the work of [artists undisclosed thus far]. The show was jurored by Vesela Sretenovic, Curator for Contemporary and Modern Art, The Phillips Collection.

Described by the juror, Vesela Sretenovic, gaps are “…in-between states, stops or pauses that pertain to the working of the brain; our personal and social life; political and economic situation, technological innovation and communication; the gaps between actual and virtual experience; modern and alter-modern; human and post-human condition.”

The show runs from June 25 – August 14. There will be a reception and gallery talk on Saturday, June 26 from 5:00-7:30. A catalog is being published for the show. I will be exhibiting two never-before-shown pieces from my White Paint series.

12001 Market Street
Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190

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A three-person exhibition featuring the work of J.T. Kirkland, Mary Lingen and Anneliese Vobis. The show runs from December 2-17. I will be showing selections from my Polyclear series.

St. Paul Student Center
2017 Buford Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108

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A group show featuring the works of Karl Boehm, Sarah Colby, Claire Feng, J.T. Kirkland, Adam Lister, Stephanie Rivers, Sean Salyards, Rodger Schultz and Jamin Sheard. The show was curated by gallery owner, Adam Lister.

From the press release:

"One way to describe emptiness is by defining space. Within a space there can be “things”, each of these “things” has its own charge or energy. By visually and physically existing, anything that occupies space inherently creates a force in the world. This tension or pressure, is viewed in terms of positive and negative. These “things” are what they are, only because of what is not around them. This emptiness or invisible energy, is what fills our world, constantly flowing around everything, allowing us to see what is what. This between space to us, is like water to a fish, the air we navigate through holds its own potential for change and distortion.

"This unseen force is the bond that holds it all together. Its an infinite source of thinking, or a structure that in one way supports and at the same time destroys. We can view the world through a series of contradictions, making it more and more evident that things are not always what they seem to be. Opposing forces create all the energy in the universe, either through attraction of positive and negative, or the repulsion between forces of the same charge. The expansion of this power creates new groupings, and these new formations attract and repel within themselves, in turn creating more new groups, and as this process goes on, energy is transfered, shifted, and reshaped.

"The work on display for Invisible Energy examines some of the different ways that artists incorporate suspense, balance, and force into their art.

The show runs from May 14 – June 2 and there will be an opening reception on Friday, May 14 from 6-9pm. I will be in attendance. I will have seven pieces in the show: six paintings and one clear coat on plywood piece.

Adam Lister Gallery
Old Town Fairfax Village Plaza
3950 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
*gallery entrance on North St. between University Dr. and Chain Bridge Rd.
(across from Panera and next door to Asian Bistro)

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I will be participating in a three-person group show called Site Singularity at The Bridge in Charlottesville, VA. The participating artists are Suzanna Fields, J.T. Kirkland and Sean Lundgren. The show is curated by Leah Stoddard and will occur in September with an opening reception on Friday, September 3.

This show will feature my largest work to date, measuring 8' x 40'. I'm excited to pursue something in such scale.

The Bridge PAI
209 Monticello Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Further details will be provided when I have them.

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I am pleased to announce that I will be participating in the small group show, Rare Earth, at Chroma Art Projects Laboratory in Charlottesville, VA. The show will run from June 4 - June 26.

Participating artists include: Robin Braun, J.T. Kirkland, Lydia Moyer, Ashley Williams, and Catherine White

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I am very excited to share that I've been accepted to the Vermont Studio Center for a four-week residency in sculpture. I will be in Johnson, VT, for the entire month of January 2010. This will be my first residency.

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I will be participating in a wonderful group show called "Touch Faith" at Semantics Gallery in Cincinnati, OH. The show is being curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones and opens November 7 with a reception from 7-11pm. It will close on November 28.

Semantics Gallery
1107 Harrison Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45214

Participating Artists:
Chris Ashley . Oakland . California .
Ron Buffington . Chattanooga . Tennessee .
Matthew Deleget . Brooklyn . New York .
Hamlett Dobbins . Memphis . Tennessee .
Scott Grow . Indianapolis . Indiana .
Harold Hollingsworth . Seattle . Washington .
Chris Jackson . Lexington . Kentucky .
J.T. Kirkland . Sterling . Virginia .
Kim Krause . Cincinnati . Ohio .
Matthew Langley . Brooklyn . New York .
Lori Larusso . Lexington . Kentucky .
Rossana Martínez . Brooklyn . New York .
Tim McFarlane. Philadelphia . Pennsylvania .
Matthew Miller-Novak . Cincinnati . Ohio .
William Potter . Indianapolis . Indiana .
Joe Saunders . Hendersonville . Tennessee .
John Tallman . Chattanooga . Tennessee .
Susan Scott . Boston . Massachusetts .
Douglas Witmer . Philadelphia . Pennsylvania .
Michael Wille . Normal . Illinois .
Paige Williams . Cincinnati . Ohio .
Joel Whitaker . Dayton . Ohio .

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For the first time, I will be participating in Art-o-Matic. I will be doing both a solo installation as well as a collaborative project, Space Between.

You can find my solo installation on the 2nd floor, area 3, partition 4.

The collaborative installation is also on the 2nd floor (specific location to come soon).

The show will be up from May 29 - July 5.

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Three of my drawings have been selected for the upcoming 2009 Rawls Museum Arts Juried Exhibition at the Rawls Museum in Courtland, VA. The show was jurored by John Pollard, owner of ADA Gallery in Richmond, VA. The exhibition will run from June 4 - July 11.

The three pieces selected are:

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Untitled
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UPDATE: My work was awarded the Robert Riddick Memorial Award by juror, John Pollard.
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I will be participating in a wonderful group exhibition called "Illuminate" at Mercantile Home Gallery in Easton, PA. The show was curated by owner, Ken Jones, Jr, and runs from June 4 - August 30.

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I was recently interviewed by PDX Art. Click here to check it out.

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My work has been included in the group exhibition, "Aquifer," at Pepco's Edison Place Gallery. The jurors for the show were J.W. Mahoney and Deborah McLeod.

The show runs from 11/8 to 12/19. The opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, November 8 from 6-8pm. There will be a curator and artist panel discussion on Saturday, November 15 from 2-4pm.

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UPDATE: Images from the show can be seen on my blog here.

I will be participating in a group show at McLean Project for the Arts. The show was jurored by Annie Gawlak, owner of G Fine Art in Washington, D.C., and runs from June 19 to July 26. The artists are:

Kyan Bishop
Mary Early
Suzi Fox
Pat Goslee
Linda Hesh
Ryan Hill
Kay Hwang
J.T. Kirkland
Jay Lee
Jesse Lehson
Joey Manlapaz
Linn Meyers
Cory Oberndorfer
Thom Sawyer
Jose Varea

The reception and gallery talk will be on Thursday, June 19 from 7-9pm. The McLean Project for the Arts is located on the second level of The McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA.

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