Collier Parker
cbparker@marywood.edu | 570 340-6032
Insalaco Center for Studio Art, 302
Full-Time Faculty
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor of Art, Department of Visual Arts, Marywood University, (September 2017-present)
Dean, Insalaco College of Creative and Performing Arts, Marywood University, (July 2010 - 2017)
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (2003-June 2010)
Chair and Professor of Art, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (1992-2003)
Advisor to International Students, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (1998-2000)
Associate Professor of Art, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (1990-1991)
Assistant Professor of Art, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (1985-1990)
Visiting Artist, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (1984 - 1985)
EDUCATION:
1984 Master of Fine Arts, Rosary Graduate School of Fine Arts, Villa Schifanoia, Florence, Italy (now the Dominican University). Major: Painting. Painting courses in old master techniques with Charles Cecil and Richard Serrin.
1980-82 Private Study. Painting and drawing. Instructor: Professor James Hanes (Prix de Rome) La Salle College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1980-81 Frudakis Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Figurative sculpture and anatomy. Instructor: Angelos Frudakis (Prix de Rome).
1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi. Major: Painting. Minor: Drawing.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2016 Faculty Biennial, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University
2014 Ever-Changing Light, Recent Landscape Paintings, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University.
2014 Faculty Biennial, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University
2012 Faculty Biennial, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University
2009 MIAL 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
1990 Land With a View: American Artists and the Italian Landscape. An exhibition of paintings, prints and drawing by Lennart Anderson, Charles Cecil, Daniel Graves, Nick Krasczyna, Lloyd Nick, Collier Parker, Donald Sutphin, and Richard Serrin, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA.
1990 Introducing New Artists, Eaton Galleries, Memphis, TN
1989 Parkersburg National Realism Show, Parkersburg, WV. Juried Cottonlandia Exhibit, Greenwood, MS. Juried
Alumni Exhibit, Wright Art Center Gallery, Delta State University
Crosstie Arts Festival, Cleveland, MS. Juried.
1982 National Landscape Show, Tolley Galleries, Washington, D.C. Juried
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Visual Artists Award, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, 2001
Humanities Teacher of the Year, Mississippi Humanities Council, MS, 2000
Second Prize. Painting. Crosstie Arts Festival, Cleveland, MS.1989.
First Prize. Painting. Crosstie Arts Festival, Cleveland, MS. 1988.
First Prize. Painting. Crosstie Arts Festival, Cleveland, MS. 1987.
Florence Scholarship, Rosary Graduate School of Fine Art, Florence, Italy. 1984.
Honorable Mention. National Landscape Show, Tolley Galleries, Washington, D.C. 1982.
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