Curtis Bartone

Foundation studies professor

Professor of printmaking, 2017-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Lithography workshop instructor, June 2017, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Adjunct printmaking instructor, Sept. 2006-Aug. 2017, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Drawing workshop instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Professor of foundations and printmaking, Sept. 2001-June 2006, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Lecturer, Jan. 2001-June 2001, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
Instructor, Sept. 1992-June 2001, Harrington Institute of Design, Chicago, IL

Grants and awards

EC Lyons award, Full Court Press Juried Print Competition, Texas A&M University Galleries, Corpus Christi, TX, Oct. 2017
Second prize, 21 Annual LAPS Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Graphic Chemical and Ink Purchase award, 15th Annual Print Exhibition, Washington Printmakers, Aug. 2012
First prize, Beauty...It's not Pretty Exhibition, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA, June 2012
First prize, "Hand Pulled Prints XIV," Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, TX, May 2009

Awarded residencies

Kolin Ryynänen Artist Residence, mixed-media works on paper, Koli, Finland, Aug. 2019
Officina Stamperia Del Notaio, polymer plate intaglio, Tusa, Italy, July 2018
PLAYA Artist Residency, suite of drypoint etchings, Summer Lake, Oregon, Nov.-Dec. 2017.
Emmanuel College Artist Residency, suite of ten multiple-plate etchings, Boston, MA, June-Aug. 2016

Selected solo exhibitions

Lay Waste Our Powers, Salmon Gallery, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 2018
So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Casella Gallery, Boston, MA, 2016

Selected group exhibitions

Pacific States Biennial North American Printmaking Exhibition, University of Hawai’i, Hilo, HI, 2018
Rewriting the Master Narrative, Arts+Literature Laboratory, Madison WI, 2018
Drawn to Print, (SCENE) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2018
Air, Water, and Earth, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Four Storytellers, Whitefield Center, Savannah, GA, 2018
Beauty of the Beast, GreenHill Center for Art, Greensboro, NC, 2018

Selected lectures and demonstrations

Photopolymer intaglio demonstration and workshop at California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, Feb. 2018.
Gallery talk at California State University, Northridge Art Gallery, Northridge, CA, Feb. 2018.
Polymer plate lithography demonstration at University of Alabama, Huntsville, Feb. 2018.
Gallery talk at University of Alabama, Huntsville, Feb. 2018.

Selected bibliography

Curtis Bartone, "Beauty By Mistake," Contemporary Impressions, The Journal of the American Print Alliance, 19, no. 1 (Summer 2011): 2-8.
Allison Hersh, "Art and Soul: Bartone Goes Into the Wild," Savannah Morning News, Feb. 2011.
Allison Hersh, "Art and Soul: Curtis Bartone's Works Explore 'Humanity's Thoughtless Destruction of Nature,’” Savannah Morning News, Aug. 2008.

Selected public collections