Kenney Mencher
Round Lake Beach, Illinois
kenneymencher.com

Education
MFA, Painting, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993–1995
MA, Art History, University of California, Davis, 1991–1994
BA, Art History, magna cum laude, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, 1988–1991
Additional study at the Art Students League, New York, and the University of Cincinnati

Academic Appointments
Adjunct Instructor in Humanities, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, 2024–present
Adjunct Instructor in Art History and Studio Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California, 2022–present
Instructor in Art History, West Valley College, Saratoga, California, 2019–2023
Professor of Art and Art History, Ohlone College, Fremont, California, 1999–2016
Instructor of Art History and Western Civilization, San Francisco University High School, 1998–1999
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Texas A&M University, Laredo, Texas, 1996–1998
Curator of Visual Resources and Adjunct Instructor, University of Chicago, 1995–1996

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
It’s All About the Bears, Lone Star Saloon, San Francisco, California, 2022
Renovated Reputations, Ohlone College, Fremont, California, 2012
Renovated Reputations, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2012
Renovated Reputations, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, 2012
Renovated Reputations, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, California, 2012
Renovated Reputations, ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2011
In Black and White, with Caroline Meyer, ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2009
Cool Shades, with Linda Sheets, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2009
Lovers and Liars, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, California, 2008
Cads and Coquettes, Sequential Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2008
Faces and Farces, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2007
The Return of the Maltese Falcon, Dahlia Woods Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2007
Clichés and Characters, Gallery 2611, Redwood City, California, 2007
Recent Work, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2006
Apperceptions and Allegories, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2006
Being There, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, 2006
Mixed Metaphors, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California, 2006
Clichés & Proverbs, Dig Fine Art, Providence, Rhode Island, 2005
Dress Code, Louie-Meager Art Gallery, Ohlone College, 2004
Relationships, Laredo Community College, Laredo, Texas, 1997
Noir Images, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, Texas, 1997

Selected Group Exhibitions
ArtHaus Gallery, San Francisco, California
Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, California
Hang Gallery, San Francisco and Palo Alto, California
Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California
Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
The National Arts Club, New York, New York

Lectures and Papers
“The Figurative Tradition and Realism,” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, 2006
Guest lectures at Hang Gallery, San Francisco, 2002 and 2003
Guest lecturer, Sacred Heart High School, 1998–1999
“Pompeii as an Artifact of Civic Pride,” Laredo Rotary, 1997
“A Brief Tour of the Acropolis,” Classics Week, Texas A&M University, 1996
“Mannerism and Architecture,” University of California, Davis, 1993
“Art as Ideology,” University of California, Davis, 1992

Awards
Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 1993–1995
Departmental Honors in Art, Lehman College, 1991
Geldwerth Scholarship, Lehman College, 1991
Jacob Hammer Memorial Award in Playwriting, Lehman College, 1990
Raymond J. Sontag Prize, History Department, Lehman College, 1990
Tuition Scholarship, Cincinnati Art Academy, 1986

Selected Bibliography and Press
American Art Collector
KQED
The Artist Magazine
Palo Alto Weekly
East Bay Express
San Jose Mercury
Providence Journal
Sacramento Bee
Oakland Tribune
Laredo Morning Times

Illustration and Publications
Cover design and illustration for books by Jonathan Woods, Dave Zeltserman, and Gil Brewer, 2010
Cover illustration for Hannah Gerber, How to Grow Up and Other Poems, 2007
Articles published in The Artist Magazine, 2007

Collections
Work held in private and corporate collections including Josh Kornbluth, Howard Tullman, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Lester and Eileen Traub, Founder’s Title & Trust, and Mary Kissler, Curator of Print, Art Museum of Auckland, New Zealand