WILL CARPENTER

4201 S Washington St

Marion, IN 46953

Office #: 765-677-1758

E-mail: Will.Carpenter@indwes.edu

Website: WillCarpenterArt.com


Education

2003 - 2006     M.F.A            Painting    University of Miami    FL

1998 - 2002    B.A.            Studio Art    Wheaton College    IL


Professional Experience

2016 –     Current        -     Professor Indiana Wesleyan University 

2011 – 2016     10 semesters    -    Associate Professor Indiana Wesleyan University

2006 – 2011    10 semesters    -    Assistant Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University

2004 – 2006    3 semesters    -    Adjunct Instructor, University of Miami

2006        1 summer    -    Painter, Miami Ink, The Learning Channel

2003 – 2006    6 semesters    -    Teaching Assistant, University of Miami

        2 semesters    -    Instructor of Record - Drawing 101, University of Miami

        2 semesters     -    Sculpture, Lab Monitor / Safety Management, University of Miami

2005        1 summer    -    Studio Assistant to Sculptor Bill Carlson, Miami, FL 


Courses in: Art Appreciation, Color Theory, Design, Drawing, Painting


Served as Juror

2019    •  Symphony in Color, Annual Art Show, Grant County. 

2018    •  Symphony in Color, Annual Art Show, Grant County. 

2016    • October Open Exhibit, Grant County Art Association 

2014    • Indiana State Fair Judge, Drawing, Painting, Pastel, Prints, Watercolor, & Best of Show 

        Fellow Jurors:     Valparaiso Assistant Professor, Sarah Jantzi, MFA American University

Indiana State University Adjunct Professor, Jason Kreuger, MFA Indiana State University. 

2013    •  Greentown Community Art Show, Greentown, Indiana 

•  Charlie Creek Arts Festival, Wabash, Indiana 

2011    •  37th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, Grace College, Winona Lake, IN 

2010    •  Howard County Youth Art Festival, at Angie Meyers Design Studio, Kokomo, IN 

2009    •  Spring Arbor University’s Ganton Art Gallery End of Summer Show, Spring Arbor, MI 

2008    •  Clark Gallery’s 2008 Nine County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash, IN     


Juried Shows Entered and *Awards Won

2020    • Hooiser Salon 96th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State History Museum, Indianapolis, IN 

•  Clark Gallery’s 2020 Ninety-Two County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

        * Third Place Drawing

Juror: Scott Anderson

Juror: Donna Ballard

2019    • Hooiser Salon 95th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State History Museum, Indianapolis, IN 

        * Executive Director’s Award for Where is God?

    Themed Art Show Seasons, Clark Gallery, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

Juror: Ejenobo “Jena” Oke, Associate Professor at Manchester University
Juror: Brad Condie, Assistant Professor at Ball State University

* Honorable Mention for Seasons Change

•  Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show and Sale

        Juror: Larry Rudolech

2018    • Hooiser Salon 94th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State History Museum, Indianapolis, IN

        Juror: Mark Boedges

        Juror: Mario Andres Robinson

•  Clark Gallery’s 2018 Ninety-Two County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

        Juror: Justin Johnson

        Juror: Rachel Ellington

        * Honorable Mention for Annals of the Oak

2017    •  Hoosier Salon 93rd Annual Exhibition, Indiana State History Museum, Indianapolis IN

        Juror: Sherrie McGraw, Artist & Hn Doctorate, Academy of Art University, SanFran CA.

        Juror: Jim Wodark, Artist

•  Themed Art Show Water, Clark Gallery, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

        Juror: Brandi Bowman, Artist.

        * Winner for Pastureland

•  The Model's Origin: Beyond The Core- 2017 FATE Biennial Juried Members Exhibition

Juror: Dan Reneau, MFA Painting, California College of the Arts

2016    •  Hoosier Salon 92nd Annual Exhibition, Indiana History Center, Indianapolis IN    

        Juror: Dave A. Santillanes, Artist

        Juror: Andy Evansen, Artist and President, Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA)

        * Non-Traditional Landscape Award, Judgment: Cast, Panel, Board

•  Themed Art Show Indiana Clark Gallery, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

    Juror: Gwen Gutwein, Artist

•  Clark Gallery’s 2016 Ninety-Two County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN
                        Juror: Kristy S Church, Black Squirrel Art Gallery. 

        Juror: Diane Tesler – Artist. 

            *Best of Show for The Gale’s Egress

            * Honorable Mention for Internal Combustion
2015    •  Hoosier Salon 91st Annual Exhibition, Indiana History Center, Indianapolis IN 

        Juror:      Qiang Huang OPA PhD optical engineering, professional artist.

            Randall Sexton BFA Uconn. Instructor at Pixar Studios. 

2014    •  Hoosier Salon 90th Annual Exhibition, Indiana History Center, Indianapolis IN 

        Jurors:    Frank Lalumia, former president of Plein Air Painters of America (P.A.P.A)

Kathleen Newman, professional artist

* Jury’s Prize of Distinction in Etching/Drawing/Mixed Media Slave Toil and Workmanship

• Clark Gallery’s 2014 Ninety-Two County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

Juror: Hannah Burnworth M.A. Herron School of Art and Design.

Juror:  Mike Applegate M.A. Ball State.

2013    • 14th Annual Will's Creek Survey, The Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD 

Juror: Lauren Schell Dickens, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art.

• Hoosier Salon 89th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State History Museum, Indianapolis IN 

• Clark Gallery’s 2013 Ninety-Two County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN 

Juror: Audrey Dean, Executive Director of the Creative Arts Council of Wells County 

Juror: Kathryn Clark, Artist: Hoosier Salon, Indiana Artist Club, Indiana Heritage Arts, and IPAPA (Indiana Plein Air Painters Association).

2012    •13th Annual Will's Creek Survey, The Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD 

        Juror: Jay Fisher, Senior Curator Print, Drawing & Photo, Baltimore Museum of Art

    • Art Institute & Gallery, 21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Salisbury MD 

        Juror: Ethan Karpe, O.K. Harris Gallery, SoHo, NYC

    • Flow Art Space, For the Love of Paint, Minneapolis, MN 

        Juror: Melissa Metzler, Director Flow Art Space Gallery. 

    • Art Kudos, International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition, Artshow.com 

        Awards Judge: David Cohen, editor and publisher of ArtCritical

    • Artists' Gallery 2012 National Juried Exhibition, Longmont, CO 

        Juror: Nicholas Arnold MFA Syracuse, BFA Wright State University

    • Cape Fear Studios 2012 National 2D Exhibit Competition, Fayetteville, NC 

        Juror: Luana Lucioni Winner, Pres. Artists' Association of Artspace, Portrait Society of America 

    • Clark Gallery’s 2012 Nine County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN 

        Jurors : Justin Henry Miller, MFA Univ. of Notre Dame, Assistant Professor Univ. of St Francis

              Rebecca Stockert of Artlink Contemporary Gallery

        * Best of Show for Flat Trap

        * Honorable Mention Settlement

2011    •  Hoosier Salon 87th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis IN 

        Jurors:     Tracey Frugoli, Chuck Marshall, Lori Putnam (professional artists)

    •  21st Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show & Sale, Muncie, IN 

        Juror: Susan Watt Grade, Community Learning Coordinator, Herron School of Art & Design

    •  Clark Gallery’s 2011 Nine County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN 

        Jurors: Patricia Weiss, Indiana University-Purdue University Ft Wayne

            Dan Swartz, United Arts Guild, Ft Wayne IN. 

2010    •  Hoosier Salon 86th Annual Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis IN 

        Jurors:     Shelly Newman Stevens - Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University

            Dee Beard Dean - Artist, Lori Putnam - Artist,

    •  Grant County Art Association Open Show, Marion Public Library, Marion IN 

        *Honorable Mention for Daily Fallout

2009    •  Themed show, America at the Clark Gallery, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN 

        Jurors: Amanda Martin, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

            Jesse Bower, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

        *First Prize for A Different Kind of Fat 

        *Honorable Mention for The America I See

    •  Clark Gallery’s 2009 Nine County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN 

        Jurors: Charles A. Shepard III, Director, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

            Megan Mirro, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

2008    •  18th Minnetrista Annual Art Show and Sale, Muncie, IN 

        Juror: Stephanie Lewis Robertson - Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Ivy Tech.

2007    •  17th Minnetrista Annual Art Show and Sale, Muncie, IN 

        Juror: Kim Hoffmann - Curator of Collections, South Bend Regional Museum of Art

2006    •  Juried M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami FL

        Brook Dorsch - Director of the Dorsch Gallery

        *Juror's Merit Award, Hannah Prayed

2005    •  KHAA Annual Juried Art Show, Ft. Davis, TX 

    •  Juried M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL 

        Juror: Barbara Gilman - Barbara Gilman Gallery

2004    • Lowe Art Museum Annual Juried Show 

        Juror: Ken Rollins, Executive Director - Gulf Coast Museum of Art 

        *Best Painting

    • Research and Creativity Forum, University of Miami 

        *First prize


Solo Shows

2018    •The Language of Neighborhoods Overheard, Historicity Show, Harrison Center, Indianapolis IN.

2017    •  Through-in Through-out, Sabbatical Show, Williams Galleries, Beard Art Center, IWU, Marion IN

2015    • College Wesleyan Church, Gallery of Liturgical Art, Marion IN 

• Walford Galleries of Adams Hall, Wheaton College, Wheaton IL 

12-13    •  The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters, Fischers, IN

2011    •  Mount Memorial Art Gallery, Grace College, Winona Lake, IN

    •  The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters, Fischers, IN 

2010    •  Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, Anderson, SC 

2009    •  The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters, Fischers, IN 

2006    •  The Gilded Hand, Coral Gables, FL 

    •  Southwest Alliance Church Sanctuary, Miami, FL 

    •  M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, Kresge Hall, Coral Gables, FL 

2005    •  Offbeat Coffeehouse, Kendall FL 

2002    •  Sally’s Coffee Shop, Wheaton, IL 


2 – 3 Person Shows

2016    •  First Fridays Black Squirrel Gallery, Wabash, IN

    Artists: Will Carpenter, Henrik Soderstrom

2015    •  Realism and Impressionism, Hoosier Salon New Harmony Gallery, IN 

Artists: Will Carpenter, Scott Kilmer, Pam Newell

•  Urban Landscapes, Hoosier Salon Carmel Gallery, Carmel IN 

Artists: Joe Blalock, Will Carpenter, Genna Pianki

2013    •  Ganton Art Gallery, Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor MI 

    Artists: Will Carpenter, Aaron Gosser

2002    •  Senior Gallery Show at Adams Hall Art Gallery, Wheaton College (2-Person) 


Group Shows

2015    •  Hoosier Salon vs iMOCA, Indianapolis Museum - Contemporary, Indianapolis IN. 

•  BFF | Painting and Re-Presentation, Vandiver Art Gallery, Anderson University SC 

‘12-’14    • Indiana Wesleyan University Faculty Show, Beard Art Center, Marion, IN

2011    •  2nd Annual Hoosier Salon Wabash Members Show, Charlie Creek Inn, Wabash, IN

    •  Hoosier Salon Touring Exhibit: Wilson Vaughn Hostess House, Marion IN.

    •  Hoosier Salon Touring Exhibit, Wabash Hoosier Salon Gallery, Wabash IN 

2010    •  End-of-Year Show, Wabash Hoosier Salon Gallery, Wabash, IN 

'06-'10    •  Indiana Wesleyan University Faculty Show, Beard Art Center, Marion, IN

2008    •  Arts and Entertainment Ministries, 5th Annual Show, Los Angeles, CA

2007    •  CIVA Art Conference Art Show, Messiah College, Grantham, PA 

2006    •  Lamar Arts Depot, Endless Summer, Barnesville, GA

2005    •  DKR Gallery Wynwood Art District "Real Painting" during Art Basel

    •  Egalitarian Art Show, Miami FL

    •  Bird in Hand Gallery, Washington DC

    •  Art, Love, and Rock and Roll Show, Miami FL

2004    •  Wesley Gallery Summer Exhibit, Univ. Miami

2003    •  Art Annex Studio Show, Univ. Miami

    •  University of Miami Incoming MFA Exhibit.

2002    •  Senior Group Show at Adams Hall Art Gallery, Wheaton College

    •  Michael McBride Senior Recital, Wheaton, IL 

    •  Memorial Student Center Art Department Display, Wheaton College 

    •  Sarah Cupery’s Senior Recital, Wheaton, IL 

    •  Memorial Student Center Coffee House (group), Wheaton College

    •  Senior Class Banquet Art Show, Wheaton College


Publications and Presentations

2019    • Skeletal/Muscular in Breaking the Mold, the New Foundations? 

    Co-presenation with Henrik Sodesterom (IWU) FATE Conference Flux Columbus, OH.

    Session Chair: Emily Beck

    • From Flounder to Founder FATE Conference Flux Session Chair Columbus, OH. 

Panelists: Amy D Babinec – South Suburban College, Rachel Hall Kirk - Central Washington University, Alyson Ilaine Pouls, Central Michigan University, Eddy A Lopez – Bucknell University. 

2018    • 94th Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

2017    • Spirituality in the Studio II, FATE Conference Session Chair, Kansas City, MO

    Panelists, Brian Curtis - University of Miami, Peter Kanairis – Anderson University, 

Seth Goodman – Lycoming University, Howard Tran – Lycoming University

• Using "The Flip": Why Your Students Want to Hear from You Rather than YouTube!
Chair: Nancy Wynn Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts, Graphic Design, Merrimack College, FATE Conference Session, Kansas City, MO

• 93rd Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

2016    • 92nd Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

2015    • 91st Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

• Spirituality in the Studio, FATE Conference Session Chair, Indianapolis, IN

• The House We___. Gallery talk. Wheaton College, Wheaton Illinois.

2014     • 90th Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

2013     • Houses, Stacking, and Seeing. Gallery talk, Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor Michigan

• 89th Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

•  Wax Sensuality, Wane Justice. How Worshipping Your Senses Can Blind You and Suffocate Others, or Art Like Sadza.  Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) Just Art 2013 Bi-annual Conference, Wheaton College, Wheaton IL,

2011    • 87th Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

2010    • 86th Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit Catalogue

2009    •  “Art Winners” Chronicle Tribune, Wednesday, 16 September 2009

2008    • Abraham and Sarah (oil painting), appears in Mutuality Magazine alongside Amy Odem             Article, God’s Radical Welcome.

2007    •  The Late, Late Show, Presentation of Artwork on PowerPoint at CIVA Conference

2002    •  Kodon (Wheaton College Arts Magazine) Spring Issue

2001    •  Kodon (Wheaton College Arts Magazine) Fall Issue


Other Activities

2019    •  FATE Bi-Annual Conference, Columbus, OH

2017    •  FATE Bi-Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO

2015     •  CIVA Bi-Annual Conference, Calvin College, Grand Rapids MI

    •  FATE Bi-Annual Conference, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis IN

2013     •  CIVA Bi-Annual Conference, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

    •  FATE Bi-Annual Conference, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA

2012    •  Rustbelt to Artistbelt, St Louis, MO

2010    •  CAA Annual Conference New York City, New York

2009    •  FATE Bi-Annual Conference, Portland OR

    •  Visual Arts Network, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

2007    •  CIVA Bi-Annual Conference, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

    •  CAA Annual Conference, Boston MA

2004    •  University of Miami Annual Print Exchange

2003    •  Lived and Painted in Ecuador, S.A. for 3 months

2002    •  Breathe, Celebration of Arts, Annual Arts Fair, Wheaton College


Professional Organization Memberships

    •  FATE, Foundations of Art: Theory and Education 

    •  The Hoosier Salon 


Former Memberships

    •  CIVA, Christians in the Visual Arts 

•  CAA,  College Arts Association