Oscar J Gillespie

Born - 1952 McNary, Arizona

Oscar J. Gillespie is a Professor of Art at Bradley University where he has been the member of the faculty since January of 1986. He teaches printmaking, drawing and painting. As a printmaker, he is noted for his expertise in monotypes and in intaglio, especially metal-plate engraving. His professional affiliations have included the Southern Graphic Council, the Society of American Graphic Artists, Pi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, and the Mid-America Print Council, serving as Vice-President, Editor and Board Member for the latter.From 1986 to 1991, he directed three biennial Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibitions. Since 1991, he has guided Bradleys Cradle Oak Press as Printer and Coordinator for the program that invites noted artists to campus for the purpose of creating original editions of prints.Exhibiting widely since 1974, he has shown his work in more than 250 solo, group, invitational and juried exhibitions. His work may be found in numerous public collections, including the Fogg Museum, Harvard; the Kleven Print Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota; the Kemper Group Collection, Chicago; the Lauren Rogers Museum, Laurel, Mississippi; the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, the New Yor...

BFA 1977 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona - Printmaking and Drawing


MFA 1983 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona - Printmaking and Drawing

Post-Graduate Study Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada - Lithography

Post-Graduate Study Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

2013
Paper: International Competition of Illustration and Printmaking
Primo Piano Atalier, Lecce, Italy

Biennial International Papermade Art Work Exhibition
Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy

Crossing State Lines: A Survey of American Printmakers
IMPACT 8 Conference – Borders & Crossings, Dundee, Scotland

Manifest International Drawing Annual Exhibition-in-Print
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Counterpoint (Contrepoint) Portfolio Exhibition
Gallerie du Rift, Ville Marie, QC, Canada
Center d’expositiond’Amos, Amos, QC, Canada
Center d’exposition de Val-d’Or, Val-d’Or, QC, Canada

States of the State: A Survey of American Printmakers
Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin


2012
Solo Exhibition: Epigenesis
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, Illinois

A Midwest Matrix Family Tree Exhibition
University of Iowa Art Museum, Iowa City, Iowa

Contemporary Printmakers: Modern Impulses and Surreal Dreams
Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

2012: Faith, Magic, Love & Death – Cautionary Tales of the End Times
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Orono, Minnesota
Strecker Nelson Gallery, Manhatt...