Kendra Bulgrin

Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Kendra Lynn Bulgrin attended the University of Wisconsin Whitewater where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in painting and a minor in Japanese Cultural Studies in 2005. After graduating from high school, Bulgrin participated in a cultural exchange and lived in Japan for a year, during which she studied the language, arts, and culture. Bulgrin earned an honorary degree from Numata Girls School in 1999. Consequently, her journeys led her to an introspective life of painting, language study, and an interest in science. Bulgrin draws from a unique vantage point as an adopted child and continues to explore the complex issues surrounding her identity and past.
Bulgrin has shown nationally and internationally, with shows at the Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, and at Beijing Normal University, China. Recently Bulgrin completed her MFA at Memphis College of Art.
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Longing/Belonging: Faraway/Nearby
Kendra Lynn Bulgrin

My oil paintings examine the longing for identity and the subsequent expectations associated with identity and memory. I question how identity is constructed through images, family, home, memory, and the miniature.

My interest in the image as a ground of ...

Education
2007 Masters of Fine Art,
Memphis College of
Art
2005 Bachelors of Fine Art
Painting, minor in
Japanese, University
of Wisconsin
Whitewater
(Magna Cum Laude)
2000 Honorary Graduate of
Numata Girls High
School, Gunma
Prefecture, Japan

Exhibitions
2008 Prince Street Gallery
Juried Show, Irving
Sandler, NY, New
York.
OVMA (Ohio Veterinary
Medical Association),
Columbus, Ohio
Origins Exhibition,
Penn Humanities
Forum, University of
Pennsylvania

2007 Stark Gallery Juried
Show, Jurors: Betsy
Fahlman and Adrienne
Schiffner, Phoenix,AZ
Emporia University
Faculty Exhibition,
Emporia,KS
Thesis Exhibition, On
the Street Gallery,
Memphis, TN

Graduate show, Memphis
College of Art,
Memphis, TN

2006 Brooks...

2010 Alexandria Museum of Art. 23rd Annual September Exhibition. Juror: Kelli Scott Kelley. Alexandria, LA
Djupa. Open Studio Exhibition. Laugarvatn, Iceland
Visual Arts Society of Texas 42nd Annual National Juried Exhibition. Juror: Melissa Miller. Denton, TX
Texas National. Juror: Judy Pfaff. Nacogdoches, TX
University Gallery. Oklahoma Christian University. Edmond, OK (Solo)
2009 Biennial Exhibition. Juror: Sara Waters. University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Chickasha, OK
River Market Regional Exhibition. Juror: Barbara O’Brien. Kansas City, MO
Liberty Arts Squared. Liberty, MO (Best in Show)

2009 Northwest Missouri State University. Kansas City Center. Liberty, MO (Solo)
Want & Fear. Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities. Kansas City, KS (2 person)
River Market Regional Exhibition. Juror: Anthony Huberman. Kansas City, MO (2nd place)
Texas National. Juror: Mel Chin. Nacogdoches, TX
33rd Annual Juried Show. Durango Arts Center. Juror: Shelley Horton-Trippe. Durango, CO
Small Works National Arts Exhibtion....