Artist: Kevin Cole

Medium: Wood cut

Size: 43" x 36"

About the Artist:

Kevin Cole received his B.S. from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, an M.A. in art education from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and an M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University. Within the last 32 years, he has received 28 grants and fellowships, 66 awards in art, 51 teaching awards. and over 45 public art commissions. On July 7, 2021 he received the Working Artist Project Fellowship from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta GA. In April Mr. Cole received the ArtSpiration Award by the National Society Incorporation for his dedication to students' achievements. Earlier in December Mr. Cole received the 2020 Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities in the State of Georgia. Earlier in February he received the 2020 Brenda and Larry Thompson from the Georgia Museum in Athens, GA, The 2020 Trail Blazer Award from Salem Bible Church, in Atlanta, GA and the 2019 Nexus Award from the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta. His artwork has been featured in more than 475 exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. Cole's artwork is included in more than 4000 public, private and corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad. Public collections include the new National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, The Georgia Museum, Athens, GA, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.; William Jefferson Clinton Library, Little Rock, Ark.; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Ark.; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN.; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, La.; The David C Driskell Center University of Maryland at College Park; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pa.; Museum of Contemporary Art of GA , Atlanta, GA, The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa FL. Also former NBA players Michael Jordan, Darrell Walker, Elliott Perry and Bernard King to name a few.

His artwork has been featured in more than 125 publications.