Vincent Hron
Professor of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 1996 - present
Post Graduate Study, State Art Academy in Karlsrhue, Germany, 1987-8
Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1987
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, 1984
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Gmeiner Art and Culture Center, Wellsboro, PA, Trompe-L’oeil and Beyond
The In Art Gallery, Juried On-line Gallery, ‘Master Series’ Exhibition
2019 Greenly Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA “Deception: Tromp l-oeil and Beyond”
2017 Anderson O’Brien Gallery Omaha, NE, “Vince Hron: Vanitas”
Gallery 425, Williamsport, PA, “Recent Work”
2012 Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE, “Vincent Hron: Landscapes”
2011 Tennessee Tech University, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Cooksville, TN, “Clouds”
2010 Harrisburg Area Community College, Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg, PA “Skyscapes”
2009 Casper College, Goodstein Gallery, Casper WY, “Cloudscapes”
2008 Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicot City, MD, “Interiors”
Siena Heights University, Klem Gallery, Adrian, MI, “Home Turf”
2007 Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Hron: Recent Work” Oct. ‘07
2006 Bloomsburg University, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg PA, “Sabbatical”
Uptown Gallery, New York, NY, “New Talent”
2005 Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, "Home Turf,"
Cedar Crest College, Cressman Gallery, Allentown, PA, "Familar Places"
2004 Pennsylvania College of Technology Gallery, Williamsport, PA "Interiors"
Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY "Recent Work"
2003 Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, "Simulations"
Little Gallery, Firelands College, Huron, OH, "Vincent Hron: Recent Work"
2002 Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA, "In Your Face/At Your Door"
Pearl Conrad Gallery, The Ohio State University - Mansfield, OH. "Recent Work"
Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC, "Recent Work"
2001 Temple Univ., Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Soft Cell: The Bounds of Comfort"
Coker College, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, SC, "Recent Work"
University of Minnesota, Morris Campus, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, Morris, MN, "Recent Work"
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, "Interiors"
2000 West Chester University, Mitchell Hall Gallery, West Chester, PA, "Recent Work"
PennState Harrisburg, Morrison Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, "Hron: Recent Work"
Millersville University, Ganser Art Gallery, Millersville, PA, "Recent Work"
Susquehana Museum of Art, Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, "Recent Work"
Sinclair Community Colege, Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Dayton, OH, "Landscapes"
1999 Shippensburg University, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg, PA, "Vincent Hron: Paintings"
Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Vincent Hron: Inside and Out"
East Stroudsburg University, Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA, " Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
Austin Peay State University, Trahern Gallery, Clarksville, TN, " Interiors and Exteriors."
ArtHaus at Wilks Brashford, San Francisco, CA, "Playlands"
Raab Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition in conjunction with Dennis Aufiery
1998 Kentuck Museum, Northport, AL, "Inside and Out"
The University of Texas Pan-American, Edinburg, TX, "A Musing"
Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, "Vincent Hron: Recent Work"
The Casements Cultural Center, Ormond Beach, FL, "Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, "Play Time"
Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH "Interiors and Exteriors"
1997 Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, "Recent Work"
San Bernadino County Museum, San Bernadino, CA, "Games and Places"
1996 Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Stages"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Belgian Print Portfolio"
1995 13th Street gallery, Omaha, NE "Clay things and Playthings"
The Gallery, Fremont NE, "Neighborhoods and Interiors"
Govenor's Mansiion, Lincoln, NE, "Recent Work"
University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Continuing Education, Peter Kewit
Conference Center, Omaha, NE "Harper and Hron: School Desks and Playgrounds"
1994 Anderson Obrien Gallery, Omaha, NE "Florals"
Wayne State College Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Hron: Recent Work"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Duane/Vince: New Work"
1993 The Source Gallery, Kansas City, MO, "Hron: New Perspectives"
Peru State College, Peru, NE, "Hron and McGilvrey"
13th Street Gallery Omaha, NE "Rights of Passage"
Metropolitan Arts Council, Omaha, NE, "Vince Does Windows"
Anderson Obrien Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Mr. Vince's Neighborhood"
1992 Iowa Western Community College, School of Art Gallery, Council Bluffs, IA, "Hron: Paintings and Prints"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Hron and McGilvrey: Recent Work"
First Data Resources, Omaha, NE, "Crawford and Hron: Recent Work"
1991 13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Ferguson and Hron: Focus on the Figure"
University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Continuing Education, Peter Kewit Conference Center, Omaha, NE, "Hron: New Work"
Dana College, School of Art Gallery, "Introductions"
Drake University, Des Moines, IA, "Vincent Hron: Recent Works"
Metropolitan Arts Council, Artspace Gallery, Omaha, NE, "People and Places"
Creighton University, School of Art, Omaha, NE "Hron: New Paintings"
1990 Bellevue College, School of Art Gallery, Bellvue, NE, "Hron: Recent Work"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Views of Omaha"
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Site: Brookline Gallery, Online Exhibition, 2020-2021 Painting
Gallery of Art and Design, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MA, National Painting
2019 Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE, Small Works
2018 Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney Nebraska, “Spatial Awareness”
Woskob Family Gallery, Penn State, State College PA, “Tiny Acts Topple Empires”
2015 Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA, “What’s Real, What’s Not”
Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE, “Holiday Show”
2014 Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE, “Holiday Show”
2013 Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE, “Plains Talk”
Community Art Center, Duke Gallery, Wallingford, PA, “In the Clouds”
2008 The Hope Horn Gallery, The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, “2008 Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Art”
2007 Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering OH, “The Rosewood Gallery 20th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition”
2007 The Nicolas Gallery at the Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE “77 Deadly Sins”
2007 UMC art Gallery, Colorado University, Boulder, CO, “ABC’s: Art form A to Z”
2006 Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY, “Gods and Monsters”
Laura Craig Galleries, Scranton, PA “Everyday Life - Genre Art Northeast”
Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA “Everyday Life - Genre Art Northeast”
2005 Ourchitecture, newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
Appalacian Corrodors, Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center,
Charleston, WV, Jurror Faith Ringold, Purchase Prize
2004/5 "In Our Own Back Yard," a Traveling Exhibition of recent PCA Fellowship recipients,
Touring Schedule:
1/3-2/1'04Lancaster Museum of Art
2/23-3/28'04 Mainline Art Center
7/2-8/19'04 Erie Art Musuem
1/29-4/17'05 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown
4/29-7/17'05 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona
9/1-10/15'05 Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University
2004 Summer Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
2002 George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY, "Random Selections"
Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Third Annual Juried National Exhibition" 2nd Place Award
2001 13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Drawing Invitational"
2000 Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, "Interiors"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
1999 Art Galery le Puget, Alzonne France, "Biennial of Drawing"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Show"
1998 Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Small Treasures"
1997 Art Haus, San Francisco, CA, "Summertime"
1997 Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE "Summer Show"
Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Grins and Whimsy"
Frank Martin Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College,
Allentown, PA, "Mayfair's Juried Exhibition"
Hastings College, Hastings, NE, "Contemporary Printmaking"
13th Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Ten Year Anniversery Exhibition"
1996 Wright State University, Dayton, OH, "Drawing from Perception"
Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, "Summer Solstice Show"
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, "Summer Group Show"
1995 Bellevue University Bellevue, NE "Faculty Show"
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NE, "Faculty Show"
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Grand Excursion"
MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, "New Faces"
1994 College of Saint Mary's, Omaha, NE, "Bad Girls"
Antiquarian Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Free Male III"
Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, "Faculty Show"
Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, "New World Season"
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "From the Permanent Collection"
Haydon Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Spring Exhibition"
1992 Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Prarie Light Showcase '92"
Antiquarian Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Free Male II"
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE, "Recent Aquisitions"
Haydon Gallery, Omaha, NE, "Vantage Points"
COLLECTIONS
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Divine Providence Hospital, Williamsport, PA
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Immanuel Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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Farm Credit Services of America, Lincoln, NE
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Investor’s Realty, Omaha, NE
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John Paul Mitchell Systems, Las Vegas, NV
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Green Plaines Renewable Energy, Omaha, NE
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Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV
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University of Minnesota, Morris MN
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Florida Art in State Buildings Program, Duval County Health Dept., Jacksonville, FL
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Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburg, PA
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The American Hotel Association, San Francisco, CA
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Fannie Mae, Lincoln, NE
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Alley Poyner Architecture, Omaha, NE
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Glaska Floor and Wall, Omaha, NE
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Atlas Moving Co., Phoenix, AZ
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Huerter Orthadontics Inc. Omaha, NE
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The Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
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Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
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Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
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University of Michigan- Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
AWARDS
2008 Pollock/Krasner Foundation Individual Fellowship
2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting andWorks on Paper, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
2005 Purchase Prize, Appalatian Corrodors, Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV, Faith Ringold Jurror
2005 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Creative Artist Special Opportunity Stipend
2002 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting and Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, "Third Annual Juried National Exhibition" 2nd Place Award
2001 Bloomsburg Univ., College of Liberal Arts, Special Initiatives Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
2000 Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, "Interiors," Best in Show,
1998 Bloomsburg University Research and Disciplinary Projects Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
1998 Bloomsburg University Individual Research Project Grant, Bloomsburg, PA
1996 Juror's Award, Drawing From Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1995 International Projects Grant, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1995 Frans Masereel Center Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium
1994 Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1992 Best of Show, "Prairie Light Showcase 92," Purchase Prize for the permanent collection of the permanent collection of the Museum of
Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
1991 Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1991 Purchase Prize, "Images of Nebraska" a touring group exhibition sponsored by the American Express Corporation and the Metropolitan
Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1990 Individual Merit Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
1987 Graduate Scholarship, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, to study for
one year at the State Art Academy in Karlsrhue, Germany
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
06/01/2013
HuffPost Arts and Culture, (Online Magazine @:http//www.huffingtonpost.com/Julia-clift/in-the-clouds), “In the Clouds”, Review by Julia Clift,
image reproduced
May 2012
The Omaha Reader, Omaha, NE, (Online Magazine @:http://www.thereader.com/index.php/site/comments/big_sky_paintings/), “Big Sky Paintings: Hron Delivers Landscapes in Sublime Post-modernism at Anderson O’Brien”, Review by Mary Day, image reproduced
2005
American Art Collector, Juried Competition of new Work, Volume 1, book 3 - Northern States, Alcove Books, Berkley, CA
1/1/04
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, PA "The State of Art: PA Grant Recipients Are OnDiplay at the Lancaster Museum of Art, article by Susan Lindt,
color image reproduced
10/29/03
WBRE TV Channel 16, Williamsport, PA, "On the Road with Mike Stevens", public interest story featuring my work and interview with Mike Stevens
10/30/01
Sunday Tribune, Morris, MN, "New HFA Gallery Exhibit opens October 29, review by staff writer, image reproduced
10/21/01
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, "Review of Soft Cell: Bounds of Comfort", article by Ed Sozanski,
8/25/01
The Morning News, Florence, SC, "Pennsylvania Art Professor opens show at Coker," article by Justin Bailey,
11/7/00
The Quad, West Chester, PA, "Art Exhibition Closes, but t doesn't end there", Review by Derick Lim Tze Wern, four-color images reproduced
2/5/00
Dayton Daily News, Datyon, OH, "Photo Mosaics and Tricky Landsacpes," review by Jane A. Black, image reproduced
2/24/00
Impact Weekly, Dayton, OH, "Pregnancy and Panoramas," review by Jud Yalkut
9/23/99
Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA, "Impressive September Art Gallery Shows on the Hill", review by Ruth R. Russell, image reproduced
9/30/99
The Stroudsburg Courier, Stroudsburg, PA, "Art Exhibit Features Paintings By Artist Vincent Hron," review by David A. Finken, Image reproduced
4/12/98
Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, "Haunted Canvases," review by Kathy Whyde Jesse, images reproduced
4/9/98
Dayton Voice, Dayton, OH, "Vincent Hron Exhibit," announcement, image
9/25/96
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "'Stages' takes artist to a New Level," review by Kyle MacMillan, color reproduction
1/14/96
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Hron Hits His Stride" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
8/17/95
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Sees Delight, Terror in Playground" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
7/3/94
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Summer Accompanied by a Variety of Shows" review by Kyle MacMillan
6/30/93
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Looks Afresh at Ordinary Slice of Life" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
4/7/93
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Local Artist Painting at Jones Street" interview with Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
10/25/92
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Hron Painting Wins Award" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
9/26/91
The Enterprise, Blair, NE , "A Closer Look at the World Around You" review by Michelle Doyle, Image reproduced
5/26/91
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Painter Cultivates Fertile Imagination" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
6/26/90
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE, "Trip to the Unknown is Refreshing" review by Kyle MacMillan, image reproduced
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE, https://aobfineart.com