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Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Doomscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, juror Curtis Bozif

ALMA Annual Spring Exhibition, ALMA Art & Interiors, Chicago, IL

Say What?, Covet Gallery, Oceanside, CA

MSA Select, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance juried exhibition, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, juror Courtney Addair Johnson

Perryville 2024 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Perryville, MO, juror Glenn Williams

2023

Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Chicago, IL

SCULPTURE: Motley Cruise, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, curator Bernard Williams

Ephemerality: Juried Exhibition, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, juror Jennifer Van, Strata Gallery, Director and Co-Founder

The Bright Side, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Sculpture In The Park, Chicago, IL

Positive/Negative 38 National Juried Exhibition, Slocomb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, juror Mark Scala, Chief Curator, the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN

Small Works, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, national/juried, jurors David Olivant, Jennifer Van, and Stephanie Jacinto

Knoxville Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Knoxville, TN

Story Time, Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, Chicago, IL

MSA Select, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance juried exhibition, City Gallery, Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY, national/juried, juror Melissa Vandenberg

Art St. Louis XXXXIX, The Exhibition, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO

Sculpture on the Move, Grandview, MO

Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO

2022

Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Chicago, IL

Scale, 3D4D Gallery, Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL

Mindscapes, 3D4D Gallery, Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL

Sculpture in the Park, Chicago, IL

Knoxville Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Knoxville, TN

Adams Garden Park Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI

3rd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Online Gallery, national/juried, juror Ginger Shulick Porcella, https://theinartgallery.com/3rd-annual-sculpture-exhibition

Art St. Louis XXXVIII, The Exhibition, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO

Declaration, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO

Tell Me a Story, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO

MSA Select, Slocomb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, jurors Mike Barclay and Leticia Bajuyo

Sculpture Walk, Peoria, IL

Sculpture on the Move, Hannibal, MO

Sculpture Exhibit, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, IL

2021

Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Chicago, IL

The Conversation, Collaborative Paintings with Justin Miller, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO

University of South Dakota Sculpture Walk, Vermillion, SD, national/juried

12x12x12 Exhibition, 3D4D Gallery, Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL

Yokna Sculpture Trail, The University of Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, MS

Vermillion Sculpture Walk, Vermillion, SD

USM Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Sculpture Downtown, Granite City, IL

Missouri Art Now, traveling exhibition (The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO; The State Historical Society, Columbia, MO; Post Art Library and Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO; Hannibal Arts Council, Hannibal, MO; The Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO)

2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Online Gallery, juror Patrick Dougherty, https://theinartgallery.com/sculpture

Abstraction, The In Art Gallery, Online Gallery, juror Ron Fondaw, https://theinartgallery.com/sculpture-exhibition

2020

New Perspectives in Drawing and Painting, Virtual Exhibition, The St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO, juror Justin Henry Miller

A Sculptural Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Online Gallery, jurors Leticia Bajuyo and Mike Barclay, https://theinartgallery.com/sculpture-exhibition

The Shape of Community Rotating Sculpture Series, O’Fallon, MO

Sculpture Tour Salina, Salina, KS

2019

WVU Sculpture Tour, West Virginia University School of Art and Design, Morgantown, WV

5th Annual Members Exhibition, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO

2018

2018 Southern Miss Outdoor Sculpture Show, Hattiesburg, MS

3rd Annual Downtown Macomb Sculpture Exhibition, Macomb, IL

2017

Oskaloosa Sculpture Tour, Inaugural Year, Oskaloosa, IA

Public Sculpture: The Art of the Proposal, Catapult Creative House, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

2016

Indiana University Kokomo Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Kokomo, IN

2015

Art on the River, Dubuque, IA

Rock Paper Scissors, University of Tennessee-Martin, TN

Rock Paper Scissors, University of Southern Indiana, Outreach & Engagement, New Harmony, IN

2014

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Manhattan Art Center, Manhattan, KS

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, KS

Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO

2013

Ames Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Ames, IA

Art In Motion, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO

2012

Art on the River, Dubuque, IA

2011

Lawrence Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Lawrence, KS

2010   

Resurfacing, Schoenherr Gallery, North Central College, Naperville, IL

Surface, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO

2009

9th Sculpture in the Park Exhibition, White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN

Fiction Fabrication: Benjie Heu, Kristin Powers Nowlin, Chris Wubbena, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

2008

ArtInPlace, Charlottesville, VA

Jackson/Union Sculpture Tour, Jackson, TN

Art on the River, Dubuque, IA

2007

49th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

9th Annual Bemidji Sculpture Walk, Bemidji, MN

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Outdoor Exhibition, Vienna, VA

2006

ArtInPlace, Charlottesville, VA

The Sculpture Salmagundi X, Rocky Mount, NC

Arlington Heights Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Arlington Heights, IL

SculptureWalk, Sioux Falls, SD

Inside/Outside Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Waterloo, IA

Religion and Personal Identity in Contemporary Art, Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA

2005

A Southern Perspective on Prints: 2005 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Jackson/Union Sculpture Tour, Jackson, TN

City of Olathe Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Olathe, KS

2004

17th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Lawrence, KS

Art Around the Corner, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Ames, IA

2003

16th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Lawrence, KS

Sculpture on Second, Quad City Arts, Davenport, IA

Gardens to Main Street: A Public Art Exhibition in Cedar Falls, Cedar Falls, IA

2002

MFA Thesis Exhibition, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Fourth Annual Sculpture on the Avenues Exhibition, Effingham, IL

Iowa By Design, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA

Who We Were Then, Who We Are Now, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA

2001

Santa Clara Biennial Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA

Gardens to Main Street: A Public Art Exhibition in Cedar Falls, Cedar Falls, IA

2000

DeYoung Graduate Exhibition, DeYoung Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024

(November) in the midst of things, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO

(May) in the midst of things, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX

Chirs Wubbena: Recent Work, Windgate Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

2023

in the midst of things, Southeast Missouri State University Department of Art and Design Main Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO

2021

Demos, The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO

2018

no one, Catapult Creative House, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

2011

speaking while listening, The Armory and Experiential Art Galleries, School of Visual Art, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

speaking while listening, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University School of Art and Design, Carbondale, IL

speaking while listening, Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, Art Department, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA

2010   

speaking while listening, Crisp Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

chris wubbena: the de minimis series, Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery, St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN

2007

chris wubbena: the de minimis series, The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS

2002

landmarks: solo exhibition, Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, Art Department, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA

1999

Luther College Visiting Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Decorah, IA

1998

Chris Wubbena, Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo, IA

Selected Commissions

2022

Spirit of Now, American House, Oak Park, IL

2017

Commence, Fountain Street Roundabout, Public Sculpture, Southeast Missouri State University and The City of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, MO

2016

Espirit de Corps, Public Sculpture, River Heritage Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO

2008    

Landmarks, Rolling Prairie Trail Art Component, Public Sculpture, Butler County Conservation Board, Shell Rock, IA

2007

Forward, Public Sculpture, Mississippi Power, Gulfport, MS

2004

Untitled, Private Sculpture; John and Priscilla Johns, Cedar Falls, IA

2000

Milkweed Leaf and Chrysalis Tree, Public Sculpture; Waverly Public Library, Butterfly Garden, Waverly, IA

Selected Grants and Awards

2023

Second Place, Dogwood Arts 2022-2023 Art in Public Places Sculpture Exhibition, Knoxville, TN

2021

2nd Place, Abstraction, The In Art Gallery, Online Gallery

2020

2nd Place, A Sculptural Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Online Gallery

2016

2016 Otto F. Dingeldein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO

Grants and Research Funding Committee Grant, demos, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO (travel to Italy)

2015

Best in Show, Art on the River, Dubuque, IA

2012

Best in Show, Art on the River, Dubuque, IA

Grants and Research Funding Committee Grant, progress: the antiquary and le flaneur, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO (travel for research in France and England)

2008

Grants and Research Funding Committee Grant, speaking while listening, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO (travel for research in Vietnam)

Purchase Award Winner/Cash Award, Jackson/Union Sculpture Tour, Jackson, TN

2007

Grand Award/Cash Award, 49th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Don Reitz

2006

Mississippi Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellowship with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

Third Place/Cash Award, SculptureWalk, Sioux Falls, SD

2001

Second Place/Cash Award, Santa Clara Biennial Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA

Education

2002             Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture Emphasis, San Francisco State   University, San Francisco, CA

1998             Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture Emphasis, Creative Writing Minor University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

Professional Experience

2014-present   Professor, Sculpture Area Head, Southeast Missouri State University Department of Art and Design, Cape Girardeau, Mo

2010-2014       Associate Professor, Sculpture Area Head, Southeast Missouri State University Department of Art, Cape Girardeau, Mo

2007-2010       Assistant Professor, Sculpture Area Head, Southeast Missouri State University Department of Art, Cape Girardeau, Mo

2004-2007       Assistant Professor, Sculpture, University of Southern Mississippi Department of Art and Design, Hattiesburg, MS

2002-2004       Adjunct Faculty, University of Northern Iowa, Department of Art, Cedar Falls, IA