resume
a downloadable pdf of ian’s cv can be accessed here.
Ian King
Artist, Designer, Community Organizer
b. February 6, 2000, Belleville, NJ
Based in Newark, NJ
Education
2018 - 22
BFA in Illustration, Minor in Communication Arts
St. Johnʼs University, Queens, NY
3.90 GPA, Summa cum laude, in cursu honorum
Professional Experience
2022 -
Graphic Designer
Legal Services of New Jersey, Edison, NJ
Exhibitions
2023
Visions of Lyndhurst, Group show with the Rutherford Art Association, Lyndhurst Free Public Library, Lyndhurst, NJ
Trauma-in-Place, Juried group show, Eastern Kentucky University Fred Parker Giles Gallery, Richmond, KY (Juror: Azucena Trejo Williams, Associate Professor, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY)
S L O W S E L F I E, Group show, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (curated by Anne Novado, Owner, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ)
Visceral Bodies, Group show, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ (curated by Juno Zago, Creative Director, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ)
Radical Love, Group show, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA (curated by Kaitlyn Coppens, Gallerist and Curator, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA)
Zero to 90, Group show, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (curated by Katelyn Halpern and Benedicto Figueroa, Artistic Directors, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ)
Nutley Library Spring Exhibition, Group show with the Rutherford Art Association, Nutley Public Library, Nutley, NJ
36th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ, Honorable Mention (Juror: Robinson Holloway, Founder and Executive Director, Art Fair14C, Jersey City, NJ)
Untold Narratives, Virtual group show, Gallery A118, Online
Essex County Civil Lights: LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit, Group show, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Building, Newark, NJ (curated by Rafael Cuello, Creative Director, OUT Agency, Newark, NJ)
Rutherford Art Association Showcase, Group show with the Rutherford Art Association, Coccia Realty Storefront Display, Rutherford, NJ
2022
Of Yesterday For Tomorrow, BFA thesis show, Yeh Art Gallery, Queens, NY (advised by Alex Morel, Professor, and Elizabeth Albert, Associate Professor, St. John’s University, Queens, NY)
2019, 20, 21
BFA Student Show, Group show, Yeh Art Gallery, Queens, NY (curated by St. John’s Department of Art and Design faculty, Queens, NY)
Residencies, Grants & Awards
2023
Honorable Mention, 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ (Juror: Robinson Holloway, Founder and Executive Director, Art Fair14C, Jersey City, NJ)
2022 Creative Catalyst Fund, City of Newark Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs & Newark Arts, Newark, NJ
2022 -
Studio Residency, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2022
Certificate of Scholastic Excellence in Art & Design, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Queens, NY
Lectures
2023
“Summer Show Artist Talk,” panelist with Ken Weathersby, Judy Giera, Robert Richardson, Jackie Skrzynski, Christine Sauerteig-Pilaar, Kerry Kolenut, & Aurora Powell, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, August 12
Lecture/Presentation, Undergraduate Thesis Critiques, Department of Art and Design, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, February 22
2022
“Don’t Let ‘Em Get You Convinced!: Deconstructing Ideologies About Poverty” with Amy Ackel, Julia Betancourt, & Andrea Ríos, I’m Finna Talk presents We Finna Celebrate, Queens Museum, Queens, NY, October 22
“Behind the Free Store: Understanding Radical Love and Mutual Aid,” Living in Pandemonium: Academic Spaces & Pandemic Life, with Amy Ackel, Julia Betancourt, Grace Greer, & Njemile Wickham, St. John’s University English Graduate Student Conference, Queens, NY, April 1
Organizational Memberships
2022 -
Rutherford Art Association, Rutherford, NJ
Social Media Chair (2023 - )
2021 - 2023
Radical Love Free Store, Queens, NY
Co-Organizer