BRUCE WALTERS
Professor of Art, Western Illinois University
21 Garwood Hall, Department of Art, Macomb, IL 61455
bd-walters@wiu.edu

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EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MFA, MA 1984
BA 1977
 

EXHIBITIONS - selected list from more than 100 solo, competitve and invitational exhibitions
2010
Solo exhibition, Halloween Flight, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL
Valtus, exterior building projected animation (50' height), Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Valtus, exterior and interior projected animation , Peoria Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL
Valtus, exterior rear projected animation , UAY Center, Iowa City. IA
Valtus, interior projected animation , ICON Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA
Valtus, exterior building projected animation, Arts Alley, Rock Island, IL
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL (Honorable Mention award)

2009
(sabbatical)
Solo exhibition, Halloween Flight, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
faculty exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

2008
Iowa Artists 2008, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
The Photograph as an Art Object, 17th Triennial Competition, Western Illinois University Art Gallery
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL (Honorable Mention award)
Solo exhibition, Halloween Drawings- in Progress, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL

2007
Follow the Horses, exhibition in conjunction with Deborah Butterfield exhibition, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
(Visitor’s Choice Award).
Creating Coexistence, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL
Summer Drawing Academy exhibition, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA.
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL ($500 Drawing Award)

2006
Celebrating Bridges and Exploring Dualities, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL (Honorable Mention award)
Image and Word, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL (Honorable Mention award)
My Creative Soul, Bucktown Art Center, Davenport, IA

2005
Solo exhibition, Mid-Coast Fine Arts, Mississippi Valley Welcome Center, LeClaire, IA
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
The Photograph as an Art Object, 17th Triennial Photographic Competition, Western Illinois University Art Gallery,
(Best of Show and Third Place awards)

2004
Solo exhibition, MidCoast Gallery West, Rock Island, IL
2004 Works on Paper Exhibition, State University of New York, Albany, NY
2004 Works on Paper Exhibition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2004 Works on Paper Exhibition, Framingham State University, Framinham, MA
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Publication display, Thomas J. Treadway Library, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Tri-State Tri-Annual Juried Invitational, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
"Glass & Digital Exhibit", Quad City International Airport Gallery, Moline, IL
2004 Photography Competition, River Cities Reader publication (Second and Third Place Awards)

2003
Originate Showcase Exhibition, International Competition, Gallery 47, London, England
Solo exhibition, Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
Solo exhibition, Moline International Airport, Air at the Airport, Moline, IL
Solo exhibition, Rock Island Library Gallery, Rock Island, IL
Solo exhibition, Travelin' v1.3, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
Christkindlmarkt, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Soft and Moist, MidCoast Gallery, Rock Island, IL
53rd, Annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibitions, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Online exhibition, IIAPC, 9th Internet International Art/Photo Contest, e-Art, Japan

2002
Solo exhibition, Travelin' v1.2, Quad-City ArtsCenter Gallery, Rock Island, IL
Solo exhibition, Travelin' v1.1, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
2002 Works on Paper Exhibition, Comart Drawing Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
The Poem/Art Odyssey Exhibition, Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf, IA
The President's Best, Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, West Branch, IA
52nd Annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibitions, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
MidCoast Fine Arts Great Mask Auction, Villa de Chantel, Rock Island, IL
16th Tri-ennial Photographic Competition, Western Illinois Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
Commissioned painting of Black Hawk for new Black Hawk Center, Rock Island Arsenal
Online exhibition, MOCA: Museum of Computer Art, Brooklyn, NY

2001
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL (first place $1000 award)
51th Annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL (Judge's Special Award)
Solo exhibition, Mid-Coast Fine Arts, Mississippi Valley Welcome Center, LeClaire, IA
Faculty Exhibition, WIU Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Invitation, Great Mask Auction, Mid-Coast Fine Arts, Rock Island, IL
Invitational banner display, Art on Second Street, Davenport One, Davenport, IA

previous years
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL ($1000 Best of Show award)
Showcase, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA ($500 award)
Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal & Wood Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Invitational exhibition, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, Ohio
Installation and solo exhibition, "M-1", Eva Dolch Gallery, Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
Personal Sightings I, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA ($333 1st Place award)
Solo exhibition, "Journeys", Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI
Biennial Jury Show, Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, IA ($500 Best of Show award)
Solo exhibition, CCA, Michigan City, Indiana
Two person show, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan
Biennial Exhibition, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

 

COMMISSIONED WORK
2007
Three artworks for permanent display in the Hauberg Indian Museum, Rock Island, Il.. Life-sized copies of two works
were also part of an Illinois Historic Preservation Agency display in Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
Cover and four additional illustrations for IVCA Annual Report publication, Corbin Design, Springfield, IL
Illustrator and writer for book, Breadtruck. 26 pages of illustrations. Print on demand publisher, Lulu.com, NC
Cover photograph for The Atlas, a literary magazine created by the Midwest Writing Center, summer 2007 issue.
Design and artwork for Thin White Line by Stickman, CD booklet and package design.
Assisted in the design and creation of sixty exhibition title and informational cards for Journey To Wales, an art
exhibition at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.

2006
Two life-sized paintings  for permanent display in the Hauberg Indian Museum, Rock Island, Il.
Cover and three additional illustrations for book, Passages: A Collection of Personal Histories of Chippiannock
Cemetery. Published by Razor Edge Press.
Cover illustration for Epitaph magazine, spring 2006 issue.
Cover photograph for The Atlas, a literary magazine created by the Midwest Writing Center, summer 2006 issue.
Artwork included in The Digital Canvas, Adobe’s Layers magazine, March/April 2006 issue.
Commissioned drawings for a catalog (Leonardo da Vinci themed drawings), Springfield Armory.
Artwork for Shortwave (band) poster, Toronto, Canada

2004-2005
Publication of seven editorial cartoons, Editorial Page, Quad City Times, Davenport, IA
(one drawing received recognition as one of the "2004 Best Editorial Cartoons" by the Editor)
Two large drawings, Springfield Armory. 4000 signed prints.
Three drawings, Springfield Armory. Engraved in the stock of D-Day and Iwo Jima Commemorative M-1 rifles.
Design for 10K Volksmarch commemorative pin, German-American Heritage Center, Davenport, IA
Emily Dickenson Garden brochure, Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf, IA

 
WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT - selected list
Halloween Flight, www.halloweenflight.com
Western Illinois University websites:
Department of Art, www.wiu.edu/art
University Art Gallery website, www.wiu.edu/artgallery
Nature and Spirituality website, www.wiu.edu/spirituality.
German-American Heritage Center website, www.gahc.org
Public Works of Art in the Quad-Cities, qca.bruce-walters.com
Contrabush, www.contrabush.com
Western Illinois Folio Press, 20th Anniversary Exhibition website, www.wiu.edu/foliopress
Gene Horavth, monumental sculpture portfolio
Tommyscope Sculptural Kaleidoscopes
Designer and developer, Lee Internet Development Team, Lee Enterprises, 1998-2000
Classic Images
Films of the Golden Age
IowaPulse
Think Wisconsin
Partners2000
Lewis & Clark