Biographical Information for Ken Bova:

Residence: Montana

Education

1980 M.F.A. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1976-77 University of Houston, Houston TX
1975 B.F.A. Summa Cum Laude, Sam Houston State University,
Huntsville, TX
1971 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Teaching Experience

1996 - 2007, Montana State University, School of Art, Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Beginning & Advanced Jewelry/Metals, Senior and Graduate level
independent study, Senior and Graduate thesis. School of Architecture:
Advanced Applied Design and Construction. Honors Program: Seminars - Text
& Critics, Impulse of Creativity.

Sep. 94, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, WY.
Guest Artist, One-credit course on Contemporary Jewelry and Soft-Tech
Manufacturing Processes • Nov. 85, Guest Artist, One-credit course on
Contemporary Ornament, Design, and Non-Traditional Materials in Jewelry.

Sep. 81 - Jun. 82 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
Visiting Assistant Professor, Beginning Drawing, 2-D/Color Design, 3-D
Design • Jan. 81 - Jun. 81, Visiting Instructor in Art, Beginning &
Advanced Jewelry/Metals, 2-D/Color/Design, 3-D Design


Artist Residencies/Workshops

Numerous Teaching Residencies and Workshops Nationwide including: Haystack
Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME; Penland School of Crafts, Penland
NC; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN; Tougaloo College,
Jackson, MS; Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA; La Pietra Hawaii School for
Girls, Honolulu, HI; John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC;
University of Minnesota, Duluth, Split Rock Program; Pratt Fine Arts Center,
Seattle, WA; Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Holter
Museum of Art, Helena MT; Casper College, Casper, WY


Committee and Service Activities

Board of Directors, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) President, 2003 - 05. Term 2002 - 06.
Montana Arts Council, Organizational Excellence Grants Review Panel, July 02.
State Contact, Society of North American Goldsmiths Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith.
Chair, Special Events Committee, School of Art, Montana State University, 1999 - 2000.
Board of Directors, Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT, 1996 - 1999.
Joint Idaho and Montana Arts Council Artists Fellowship Selection Panel, May 92.
Board of Directors, Sweet Pea Cultural Festival, Co-Chair Art Exhibitions Committee, 1988-89,Vice President, 1989-90, President 1990-91.
Grants Task Force, Montana Arts Council, 1989-90.
Board of Directors, Montana Art Gallery Directors Association, Secretary 1987-88, Treasurer 1988-89, Vice President 1989-90.
Arts and Humanities Sub-Committee, Governor's Advisory Council on Aging, April 88.
Advisory Committee, Artist in Schools Program, Montana Arts Council, 1988-89.
Montana Art Interscholastics, Workshop Presentations, Mar. 88.
Planning Committee, 1988 Governor's Award for the Arts.
"Artists at Work" MSU Art Career Forum Panelist, May 88.
Board of Directors, Humane Society of Gallatin Valley, Feb. 1985 - Jan. 1987.
Library Policy Manual Review Sub-Committee, MSU, 1984-85.
Search Committee, Creative Arts Librarian, MSU, 1984.
Exhibitions Committee (Co-Chair), Beall Park Arts Center, 1984-85.
Student Exhibition Committee, Oklahoma State University, 1982.
Art Careers Day Workshops, Oklahoma State University, March 1981.
Visiting Artist Planning Committee (Chair), Oklahoma State University, 1981.
Ad Hoc Committee for General Education, Oklahoma State University, 1981.
Gallery Planning Committee, Oklahoma State University, 1981.
Graduate Curriculum Committee, Montana State University, 1979-80.
Arts Library Selection Committee, Montana State University, 1978.

Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery Washington, D.C.
The Racine Art Museum (Formerly Wustum Museum of Art), Racine, WI.
The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
The Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT.
The Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

ArtWorks Gallery, Bozeman, MT,
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
The Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.
Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA


Selected Group Exhibitions

• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.,
"Jewels and Gems" • Facere Jewelry Art, Seattle WA, "Charmed Lives"
National Invitational • Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT, Winter Showcase
Invitational • Wustum Museum, Racine, WI, "A Modern Bestiary" National
Invitational • Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA, 17th
Annual Works of Heart Exhibition • UNI Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA, "Alchemy:
From Common Materials to Extraordinary Objects" Invitational • Penland
Gallery, Penland, NC, 17th Annual Invitational Exhibition/Auction • Gallery
Tiller and Ernst, Vienna, Austria, Invitational • Museum of the Rockies,
Art Faculty Exhibition, Montana State University, Bozeman MT • Connell
Gallery, Atlanta GA 12th Annual Jewelry Invitational • Goldesberry Gallery,
Houston, TX, Holiday Invitational Exhibition • Artworks Gallery, Bozeman,
MT, "The Artful Ear" National Invitational" • Facere Jewelry Arts, Seattle,
WA, Holiday Invitational • The Works Gallery Philadelphia, PA "The Relic
Makers" • Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA "Commemorative
Medals/Objects: The Politics of History" • the Atrium Gallery, University
of Central England, Birmingham England, "Attitude and Action: American
figurative Jewelry"


Grants and Awards

2004 Award for Excellence in Teaching, MSU Alumni Association
2001 Award for Excellence in Teaching, MSU Alumni Association
1999 Professional Development Grant, Montana Arts Council
1995 Resident Artist Fellowship: Fundación Valparíso, Mojácar Spain.
1987-97 Artist in the Schools & Communities Artist, Montana Arts Council
1985 Montana Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship Grant
1984 SHARE Program Participant, Montana Institute of the Arts
1982 Ornament Awards 1982, "Ornament" Magazine, Honorable Mention
1980 Creative Research and Development Grant, Montana State University
1978-80 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Montana State University