Edith Kuhnle

Artist Edith Kuhnle exhibits in many galleries including ones in London, North Carolina, and Washington, DC. Kuhnle has work in numerous collections including the American Chancery in London and American Embassies in Peru and Columbia. She has been granted such awards as a Kreeger Purchase Award, DC Commission of the Arts Purchase Award, and a Commission for Reagan National Airport. In addition she participated in an exhibition, "Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century," which traveled throughout Asia.

Background

Born October 4, 1944

Education

• M.F.A., The American University, Washington, DC 1979
• Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC 1969
• M.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1968
• B.A., Converse College, Spartanburg, SC 1966
• Certificate, Institute For American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1964-65

Recognition

• Member, Mayor's Committee on Protocol and External Affairs, DC, 1999-present
• Member, WPA/Corcoran Advisory Board, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996- present
• Member, Board of Trustees, Washington Project for the Arts, 1994-1996
• Artist in Residence, Montreat-Anderson College, summer, 1993
• Member, Board of Trustees, Gallery in the Park, Washington, DC, 1990-92
• Winner, David Lloyd Kreeger Award Show Watkins Gallery, American University, 1978
• National Drawing Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery, 1975

Awards and Commissions

• Purchase Award, DC Commission of the Arts, 1999
• Washington National Airport, Caesar Pelli & Associates, Architect, 1997
• Centennial Exhibition, Montreat, NC, 1997
• Kreeger Purchase Award, American University, 1979

Solo Exhibitions

• Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC  2008, 2005, 2001, 1997, 1993, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1984
• Piano Nobile, London, England (date to be decided)
• Centennial Exhibition Exhibition, The Hamilton Gallery, Montreat, NC, 1997
• Covington & Burling, Washington Artists Series, 1982
• Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC, 1981
• Arden Gallery, Boston, MA, 2009

Selected Group Exhibitions

• "Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century":
• Meridian International Center, Washington, DC, 1999
• Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999
• Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1999
• The Painting Institute, Shangai, China, 2000
• The Working People's Cultural Palace, Beijing, China, 2000
• The CIPTA Gallery, Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2001
• The Singapore Museum of Art, Singapore, 2001
• National Airport Artists, Numark Gallery, Washington, DC, 1997
• Washington Project for the Arts Auction, 1981-1996
• Phillips Gallery Benefit Show, 1995, 1996
• Corcoran Gallery Benefit Show, 1992, 1986, 1981
• Addison/Ripley Gallery 1990
• Art Against Aids, Washington, DC. 1990
• Franz Bader Gallery, "Some Who Left, Some Who Stayed: Washington/New York," 1990
• Addison/Ripley Gallery 1987
• Jane Haslem Gallery, "Works on Paper," Washington, DC, 1986
• New Art Examiner Show, 1985
• Corcoran Gallery Benefit Show, Washington, DC, 1986
• American Institute of Architects, 1985-86
• Watkins Gallery, Kreeger Prize Winners Show, American University, 1985
• Jane Haslem Gallery, 1985
• New Art Examiner Show, 1985
• Baltimore Museum of Art, 1984
• Addison/Ripley Gallery, 1983
• Watkins Gallery, Selected Alumni Show, 1983
• Arlington Arts Center, 1980
• Watkins Gallery, American University, David Lloyd Kreeger Award Show, 1978
• Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1978
• Watkins Gallery, Graduate Painting Show, 1978
• Watkins Gallery, Kreeger Awards Winners Show, 1977
• Watkins Gallery, Graduate Painting Show, 1977
• Corcoran Gallery, National M.F.A. Drawing Show, 1975
• Watkins Gallery, Graduate Painting Show, 1975

Articles, Reviews, and Interviews

• Open Studio Press, March 1998 (selected by Terri Sulton)
• Art & Antiques, November 1997
• Variety of publications concerning commission for new Washington National Airport (ArtNews, Washington Post, Washington Times) Summer 1997
• "Artist at Home," [cover article]. Home Magazine, Washington Post, July 1997
• WETA-TV, "Around Town: A Review of Washington Arts," 1989, 1990, 1993
• The Washington Times, 1989
• The City Paper, Washington, DC, 1989
• Art In America Autumn, 1987
• Museum and Arts, October 1987
• Washington Woman, Cover/Feature Article, March 1987
• Studio International, June 1986
• New Art Examiner, January 1986
• Better Homes & Gardens, 1985
• Converse College Alumni Magazine, Cover/Feature Article. 1985
• The Washington Post 1984, 1989, 1987, 1990, 1993
• The Washington Star, Home Life Magazine, 1981
• The Washington Star, Home Life Magazine, 1978