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.
Edith Hamilton Kuhnle
Education
M.F.A., The American University, Washington, DC
M.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
B.A., Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
Certificate, Institute For American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
Recognition, Awards and Commissions
“Top 125 graduates in College History,” Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
Certificate of Appreciation, DC Government, “Art on Call” Project, 2008
Member, Mayor’s Committee on Protocol and External Affairs, DC, 1999 – 2002
Book Cover, Women’s Studies, University of Delaware Press, 2000
Cover, Converse College, Alumni Magazine, 1985
Cover, “Rising Artist Stars,” Washington Woman, 1986
Member, WPA/Corcoran Advisory Board, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996 – 2000 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, Kreeger Award Show Watkins Gallery, American University, 1978
Washington Convention Center, 2005 (permanent installation)
Purchase Award, DC Commission of the Arts, 1999
Washington National Airport (permanent installation), Caeser Pelli, Architect, 1997
Centennial Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Montreat College, NC 1997
Kreeger Purchase Award, American University, 1979
National Drawing Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975
Multiple reviews, newspapers and design/art publications
Solo and Selected Group Exhibitions
Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC May 15, 2014
2008, 2005, 2001, 1997, 1993, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1984
German Marshall Fund, Washington, DC, 2013
Katzen Museum, “Washington Art Matters,” Washington, DC 2014
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA, 2009
Centennial Exhibition, The Hamilton Gallery, Montreat, NC, 1997
Covington & Burling, Washington Artists Series, 1982
Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC, 1981
“Faces of the Fallen,” Military Women’s Museum, Arlington Cemetery, 2007
Democratic National Committee ART, 2004, 2000, New York, NY
Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
Millennium Show, “Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First
Century” (Pacific Rim Tour):
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, Shanghai, 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 Fine Art, 1990, 1987, 1983
Art Against Aids, Washington/New York, 1990
Jane Haslem Gallery, “Works on Paper,” Washington, DC, 1986
New Art Examiner Show, 1985
American Institute of Architects, 1985-86
Watkins Gallery, Kreeger Prize Winners Show, American University, 1985
Jane Haslem Gallery, 1985
Baltimore Museum of Art, 1984
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
Selected Public Collections
Evermay Historic Art and Performance Center, Washington, DC
Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC
Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
The American Chancery, The Honorable Philip Lader, London, England
American Broadcasting Company, Washington, DC
The American Embassy, Bogota, Columbia
The American Embassy, Ivory Coast
The American Embassy, Lima, Peru
The American University, Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC
Bingham& McCutchen, Washington, DC
Continental Bank, Chicago, IL
Coopers & Lybrand, Boston, MA
Covington & Burling, London, England
Covington & Burling, Washington, DC
The Honorable Julie Finley, US Ambassador to OSCE
Philip Morris Collection, New York, NY
L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC
Monaco Hotel, Washington, DC
Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC
National Realtors Association, Washington, DC
Articles, Reviews, and Interviews
Southern Accents, article, 2005
Open Studio Press, March 1998 (selected by Terri Sulton curator)
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
