Bernie Wilke -- Community Muralist, Teaching Artist
Summary of Qualifications
Community artist with over 17 years of success leading over 75 collaborative public mural projects and teaching art courses. Energetic self-starter with excellent relational, organizational, and creative skills. Proven leader with determination and flexibility to see projects through to completion. Uniquely experienced and proficient in working with a diversity of people and environments. Seeking to continue working with communities on art projects that leave a lasting, positive impact.
Education
2001 M.F.A. in Studio Art, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1995 B.A. in Visual Art, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
1991 Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Selected Community Murals -- over 75 total
2018 Building and Growing Together Eastminster Church Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Our Own World Westmoreland County Courthouse Greensburg, PA
2016 Moving to the Light. Downtown -- 17th Street Wheeling, WV
2016 Oil City: Being Completed Downtown on First Street Oil City, PA
2014 Visionaries II IUP African American Culture Ctr Indiana, PA
2014 A Vital and Connected Rochester Downtown area Rochester, PA
2013 Wheat and Weeds Joy in the City Building Philadelphia, PA
2012 Beaver Co. Transit History Beaver County Transit Authority Rochester, PA
2012 Moving Through Pittsburgh Venture Outdoors Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Underground Dream Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Journey of Overcoming Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2010 Facing the World Fels High School Philadelphia, PA
2010 Reaching Across: into the light Cayuga St. Bridge in Hunting Park Philadelphia, PA
2009 Fernhill Park--past and present Fernhill Park Philadelphia, PA
2009 The Tunnel White-Williams Scholars Philadelphia, PA
2008 Cultivation Ayuda Community Garden Philadelphia, PA
2008 One Tiny Seed Cora Services, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
2008 Dream Bubbles Wordsworth, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
2007 Explorers of the Universe Howe School Philadelphia, PA
2007 Guiding Hands Rosedale Technical College Pittsburgh, PA
2007 The Printing Press New Kensington CDC/Mural Arts Philadelphia, PA
2005 Community Perspective Downtown Indiana Indiana, PA
2004 Visionaries IUP African American Cultural Ctr. Indiana, PA
2003 Indiana Co. Vista Beacon Ridge Nursing Home Indiana, PA
2002 A Vision for Downtown Red Oak Building Indiana, PA
2001 The Rhythm of the Trees Indiana Hospital Joint Center Indiana, PA
2000 Building Blocks IUP Stapleton Library Indiana, PA
Teaching
2018-16 Part-time Professor of Art Westmoreland Co. Community College. Youngwood, PA
2018-02 Artist in Residence: 30+ projects PA Council on the Arts Pittsburgh, Phila. , Erie, Indiana, PA
2017-11 Adult & Youth Painting & Drawing Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Teaching Artist Cohort for TAP Institute PA Council on the Arts Harrisburg, PA
2010 Community Murals Instructor Ayuda Community Center Philadelphia, PA
2009-07 Lead Instructor & Muralist PE & T High School Mural Class Philadelphia, PA
2008-05 Lead Muralist/Instructor Phila. Mural Arts Program Philadelphia, PA
2005-02 Visual Arts Faculty I.U.P. S.H.A.R.E. Program Indiana, PA
2005-03 Art Instructor Indiana, PA Art Association Indiana, PA
2004 Painting Instructor Westmoreland County C.C. Youngwood, PA
2002-01 Adjunct Professor of Art Indiana University of PA Indiana, PA
2002-01 Drawing and Painting Instructor Indiana U.of PA Continuing Ed. Indiana, PA
2000-98 Graduate Assistant Indiana University of PA Art Dept. Indiana, PA
Selected Artist Residencies -- over 30 total
2018 Apollo-Ridge High School Apollo, PA
2018 Shaler High School Shaler, PA
2017 Allegheny County Jail - Intermediate Unit Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2014 State Correctional Institution Pine Grove, PA
2014 Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2013 Apollo Ridge Middle School Apollo, PA
2012 Abraxas 1 High School Marienville, PA
2012 Union City Elementary Union City, PA
2011 Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2011 St. Mary's Catholic Middle School St. Mary's, PA
2010 St. Mary School Philadelphia, PA
2009-07 PE&T Charter High School Philadelphia, PA
2007 Franklin Elementary School Philadelphia, PA
2006 Birney School Philadelphia, PA
2004 Virginia Center for Creative Arts Amherst, VA
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2018 Recent Works (solo) Point Five Gallery Etna, PA
2017 Heal & Emerge Irma Freeman Center for Imagination Pittsburgh, PA
2015 448 Group Show 448 Studios Etna, PA
2013 Outside In (solo) The Artist's Hand Gallery Indiana, PA
2011 Internal Spaces (solo) The Gallery at Westminster Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Three Rivers Arts Festival Cultural Trust Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Still Community Arts Center Media, PA
2006 (New)Space Sweetwater Center for the Arts Sewickley, PA
2006 Internal Spaces (solo) The Hinge Gallery Philadelphia, PA
2005 Annual Realism Exhibition UpStreamPeople Gallery Omaha, NE
2005 The Sound of Many Waters Miller Gallery, Indiana U. of PA Indiana, PA
2004 Scene/Unseen ’04 Runnels Gallery, E. New Mexico U. Portales, NM
2004 Body, Mind, and Spirit Caladan Gallery Beverly, MA
2003 Three Rivers Arts Festival Downtown area Pittsburgh, PA
2003 New Growth Arts Festival Juried 2-D Exhibition Indiana, PA
2001 Internal Spaces (solo) IUP Kipp Gallery Indiana, PA
2001 Art of the State: PA 2001 State Museum of PA Harrisburg, PA
2001 Purple Door Gallery Purple Door Arts Festival Harrisburg, PA
2000 Graduate Art Exhibition IUP University Museum Indiana, PA
2000 Alumni Art Exhibition Herndon Gallery, Antioch College Yellow Springs, OH
1999 Art Assoc. of Harrisburg Art Association Gallery Harrisburg, PA
1999 Re:place Brew House Space 101 Pittsburgh, PA
1997 Symbols, Shadows, Reflections Studio Z Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
Skills and Abilities
Painting and Drawing, Teaching, Graphic Design, Computer skills (Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office, Desktop Publishing, website construction, iMovie, iStop Motion), Fundraising, Networking & Outreach, Exhibition Curating, Drama/Performance, Arts Integration with Core Educational Standards.
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Summary of Qualifications
Community artist with over 17 years of success leading over 75 collaborative public mural projects and teaching art courses. Energetic self-starter with excellent relational, organizational, and creative skills. Proven leader with determination and flexibility to see projects through to completion. Uniquely experienced and proficient in working with a diversity of people and environments. Seeking to continue working with communities on art projects that leave a lasting, positive impact.
Education
2001 M.F.A. in Studio Art, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1995 B.A. in Visual Art, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
1991 Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Selected Community Murals -- over 75 total
2018 Building and Growing Together Eastminster Church Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Our Own World Westmoreland County Courthouse Greensburg, PA
2016 Moving to the Light. Downtown -- 17th Street Wheeling, WV
2016 Oil City: Being Completed Downtown on First Street Oil City, PA
2014 Visionaries II IUP African American Culture Ctr Indiana, PA
2014 A Vital and Connected Rochester Downtown area Rochester, PA
2013 Wheat and Weeds Joy in the City Building Philadelphia, PA
2012 Beaver Co. Transit History Beaver County Transit Authority Rochester, PA
2012 Moving Through Pittsburgh Venture Outdoors Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Underground Dream Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Journey of Overcoming Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2010 Facing the World Fels High School Philadelphia, PA
2010 Reaching Across: into the light Cayuga St. Bridge in Hunting Park Philadelphia, PA
2009 Fernhill Park--past and present Fernhill Park Philadelphia, PA
2009 The Tunnel White-Williams Scholars Philadelphia, PA
2008 Cultivation Ayuda Community Garden Philadelphia, PA
2008 One Tiny Seed Cora Services, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
2008 Dream Bubbles Wordsworth, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
2007 Explorers of the Universe Howe School Philadelphia, PA
2007 Guiding Hands Rosedale Technical College Pittsburgh, PA
2007 The Printing Press New Kensington CDC/Mural Arts Philadelphia, PA
2005 Community Perspective Downtown Indiana Indiana, PA
2004 Visionaries IUP African American Cultural Ctr. Indiana, PA
2003 Indiana Co. Vista Beacon Ridge Nursing Home Indiana, PA
2002 A Vision for Downtown Red Oak Building Indiana, PA
2001 The Rhythm of the Trees Indiana Hospital Joint Center Indiana, PA
2000 Building Blocks IUP Stapleton Library Indiana, PA
Teaching
2018-16 Part-time Professor of Art Westmoreland Co. Community College. Youngwood, PA
2018-02 Artist in Residence: 30+ projects PA Council on the Arts Pittsburgh, Phila. , Erie, Indiana, PA
2017-11 Adult & Youth Painting & Drawing Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Teaching Artist Cohort for TAP Institute PA Council on the Arts Harrisburg, PA
2010 Community Murals Instructor Ayuda Community Center Philadelphia, PA
2009-07 Lead Instructor & Muralist PE & T High School Mural Class Philadelphia, PA
2008-05 Lead Muralist/Instructor Phila. Mural Arts Program Philadelphia, PA
2005-02 Visual Arts Faculty I.U.P. S.H.A.R.E. Program Indiana, PA
2005-03 Art Instructor Indiana, PA Art Association Indiana, PA
2004 Painting Instructor Westmoreland County C.C. Youngwood, PA
2002-01 Adjunct Professor of Art Indiana University of PA Indiana, PA
2002-01 Drawing and Painting Instructor Indiana U.of PA Continuing Ed. Indiana, PA
2000-98 Graduate Assistant Indiana University of PA Art Dept. Indiana, PA
Selected Artist Residencies -- over 30 total
2018 Apollo-Ridge High School Apollo, PA
2018 Shaler High School Shaler, PA
2017 Allegheny County Jail - Intermediate Unit Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2014 State Correctional Institution Pine Grove, PA
2014 Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2013 Apollo Ridge Middle School Apollo, PA
2012 Abraxas 1 High School Marienville, PA
2012 Union City Elementary Union City, PA
2011 Mars Home for Youth Mars, PA
2011 St. Mary's Catholic Middle School St. Mary's, PA
2010 St. Mary School Philadelphia, PA
2009-07 PE&T Charter High School Philadelphia, PA
2007 Franklin Elementary School Philadelphia, PA
2006 Birney School Philadelphia, PA
2004 Virginia Center for Creative Arts Amherst, VA
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2018 Recent Works (solo) Point Five Gallery Etna, PA
2017 Heal & Emerge Irma Freeman Center for Imagination Pittsburgh, PA
2015 448 Group Show 448 Studios Etna, PA
2013 Outside In (solo) The Artist's Hand Gallery Indiana, PA
2011 Internal Spaces (solo) The Gallery at Westminster Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Three Rivers Arts Festival Cultural Trust Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Still Community Arts Center Media, PA
2006 (New)Space Sweetwater Center for the Arts Sewickley, PA
2006 Internal Spaces (solo) The Hinge Gallery Philadelphia, PA
2005 Annual Realism Exhibition UpStreamPeople Gallery Omaha, NE
2005 The Sound of Many Waters Miller Gallery, Indiana U. of PA Indiana, PA
2004 Scene/Unseen ’04 Runnels Gallery, E. New Mexico U. Portales, NM
2004 Body, Mind, and Spirit Caladan Gallery Beverly, MA
2003 Three Rivers Arts Festival Downtown area Pittsburgh, PA
2003 New Growth Arts Festival Juried 2-D Exhibition Indiana, PA
2001 Internal Spaces (solo) IUP Kipp Gallery Indiana, PA
2001 Art of the State: PA 2001 State Museum of PA Harrisburg, PA
2001 Purple Door Gallery Purple Door Arts Festival Harrisburg, PA
2000 Graduate Art Exhibition IUP University Museum Indiana, PA
2000 Alumni Art Exhibition Herndon Gallery, Antioch College Yellow Springs, OH
1999 Art Assoc. of Harrisburg Art Association Gallery Harrisburg, PA
1999 Re:place Brew House Space 101 Pittsburgh, PA
1997 Symbols, Shadows, Reflections Studio Z Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
Skills and Abilities
Painting and Drawing, Teaching, Graphic Design, Computer skills (Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office, Desktop Publishing, website construction, iMovie, iStop Motion), Fundraising, Networking & Outreach, Exhibition Curating, Drama/Performance, Arts Integration with Core Educational Standards.
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