Curriculum Vitae

Chris Kemler

Born Lawrence, KS 1976

Lives and Works in Las Cruces, NM Since 2021
Education
BS Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, 2000
Anderson Ranch ___ 2010
Anderson Ranch ___ 2012
Get Your Curve On!, The Woodworking School at Pinecroft, Berea, KY 2025
Solo Exhibitions
The Mad Hatter Contemporary, ELEOS: Acknowledgement of Others,  October 2025
Jo-An Smith Gallery Wood: Medium/Media October 2024
Group Exhibitions
Border Artists Show, Rio Bravo Fine Arts, Truth or Consequences, NM, September 2025
SURFACE: Emerging Artists of New Mexico, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
	 June-July 2025
The Border Artists Desde el Corazon at Casa Otro, Mesilla, NM February 2025
Erotica 2025, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM February 2025
Agave Artists Gallery- On Going starting November 2024
Gallery 925 Chair Show, Las Cruces, NM June 2024
Hard and Soft, Camelot Studios, Las Cruces, NM May 2024
Spring Fling, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM May 2024
ArtForms Member show, Las Cruces, NM February 2024
	Third Place 3d
Erotica 2024, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM February 2024
Fall Show, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM October 2023
Spring Fling, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM May 2023
Erotica 2023, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM February 2023
Erotica 2022, In Effect Gallery, Las Cruces, NM February 2022
Sculpture Show, Texas State Fair, Dallas, Texas 2015
Haley-Hennman Gallery Group Show, December 2014
Installed at PrismCo’s Performance in conjunction with Haley-Hennman. Gallery 2014
Objects of Desire, Dallas, Texas 2014
Objects of Desire, Dallas, Texas 2013
Craft Texas Biennial, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas 2012
Objects of Desire, Dallas, Texas 2012
Texas Furniture Makers Show, Kerrville, Texas, November, 2011
	Best Contemporary
Texas Furniture Makers Show, Kerrville, Texas, November, 2010
	Judges Special Award
Awards
Selected SURFACE: Emerging Artists of New Mexico micro grant
Full Scholarship- Get Your Curve On with Brian Boggs at the Woodworking School At Pinecroft 	February 2025
Member Border Artists 2024