Shawn Krueger is a landscape painter in the Tonalist / Luminist tradition. His large-scale paintings come from smaller plein air oil studies. Shawn received a BFA degree from Calvin College in 1998, studying under Chris Stoffel Overvoorde. Upon graduation, he traveled frequently to the UK and painted in nearly every corner of Great Britain. He has shown his work widely in the Midwest USA. His work has garnered numerous awards over the years and his work is in the permanent collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Gilda’s Club of GR, Calvin College and the Bissell Corporation.
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Education
1998: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, Bachelor of Fine Art Degree
1994: Oak Hill College, Southgate, London, England
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010: Solo show, Park Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, MI
2007: Solo show, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2004: “Artist Of The Month” Exhibition: Circa Arts Gallery, South Bend, IN
2001: Sky & Landscapes: Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999: Beyond Horizon: Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998: Landscapes, Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997: Travelogue: English Landscapes, Gallery Arcadia, Grand Rapids, MI
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2011: ArtPrize, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, MI
2010: ArtPrize, W. Michigan Center For Arts & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI
2009: ArtPrize, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, MI
2007: Mathias Alten and Artists of Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2004: Bistro On The Race, South Bend, IN
2004: Art Beat, South Bend, IN
2001: Emerging: Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2000: Past As Prologue, a three-person show, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2000: Easter Invitational Art Exhibition, First Christian Church, South Bend, IN
1999: “The Last Great Paintings of the 20th Century,” LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
1998: Friends & Faculty Invitational, The New School, Grand Rapids, MI
1998: Recent Landscapes, a three-person show, Gallery Arcadia, Grand Rapids, MI
1997: Landscapes: Variations on a Theme, a two-person show, Gallery Arcadia,
Grand Rapids, MI
