Curriculum Vitae


Education
     2011 Master of Arts with distinction Marshall University
     2007 Bachelor of Arts Magna cum Laude West Virginia State University
 

Professional Experience (selected)

     2012-2020 Owner, Apartment Earth Gallery, Charleston, WV. (curate and install exhibits and teach workshops on welding, painting, mold-making, woodworking, etc…)
     2011-2016 Adjunct Instructor of Art, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV.
     2009-2011 Studio Technician, Art Warehouse, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. (maintained studio equipment and aided in problem solving student projects while ensuring safe working practices and environment)
     2008-2011 Treasurer, Marshall University Sculpture Club, Huntington, WV.
     2008-2011 Co-owner, ArtGawk Street Exhibitions, Charleston, WV. (curated and installed exhibits in local business windows)
     2008 Walter Gropius Masters Workshop: David Ellis Installation, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
     2006-2012 Committee Member, FestivALL, Charleston, WV.
     2005-2007 Gallery Assistant, Della Brown Taylor Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV. (prepared and installed exhibits)
     2003-present 204B Acting Supervisor, Dunbar Post Office, United States Postal Service, Charleston, WV. (responsible for all supervisory duties of twelve employees while primary managers are away)
     2000-present City Letter Carrier, Dunbar Post Office, United States Postal Service, Charleston, WV.
     1996-1999 Data Conversion Operator, Charleston Remote Encoding Center, United States Postal Service, Charleston, WV.
 

Awards & Honors (selected)

     2011 Merit Award, West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV.
     2011 Professional: 3rd Place, The National Arts Program 6th Annual Exhibition, City Hall, Charleston, WV.
     2011 Professional: Honorable Mention, The National Arts Program 6th Annual Exhibition, City Hall, Charleston, WV.
     2011 Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Art and Design Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2011 Graduate Award of Distinction, 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2011 Jurors’ Choice Award, 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2011 Siniša Lenac Memorial Award, 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2010 Honorable Mention Award, 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2007 Reverend Canon Andrew J. W. Mullins Fund Scholarship, Church of the Epiphany, New York, NY.
 

Exhibition Record (selected)

     2018 This Just In, Tamarack, Beckley, WV. (invitational)
     2018 Assumptions, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV. (solo)
     2018 Between the Cracks, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV. (solo)
     2017 Geometric Decay, Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Art Gallery, Princeton, WV. (solo)
     2016 Tamarack Sculpture Garden, Tamarack, Beckley, WV. (installation)
     2014 Reanimation, Spears Gallery, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV. (two-person)
     2014 H20MG, Moose Lodge, Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2013 Chuck Biel’s Ambient Music Showcase, Digiso, Charleston, WV.
     2013 West Virginia State University Faculty Exhibition, Capitol Theater Gallery, Charleston, WV.
     2013 Shady: Our Neighbors the Trees, Arts Monongahela, Morgantown, WV. Curator: Ann Payne. (invitational)
     2013 Lewisburg Literary Arts Festival, Harmony Ridge Gallery, Lewisburg, WV. Curator: Aaron Maxwell, Co-owner, Harmony Ridge Gallery. Curator: Monica Maxwell, Co-owner, Harmony Ridge Gallery. (solo)
     2013 Think Inside the Box, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV. (three-person exhibit)
     2013 The Muse Lounge, The Art Exhibarty Space, Beckley, WV. (invitational)
     2013 Inaugural Earth Day Invitational, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2013 Scratch, Bluegrass Kitchen, Charleston, WV. (solo)
     2012 All That Glitters, The Art Store, Charleston, WV. Curator: Adrian Blackstock, Registrar and Curator, The Art Store, Charleston, WV. Curator: Megan Shultz, Professor of Art, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV. (invitational)
     2012 Jason Kiley and Nik Botkin : Cups, Dolls and Fish, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV.
     2011 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV. Juror: Ryan Grover, Curator, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE; Juror: Philip R. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Art and head of the painting program, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. Merit Award. (catalogue)
     2011 ArtMares, Kanawha Players Theatre, Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2011 Paul Corbit Brown and Cristofer Botkin : Troubled Waters, Art Emporium, Charleston, WV.
     2011 Courtyard Trees, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. (solo)
     2011 The National Arts Program 6th Annual Exhibition, City Hall, Charleston, WV. Juror: John Auge, Co-owner, Auge+Gray Collective Works. Juror: Craig Auge, Artist. Juror: Steve Gray, Co-owner, Auge+Gray Collective Works. 3rd Place, Honorable Mention.
     2011 FestivALL Exhibit, Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV. Curator: Dan Carlisle, Exhibit Coordinator, Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV.
     2011 3..2..1 Graduate Exhibition (part 2), Gallery 842, Huntington, WV. (solo)
     2011 3..2..1 Graduate Exhibition (part 1), Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2011 Charleston ArtWalk, Romano & Associates, Charleston, WV. Curator: Naomi Bays, Chair, Arts Council of Kanawha Valley. (invitational)
     2011 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Huntington, WV. Juror: Jenine Culligan, Senior Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV; Juror: Jeff Barnes, CEO, Barnes Agency, Hurricane, WV. Graduate Award of Distinction, Jurors’ Choice, Siniša Lenac Memorial Award.
     2010 Winter Buswater Exhibition, 1520 Kanawha Blvd., Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2010 Charleston ArtWalk, Romano & Associates, Charleston, WV. Curator: Naomi Bays, Chair, Arts Council of Kanawha Valley. (invitational)
     2010 Welcome to My Studio, Gallery 842, Huntington, WV. Curator: Marshall University Sculpture Club.
     2010 Hack3rCon Sci-fi Art Exhibition, Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2010 Friends of John Farley, Gallery 842, Huntington, WV. Curator: John Farley, Gallery Director, Gallery 842.
     2010 ArtGawk Street Exhibition, FestivALL, Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2010 24th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Juror: Paula Clendenin, Professor of Art, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV; Juror: Pamela Wise, Owner, Wise and Associates, Russell, KY. Honorable Mention.
     2009 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. Juror: Julie Taggart, Professor and Dean of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH; Juror: Vince Torano, Professor of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. (catalogue)
     2009 Midsummer Saltations, The Art Store, Charleston, WV. Curator: Maggie Starcher, Registrar and Curator, The Art Store, Charleston, WV.
     2009 ArtGawk Street Exhibition, FestivALL, Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2009 Awareness Earth Day Exhibition, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV. Curator: Cristofer Botkin, graduate student, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2009 Painting Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Curator: Eric Ruegge, Professor of Art, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
     2008 Winter Buswater Exhibition, 1520 Kanawha Blvd., Charleston, WV. (invitational)
     2008 ArtGawk Street Exhibition, FestivALL, Charleston, WV, (invitational)
     2008 ReStore Earth Day Auction, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV. Curator: Amy McLaughlin, Director, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV.
     2008 ReStore-ation Celebration, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV. Curator: Amy McLaughlin, Director, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV.
     2007 Perceive: Senior Exhibition, Della Brown Taylor Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV.
     2007 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV. Juror: Jerry Slipman, Owner, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA; Juror: Michael Northrop, Professor of Art and Humanities, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, MI. (catalogue)
     2006 Appalachian Landscape: Bob Ross Don’t Live Here No More, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, WV. (invitational)
     2006 Clothesline Exhibition, Capitol Market, Charleston, WV. Curator: Paula Clendenin, Professor of Art, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV.
     2006 Prints Exhibition, Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV. Curator: Angie Mullins, Gallery Director, Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV.
     2006 Zen bEarth Day: Nature’s Scorn, Unitarian Universalist Congregation: Webb Room, Charleston, WV. (solo)
     2005 Cristofer Botkin & Julie Fox, Capitol Market, Charleston, WV.
     2005 State of State Juried Exhibition, Della Brown Taylor Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV. Juror: Katherine Cox, Education Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
     2003 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, West Virginia Cultural Center, Charleston, WV. Juror: James Adkins, Director of Visual Art, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD; Juror: Tom Spleth, Curator, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC. (catalogue)
     2003 Appalachian Corridors Regional Juried Exhibition, Clay Center: Avampato Discover Museum, Charleston, WV. Juror: Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor, Art in America and Artpress magazines, New York, NY. (catalogue)
 

Exhibitions Juried (selected)

     2013 Student Juried Exhibition, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV.
 

Exhibitions Curated (selected)

     2012 Love Art, Kanawha Valley Arts Council, Charleston, WV.
     2011 ArtMares, Kanawha Players Theatre, Charleston, WV. (assisted)
     2010 Welcome to My Studio, Gallery 842, Huntington, WV.
     2009 Awareness Earth Day Exhibition, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV.
 

Bibliography (selected)

     2014 Roth, Elizabeth, “What’s in the Water.” WV Living Magazine, Spring, 2014. 21.
     2013 Tina Alvey, interview, “All Things Literary are Being Featured During Lewisburg Festival.” The Register Herald, August 3rd, 2013, 1A, 13A.
     2013 Paul Fallon, interview, “Saber Hawk.” The Charleston Daily Mail, April 26th, 2013, 1A, 1D, 2D.
     2012 Paul Fallon, interview, “Artists Step it Up with Dance, Paint Display.” The Charleston Daily Mail, December 20th, 2012, 3D.
     2011 Douglas Imbrogno, interview, “Showing What Happens to Fish Happens to Us.” The Charleston Gazette, August 19th, 2011, 1C, 6C.
     2011 Douglas Imbrogno, interview, “Something Fishy is Happening to the Water.” WestVirginiaVille, August 17th, 2011. Web. <http://westvirginiaville.com/2011/08/something-fishy-is-happening-to-the-water/>.
     2011 David Lavender, interview, “The Art of the Matter.” The Herald Dispatch, May 5th, 2011, 1-2E, 19E.
     2011 David Lavender, interview, “Dine and Discover Takes an Art Turn on Tuesday at Schooner’s.” The Herald Dispatch, April 3rd, 2011.
     2011 Emily Rowe, Et Cetera: Literary Magazine, (2011): cover, 29-30, 74.
     2011 Lacie Pierson, exhibition announcement with interview, “25th Marshall University Student Juried Exhibition on Display.” The Herald Dispatch, January 16th, 2011.
     2008 Charlotte Ferrell Smith, exhibition announcement with interview, “Artists Recycle Home Merchandise for Earth Day Auction.” The Charleston Daily Mail, April 17th, 2008, 1D, 3D.
     2008 Ben Calwell, exhibition announcement with interview, “Exhibit Highlights Recycled Materials.” The Charleston Gazette: Metro Kanawha, January 30th, 2008, 1, 6.
     2006 Sandra Marshburn, Kanawha Review, (2006): 27.
     2004 Sandy Wells, interview, “Innerviews: Cristofer Botkin.” The Charleston Gazette, January 19th, 2004, 1A, 1C, 5C.
 

Lectures & Workshops

     2018 “Applying for Juried Exhibitions Panel Discussion.” 50 States for Freedom Initiative. West Virginia State University, Institute, WV.
     2016 “How to Build R2-D2.” ShockaCon Panel Lecture and Demostration. Beni Kedem Temple, Charleston, WV.
     2016 “Three Things – My First, My Favorite, My Future.” Three Things Lecture Series. Alban Arts Center, St. Albans, WV.
     2013 “Mold-making.” Professional Development Workshop for Kanawha County School Faculty. Clay Center, Charleston, WV.
     2011 “Apartment Earth: Art and Our Environment.” Dine and Discover: The Ohio River Series. Schooners, Huntington, WV.
 

Public Collections

     2012 West Virginia Division of Culture and History, The Culture Center, Charleston, WV.
     2011 Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Charleston, WV.
 

Gallery Affiliations

     2016-present Tamarack, Beckley, WV.
     2013-present Harmony Ridge Gallery, Lewisburg, WV.
     2013-2015 Appalachian Gallery, Morgantown, WV.
 

Professional Affiliations

     2014-present R2-D2 Builders Club.
     2011-present National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
     2006-present National Honor Society of Alpha Kappa Mu.
     1992-present National Speleological Society.