Paul R. Schranz (M.F.A.)

Northern Illinois University - 1987

575-636-3751           paul.schranz@gmail.com           www.paulschranz.com

RECENT EXHIBITIONS (last five years)

92nd Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Sept. - Nov. 2021

Through the Surface, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL, June - July 2019

Unintended Consequences, Tall Grass Arts Assoc., Park Forest, IL, April - June 2019

Solo Exhibition, Lewis University Gallery, Joliet, IL, October 2018

Solo Exhibition, Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM, December 2017

Expansion V, Dona Ana Arts Council & Cultural Center, Mesilla, NM, October 2017

Entropy/Fusion, Wash Park Art, Cincinnati, OH, April - July 2017

EXPERIENCE

University Professor, retired, Governors State University, University Park, IL, 1973-2002

Professor of Art, Emeritus, Governors State University, 2005

Director, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM, 2008 - 2012

Director, Mesilla Digital Imaging Workshops, Mesilla, NM, 2008 - 2011

Editor, photo technique magazine, Preston Publications, Niles, IL, 2010 - 2011

Adjunct Faculty, Creative Media Technology, Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM, 2011 - 2014

Adjunct Faculty, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2005 - 2007

AWARDS & HONORS

Black & White magazine, Portfolio Merit Award, 2013

El Paso Art Association, International Eye of the Camera Exhibition, El Paso, TX, juror

Dona Ana Community College Adjunct Faculty Award

Southern New Mexico Photographers Symposium, Las Cruces, NM, keynote speaker

AMPAS Photography Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM, juror

Northern Indiana Arts Council, Light in the Mind Photographic Workshop, keynote speaker

Enchanted Lens Camera Club, Albuquerque, NM, keynote speaker

SICA Visual Arts Festival, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL, keynote speaker

Governors State University Faculty Excellence Awards

Illinois Arts Council Grants