ARIS KUNTJARA * e-mail: aris@hotmail.com * voice: (831)886-2900, box# 555-7575 * fax: (240)368-3043 * web: www.oocities.org/arispk/ Education: MA - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA, 2000, Painting - Summa Cum Laude University of Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2000, Painting BA - Central College, Pella, Iowa, USA, 1997, Fine Arts - Magna Cum Laude Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 1996, Chinese Language, Art, & Culture The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1993, Visual Communications SMAKr. Petra 2, Surabaya, Indonesia, Physics Selected Art Exhibitions: 2003 Going Dutch, Contemporary Artists and the Dutch Tradition, Curator: DR. John Hanson, DePree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, USA 2000 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana, Slovenia Akademija za likovno umetnost (Academy of Fine Arts), Ljubljana, Slovenia New American Paintings: The M.F.A. Annual 2000 (Juried Exhibition in Print), USA Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 14th International Juried Show 2000, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, USA All Media Juried Show 2000, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia, USA Annual Graduate Art Association Juried Exhibition (1998-2000), The University Museum, IUP, USA 1999 re:place, Brew House SPACE 101, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Solo Show - Transcultural Narratives: (Mis)Interpretations, Kipp Gallery, IUP, USA 71st Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Assoc. of Harrisburg School & Galleries, Harrisburg, PA, USA Annual Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pittsburgh Tech City Art Contest, Carnegie Science Center & McKesson Automated Healthcare, PA 1998 Group of 13: Recent Paintings, St. Francis College, Ebensburg, PA, USA Open Arts Exhibit, City Hall, Indiana, PA, USA Studio Specs, Stanley House Studios, Indiana, PA, USA 1997 Solo Show, Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa, USA Publications: Going Dutch, Contemporary Artists and the Dutch Tradition, DePree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, USA, February 17 - March 14, 2003 ("Aristarchus Kuntjara: Bosch at the Millenium," by John Hanson - Curator) New American Paintings: The M.F.A. Annual 2000, 1st Ed., & at www.newamericanpaintings.com Works and Days, No.33/34, 35/36, vols.17&18, 1999-2000 (Rhetoric and Linguistics Journal) Washington Post, Friday, February 4, 2000 Awards & Honors: Honorable Mention, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts International Juried Show, 2000 Full Graduate Assistantship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1998-2000 Juror’s Award, IUP Annual Graduate Art Association Juried Exhibitions, 1998-2000 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1999 Third Place Purchase Award, Pittsburgh Tech City Art Contest, 1999 Grant: Mural Project, IUP Graduate School and Research, 1999 Alpha Zeta Mu Honor Society, Central College, 1997 Best Study Abroad Photography, Central College, 1996 Spratlen’s, Auxiliary, & International Student Scholarships, Central College, 1993-1997 Collections: The University Museum Collection, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA - 1999 McKesson Automated Healthcare, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - 1999 Private: (JH), Holland, MI, USA - 2003 (PB), Indiana, PA, USA - 2003 (SM), Sacramento, California, USA - 2002 (SC), Sacramento, California, USA - 2002 (PC), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA - 2001 (JH), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA - 2001 (MH), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA - 2000 (AZ), Ljubljana, Slovenia - 2000 (RC), Zagreb, Croatia - 2000 (IH), Homer City, Pennsylvania, USA - 2000 (GC), San Cristóbal, Venezuela - 2000 (KHK), Tae Gu, South Korea - 2000 (BG), Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Plozevet, France - 1999 (MB), Ontario, Canada - 1998 (KB), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA - 1998 (MH), Pella, Iowa, USA - 1997 (AC), Houston, Texas, USA / Kiev, Ukraine – 1997