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Honorable President and
Members of the City Council,
Attached for your consideration is a Resolution appointing Kristin Pluhacek to fill the position of
visual artist representative on the Public Art Commission for a three-year term. Ms. Pluhacek
will replace Paul Konchagulian whose term expires on September 24, 2015. Ms. Pluhacek's
term will commence on September 25, 2015 and expire on September 24, 2018. Ms. Pluhacek's
Résumé is attached.
Your favorable consideration of this request will be appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
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Jean Stothert, Mayor
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KRISTIN K. PLUHACEK
3625 California Street,Omaha,NE 68131
www.kkpluhacek.com/402-215-5891 /kkpluhacek@gmail.com
BIOGRAPHY
Kristin Pluhacek lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska. Her drawings and paintings have been exhibited
extensively in Midwestern fine arts galleries and museums,and her work is represented in numerous public and
private collections. She has participated in several public art projects and has led many project workshops,
including the Lauritzen Gardens Lewis and Clark Interpretive Icon and "Reach for Your Dreams", a
collaboration between Mutual of Omaha, Campfire USA and the United States Swimming Association in
conjunction with the 2008 Olympic Swim Trials. Recently, Kristin designed the set for"Raskol", one of five
2012 Great Plains Theatre Conference Playfest plays. Kristin is a BFA graduate of Creighton University, a
roster artist for the Nebraska Arts Council Artists in Schools/Communities program and a drawing instructor
at Metropolitan Community College.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts,Creighton University,Omaha,NE
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
-Anderson O'Brien Fine Art Gallery,Omaha,NE, www.aobfineart.com
-MLB Designs Gallery,Kansas City,MO, www.mlbdesigns.com
COLLECTIONS
-Ehrhart,Griffin&Associates,Omaha,NE
• - University of Nebraska at Lincoln,Lincoln,NE
-Illumin,Omaha,NE
-Wayne State College,Wayne,NE
-University of Nebraska Medical Center,Omaha,NE
-Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE
-Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha,NE
- Union Bank,Omaha,NE
- Countryside Village,Omaha,NE
-Metropolitan Community College,Omaha,NE
-WSI Industries,Omaha,NE
-Creighton University,Omaha,NE
-Marks Restaurant,Omaha,NE
-University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha,NE
-Heartland Food Bank,Omaha,NE
-Prisma Press,Omaha,NE
-VGA Group,Omaha,NE
-Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts,Nebraska City,NE
-Methodist Women's Hospital,Omaha,NE
-A/O Architectural Offices,Omaha,NE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012-(ongoing) Roster Artist,Nebraska Arts Council Artists in Schools/Communities
1992-(ongoing) Adjunct Drawing Instructor,Metropolitan College,Omaha,NE
1997-2013 Drawing Instructor;Joslyn Art Museum;Omaha,NE
2000-2002 Curator,Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery,Blue Barn Theatre,
Omaha,NE
2000-2002 Costume Shop Foreman,Omaha Theatre Company for Young People,
Omaha,NE
1991-2000 Exhibiting Member,Thirteenth Street Gallery Collective,Omaha,NE
1998-1999 Drawing Instructor,Bemis Center for Contemporary Art,CAT
Center,Omaha,NE
1995- 1996 Drawing Instructor;Creighton University;Omaha,NE
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PROJECTS and RESIDENCIES
2015 -Album Cover Artwork: Percipience,Compositions by Michael Murray,Navona Records
-Artist in Residence:Watson Elementary Pastel Drawings,Hastings,NE
-Artistic Collaborator:Thirty-six Views of 0,The National Institute for the Lost
2014 - Featured Artist: Pangolin House: An International Journal of Chinese &English-Language Poetry, Vol. 2
Issue 3,Summer/Fall 2014
-Artist in Residence:Autism Action Partnership Drawing Day Camp,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:LaVista West 50th Anniversary Quilt Project,LaVista,NE
- Artist in Residence: UNO SummerWorks and Omaha Parks Department Mural Hanscom Postcard,
Omaha Hanscom Park,NE
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids Family Entry Mural(part 1),Omaha,NE
2013 -Artist in Residence:Autism Action Partnership Drawing Day Camp,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids History Mural continuation,Omaha,NE
2012 -Set Designer: "Raskol": Great Plains Theatre Conference Playfest,Omaha,NE
-Cover Artwork:L'Esprit Createur"The Recent Work of Luce Irigaray",Volume 5,Fall 2012
-Artist in Residence: Completely Kids Hallway Neighborhoods,Omaha,NE
2011 -Artist in Residence:Jackson Elementary Self-portraits,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids Art Quilt Project,Omaha,NE
2010 -Participating Artist:Food Bank Folio,Print collaboration with UNO Print Workshop,Omaha,NE
2009 -Residency:Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (4 week residency),Nebraska City,NE
-Professional Development Workshop:Creative Capital and Nebraska Arts Council,Omaha,NE
2008 - Artist in Residence: "Reach for Your Dreams", Mutual of Omaha/Campfire USA/United States
Swimming collaboration.
-Lead Artist:Campfire USA Historical Mural Project,Omaha,NE
2007 -Feature Illustrator:Omaha Summer Arts Festival
- Illustrator:`Journey the Sacred In-Between",Prisma Press
2006 -Residency:Barker Art Project(3 month residency),Omaha,NE
2005 -Illustrator: "Send Me Tulips",Prisma Press
-Judge: "Nebraska Scholastic Art Exhibition" -2-D,Omaha,NE
-"BenchMarks": City-wide Public Art,Omaha,NE
2004 -Judge:Omaha Catholic Schools Annual Art Exhibition,Omaha,NE
-Lead Artist:Lewis and Clark Icon Project,Lauritzen Gardens site,Omaha,NE
-Illustrator:Omaha Theater Company for Young People 2004/05 Season Brochure,Omaha,NE
2002 - Judge: "Eastern Nebraska Regional Scholastic Art Exhibition", Omaha Public Schools
Administration Center,Omaha,NE
-"J. Doe Project":City-wide public art;Omaha,NE
2000 -Lead Artist:Lewis and Clark Middle School/Crossroads Mall Mural Project,Omaha,NE
1999 -Artist in residence: "4H Summer of service"arts session,Omaha,NE
1998 -Lead Artist:BUMP (Bemis Urban Mural Project),Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts&Solomon
Girls Center,Omaha,NE
-Lead Artist: "4H Summer of Service"portable mural project,Omaha,NE
1997 -Artist in Residence: "Arts on the green 1997",Joslyn Art Museum,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Sacred Heart Elementary,Omaha,NE
-Judge: "UNO Annual Student Show",University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha,NE
1996 -"The Nebraska Review"Vol.24 Number 2,Cover piece for the biannual
publication of the Writers Workshop,University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Everett School,Lincoln,NE
-Artist in Residence: "Rodin Celebration",Joslyn Art Museum,Omaha,NE
1995 -Judge: "Western Iowa Regional Scholastic Art Exhibition",Iowa Western Community College,
Council Bluffs,IA
KK PLUHACEK VITAE PAGE 3
HONORS and JURIED COMPETITIONS
2011 -"Omaha Entertainment&Arts Awards",Nominee Best 2-D artist,Best Solo Show
2007 -"Omaha Entertainment&Arts Awards",Best in Show Drawing
1998 - "Smithtown Township Arts Council Twenty-third Annual Juried Fine Arts
Competition",Mills Pond House,St.James,NY
-"27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition",Heuser Art Center,
Bradley University,Peoria,IL
1997 -"1997 Prairie Lights Arts Showcase",Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE,Award of Merit
1995 21995 Prairie Lights Arts Showcase",Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE
-"16th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition",Columbia College Art
Center,Columbia,MO
1994 - "1994 Diverse Visions Regional Interdisciplinary Grants",NEA funded Intermedia Arts MN,Grant
received for the creation of "Variance in a Box", a site-specific multi-media work created in
collaboration with composer Michael Murray
- "1994 Prairie Lights Arts Showcase",Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE,Award of Merit
1993 -"First Images-Artist Sketches",Bellevue College School of Art Gallery,NE
SOLO&2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 -"Kristin Pluhacek-Drawings",The Garden of the Zodiac,Omaha,NE
-"Shapes&Layers",Cathedral Arts Project Sunderland Gallery,Omaha,NE
2013 -New Works,MLB Designs Gallery,Kansas City,MO
2012 -New Works,Anderson/O'Brien Fine Art,Omaha,NE
- "Drought Relief",MLB Designs Gallery,Kansas City,MO
- "Kristin Pluhacek",Highland Community College Yost Art Gallery,Highland,KS
2011 -"Weeds/Pods/Seeds"&"Landscapes",Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha's Botanical Center,Omaha,NE
-"Kristin Pluhacek",Nebraska Governor's Residence Conference Room,Lincoln,NE
2009 -"Pain Scale Revisited",Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery,Blue Barn Theatre,Omaha,NE
2008 -"All Play",Dundee Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Too Much Radio",Om Center,Omaha,NE
2006 -New Works on Silk and Paper,Gallery 72,Omaha,NE
- "What Remains",Nebraska Arts Council Fred Simon Gallery,Omaha,NE
- "Figures,some Flowers"Norfolk Arts Center,Norfolk,NE
-"close/near/distant/far",Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha's Botanical Center,Omaha,NE
2005 -"New Works",Anderson/O'Brien Fine Art,Omaha,NE
2004 -"Pastel Interpretations",Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha's Botanical Center,Omaha,NE
2003 -"Kristin Pluhacek-New Work",Professional Darkroom Gallery,Omaha,NE
2001 -"New Works",Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery in the Blue Barn Theatre,Omaha,NE
2000 -"Issues of Figure and Ground,Oh My!",Creighton University Lied Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
1999 -"Pastel Portraits",Stillwater Art Gallery,Western Nevada Community College,Fallon,NV
-"Portraits",The Sturm Library Gallery,Truckee Meadows Community College,Reno,NV
-"Unwound Cocoon-Works on Silk and Paper",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha, NE
1998 -"Unaccompanied,Unattended,Odd",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1997 -"McGilvrey/Pluhacek",Chadron State College,Chadron,NE
-"Blur",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1996 -" Studies of the Human Figure"Nebraska Now Series,Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE
-"How I Spent my Summer Vacation",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1995 -"Bits",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Variance in a Box", Site specific work presented in rural Knox County, NE (Collaboration with
Composer Michael Murray)
1994 -"Blah, Blah, Blah", Thirteenth Street Gallery, Omaha, NE (Collaborative works with Composer
Michael Murray)
1993 -"Kristin K.Pluhacek-Recent Work",Antiquarium Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"All This and Color Too!",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1992 -"Kristin K.Pluhacek",Iowa Western Community College School of Art Gallery,Council Bluffs,IA
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SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 -"Maiz",El Museo Latino,Omaha,NE&Museo de Filatelia,Oaxaca,Mexico
-"Intentionality",Prescott Gallery,Lincoln,NE
2014 -"Dundee Gallery: 7 Years/ 7 Artists",Dundee Gallery,Omaha,NE
2013 -"Museum of Alternative History",RNG Gallery,Council Bluffs,IA
-"LFF Ciao",Caesium Gallery,Omaha,NE
2011 -"Old Friends,New Work",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
2009 -"Mark Makers",Jackson Artworks,Omaha,NE
2008 -"Crazy Eights",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
-"Sophisticated Children",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
2007 -"4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse and 7 Deadly Sins",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
2005 -"Things We Forgot To Say:Old Friends,New Work",Nicholas Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
2003 -"Metro Faculty Art Exhibit",Metropolitan Community College,Omaha,NE
2002 -"5 Women Wearing the Same Dress",Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery in the Blue Barn Theatre,Omaha,NE
1999 -"Printmakers",Gallery 72,Omaha,NE
-"Out of the Ashes",Creighton University Lied Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
1998 -"Paper Dolls:Self-Portrait Narratives",Creighton University Lied Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Two Views of Self: Self-portraits by Nebraska Artists", University of Nebraska at Omaha, Weber
Fine Arts Gallery,Omaha,NE
1997 -"ARTworks",Jackson Artworks,Omaha,NE
1996 -"Site Omaha" (A public art project by C. Harper),Jackson Artworks & various vending locations,
Omaha,NE
-"13th Street/Gallery 9 Exchange",Gallery 9,Lincoln,NE
1995 -"Eden's Promise",Creighton University Fine Arts Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Erotic Art",Antiquarium Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Final Images",Bellevue College School of Art Gallery,Bellevue,NE
1994 -"Bad Girls Midwest",College of Saint Mary Hillmer Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Fete Nouvelle II",Jackson Artworks,Omaha,NE
1992 -"On Canvas,On Paper",Bellevue College School of Art Gallery,Bellevue,NE
1991 -Instituto Guatemalteco Americano,Guatemala City,Guatemala
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TO: PAUL D. KRATZ, City Attorney DATE ASSIGNED 08/21/15
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REQUEST FOR: Appoint Kristin Pluhacek to the Public Art Commission
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The Mayor asks the Council to confirm the appointment of Kristin Pluhacek to the Public Art Commission. She
replaces Paul Konchagulian whose term expires September 24, 2015. Ms. Pluhacek's term will begin
September 25, 2015, 2015 and ends September 24, 2018.
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KRISTIN K. PLUHACEK
3625 California Street,Omaha,NE 68131
www.kkpluhacek.com/402-215-5891 /kkpluhacek@gmail.com
BIOGRAPHY
Kristin Pluhacek lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska. Her drawings and paintings have been exhibited
extensively in Midwestern fine arts galleries and museums,and her work is represented in numerous public and
private collections.She has participated in several public art projects and has led many project workshops,
including the Lauritzen Gardens Lewis and Clark Interpretive Icon and "Reach for Your Dreams", a
collaboration between Mutual of Omaha, Campfire USA and the United States Swimming Association in
conjunction with the 2008 Olympic Swim Trials. Recently, Kristin designed the set for "Raskol", one of five
2012 Great Plains Theatre Conference Playfest plays. Kristin is a BFA graduate of Creighton University, a
roster artist for the Nebraska Arts Council Artists in Schools/Communities program and a drawing instructor
at Metropolitan Community College.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts,Creighton University,Omaha,NE
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
-Anderson O'Brien Fine Art Gallery,Omaha,NE, www.aobfineart.com
-MLB Designs Gallery,Kansas City,MO, www.mlbdesigns.com
COLLECTIONS
-Ehrhart,Griffin&Associates,Omaha,NE
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln,Lincoln,NE
-Illumin,Omaha,NE
-Wayne State College,Wayne,NE
-University of Nebraska Medical Center,Omaha,NE
-Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE
-Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha,NE
- Union Bank,Omaha,NE
-Countryside Village,Omaha,NE
-Metropolitan Community College,Omaha,NE
-WSI Industries,Omaha,NE
-Creighton University,Omaha,NE
-Marks Restaurant,Omaha,NE
-University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha,NE
-Heartland Food Bank,Omaha,NE
-Prisma Press,Omaha,NE
-VGA Group,Omaha,NE
-Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts,Nebraska City,NE
-Methodist Women's Hospital,Omaha,NE
-A/O Architectural Offices,Omaha,NE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012-(ongoing) Roster Artist,Nebraska Arts Council Artists in Schools/Communities
1992-(ongoing) Adjunct Drawing Instructor,Metropolitan College,Omaha,NE
1997-2013 Drawing Instructor;Joslyn Art Museum;Omaha,NE
2000-2002 Curator,Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery,Blue Barn Theatre,
Omaha,NE
2000-2002 Costume Shop Foreman,Omaha Theatre Company for Young People,
Omaha,NE
1991-2000 Exhibiting Member,Thirteenth Street Gallery Collective,Omaha,NE
1998- 1999 Drawing Instructor,Bemis Center for Contemporary Art,CAT
Center,Omaha,NE
1995- 1996 Drawing Instructor;Creighton University;Omaha,NE
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PROJECTS and RESIDENCIES
2015 -Album Cover Artwork:Percipience,Compositions by Michael Murray,Navona Records
-Artist in Residence:Watson Elementary Pastel Drawings,Hastings,NE
-Artistic Collaborator:Thirty-six Views of 0,The National Institute for the Lost
2014 - Featured Artist: Pangolin House:An International Journal of Chinese &English-Language Poetry, Vol. 2
Issue 3,Summer/Fall 2014
-Artist in Residence:Autism Action Partnership Drawing Day Camp,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:LaVista West 50th Anniversary Quilt Project,LaVista,NE
- Artist in Residence: UNO SummerWorks and Omaha Parks Department Mural Hanscom Postcard,
Omaha Hanscom Park,NE
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids Family Entry Mural(part 1),Omaha,NE
2013 -Artist in Residence:Autism Action Partnership Drawing Day Camp,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids History Mural continuation,Omaha,NE
2012 -Set Designer:"Raskol":Great Plains Theatre Conference Playfest,Omaha,NE
-Cover Artwork:L'Esprit Createur"The Recent Work of Luce Irigaray",Volume 5,Fall 2012
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids Hallway Neighborhoods,Omaha,NE
2011 -Artist in Residence:Jackson Elementary Self-portraits, Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Completely Kids Art Quilt Project,Omaha,NE
2010 -Participating Artist:Food Bank Folio,Print collaboration with UNO Print Workshop,Omaha,NE
2009 -Residency:Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (4 week residency),Nebraska City,NE
-Professional Development Workshop:Creative Capital and Nebraska Arts Council,Omaha,NE
2008 - Artist in Residence: "Reach for Your Dreams", Mutual of Omaha/Campfire USA/United States
Swimming collaboration.
-Lead Artist:Campfire USA Historical Mural Project,Omaha,NE
2007 -Feature Illustrator:Omaha Summer Arts Festival
-Illustrator:`Journey the Sacred In-Between",Prisma Press
2006 -Residency:Barker Art Project(3 month residency),Omaha,NE
2005 -Illustrator: "Send Me Tulips",Prisma Press
-Judge: "Nebraska Scholastic Art Exhibition" -2-D,Omaha,NE
-"BenchMarks": City-wide Public Art,Omaha,NE
2004 -Judge:Omaha Catholic Schools Annual Art Exhibition,Omaha,NE
-Lead Artist:Lewis and Clark Icon Project,Lauritzen Gardens site,Omaha,NE
-Illustrator:Omaha Theater Company for Young People 2004/05 Season Brochure,Omaha,NE
2002 - Judge: "Eastern Nebraska Regional Scholastic Art Exhibition", Omaha Public Schools
Administration Center,Omaha,NE
-"J. Doe Project": City-wide public art;Omaha,NE
2000 -Lead Artist:Lewis and Clark Middle School/Crossroads Mall Mural Project,Omaha,NE
1999 -Artist in residence: "4H Summer of service" arts session,Omaha,NE
1998 -Lead Artist:BUMP (Bemis Urban Mural Project),Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts&Solomon
Girls Center,Omaha,NE
-Lead Artist: "4H Summer of Service"portable mural project,Omaha,NE
1997 -Artist in Residence:"Arts on the green 1997",Joslyn Art Museum,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Sacred Heart Elementary,Omaha,NE
-Judge: "UNO Annual Student Show",University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha,NE
1996 -"The Nebraska Review"Vol.24 Number 2,Cover piece for the biannual
publication of the Writers Workshop,University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha,NE
-Artist in Residence:Everett School,Lincoln,NE
-Artist in Residence: "Rodin Celebration",Joslyn Art Museum,Omaha,NE
1995 -Judge: "Western Iowa Regional Scholastic Art Exhibition",Iowa Western Community College,
Council Bluffs,IA
KK PLUHACEK VITAE PAGE 3
HONORS and JURIED COMPETITIONS
2011 - "Omaha Entertainment&Arts Awards",Nominee Best 2-D artist,Best Solo Show
2007 - "Omaha Entertainment&Arts Awards",Best in Show Drawing
1998 - "Smithtown Township Arts Council Twenty-third Annual Juried Fine Arts
Competition",Mills Pond House,St.James,NY
-"27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition",Heuser Art Center,
Bradley University,Peoria,IL
1997 -"1997 Prairie Lights Arts Showcase",Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE,Award of Merit
1995 -"1995 Prairie Lights Arts Showcase",Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE
-"16th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition",Columbia College Art
Center,Columbia,MO
1994 - "1994 Diverse Visions Regional Interdisciplinary Grants",NEA funded Intermedia Arts MN,Grant
received for the creation of "Variance in a Box", a site-specific multi-media work created in
collaboration with composer Michael Murray
- "1994 Prairie Lights Arts Showcase",Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE,Award of Merit
1993 -"First Images-Artist Sketches",Bellevue College School of Art Gallery,NE
SOLO &2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 -"Kristin Pluhacek-Drawings",The Garden of the Zodiac,Omaha,NE
- "Shapes&Layers",Cathedral Arts Project Sunderland Gallery,Omaha,NE
2013 -New Works,MLB Designs Gallery,Kansas City,MO
2012 -New Works,Anderson/O'Brien Fine Art,Omaha,NE
- "Drought Relief',MLB Designs Gallery,Kansas City,MO
- "Kristin Pluhacek",Highland Community College Yost Art Gallery,Highland,KS
2011 - "Weeds/Pods/Seeds"&"Landscapes",Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha's Botanical Center,Omaha,NE
-"Kristin Pluhacek",Nebraska Governor's Residence Conference Room,Lincoln,NE
2009 -"Pain Scale Revisited",Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery,Blue Barn Theatre,Omaha,NE
2008 -"All Play",Dundee Gallery,Omaha,NE
- "Too Much Radio",Om Center,Omaha,NE
2006 -New Works on Silk and Paper,Gallery 72,Omaha,NE
- "What Remains",Nebraska Arts Council Fred Simon Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Figures,some Flowers"Norfolk Arts Center,Norfolk,NE
-"close/near/distant/far",Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha's Botanical Center,Omaha,NE
2005 -"New Works",Anderson/O'Brien Fine Art,Omaha,NE
2004 -"Pastel Interpretations",Lauritzen Gardens,Omaha's Botanical Center,Omaha,NE
2003 -"Kristin Pluhacek-New Work",Professional Darkroom Gallery,Omaha,NE
2001 -"New Works",Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery in the Blue Barn Theatre,Omaha,NE
2000 -"Issues of Figure and Ground,Oh My!",Creighton University Lied Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
1999 -"Pastel Portraits",Stillwater Art Gallery,Western Nevada Community College,Fallon,NV
-"Portraits",The Sturm Library Gallery,Truckee Meadows Community College,Reno,NV
-"Unwound Cocoon-Works on Silk and Paper",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha, NE
1998 -"Unaccompanied,Unattended,Odd",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1997 -"McGilvrey/Pluhacek",Chadron State College,Chadron,NE
-"Blur",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1996 -" Studies of the Human Figure"Nebraska Now Series,Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,NE
-"How I Spent my Summer Vacation",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1995 -"Bits",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Variance in a Box", Site specific work presented in rural Knox County, NE (Collaboration with
Composer Michael Murray)
1994 -"Blah, Blah, Blah", Thirteenth Street Gallery, Omaha, NE (Collaborative works with Composer
Michael Murray)
1993 -"Kristin K.Pluhacek-Recent Work",Antiquarium Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"All This and Color Too!",Thirteenth Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
1992 -"Kristin K.Pluhacek",Iowa Western Community College School of Art Gallery,Council Bluffs,LA
KK PLUHACEK VITAE PAGE 4
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 -"Maiz",El Museo Latino,Omaha,NE&Museo de Filatelia,Oaxaca,Mexico
-"Intentionality",Prescott Gallery,Lincoln,NE
2014 -"Dundee Gallery:7 Years/ 7 Artists",Dundee Gallery,Omaha,NE
2013 -"Museum(A-Alternative History",RNG Gallery,Council Bluffs,IA
-"LFF Ciao",Caesium Gallery,Omaha,NE
2011 -"Old Friends,New Work",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
2009 - "Mark Makers",Jackson Artworks,Omaha,NE
2008 -"Crazy Eights",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
-"Sophisticated Children",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
2007 -"4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse and 7 Deadly Sins",Hot Shops Art Center,Omaha,NE
2005 -"Things We Forgot To Say:Old Friends,New Work",Nicholas Street Gallery,Omaha,NE
2003 -"Metro Faculty Art Exhibit",Metropolitan Community College,Omaha,NE
2002 -"5 Women Wearing the Same Dress",Abbott/Pinkoff Gallery in the Blue Barn Theatre,Omaha,NE
1999 -"Printmakers",Gallery 72,Omaha,NE
-"Out of the Ashes",Creighton University Lied Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
1998 -"Paper Dolls:Self-Portrait Narratives",Creighton University Lied Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Two Views of Self: Self-portraits by Nebraska Artists", University of Nebraska at Omaha,Weber
Fine Arts Gallery,Omaha,NE
1997 -"ARTworks",Jackson Artworks,Omaha,NE
1996 -"Site Omaha" (A public art project by C. Harper),Jackson Artworks & various vending locations,
Omaha,NE
-"13th Street/Gallery 9 Exchange",Gallery 9,Lincoln,NE
1995 -"Eden's Promise",Creighton University Fine Arts Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Erotic Art",Antiquarium Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Final Images",Bellevue College School of Art Gallery,Bellevue,NE
1994 -"Bad Girls Midwest",College of Saint Mary Hillmer Art Gallery,Omaha,NE
-"Fete Nouvelle II",Jackson Artworks,Omaha,NE
1992 -"On Canvas,On Paper",Bellevue College School of Art Gallery,Bellevue,NE
1991 -Instituto Guatemalteco Americano,Guatemala City,Guatemala
C-25A CITY OF OMAHA '
LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER
Omaha,Nebraska
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, Sections 27-121, et seq. of the Omaha Municipal Code provides for
the creation and operation of the Public Art Commission; and,
WHEREAS, Paul Konchagulian's term will expire September 24, 2015; and,
WHEREAS, Mayor Stothert desires to appoint Kristin Pluhacek to fill the
position of visual artist on the Public Art Commission for a three-year term to commence on
September 25, 2015, and expire on September 24, 2018.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT, the appointment of Kristin Pluhacek to fill the position of visual artist on
the Public Art Commission for a three-year term, which will commence on September 25, 2015,
and expire on September 24, 2018, is hereby confirmed.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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hereby confirmed.
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