BIO/CV

Born - Beatrice, Nebraska, USA

Lives and works in Wichita, Kansas, USA

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1978-1981: Wichita State University School of Art and Design, Wichita, Kansas.  MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN PAINTING/DRAWING, 1981.

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1972 - 1977: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Kearney State College), Kearney, Nebraska, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING, 1977.

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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

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1992 - 2017:  Professor Of Art, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas

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1981 - 1992:  Adjunct Instructor of Art (Visiting Assistant Professor), Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 

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1977 - 1981: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wichita State University School of Art and Design. Wichita, Kansas.

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1981 - 1986:  Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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Duo Exhibit - Divergent Voices - John Oehm and Eric Schmidt, Harvester Arts at the Lux, Wichita, KS, November, 2025

 

Group Exhibit - Size Matters (Large Works), Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, March - July, 2025

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Group Exhibit - Centered, 1516 Gallery, 1516 Leavenworth St., Omaha, Nebraska, March - May 2024

 

​Duo Exhibit - John Oehm and Valerie Haring, Reuben Saunders Gallery, September, 2022.

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Group Exhigit - Innaugural invitational Exhibit, Markarts- The Mary R Koch Arts Center, 1307 N. Rock Road, Wichita, Kansas, January, 2018.

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Group Exhibit- Large, Steckline Gallery, Newman University, Wichita, Kansas, October, 2014.

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Group Exhibit - From the Collection of..., Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas, 2014.

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Duo Exhibit - About Face, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas, 2009.

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Group Exhibit - All's Fair in Art and Politics, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas, 2008.

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Duo Exhibit - Work from the Warm Winter, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas, 2006.

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Solo Exhibit - John Oehm, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, 2004.

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Group Exhibit - By Ourselves, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Ks, March, 2000.

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Group Exhibit - The Human Form:  A Kansas Survey,  Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas, March, 1998.

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Juried Exhibit - Salina 13 - a five state competition, April - May, 1992.

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Solo Exhibit - John Oehm Paintings and Drawings - The Walker Gallery, The University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, July - August, 1990.

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Solo Exhibit - John Oehm, Wichita Center for the Arts, (Markarts), 9200 E. Central Ave., Wichita Kansas, 1990.​

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Solo Exhibit - John Oehm, University of Wisconsin at Fox Valley, Fox Valley, Wisconsin. 1989.

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Group Exhibit - Not Just Another Pretty Face, The Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, October 1987 - January, 1988.

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Juried Exhibit - Salina 9 - The Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, October 1987.

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Group Exhibit - The Director's Invitational - The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas,February - March, 1987.

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Group Exhibit - Kansas Black and White, The Phoenix Art Institute, Wichita, Kansas, November, 1985.

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Solo Exhibit - John Oehm - Figures and Portraits, The Art Department Gallery, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, March - April, 1985.

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Solo Exhibit - Motion Pictures, The Art Mart Gallery, Wichita, Kansas, July - August, 1984.

 

Group Exhibit - Aspects of Portraiture,  the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, November, 1983 - January, 1984.

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Juried Competition - The Rockford International Drawing and Print Biennale, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, March - April 1982.

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Group Exhibit -  Faculty Art Exhibit,  Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado, Kansas,  1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017.

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Group Exhibit - School of Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibit, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992.

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 COLLECTIONS 

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Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas​

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Friends University, Wichita, Kansas

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University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska

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Emprise Bank, Wichita, Kansas

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Martin Pringle Law Offices, Wichita, Kansas

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Federal District Courts in the cities of:

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          -Albuquerque, New Mexico 

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          -Santa Fe, New Mexico

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          -Las Cruces, New Mexico

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          -Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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          -Muskogee, Oklahoma

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          -Topeka, Kansas

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          -Wichita, Kansas

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Many private collections

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