CRAIG HAWKINS
  • WORK
    • Available Work
    • Tree Symbolism
    • Square Halo + Rabbit Room Press
    • Cosmos in Chaos
    • Beautiful
    • Emmaus Road
    • Bread series
    • past work >
      • Hymn Series
      • Superventions
      • Box series
      • Notice series
      • Birds
      • Color Code
      • Rendered
      • Other work
  • CV
  • VIDEO
  • PRINTSTORE

CRAIG HAWKINS

Born. 1978, Laurinburg, NC

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

​2011       MFA – Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2001       BFA Fine Art – Valdosta State University
1998       Northumbria University Exchange Program in Newcastle, England, Fall 1998
1996       ​Georgia Governor’s Honors Summer Program in Visual Art

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

​2020 - present       Professor  Valdosta State University
2015 - 2020       Associate Professor (tenured 8/01/2016) Valdosta State University
2011 - 2015       Assistant Professor  (tenure track)  Valdosta State University
Courses taught: ​
  • Drawing I – ART 1010
  • Drawing II - ART 1011
  • Advanced Drawing - ART 4024
  • Figure Drawing - ART 3023 
  • Adv Figure Drawing - ART 4190
  • Expressive Figure Drawing - ART 4150
  • Printmaking I - ART 3051
  • Two-Dimensional Design – ART 1020
  • Painting I - ART 3041
  • Painting II – ART 4042
  • Expressions of Faith thru Art - ART 4150
  • Abstract Expressionism - ART 4150
  • Transcending the Photo Reference - ART 4150
  • Cultural Models - ART 4150
  • Watercolor & Tattoo Culture - ART 4150
  • ​Mural Painting - ART 4190
Responsibilities:
  • Developing course curriculum.
  • Demonstrating numerous drawing, painting, and compositional techniques and strategies.
  • Maintaining the drawing studios including:  sweeping, organizing studio fixtures and still life materials.
  • Working with and coordinating live model schedules every semester.
  • College, Departmental, and University Committee Assignments
  • Departmental Academic Mentoring for BFA & BA Art Majors
  • Departmental Academic Advising for BFA & BA Art Majors
​2012 - present       Visual Arts Instructor, Governor's Honors Program, Valdosta, Georgia, Rome, Georgia, and Statesboro, Georgia
​Workshops included:
-        Hand/Eye Synchronicity and Visual Measuring
-        Mixed Media and Mark-Making
-        Image Transfers & gold leaf application
​Responsibilities:
-        Developing course curriculum for Vis Art Majors
-        Developing course curriculum for Vis Art Minors
-        Designing Visual Art Major and Minor T-shirts
-        Designing GHP Faculty T-shirts

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2007 - Present     Mason Fine Art, 764 Miami Cir NE #150, Atlanta, GA 30324​​
2014 - 2020       Anne Neilson Fine Art, 118 East Kingston Ave, Suite 16, Charlotte, North Carolina

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025       Manifest: Matt Armstrong & Craig Hawkins, 1740 Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2024       Every Moment Holy, Square Halo Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2023       ​2023 Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
​2023       ​Beyond Belief, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
​2022       ​Revealed, The King’s College, New York City, New York
2021       Revealed, Coram Deo Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
​2021       ​Personal SPACE: A selection of paintings by Craig Hawkins, Plough Gallery, Tifton, Georgia
​2020       ​Embodiment II, Moon Gallery, Mt. Berry, Georgia
​2020       ​Valdosta Artists Sean Hurley and Craig Hawkins, Thomas University Art Gallery, Thomasville, Georgia
​2019       ​Beautiful: A collaborative exhibition witnessing to the remarkable beauty in the face of suffering, RZIM Canada Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
​2019       ​Beautiful: A collaborative exhibition witnessing to the remarkable beauty in the face of suffering, Sojourn Arts, Louisville, Kentucky
​2019       ​Perceptions of Self(ie), Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, Massachusetts
2018       ​Emmaus Road by Craig Hawkins, Square Halo Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
​2018       ​SELFIE: Identity at Arm’s Length, Still Point Arts, Alpharetta, Georgia
​2017       ​Emmaus Road by Craig Hawkins, Sojourn Arts, Louisville, Kentucky
​2017       ​November Group Exhibition, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
​2017       ​Drawing Connections, Cobra Gallery, The Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts Lodz, Poland
​2016       ​Reflections of Generosity: Reflections of the Soul, Pentagon, Washington, DC
​2016       ​Inspiration: Foundations, Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth, Illinois​
2016       ​Craig Hawkins, Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola, Florida
​2015       ​Becoming Human: works by Craig Hawkins, Genema Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
​2015       ​3rd Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition, The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
​​2015       ​Annual Small Works Show, Anne Neilson Fine Art, Charlotte, North Carolina

PUBLICATIONS

2023       ​McKelvey, Douglas Kaine. Every Moment Holy Volume III: The Work of the People. Every Moment Holy, 2023. Print
2022       ​New American Paintings, No. 160, South, pg. 72-75, The Open Studio Press (Juried exhibition-in-print)​. Print
​2021       ​Guite, Malcom. Lifting the Veil: Imaginations and the Kingdom of God. Baltimore: Square Halo, 2021. Print
2018       ​Wolfe, Gregory. Intruding Upon the Timeless: Meditations on Art, Faith, and Mystery. Baltimore: Square Halo, 2018. Print
​2016       ​Lucas, Craig. Ode to Joy: New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2016. Print
2016       Krysa, Danielle. “Craig Hawkins.” The Jealous Curator. 25 May 2016. Web
​2015       ​Bustard, Ned. Revealed: A Storybook Bible for Grown-Ups. Baltimore: Square Halo, 2015. Print.
2015       ​Franz, Jason, comp. Manifest International Drawing Annual INDA 9. Vol. 9. Cincinnati: Manifest, 2015. p. 104. Print 
2012       Juxtapoz Magazine, n132, January 2012, p. 124
2011       New American Paintings, No. 93, MFA Annual, pg. 68-71, The Open Studio Press (Juried exhibition-in-print). Print
2010       “Craig Hawkins.” Booooooom. 14 October 2010. Web
2009       Rosser, Emily. "Craig Hawkins." Daily Serving: An International Publication for Contemporary Art. 8 August 2009. Web

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

2023       ​Speaker, VSU Brown Bag Lecture Series “Rooted in Scripture: Tree Symbolism by Craig Hawkins”
​2020       ​Speaker, TEDxValdostaState 2020

S E R V I C E    T O     P R O F E S S I O N,   U N I V E R S I T Y,   &   C O M M U N I T Y

2020 – Present       Website Editor, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery
2014 – Present       Website Editor, Department of Art & Design, Valdosta State University
2020 – 2013       Graphic Designer, DRAWPROJECT Catalogue
2019 – 2018       Website Editor, stillpointarts.org
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  • WORK
    • Available Work
    • Tree Symbolism
    • Square Halo + Rabbit Room Press
    • Cosmos in Chaos
    • Beautiful
    • Emmaus Road
    • Bread series
    • past work >
      • Hymn Series
      • Superventions
      • Box series
      • Notice series
      • Birds
      • Color Code
      • Rendered
      • Other work
  • CV
  • VIDEO
  • PRINTSTORE