Curriculum Vitae
Education
2016: MFA, Painting, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2007: BS magna cum laude, Art (Emphasis: Art Education and Visual Arts), South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
2007: BS magna cum laude, Liberal Studies, (Minor in Religion), South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Solo Exhibitions
2020: Existential Crisis Gift Shop, Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Klaire A. Lockheart, The Beard Gallery, Frotone, Italy
2019-20: Feminine Attempts, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2019: Ladylike Representations, Gallery 120, Inver Grove Heights, MN
2018: A is for Apron, Ritz Gallery, Brookings, SD
2017: Klaire Lockheart, Sioux Falls Arts Council, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: Feminine Attempts, Jeschke Fine Art Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: Domestic Sarcasm, The Garage, Rapid City, SD
2015: Feminine Attempts, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015: Emerging Artist, Sioux Falls Design Center, Sioux Falls, SD
2012: NBDS, Strauss Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE
2010: Women of Mystery, Silver of Oz, Omaha, NE
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2020: Embodiment, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN (with Kristin Hoelscher-Schacker and Becca Cerra)
2020: Klaire Skull Goth-o-Rama, No. 7 Center, Vermillion, SD (with Aaron C. Packard)
2017: February, Pine Center for the Arts, Pine City, MN (with Amy Grubbs)
2016: Perception: Perspective, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (with Jacob Dugas)
2014: Retelling, Student Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD (with Jennifer H. Padgett)
2014: Grand Opening, Gallery 112, Sioux Falls, SD (with Reanna Schultz)
Group Exhibitions
2020: Open Door XVI, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Curated by Russ White)
2020: Persistence: Continuing the Struggle for Suffrage and Equality, 1830-2020, Ramsey County Historical Society Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2020: Her Flag, Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR
2020: 19, Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, SD
2020: Local Perspectives, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (Juried by Al Harris-Fernandez)
2020: How Will They Know We Were Here? 100 Years Beyond Women’s Suffrage, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2020: Creative Distancing, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2020: Correspondances, Lien d’Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
2020: Project Ms. Assembled Reformation, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2020: Odyssey, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Cory Knedler, Lisa McElrath, and Becky McElroy)
2020: 6x6x2020: International Small Art Phenomenon, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2020: PO-MO II, Selçuk University, Selçuk, Turkey (Curated by Hikmet Sahin)
2019-20: South Dakota Governor’s 8th Biennial Art Exhibition, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings; Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City; John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, and Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Lynn Verschoor, Denise Du Broy, Meagan Dion, and Kate Skelly)
2019: Greetings From, Squirrel Haus Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2019: 6x6x2019: International Small Art Phenomenon, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2018: Glass Kosmos, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2018-19: Finding our Voices, Museum of Visual Materials, Sioux Falls, SD; Jeschke Fine Art Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2018: Escape, Red Garage Studio, Minneapolis, MN
2018: Women’s Work, Cyrus M. Running Gallery, Moorhead, MN (Juried by Mallory Nermoe, Dr. Susan Lee, Mr. Michelle Lelwica, and Dr. Philip Lemaster)
2018: Sioux Empire Art Educators Invitational, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2018: 7th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre Arts Center, Orange City, IA
2018: A Ripple Effect, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Jim Clark, Molly Engquist, and Kate Skelly)
2018: The Wall, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2017: Figuring it Out: Five Female Artists Exploring the Female Idea, Buena Vista University Gallery, Storm Lake, IA
2017: Art Maze II, Exposure Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2017: Represent, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Jeff Ballard and Sheila Hazard)
2017-18: South Dakota Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City; South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings; John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, and Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Lynn Verschoor, Denise Du Broy, Meagan Dion, and Michelle St. Vrain)
2016: Benefit, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2016: Monsters, Blick, Roseville, MN
2016: Real People, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2016: Miniatures Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2016: The Local Artist Spring Exhibition, Monks, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: In the Making: Sustaining the Arts for 55 Years, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: MFA Graduate Student Exhibition, Mount Marty College Bede Art Gallery, Yankton, SD
2016: Figure50, Online Exhibition (Juried by Maureen Bloomfield)
2016: 29th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Juried by Larry Schuh)
2016: New Union / Re Union, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD (Curated by Sarah A. Hanson, Amy Fill, and Michelle St. Vrain)
2015: Gendered Perspectives, Hartmann Center Gallery, Peoria, IL (Juried by Jess T. Dugan)
2015: South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
2015: 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN (Juried by Colleen Sheehy)
2015: 28th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Juried by Liz Bashore Heeren)
2015: Corraborations 2015, University Libraries Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Curated by Michelle St. Vrain)
2015: University Invitational, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2014: Thrillistration, Eagles Club, Vermillion, SD
2014: 27th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Juried by Jodi Lundgren)
2014: Corraborations 2014, University Libraries Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Curated by Alison Erasmus)
2014: North Corner Artists, Student Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2013: Studio 301, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2013: Art Here, Vermillion Area Arts Council, Vermillion, SD
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2020: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2020: South Dakota Artist Emergency Relief Fund, Arts South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD and Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, MN
2020: Merit Award, Project Ms. Assembled Reformation, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2018-Present: Artist in Residence, Vermillion Area Arts Council, Vermillion, SD
2018: Juror’s Choice, A Ripple Effect, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: SPLASH Artist, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2016: Graduate Academic & Creative Research Grant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2015: People’s Choice Award, 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015: First Place 2D, 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015: President’s Celebration of University Leadership Award, Vermillion, SD
2015: Best of Show, 28th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, Vermillion, SD
2014, 2015: Harvey & Alwayne Gunderson Art Scholarship, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Teaching Experience
2019: Fine Arts Enrollment Coordinator/Middle School Art Teacher, University of South Dakota and Vermillion School District, Vermillion, SD
2018: Adjunct Graduate Instructor, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Drawing and Painting for K-12 Educators
2016-2019: Elementary and High School Art Teacher, Brandon Valley School District, Sioux Falls and Brandon, SD (Courses include Art 1 and Painting)
2016: South Dakota Teaching Certification
2016: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Painting 1 (Spring 2016) [Instructor of Record]
2014-2015: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Drawing 1 (Fall 2014, Spring 2015) [Instructor of Record]
2015: New York Travel Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Dr. Sarah Sik’s Art and Art History in New York (Spring 2015)
2014: Summer Camp Director, University Art Gallery, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2013-2014: Graduate Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Chelsey Wood’s Painting 1 (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
2007-2013: K-12 Art Teacher, Hinton Community School, Hinton, IA (Courses included Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Ceramics)
2007: Iowa Teaching Certification, K-8 Art and 5-12 Art
Presentations
“STEM to STEAM to Steampunk,” Winter 2019 Art Ed Now Conference, Presenter, Art of Education University, Osage, IA, February 2, 2019
“Women's Work,” Faith, Reason, & World Affairs Symposium-Power Plays: Why Gender Matters, panelist, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, September 18, 2018
“Share Time,” SDAEA Share, panel organizer, South Dakota Art Education Association, Brandon, SD, October 8, 2016
“Feminine Agency through Art and Performance,” Fine Arts, panelist, IdeaFest, Vermillion, SD, April 15, 2016
“Feminine Attempts,” PechaKucha Night Vol. 14, Sioux Falls Design Center, Sioux Falls, SD, June 5, 2015
“The Impact of Peer to Peer Mentorship amongst Graduate Teaching Assistants,” Art, panelist, IdeaFest, Vermillion, SD, April 15, 2015
“Collaborative Masterminds: When GTAs Join Forces to Benefit a Foundation Program,” Mentorship in the Midst of Change: The Impact Brought by Graduate Teaching Assistants in a Foundations Program, panelist, FATE: Tectonic Shifts, Indianapolis, IN, March 26, 2015
Selected Bibliography
Leah Leach, “Hilma af Klint - Klaire’s 1 Cool Scary Gal,” Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy, Noblesville, IN, August 10, 2020
Katherine Cooksey, “Ep.65 with feisty feminist artist Klaire Lockheart," Miss Art World, Los Angeles, CA, October 01, 2020
Leah Leach, “Statue of Liberty Protest - Klaire’s 1 Cool Suffragist Thing,” Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy, Noblesville, IN, August 10, 2020
Riva Sharples, “Have Fun Tonight, Friday The 13th, At Lockheart, Packard Art Reception,” Plain Talk, Vermillion, SD, March 13, 2020
Joshua Haiar and Lori Walsh, “Her Flag: Klaire Lockheart,” South Dakota Public Radio, Vermillion, SD, February 25, 2020
Brian Gevlik, “Her Flag 2020 – The South Dakota Stripe,” South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermillion, SD, February 10, 2020
Riva Sharples, “Vermillion Artist Contributes to National ‘Her Flag’ Project to Celebrated 19th Amendment,” Plain Talk, Vermillion, SD, January 31, 2020
Jody Heemstra, “South Dakota Stripe Added to National Women’s Suffrage Project,” DRG News, Pierre, SD, January 31, 2020
Jody Heemstra, “South Dakota Her Flag Stripe being Added Tonight at Cultural Heritage Center,” DRG News, Pierre, SD, January 30, 2020
Tracie Tuttle, “Sioux City Art Center Opens Two New Exhibits,” The Collegian Reporter (blog). December 20, 2019
Sheila Brummer, “Siouxland Artist’s ‘Feminine Attempts,’” Siouxland Public Media, Sioux City, IA, November 20, 2019
Earl Horlyk, “Vermillion Artist Takes Subversive Look at Feminism, Pop Culture,” Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA, November 17, 2019
Abbey Taylor, “Two Local Art Exhibits Open at Sioux City Art Center,” Siouxland News, Sioux City, IA, November 16, 2019
Brendan Todt, “Visual Artist Klaire Lockheart,” Take Whatever Beauty You Can Find, Sioux City, IA, November 13, 2019
Stephen Thurman, “HerFlag Celebrates Women’s Suffrage with Art,” Arts Alive, Sioux Falls, SD, June 2019
John Lamb, “Art ‘Work’ Concordia exhibit shows a woman's place in the gallery,” Inforum, Fargo, ND, September 16, 2018
Chris Laughery and Lori Walsh, “Artist Klaire Lockheart: A is for Apron,” South Dakota Public Radio, Sioux Falls, SD, January 16, 2018
“Art by and about Women,” The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, IA, November 15, 2017
Hillary Rosenscrants, “ArtSplash Settles into Riverside Location Well,” Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA, September 3, 2016
Mark Munger, “Artists Splash Onto the Scene This Weekend,” Siouxland Public Media, Sioux City, IA, September 2, 2016
Max B. O’Connell, “Artist blends Betty Crocker and Bettie Page,” Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD, July 11, 2016
Gretchen Gondek, “Wearable Art,” Siouxland Public Media, Sioux City, IA, June 24, 2016
Ben Gertner, “Klaire,” The Local Artist, Sioux Falls, SD, Spring, 2016
Sarah A. Hanson, New Union / Re Union: Catalogue of Exhibition. San Francisco: Blurb, 2016
Michael Zimny, “Vermillion Via NYC: "New Union / Re Union" Unites Poetry With Art,” South Dakota Public Broadcasting (blog), January 12, 2016
Chelsey Jo Johnson, “Empathy for leopard-print pumps,” Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN, October 11, 2015
“October impermanence and portraiture,” Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN, September 26, 2015
Stephen Hendricks, “August exhibits at MacRostie Art Center,” Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN, July 31, 2015
Angela Tewalt, “Kellen Boice: Perseverance is helping to fuel design community,” We Are OTA (blog). July 10, 2015
Maddy Ryan, “Sioux Falls Design Center,” Culture in the Suburbs (blog). June 18, 2015
“June 2015 First Friday Review,” Jam Art & Supplies (blog). June 09, 2015
Britney Thorns, “John A. Day Gallery Showcases Student Work,” The Volante, Vermillion, SD, March 09, 2015
Exhibitions Juried and Curated
2020: All Geared Up and Nowhere to Go, Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Vermillion Area Arts Council Solo Exhibition Series, Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Packard Group National Exhibition 2020, No. 7 Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Morningside Student Art Show, Eppley Gallery, Sioux City, IA
2020: Subversive Celebration: International Altered Card Exhibition, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2020: Scholastic Art Awards for South Dakota, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2019: USD Fall Painting Exhibition, Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts, Vermillion, SD
2019: VAAC 1st Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, First Dakota National Bank Coyote Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2016: Scholastic Art Awards for South Dakota, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2015: Scholastic Art Awards for South Dakota, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2016: MFA, Painting, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2007: BS magna cum laude, Art (Emphasis: Art Education and Visual Arts), South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
2007: BS magna cum laude, Liberal Studies, (Minor in Religion), South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Solo Exhibitions
2020: Existential Crisis Gift Shop, Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Klaire A. Lockheart, The Beard Gallery, Frotone, Italy
2019-20: Feminine Attempts, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2019: Ladylike Representations, Gallery 120, Inver Grove Heights, MN
2018: A is for Apron, Ritz Gallery, Brookings, SD
2017: Klaire Lockheart, Sioux Falls Arts Council, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: Feminine Attempts, Jeschke Fine Art Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: Domestic Sarcasm, The Garage, Rapid City, SD
2015: Feminine Attempts, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015: Emerging Artist, Sioux Falls Design Center, Sioux Falls, SD
2012: NBDS, Strauss Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE
2010: Women of Mystery, Silver of Oz, Omaha, NE
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2020: Embodiment, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN (with Kristin Hoelscher-Schacker and Becca Cerra)
2020: Klaire Skull Goth-o-Rama, No. 7 Center, Vermillion, SD (with Aaron C. Packard)
2017: February, Pine Center for the Arts, Pine City, MN (with Amy Grubbs)
2016: Perception: Perspective, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (with Jacob Dugas)
2014: Retelling, Student Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD (with Jennifer H. Padgett)
2014: Grand Opening, Gallery 112, Sioux Falls, SD (with Reanna Schultz)
Group Exhibitions
2020: Open Door XVI, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Curated by Russ White)
2020: Persistence: Continuing the Struggle for Suffrage and Equality, 1830-2020, Ramsey County Historical Society Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2020: Her Flag, Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR
2020: 19, Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, SD
2020: Local Perspectives, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (Juried by Al Harris-Fernandez)
2020: How Will They Know We Were Here? 100 Years Beyond Women’s Suffrage, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2020: Creative Distancing, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2020: Correspondances, Lien d’Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
2020: Project Ms. Assembled Reformation, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2020: Odyssey, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Cory Knedler, Lisa McElrath, and Becky McElroy)
2020: 6x6x2020: International Small Art Phenomenon, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2020: PO-MO II, Selçuk University, Selçuk, Turkey (Curated by Hikmet Sahin)
2019-20: South Dakota Governor’s 8th Biennial Art Exhibition, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings; Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City; John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, and Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Lynn Verschoor, Denise Du Broy, Meagan Dion, and Kate Skelly)
2019: Greetings From, Squirrel Haus Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2019: 6x6x2019: International Small Art Phenomenon, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2018: Glass Kosmos, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2018-19: Finding our Voices, Museum of Visual Materials, Sioux Falls, SD; Jeschke Fine Art Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2018: Escape, Red Garage Studio, Minneapolis, MN
2018: Women’s Work, Cyrus M. Running Gallery, Moorhead, MN (Juried by Mallory Nermoe, Dr. Susan Lee, Mr. Michelle Lelwica, and Dr. Philip Lemaster)
2018: Sioux Empire Art Educators Invitational, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2018: 7th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre Arts Center, Orange City, IA
2018: A Ripple Effect, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Jim Clark, Molly Engquist, and Kate Skelly)
2018: The Wall, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2017: Figuring it Out: Five Female Artists Exploring the Female Idea, Buena Vista University Gallery, Storm Lake, IA
2017: Art Maze II, Exposure Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2017: Represent, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Jeff Ballard and Sheila Hazard)
2017-18: South Dakota Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City; South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings; John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, and Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Juried by Lynn Verschoor, Denise Du Broy, Meagan Dion, and Michelle St. Vrain)
2016: Benefit, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2016: Monsters, Blick, Roseville, MN
2016: Real People, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2016: Miniatures Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2016: The Local Artist Spring Exhibition, Monks, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: In the Making: Sustaining the Arts for 55 Years, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: MFA Graduate Student Exhibition, Mount Marty College Bede Art Gallery, Yankton, SD
2016: Figure50, Online Exhibition (Juried by Maureen Bloomfield)
2016: 29th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Juried by Larry Schuh)
2016: New Union / Re Union, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD (Curated by Sarah A. Hanson, Amy Fill, and Michelle St. Vrain)
2015: Gendered Perspectives, Hartmann Center Gallery, Peoria, IL (Juried by Jess T. Dugan)
2015: South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
2015: 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN (Juried by Colleen Sheehy)
2015: 28th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Juried by Liz Bashore Heeren)
2015: Corraborations 2015, University Libraries Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Curated by Michelle St. Vrain)
2015: University Invitational, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2014: Thrillistration, Eagles Club, Vermillion, SD
2014: 27th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Juried by Jodi Lundgren)
2014: Corraborations 2014, University Libraries Gallery, Vermillion, SD (Curated by Alison Erasmus)
2014: North Corner Artists, Student Art Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2013: Studio 301, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2013: Art Here, Vermillion Area Arts Council, Vermillion, SD
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2020: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2020: South Dakota Artist Emergency Relief Fund, Arts South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD and Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, MN
2020: Merit Award, Project Ms. Assembled Reformation, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2018-Present: Artist in Residence, Vermillion Area Arts Council, Vermillion, SD
2018: Juror’s Choice, A Ripple Effect, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2016: SPLASH Artist, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2016: Graduate Academic & Creative Research Grant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2015: People’s Choice Award, 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015: First Place 2D, 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2015: President’s Celebration of University Leadership Award, Vermillion, SD
2015: Best of Show, 28th Annual Stilwell Exhibition, Vermillion, SD
2014, 2015: Harvey & Alwayne Gunderson Art Scholarship, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Teaching Experience
2019: Fine Arts Enrollment Coordinator/Middle School Art Teacher, University of South Dakota and Vermillion School District, Vermillion, SD
2018: Adjunct Graduate Instructor, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Drawing and Painting for K-12 Educators
2016-2019: Elementary and High School Art Teacher, Brandon Valley School District, Sioux Falls and Brandon, SD (Courses include Art 1 and Painting)
2016: South Dakota Teaching Certification
2016: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Painting 1 (Spring 2016) [Instructor of Record]
2014-2015: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Drawing 1 (Fall 2014, Spring 2015) [Instructor of Record]
2015: New York Travel Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Dr. Sarah Sik’s Art and Art History in New York (Spring 2015)
2014: Summer Camp Director, University Art Gallery, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2013-2014: Graduate Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, Chelsey Wood’s Painting 1 (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
2007-2013: K-12 Art Teacher, Hinton Community School, Hinton, IA (Courses included Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Ceramics)
2007: Iowa Teaching Certification, K-8 Art and 5-12 Art
Presentations
“STEM to STEAM to Steampunk,” Winter 2019 Art Ed Now Conference, Presenter, Art of Education University, Osage, IA, February 2, 2019
“Women's Work,” Faith, Reason, & World Affairs Symposium-Power Plays: Why Gender Matters, panelist, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, September 18, 2018
“Share Time,” SDAEA Share, panel organizer, South Dakota Art Education Association, Brandon, SD, October 8, 2016
“Feminine Agency through Art and Performance,” Fine Arts, panelist, IdeaFest, Vermillion, SD, April 15, 2016
“Feminine Attempts,” PechaKucha Night Vol. 14, Sioux Falls Design Center, Sioux Falls, SD, June 5, 2015
“The Impact of Peer to Peer Mentorship amongst Graduate Teaching Assistants,” Art, panelist, IdeaFest, Vermillion, SD, April 15, 2015
“Collaborative Masterminds: When GTAs Join Forces to Benefit a Foundation Program,” Mentorship in the Midst of Change: The Impact Brought by Graduate Teaching Assistants in a Foundations Program, panelist, FATE: Tectonic Shifts, Indianapolis, IN, March 26, 2015
Selected Bibliography
Leah Leach, “Hilma af Klint - Klaire’s 1 Cool Scary Gal,” Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy, Noblesville, IN, August 10, 2020
Katherine Cooksey, “Ep.65 with feisty feminist artist Klaire Lockheart," Miss Art World, Los Angeles, CA, October 01, 2020
Leah Leach, “Statue of Liberty Protest - Klaire’s 1 Cool Suffragist Thing,” Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy, Noblesville, IN, August 10, 2020
Riva Sharples, “Have Fun Tonight, Friday The 13th, At Lockheart, Packard Art Reception,” Plain Talk, Vermillion, SD, March 13, 2020
Joshua Haiar and Lori Walsh, “Her Flag: Klaire Lockheart,” South Dakota Public Radio, Vermillion, SD, February 25, 2020
Brian Gevlik, “Her Flag 2020 – The South Dakota Stripe,” South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermillion, SD, February 10, 2020
Riva Sharples, “Vermillion Artist Contributes to National ‘Her Flag’ Project to Celebrated 19th Amendment,” Plain Talk, Vermillion, SD, January 31, 2020
Jody Heemstra, “South Dakota Stripe Added to National Women’s Suffrage Project,” DRG News, Pierre, SD, January 31, 2020
Jody Heemstra, “South Dakota Her Flag Stripe being Added Tonight at Cultural Heritage Center,” DRG News, Pierre, SD, January 30, 2020
Tracie Tuttle, “Sioux City Art Center Opens Two New Exhibits,” The Collegian Reporter (blog). December 20, 2019
Sheila Brummer, “Siouxland Artist’s ‘Feminine Attempts,’” Siouxland Public Media, Sioux City, IA, November 20, 2019
Earl Horlyk, “Vermillion Artist Takes Subversive Look at Feminism, Pop Culture,” Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA, November 17, 2019
Abbey Taylor, “Two Local Art Exhibits Open at Sioux City Art Center,” Siouxland News, Sioux City, IA, November 16, 2019
Brendan Todt, “Visual Artist Klaire Lockheart,” Take Whatever Beauty You Can Find, Sioux City, IA, November 13, 2019
Stephen Thurman, “HerFlag Celebrates Women’s Suffrage with Art,” Arts Alive, Sioux Falls, SD, June 2019
John Lamb, “Art ‘Work’ Concordia exhibit shows a woman's place in the gallery,” Inforum, Fargo, ND, September 16, 2018
Chris Laughery and Lori Walsh, “Artist Klaire Lockheart: A is for Apron,” South Dakota Public Radio, Sioux Falls, SD, January 16, 2018
“Art by and about Women,” The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, IA, November 15, 2017
Hillary Rosenscrants, “ArtSplash Settles into Riverside Location Well,” Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, IA, September 3, 2016
Mark Munger, “Artists Splash Onto the Scene This Weekend,” Siouxland Public Media, Sioux City, IA, September 2, 2016
Max B. O’Connell, “Artist blends Betty Crocker and Bettie Page,” Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD, July 11, 2016
Gretchen Gondek, “Wearable Art,” Siouxland Public Media, Sioux City, IA, June 24, 2016
Ben Gertner, “Klaire,” The Local Artist, Sioux Falls, SD, Spring, 2016
Sarah A. Hanson, New Union / Re Union: Catalogue of Exhibition. San Francisco: Blurb, 2016
Michael Zimny, “Vermillion Via NYC: "New Union / Re Union" Unites Poetry With Art,” South Dakota Public Broadcasting (blog), January 12, 2016
Chelsey Jo Johnson, “Empathy for leopard-print pumps,” Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN, October 11, 2015
“October impermanence and portraiture,” Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN, September 26, 2015
Stephen Hendricks, “August exhibits at MacRostie Art Center,” Herald Review, Grand Rapids, MN, July 31, 2015
Angela Tewalt, “Kellen Boice: Perseverance is helping to fuel design community,” We Are OTA (blog). July 10, 2015
Maddy Ryan, “Sioux Falls Design Center,” Culture in the Suburbs (blog). June 18, 2015
“June 2015 First Friday Review,” Jam Art & Supplies (blog). June 09, 2015
Britney Thorns, “John A. Day Gallery Showcases Student Work,” The Volante, Vermillion, SD, March 09, 2015
Exhibitions Juried and Curated
2020: All Geared Up and Nowhere to Go, Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Vermillion Area Arts Council Solo Exhibition Series, Washington Street Arts Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Packard Group National Exhibition 2020, No. 7 Center, Vermillion, SD
2020: Morningside Student Art Show, Eppley Gallery, Sioux City, IA
2020: Subversive Celebration: International Altered Card Exhibition, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2020: Scholastic Art Awards for South Dakota, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2019: USD Fall Painting Exhibition, Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts, Vermillion, SD
2019: VAAC 1st Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, First Dakota National Bank Coyote Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2016: Scholastic Art Awards for South Dakota, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2015: Scholastic Art Awards for South Dakota, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
