Rex Kare – Artist, Educator
Rex Kare is an artist and educator currently residing in North Texas. Having received his Masters of Fine Art at the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art, Rex produces artworks in a multitude of mediums for public and private commission, and exhibition. Many of his artworks can be found around the North Texas area, as well as in collections throughout the United States and abroad.
Currently on sabbatical for 2023, he is also a professor of art at Collin College, in Plano, TX, where he instructs painting and figure drawing courses. He will return to instructing in the spring semester of 2024.
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Education
1996 Masters of Fine Art, New York Academy of Art, Graduate school of Figurative Art, New York, NY
1994 Bachelors of Art, Studio Art Painting, University of Dallas Irving, TX
Selected Commissions
2022 “Five Luminous Mysteries” - Oil Paintings for Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Rosenberg, TX
2019 “The Four Seasons” – Stained Glass, for Baylor Scott and White, College Station, TX
2018 “The Wedding of Joseph and Mary” – Oil painting for St. Joseph Parish, Richardson, TX
2016 “Pieta” – Bronze for St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Frisco, TX
2015 “Beacon” – Stained glass for Fire Station 27, Dallas TX
2015 “Bona Mors” – Painting for St Joseph’s Parish, Richardson, TX
2013 “Sta Maria Guadalupe Rose Window” – Stained Glass Rose window for St. Cecilia Parish, Dallas, TX
2012 “Communion of Saints” – Half dome stained glass for St Martin de Porres Parish, Lake Charles, LA
2010 “Aeolian Forms” Lochwood Library Sculpture – Commissioned by Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
2010 “Air on Blake” Lochwood Library Sculpture – Commissioned by Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
Exhibitions
2021 “FACE 2021, The 57th Annual Exhibition” London, England
2021 “Parallels and Peripheries”, Group Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
2018 “Drawing the Line” Solo Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, TX
2018 “Disorderly Conduct”, Group Exhibition, Julie Richey Mosaics, Dallas, TX
2017 “Paint Interactions”, Group Exhibition, Collin College, Plano, TX
2007-2022 Faculty Exhibitions, Collin College art Department, Plano, TX
Instructor Positions
2014- Current Collin College, Plano, TX – Professor of Art, Painting, Drawing, Figure Drawing
2008 Fall University of Dallas, Irving, TX – Adjunct Assistant Professor, Life Drawing
2007- 2014 Collin College, Plano, TX – Adjunct Professor, Painting I, II, Portfolio; Life Drawing I
2002-2005 University of Dallas Irving, TX – Adjunct Assistant Professor, Figure Drawing, Intermediate and Advanced Painting
2004-2005 Brookhaven College Farmers Branch, TX – Visiting Scholar, Art Appreciation, Figure Drawing
2002-2004 Brookhaven College Farmers Branch, TX – Adjunct instructor of Art, Art Appreciation
Awards and Interviews
2010 Interview with Art and Seek for the Lochwood Library Sculptures
2019 Texas Society of Architects Design Award, Fire Station 27, Dallas, TX