Biography
DAVE YUST
BORN Wichita, Kansas 1939
Currently resides Fort Collins, CO
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Drawing and Painting, University of Oregon, 1969
B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting, University of Kansas, 1963
Studied Architecture, Kansas State University, 1959-1961
Studied Aeronautical Engineering, Wichita State University, 1957-1959
Studied with Dr. Birger Sandzen, Lindsborg, Kansas, summer 1951
SELECT ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 40+ Years of Printmaking / A Retrospective, Loveland Museum Gallery, Loveland, CO
2008 Looking Back / Looking Forward 1970's - 2008, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2006 Chromaxiologic Š Inclusion Series, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO October 11 Š November 14
2005 Painting in Circles and other Abstract Works, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
2004 OÕSullivan Art Center, Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Regis University, Denver, CO
2003 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Painting in Circles and Other Abstract Works 1966-2003
Fort Collins, CO
2003 The Rourke Art Museum, Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Moorhead, MN
2002 Saint Paul Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
2002 The Art Center, Inclusion Series Paintings and Monotypes, Western Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2000 Recent Paintings and Monotypes, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
1999 Inclusion Series, Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1999 Diptychs 1968-1999, Curfman Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
1998 Wichita Center for The Arts, Wichita, KS
1994 Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1991 Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
1989 Saint Paul Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
1987 Inclusion Series, The Birger Sandzen Memorial Art Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
1985 Works from Inclusion Series, Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, MN
1979 Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE., (organized by the Wichita Art Museum)
1979 Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
1977 Rourke Art Gallery Museum, Moorhead, MN
1977 Joseph Magnin Gallery, Denver, CO
1976 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1975 Sol Del Rio, San Antonio, TX
1974 Habitat Galleries, Deaborn, MI., 1974
1973 Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Colorado Abstract, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2006 Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
2005 Colorado Collection, The Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO
2005 American Ambassador Ralph FrankÕs residence, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 Denver Art Museum, Scene Colorado/Sin Colorado, Denver, CO
2004 Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Art of ArtÕs Sake, Colorado Springs, CO
2004 3rd Bradford Briton Memorial Invitational Exhibition, Big Horn, WY
2004 15th Year Open Press Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado Springs, CO
2004 Vance Kirkland- 8 Colorado Painter's Life, the Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO
2003 5th Anniversary Exhibition: 27 Painters and Sculptors, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
2003 Purdue 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Robert I. Ringel Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
2002 Hard Edge Abstraction, Rock Mountains College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2001 Four from the Fort, Laramie CO. Community College, Cheyenne, WY
2001 Four from the Fort, Laramie CO. Community College, Cheyenne, WY
2000 Wichita Center for the Arts, Traditions in Printmaking, Wichita, KS
2000 Colorado/Wyoming Biennial, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1999 Colorado Abstraction: 1975-1999, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
1997 Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver Inaugural Exhibition, Denver, CO
1996 Ten Colorado Painters and Sculptors, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
1996 Colorado/Wyoming Biennial, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
1995 Collecting the Future, Wichita Art Museum, Witchita, KS
1993 Centennial Greetings, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1992 Rita Bass Collection, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1990 Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, MN
1987 Art and the West: Tradition and Innovation, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
1986 Project America, New York City, NY
1984 Arts 84, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1983 Casa Di Dante, Florence, Italy
1980 50 Artists, Collegiate St. Pierre Le Puellier, Orleans, France, (organized by the Wichita Art Museum)
1977 Colorado- 20, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1977 Colorado Collects: A panorama of world art from private collections, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1977 Shaped Canvas/Geometric Structure, Boulder Arts Center, Boulder, CO
1976 Rocky Mountain Painting and Sculpture, Aspen Foundation for the Arts, Aspen, CO
1971 73rd Western Annual, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1970 University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
1970 Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, CO
1970 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1965 Nelson Gallery- Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
AWARDS AND HONORS
* 2004 Recipient of the National Art Education Associations Pacific Region Higher Education Art Educator of
the year (12 states)
* 2003 Recipient of the Colorado Art Education AssociationÕs Higher Education Associations Higher Education
Art Educator of the year in Colorado.
* Chosen to be part of the U.S.A Art in the Embassies Program, 2003. (Reception at the White House at the
invitation of the First Lady, Laura Bush, for the 40th Anniversary of the Art in the Embassies Program)
* 2000 Recipient of the Alliance for the Contemporary Art (AFCA)/Denver Art MuseumÕs AFKEY Award for
outstanding contributions to contemporary art in the state of Colorado.
* Winner of First Place Award, Colorado Art Open Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO., 2001
* Purchase Award, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN, 1985
* Purchase Award, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, 1979
* One-person Exhibition at the Denver Art Museum in 1975, awarded from the juried Colorado Exhibition at
the Denver Art Museum, 1974
* Selected for WhoÕs Who in American Art since 1973
* Purchase Award, the Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK. 1973
* Purchase Award, the Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS, 1970
* Purchase Award, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1970
* Purchase Award, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery of Art, Lindsborg, KS, 1968
* USA Art in the Embassies Program, 1966-1968
* 2nd Prize Watercolor, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, 1959
* Academy of Model Aeronautics, Senior Class National Record for PAA-Load, Jet-powered model
ART MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY, AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Ball State University Art Museum, Munice, IN
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
U.S. National Bank, Omaha, NE
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
First National Bank, Fort Collins, CO
First Western Trust, CO
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
The Omaha National Bank
Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
The Bank of California
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery of Art, Lindsborg, KS
First National Bank, Denver, CO
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Norwest Bank of Greeley, CO
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Exter Oil, Denver, CO
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Arco/Anaconda, Denver, CO
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Pizza Hut Corporate Offices, Wichita, KS
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
American Crystal Sugar Company, Moorhead, MN
IBM, Boca Raton, FL
Johns-Manville, Chicago, IL
Rourke Art Gallery Museum, Rockford, IL
Pepsico, upstate New York, NY
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
Binney and Smith, Inc., Easton, PA
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, OH
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI
The Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
American Embassy, Vienna, Austria
Amerada Hess Houston, TX
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Wichita Center for The Arts, Wichita, KS
Represented exclusively by Plus Gallery, 2501 Larimer St., Denver, CO 80205
