Education

University of Michigan School of Art and Design, M.F.A. in painting (1987)

Kalamazoo College, B.A. in Art and English (1984)

Institute of American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France (1982-83)

Teaching

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2002-present)

Assistant Professor of Art and Artist-in-Residence, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (1997-2002)

Adjunct Professor of Art, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1994-97)

Lecturer in Painting, Hope College, Holland, Michigan (1994)

Exhibitions
(italics indicate solo exhibitions)

"One Hundred Years of Collage," an invitational group exhibit, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2008)

"New Collages," Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2007)

"Site Plans," Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2006)

Little Cities Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2004)

Saniwax Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2004)

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2006, 2005, 2004)

"Constructed Paintings," Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2003)

45th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin (2002)

KCAD Juried Competition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2001)

University of Arts, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (2001)

"A Moveable Studio," Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2001)

44th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin (2001)

28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (2000)

Faculty Exhibition, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (2000)

Wisconsin Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1999)

"Eve of the New Millenium," Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, Wisconsin (1999)

Caestecker Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (1997)

"Artists Teaching Art," University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1997)

Faculty Exhibitions, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1996, 1995)

Literature

"Brady Balances Order and Chaos," Kalamazoo Gazette, February 26, 2006

"Artist Plays with Light and Shadow," Kalamazoo Gazette, August 29, 2004

"Creative Overflow: No shortage of thought-provoking work in annual K.I.A. exhibition," Kalamazoo Gazette, April 4, 2004

"The Poetics of Construction," Lux Esto, Spring 2004

"Welcome: la a fereastra desenata spre Wisconsin," Observator Cultural (nr. 65), May 22, 2001

"Brady Exhibits in Michigan [and] Romania," Ripon Magazine, Winter 2001

"Developing the Artist and Curriculum: Kevin Brady," Ripon Magazine, Spring 2001

Grants and Awards

Dedalus Foundation Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont (2008)

Artist Fellowship Award, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt. San Angelo, Virginia (2006)

Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2005)

Pfizer Purchase Prize, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2004)

May Bumby Severy Distinguished Teaching Award, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (2001)

Juror's Award, 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (2000) (juried by Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Art Institute of Chicago)

Demmer Foundation Grant, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (2000)

Merit Award, Wisconsin Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1999)

Curriculum Development Grants, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (1999)

Office of the Vice President for Research (O.V.P.R.) Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1995)

Justin Bacon Award for scholarship, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan (1984)

Michael Waskowsky Prize in Art, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan (1983)

Artist Writings and Curation

Inventory, an installation of drawings and photographs by A. Melissa Harris (Associate Professor of Architecture, Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan), Kalamazoo College Light Fine Arts Gallery (2004)

Notes from a Quarry, recent paintings, drawings and collages by Vincent Castagnacci, Kalamazoo College Light Fine Arts Gallery (2004)

Castagnacci: Works (1968-1995), retrospective catalogue and exhibition, Hope College and University of Michigan School of Art and Design (1996)