Professional Profile
American professional painter and educator with more than eighteen years of paid artistic practice, formal atelier and museum-based training, university teaching experience, eight years as founder and director of an independent contemporary gallery, and a sustained exhibition and collector history. Primary work includes figurative and narrative oil painting, drawing, and landscape.
Education & Artistic Training
2014Master of Fine Arts, Painting — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
2006–08Authorized Copyist — Metropolitan Museum of Art Copyist Program, New York, NYDirect study of Old Master painting through copying in the museum galleries.
2006–08Advanced Studio Study — The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2006–08Studio Assistant to Steven Assael — New York, NYOrganized workshops, monitored classes, maintained and organized the studio, and fulfilled general studio-assistant duties.
2002–03Classical Atelier Training — The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2000Bachelor of Arts — St. John's College, Santa Fe, NMGreat Books curriculum emphasizing philosophy, mathematics, languages, and music.
Professional Art Experience
2017–25Founder & Director — Read Lockhart Gallery, Taos, NMFounded and directed an independent contemporary fine-arts gallery exhibiting Lockhart's work and approximately 8–10 other artists. Managed exhibitions, collector relations, sales, installation, publications, advertising, and gallery operations while maintaining an active studio practice.
2017–25Assistant to Larry Bell — Studio Annex / Larry Bell Studio, Taos, NMSupported organization and documentation of artworks and archival materials, installation, fabrication, and studio operations.
2017–25Private Instructor / Mentor — Read Lockhart Gallery, Taos, NMPrivate lessons, demonstrations, and individual mentoring in drawing and painting.
Academic Teaching Experience
2016–17Adjunct Professor — University of New Mexico, Taos, NMDrawing, watercolor, and oil painting.
2015–16Adjunct Professor — Drexel University, Philadelphia, PADrawing / figure drawing.
2015–16Adjunct Professor — Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PAFoundation drawing and painting / drawing intensives.
2012–15Teaching Assistant — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PAMultiple courses in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, post-baccalaureate study, landscape, still life, and summer high-school studio instruction; also assisted with "The Art of Drawing, the Art of Seeing" at the Barnes Foundation.
Selected Solo & Museum / Institutional Exhibitions
2024–25Open Wall Community Exhibition Series, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM.
2017–25Multiple solo exhibitions, Read Lockhart Gallery, Taos, NM.
2015"Recent Paintings," Shepherd University Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV.
2014Faculty Choice "One Year Out" Exhibition, PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Selected Juried, Group & Public Exhibitions / Programs
2022Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM — two works accepted: "Looking West from Devisadero Trail 108" and "Waiting for Beckett."
2020Beverly Hills Art Show, City of Beverly Hills, CA — selected artist; participated in virtual programming following COVID cancellation, including artist conversation/interview with Mat Gleason.
2019Beverly Hills Art Show, City of Beverly Hills, CA — selected artist.
2018155th Annual Small Oils Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA.
2012ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI — participant.
2012–14PAFA juried and curated exhibitions, Philadelphia, PA.
2009Art Students League exhibition associated with the Alma Schapiro Travel Grant, New York, NY.
Awards, Grants & Recognition
2018Portrait Award, 155th Annual Small Oils Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, for "Audrey."
2014Judith McGregor Caldwell Purchase Prize, PAFA, for "Cleaning Up After the Last Supper"; work acquired for the permanent collection.
2013Faculty Choice Award, PAFA.
2008Alma Schapiro Travel Grant, The Art Students League of New York.
Permanent & Selected Collections
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA — "Cleaning Up After the Last Supper," permanent collection.
Robert Kwik, Antwerp, Belgium.
John Bryan, Lake Bluff, Illinois.
Additional private collections in the United States and Europe.
Selected Press
2023Idone Rhodes, "Living for art at Read Lockhart Gallery," Taos News / Tempo, July 13–19, 2023.
2017Gina Gargone, "Read Lockhart Gallery: reinvestigating art in Taos," Live Taos, August 28, 2017.
Public, Charitable & Applied Art Projects
c.2017–25Chokola, Taos, NM — long-term commercial use of a Lockhart painting as imagery on chocolate-bar packaging.
2011–17Paint for Peaks, Taos Ski Valley — recurring participant in breast-cancer benefit art auction; six years of participation within this period.
Taos County Fire/Rescue — Designer of the department patch adopted for official use.
Taos County Dispatch — Designer of the organization's logo; original Procreate working files retained.
Current Practice & Skills
Current practice2025–2026 studio work in Europe through plein-air painting, work from models, small and larger-scale paintings, renewed drawing study, museum-based research, and writing projects.
Studio / professionalOil painting, drawing, composition, color, figurative and narrative painting, landscape, observational and imaginative drawing, museum copying, exhibition installation and curation, private and university-level studio instruction.
Digital / appliedProcreate, Adobe Creative Suite, photography, visual identity and logo design.
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