Contact
29 Whitetail Dr
Robesonia,  PA  19551
Phone: 610.693.4188
WEBSITE: http://www.kennbackhaus.com/
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GALLERIES
Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Troika Gallery, Easton, MD
Debra Huse Studio Gallery, Balboa Island, CA
The Champeau Pioneer Gallery, Sister Bay, WI

RESUME

Born 1951, Beaver Dam, WI

Raised Burnett, WI

Education
1973 Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, WI

Selected Public and Private Commissions
2000 The Warner Collection/Gulf States Paper, Tuscaloosa, AL
1999 Dr. and Mrs. Jack Dabbs, Bessemer, AL

Selected One-Person Shows
1999 Ohio Memories of the Land, Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH
1998 Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH Selected

Selected Group Shows
2009-2010
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2008
European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein-Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2006
Wild Wild West, Scottsdale
2005-2004 Sea to Shining Sea—A Reflection of America, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2004 Alla Prima International, Nichols Fine Art Gallery, Taos
2005 Six Masters on Cumberland Island, Fraser Fox, Charleston, SC
2005-96 The Plein-Air Painters of America Sale, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA, and Lake Tahoe, CA
2003 The Allure of Light, The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO
Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
Plein Air from Coast to Coast, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2001-1999 Laguna Beach Invitational Plein-Air Competition and Show, Laguna Art Museum, CA
2000 American Miniatures, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
A Show With Heart, Joyce Robins Gallery, Santa Fe, MN
Ann Hughes Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Plein Air San Antonio Invitational, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Spontaneity of the Landscape, Plein-Air Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH
1999 Laguna Beach Invitational Plein-Air Competition and Show, Laguna Art Museum, CA
1999-98 Art of the Animal Kingdom IV, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
1999 American Plains Artist Invitational Show, Midland, TX
Invitational Plein-Air Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ
Invitational Impression-aire Show and Sale, La Quinta Art Assoc. La Quinta, CA
Oil Painters of America, National Show, Vanier Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Oil Painters of America, Regional Show, Dunton Fine Arts, Arlington Heights, IL
1998 Oil Painters of America, National Show, Washington, DC
1997 Plein-Air Painters of America Regional Show, California Heritage Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Women, the Artist's View, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
Wildlife Art - A Tribute to Owen Gromme, The Beaver Dam Area Arts Assoc., Beaver Dam, WI
1996 Beaver Dam Area Arts Association Invitational Show, Beaver Dam, WI
1995 En Plein-Air Show, Delind Fine Art, Milwaukee, WI
1993-90 Gold Room, Annual Wildlife Show, Easton Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD
1990 Winter in the Midwest, Invitational Six Person Show, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
1990 Regional Show, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
1988-87 American National Miniature Show, Laramie, WY
1986 Four Person Show, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI

PAPA Workshops
2008-2000, The Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Laguna Beach, CA; Bennington, VT, Avalon, CA, Wickenburg, AZ, Laguna Beach, CA, Easton, MD

Selected Bibliography
2006
Molly Siple, "Kenn Backhaus: Exercises in Expanding Visual Awareness," American Artist Workshop, Summer 2006
2004
Virginia Campbell, "The Extra Mile," Southwest Art, July
M. Stephen Doherty, "Painting from Sea to Shining Sea,” American Artist, June
Susan Hallsten McGarry, "Problem Solving: Nocturnes," American Artist, April
2002 M.J. Van Deventer, “PAPA,” Persimmon Hill, Spring

Awards & Honors
2006
Best of Show, Wild Wild West, Scottsdale
2005 People's Choice, LAPAP, Laguna Museum of Art, CA
2004 Artist Choice, Telluride Plein Air
2001-2000 President, Plein-Air Painters of America
1999 Best of Show, American Plains Artist Invitational Show, Midland, TX
Award of Excellence Oil Painting, Oil Painters of America, Regional Show, Dunton Fine Arts, Arlington Heights, IL.

Selected Collections
The Warner Collection / Gulf States Paper, Tuscaloosa, AL. Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK, The Roy Rose Collection, Avalon, CA. Santa Catalina Island Company, Avalon, CA. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, West bend, WI. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI.

National Affiliations
Signature Member, Plein-Air Painters of America, and PAPA President 2000-2001.
Signature Member, Oil Painters of America