2002    M.F.A.  University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
1994    Master of Environmental Studies (one year completed), Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
1989    B.A. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Major: American and African History, Minor: Studio Art.

2016

• Electric Fields, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA.
• Seeing it Again: Nature Reconsidered, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO.
• Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
• Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland.
• Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.

2015

• Signal 8, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, China.
• Cracker, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, China.
• Feng Lin Shan Shui, Da Wang Culture Higlands, Shenzhen, China.
• New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA.
• Footing the Bill, Artworks for Change, Oakland, CA.
• The Studios at Key West, Key West, FL.
• Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO.
• Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.

2014

• Dublin Biennial, Dublin, Ireland.
• The Painting Center, New York, NY.
• Contained, WMG, Chicago IL.
• Gift Shop, Front Art Space, NY, NY.
• Accreted Terrain, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA.
• Sheenan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
• Post-rural, Brink Gallery, Missoula, MT.

2013

• *Kevin Bell & James Bailey, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon.
• Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn NY.
• Rudolph Blume/ARTSCAN Gallery, Houston TX.
• University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
• Gallery Jones, Vancouver B.C. Canada.
• Post Rural, Southern Nevada College, Las Vegas, NV. 
• International Painting Annual, Manifest Press.

2012

• Natural/Constructed Space, The Painting Center, New York, NY.
• New Country: Ruralism in Contemporary Art, Claypool-Young Gallery, Moorehead State University
• Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA.
• Across the Divide IV, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle Washington.
• Spring, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY.

2011

• NowFuturePast, Division of Human Works, Brooklyn, New York.
• Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, New Jersey.
• Specific Environments: The Landscape As Metaphor, Lincoln Center Gallery, Fort Collins, CO.
• Home, Brooklyn Artist Gym, Brooklyn, New York.
• Gallery Jones, Vancouver, B.C.
• MAD Art Gallery, St Louis, Missouri

2010

• *Kevin Bell, Rudolph Blume, Houston, Texas.
• POINT, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
• Wide Open, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY.
• Gallery Jones, Vancouver B.C.
• Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana.
• Bowery Gallery, New York.

2009

• *Kevin Bell, NEXT Art Fair/La Industria, Chicago, Illinois.
• Surface, Brooklyn Artist Gym, Brooklyn, NY.
• Across the Divide, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
• Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
• Montana Triennial, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.

2008

• New American Paintings No. 78, Open Studio Press, Boston, Massachusetts.
• On Solid Ground, The Public Trust Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
• Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin, Germany.
• Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• *Land-Object, Durango Art Center, Durango, Colorado.
• Terra Firma, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• UM Art Faculty Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, The University of Montana, Missoula MT

2007

• Look Forward to Seeing It: The Discipline of Anticipation, The LAB, San Francisco, California.
• The Circular Show, Ho Gallery, Seoul Korea.
• Hun Gallery, New York, New York.
• Maart Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
• Artfutura 2007: Innovation, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois.  Juror James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago.
• Kolok Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts.

2006           

• International 2006, Hun Gallery, New York, New York.
• *Peripheral Geography, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, B.C.
• Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Combined Talents, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
• Particular Places, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut.
• Amelia Gallery, Gulf Coast College, Panama City, Florida.
• Center for Southwest Studies, Durango, Colorado.

2005           

• 43rd National Exhibition of American Art, Stephen Westfall, Juror. Chautauqua Center For Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York.
• T R A N S :,Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
• Four Corners Commission, Durango Art Center, Durango, Colorado.

2004                       

• New Work. Gallery Jones, Vancouver B.C.
• *Parallel Vistas Cabell Center for the Arts, Portland, Oregon.
• Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California.
• Faculty Show, Art Department Gallery, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Also 2005, 2006, 2007.

2003           

• New American Paintings No. 45, Open Studio Press, Boston Massachusetts.  Jessica Morgan, Juror (Curator for Boston Center for Contemporary Art).
• 7th Annual Art Invitational, Sitka Center for Art, Portland, Oregon.
• Paying Attention, Susanna Coffey, Juror. Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut.

2002           

• Annual Juried Show, Janet Fish, Juror.  Bowery Gallery, New York, New York.
• *Other Places, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon.
• *From the Parking Lot Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon.

*Solo shows marked with an asterisk

2012-present

• Associate Professor, School of Art, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.

2008-2012

• Assistant Professor School of Art, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.

2002-2008                       

• Assistant Professor of Art, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.
• Adjunct Professor of Art, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
• Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.
• Adjunct Professor of Art, Clark College, Vancouver, Washington.
• Adjunct Professor of Art, University of Oregon.

• Editor, FATE in Review, the journal of Foundations in Art: Theory and Education.
• Board of Directors, Foundation in Art: Theory and Education
• Artist Residencies
  • Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland.
  • Ragsdale Foundation, Chicago, IL.
  • The Studios at Key West, FL.
  • Da Wang Culture Highlands, Shenzhen, China
• Research Development Grant, University of Montana.
• Travel Grant, University of Montana.
• Faculty Merit Grant, University of Montana
• Faculty Development Grant, Fort Lewis College
• Judy and Fred Gregory Award for Painting, Chautauqua Institute, New York.
• Slide Registry, The Painting Center, New York.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow (Instructor of Record).  University of Oregon. Painting and Drawing

• Merchant Marine Captain license for 50-ton inspected marine vessels.
• Co-Founder/Past-Owner, True North Kayak Adventures, Homer, Alaska.
• Backcountry Ranger, Alaska State Park. Performed avalanche patrol, visitor contact and park maintenance in remote parks near Kodiak Island and Talkeetna, Alaska.
• National Museums of Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya.  Catalogued Portuguese buildings in quickly decaying historic district.
• UNESCO/Food for the Hungry, Marsabit, Kenya.  Constructed solar-powered elephant fence to protect crops from errant local wildlife.