VICTORIA CHRISTGEN

Associate Professor of Art  |  Department Chair, Art & Design  |  Director, Pence Chowning Gallery

Campbellsville University  |  Campbellsville, Kentucky  |  torichristgen.com

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2021–Present   Associate Professor of Art, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

Present   Department Chair, Art & Design, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

Present   Director, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

EDUCATION

2015   MFA, Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; summa cum laude

2012   BFA, Studio Art, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO; summa cum laude

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026   TLC, Tiny Little Creations, Honest & Free Studio, Campbellsville, KY

2025   Memory of Light, Gallery on the Square, Greensburg, KY; achromatic textile installation, works on paper and clay

2023   Memories for Wondering Souls, Coloring Book Pop-Up, St. Joseph, MO and Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2021   10 Years in the Making, Mad Potter Studio, Weston, MO

2021   McCoy, Fall Fabric Launch and Exhibition, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2020   Pura Vida, Pandemic Pandemonium, Tamarindo, Costa Rica

2018   Nana’s Lace Revisited, Red Door Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2017   Thistles and Magpies Pop-Up, Room in the Back Gallery, Lawrence, KS

2016   Inca Interpretations, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2016   Badass Betties Pop-Up, Foster's Lounge, St. Joseph, MO

2016   Tori Christgen, Yost Gallery, Highland Community College, Highland, KS

SELECTED JURIED, INVITATIONAL & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026   Mushroom Festival, Invited Live Drawing Artist, Livingston, KY

2026   Shared Containers, Community Exhibition, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2025   Woman⁹, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2025   Kick off the Derby, Governor’s Artist, Frankfort, KY

2025   PHASES: Celestial Stories, Paint Cohoes Gallery, Cohoes, NY

2025   Matriarch Reload: We Mother the Earth, Chestnut and Pearls Art Gallery, New Albany, IN

2024   Stitched Together, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2024   ReFabricating the Forgotten, Alpha Rho Tau, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2023   International Fair Photo Exhibition & Contest, Campbellsville University; two second-place awards

2023   Community Art Exhibition, Primrose on Main, Campbellsville, KY

2023   Green County Arts Council Depot Exhibition, Greensburg, KY

2023   Light Work, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2023   Cognoscenti, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2023   Nuditas, Exhibizone Smart Exhibitions & Biafarin Artist Magazine

2023   Elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, X), Exhibizone Smart Exhibitions & Biafarin Artist Magazine

2022   Parts and Labor, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2021   October Plein Air Exhibition, Plein Air Salon; third place

2021   Portals and Pathways, International Trucking Service Gallery, St. Joseph, MO

2021   The All Women Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery

2020   Contemporary Watercolor Artist, Art House Gallery; first place

2020   Created in Isolation, Light Space Time Gallery

2019   Prints with Power, Prints of Today International, Italy

2019   Fems of Fiber, Golden Thread Gallery

2018   Juried Member Exhibition, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO; second and third place

2018   Perspectives, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO

2017   Nufelibata, Union Street Gallery, Kokomo, IN

2017   Post Cards Revisited, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO

2016   Applefest Artist

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2025   A Position on Retreat, Lake Cowichan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

2025   Gibraltar Point, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2024   South Porch Artist Residency, Summerville, SC

2024   Loretto Motherhouse, Loretto, KY

2021   Mad Potter Studio, Weston, MO

2020   Finca de Flora, Paraiso, Costa Rica

2020   Pura Vida, Tamarindo, Costa Rica

2017   Robidoux Resident Theatre, St. Joseph, MO

2016   Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY

2015   Map Pottery Studio, Weston, MO

2014   Cutty College, Nevada, MO

2012   Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO

GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS

2026–27   Kentucky Arts Council, Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant, Mentor Artist, with Alice Winston

2024–26   Faculty Development Grant, Campbellsville University

2024   QEP Grant Recipient, Campbellsville University

2023   George Howell Earth Stewardship Club Award

2023   Facility Development Grant, Campbellsville University

2023   WEL Grant Recipient, Campbellsville University

2022   QEP Grant Recipient, Campbellsville University

2022   WEL Grant Recipient, Campbellsville University

2021   October Plein Air Exhibition, Third place

2020   Contemporary Watercolor Artist, Art House Gallery, First place

2018   Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Juried Member Exhibition, Second and third place

CURATORIAL & EXHIBITION PROJECTS

2026   Shared Containers, Community Exhibition, Founder, Project Director and Curator, Pence Chowning Gallery, Campbellsville University

2026   Student Juried Exhibition, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Here, but Not Home, Eden Hale, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Reflections, Savannah Gumm, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Life in Layers, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Through My Eyes, Meredith Wilson, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Passions, Clair Proctor, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Aurelius Parrish, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Honeymoon, Penny Holland, Pence Chowning Gallery

2026   Getting into Character, Madison Hardin, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   John Luke Roberts, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Campus Paintings, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Comforting the Disturbed, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Railroads, Rust & Reverie, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Origins & Destinations, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Woman⁹, Collaboration, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Limelight on the Arts, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Creative Collaboration of Devotion, Collaboration with Dr. Loida Pineda, Gheens Recital Hall

2025   Student Juried Art Show, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Motherhood, Maranda Fowler, Pence Chowning Gallery

2024   Firework Trapped in a Box, Catrina Higgs, Pence Chowning Gallery

2024   Library Perspectives, Drawing Student Pop-Up, Montgomery Library

2024   Street Light Dreams, Pence Chowning Gallery

2024   Earth Day: ReFabricating the Forgotten, Campbellsville University

2024   Sing Out, My Soul!, Collaboration with Dr. Loida Pineda, Gheens Recital Hall

2024   ReFabricating the Forgotten, Alpha Rho Tau, Pence Chowning Gallery

2023   Light Work: Sculptural Light Exhibition, Pence Chowning Gallery

2023   Things that Never Die, Collaboration with Dr. Loida Pineda, Gheens Recital Hall

2023   Starfall, Collaboration with Dr. Chad Floyd, Gheens Recital Hall

2022   Six, Collaboration with Dr. Chad Floyd, Gheens Recital Hall

2022   Watercolors, Ransdell Chapel

2022   Lindsey Bailey, Pence Chowning Gallery

2022   Library Perspectives, Pop-Up Exhibition, Montgomery Library

2022   Interior/Exterior, Pop-Up Exhibition, Montgomery Library

2021   Plein Air Memories: Paintings of Taylor County, Pence Chowning Gallery

2021   Homecoming Pride, Painting Student Pop-Up, CU Art Cabin

2021   Library Perspectives, Drawing Student Pop-Up Exhibition, Montgomery Library

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

2025   CV / Artist Bio, Campbellsville University

2024   Journal & Book Making, Art Club

2023   Glue Batik, Sunday Fun Day Workshops

2023   Plushie, Sunday Fun Day Workshops

2023   Mystery Molds, Sunday Clay Fun Day Workshops

2023   Screenprinting Clay, Sunday Clay Fun Day Workshops

2022   Southern Women in the Arts: Contemporary Plein Air

2021   Screenprinting on Clay, Mad Potter

2020   Lace Printing, Pura Vita

2019   Ink It Up: Direct Printing, Artscape

2018   Basket Weaving, Artscape

2016   Inca Interpretations: Alternative Printmaking

2014   Establishing a System of Green Sand Casting, National Conference of Undergraduate Research

2012   Fiscally and Ecologically Responsible Metal Casting Methods, Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & DEVELOPMENT

2026   Artist Mentor, Bad Art, Good People, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO

2025   Meet the Artist, Artist Talk, Woman⁹, Pence Chowning Gallery

2025   Faculty Breakout Teaching Session, Why Can’t Learning Be Fun? Gamifying Your Course, Campbellsville University

2025   Faculty Learning Community, Course Rebuild, Campbellsville University

2025   Find Your Legacy, Art & Chapel Collaboration, Campbellsville University

2024–Present   Cheatham Center Advisory Council, Campbellsville University

2024–Present   Health and Wellness Council, Campbellsville University

2024–26 Talent Judge, International Fair, Campbellsville University

                Presenter, Establishing Mutually Beneficial Collaborations within the Arts, AC Summit, Knoxville, TN

2021–26  Art Club Faculty Co-Sponsor, Campbellsville University

              Exhibition Judge, Lincoln Days Art Show, Hodgenville, KY

              Women’s History Month Lecturer, Khmer Silk Weavers, Campbellsville University

2023     200 Hour Yoga Certification

              Artist Thrive Conference, Winston-Salem, NC

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESS

2026, 2025, 2024   Russell Creek Review, Selected Artist

2022   Campbellsville Review, Cover Artist

2021   Better Homes & Gardens, Do It Yourself, Featured work

            The Hand Magazine, Featured Artist

            Campbellsville University, Artist and faculty features

             St. Joseph News-Press, Artist feature

             Hiawatha World, Artist feature

            Maryland Institute College of Art, MFAST feature

             Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Exhibition coverage