Work

Bookbinder, Printmaker, Owner. Oxide Press and Bindery. Portland, OR. 2019-present
Sales Coordinator. Grand + Benedicts. 2022-present
Volunteer Trail Crew, Assistant Crew Leader, Trail Ambassador. Trailkeepers of Oregon. Feb 2023-Present
Trail Mapping Intern.
Columbia Gorge Stewardship Network. June 2023-Dec 2023
Model
. Dovetail Workwear. 2022-2023
Gallery Manager
. Portland State University. Oct 2021- June 2023
Art Handler and Consultant. Work of Art. Oakland, CA. 2019-2020
Art Handler. San José Institute of Contemporary Art. San José, CA. 2018-2020
Art Handler. Thompson Gallery. San José State University. San José, CA. 2018-2020
Project Manager. SJSU MFA Graduating Exhibition. Root Division. San Francisco, CA 2019
Project Manager. SJSU MFA Graduating Exhibition. Incline Gallery. San Francisco, CA. 2018
Volunteer Graduate Representative. San José State University. 2017-2020
President, Treasurer. MFA Liftoff Club. San José State University. 2018-2020
Art Instructor Assistant. Root Division. San Francisco, CA. 2015
Visual Artist. Awesome Orchestra Collective. Oakland, CA. 2013-2015
Volunteer Usher. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, CA. 2014-2015

Teaching

Instructor. Independent Publishing Resource Center Portland, OR
Book Arts. Sept 2023, Aug 2023, June 2023, May 2023, March 2023
Intro to Letterpress. Feb 2024, Dec 2023, Sept 2023, May 2023, Mar 2023, Feb 2023, Oct 2022
Letterpress for Poets. Dec 2023, Nov-Dec 2022
Adjunct Instructor. Portland State University. School of Art + Design: Graphic Design. Portland, OR
Book Arts. Spring 2022
Instructor. Catlin Gabel Adult Community Program. Portland, OR
Linoleum Block Printing. Winter 2022
Montoype, Drawing I. Fall 2021
Teaching Associate. San José State University. San José, CA
Art 12: 2D Design. Spring 2020
Art 24: Drawing I. Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Graduate Teaching Assistant. San José State University. San José, CA
Art 150: Topics in Printmaking, Spring 2019
Art 162: Watercolor, Spring 2018
Art 24: Drawing I. Spring 2018
Lead Mathematics and Physics Tutor. Bay Area Tutoring Centers. San Ramon and Berkeley, CA. Aug 2012 - Dec 2018
Mathematics Tutor. Diablo Valley College. Pleasant Hill, CA. 2010-2012

Education

GIS Foundations. edX, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 2023
MFA Pictorial Arts
. San José State University. 2020
BA Applied Mathematics - Statistics. University of California at Santa Cruz, 2012

Commissions

2022
Lucia Znamirowski, Edition of 3 Artist Books
2021
Risograph Broadside for Wavelands book release, Osel Plante
NIKE Women’s Apparel Team, Edition of 20 Artist Books
MESO PDX Nita Shah Retirement Artist Book
Fargo Screenplay Artist Book
2016
Portrait of Henry, Paul Guigere
2015
Portrait of Jonathan Seiberlich, Jensen Engineering Album Cover

Awards

2023
RACC Arts3C Grant
2019
Kenneth & Mary Auvil Printmaking Scholarship
Violet Speddy Endowment Scholarship
Orchard North 1st Art Scholarship
2017
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society Scholarship

Publications

2020
Erosion
. Oxide Press and Bindery
San José State University 2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog. Written by Sean Peeler
2019
Horses. Oxide Press and Bindery
MFA Now Archive 2019. Root Division

professional organizations

2024
Pigments Revealed International, Member

Solo Exhibitions

2020
Eureka! Portland, OR
2019
Field Guide to Fields. Gallery 3. San José, CA
2018
Alternative Worlds. Black Gallery. San José State University. San José, CA
2015
Experience. The Good Hop. Oakland, CA
20 Mission Hive. San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019
51st Annual SCVWS Show. Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley. Los Gatos, CA
ConX281. Herbert Sanders Gallery. San José, CA
Spring 2019 MFA Group Show. Gallery 8. San José, CA
Cluster-Fun. Gallery 3. San José, CA
2018
Natural Admiration. Social Policy. San José, CA
Three Corners & Twenty-three Cracks. Black Gallery. San José, CA
Countering Productivity. Theta Belcher Gallery. San José, CA
2015
Body Talks.
Lottie Rose Gallery. Oakland, CA
Swan Day Fundraising Exhibition for womenarts.org. Lottie Rose Gallery. Oakland, CA
Totally Rad Gallery. Berkeley, CA

Curator

2023
Casey Litchfield. The Big Bang. Portland State University. Portland, OR
Joy in Action: Frientorship Collaboration between Walt Morey Middle School and PSU GD.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
Ashley Yang Thompson. The Fertile Void. Portland State University. Portland, OR
Raster Array: Overcastings.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
Open to Whatever.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
Pablo V Cazares. Say That Same Thing a Different Way  Portland State University. Portland, OR
John Kohlep. Signs of Life. Portland State University. Portland, OR
Alison Lutz. Attendant Loss. Portland State University. Portland, OR
2022

Jonggeon Lee. From Door to Door. Portland State University. Portland, OR
Stories Unwritten.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
Carmina Eliason. Corridos. Portland State University. Portland, OR
Smorgasboard.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
JUMA JARMS: Work from the PSU MFA Program
.Portland State University. Portland, OR
Pilar Gallego. Between the Seam and the Skin. Portland State University. Portland, OR
Between Now and Nowhere.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
Paradise Rot.
Portland State University. Portland, OR
2019

Spring 2019 MFA Group Show. San José, CA
Cluster-Fun.
San José, CA
ConX281. Herbert Sanders Gallery. San José, CA
2018
2018 SJSU MFA Group Exhibition. Incline Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Countering Productivity. Theta Belcher Gallery. San José, CA

kmergens@protonmail.com - Portland, or.