Art & Art History Faculty

Richard Barlow has an MFA in Painting & Drawing from the University of Minnesota and a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide, including recent exhibitions at the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, The Albany Institute of History and Art and the Elmhurst Art Museum. Mr. Barlow’s art was the subject of an article on the Art 21 website, “The Art of Letting Go.”

Kevin Q. Gray ’01 received his MFA in Visual Arts from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University in 2009. He is a museum educator at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York; and, has been an adjunct professor of photography at Hartwick since 2011. As an artist using photographic means, Kevin works in film, digital and historic alternative processes.

Katharine Kreisher is a printmaker-photographer and an installation artist. She incorporates family stories and photographs in her work which often include fiberart materials. A fine arts graduate of Skidmore College, Kreisher earned an MA and MFA in printmaking and photo-related processes from the University at Albany, SUNY. Since 1982 Kreisher has been teaching printmaking and photography at Hartwick where she originated both the documentary photography minor and Round House Press. Permanent collections include Center for Photography at Woodstock (now housed at the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz), Albany Institute of History and Art and Pinhole Resource Center (now housed at the New Mexico History Museum, Palace of Governors, Santa Fe, NM).

Joseph received a BFA in Art with a concentration in Photography at the University of Hartford. He worked as a professional darkroom printer, photographer and graphic designer for the following 8 years while continuing to create and show his art. In 2004, Joseph graduated from the University of Oregon with a MFA in Visual Design. His artwork has been shown in galleries and museums across the country, from Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art to Art:21’s Public Art Project in Charleston, NC. Joseph’s recent shows include digital image projections presented at “Paint the Town Red” in Birmingham England and “Gun Show” an exploration of 3D printed guns. Joseph’s artwork is the result of his fascination with technology, emotional response to nostalgia and postmodern upbringing.