Colin Roe Ledbetter has two BFA degrees in Textile/Fibers and Photography/Digital Media. He has extensive experience in gallery and museum work, printmaking, and craft festival organization. He was a founding member and technician of Copper Palate Press print studio in Salt Lake City. Ledbetter has exhibited his work widely and received numerous awards and grants for his artistic practice.

1. Colin Roe Ledbetter
801.652.8079
433 Missouri Street, Lawrence, KS, 66044
colin.roe.ledbetter@gmail.com
Education
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Textile / Fibers, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography / Digital Media, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT
Experience
2010-15 Pre-Production & Zone Manager, Craft Lake City DIY Craft Festival.
Salt Lake City, UT
2014 Gallery Assistant, Art & Design Gallery,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2013 Student Advisory Board Member, School of the Arts,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2012 MAPC Panel Member, Crisp Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO
“Mid America Print Council Surveying the Possibilities Co-ops to Private Presses”
2009-14 Co-Founder, Print Shop & Darkroom Technician, Gallery Assistant
Copper Palate Press, Salt Lake City, UT
2008-10 Student Advisory Committee President, Grant Writer, Gallery
Assistant.
College of Fine Arts, Department of Art & Art History,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
– Utah Photographic Arts Council (UPAC), Member, Grant Writer,
Gallery Assistant.
College of Fine Arts, Department of Art & Art History,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2007 Sales Floor Endcap Display & Lighting
Whole Foods Market @ 4th
So., Salt Lake City, UT
2006-07 Custom Framer, Delivery, Shipping & Handling.
Alpine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2004-06 Custom Framer, Gallery Assistant.
M-E Style, Tooele, UT

2. Selected Exhibitions
2015 Collective Experience, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 Senior Student Showcase, Kansas Union Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Spencer Student Advisory Board Juried Art Show, Spencer Museum,
Lawrence, KS
2013 Celebration of the Hand, Craft Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 New Textiles & Prints, Guthrie Studios, Salt Lake City, UT
2011 CPP / NYE, Copper Palate Press, Salt Lake City, UT
PRINTerpretation, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2010 BFA, ALT, 4X5, The Felt Building, Salt Lake City, UT
Student Art Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Equivalence: UPAC, Canyon Community Center, Springdale, UT
2009 Shrinky Dinks, Signed and Numbered Broadway, Salt Lake City, UT
Student Art Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Becoming The Machine: UPAC, Warehouse, Salt Lake City, UT
In Love, GalleryUAF, Salt Lake City, UT
Founders, Copper Palate Press, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 Student Art Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Mirrors & Windows: UPAC, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2007 Student Art Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Performances
2010 Dreaming Kansas: Ernesto Pujol, Salina Art Center, Salina KS
Awaiting: Ernesto Pujol, Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, UT
Print Portfolios & Exchanges
2014 Black Light Calendar Portfolio, Copper Palate Press, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 Periphery, Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow, Laguna Beach, CA
Print: MKE, SGC Exchange Portfolio, Milwaukee WI
Members Calendar Portfolio, Copper Palate Press, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 The Ghost in the Machine, The Mandate Press, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 MARK/REMARQUE, SGC Exchange Portfolio, Philadelphia, PA

3. Mini Print Exchange, Sign and Numbered Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT
Publications
2014 Kiosk 50, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2013 Kiosk 48, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2012 Interlaced, Rebecca Dreyfus [Video]
2010 City Weekly, Salt Lake City, UT
“Copper Palate Press Joins The Vibrant Artistic Community Of Salt Lake City Printmakers.”
S.L.U.G. Magazine, Salt Lake City, UT
“A Tale of Two Textiles: Copper Palate Press Prints On It”
2009 City Weekly: Gavin’s Underground, Salt Lake City, UT
“Utah Photographic Arts Council: Becoming The Machine”
Awards
2014 Richard & Gertrude Hollander Family Foundation Award,
University of Kansas
Spencer Student Advisory Board Juried Art Award,
Spencer Museum, Lawrence, KS
2013 Clyde Bonebrake & Ward Lockward Scholarship
University of Kansas
Doris Fair & Myrtle Fair Carey Scholarship
University of Kansas
2012 Clyde Bonebrake & Ward Lockward Scholarship
University of Kansas
School of the Arts Student Travel Grant*
University of Kansas
*Awarded to attend 2012’s Southern Graphic Council International’s,
Navigating Currents, New Orleans, LA
2010 Fine Arts Fees Grants**, University of Utah
Jack and Florence Sears Memorial Scholarship,
University of Utah
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant,
University of Utah
2009 Fine Arts Fees Grants**, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
**Funds acquired for student group use in BFA, ALT, 4X5 at Felt Building
& Student Exhibition at Alvin Gittins Gallery