Exhibitions

R. J. Kern has produced a museum-quality traveling exhibition featuring a selection of photographs including his recently published title, The Unchosen Ones (MW Editions, 2021), is available for booking through 2027. He is interested in giving educational lectures, artist talks, workshops, and helping to organize panel discussions in conjunction with the exhibition and book signings. CLICK HERE for Traveling Exhibition Prospectus >>

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The Unchosen Ones, solo exhibition at Oklahoma State University Museum of Art in Stillwater, OK, April 18 - June 24, 2023 featuring twenty 43 x 53 inch archival inkjet prints and eight 11 x 14 inch silver gelatin prints from wet plate collodion tintypes. Image courtesy Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. Photo by Phil Shockley.

The Unchosen Ones, solo exhibition at Oklahoma State University Museum of Art (Stillwater, OK), 2023. Image courtesy Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. Photo by Phil Shockley.

The Unchosen Ones, solo exhibition at Oklahoma State University Museum of Art (Stillwater, OK), 2023. Image courtesy Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. Photo by Phil Shockley.

Solo Exhibition at Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, MN, Jan 13 - March 25, 2023 featuring an exhibition of 20 43 x 53 inch archival inkjet prints.

Solo Exhibition at Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, MN, Jan 13 - March 25, 2023 featuring an exhibition of 20 43 x 53 inch archival inkjet prints.

The Unchosen Ones, solo exhibition at Masur Musuem of Art (Lafayette, LA), November 1 - December 22, 2023.. Image courtesy Stefan Nodarse.

The Unchosen Ones, solo exhibition at Masur Musuem of Art (Lafayette, LA), November 1 - December 22, 2023. Image courtesy Stefan Nodarse.

Solo exhibition at Burnet Fine Art & Advisory in Wayzata, MN, May 21 - July 2, 2022 featuring a series of nineteen 43 x 53 inch archival pigment prints, eight silver gelatin prints, and five tintypes. The Deluxe Edition Portfolio (Ed of 12 + AP, $5000) debut during the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery.

Kol and Annabell 2016 (left) and 2020 (right), a diptych of 43 x 53 inch archival pigment prints with artist frames.

Eight 11 x 14 inch silver gelatin prints from wet plate collodion tintypes exhibited with five original 8 x 10 inch tintypes— thematically connected by subject.

A triptych of 8 x 10 inch tintypes, Cody, Minnesota State Fair, 2021 (NFS).

The Unchosen Ones public art exhibition, 15 photographs by R. J. Kern displayed on five cubes (70 x 70 x 70 inches), Plaza de la Inmaculada, Palencia, Spain, as part of the International Photography Festival of Castilla y León. Photo: Tessa Demichel.

A site-specific community exhibition of photography, The Unchosen Ones seen at Plaza de la Inmaculada, Palencia, Spain (April 26- May 29, 2022), as part of the International Photography Festival of Castilla y León, curated by Anne Morin and supported by Century Foundation for Tourism and the Arts of Castile and León. Photo: Tessa Demichel.

“Focus Friday” as part of on-going public programming through the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Installation view photo by Christine Renc-Carter, curator. April-May 2021.

“Focus Friday” as part of on-going public programming through the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Installation view photo by Christine Renc-Carter, curator. April-May 2021.

On exhibition April-May 2021 from the permanent collection of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art : the Collector’s Edition of The Unchosen Ones along with two archival pigment prints, Josilin and Escapé, Benton County Fair, Minnesota, 2016 from the series The Unchosen Ones (2016) and Escapé (pron. es cahp é), Benton County, Minnesota, USA from the series Out to Pasture (2016).  Photo by Christine Renc-Carter, curator.

On exhibition April-May 2021 from the permanent collection of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art : the Collector’s Edition of The Unchosen Ones along with two archival pigment prints, Josilin and Escapé, Benton County Fair, Minnesota, 2016 from the series The Unchosen Ones (2016) and Escapé (pron. es cahp é), Benton County, Minnesota, USA from the series Out to Pasture (2016). Photo by Christine Renc-Carter, curator.