Touring Exhibition FACT SHEET

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 2029. 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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Interior view of the Lakewood Welcome Center with wooden wall decor, framed pictures, a white shelf, and a sign indicating the location.

Ethereal Echoes solo exhibition at Lakewood Welcome Center, 40 unique silver gelatin chemigrams, gold-toned float mounted on museum board with artist frames made from reclaimed wood at Lakewood Cemetery (Minneapolis, MN), July 15 - Sept 1, 2025.

Modern living room with large floor-to-ceiling windows, wooden accent wall, and minimalist white entertainment unit with a linear fireplace. Two green armchairs and a glass coffee table are arranged by the window, with a view of greenery outside.

Ethereal Echoes solo exhibition at Lakewood Welcome Center, 40 unique silver gelatin chemigrams, gold-toned float mounted on museum board with artist frames made from reclaimed wood at Lakewood Cemetery (Minneapolis, MN), July 15 - Sept 1, 2025.

Gallery hallway with wooden paneled walls and modern art displays, including four small paintings and two large diptych art pieces.

Ethereal Echoes solo exhibition at Lakewood Welcome Center, 40 unique silver gelatin chemigrams, gold-toned float mounted on museum board with artist frames made from reclaimed wood at Lakewood Cemetery (Minneapolis, MN), July 15 - Sept 1, 2025.

Art gallery with paintings on white walls, including portraits and landscape scenes, in a dimly lit room with brown carpeted floor.

The Unchosen Ones touring exhibition, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN, July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

People viewing landscape and portrait photographs at an art gallery with white walls and dark ceiling.

The Unchosen Ones touring exhibition, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN, July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

People viewing framed artwork on museum walls, including photographs and paintings of rural scenes and landscapes.

The Unchosen Ones touring exhibition, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN, July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

Art gallery with five large framed portraits of women on the left wall, and nine smaller framed black-and-white photographs on the right wall, with some chairs in the foreground.

The Unchosen Ones touring exhibition, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN, July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

Art gallery with framed paintings and photographs on white walls, some chairs in the foreground, dim lighting, and a staircase visible through a glass door.

The Unchosen Ones touring exhibition, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN, July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

Art gallery wall displaying farm-themed photographs, including a red barn and a farm scene with animals and buildings.

The Unchosen Ones touring exhibition, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN, July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

An art gallery with framed photographs displayed on white walls and track lighting, at Olson Larsen Galleries.

Olson Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA, August 29 - October 5, 2024.

Interior view of an art gallery with white walls displaying framed photographs and paintings. There is a round wooden table in the foreground with folded paper displays featuring black and white images of animals.

Olson Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA, August 29 - October 5, 2024.

Gallery wall with three framed photos of people interacting with animals, titled "R. J. Kern Divine Animals."

Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, March 8 - April 13, 2024

Interior of an art gallery with framed photographs on white and gray walls, a wooden display table with folders and a tray, and painted artwork of animals on the wall.

Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, March 8 - April 13, 2024

Gallery wall with six framed pictures of animals, including goats and rabbits, displayed on a gray wall in an art gallery.

Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, March 8 - April 13, 2024

Art gallery with framed photographs on cream-colored walls, benches in the foreground, and a doorway to the right.

The Unchosen Ones, solo exhibition at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum of Art in Fort Dodge, Iowa (May 4 - July 20, 2024) featuring seventeen 43 x 53 inch archival inkjet prints.

Gallery wall with five framed photographs, two depicting children with sheep or lambs, one showing an old barn, and another two with children holding sheep or lambs. Benches in foreground.

Installation view, Blanden Memorial Art Museum of Art in Fort Dodge, Iowa (May 4 - July 20, 2024).

Art gallery with six large framed photographs on a white wall, dim lighting, beige carpeted floor, and a bench in the center.

Installation view, Blanden Memorial Art Museum of Art in Fort Dodge, Iowa (May 4 - July 20, 2024).

An art gallery with white walls and polished concrete floors, featuring framed portraits and scenes. Several paintings are visible, some with people and animals, displayed with wooden frames, illuminated by ceiling spotlights. There is a black leather bench in the foreground.

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.

An art gallery with white walls and paintings, black sculpture on the floor, and bright lights.

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.

An art gallery with white walls displaying four large framed photographs, two of a man in a white suit, one of a red barn, and one of a landscape with trees and a monument, with a wooden bench in the center.

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.

An art gallery display with a diorama of a woman in Western attire standing next to a goat inside a framed scene, and three paintings on the wall depicting rural and pastoral scenes, including a barn, a woman riding a horse, and a horse grazing.

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.

An art gallery with six landscape paintings hung on white walls and a view of a small sculpture exhibit through a doorway.

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.

A gallery with seven framed photographs on white walls, displaying portrait-style images of people in various settings and poses.
An art gallery with four large portraits of a man and a woman, displayed on white walls. The gallery has a wooden floor and a black railing around a central open space.

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

Exhibition display featuring two photographs of rural farm scenes. The left shows a snow-covered farm with silos and a barn, while the right depicts a person with a dog in front of a weathered wooden barn during winter.

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

Interior of an art gallery featuring framed photographs on the walls and a table with various informational materials, including a small booklet titled 'The Unchosen Ones' by R. J. Fern.

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.

Two photographs displayed side by side showing a boy standing with a sheep in a photography studio with dark backgrounds and wooden frames.

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

A series of eight black-and-white framed photographs hung evenly spaced on a gallery white wall

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.

Black and white photographs displayed on a stand in an art gallery, with a wall of framed photos and colorful pictures in the background.

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

People attending an outdoor art exhibition in front of a historic stone church with gothic architectural details.

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.

Outdoor art exhibition in a town square with photographs on display cubes, a central statue, and yellow and white buildings in the background.

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.