Gunther Farmout

the artist

Gunther Farmout
RR #5
Turgid Recall, KS 66259
shnooksville@ins.infonet.net
(913) 555-1212

Born June 22, 1959 in Silage County, Nebraska.

Education

Diploma, Silage County Rural District #2 Consolidated High School, Silage, NE, 1977.

B.Ag.F.A., M.Ag.F.A., Sow Junction Agricultural Technical Institute and Academy of Fine Arts, 1983.

Certificate, Akbar & Jeff's Struggling Artists' Correspondence School, 1985.

Selected Group Exhibititions

"Art 4 Sale," Frank's Double-Circle CO-OP Service Station, Convenience Store, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Market, Junction of U.S. Highway 275 and County Rd. #26, Silage County, NE, 1984.

"Pictures Behind the Bar," Bob "BeBop" Paisley's Art Gallery, Bar, and Grill, Sow Junction, NE, 1985.

Shnooksville Days Art Fair and Flea Market, Shnooksville, KY, 1986.

Harris Foundation for People Who Have No Control Over Their Own Destinies Benefit Auction, Shnooksville, KY, 1986.

ZAPArts! Biennial, Zap Museum of Fine Arts, Zap, ND, 1987.

Shnooksville Museum of Art Permanent Collection Purchase, 1989.

One-Man Exhibitions

Thesis Show and Bake Sale, Hall of Broadleaf Weeds and Grasses, Sow Junction Agricultural Technical Institute and Academy of Fine Arts, Sow Junction, NE, 1983.

"Pictures of Birds", Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO, 1984.

"Works on Paper Napkins," Hubie Skugg's Second-Hand Food Emporium, Shnooksville KY, 1986.

"Homage to Jerryco," Shrapnel P. Wuggermahugger's Rack & Toenail Clipper Emporium, Shnooksville, KY, 1988.

"Gunther Farmout: A Retrospective," Turgid Recall Hall, Turgid Recall, KS, 1990.

Grants and Awards

Blue Ribbon, Silage County Fair, 1975.

Honorable Mention, Nebraska State Fair, 1976.

Runner-Up, DeKalb Co. Design-a-Feed-Cap Contest, 1983.

Nebraska Encouragement of the Arts "Good for You!" Grant, 1984.

"Draw Binky" Scholarship, Akbar & Jeff's Struggling Artists' Correspondence School, 1984.

USDA Agricultural Subsidies Program Grant, 1983-1991.

Golden Silage Brand Oat Grits Cereal Boxtops-for-Struggling-Artists Grant, 1987.

Nebraska Encouragement of the Arts "Keep Up the Good Work!" Grant, 1990.

Most Creative Use of Twine, Twine Ball Days, Darwin, MN, 1994.

Publications

"Swine Breech Birth: What to Do When You Don't Have the Proper Tools," Master's Thesis published in _American Journal of Pork Husbandry_, Spring, 1984.

"MAKE $$$ DRAWING PICTURES OF BIRDS!!!" _Weekly World News_ Classified Section, December 6, 1984.

"It's a Crime When Two Good TV Shows Air at the Same Time," Silage County _Barn_ "Readers Air Out" Column, 1984.

"Gunther Farmout: Just Who Is This Guy, Anyway?" article by Tiffany Brookehead, age 15, in _16 Magazine_ "Arts & Lit" Section, May, 1985.

Illustrated _...O Mottled Sinner!: Poems by Cranium_, by Cranium, Turgid Recall Tea & Poetry Society Little Free Press, 1987.

"Gunther Farmout Retrospective: Whaaa????!!" review by Rush Rankhead in _Turgid Tattler_, November, 1990.

"1910 Fruitgum Co.: The Lost Tracks and Why You Won't Hear Them," chapter 9 of _The Only Alternative and Its Other Possibilities and Other Zowie-Wowie Groups of the Psychedelic Sixties!_, Diagram Group Publishing, 1990.

Participated in "Stupid Art" thread on Usenet newsgroup alt.artcom, 1995.

"Stupid Art and Other Ideas I Got from the Internet," cover story in _Art in America's_ 1995 Special Fictional Issue.

_The History of Grade AA Small Eggs_, manuscript in progress.

Media Appearances

"The Story of David and Goliath," Miss Jean's Storytime, August 5, 1967.

"Farmer/Artist of the Week: Gunther Farmout," KFRM-TV Morning Farm & Art Report, January 16, 1984.

Designed stage set for 47th Annual Turgid Recall Tea & Poetry Society Poetry Reading, 1986.

Held "JOHN 3:16" sign while owner went to the bathroom during Super Bowl 1988.

"Gunther Farmout: Inspiration, Perspiration, Desperation," documentary by Christine Hennig made at Kansas City Art Institute, April, 1991.

Teaching Experience

Taught papermaking and chick-sexing, Sow Junct. Ag. F.Arts Community Extension Continuing Education Program, 1984-85.

John Deere Foundation Artists-in-the-Farm-Equipment-Dealerships Program, 1985.

Kansas City Art Institute Faux Visiting Artists' Program, April, 1991.

Taught art finding, "Find the Art Day", Quadna Mountain Resort, Hill City, MN, 1994.

the beret

My "beret", if you will, is the traditional headgear of the farmer- artist--the feed cap, of course. As you can see from my resume, my cap got a runner-up award in the DeKalb Co. Design-a-Feed-Cap Contest. It features a large, abundant three-dimensional ear of corn with a good head of silk and horns. Why the horns, you may ask? The answer is conveniently provided on the bill of the cap (and just happens to be my Official Slogan): "The horns are what make it *art*!". Extra kernels of corn are also scattered, willy-nilly, around the brim. 

	Gunther Farmout 
	"Serving the Tri-County Area artistically for over 15 years!"
	shnooksville@ins.infonet.net

Submitted by Gunther Farmout (shnooksville@ins.infonet.net), on February 1995, from Turgid Recall, KS