About Ken Bachman
Although his time for painting was limited during his 40 year career as a lawyer and partner in a leading international law firm, he has been concentrating fully on his art for the last seven years. He lives and works in Bethesda, Maryland. He has completed the three year Master Artist Program in oil painting at the Compass Atelier.
In 2023 he has a solo exhibition of his nature paintings in the Watkins Park Nature Center in Kettering MD. In 2020-21 he had a solo show of Perspective works at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick MD. In the fall of 2019, he had a solo show of his landscapes at the Woman’s National Democratic Club. In August 2019 he had a solo show of his portraits at the gallery at Signal Financial Center. In September 2018, he had a solo show at the Arts Club of Washington arranged by Curator Eric Denker of the National Gallery of Art. See: http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/september-2018-exhibitions-arts-club-washington/. Earlier, he had a solo exhibitions in the Hill Center Galleries in 2017 and at the Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park in 2016. In August/September 2019 he was the featured artist on Artsy Shark: https://www.artsyshark.com/2019/08/20/featured-artist-ken-bachman/. East City Art featured his painting “Asolo Sunset” in its June 5-9, 2019 Weekend Listing (http://www.eastcityart.com/weekend-list/weekend-listings-june-5-june-9/?mc_cid=c258b98c2b&mc_eid=3f524213cd. {East City Art also featured one of his paintings in 2017 exhibit at Gallery O (http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/gallery-o-h-chal-present-see-song-group-exhibition/)). Another of his paintings was featured with a photo in the April 2018 Zebra newsletter report on the 2018 Landscape Exhibit at the Art League of Alexandria (http://content.thezebra.org/ZebraPressContent/1/1/1/1/1/24/Zebra_Press-April_2018.pdf).
In the past five years, he has received over twenty-five awards for his artworks in juried exhibitions. He has received three “Best in Show” awards, one in the 2020 GFAA Kentlands Mansion juried exhibit, one at the 2018 Hill Center Galleries Juried Capitol Hill Art League Exhibit, and one in the 2017 OAA Annual Juried Show at Kentlands Mansion. He was awarded First Place in six juried shows: the 2022 OAA exhibit at Bohrer Park, the 2019 Women’s Club of Chevy Chase show, the October 2018 and 2017 Waterford VA Fine Art Exhibitions, the June 2018 Friendship Heights Show, and the 2017 open regional exhibition of the Capitol Hill Art League at the Hill Center. He received Excellent Awards at the juried 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 and 2017 Member Shows of the Arts Club of Washington. He received second place in a 2023 MFA juried show, 2022 Capital Hill Art League juried show and the 2020 Rhythm and Blues Show of the Capitol Hill Art League, in the 2018 National Juried show at Gallery Underground, in the 2023, 2018 and 2016 juried Chevy Chase Women’s Club shows, at the 2016 juried MAA Friendship Heights show, and the 2016 juried exhibition at the Capitol Hill Art League. He received a Jurors Choice award in 2022 and 2023 shows at the MFA Circle Gallery. Several of his paintings have been selected by jurors from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for highly selective exhibits, including the Strokes of Genius and American Landscape Exhibits of the Maryland Federation of Art. He has exhibited his works throughout the Washington metropolitan area and nationally at numerous other juried exhibitions, including in the Glen Echo Labor Day Show show, the Kensington Labor Day Show; the Yellow Barn Member show; Art League of Alexandria exhibits; the Rockville Art League Member show; the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts shows; the Artists and Makers Member Show; the Brookside Gardens shows and several other events. One of his paintings was selected for inclusion in the 2017 National Savvy Art Competition. Others were selected for the 2020 and 2018 Strathmore Annual Juried Exhibitions, the 2018 Old School-New Concept Exhibition at the Alexandria Athenaeum (For press coverage mentioning his work at the Athenaeum, See https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../2149eff0-a9a3-11e8...). Also East City Art mentioned his work in their article on the 2016 Hill Center Regional Exhibit: See http://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-artnotes-hill-center-galleries-regional-juried-exhibition/), the 2018 and 2022 Academy Center of the Arts National Juried Exhibition in Lynchburg Virginia, the 2018 National Juried Montpelier Arts Center Show, the 2018 Gallery North National Juried Small Works Show in Washington State, the 2018 Regional Juried Exhibition at the Capitol Hill Art League, the Art League of Alexandria March 2018 Landscape Exhibit and their April and May Open Exhibits, and the 2018 Dumbarton Juried Show.
He has been an authorized Copyist at the National Gallery of Art