Kevin Haran has a B.F.A. (Studio Art) and a B.A. (Art History) from the University of Central Florida. He earned a M.F.A. degree in Painting + Drawing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Haran was an Associate Curator of Education at the Knoxville Museum of Art. He is currently a Professor of Art and also serves as the Jenkins Distinguished Professor in Community Arts at UCF. He is the administrator of the UCF Art in State public art program. His studio work has been included in over 80 national and International juried exhibitions. Collections include The Columbus Museum, Georgia; Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida; Army Art Collection, Washington, DC; and the National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.