EDUCATION   MFA in Painting University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1995 BFA in Painting University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1991         SOLO EXHIBITIONS   Free, Delicious, Chicago, Illinois, 2011 Life Paintings, Dovetail, Chicago, Illinois, 2010 The New, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois, 2010 The New, Dovetail, Chicago, Illinois, 2009 Built for Comfort, Gallery Uno, Chicago, Illinois, 2007 It's a Snap! Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois, 2005 Paintings by David Criner, George Kaye Gallery, Oakland, California, 2000 Zebra Catching, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee, 1996 Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995         GROUP EXHIBITIONS   Knockout, Prak-Sis, Chicago, Illinois, 2011 Faculty Show, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois 2011 Harper Art Faculty Exhibit, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois 2009 Harper Art Faculty Exhibit, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois 2008 Berliner Liste, vernissage, ArtExhibitionLink, Berlin, Germany, 2008 Summer Show, ArtExhibitionLink, Castello Santa Severa, Italy, 2008 Significant Other, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois, 2007 Harper Art Faculty Exhibit, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 2007 Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2007 Interim, Gallery Mornea, Evanston, Illinois, 2006 Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2006 Harper Art Faculty Exhibit, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 2005 Criner vs. Criner, Sine Qua Non Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2005 Group show, Bridgeport Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, 2005 Cut It Out, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2004 Art Faculty Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 2004 Faculty Show, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2004 Art Faculty Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 2003 Faculty Show, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2003 Art Faculty Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois 2002 Faculty Show, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2002 Dracula Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2001 Faculty Show, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 Winter Exhibition, The Plant, Oakland, California, 1999 An Evening At The Plant, The Plant, Oakland, California, 1998 Mainly Abstract, Long Beach Art Center, Long Beach, California, 1998 Reflections, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California, 1997 Bay Arts '96, San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, California, 1996 David Levik Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 1995 Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri, 1995         TEACHING   Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, 2000 to present William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 2002 to 2010 Marwen Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, 2003 to 2007 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Center, Chicago, Illinois, 2002 Berkeley Adult School, Berkeley, California, 1997 to 2000 Associated Students of the University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 2000 Kensington Neighborhood School, Kensington, California, 1998-2000 University of Kansas, Graduate Teaching Assistant under Richard Dishinger, Lawrence, Kansas, 1992, 1995         UNIVERSITY SERVICE   Curator, Sneak Preview, Northeastern Illinois University, 2011 Juror, Fire Show, Northeastern Illinois University, 2011 Committee Member, NASAD Accreditation Project, Northeastern Illinois University, 2009 - 2010       LECTURES   The New!, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois, 2010 Monster or Myth, Northeastern Illinois University, 2011 Art and Freedom, Northeastern Illinois University, 2011