Dianne Martia

Contemporary Mixed Media

 
 
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Education

M.A.M.S, Biocommunication Art, University of Illinois

B.A., cum laude, Fine Art / Graphic Art / Craft Art, Columbia College

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL

School of Representational Art, Chicago, IL


Selected Exhibits

2023    International Society of Experimental Artists, Online; Making Our Marks

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Art Comes Alive

           Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY, art[squared]

2022    ADC, Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

           International Society of Experimental Artists, Online; Making Our Marks

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Art Comes Alive

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Blink Exhibit

           Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY, art[squared]

2021   Steidel Gallery, Palm Beach Show, Palm Beach, FL

           International Society of Experimental Artists, Online; Utterly Unfathomable and Powerfully Profound

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Art Comes Alive

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Blink Exhibit

           Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY, art[squared]

2020    Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Art Comes Alive

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Blink Exhibit

2019    Louisville Visual Arts, Louisville, KY; art[squared]

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Art Comes Alive

           Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; Blink Exhibit

2018    Community Arts Center, Danville, KY; Horizon - Contemporary Landscape

           Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; A Softer Look

           Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY; art[squared]

2017    New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY; The Modern Landscape

           Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; 23rd Season Exhibit

           Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY; art[squared]

2016    Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL; Rockford Midwestern Biennial

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL; Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art exhibit; Connections

           Lurie Center, Chicago, IL; Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s exhibit; Art in Motion

           Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, solo show, Transiens

2015    Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL

           Motor Row Gallery, Chicago, IL; unchARTted

           Bridgeport Art Center, Bridgeport, IL; 3rd Annual Art Competition

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL; Best of the Best

2014    David Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL; Solo Show

           Gallery Pink, Oak Park, IL; Group Show

           Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL; Off the Grid

           Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; Real and Imagined

           Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, IL; Women, Works by 16 Artists

2013    Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL; Faculty Exhibit

           Brewery Pottery Gallery, Mineral Point, WI; Explorations

           Zhou B Art Center, Spirit Gallery, Chicago, IL; Off Balance-Balance

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Best of the Best

           DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville, IL; M.A.S.K. Project                

           LaGrange Public Library, LaGrange, IL; Featured Artist

2012    Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL; Carriage House Gallery National Juried Exhibition

           Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL, Midwest Collage Society Exhibit

           Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL

           Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL; Art of 9: Two

           Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, 100 Years: The Fine Art of Collage

           Health in the Arts Gallery; University of Illinois Chicago; Transitions

           McCord Gallery, Palos Park, IL, Art of 9:One

           Lemont Art League; Lemont, IL; Faculty Exhibit

2011    Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL, Surface Explorations

           Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, National Art Premiere   

           Karen Solem Gallery, Elmhurst, IL, Elmhurst Artists Show

           McCord Gallery, Palos Park, IL, Collage Collective 2

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Best of the Best

           Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, Spring Members Show

           Downers Grove Library, Downers Grove, IL, Construction/Deconstruction

           Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand, ICE13

2010    Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Memory

           Fields Project, Oregon, IL, Field Sculptor Visiting Artist

           Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL, Paper, Process, Perception

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Best of the Best

           Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL, NWCC Exhibition

           River East Art Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago Art Open*

2009    Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, Board of Directors Show

           Northwest Cultural Council, Arlington Heights, IL, 2010 Member Exhibition

           DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL, Gallery 2009

           Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, IL, Layers 3

           Orland Park Library. Orland Park, IL, Alphabetica II

           Karen Solem Gallery, Elmhurst, IL, Elmhurst Artists Show

           Edward Heart Hospital, Naperville, IL

           Glitch Gallery, Elmhurst, IL

           Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL, 33rd Beverly Art Competition

2008    Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, White on White

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Best of the Best

           Real Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, ICE10

           Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Restoration

           Merchandise Mart, Chicago Art Open

           Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, Cycles

2007    Expressions Gallery; Upper Hutt, New Zealand, human artefakts

           Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand, human artefakts

           Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL, Layers

           CoCA, Christchurch, New Zealand, Accumulations & Transformations

           Borrelli Space Gallery, San Diego, CA, Mini Artefakts

           ARC, Chicago, IL, 8x8

           Iron Studios, Chicago, Chicago Art Open

           Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University Chicago, 1st National Works on Paper

           Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL, Contemporary Symbolism

2006    Orleans St. Gallery, St. Charles, IL, The Color Red

           Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL, Strings ‘n’ Things

           Artful Gatherings, Lemont, IL, What’s Love Got to Do With It?

           Dr. Scholl Exhibit Mezzanine, Marmion Academy, Aurora, IL, Midwest Collage Society

           Triton Fine Arts Gallery, River Grove, IL, Best of the Best

           Artful Gatherings, Lemont, IL, human artefakts

           Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX, International Collage Exhibition

           Real Tart Gallery, Taranaki, New Zealand, 8th International Collage Exhibition

           Gallery Atelierhof, AlexanderstraBe, Bremen, Germany, human artefakts

           Naperville Art League Gallery, Naperville, IL, Obscure Object

           Naperville Art League Gallery, Naperville, IL, Impermanence

           Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago Art Open

           Norris Gallery, St. Charles IL, Vicinity 2006

           Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL, Best of the West Invitational

           The Art Center, Highland Park, IL, 12 x 12

           Artpost/Mixed Media Gallery/The Framing Workshop, Hamilton, New Zealand, human artefakts

           Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina, ICE 8

           Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, IL, Cool Blues

           Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, Winter Members Show

2005    Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, Spring Members Show

           DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL, Gallery 2005

           Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, 2nd Annual Peoples Choice

           LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL, Midwest Collage Society Summer Show

           Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL, The Fine Art of Collag - A Layered Look

2004    Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, Fall Members Show

 

Grants

Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant, 2008-2009

Awards (3rd Place or Higher)

Third Place, Art in Motion, Lurie Center, 2016

Best in Show, Mixed Media, Art in the Barn, 2015

First Place, Fall Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, 2015

Third Place, Spring Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, 2015

First Place, Anything Goes, Oak Park Art League, 2014

First Place, Summer Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild, 2014

Purchase Award, Good Shepherd Hospital Medical Staff, 2013

Purchase Award (2), Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Hospital, 2013

First Place, Summer Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild, 2013

Best of Show, Ship Shape, LaGrange Art League, 2013

First Place, 100 Years: The Find Art of Collage, Beverly Art Center, 2012

Third Place, Spring Blossoms, LaGrange Art League Gallery, 2012

Second Place, Spring Members Show, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, 2012

Second Place, Elements, Norris Gallery, 2011

First Place, Spring Members Show, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, 2011

First Place, Spring Members Show, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, 2010

First Place, Layers III, Bloomingdale Art Museum, 2009

First Place, Spring Members Show, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, 2009

Second Place, Fall Show, Downers Grove Artists’ Guild, 2007

Second Place, What’s Love Got to Do With It? Artful Gatherings, 2006

Theme Award, Obscure Object, Naperville Art League Gallery, 2006

Second Place, Fall Members Show, Elmhurst Artist’ Guild Gallery, 2005


Permanent Collections

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL

Good Shepherd Hospital Auxiliary, Barrington, IL

The Learning Connexion; Wellington, New Zealand

Hill Country Arts Foundation; Ingram, TX

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University; Boone, NC

Robert Morris College; Illinois

Amarillo Museum of Art; Amarillo, TX

 

Teaching

Center for the Arts at Little City Foundation, Palatine, IL; Studio Art Facilitator for adults with developmental disabilities

The Bascom Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC; Oil & Cold Wax

Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL; Oil & Cold Wax

Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI; Mixed Media Collage and Oil and Cold Wax

Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL; Oil & Cold Wax; Acrylic Mixed Media

Lemont Center for the Arts, Lemont, IL; Collage Mixed Media

Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; Acrylic Mixed Media

LaGrange Fine Art Gallery, LaGrange, IL; Collage, Acrylic Mixed Media, Oil & Cold Wax

McCord Gallery and Cultural Arts Center, Palos Park, IL; Collage Mixed Media

 

Publications/Press

Wild Lands, Jen Tough Gallery, Blurb, 2022

Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery, Blurb, 2022

Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts & Conversations, Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin; Squeegee Press, 2017

The Copeland Collection, Volume Three, 100+ Collages from the International Collage Exhibition/Exchange; Puniho Press, 2016

Connections, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, 2016

Strawn: Solo Artist but Multimedia, by Angela Bauer, Journal Courier, 12/3/2014

‘Real and Imagined’, Keys to the Door Weekly, 7/2/2014

Off Balance-Balance, Midwest Collage Society Exhibition Catalog, Zhou B Art Center; curated by Robin Monique Rios; 2013

McCord Gallery, Art of Nine: One, television interview with Marie DiCaprio-Sunta, Channel 4 PHTV, 2012

Nine to Know, by Allison Horne, My Suburban Life, 6/21/2012

Artist Dianne Martia Interprets Surface Explorations in Norris Center Exhibit in St. Charles, The St. Charles Republican, 2/9/2011

The McCord Gallery: Collage Collective, television interview with Marie DeCaprio Sunta, Channel 4 PHTV, 2011

Dianne Martia: Artist Creates Her Own Field of Dreams, by Renee Tomell. Pioneer Press Newspaper; 8/13/2010

Making a Memory, The Oak Book Doings, 1/14/2010

Art Exhibit Showcases Local Talent, by Jessica Young. Suburban Life Newspaper; 3/2/2008

Artists’ Groups Pool Ideas to Make the Most of Their Talents, by Sandy Illian Bosch. The Doings Newspaper; 8/2/2007

Art Appreciation: Local Artist Displays Work in International Exhibit, by Wendy Foster. Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspaper; 5/19/2006

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