Dianne Martia

Contemporary Mixed Media
 
 

CV / Exhibition History

Education

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Selected Exhibits

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

          Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; A Softer Look

          Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY; art[squared
2017


2016

New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY; The Modern Landscape
Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; 23rd Season Exhibit

Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY; art[squared]
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
  Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; 22st Season Exhibit
  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; UnchARTed  
  Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; 21st Season Exhibit  
  Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL; Best of the Best
  
2014 Gallery Pink, Oak Park, IL; Group Show  
  Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI, 20x20  
  Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL; Off the Grid  
  Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; Summer Show  
  Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI, Real and Imagined  
  Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, IL; Women, Works by 16 Artists  
  Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; Winter Show  
2013 Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL  
  Brewery Pottery Gallery, Mineral Point, WI; Explorations
  
  Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI, 19th Season Exhibit  
  LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL; Student-Faculty Exhibit  
  Zhou B Art Center, Spirit Gallery, Chicago, IL; Off Balance-Balance  
  LaGrange Library, LaGrange, IL; LGAL Featured Artist  
  Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL, Best of the Best  
  LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL; Ship Shape
  DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville, IL; MASK Project  
2012 Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL; Carriage House Gallery National Juried Exhibition  
  Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL; Midwest Collage Society Show  
  Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL; 100 years:The Fine Art of Collage  
  Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL  
  Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL; Art of 9: Two  
  Art in the Park, Elmhurst, IL   
  Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak, Brook, IL; Best of the Best  
  Health in the Arts Gallery; University of Illinois Chicago; Transitions (solo show)   
  LaGrange Art League Gallery; LaGrange, IL; Student/Faculty Exhibit  
  McCord Gallery, Palos Park, IL; Art of 9: One  
  Lemont Center for the Arts; Lemont, IL; Faculty Exhibit  

2011

Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL, Surface Explorations

 
  Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL; Vicinity '11  

 

Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, National Art Premiere

 
  CCT Gallery; Chicago, IL; We All Want More Cake  

 

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

 

 

Awards
Third Place, Art in Motion, 2015
Best in 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, Oak Park Art League, Anything Goes, 2014
First Place, Elmhurst Artists' Guild, Summer Show, 2014
First Place, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Summer Show, 2013
Purchase Award, Good Shepherd Hospital Medical Staff, 2013
Purchase Awards (2), Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Hospital, 2013
Best of Show, Ship Shape, LaGrange Art League, 2013
Honorable Mention, Winter Members Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, 2013
First Place, 100 Years: The Fine 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
Honorable Mention; Blue Skies, LaGrange Art League Gallery, 2011
First Place, Spring Members Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, 2011

Second Place, Elements, Norris Gallery, 2011

Honorable Mention, Surface Explorations, Norris 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

Merit Award, Fall Show, Downers Grove Artists’ Guild, 2008

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

Merit Award, Winter Members Show, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, 2007

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

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

Merit Award, Impermanence, Naperville Art League Gallery, 2006

Merit Award, Cool Blues, Bloomingdale Art Museum, 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

  

Curatorial Projects

Co-Curator, National Art Premiere, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery in the Elmhurst Art Museum, 2007, 2008, 2009. 2010

Co-Curator, Restoration, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 2008

  

Exhibit Judging/Jurying
Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL, 2015

Highland Park Festival of the Arts, Highland Park, IL 2014

Riverside Art Weekend, Riverside, IL 2014

Riverwalk Fine Art Fair Juror, Naperville, IL, 2013

DuPage Art League, Dreamscape,  2013

Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, Naperville, IL, September 2012

Naperville Art League, February 2008, August 2011
Addison Art Guild, Spring Members Show, April 2009

AFA Mayslake Peabody Fine Art Fair, July 2008

 

Grants    

Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant, 2008-2009

                          

Articles / Publications

Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts & Conversations, Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin, 2017
The Copeland Collection, Volume Three, 100+ Collages from the International Collage Exhibition/Exchange; 2016

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

Artist Creates Her Own Field of Dreams, by Renee Tomell. Pioneer Press Newspaper; 8/13/10                  

Art Appreciation: Local artist displays work in international exhibit, by Wendy Foster. Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspaper; 5/19/06

Artists’ Groups Pool Ideas to Make the Most of Their Talents, by Sandy Illian Bosch. The Doings Newspaper; 8/2/07                       

Art Exhibit Showcases Local Talent, by Jessica Young. Suburban Life Newspaper; 3/2/08