| DIANE CHRISTIANSEN | ||
| B. Grinnell, IA | ||
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| EDUCATION: | ||
| 1990 | |
M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL M.S.W. Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1983 | Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO | |
| 1981 | B.A.Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS: | ||
| 2006 | |
Gescheidle, Chicago, IL |
| 2005 | 3Arts Club, Chicago, IL | |
| 2002 | Augen Gallery, Portland, OR Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL Riverside Art Center, Riverside, IL |
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| 1998 | Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO Margeurite Ostreicher Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA |
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| 1997 | Gallery A, Chicago, IL | |
| 1996 | St. Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN |
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| 1994 | Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1992 | Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Artemesia Gallery, collaboration with Walter Andersons, Chicago, IL |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | ||
| 2007 | |
Drawn to the Edge, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY Art Club, Gescheidle, Chciago, IL Art Miami, Adam Baumgold Gallery |
| 2005 | Pierogi, Brooklyn, NYat Art Miami Drawn Out, Gallery 400 - University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 2003 | Robin Rule Gallery, Denver, CO Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 2002 | The Peace Show, Keotler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY Plotting, Carrie Secrist Gallery Carrie Secrist 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 2000 | Petite Physique, Marcia Wood Gallery,Atlanta, GA The Last Spring, Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA New Work by Gallery Artists, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 1999 | Meanwhile, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1998 | The Back Room, Gallery A., Chicago, IL 25 Years of Women in the Arts, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Marguerite Oestreicher Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
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| 1997 | Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO | |
| 1996 | Group Exhibition, DNAGallery, Provincetown, MA 13th Biennial Exhibition & Vicinity Exhibition, Evanston, IL The Regional Artist’s Biennial, The Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY: | ||
| 2007 | |
Anne E. Stein, “RenaissanceWoman”, Grinnell Magazine Fall 2007 New American Paintings, Open Studios Press |
| 2006 | Michael Workman, “Opening Night”, New City Sept, 2006 | |
| 2004 | New American Paintings, Open Studios Press | |
| 2002 | Shouse, Heather. “Sound and Vision,” Chicago Social Magazine, Sept. page 230-31. Herman, Max. “Christiansen unleashes her mind on canvas,” Chicago Arts & Entertainment, Aug. 2-8, cover Artner,Alan. Review (“Friedberg’s simple constructions shine”), Chicago Tribune, Aug. 2002 Row, D.K., “Conflicted creativity,” The Oregonian, Friday, Feb. 22 page 56 |
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| 2000 | New American Paintings, Open Studios Press | |
| 1998 | New American Paintings, Open Studios Press | |
| 1995 | Rothschild, David. “AOne-two Punch”, Chicago Tribune, feature, September 21 Sachs, Lloyd. Feature. “Balance in Diversity”, Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 21 Salomon, Bonnie. Review. “The Face of Brutality”, M.U.M., Fall |
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| 1994 | Chicago Tribune, April | |
| 1993 | Rothschild, David. Feature. “Diane Christiansen Can’t Stop the Music..or Art...or Social Work”, Chicago Tribune, April Paine, Janice. Review. “Narratives of Loss: The Displaced Body”, New Art Examiner, Oct. |
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| 1992 | “High Visibility”, Exhibition Catalogue, Arts Midwest / NEA | |
| 1991 | Collins, Susan Alexis, Review. “Diane Christiansen”, New Art Examiner, December | |
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| Awards: | ||
| 1999 | |
C.A.A.P. grant for the Arts. |
| 1997 | Illinois Arts Council Fellowship grant | |
| 1996 | Arts Midwest / NEAgrant | |
| 1988 | Full Merit Scholorship for graduate study, The Art Institute of Chicago. | |
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