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Diane Kleiss
Silver City, New Mexico
www.dianekleiss.com

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Residence:  1941-1960  Iowa   
                            1960-1994  Minnesota
                            1994-2013  Arizona
                             2013-          New Mexico

Education:   1989  University of Minnesota at Duluth
o   BFA
o   BA K-12 Art Education
o   Art History Minor


Member of:
  Museum of Encaustic Art – Santa Fe, NM - www.eainm.com
  International Encaustic Artists - www.international-encustic-artists.org
  Silver City Art Association - Silver City, NM - www.silvercityart.com
 
Solo Exhibits
2020  Milner Women in the Arts Recipient: Retrospective WNMU McCray Art Gallery
2018-2019  Represented by Borderlands Gallery, Silver City, NM

2013-2018  Represented by Seedboat Gallery, Silver City, NM
2014   Contreras Gallery, Tucson AZ 
2005   Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
2000   Hacienda del Sol - Joesler Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1992   Exploring the Possibilities: A Retrospective - Miles Rife Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
1987   Graduate Exhibit: Tweed Gallery Art Museum, UofM Duluth, MN
               Received 2 Gold Awards and one Purchase Award


Selected Juried Exhibits

2019
 Global Warming is Real: National Encaustic/Wax Exhibition, Museum of Encaustic Art Santa Fe, NM

2018
 Global Warming is Real: National Encaustic/Wax Exhibition, Museum of Encaustic Art Santa Fe NM

 Melting Pot/Melting Point: International Encaustic Exhibit, 
Museum of Encaustic Art Santa Fe, NM
2016 
 Making Your Mark: IEA-EAI International Conference, Santa Fe, NM

2015
 Arte de Avian National Exhibit: Tubac center for the Arts, Tubac AZ

 EAI 5th Annual National Exhibit: EAI Gallery, Santa Fe NM
 The Buzz Stops Here National Exhibit: Art.Science. Gallery, Austin TX
2014
 Wax Works: National Small Works Exhibit: Gallery 901, Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, NM
 EAI 4th Annual Encaustic Juried Exhibi: EAI, Cerrillos, NM
 The Devil in the Straight Line: Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Fl 
          International Encaustic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit
 Radio Active: Common Ground Gallery, Silver City, NM

2013  
 Fusion: International Encaustic Artists:  Eggman and Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe NM
 Encaustic USA :  ARC Gallery with FUSE Encaustic,  Chicago, ILL
 Self Portrait: A Journey Within: Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
2012
 The Future of the Past: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century – Mills Gallery
                   Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
 2nd Annual National Juried Encaustic Exhibition - EAI Gallery
                    Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM - Piece selected for Museum Collection
T imeless Meditations: Mandalas and Patterns of Nature – Tubac Center of the Arts Tubac, AZ
 WAX: Contemporary Encaustic Works - Award of Excellence
                       Pajaro Vallery Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
 Arizona Encaustic 2012 - TDS Gallery
                        The Drawing Studio and SAZWAX Chapter of the IEA, Tucson, AZ
2011                
 Encaustic: Visions in Wax - Six Encaustic Voices  
                      Tohono Chul Park Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
 Eye of the Beholder: The Fine Art of the Found Object - Award of Merit
                       The Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
 Fine Dining-Fine Art  SAZWAX Encaustic Artists
                       Hacienda del Sol, Tucson, AZ
 Encaustic Masters: Inspirational Voices - International Encaustic Exhibit
                      Columbia River Gallery, Troutdale, OR
 First National Juried Encaustic Art Exhibition
                        Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
 La Vida Verde: Living Green:  Raices Taller 222 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
 Consequential Fusion: Messages in Wax - International Encaustic Exhibit
                       Morro Bay Art Center, Morro Bay, CA
 Playing With Fire - International Encaustic Exhibit
                        Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
 In This Moment: International Exhibit by FACE UofA (Female Art Club/Education)
                         FLUX Gallery and Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson AZ         
2010    
 The Connecting Spirit:  The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ
 The Four Seasons:  FACE UofA - Female Art Club/Education
 UofA Kachina Gallery and Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009             
 Cross Pollination:  Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
 Beauty and It’s Opposites: International Juried Encaustic Conference, Monserrat College, Beverly, MA
 Working in Wax: Encaustic and Wax Art  Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
 Uncharted Territories: Artist as Explorer PaperWorks Exhibit,  The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ
 Metamorphosis:  An International Juried Encaustic Exhibit,  Hayden Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2002               
 Expressions of Womanhood:   National All-media Juried Exhibit – Honorable mention
                        St. Louis Artist’ Guild, St. Louis, MO


Selected Group Exhibits
2013-2018
 Seedboat Gallery Silver City NM
2014    

 Cycles: SAZWAX IEA Chapter, Jewish Community Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
 3D - Members Exhibit: Encaustic Art Institute Cerrillos, NM
2013    
 Self  Portrait: A Journey Within, Encaustic Art Institute,  Cerrillos, NM
2011    
 Salon de Refuse: Dinnerware Art Space, Tucson, AZ
 Mining the Unconscious:  Encaustic Art Institute Members Exhibit Cerrillos, NM
 SAZWAX Chapter of IEA, Joesler Gallery Hacienda del Sol, Tucson, AZ
2009-2010 
 Dialectic:  Encaustic Art Institute Members Exhibit Cerrillos, NM
 Art From the Heart:   Encaustic Art Institute Members Exhibit Cerrillos, NM
 The Seduction of Wax:   Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
                       Tucson Encaustic Artist Exhibit
 Art, Politics and the Soup of Change -  Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson AZ
1998-2011  
 Mixed Media Members Exhibits
: The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ

Awards

          2020  Milner Women in the Arts Recipient: Retrospective WNMU McCray Art Gallery
          2012  
Award of Excellence:  WAX: Contemporary Encaustic Works
                           Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA 
          2011  Award of Merit:  Eye of the Beholder: The Fine Art of the Found Object
                         The Maryland Federation of Art -  Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

U of M Duluth Exhibit Awards
          Friends of Tweed William G Boyce Award 1987
          Kirby Student Center Program Board Purchase Award 1987
          Faculty Merit Award 1987
          Alice Tweed Tuohy Honorary Gold Cash Award #1 1986 - #2  1986


 Other Venues
2014-               Red Dot Sudio Tour, Silver City NM
2012 -2013      DACO Arizona Art Catalog    
2008 - 2012     Open Studio Tour, Tucson, AZ
1994 - 1999     Tucson Museum of Art Annual Faculty Shows
                          Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ


  Art Organization Affiliations
Silver City Art Association, Silver City NM – Board Member 2013-2019
International Encaustic Artists, IEA Board Member 2008-2011
IEA Southern AZ, SAZWAX Chapter, Tucson, AZ  Charter Member 2008 - 2014
Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM  Charter member


  University of Arizona Panel Member
Becoming An Artist In The 21st Century  One of four panel members, UA College of Fine Art, AZ Union Gallery October 10, 2010 Moderated by Professor Alfred Quiroz, Painting School of Art

 Featured Articles/Book Inclusions
In the Encaustic Studio-Basic Mixed Media Techniques  DVD –Michelle Belto 2013
Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper & Encaustic  DVD Catherine Nash  2013
Encaustic Art Magazine: Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM  Featured article June 2013
La Vida Verde: Living Green  Tucson Weekly Art Review, Margaret Regan, August, 11 2011 
Creating Opportunity  The Four Seasons: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Works by Women Artists. The Tucson Weekly Visual Arts Review by Maragret Regan, March 3, 2010
Exhibiting on Line  American Artists Magazine, Catherine Noonan  March 2001
Contemporary Storyteller on Canvas  Desert Leaf, Tucson, AZ Karren Nystedt  July/August 2000
Exploring the Possibilities: A Retrospective  Aitkin Independent Age, Aitkin, MN  R. Barton 7/1992


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