KATSIAFICAS DIANE 801 Washington Ave. North #121, Minneapolis, MN 55401 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] PO Box 6784 19009 Rafina, Greece Tel/Fax [phone] e mail: [e-mail] selected work can be viewed at http://www.umn.edu/~katsi001 Education: 1974-76 1972-74 1971-72 1964-68 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, M.F.A. Painting University of Washington, Seattle, WA, M.A.T. Art Education Camberwell School of Art, London, England Smith College, Northampton, B.A. Chemistry
Selected one person Exhibitions/ Installations --mixed media installations are indicated by (i). 2004 "Olives", TerraCotta Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece (i) 2003 "Common Treasures", Mykonos Municipal Gallery, Mykonos, Greece (i) 2002 "Migrations", Diana Gallery, Athens, Greece, (i) 2001 "visualizing the instincts of migration", American Ccnter, Alexandria, Egypt 2000 "Drawings", Carleton College, Northfield, MN 1999 "Ordinary Intimacies", Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, Illinois, (i) "Biographies of Place" for "Mapping the Difference", (i),Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece; (i) 1996: I-Space Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1998 "Hors d'oeuvre", Theophilos Gallery/ Center for Hellenic Tradition, Athens, GR 1997 "Dressing Room" and "From_____ to_____", Collaborative Installation with students, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1996 "praise", (i), Thema Gallery, Athens, Greece "this morning when I opened my eyes I wished you were here", (i), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1995 "Secrets and Tangles", (i) collaboration with Thomas Rose, Duluth, MN: Tweed Museum of Art; 1994: Minneapolis, MN: Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum "Litany for that which is sought", (i) collaboration with Susan Lucey, for "New Work by the Department of Art", U of MN, Minneapolis: Weisman Art Museum 1993 "Common Grounds", Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN 1992 "Laments", St. John's College, Sante Fe, New Mexico (i) 1991 "No Garbage Here", i); Evmaros Gallery, Athens, Greece; Mass College of Art, Boston, Mass; Municipal Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece (i) 1990 "Mirrors, Masks and Simulations", American Center, Thessaloniki, Greece 1988 Xcess Gallery, Western Nevada Community College, Carson City, NV (i) 1987 "Homage to the Lost Child", Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (i) "Remaindered", University of Wisconsin- Stout, Menomonie, WI (i) 1986 "Images of Passage", Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA "Portage", MAEP Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (i) "Calipered Traverse", Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA (i) 1984 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA University of Nevada, Reno, NV (i) University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (i) "Into the Whirlwind", Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA (i) Selected Group Exhibitions 2004 "Quiet Time" Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, Illinois ( 4person) 2003 " Art Moves", Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN ( large group) (i). "Simple Details", Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN (4 person) 2002 "Tzedakah", Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (3rd prize/purchase) 2001 "Minnesota National Print Biennial", Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN (purchase prize) "Better off Lead", Raymond Gallery, St. Paul, MN (5 person)
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"shearing" an installation for "Hair Stories", MAEP gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN "7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu; international traveling exhibition 2000-2002 Firogia 2000, a collaboration among artists and traditional potters, Sifnos, Greece, (i) 1999 "Negotiating Traditions: works on/of paper", Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois "Botanica: Contemporary art and the world of plants", Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth and national traveling exhibition 1999-2001 Firogia 1999, a collaboration among artists and traditional potters, Sifnos, Greece, (i) 1998 "Paper At The Edge", Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, collaboration with writer Mary Rockcastle "Ordinary Intimacies", (i), "Essential Bonds"; Melina Mercouri Cultural Center of Athens; Dimitria festival of Thessaloniki, Makridi Gallery, curated group 1st Greek Festival of Art and Technology, Fournos Gallery & Ileana Tounda Gallery, Athens, Greece 1997 "6th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu; traveling exhibition 1997-1999 1996 "Confronting Cancer Through Art", Arthur Ross Gallery, University of PA, Philadelphia McKnight Foundation Fellowship Exhibition, "imagine a world without winter"(i), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN "Minnesota National Print Biennial", University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,(juror's award) 1995 "Se Bashku (Together)",(i). Tirane, Albania: National Gallery of Art 1994 1An Unknown Territory: The Art and Architecture of Albania in a Balkan Context," Katherine (i) Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, (curator and exhibitor) 1993 "Appearances: A Mother/Daughter Dialogue" in "Interfaced: Art and Technoculture",(i). Evergreen State College Gallery, Olympia,WA 1990 "Greek Artists and Computers", Evmaros Gallery, Athens, Greece "Apocalyptic Visions", Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa 1989"Explorations in Handmade Paper", (i). DeCordova Museum, Lincoln MA 1987 "Tolerable Doses of Awareness" in "PAPER 88" (i). Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1986 "Paper Now: Bent, Molded and Manipulated". Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH "Large Scale Works in Paper". Bank of Boston, Boston, MA 1985 Sun Valley Center Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 1984 University of Indiana, Terre Haute, IN (i) Selected Collaborations: 2003 "there is a field", collaborative installations with Sonja Kuftinec and U of MN theatre students, for performances Feb 27- March 2, Rarig Theatre, Minneapolis, MN " the history of the world according to the Greeks", Children's Theatre Company, work with young people's workshop in development of set, ( Feb- March) 2002 "Travel Home", collaborative, multidisciplinary performance presenting the creative talents of university students enrolled in Studio Arts and Dance courses. co-ordinated by Matt Jenson and Diane Katsiaficas, Nov. 23rd-24th, Barbara Barker Center for Dance, Minneapolis, MN 'New Collaborations in the Arts Quarter: Migrations', collaboration with Matt Jenson, Barbara Barker Center for Dance, U of MN, Mpls, May 8 2004 collaborative work with potter Yiannis Lembesis; Sifnos, Greece 1997-99 collaborative work with Mary Rockcastle, Valerie Miner and Maria Cheng on the interdisciplinary multi media opera, "imagine a world without winter" Selected Commissions: 2003 Cover for Blood Sisters, a novel by Valerie Miner, University of Michigan Press 1998 Goethe Institute, Seattle, WA; wall installation 1996 Fulbright Foundation Office, Thessaloniki, Greece. mixed media wall installation Department of English Creative Writing Program, images of artwork for program brochure, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1998 Suite of drawings for the cover of the novel, Rainy Lake, by Mary Rockcastle, Grey Wolf Press
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1987 Entrance, Glendale Financial Center, Lincor Corporation and the City of Glendale, AZ. 1986-85 East Police Precinct Lobby, Art in Public Places Design Team with Singleton Associates, Architects, City of Seattle, WA Selected Awards 2003-06 and 1996-1999 McKnight Research Award, University of Minnesota 1999 McKnight Foundation Interdisciplinary Artist Fellowship 1995 McKnight Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship 1990-91 Fulbright Scholar, Artist in Residence, Greece 1980 U.S. Patent for Recreational Structure (#4,189,149) 1977 DAAD Fellowship, Painting, Berlin, Germany Selected Publications
Kosmidou, Zoe. The Power of Visual Logos: Greek Women Artists. Athens: International Center for the Arts and Nature, 2003: 47, 55, 56,132-33.
Art Moves, exh. cat., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2003 (publication coordinator and exhibitor) Migrations. exh.cat., Athens, Greece: Diana gallery, 2002; Fallon, Michael. "Diane Katsiaficas: A Sense of Being in Transit." Fiberarts, Vol.26, No.5 (March/April 2000): 53-57. McKnight Artist Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Artists. cat., Minneapolis: Intermedia Arts, 1999. Hair Stories. exh. cat. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1999; Fyrogia: 12 artists working in collaboration with the ceramic workshops of the island. exh. cat., Sifnos, Greece,1999. Selected Residencies/Visiting Artist Positions: 1999 University of Hawaii/Manoa, Oahu, HI 1997 Haystack School of Crafts, Maine 1995 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana 1993 Evergreen College, Olympia, WA 1991 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; St. John's College, Sante Fe 1987 Banff Center for the Arts, Pilchuck School for Glass, Stanwood, WA; Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA; 1985, 1984 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1980 Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ Academic Appointments: 1985-present University of Minnesota, Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN 1990-present: Professor; 1985-1990:Associate Professor Public Collections: American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA; Central Washington Univ., Ellensburg, WA City of Seattle, WA City of Renton, WA City of Tacoma, WA Frederick Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN Fulbright Program, Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece Goethe Institute, Seattle, WA Junior League of Seattle, WA; King County Art in Public Places Collections, WA Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN Municipal Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece; Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle, WA Physio Control Corporation. Redmond, WA Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, WA
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University of Hawaii, Hilo University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA Safeco Insurance Company, Seattle, WA Seattle Art Museum, WA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA Target Center, Minneapolis, MN; USA TODAY, Washington, DC Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Washington State Art in Public Places Collection Yuma Art Center, AZ
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