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Teaching experience

 

                2014-present Instructor, Printmaking, Painting, School of Visual Philosophy, San Jose, CA

                2013-2015     Lecturer, Drawing, Design Fundamentals, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA

                2013              Lecturer, Lithography and Monotype, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                2012-2013     Instructor: Lithography, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

                2010              Teaching Assistant: Beginning Painting, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                2009              Teaching Associate: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                                      Developed curriculum, Taught Beginning Drawing

                                      Teaching Assistant: Representational Drawing, San Jose State University, San Jose

                2003              Lecturer: Anderson University, Anderson Indiana

                                      Developed curriculum, Taught Drawing 1 and 2, 2 Dimensional Design, Art Appreciation,                                                   Lectured Art History Appreciation

 

Education

 

                2011  Master of Fine Arts, pictorial, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                2005  Monotype workshop, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA with Inez Storer

                2004  Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude with honors in art, Anderson University

                          The Figure in Glass, Summer Program, California State University, Fresno, CA with

                          Dana Zamecnikova and Hank Murta Adams

                2003  Chautauqua School of Art Summer Program, Chautauqua, NY with Betsy Garand and Stanley Lewis

                2001  Summer Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School, NY with Graham Nickson

 

Awards

 

                2020  SVCreates Artist Laureate Award, Santa Clara County, CA

                2017  3rd Place Print, Annual 2D Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                2016  Knight Foundation Arts Grant, Instructor Exchange Residency Program for the School of Visual                                           Philosophy

                          MALI mini grant, Day of the Dead Maker Parade: competitive grant from the Multicultural Arts and                                     Leadership Institute, San Jose, CA

                2015  Honorable Mention, Annual 2D Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                2013  Third Place, Black and White Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, juried by George Rivera

                2012  Artist In Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

                2011  Published in Studio Visit Magazine vol. 18

                2010  Honorable Mention, Works on Paper, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Chief Curator’s choice, Annual Fiesta Gala, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                          Member of the California Society of Printmakers

                          Auvil Printmaking Assistantship, San Jose State University

                2009  Second Place Print, Statewide Juried Drawing and Print Exhibition, Juror: Roberta Loach, 

                          Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                          Willis Nelson Scholarship, San Jose State University

                          Auvil Printmaking Assistantship, San Jose State University

                2008  Orchard Commercial North First ArtSpace scholarship, San Jose State University

                2004  Noffsinger Award, Anderson University

                          Bengtson Award, Anderson University

 

Exhibitions

 

Selected Solo Shows

 

                2018  Defining Gravity, Visual Philosophy Art Space, San Jose, CA

                2015 That way and This, Ameriprise Financial, San Jose, CA

                2011  Inside, Looking out, MFA exhibition, Gallery Three, San Jose State University

                2010  From Here to There, The Abbey, Santa Cruz, CA

                          A through Z, Gallery Three, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                          Fragments, The Black Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                2009  Veiled and Untold, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

                          Because now we are apart, Gallery 8, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

                2008  Dana Harris, Doubleshot Coffee Co., Tulsa, OK

 

 

Selected Group Shows and 2-3 Person Shows

               

                2020  Ripple Effect, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA

                2019  Connect and Collect, ICA Annual Art Auction, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA

                          Perception of Place, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA

                          Spring (In)formal, SVP Annual Art Auction Fundraiser, School of Visual Philosophy, San Jose, CA

                2018  Entangled Experience, Monterey Peninsula Art Gallery, Monterey, CA

                          12th Annual California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA

                          The Very Very Rare Affordable Art Fair, JCO’s ArtHaus, Los Gatos, CA

               2017  Cross Currents, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA

                          Annual 2D Salon, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                          Connect and Collect, ICA Annual Art Auction, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA

                         12x12, Cabrillo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Mirrored Images, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA

                          Beneath the Surface, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA

                2016  Connect and Collect, ICA Annual Art Auction, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA

                          Home is where the heART is, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA

                          California Society of Printmakers Pop Up Exhibit, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA

                          Prints, Santa Cruz Public Library, Santa Cruz, CA

                2015  Annual 2D Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                          Annual Member’s Exhibition, California Society of Printmakers, Grey Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA

                2014  Dana Harris, with Betsy Barnum, IJava Café, San Jose, CA

                          Unsettled, with Yori Seeger and Betsy Barnum, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA

                2013  Text, Language and Numerals, Union Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

                          Our Universe, Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA

                          Intaglio, Artisans Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Black and White, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                          April in Paris: Triton Museum Gala, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

                          Glyph: Text in Art, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA

                2012  More the Merrier, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA

                          Open Studios and Preview Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Inked Surfaces, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA

                          Prints Galore, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                          California Society of Printmakers: New Works, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

                          The Art of Light, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

                          H2O: Fragility and Strength, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Raphael, CA

               2011   Works on Paper, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Lift Off, San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

                          Print Fair, ArtHouse, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA

                          Mix it up! Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Art for Art, Robert Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

               2010   Statewide Juried Watercolor Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                          Open Studios and Preview Exhibit, Santa Cruz Cultural Council, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Jubilee, The Abbey, Santa Cruz, CA

                          The Loud and Moving Show, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA

               2009   Statewide Juried Drawing and Print Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

                          Open Studios and Preview Exhibit, Santa Cruz Cultural Council, Santa Cruz, CA

                          Ecology, ArtArk Gallery, San Jose, CA

                          The Drawing Show, Herbert Sanders Gallery, SJSU, San Jose, CA

                2008  Local Color, ArtArk Gallery, San Jose, CA

                2007  Relative, Friskee Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

 

Publications

               2016   KQED Women to Watch online series, interview plus photo essay

               2015   Garcia, D. School of Visual Philosophy: An Arts Revolution. Content Magazine Vol. 7.1, pp. 36-41, 2015

                          Seeger, D. H. A Transitional Workspace Alternative. The California Printmaker. Pp. 28- 29, 2015      

               2014   Snow, M., Walters, S.S. California Society of Printmakers, 100 years 1913-2013. p. 173, 

               2012   Zevitas, S. Studio Visit Magazine. Vol. 18, p 79, 2012

               2010   BayVan online Artist Registry

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