the SOCIETY OF LAYERISTS in MULTI-MEDIA

  Residence: Crescent City, CA 
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  dusankakralj@msn.com
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EDUCATION

1981 BA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Arts Department; MA, 1983

1992 – Studied under Paul Gardner, Laguna Beach, CA

1995-2001 - studied under Judith Hale (student of Helen Frankenthaler), Mendocino Art Center, CA

 

SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2000-2009)

2009:
Featured Artist, Solo Exhibit, The Brian Scott Gallery, OR
Allied Artists of America 96th Annual National Exhibition, National Art Gallery, NY
International Society of Acrylic Painters, 12th Annual Juried Competition, Santa Cruz, CA

 

2008:
The Artist Magazine 25th Annual Artist Competition, Finalist in Abstract/Exp, Category
Art Envisions Science, Juried Group Exhibit, NAWA, NY Hall of Science. NY
Eye for Art Gallery, Solo Exhibit, OR
ISAP, 11th Annual Juried Competition, CA

 

2007:
DNACA, Art in Public Places, "Eye for Art", Solo Exhibit, August—September
The 13th Annual Art Competition & Juried Exhibition, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
California Cooperative Art Project, CA–HI Region of SLMM, State Capitol Museum Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2007—2005, Artist Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA

 

2006:
Eye for Art Gallery, OR
Healing Through Art Presentation, Claudia Chaplin Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Chico Art Center, "Bridging Time and Space: California Layerists Create" SLMM CA–HI regional juried exhibition, Chico, CA
15th Annual Juried Exhibition, DeVos Museum, Northern Michigan University, The International Society of Experimental Artists
Falkirk Cultural Center, “Making Connections, SLMM, California – Hawaii regional juried exhibition, San Rafael, CA

 

2005:
International Society of Acrylic Painters, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artist’s Gallery of Seattle, Signature Membership
"Nature’s Unconscious Forces", Solo Exhibit, Ink People Gallery, Eureka, CA
Colours, A Gallery, Brookings, OR
Del Norte Association of Cultural Awareness, Annual Art Exhibit, Del Norte County Courthouse, CA
Exhibit at DVM Building, Crescent City, CA
Crescent Harbor Gallery, Crescent City, CA

 

2004:
SomArts Bay Gallery, "Bridging Time & Space" CA–HA SLMM regional exhibition, San Francisco, CA

 

2001:
DNACA, Art in Public Places, Solo Show, "Art: The Gift of Freedom", CA

 

2000:
Pelican Bay Arts Association, Public Art Exhibit, Brookings, OR
Mendocino Art Center, "In the Nude" (figurative works) juried exhibition, Mendocino, CA

 

AWARDS

2008, Merchandise Award, 11th Annual ISAP International Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art 
League, CA
2007, Merit Award, North Valley Art League 23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cater House Gallery, Redding, CA
2006, Best of Show Award, North Valley Art League 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition,
Cater House Gallery, Redding, CA
2001, Honorable Mention, DNACA, 10th Annual Juried Multi-Media Exhibit, CA
2000, First Place Award, Pelican Bay Arts Association, Azalea Art Festival, Brookings, OR

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Art of Layering: Making Connections, The Society of Layerists in Multi–Media, 2004
(pg.56, "Monoliths of Time")

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Full (juried) Member of The Society of Layerists in Multi–Media, Albuquerque, NM
Signature Member of International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP)
Associate Member of National Watercolor Society
Associate Member of American Watercolor Society
Juried Member of National Association of Women Artists
Member of International Society of Experimental Artists

 

RELATED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1973-1979 Commercial Graphics Arts, Photography & Multimedia Production Anstro Productions, Inc. & Pohlman Studios, Milwaukee, WI

 Dušanka Kralj