DIANE WILLIAMS
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Representation​
  • Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, California
  • Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, California
  • Singulart Online Gallery, Paris, France
  • Five 3 Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
  • Artful Galleries Online, Austin, Texas
  • Manhattan Artists INT'L, New York, NY

Education
  • John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies Master of Fine Arts and Consciousness, Berkeley, CA 2003
  • China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 2001
  • California State University, San Jose, CA 2000
  • California State University, Sacramento, Masters of Art, Sacramento, CA 1999
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelors of Art, Bachelors of Sociology with distinction in the major, Santa Barbara, CA 1981

Workshops   
  • Mixed Media Workshop, taught by Paul Christina, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2020
  • Drawing Together with Sara Post, taught by Sara Post, online
  • Cold Wax Workshop, taught by Jerry McLaughlin & Rebecca Crowell ( co-authors Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts and Conversations), Skopelos, Greece 2019
  • 3- Over- 3, taught by Michael Shemchuk, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2019
  • Cold Wax Workshop, taught by Jerry McLaughlin (MD, co-author Cold Wax Medium, Techniques, Concepts and Conversations), Benicia, CA 2017
  • Global Arts Project, Painting, Collage and Stitching, Taught by Carl Hayward (founder of the Global Arts Project), Akiko Suzuki (award winning fiber artist) and Joan Stennick (painter), Benicia, CA 2015

Corporate Collections
  • California State University, Sacramento, CA
  • Las Terrazas, San Miguel De Allende Mexico
  • Tipco Technologies, Palo Alto, CA
  • Slumberger Inc., San Jose, CA
  • World Market CEO personal collection
  • Ironhorse Furnishings, Benicia, CA
  • Ice-Nine Foam Works, Orange, CA

One Person Exhibitions
  • China Basin, Juror Joyce Faulkner, China Basin, San Francisco, CA 2019
  • The Path to Dreams, Juror, Sally Cote, Ruby Living Designs, Mill Valley, CA 2018
  • Veiled Flowers, Juror Jeffrey Tover, The Gallery at 216 at Estey Real Estate, Benicia, CA 2018
  • Alta Bates Hospital, Juror, Aeriel Mulvaney, Berkeley, CA 2015
  • Arts Benicia Presents, Olson Reality, Benicia, CA 2015
  • Arts Benicia Presents, Rellik, Benicia, CA 2009
  • Domaine Chandon Winery, Juror Ellen Flora, Yountville, CA 2008
  • James Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA 2003
  • John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Berkeley CA, 2003
  • Stone Horse Gallery, Roseville, CA 2003
  • California State University, Sacramento, CA 1999

Two Person Exhibitions
  • A New Day, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA 2022
  • Outside of Time, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA 2021
  • Ancestral Convergence, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2018
  • Untethered, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2017
  • Beyond the Garden Gate, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2016
  • Jingletown Studios, Oakland, CA 2015
  • The Nature in Things, Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2015
  • Side by Side, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2013
  • Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA 1997

Juried Exhibitions                                                                              
  • Home, Online Exhibition, Juror Susan Aulik, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2021
  • A Moment of Reflection, Juror Emebet Korn, O'Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 2021
  • Composing the Future, Jurors Anne Giancola & Marianne McGrath, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, CA 2021
  • The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2020
  • Socially Distanced, Artist Alliance on line gallery, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2020
  • Summer Show, Juror Sylvia White, Real Art Gallery, Aroura Hills, CA, 2020
  • Flux: Wax in All Forms, Juror Sara Post, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2020
  • The Ground Upon Which We Stand, Jurors Robert Abrams, Abram Claghorn Gallery owner, Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Natalie Borges, Abrams Claghorn Gallery manager, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA, 2020
  • Twixt cup and lip, 10th Annual Juried exhibition, Juror Amanda Donnan, curator of art, Frye Art Museum, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington, 2020
  • “SNAP!”, Jurors Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum (Arc Gallery and Studios partners), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2020
  • Variations on Abstraction Part III, Juror Robert Jean Ray, (curator at MicroART Collection), Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2020
  • Nocturn, on line exhibit, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019
  • Triton Museum of Art 2D Competition and Exhibition, Juror George Rivera, Triton Museum, San Jose, CA 2019
  • Winter Solstice, Juror Andrea Schwartz, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2019
  • Pacific Arts League 98th Anniversary Exhibition, Juror PAL Committee, Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA 2019
  • Alchemy, Juror Jenny Gheith, SFMOMA, Arts Guild Sonoma, Sonoma, CA 2019
  • Sanctuary, Juror Bryan Yedinak, Themes + Projects, San Francisco, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019
  • Harvest, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, JPG Bank, Lafayette, CA 2019
  • New Currencies, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, JPG Bank, Lafayette, CA 2019
  • Flora and Fauna, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2019
  •  “SNAP!”, Jurors Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum (Arc Gallery and Studios partners), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019
  • Small Things, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA 2018
  • Home Sweet Home, Juror Ruta Saliklis, San Luis Obispo Museum of Modern Art, San Luis Obispo, CA 2018
  • Sumi-e Painting: Traditional and Emerging Expressions, Juror Mamiko Ikeda, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO 2018
  • No Mud No Lotus, Juror Candace Loheed, Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018
  • Brushstrokes, Juror Peter Charles, (Emeritus Professor of Art at Georgetown University), San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 2018
  • Abstraction, Juror Michael Azgour, (Part Time Faculty Stanford), Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA 2018
  • Road Maps, Juror Dewitt Cheng (Author and Artist), Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA 2018
  • “SNAP!”, Jurors Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum (Arc Gallery and Studios partners), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2018
  • Gems IV, Juror Donna Seager, (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arts Benicia, Benicia CA  2017
  • Celebrate, Jurors Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA 2017
  • Flora and Fauna on line exhibit, Juror Suzanne Gray, (Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA), Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017
  • California State Fair, Juror unknown, Sacramento, CA 2017
  • Visions of the Wild, Juror Jeff Snell and the National Forest Service, Artiszen Gallery, Vallejo, CA 2017
  • Membership Medley, Juror Tony Natsoulas, (Blue Line Gallery Roseville), Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
  • Gems III, Juror Ruth Santee (Transmission Gallery, Oakland), Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2016
  • Fragments the Art of Collage and Assemblage, Juror Robert Jean Ray (curator at MicroART Collection), Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2015
  • Variations on Abstraction Part II, Juror Robert Jean Ray, (curator at MicroART Collection), Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA 2015
  • California State Fair, Juror Brenda Louie, (Professor, California State University, Sacramento), Sacramento, CA 2014
  • Portals, Transformative Arts Juror Dyana Bhandari (Arts Café Chair, Martinez, CA) Martinez County Building, Martinez, CA 2013
  • Abstract All Media juried exhibition, Juror Jeremy Morgan (John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley; Academy of Art, San Francisco) Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2012
  • California State Fair, Juror unknown, Sacramento, CA 2008, 2003, 2002,2001 and 1999
  • Coastal Arts League Museum, 13th Annual Juried Show, Juror Harry Roche (critic, Art Week), Half Moon Bay, CA 1996
 
Recent Group Exhibitions
  • 48 Pillars, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2022
  • Kneedler Fauchere (Courtesy of Seager/Gray), San Francisco, CA 2022
  • LA Design Center (Courtesy of Seager/Gray), San Francisco, CA 2022
  • Art in the Abstract, Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 2021
  • Shift, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA 2021
  • NCWCA Mentor/Mentee Exhibit, Prospect Gallery @ Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2021
  • Women of Abstraction 2, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Arts Benicia Gallery Benicia, CA 2019
  • Wild Things, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Arts Benicia Gallery Benicia, CA 2019
  • G0! 2019, invitational, Juror Jennifer Perlmutter, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA 2019
  • After Dark, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Arts Benicia Gallery Benicia, CA 2018
  • Art Expo Santa Fe, Opus Art Collective, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Galley, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018
  • Art Expo Las Vegas, Opus Art Collective, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2018
  • The Little Things, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA 2017
  • Women of Abstraction, invitational, Juror Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA 2017
  • Gone Global, a three person show with Jeff Tover and LeRoy Parker, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA 2017
  • New Members Show, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
  • Art of the Community, Arts Benicia, CA 1997- 2020
  • Benicia Artist Open Studios, Benicia, CA, 1997-2019
  • Transmigration, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2013
  • Georgiana Gallery, Walnut Grove, CA 2013
  • Schiroccos, Benicia, CA 2013
  •  John F Kennedy University, Berkley, CA 2012
  • Two x Two, John F Kennedy University, Berkley, CA 2012
  • From the Arsenal and Beyond, invitational, Juror Carol Dalton, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2011
  • Columbarium, Day of the Dead, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA 2010 and 2011
  • Columbarium, Day of the Dead, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009
  • Columbarium, Day of the Dead, Meek Estate, Hayward, CA 2008
  • Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA 2006
  • Grand Opening Exhibit, Fairfield Civic Building, Fairfield, CA 2005
  • Imprints, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA 2001
  • Golden State Museum, Sacramento, CA 1999
  • Witt Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA 1999
  • Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1998

Benefit Auctions
  • Arts Benicia Annual Art Auction, Benicia, CA 1997-2017, 2019, 2021
 
Art Consultants            
  • Slate Art, Ritz Carlton South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, CA 2017

Awards and Honors
  • Honorable mention, Triton Museum of Art 2D Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum, San Jose, CA 2019
  • Jurors Award, Home Sweet Home, San Luis Obispo Museum of Modern Art, San Luis Obispo, CA 2018
  • Curators Award, Brushstrokes, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 2018
  • Arts Benicia Presents, Rellik Curator, Benicia, CA 2017, 2020
  • California State Fair, Award of Excellence, Sacramento, CA 2012
  • Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Best of Show, Abstract All Media juried exhibition, Sebastopol, CA 2012
  • Castro Valley Sanitary District, 10th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2007
  • Mind Body Medicine Professional Training Program, Grant Recipient, Berkeley and San Diego, CA 2006
  • Castro Valley Sanitary District, 9th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2006
  • Solano County Courthouse, Finalist, Government Commission, Fairfield, CA 2005
  • Castro Valley Sanitary District, 8th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2005
  • The Creative Center New York, Artist in Residence, Manhattan, New York, 2004
  • California State Fair, Award of Excellence, Sacramento, CA 2003, 2001, 2000 and 1999
  • John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Susan Seddon Boulet award, Berkeley, CA 2003
  • John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Olga Kendall scholarship, Berkeley, CA 2000
  • California State University, Sacramento, JAM Inc. Studio Arts Award, Sacramento, CA 1999
  • California State University, Sacramento, Student Purchase Award, Sacramento, CA 1999
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sacramento, CA 1999
  • California State University, Sacramento, Increase Robinson Memorial Fellowship, Sacramento, CA 1998
  • California State University, Sacramento, President Graduate Art Student’s Hub, Sacramento, CA 1997
  • Renee de Rosa Art and Nature Preserve, Docent, Napa, CA 1997
  • Coastal Arts League Museum, 13th Annual Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Half Moon Bay, CA 1996

Publications
  • Artists of the Bay Area, Jen Tough, Santa Fe, NM 2022
  • Composing the Future, Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, Bankhead Theater Gallery, Livermore, CA May 7-June 27, 2021
  • Coping Together in Isolation, Artists find connection in times of social distancing, by Diane Williams, Benicia Magazine, August, 2020
  • Local artist brings students together with YouTube channel, by Diane Williams, Benicia Times Herald, Vol 124, No.91, July 28, 2020
  • Identity, Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico, 2020
  • Fragments, National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA, November 21-December 19, 2020
  • The Ground Upon Which We Stand, NCWCA regional juried exhibition catalogue, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, April-May, 2020
  • Twixt Cup and Lip 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, by Gallery 110, February 6-29, 2020
  • Sanctuary, National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA, May 18-June 22, 2019
  • Nocturne, National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA. November 9-December 7, 2019
  • 71 Women in Art, Kurt Edward Fishback, 2017
  • Flora & Fauna, National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA. June 17-July 15, 2017
  • Membership Medley, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017

Teaching Experience
  • Morro Bay Art Association, Morro Bay, CA 2021
  • Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA 2019, 2020
  • Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA, 2019, 2020
  • Red Door Studio, Orinda, CA 2020
  • Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA 2019
  • Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, Washington, 2018
  • Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 2016-17
  • I AN I Studio, Benicia, CA 2007-2020
  • Kaiser Hospital, Instructor, Walnut Creek, CA 2006-2007, 2017
  • City of Concord Parks and Recreation, Instructor, Concord, CA 2006-2007
  • John F Kennedy Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Graduate Student Mentor, Berkeley, CA 2004-2006
  • Chabot College Quest Program, Instructor, Hayward, CA 2003-2007
  • National University, Adjunct Professor, Sacramento, CA, 2001-2007
  • Arts Benicia, Stretcher Bar Instructor, Benicia, CA 2002
  • Robert Semple Elementary School, Instructor, Art Day, Benicia, CA 2001-2003
  • California State University, Sacramento, teaching assistant, Sacramento, CA 1997-1999

Memberships
  • NCWCA, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art 2018-2021
  • Artists Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico, 2020-2021
  • Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA 2019-2021
  • The Painters Group, San Luis Obispo, 2018-2021
  • Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 1997-2021
  • Opus Artists Collective, Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, 2017-2019
  • ​Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA 2019-2020
  • Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA 2020
  • San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA 2019
  • Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
  • Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2014-2017
  • Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2011-2013
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