Diane Blackwell
www.DBlackwellStudio.com
Education 2008 Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC (BFA – Fine Arts)
Group Exhibitions
2023 The Art League. Jan. Heart's Desire. Alexandria, VA Juror: Allyson Vieira, sculptor, GWU Corcoran School of Art professor
2022 The Art League. Nov. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Joe Ramiro Garcia, artist. Honorable Mention
2022 The Art League. Sept. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Philadelphia-based glass artist Amber Cowan
2022 The Art League. May. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Eliot Dudik, phonebook artist
2022 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Start With Green. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Kelly Lonergan, artist
2022 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Street Scenes. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Margaret Murphy, Dir Ctr for Visual Arts Johns Hopkins
2022 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. All Photography. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Jeffrey Allison, VMFA Educator, photographer
2022 The Art League. Jan. Nocturne. Alexandria,VA Juror: Becca Stadtlander, children & adult books illustrator
2021 The Art League. Sept. Heroes and Villains. Alexandria, VA Juror: Caitlin Berry, Cody Gallery Dir, ArtTable, Tephra Institute
2021 The Art League. July. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Toni-Lee Sangastiano, Assist Prof Studio Art & Digital Media Georgetown Univ
2021 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Food for Thought. Annapolis, MD Juror: Klye Hackett, Prof of Painting & Drawing JMU
2021 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Artist's Choice. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Alexis Shockley, Arts Coord VCU Health
2021 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Patterns. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Matt Lively, artist, taught at VCU
2021 The Art League. Jan. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Gregg Deal, artist, lecturer Denver Art Museum, SI National Museum American Indian
2020 The Art League. Dec. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Mark Bishcel, artist, teaches at School of Visual Arts, Kansas City Art Inst., MICA
2020 The Art League. Nov. Feast. Alexandria, VA Juror: Anki King, NYC artist, NYU lecturer.
2020 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Food for Thought. Annapolis, MD Juror:Yikui Gu, Assoc Professor College of Southern Maryland
2020 The Art League. Sept. 2020. Alexandria, VA Juror: Duane Slick, artist, Professor Rhode Island School of Design
2020 The Art League. June. Landscape. honorable mention. Alexandria, VA Juror:Eric Marsh, artist, teacher Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven
2020 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Food for Thought. Annapolis, MD Juror: Catherine Haggarty, Brooklyn-based artist and curator
2020 The Art League. April. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Dana Del, marketing strategist for Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City.
2020 Del Ray Artisans. Tell Me A Story. Alexandria, VA. Lesley Hall, artist
2020 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Street Scenes. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Adam Davies, artist
2020 Gallery Clarendon. Kaleidoscope. Arlington, VA Juror: Gavin Glakas, artist w/ Principle Gallery & instructor Yellow Barn Glen Echo
2019 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Light and Shadow. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Susan Badder, adjunct professor MICA
2019 The Art League. July. Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Fanna Gebreyesus, Curatorial Associate Glenstone Museum
2019 Maryland Federation of Art @ Gallery B. Open Exhibition. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Robert Yi, Faculty and Academic Advisor, College of Visual & Performing Arts, School of Art, Fairfax, VA, and Artist
2019 The Art League. June. Landscape Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief Fine Art Connoisseur and President of the Association of Historians of 19th Century Art
2019 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Urban, Suburban & Rural. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Joey Mánlapaz. Assoc. faculty CCA&D
2019 The Art League. April. Mixed Media. Alexandria, VA Juror: Lavar Munroe. interdisciplinary artist featured in 2015 Venice Biennale
2019 Capitol Hill Art League. By Design, 8th Annual. Washington, DC. Juror: Claude L. Elliott. Curator and Consultant.
2019 Maryland Federation of Art. Focal Point - Art of the Digital Media. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Jay Gould, MICA faculty
2018 The Art League. November. Open Exhibition. Alexandria, VA Juror: Lee Newman painter & printmaker, MD
2018 The Art League. August. Value. Alexandria, VA Juror: Sharon Louden, faculty MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY
2018 Del Ray Artisans. Touch of Magic. Alexandria, VA. Tom Kelly & Veronica Barker-Barzel, Torpedo Factory printmaker instructor
2018 Maryland Federation of Art. 2018 Members National Juried. Annapolis, MD. John Shipman, Assoc. Dir. of Development Univ. Delaware
2017 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Street Scenes. Annapolis, MD. Charlotta Kotik, independent curator contemporary art NYC
2017 The Art League. October Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Tim Doud, Assoc. Professor, Dept of Art, American University
2017 d'Art. Compelling Images from Virginia Photographers. Norfolk, VA Juror: Erik Neil, Director, Chrysler Museum of Art
2017 The Art League. August Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Stephanie Midon, Curator Asst, National Museum of Women in the Arts
2017 The Art League. April Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: April Wood, Co-founder Baltimore Jewelry Center, manager & instructor
2017 The Art League. March Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: JD Deardourff, Washington DC artist in printmaking, collage, paintings
2017 The Art League. January Habits. Alexandria, VA Juror: Rebecca Chaperon, Toronto, Canada artist
2016 Multiple Exposures Gallery Photo ’16. Alexandria, VA Juror: Sam Abell, Nat’l Geographic
2016 The Art League. Sept Open Exhibition. Alexandria, VA Juror:Any Klainer, Adjunct Towson
2016 Maryland Federation of Art, American Landscapes. Juror: Liza Key Streak, Manager of Exhibitions The Phillips Collection
2016 The Art League. June Open Exhibition. Alexandria, VA Juror: Jeff Huntington, NY artist
2016 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Appetite For Art. Washington, DC Jurors: Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams & Stephen Cheung.
2015 Studio Gallery. Winter Show Group Exhibition. Washington, DC
2015 Studio Gallery. Duo Exhibition. Tea Time. Washington, DC
2015 The Art League. August Taking Shape. Alexandria, VA Juror: Jessica Beels artist
2015 The Art League. August 'Scapes. Alexandria, VA Juror: Elizabeth Peak printmaker
2015 The Art League. April All Media. Alexandria, VA Juror: Jayme McClellan, Civilian Art Projects founder & MICA professor
2014 Studio Gallery Winter Show Group Exhibition, Washington, DC
2014 The Art League. Structures. "Washington Football." Alexandria, VA. Monkieth Saaid Best in Show. Juror: Rosemary Luckett Art League
2014 Gallery Underground. Mayhem. Arlington, VA Juror: Mark Cameron Boyd, Corcoran College of Art & Design professor, artist
2014 The Art League. Pop Art. “Happy”. Alexandria, VA “Art on the Rocks.” Juror: Robin Nicholson, Deputy Director for A&E @ VMFA
2014 Gallery B. MFA - Creative Connections. Bethesda, MD
2013 Target Gallery. Reflections - Part of Fotoweek DC. Alexandria, VA Juror: Lindsay Harris NGA - Dept. of Photographs
2012 Target Gallery. Homage: Past Influences. Alexandria, VA Juror: Brooke Seidelmann Dir. Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
2012 Maryland Federation of Art. American Landscapes. Annapolis, MD Juror: Susan Behrends Frank, Associate Curator for Research, The Phillips Collection
2011 Freedman Gallery of Albright College. Gender Matters/Matters of Gender. Reading, PA Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
2011 Stamp Gallery of University of Maryland. Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object, MD
2011 Panelist. Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object. Stamp Gallery, University of MD
2010 A.I.R. Gallery. Wish You Were Here 9. Brooklyn, NY
2009 International Art Affairs. Postconceptualism. Washington, DC.
2008 Corcoran Gallery of Art. ArtAnonymous. Washington, DC.
2008 Thesis Exhibition Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
2008 Juried Undergraduate Sculpture Annual Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art – Top Award
2008 George Mason University. Provocations. The Art of Social Engagement
2008 Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Reclaiming the “F” Word. Los Angeles, CA
2007 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art
2007 Juried Undergraduate Printmaking Annual Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art
2007 Juried Undergraduate Sculpture Annual Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art
2006 DC Art Student Invitational Show. Studio Gallery, Washington, DC.
2005 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Press
2015 Adventures for Creative Tourists Blog - Featured Artist
2014 The Art League Blog - Q&A with Artist Diane Blackwell (The Washington Football)
2014 The Washington Post - Pharrell’s hat, now on view in Alexandria
2014 WUSA*9 CBS Nikki Burdine April 18, 2014 - Pharrell hat part of ode to pop art in Alexandria
2014 dcist - Pharrell’s Hat Is Now Pop Art On Display at Alexandria Gallery
2014 Old Town Alexandria Patch - In Alexandria: Pharrell’s Hat Subject of Pop Art Piece in Art League Gallery Exhibit
Essays on Mark Cameron Boyd's Blog - Theory Now
2009 Further Discourse on the Hollow March entry
2008 Feminist Video Art as Forerunner to Postmodernism February entry
www.DBlackwellStudio.com
Education 2008 Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC (BFA – Fine Arts)
Group Exhibitions
2023 The Art League. Jan. Heart's Desire. Alexandria, VA Juror: Allyson Vieira, sculptor, GWU Corcoran School of Art professor
2022 The Art League. Nov. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Joe Ramiro Garcia, artist. Honorable Mention
2022 The Art League. Sept. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Philadelphia-based glass artist Amber Cowan
2022 The Art League. May. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Eliot Dudik, phonebook artist
2022 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Start With Green. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Kelly Lonergan, artist
2022 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Street Scenes. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Margaret Murphy, Dir Ctr for Visual Arts Johns Hopkins
2022 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. All Photography. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Jeffrey Allison, VMFA Educator, photographer
2022 The Art League. Jan. Nocturne. Alexandria,VA Juror: Becca Stadtlander, children & adult books illustrator
2021 The Art League. Sept. Heroes and Villains. Alexandria, VA Juror: Caitlin Berry, Cody Gallery Dir, ArtTable, Tephra Institute
2021 The Art League. July. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Toni-Lee Sangastiano, Assist Prof Studio Art & Digital Media Georgetown Univ
2021 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Food for Thought. Annapolis, MD Juror: Klye Hackett, Prof of Painting & Drawing JMU
2021 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Artist's Choice. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Alexis Shockley, Arts Coord VCU Health
2021 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Patterns. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Matt Lively, artist, taught at VCU
2021 The Art League. Jan. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Gregg Deal, artist, lecturer Denver Art Museum, SI National Museum American Indian
2020 The Art League. Dec. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Mark Bishcel, artist, teaches at School of Visual Arts, Kansas City Art Inst., MICA
2020 The Art League. Nov. Feast. Alexandria, VA Juror: Anki King, NYC artist, NYU lecturer.
2020 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Food for Thought. Annapolis, MD Juror:Yikui Gu, Assoc Professor College of Southern Maryland
2020 The Art League. Sept. 2020. Alexandria, VA Juror: Duane Slick, artist, Professor Rhode Island School of Design
2020 The Art League. June. Landscape. honorable mention. Alexandria, VA Juror:Eric Marsh, artist, teacher Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven
2020 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Food for Thought. Annapolis, MD Juror: Catherine Haggarty, Brooklyn-based artist and curator
2020 The Art League. April. Open. Alexandria, VA Juror: Dana Del, marketing strategist for Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City.
2020 Del Ray Artisans. Tell Me A Story. Alexandria, VA. Lesley Hall, artist
2020 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Street Scenes. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Adam Davies, artist
2020 Gallery Clarendon. Kaleidoscope. Arlington, VA Juror: Gavin Glakas, artist w/ Principle Gallery & instructor Yellow Barn Glen Echo
2019 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Light and Shadow. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Susan Badder, adjunct professor MICA
2019 The Art League. July. Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Fanna Gebreyesus, Curatorial Associate Glenstone Museum
2019 Maryland Federation of Art @ Gallery B. Open Exhibition. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Robert Yi, Faculty and Academic Advisor, College of Visual & Performing Arts, School of Art, Fairfax, VA, and Artist
2019 The Art League. June. Landscape Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief Fine Art Connoisseur and President of the Association of Historians of 19th Century Art
2019 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Urban, Suburban & Rural. Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Joey Mánlapaz. Assoc. faculty CCA&D
2019 The Art League. April. Mixed Media. Alexandria, VA Juror: Lavar Munroe. interdisciplinary artist featured in 2015 Venice Biennale
2019 Capitol Hill Art League. By Design, 8th Annual. Washington, DC. Juror: Claude L. Elliott. Curator and Consultant.
2019 Maryland Federation of Art. Focal Point - Art of the Digital Media. Annapolis, MD. Juror: Jay Gould, MICA faculty
2018 The Art League. November. Open Exhibition. Alexandria, VA Juror: Lee Newman painter & printmaker, MD
2018 The Art League. August. Value. Alexandria, VA Juror: Sharon Louden, faculty MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY
2018 Del Ray Artisans. Touch of Magic. Alexandria, VA. Tom Kelly & Veronica Barker-Barzel, Torpedo Factory printmaker instructor
2018 Maryland Federation of Art. 2018 Members National Juried. Annapolis, MD. John Shipman, Assoc. Dir. of Development Univ. Delaware
2017 Maryland Federation of Art. Curve Gallery. Street Scenes. Annapolis, MD. Charlotta Kotik, independent curator contemporary art NYC
2017 The Art League. October Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Tim Doud, Assoc. Professor, Dept of Art, American University
2017 d'Art. Compelling Images from Virginia Photographers. Norfolk, VA Juror: Erik Neil, Director, Chrysler Museum of Art
2017 The Art League. August Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: Stephanie Midon, Curator Asst, National Museum of Women in the Arts
2017 The Art League. April Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: April Wood, Co-founder Baltimore Jewelry Center, manager & instructor
2017 The Art League. March Open Exhibit. Alexandria, VA Juror: JD Deardourff, Washington DC artist in printmaking, collage, paintings
2017 The Art League. January Habits. Alexandria, VA Juror: Rebecca Chaperon, Toronto, Canada artist
2016 Multiple Exposures Gallery Photo ’16. Alexandria, VA Juror: Sam Abell, Nat’l Geographic
2016 The Art League. Sept Open Exhibition. Alexandria, VA Juror:Any Klainer, Adjunct Towson
2016 Maryland Federation of Art, American Landscapes. Juror: Liza Key Streak, Manager of Exhibitions The Phillips Collection
2016 The Art League. June Open Exhibition. Alexandria, VA Juror: Jeff Huntington, NY artist
2016 Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. Appetite For Art. Washington, DC Jurors: Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams & Stephen Cheung.
2015 Studio Gallery. Winter Show Group Exhibition. Washington, DC
2015 Studio Gallery. Duo Exhibition. Tea Time. Washington, DC
2015 The Art League. August Taking Shape. Alexandria, VA Juror: Jessica Beels artist
2015 The Art League. August 'Scapes. Alexandria, VA Juror: Elizabeth Peak printmaker
2015 The Art League. April All Media. Alexandria, VA Juror: Jayme McClellan, Civilian Art Projects founder & MICA professor
2014 Studio Gallery Winter Show Group Exhibition, Washington, DC
2014 The Art League. Structures. "Washington Football." Alexandria, VA. Monkieth Saaid Best in Show. Juror: Rosemary Luckett Art League
2014 Gallery Underground. Mayhem. Arlington, VA Juror: Mark Cameron Boyd, Corcoran College of Art & Design professor, artist
2014 The Art League. Pop Art. “Happy”. Alexandria, VA “Art on the Rocks.” Juror: Robin Nicholson, Deputy Director for A&E @ VMFA
2014 Gallery B. MFA - Creative Connections. Bethesda, MD
2013 Target Gallery. Reflections - Part of Fotoweek DC. Alexandria, VA Juror: Lindsay Harris NGA - Dept. of Photographs
2012 Target Gallery. Homage: Past Influences. Alexandria, VA Juror: Brooke Seidelmann Dir. Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
2012 Maryland Federation of Art. American Landscapes. Annapolis, MD Juror: Susan Behrends Frank, Associate Curator for Research, The Phillips Collection
2011 Freedman Gallery of Albright College. Gender Matters/Matters of Gender. Reading, PA Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
2011 Stamp Gallery of University of Maryland. Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object, MD
2011 Panelist. Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object. Stamp Gallery, University of MD
2010 A.I.R. Gallery. Wish You Were Here 9. Brooklyn, NY
2009 International Art Affairs. Postconceptualism. Washington, DC.
2008 Corcoran Gallery of Art. ArtAnonymous. Washington, DC.
2008 Thesis Exhibition Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
2008 Juried Undergraduate Sculpture Annual Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art – Top Award
2008 George Mason University. Provocations. The Art of Social Engagement
2008 Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Reclaiming the “F” Word. Los Angeles, CA
2007 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art
2007 Juried Undergraduate Printmaking Annual Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art
2007 Juried Undergraduate Sculpture Annual Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art
2006 DC Art Student Invitational Show. Studio Gallery, Washington, DC.
2005 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Press
2015 Adventures for Creative Tourists Blog - Featured Artist
2014 The Art League Blog - Q&A with Artist Diane Blackwell (The Washington Football)
2014 The Washington Post - Pharrell’s hat, now on view in Alexandria
2014 WUSA*9 CBS Nikki Burdine April 18, 2014 - Pharrell hat part of ode to pop art in Alexandria
2014 dcist - Pharrell’s Hat Is Now Pop Art On Display at Alexandria Gallery
2014 Old Town Alexandria Patch - In Alexandria: Pharrell’s Hat Subject of Pop Art Piece in Art League Gallery Exhibit
Essays on Mark Cameron Boyd's Blog - Theory Now
2009 Further Discourse on the Hollow March entry
2008 Feminist Video Art as Forerunner to Postmodernism February entry