DIANE KRUER
www.dianekruer.com
EDUCATION:
1981 MASTER OF FINE ARTS University of Cincinnati
1978 BACHELOR OF ARTS-ART HISTORY Northern Kentucky University
1975 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Northern Kentucky University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1986-2014 INSTRUCTOR OF FINE ARTS Seven Hills Upper School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1985-86 INSTRUCTOR-Art Department Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
1981-86 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Ohio Arts Council
1986-Hustead Elementary, Springfield, Ohio
1985-Nativity School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1982-84-Seven Hills Upper School
1981-82 INSTRUCTOR- Art Department University of Cincinnati, College of DAAP
1980-81 GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT University of Cincinnati, Art Department, DAAP
1978-79 INSTRUCTOR-Art Education Northern Kentucky University, Art Department
1978-79 INSTRUCTOR- Continuing Education Department Northern Kentucky University
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1978-80 Assistant to the Preparator, University of Cincinnati-Tangeman Gallery
Duties include assisting in design, installation and monitoring of all shows
1975-79 Buyer- Fine Arts Supplies, Northern Kentucky University Bookstore
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2009, 2011, 2013 Study Abroad, Kentucky Institute of International Study, “Psychology of Art”, 6 weeks
2007 Group leader, Downey Seminar, 3weeks, Study Abroad: China
2006 “Altered States” Documentary, Ohio Government Television/PBS
2006 Featured artist “Our Town” magazine, Northern Kentucky
2005 Guest Artist, Foundations classes, Mt. St. Joseph College
2004 Featured Artist, Media Bridges, cable TV, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 Study Abroad, CCSA-Cooperative Center Study Abroad, Digital Photography in Ireland
2000 Certification; Peer Mediation and Conflict Resolution,Center for Peace Education, Cincinnati, Ohio
1997 Featured Artist, WAIF radio, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995 Study Abroad, CCSA-Cooperative Center for Study Abroad, 5 weeks. Photography in England
1992 Guest lecturer, National Art Honor Society
1990-91 Ohio Arts Council Advisory Panel, Artists In Education
1990 Clay Artist's Panel- "Shop Talk" Cincinnati Craft Guild
1989-91 Visiting Artist-Cincinnati Country Day School
1988 Visiting Artist-St. Marks School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1988 Juror - Boys Clubs of America Art Show
1987 Visiting Artist - Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1987 Visiting Artist - Bobby Fairfax School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1986 Visiting Artist - Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
1985 Visiting Artist - Lakeside School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1984-87 Guest Lecturer - Graduate Art Education Class, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
1986 Featured Artist - Kentucky Arts Chronicle, WNKU FM
1985 Juror - Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, Ohio
1985 Featured Artist - "Inside Northern Kentucky", Storer Cable
1984 Juror - Arts Consortium, Cincinnati Annual Show
1984 Juror - Kentucky Arts Commission, Annual Gallery Schedule
1984 Visiting Artist - Non-traditional Handbuilding Workshop, Northern Kentucky University
1983 Panel Member - "Dual Artistic Careers” Women’s Week, Northern Kentucky University
1982 Guest Lecturer - Slide presentation, Northern Kentucky University
1982 Visiting Artist - Lotspeich School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1981-1992 Board of Directors, Craft Guild of Greater Cincinnati
1981 Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Fine Arts Faculty.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2008 Excellence in Education: Teacher Recognition, Ohio Magazine
2007 Excellence in Education: Teacher Recognition, Ohio Magazine
2005 Professional Development Grant, research Reggio Emilia school system, Italy
2002 Individual Artist’s Grant- Summerfair Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
2002 Second Place Award, Mixed media. Deus Ex Machina, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
2002 Brodie Professional Development Grant, Seven Hills School
2001 Titcomb travel study grant, Seven Hills School, Cincinnati, Ohio
2000 Individual Artist’s Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women
2000 Artist’s Professional Assistance Grant, Kentucky Arts Council
1999 Second place award, "Vision Quest", Images Center for Photography, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999 Leslie Hawk Award, Watertower Annual, Louisville, Kentucky
1996 Individual Artist Grant, Summerfair Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
1996 Titcomb travel study grant, Seven Hills School, Cincinnati, Ohio
1994 Third place award, Miniature Art Show, Carnegie Art Center, Covington, Kentucky
1993 Invited Artist, White House Christmas Tree Ornament Invitational, Washington, D.C.
1991 Elyce Allen Endowed Chair, Seven Hills School
1991 Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Purchase Award
1994 & 1990 Ohio Arts Council, Summer Fellowship Grant
1988 & 1982 Award of Excellence, Cincinnati Craft Guild
1985 Merit Award, Duveneck Art Show, Covington, Kentucky
1982 Purchase Award, Safeco Insurance Company
1981 Honorable Mention, Clay Workers Guild of Illinois
1981 Merit Award, Cincinnati Craft Guild, Annual Show
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2014 “Northern Kentucky Artists at 506 Ash” 506 Ash Gallery, Erlanger Ky.
2014 “ Tripletta” Traveling Exhibition miniature show- Covington Ky, Lexington, Ky.
2013 “ Confluence: Artistic Collaboration” College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio
2011 “Cincinnati Remembers Italy” Cincinnati, Ohio
2010 Group Show, Southshore condominiums, Newport, Ky
2010 Two Person Show, Virgil’s Café, Bellevue, Kentucky
2010 Teaching Clay, Funke’s Fired Arts Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2009 Day in the Garden, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 Two Person Show, Cockerill Gallery, Hyde Park, Ohio
2008 NKU Alumni Show, Northern Kentucky University
2008 Seven Hills Faculty Show, Cincinnati, Ohio
2007 “Natural Selections”, Gallery Salveo, Cincinnati, Ohio
2007 “Secret Art”, Artworks, Cincinnati, Ohio
2007 “Medium is the Message”, Willis Fine Art Gallery, Oakley, Ohio
2007 “Artist’s Journals”, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Ky
2006 “Altered States II”, Riffe Gallery, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2005 “Petite XIII”, Small works show. Alder Gallery, Coburg, Oregon
2005 “Altered States”, Group Invitational Photography show, Westin Gallery, Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005 “Magnificent Obsessions: Artists in Exquisite Detail”, Invitational show, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio
2004 “Summerfair Select” Artist’s Grant recipients, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky
2004 “Body Art” Invitational, Gallery Salveo, Cincinnati, Ohio
2004 “Women of Kentucky” Invitational, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
2003 “Romance of Landscapes” Gallery at Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 “Traditional Values-New Directions” three person show, Otterbein College, Ohio
2003 “Celebrate Cincinnati” Invitational, Gallery at Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 “Ireland Pictures”, images from study abroad CCSA, Risch Gallery, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
2003 Digital Survey Photography Show, Sinclair College, Dayton, Ohio
2002 “Under One Roof”, two person show, Studio San Giuseppe, Mt. St. Joseph College, Cincinnati, Ohio
2002 “Midwest Photography Invitational XII”, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2002-03 “Midwest Photography XII” traveling to; Gogebir Community College, Ironwood, Missouri
Center for the Arts, Nohr Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Plattville, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa
2002 “Deus Ex Machina”. Digital Photography Show, Bradley University, Lakeview Museum, Peoria Illinois
2002 “Spring Collection”, Risch Gallery, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
2002 “Kentucky Invitational”, Beringer Crawford Museum, Covington, Kentucky
2002 “Shrine and Altar Show”, Domont Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
2001 “Visions of Italy”, Risch Gallery, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
2001 “Kentucky Women Artists 1970-2000”, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, Kentucky
2001 “Bookworks II ”, Artist’s Book Show, Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cincinnati Art Museum Library;
University of Cincinnati Library
2001 “Parallel Visions”, Group Show, College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio
2000 “Personal Icons: A Symbolic Beginning, Greater Cincinnati Foundation Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2000 Invitational Group Show, Tower Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
2000 Invitational Group Show, Zahorec Hughes Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2000 Kentucky Foundation for Women, Grant Recipients, Artswatch, Louisville, Kentucky
2000 "Women: Force for the New Millennium", Art and Science Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
2000 “Latest Developments; Focus on Regional Photographers”, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
1999 Heike Pickett Gallery Invitational, Versailles, Kentucky
1999 "Vision Quest", Images Center for Photography, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999 One Person Show, Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1999 One Person Show, Aurora Borealis Gallery, Aurora, Indiana
1999 Group Show, New Work, KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999 Parallel Visions II, Mount St. Joseph College, Cincinnati, Ohio
1999 Watertower Annual, Watertower Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1999 "Boundless Expressions; Art In Medicine”, Moffitt Center, Tampa, Florida
1998 "Kentucky Clay", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1998 "Summerfair Select", Grant Recipients Show, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
1998 "Visions IV", Howard Hall, Covington, Kentucky
1997 One Person Show, "Recent Work", The Gallery at Wellage & Buxton, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996 “Visions III”, Cathedral Gallery, Covington, Kentucky
1996 "Collaborations", Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996 “Advice Dresses", Springfield Museum, Springfield, Ohio and Notre Dame College, Cleveland, Ohio
1996 "Figurative Art", YWCA Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996 Invitational Group Show, University Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995-96 "Ceramics Kentucky" traveling show
Eagle Gallery, Murray, Kentucky
Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University
Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
1995 "Women Photographers, YWCA Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995 Group Invitational, Kentucky Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Louisville, Kentucky
1995 "An Eye to Our World", Crazy Ladies Bookstore, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995 "Five in Photography", Adam's Landing Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1993 One-person show, Carnegie Art Center, Covington, Kentucky
1993 “Transitions 93”, Year of the Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
1993 “Our Selections; Our Collections”, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
1992 One-person show, Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
1992 “Concepts in Dimensions; Contemporary Art by Women”, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio
1992 “New Works Invitational”, Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
1991 “Kentucky Juried Women’s Art Exhibition”, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
1991 “Watertower Annual”, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
1991 “Best of 1991”, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Southern Ohio Museum
1991 “Exhibition 280 :Works off Walls", Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
1990 "Rediscovery, Oxidation"; NCECA Invitational, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati Ohio
1990 "Selected Alumni Show", University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1990 "The Fine Art of Design", College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio
1989 Two Person Show, Two Street Studios, Paducah, Kentucky
1989 "New Works", Triangle Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
1988 Anniversary Show Invitational, Triangle Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
1988 "Focus on Kentucky; Beyond Tradition", Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky
1988 "Focus on Kentucky II: Crafts", Capitol Arts Center, Arts Alliance, Bowling Green, Kentucky
1988 Carnegie Retrospective, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
1987 Clay Invitational, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1987 "Best of Twenty" Invitational, Craft Guild of Greater Cincinnati
1986 Gallery Artists Show, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
1986 Summer Group Show, Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1985 "Contemporary Clay" Invitational, Triangle Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
1985 Invitational Group Show, Harrison Lloyd Gallery, Covington, Kentucky
1985 "Right In Our Own Backyard", Group Installation, Fernald Nuclear Processing Plant
1984 Artists in Education Group Show, Gund Gallery, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
1984 M.F.A. Alumni Show, Tangeman Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1984 Three Person Show, Retreat Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983 Gallery Artists Show, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1983 One Person Show, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
1983 "Kentucky Revisited", Survey Exhibition of Kentucky Art, Frankfort, Kentucky
1983 Alumni Show, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
1983 "Third Annual Women in Art Exhibition", Springfield, Illinois
1983 "ARMS Invitational", C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1983 Cincinnati Women Visual Artists Invitational, Conference of Cincinnati Women, Cincinnati, Ohio
1983 "Collections", Contemporary Crafts Invitational, Miller Gallery, Hyde Park, Ohio
1983 “Oxidation Fired Clay Invitational”, College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio
1982 "Potter's 82", Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
1982 "Trends in Porcelain", A.R.T. Studio Clay Company, Elk Grove, Illinois
1982 "Mixed Media" One Person Show, Northern Kentucky University
1981 Craft Guild of Greater Cincinnati Invitational, W.C.E.T. Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1981 "Hillside News" Traveling Exhibition, Ohio Arts Foundation
1981 Clay Workers Guild Invitational, Traveling Exhibition
• Gallery 200, Northern Illinois University
• A.R.T. Studio, Elk Grove, Illinois
• Western Illinois University
• Renner Gallery, Blackburn College
1981 Cincinnati Art Museum Invitational, Cincinnati, Ohio
1981 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1981 "27th Annual Drawing & Small Sculpture Show", Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
1981 "Function: Contemporary Viewpoints", Fawick Gallery, Berea, Ohio
1981 Mixed Media Invitational, Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio
1981 Invitational Group Show, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1976-88 Craft Guild of Greater Cincinnati Annual Show College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati Arts Consortium, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Ky.
1980 "Ceramics Southeast", University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1980 "Primary Art", Artistic Gallery, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
1980 "Supreme Show" Invitational, Glendora Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio
1979 Cincinnati Art Museum Benefit Show, Miller Gallery, Hyde Park, Ohio
1979 "Strategies-Artists in the 80's", Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
PUBLICATIONS:
2006 “Our Town” Magazine: Fort Mitchell, featured artist
2005 “Our Town” Magazine: Fort Thomas, featured artist
2001 City Magazine, Covington, summer issue
2000 A Pottery Tour of Kentucky; written by Joe Molinero, Crystal Publications
1997 American Craft Magazine
1996 Ceramics Monthly Magazine
1985 Ceramics Monthly Magazine
COLLECTIONS:
Kharkiv Museum of Photography, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Bell, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Columbus, Ohio
Safeco Insurance Company
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Cockerill Gallery, Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Edenside Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky