Diana Falchuk - Resume
education
1999
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
B.A. Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in Modernism Across the Disciplines (English, History and Art History); Fine Arts Minor. Dean’s List all four years.
1998
Argentine Universities Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Interview-based investigation of “Detained-Disappeared Silhouettes” socialized public art project of 1982-3.
1997
International School of Art, Umbria, Italy.
Studio program in drawing.
awards and grants
2007
Visiting Artist Award, Cressman Center for Visual Art, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
2005
Temporary Public Art Grant, Seattle Monorail Project, Seattle, WA.
Project Patch Grant, Artpatch, Seattle, WA.
2003
VAIN Free-Thinking Fellowship Grant, VAIN Studios, Seattle, WA.
solo exhibitions
2008
Site-based installation and works on paper. McLeod Residence, Seattle, WA (forthcoming, April-May).
2007
Sweet Remains. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2005
Zebra Skin Cake Knife. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Afterlife. The Lower Level at the Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
2003
Artifact. VAIN Free-Thinking Fellowship exhibition. VAIN Salon and Studios, Seattle, WA.
SATURATE: The Utility Pole Project Series Three. Post Alley Sculpture Garden, Seattle, WA.
selected group exhibitions and published works
2007
Current Works: Members Exhibition. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Body Anxious. Cressman Center Gallery, University of Louisville, KY.
2006
Current Works, Session I and Session II: Members Exhibitions. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Personally Public. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Contagion. Washington Ensemble Theater (WET) Gallery, Seattle, WA (forthcoming).
2005
Collections. Members Exhibition. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004
The Tentacle. Rivet Magazine, No. 11, Fall 2004.
2003
Ardent Labor. SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Kiwi Series. Cover and section break photographs. Rivet Magazine No.5, Winter 2003.
2001
Force.Mass.Volume: Artdrill. Sand Point Naval Base, Seattle, WA.
2000
Artdrill. Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA.
bibliography
2008
“15 Artists You Should Know.” Seattle Metropolitan Magazine: Seattle, WA; February, 2008. Profiled as one of 15 international artists from all artistic disciplines.
“Spring Arts Preview.” Rachel Shimp, Seattle Weekly: Seattle, WA; February 20 – 26, 2008.
2007
“Body Anxious.” Diane Heilenman, Louisville Courier-Journal: Louisville, KY; July 22, 2007.
“‘Body’ Exhibit Contemplates Human Pain.” Diane Heilenman, Louisville Courier-Journal: Louisville, KY; August 19, 2007.
“Faces Al Fresco.” Wilson Diehl, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine: Seattle, WA; June 2007.
“Frye Artists.” Linda Williams-Rorem, Frye Art Museum Magazine: Seattle, WA; Summer 2007
2006
“Taking It to the Streets.” Nate Lippens. Seattle Metropolitan: Seattle, WA; May, 2006.
“Sneaky Public Art Coming Your Way at Crawl Space.” Regina Hackett. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle, WA; April 28, 2006.
“Personally Public.” Sue Peters. The Seattle Weekly: Seattle, WA; April 26, 2006.
2005
“Collection is Fresh and Inventive.” Regina Hackett. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle, WA; December 2, 2005.
“Diana Falchuk.” Web Feature, www.artpatch.org, August and September, 2005.
2003
“A Doubtful History.” Emily Hall. The Stranger: Seattle, WA; December 18 – 24, 2003.
“Diana Falchuk: The Utility Pole Project.” Emily Hall. The Stranger: Seattle, WA; May 21 – 28, 2003.
“The Utility Pole Project in Post Alley.” Mary Blalock. Tablet Newspaper: Seattle, WA; May 1 – 14, 2003.
2001
“Artwalk: Falchuk Had to Get Permission to Use the Poles.” Staff. North Seattle Herald Outlook: Seattle, WA; May 9, 2001.
collections
Julie O’Farrell, Seattle, WA.
Amy Tucker, Seattle, WA.
Catherine Roche, Seattle, WA.
Emily Goodwin and Robert Wong, Philadelphia, PA.
Erin and Mark Monroe, Greenwich, CT.
professional associations
Crawl Space Gallery. Member Artist since 2005.
talks
2007
Cressman Center for Visual Art, University of Louisville, KY.
curatorial
Present (On-going)
Slide Crawl. Artist slide talk series, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2006
Personally Public. Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA.
selected teaching and arts programming
Present (Since 2005)
Lead Artist/Program Manager, Arts Connect
A partnership between Pierce County Juvenile Court and The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA.
Helped to establish, now manage and teach arts-based intervention and recidivism prevention program for adolescent girls who are in detention and on probation in Pierce County, WA. Teach weekly day-long workshops in detention; founded, currently manage and teach multi-arts post-release class at Museum. Hire, manage and collaborate with guest artists and work closely with probation officers, case aids, guardians, court administrators and detention staff. Helped to create program evaluation, write grants and fundraise.
2007 – 2008
Teaching Artist, Frye Art Museum through Seattle Center Academy, Seattle, WA.
Public Programs Art Consultant and Instructor, Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA.
2001 – 2002
Resident Artist, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
Taught foundational concepts and skills in drawing and painting to school groups grades K – 10 in accordance with themes found in Museum exhibitions. Taught three – four classes per day, three days per week.