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SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Plaza Design, Eureka, CA, Solo Exhibit
2011 The Gallery of Arts & Culture, Summer Exhibit, Crescent City, CA
2011 A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc., New York, NY, (114th Annual Open Exhibition)
2010 International Society of Acrylic Painters, Santa Cruz, CA, (13th Annual Juried Competition)
2010 Public Art, Three Artist Exhibit, Grants Pass, OR, (Art in Motion)
2010 Chico Art Center, Chico, CA, (All Media 2010)
2010 Hilltop Gallery, Ashland, OR, (California Dreaming)
2010 A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR (Expressions West)
2010 Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY (Smithtown Township Arts Council Juried Fine Arts Exhibition 2010)
2009-2010 The Gallery of Arts and Culture, Opening Exhibit, Crescent City,CA
2009 National Arts Club Galleries, New York, NY (Allied Artists of America 96th Annual National Exhibition)
2009 International Society of Acrylic Painters, Santa Cruz, CA (12th Annual Juried Competition)
2008 New York Hall of Science, NY National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) (Art Envisions Science)
2007 Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA (The 13th Annual Art Competition & Juried Exhibition)
2007 State Capital Museum Gallery, Sacramento, CA (California Cooperative Art Project, California Society of Layerists in Multi-Media)
2007-2005 Artist's Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA
2006 Chico Art Center, Chico, CA (Bridging Time & Space; California Layerists Create)
2006 DeVos Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI (The International Society of Experimental Artists' 15th Annual Juried Exhibition)
2006 Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA (Making Connections, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media)
AWARDS
2010 Finalist in Abstract/Experimental Category, The Artist's Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition (Three pieces were awarded)
2008 Finalist in Abstract/Experimental Category, The Artist's Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition
2008 Richeson Merchandise Award, 11th Annual ISAP International Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, CA
2007 Merit Award, North Valley Art League's 23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cater House Gallery, Redding, CA
2006 Best of Show Award, North Valley Art League's 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cater House Gallery, Redding, CA
2005 Signature Membership Award, International Society of Acrylic Painters 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artist's Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA
2002 First Place Award, DNACA 11th Annual Juried Multi-Media Exhibit, Crescent City, CA
2001 DNACA Honorable Mention Award, DNACA 10th Annual Juried Multi-Media Exhibit, Crescent City, CA
2000 First Place Award, Pelican Bay Arts Association, Brookings, OR
2000 Honorable Mention Award, Figurative Works Exhibit, Mendocino Art Center, CA
sELECTED PRIVATE COMMISSIONS/COLLECTIONS
2011 Residential Commission three paintings, Brookings, OR
2009 Residential Installation, Crescent City, CA
Various Private Collections in Washington, Oregon, California, Wisconsin
PRESS
Woodfin, Marjorie. Artists Work Hangs in New York, by Marjorie Woodfin, The Pilot, OR, 2008
Woodfin, Marjorie. Kralj: A Finalist in Magazine Art Competition, The Pilot, OR, 2008
Eye for Art Exhibit, The Triplicate, CA, 2007
Chapline, Claudia. Loss, Memory and the Healing Power of Art, 2006
Mihm,Nina & Nelson, Mary Carroll. Visual Journeys: Art of the 21st Century, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, 2010, (p. 22).
Nelson, Mary Carroll & Nancy Dunaway. The Art of Layering: Making Connections, New Mexico: Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, 2004 (p.56).
Austin, Holly. Juried Art Show Displays Amazing Variety, Depth, The Triplicate, CA, 2002
Helgeson, John (Ed.) New Art in Brookings: Dusanka Kralj's exhibit is a must see, Crescent Harbor Gallery Newsletter, Vol.9.No.10
Helgeson, John (Ed.) That Certain Something about Collages, Coast Redwood Art Association, Vol.9, No.1
The Palette Magazine, Artist Profiles, 2008-presentOregon Coast Magazine, numerous editions, 2006-2009 Gallery Section
Numerous exhibit catalogs, 2000-present
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International Society of Acrylic Painters, (ISAP)-Signature Member
National Association of Women Artists, (NAWA)-Juried Member
Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, (SLMM)-Juried Member
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin
1983 Masters Degree, CSPP, Los Angeles
1989 Ph.D. Degree, CSPP, Los Angeles
1992 Studied under Paul Gardner, Laguna Beach, CA
1996-2003 Studied with Judith Hale, (student of Helen Frankenthaler), Mendocino Art Center, CA
(Higher education degree information and art training from 2003 to 2010 available upon request).
