dusanka kralj       abstract paintings for contemporary spaces  
 
 
 
 
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 SELECTED INVITATIONAL SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Eye for Art Gallery, Brookings, OR (solo exhibition)

2009 Brian Scott Gallery, Brookings, OR (invitational featured artist)

2008 Eye for Art Gallery, Brookings, OR (solo exhibition)

2007 Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness (DNACA) Art in Public Places, Crescent City, CA

2005 Ink People Gallery, Eureka, CA (solo exhibition Nature's Unconscious Forces)

2001 DNACA Art in Public Places, Crescent City, CA (solo exhibition Art: The Gift of Freedom)

RECENT SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY (Smithtown Township Arts Council Juried Fine Arts Exhibition 2010)

2009 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 Eye for Art Gallery, Brookings, OR

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)

2006 Claudia Chaplin Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA (Healing Through Art)

2005 Artist's Gallery of Seattle, WA (International Society of Acrylic Painters, 8th Annual Exhibition)

2005 Colours Gallery, Brookings, OR

2005 Crescent Harbor Gallery, Crescent City, CA

2004  SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Bridging Time & Space : CA Layerists Create)

2000 Pelican Bay Arts Association Public Art Exhibition, Brookings, OR

2000 Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA (In the Nude)

 

JUROR POSITIONS

2006 Juror, Coast Redwoods Art Association, Crescent City, CA

2005 Juror, Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness, Annual Art Exhibition, Del Norte County Courthouse, CA

 

 AWARDS

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

2009 Residential Installation, Crescent City, CA

Various Private Collections in Washington, Oregon, California, Wisconsin

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

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 MagazineArtist Profiles, 2008-present

Oregon Coast Magazine, numerous editions, 2006-2009 Gallery Section

Numerous exhibit catalogs, 2000-present

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Watercolor Society, (AWS)-Associate Member

International Society of Acrylic Painters, (ISAP)-Signature Member

International Society of Experimental Artists, (ISEA)-Member

National Watercolor Society, (NWS)-Associate 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

1992 Studied under Paul Gardner, Laguna Beach, CA

1996-2003 Studied with Judith Hale, (student of Helen Frankenthaler), Mendocino, CA

(Higher education degrees and art training from 1983 to 2009 available upon request).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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