EDUCATION
M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; 1988
B.F.A., University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; 1985
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York; 1975-1977
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Arte’ Gallery, Des Moines, IA
SOLO AND SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"National Small Oil Painting Exhibition", Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
"Inner and Outer Journeys", Fredricksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredricksburg, VA
“Loving Las Vegas”, French Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
“The Botanical Exhibition”, Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
“Dennis Angel: Paintings, Drawings and Prints” (solo exhibition), Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
“Devotion” (two person exhibition), LXS Gallery, Carson City, NV
“Nevada Artists” , Nevada State Library, Reno, NV
“5 Easy Pieces”, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV (catalogue)
“All Things Great But Small”, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
“Through the Looking Glass” (two person exhibition), Northwood Gallery, Northwood University, Midland, MI
“Three Views” (3 person exhibition), San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
“Pushing the Envelope”, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
“Blue Sky 20th Anniversary Exhibition”, S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, OR
“Dennis Angel, Paintings and Drawings” (2 person exhibition), 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
“Dennis Angel, Recent Paintings, Prints and Drawings” (solo exhibition),Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
"Art of the Deal”, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
“States of Elvis”, World Fair Park Gallery, Knoxville, TN
“The Figure in Context” (four person exhibition), Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
“Dennis Angel: New Works” (solo exhibition), Cerro Coso Community College, Ridge Crest, CA
“Las Vegas U.S.A.”, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
“1994 Nevada Biennial” (traveling exhibition), Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
“Art as Mirror for the Soul”, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
“Contemporary Issues of Self” (four person exhibition), Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
“Vestiges” (2 person exhibition), Infinity Gallery, Governors State University, Chicago, IL
“55th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting”, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
“Dennis Angel, Catherine Angel (2 person exhibition), Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
“Dennis Angel, Recent Work” (solo exhibition), Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Have a Seat”, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
“The Figure Revisited”, Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Y Chromosome”, Contemporary Arts Collective Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
“Drawings Coast to Coast”, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, IL
“Re: Make/Re: Model” (3 person exhibition), Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“24th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition”, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
“Paper in Particular National Exhibition”, Dulany Hall Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
“New Work: Paintings, Prints and Drawings by Dennis Angel” (solo exhibition), McCarran International Airport Gallery, Las Vegas NV
“Side Shows From the Abandoned Arena” (2 person exhibition), Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, NV
“Intertwine” (2 person exhibition), Priebe Art Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
“National Painting Invitational”, Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“New Sensations”, Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Where Have We Met Before?”, Miller Art Center, Sturgeon Bay, WI
“Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibition”, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
“Interactions: Individual and Collaborative Works” (2 person exhibition), Bradley Gallery, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
“Utopia: Envisioning a Dream”, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown, NY
“Peculiar People Pictures", R.H. Love Contemporary, Chicago, IL
“Works on Paper” (2 person exhibition), Options Gallery, Odessa College, Odessa, TX
“53rd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting”, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
“Choice”, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
“Two Views” (2 person exhibition), Univ. of Wisconsin Center Gallery, Marshfield, WI
“Recent Works by Dennis Angel and Catherine Angel” (2 person exhibition), Clack Art Center, Alma College, Alma, MI
“Vigil Gardens” (solo exhibition), Barrett Allied Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
“Fragmentations” (2 person exhibition), Robert C. May Gallery, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
“Chicago International Art Exposition”, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
“Aesthetics 91”, McPherson College, McPherson, KS
“Florida National 1991”, Florida State Univ. Museum, Tallahassee,FL
“5th Parkside National” (traveling exhibition), Communication Arts Gallery, Kenosha, WI
“Wisconsin 90”, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, WI
“You Be the Judge”, Artlink Contemporary Artspace, Fort Wayne, IN
“Current Works 90”, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
“Selected Gallery Artists”, Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“His-Hers: Collaborative Works”, A. Houberbocken Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“Chicago International Art Exposition at Navy Pier”, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
“Strategies in Photography”, Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Photo-Derived”, Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
“Wisconsin Art Invitational”, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
“Arch Angel” (traveling exhibition), Urbi et Orbi Gallery, Little Rock, AR
“9th National Print Exhibition”, Artlink Contemporary Art Space, Fort Wayne, IN
“Chicago International Art Exposition at Navy Pier”, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
“Wisconsin 89”, Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, WI
“Dreams and Illusions” (3 person exhibition), Kent State Univ., Canton, OH
“Paintings and Drawings by Dennis Angel” (solo exhibition), Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
“Recent Work”, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
“9th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition", Columbia College, Columbia, MO
“Works in All Media”, Fine Arts Gallery, Univ. of E. Kentucky, Richmond, KY
“Blues”, Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, MS
“Fifth Annual Print Show”, California Museum, Riverside, CA
“18th Annual G.A.L. National Exhibition”, G.A.L. Gallery, Greensboro, NC/Ward-Nasse Gallery, Soho, NY
“Midwest Art”, Coffeyville Community College, Coffeyville, KS
“Nude National”, Wedge Gallery, Rochester, NY
“West Coast Works on Paper”, Reese Bullen Gallery, Eureka, CA
“White Water Valley Annual”, Indiana Univ. East, Richmond, IN
“Recent Paintings and Drawings” (solo exhibition), Matrix Gallery, Bloomington, IN
“Fourth Annual Print Show”, California Museum, Riverside, CA
“Australian/New Zealand Traveling Print Exhibition”, Aukland Univ., Aukland, New Zealand
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Nevada State Council of the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship; Las Vegas, NV
Commission, NICA-Rio Project; Las Vegas, NV
Artist in Residence Grant, Lied Discovery Children’s Museum; Las Vegas NV
N.E.A. Fellowship,Western States Arts Federation (13 state alliance)
Artist in Residence Grant,Lied Discovery Children’s Museum; Las Vegas, NV
Juror’s Award of Distinction,“Drawings Coast to Coast”; Rockville, MD
Research Grant,Univ. of Wisconsin; Stevens Point, WI
Gallery Award, “You Be the Judge”; Fort Wayne, IN
Juror Award, “Wisconsin 90”; Stevens Point, WI
Research Mini-Grant, Univ. of Wisconsin; Stevens Point, WI
Juror’s Award of Distinction, “Wisconsin 88”; Stevens Point, WI
Grant-in-Aid Research Grant, Indiana University; Bloomingon, IN
Fine Arts Fellowship, Indiana University; Bloomingtion, IN
Fine Arts Fellowship, Indiana University; Bloomington, IN
Museum Merit Award, Oklahoma Museum of Art; Norman, OK
T.G. Mays Purchase Award, Oklahoma Museum of Art; Norman, OK
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Literature, Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, 2000, Prentice Hall, Color Illustration
Las Vegas Life, June 1998, Las Vegas, NV, Review of work by Lynn Goya
Neon, Summer 1998, Nevada State Council on the Arts, Reno, NV
Artweek, March, 1998, Review by Philip Jacobs
Neon, Winter 1996, Nevada State Council on the Arts, Reno NV
Pushing the Envelope, 1996, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
New American Paintings, 1995, Open Studio Press, Needham, MA, Color catalogue
Las Vegas, USA, 1994, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV, Exhibition Catalogue
Willamette Week, Dec 23, 1993, Portland, OR, Review of exhibition by Kevin Francis
Blue Sky #8, Fall 1993, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, Exhibition catalogue
Exploring Color Photography, Fall 1992, Robert Hirsch, Wm. C. Brown, Publishers, Dubuque, IA
Who’s Who in America, Fall 1992, A.N. Marquis, Publishers, New York, NY
Spotlight On the Arts, September 16th and 23rd, 1991, KUNV Radio, Las Vegas, NV, 2 part interview, KUNV Radio
Arts Alive, Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 91, Las Vegas, NV, “A Powerful Kind of Space to Be In”, review of exhibition by Scott Dickensheets
The Northern Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1990, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI
The Chicago Tribune, Jan 5, 1990, Chicago, IL, “Art Forms Blend - Strategies in Photography”
Indiana Daily, March 14, 1986, Bloomington, IN, “Artist Strives to Create Tension” review of exhibition by Rachel Reimens
POSITIONS HELD
Professor, Community College of Southern Nevada (1997 to present)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1991 to 1995)
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point (1988 to 1991)
Instructor, Indiana University (1986-1988
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Commissioned Artist, MGM Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Commissioned Artist, The Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Guest Speaker, Lecture: “Fifteen Years of Images”, Community College of Southern Nevada
Curator, Doug Travis Exhibition, Community College of Southern Nevada
Visiting Artist, Lecture: “Las Vegas Reexamined”, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA
Set Design Contributor, “Jake’s Women” (by Neil Simon), New West Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
Visiting Artist, Lecture: “Representing Self”, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Gallery Lecturer, “Vigil Gardens”, Barrett Allied Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Set Designer, Danstage, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI
Guest Speaker, “Recent Collaborative Works/The Mixing of Mediums”, Regional S.P.E. Conference, Green Bay, WI
Guest Lecturer, “Form and Content”, The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL |
