the artwork of marilyn diggs




Curriculum







Awards from Participation in Official Salons
2008            São Paulo State's Fine Arts Salon, São Paulo capital - Bronze Medal

2006            Accademia Nazionale D'Arti Plastichi, Rome, Italia - Honorable mention

2005            A Week of Brazilian Art, la Galerie Artitude, Paris - Silver Medal
                  Spring Salon, São Paulo, Brazil. Paulista Association of Fine Arts (APBA) - Trophy

2004            Still Life Salon, São Paulo, Brazil. APBA -Silver Medal
                  Spring Salon, São Paulo. APBA,  - Gold Medal
                  Art Salon - Free Theme, São Paulo, APBA - Silver Medal

2003    Grand Prize Award given by Council General of L'Oise Region, France, International Art     
   Salon, Lacroix Saint Ouen, France
   Still Life Salon, São Paulo, Brazil..APBA.-- Silver Medal
   Academic and Contemporary Art Salon, São Paulo.  APBA - APBA Award.

2002    Still Life Salon, São Paulo, Brazil. APBA. - Silver Medal
                  Brazilian Landscape Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal

2001    Salon for Award-winning Artists, São Paulo. APBA - Second Prize
   Still Life Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
   Academic and Contemporary Art Salon, São Paulo, APBA - Silver Medal

2000    Paulista Salon of Fine Arts, São Paulo. Government of São Paulo state - Bronze Medal
   Still Life Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Ettore Federighi Trophy
   Sacred Art Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal

1999     Academic and Contemporary Art Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
   Ecological Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Silver Medal

1998    Still Life Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Silver Medal
   Drawing, Watercolor and  Sculpture Salon,  São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
   Academic and Contemporary Art Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
   Spring Salon, São Paulo. APBA -  invitation hors concours

1996            Still Life Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
                  Art Salon "Francisco Cimino" , Amparo, São Paulo. Municipal Cultural Dept. Honorable
   Mention
                  Ecological Salon,  São Paulo. APBA - Silver Medal
                  Brazilian Landscape Salon , São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal

1995    Still Life Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Silver Medal
   Brazilian Landscape Salon , São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal

1994     Artistic Nude Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Silver Medal
   Seascape Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Invitation hors concours
   Still Life Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Silver Medal
   Arts Salon of Arceburgo, Arceburo, São Paulo. Municipal Academy of Arts - Gold Medal
   Ecological Salon, São Paulo. APBA and the Brazilian Association of Ecology and
   Prevention of Pollution (ABEPPOLAR) ecological association ) - Bronze Medal
   Spring Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
   Paulista Landscape, São Paulo. APBA - Honorable Mention

1993     Artistic Nude Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Bronze Medal
   Ecological Salon, São Paulo. APBA and ABEPPOLAR - Trophy
   Seascape Salon, São Paulo. APBA - invitaion hors concours

1992     Arts Salon of Arceburgo, Arceburgo, S.P. Municipal Acadameny of Arts -
                  Honorable Mention
   Ecological Salon, São Paulo. APBA and ABEPPOLAR - Bronze Medal
   Spring Salon, São Paulo. APBA - invitation hors concours

1991     Art Salon of the Paulista Association of Fine Arts (APBA) - Honorable Mention
   Ecological Salon, São Paulo. APBA - Honorable Mention
   Hebraic Club Fine Arts Salon, São Paulo. Hebraic Club - Honorable Mention

1990    Salon Brazil-Portugal, São Paulo. Sant´Ana Academy of Fine Arts and APBA - Second
   place medal
   Forth Fine Arts Salon of Avaré, Avaré, S.P. Municipal Comission of Culture - Special
   Mention of Jury


Most Important Exhibitions in Brazil
2008            São Paulo State's Fine Arts Salon, São Paulo capital

2006            Tropical Colors, International Newcomers' Club, São Paulo (2-person show)

2005            Rio Art Show, Cultural Space in Via Parque, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro

2004            New Acquisitions: 1995-2003, Museum of Brazilian Art, São Paulo

2003    Paulista Salon of Fine Arts, Government of São Paulo state

2002    Brazil in Colors. Cultural Space, SP State Legislative Assembly, São Paulo (solo show)

2001    SOCIARTE Exhibition, Monte Libano Club, São Paulo
   Paulista Salon of Fine Arts, Government of  São Paulo state
   Chapel Art Show, São Paulo

2000    Pleasure in Painting.  Infraero Cultural Space. Congonhas, São Paulo. (solo show)
   São Paulo, As  Seen by Paulistas. Jo Slaveiro Art Gallery. São Paulo 
   SOCIARTE Exhibition, Monte Libano Club, São Paulo
   Paulista Salon of Fine Arts, Government of São Paulo state

1999     Cultural Fashion Exhibition. Premier Collection. Latin American Memorial.
                  São Paulo.
   Four Artists and Their Work. Gaudi Art Gallery, São Paulo 
   SOCIARTE Exhibition. Monte Libano Club, São Paulo

1998            Brazilian Artists Exhibit, Mali Villas-Boas Gallery, São Paulo
                  Flowers, Jo Slaveiro Art Gallery, São Paulo
                  SOCIARTE Exhibition, Monte Libano Athletic Club, São Paulo

1997            SOCIARTE Exhibition,Monte Libano Athletic Club, São Paulo                
  20 Brazilian Artists, Off Gallery, São Paulo,
                  Landscapes, Jo Slaveiro- Art Gallery, São Paulo,

1996            Museum of Art "Quirino da Silva", Mococa, São Paulo (solo show)
                  SOCIARTE Exhibition, Monte Libano Athletic Club, São Paulo

1995     Chapel Art Show, São Paulo
   SOCIARTE Exhibition, Monte Libano Athletic Club, São Paulo

1994     International Show of Ecological Art, Japanese Cultural House, USP university,
                  São Paulo
   Unity and Confrontation, Panamerican Art School, São Paulo
   SOCIARTE Exhibition, Monte Libano Athletic Club, São Paulo 

1993    Chapel Art Show, São Paulo
   Brasilton Gallery, Brasilton Hotel, São Paulo (solo show)

1992    International Arts Festival, Graded School, São Paulo 
                  Verarte" Exhibit, Paineiras Club, São Paulo
   Art in Nature Exhibition, Pinheiros Club, São Paulo
   50 Year Anniversary of Paulista Association of Fine Arts, São Paulo

1991     Homage to Modernists, Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo (solo show)     
                  My Campos do Jordão, Municipal Art Museum, Campos do Jordão (solo show)
                  New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo

1990    My Dear Friends, Chelsea Art Gallery, São Paulo (solo show)


International Exhibitions
2010            Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan, Oklahoma, (solo show)
                  Ward-Nasse Gallery, SoHo, New York City
                  Heart and Soul of the Great Plains -3rd Invitational Show. Museum of  the Great Plains,                        Lawton, Oklahoma

2006            La Joie de Vivre. Galerie L'Eclat de Verre, Chantilly, France ( solo show)
                  Academy of Rome Exhibit, Accademia Nazionale D'Arti Plastichi, Rome, Italy

2005            Form and Substance. Agora Gallery in SoHo, New York City
                  Colors of Brazil. Mortagne au Perche, France ( solo show)
                  A Week of Brazilian Art. Galerie Artitude, Paris

2003     Featured artist in the International Salon sponsored by the Association of Art, Letters
   and Culture, Lacroix Saint-Ouen, France.
                  Mail Art Exhibition - I WORK, Tyomaakoppi Cultural Center, Tampere, Finland

2002    Brazil in Colors. L'abbaye Royale de Chaalis, sponsored by the Brazilian Embassy
                  in  Paris,L'Alliance Français in Brazil and the Consul General of L'Oise, Fountaine
                  Chaalis,  France  (solo show)
                  Un Noël au Brésil. Immobileire Saint Frambourg, Senlis, France (solo show)
   Third Salon d´Art International de l´Alc. The Academy of Art, Letters and Culture.
                  La Croix Saint-Ouen, France

1999     A Taste of Brazil. The Loft Gallery. Duncan, Oklahoma (solo show)
   Spring Exhibition. Mary Fitszhugh Gallery. Oklahoma City, Ok (solo show)
   Miniatures Show. The Loft Gallery. Duncan, Oklahoma. (solo show)
   Brazilian Magic. Mary Fitzhugh Gallery. Oklahoma City, Ok (solo show)

1994     International Mail Art Exhibition, Amnesty Internationsl, Uppsala, Sweden

1993     Latin American Festival, San Siro, Milan, Italy
   Brazilian Art, Centro Culturale, Milan, Italy
   Latin American Festival, Lago Maggione, Arona, Italy

1992     2nd Latin American Festival, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy

           

Professional Background
1973     Bachelor of Arts Degree. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

1975     Master of Arts Degree. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

1989     Commercial Art Diploma. Panamerican Art School, São Paulo, Brazil

1992     Art Workshops, Fechin Art Institue, conducted by Ned Jacob and Ray Vinella.
   Taos,New Mexico, USA

1994     Art Workshop, Fechin Art Institute, conducted by Mark Daily. Taos, New  Mexico,USA

2000     Art Workshop, Valdes Art Institute, conducted by Gay Faulkenberry. Santa Fe, New
   Mexico, USA 
 

Publications
Distinctly Oklahoma magazine, Oklahoma City. July 2010

World Guide : Marilyn Diggs,on Art. www.worldguide.eu  July 2010

Art Spectrum Magazine - Profiles of Contemporary Art and Artists, New York City. 2005

Rio Art Show - New Guide to Art. Rio de Janeiro. 2005

Catalogue for New Acquisitions 1995-2003 Exhibit, Museum of Brazilian Art. Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation ( FAAP), 2004

General Catalogue of the Contemporary Art Museum of USP (São Paulo University), 1992            

Dictionary-Catalogue of Brazilian Artists, Julio Louzada Publications, Ltd., 1994, - 2002, São Paulo

Off Gallery, Cultural Project of American Express, 1996 (20 artists selected)

Off Gallery, Cultural Project of American Express, 1997 (20 artists selected)

Palettes  '98,  Editora Marco Markovitch, 1998,  São Paulo 

Consult: Art and Decoration, (Brazilian magazine), issues from 1999 - 2003

Paintings on Canvas (Brazilian art magazine), Dec. 2002 and Feb. 2003, Sept.2005


Galleries
JRB  ART at the Elms
2810 N. Walker
Oklahoma City, OK  73103
www.jrbartgallery.com
(405) 528-6336 or (405) 818-6336


Ward-Nasse Gallery
178 Prince St.
SoHo
New York, New York 10012
www.wardnasse.org
www.ward-nassegallery.blogspot.com
(212) 925 - 6951


Celebration Art Gallery
1102 Oak St.
Duncan, Oklahoma 73533
(405) 252 - 7488


email: mdiggs@mdiggs.com
phone:(55) - 11 - 3889 - 7767
Skype:       spdiggs
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