Resume -
Citizenship: Finland (EU), USA
Residence: France
Languages: English, Finnish, French, use of German, Italian
Education: Self-Taught Artist
1985 Graduate degree Architecture, University of Waterloo, Canada
1992 Member license Architects Registration Board UK/EU
Previous: International Architecture Work 1983-2020
Exhibitions:
2022 ‘Mini-Print International’, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain
2022 ‘Impressions’, Solo Exhibition Monotypes, Galeria Son Molas, Begur, Spain
2020 16th ‘Week of European painting in Occitanie’, Montpellier, France
2020 ‘Mini-Print International’, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain
2020 ‘Airborne’, Invited Group Exhibition event online, Berlin, Germany
2019 ‘15th Week of European Painting in Occitanie’, Montpellier, France
2019 ‘Monotypes’, Two Artists, L’Etang D’Art Galerie, Bages, France
2019 ‘Conversations Within’, Group Exhibition, Saphira Ventura Gallery, NY, USA
2019 ‘Mini-Print International’, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain
2018 ‘Modern Love’, Group Exhibition, Saphira Ventura Gallery, NY, USA
2018 ‘Summer Exhibition’, London Print Studio”, Juried Exhibition, London, UK *selected finalist
2018 ‘Mini-Print International’, Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain *selected finalist
2018 ‘Artistes a Suivre’ (Artists to Follow) Juried Exhibition, Aude, France
2018 ‘Mostra di Primavera” Group Exhibition, Monotypes, Turin, Italy
2018 ‘Communicato Stampa’, Printmaking Exhibition, Milano, Italy
2017 ‘Regalarte II’, Group Exhibition, Accorsi Arte, Turin, Italy
2017 ‘In Vista’, Solo Exhibition, Palazzo ____ Accorsi Arte, Venice, Italy
2017 ‘Tony Cassius and Diana Liljelund’, Galerie Grand rue 9, Bugarach, France
2017 ‘Ink Garden’, Monotypes, Gallery BPA, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2016 ‘Par Nature’, Galerie Grand rue 9, Bugarach, France
2015 ‘Rendezvous’, Galerie Grand rue 9, Bugarach, France
2008 ‘Twice Finnish’, Gallery Oljemark. Helsinki, Finland
2008 ‘Three Times Finnish’, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
2007. Bainbridge Island Juried Studio Tour, WA, USA
2007 ‘China Revisited’, Roby King Gallery, WA, USA
2006 Bainbridge Island Juried Studio Tour, WA, USA
2006 ‘Waterlily Project’, Gallery Denkmalschmiede Hofgen, Germany
2005 Bainbridge Island Juried Studio Tour, WA, USA
2005 Finlandia Music and Arts Festival Gallery, Poulsbo, WA, USA
2005 Blackbird, ‘Collocation’, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2004 Bainbridge Island Juried Studio Tour, WA, USA
2004 Blackbird, ‘Spring Passages’, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2004 Gallery Denkmalschmiede Hofgen, Germany
2003 ‘The Tree’, Gallery at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2003 ‘Bainbridge the Beautiful’, Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2003 Global Art Venue Fine Art, Seattle WA, “Women in Art”, USA
2002 Kitsap County Juried Art Exhibition, Port Gamble, WA, USA
2001 Jomfruland Gallery, ‘Moving Elements’, Jomfruland, Norway
2000 Bogstad Gard Gallery, Juried Art Exhibition, ‘Raw Umbra’, Oslo, Norway
Collections:
Private and Corporate Collections in Finland, Norway, France, Spain, Italy, UK, Canada, USA
Land Art Installations:
2019 ‘Transcendence’, Land Art Éphémère, Bugarach, France
2009 ‘Root Dance’, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA, USA
2008 ‘Root Dance’, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, USA 2005 ‘The Immigrant’, Art Site
2005 ‘Collocation’, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2005 ‘Enigma Variations’, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA, USA
2004 ‘Anxst Free Zone’ Int’l Studios at Denkmalschmiede Hofgen, Germany
2004 ‘Eulogy’, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA, USA
2003 ‘Whispered Conversations with the Land’, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
2001 ‘Dancing Virgins’, School House Gallery, Jomfruland, Norway
2001 ‘The Woodpile’, Jomfruland School House Gallery, Jomfruland, Norway
Video/Film:
2007 Port Townsend Annual Juried Film Festival,
Screened “The Immigrant”, Port Townsend, WA, USA
2005 directed “The Immigrant”, 10 minute short film on the transitions of immigration seen as metaphor through the documentation of ‘The Immigrant’ Land Art Project installation
2005 Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Annual Juried Film Festival, Screened “The Immigrant”, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Cultural/Professional Exchange:
2023 Printmaking Monotype Residency, Art Print Résidence, Catalonia, Spain
2022 Printmaking Monotype Residency, Art Print Résidence, Catalonia, Spain
2020 Printmaking Monotype Residency, London Print Studios, London, UK
2019 Printmaking Monotype Residency, London Print Studios, London, UK
2018 Printmaking Monotype Residency,London Print Studios, London, UK
2017 Printmaking Monotype Residency, Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2006 Cultural and Professional Arts Exchange Delegation to the Peoples’ Republic of China, sponsored by the Peoples’ Republic of China
Teaching:
2022 ‘Monotype Printmaking Inspired by Nature’, CouCou Limoux Studio, France
2015-17 ‘Monotype Inspired by Nature’, event ‘Artistes à Suivre’, Aude, France
2015 - present, ‘Creativity with Nature’, Arts volunteer, Aude, France
2007 ‘Encaustic Painting Workshop’, Creativity Centre, Bainbridge Island, USA
2006 ‘Encaustic Painting Workshop’, Creativity Centre, Bainbridge Island, USA
2003-2005 Artist volunteer, 7th grade School Art Programs, Bainbridge Island, USA
1988 - 1989
Taught architectural design studio with University Architecture Programs Abroad in Rome, Italy, with University of Waterloo, Canada, Pratt Institute, NY, USA, University of Arkansas, Arkansas, USA
Further Education:
2022 Watercolor Monotype Printmaking, Art Print Residence, Catalonia, Spain
2018 Photopolymer Printmaking, London Print Studios, London, UK
2016 International Management of an Art Gallery, Sotheby Institute, London, UK
2008/2009 Introduction to Monotype with artist Wendy Orville, WA, USA
2006 Encaustic Painting with artist Richard Nelson, WA, USA
2004 Color Pastel with artist Wolf Kahn, New York, NY, USA
2002 Painting the Impressionist Landscape with artist Lois Griffel, WA, USA
2000/2001 Oil Painting with artist Wenche Gisholt, Oslo, Norway
1997/1998 Oil Painting with artist Mary Powell, WA, USA
1992-1995 Printmaking courses at Central St. Martins Art College, London, UK
Selected Publications:
L’Independent, September 2019, Aude, France - ‘Land Art Éphémère a Bugarach’
Aude Magazine, April 2019, Carcassonne, France - ‘Introduction Artiste Diana Liljelund’
Maison et Jardin, October 2018, Paris, France - ‘Par Nature - Artiste Diana Liljelund’
L’Independent, August 2015, Limoux, France - ‘Galerie Grand rue 9 Exhibition’
Jaana Lehti, November 2015, Helsinki, Finland
Harvest Art Catalogue, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Berlin, Germany Curator of Art Collection, 2013
Seattle Times, May 2008 - ‘Nordic Heritage Museum Three Times Finnish Exhibition’, Seattle, WA, USA
Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Inquiry Newsletter May 2006, - “Bainbridge Island Cultural Delegation to China…” Seattle, WA, USA
Seattle Times, September 9, 2005 Seattle, WA, USA - “…A Bainbridge Park as archaeological tour…”
Bainbridge Island Review, July 2, 2004, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA ‘...Red or Dead?’
The Islander, December 3,2005, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA - ‘…Places to go and People to see.’ (center spotlight article)
Peninsula Daily News, June 18-19, 2004, (Peninsula spotlight article), WA, USA - ‘Art Outside grand opening Sunday’ - ‘Life After Death, Diana Liljelund’
On Center, Vol.XVI, No.2, July-Sept, 2004, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, WA, USA - ‘Art Outside Grows’
Bainbridge Island Review, June 28, 2003, Bainbridge Island, USA - ‘Art, nature find common ground’, (front page headline article)
Exhibition Journal of Visual and Literary Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA - “The Archaeology of Inspiration: an interview with Diana Liljelund” (Feature Article) Edition Winter/Spring 2002
Kragero Blad Vestmar, Lordag 19 Mai, 2001, Kragero, Norway - ‘Kreativt Kunstnerisk Fellesskap’ (‘Creative Artists in the Landscape’)
Kragero Blad Vestmar, Mandag 25 Juni, 2001, Kragero, Norway - ‘Stiller ut Jomfrulands sjel’
Curating Exhibitions and Collections:
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 - Curated 10 Artwork Exhibitions, Galerie Grand rue 9, Bugarach, FRANCE (Gallery curated and operated by artist Diana Liljelund)
2018 - Artwork/Collection/Purchases for Civica Cherry Creek Project, Denver, CO, USA Colorado, USA
2017 - Artwork Collection/Purchases for Madison Centre Office Tower Seattle, WA, USA
2017 - Artwork Collection/Purchases for Madison Centre Office Complex Seattle, WA, USA
2011-2013 - Curated ‘Harvest Collection’ /Artwork for Waldorf Astoria Hotel Berlin, GERMANY (including selection, placement, purchase over 900 artworks)
2010 - Curated Artwork Collection/Purchases for Bravern Mixed Use Development, Bellevue, USA (Including landscape sculpture commissions) (Largest mixed use development project to date in the Pacific Northwest, USA)
2008 - Curated Artwork Collection/Purchases for 1918 Office Complex, Seattle, USA
2006 - Curated Artwork Collection/Purchases for 818 Office Complex, Seattle, USA
1998 - Curated Artwork Collection/Purchases for Civica Office Commons Bellevue, USA
