DIANE SWANSON
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Artist Bio/Resume


Exhibitions-Juried
Eastern Edges exhibition, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT 2025
Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, Red Barn Galleries at Lareau Farm & Forest, Waitsfield, VT 2025
Vermont Watercolor Society Spring/Summer Show - Red Barn Galleries at Lareau Farm & Forest, Waitsfield, VT 2025
Daybreak & Dusk; Pursuing Radiance exhibition, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT 2025
North Country Arts Expressions Juried Show - Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY 2025, 2018-2023, 2016
​Marblehead Arts Association - Variations National Juried Exhibition - Marblehead, MA 2025
Spring Into Art-New England Watercolor Society Gallery at Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA 2025
Spa Fine Arts Small Works Show - Spa Fine Arts Gallery - Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 2022, 2024
All Members Open-Themed Juried Show-New England Watercolor Society Gallery, Plymouth, MA 2024
23rd Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale & Exhibition - Agricultural Stewardship Association, Cambridge NY 2024
Vermont Watercolor Society Fall Awards Show 2024 - Artistree Arts Center - South Pomfret, VT 2024
​17th Annual Land & Light & Water & Air, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville & Stowe, VT 2024
Celebrating New England-New England Watercolor Society Gallery at Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA 2024
1000 Words, Northeast Juried Exhibition, Blooming Artist Gallery, Clifton Park, NY 2024
Interpretive New England Exhibition, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT 2024
43rd Annual Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors, the View at Old Forge, NY 2024
Upstate Charm Regional Juried Show, Blooming Artist Gallery, Clifton Park, NY 2024
Vermont Watercolor Society Juried Spring Show - South Burlington Public Art Gallery, Burlington, VT 2024
22nd Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale & Exhibition - Agricultural Stewardship Association, Cambridge NY 2023
LARAC's Annual Juried Shows -Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls, NY 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016
16th Annual Land & Light & Water & Air, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville & Stowe, VT 2023
42nd Annual Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors, The View at Old Forge, NY 2023
American Watercolor Society Associate Members Online Juried Exhibition 2023
11th Annual Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, Mad River Valley Arts, Waitsfield, VT 2023
In Season, Interpretation, & Candor at Blooming Artists Gallery, Clifton Park, NY 2023
The Art of NY at the Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY 2023
Vermont Watercolor Society Juried Spring Show - Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, VT 2023
Vermont Watercolor Society Fall Awards Show 2022 - Mad River Valley Arts Galleries - Waitsfield, VT 2022
21st Landscapes for Landsake Art Sale & Exhibition - Agricultural Stewardship Association, Cambridge NY 2022
​Mad River Valley Arts - 10th Annual Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition - Waitsfield, VT 2022
Marblehead Arts Association - Variations National Centennial Exhibition - Marblehead, MA 2022
Vermont Watercolor Society Juried Spring Show - Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester VT 2022
Northwind Fine Art Gallery - The Healing Wilderness - Saranac Lake, NY 2021
Shirt Factory Gallery Juried Small Works Show, Glens Falls, NY 2013, 2016, 2019
Friends of IBA Birds in Art Juried Exhibit, Glens Falls, NY 2011
Saratoga Arts Saratoga Inside-Out, Saratoga Springs, NY 2010
Top to Bottom Juried Exhibit-Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY 2009
Juried Pastel Show at Tom Myott Gallery, Glens Falls, NY 2008, 2009
North Country Arts Center annual Glens Falls Fine Arts Exhibit 2001-2006, 2010-2019
Saratoga County Arts Council Win, Place, and Show juried exhibit 2002, 2003
LARAC Great Works in Small Frames Juried Aquamedia Exhibition, Glens Falls, NY 2003
Saratoga County Arts Council Arts in the Park, Saratoga Springs, 2001
Colonie Art League 2000 Juried Art Exhibition, Colonie, NY, 2000
Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Artists juried fine arts exhibition, Fitchburg, MA 2000-2002
Adirondack Park Centennial Juried Watercolor Show, Ray Brook, NY 1989
Artworks Juried Floral Exhibition, Glens Falls, NY 1988

Awards
Third Place Award - 1000 Words Northeast Regional Juried Show - Blooming Artist Gallery, Clifton Park, NY 2024
Honorable Mention - Sense of Place Juried Exhibit - Ti Arts Downtown Gallery, Ticonderoga, NY 2024
Silver Award - North Country Arts Expressions Annual Juried Show, Glens Falls, NY 2023
Third Place-Fine Arts Category - Marblehead Arts Association Variations National Centennial Exhibition, Marblehead, MA 2022
Award of Excellence - Shirt Factory Gallery Juried Small Works Show, Glens Falls, NY 2013
Sponsor's Award - Shirt Factory Gallery Juried Small Works Show, Glens Falls, NY  2013
Second Place - Hope for the Arts Exhibit, Ballston Spa, NY 2012
First Place – Friends of IBA Birds in Art Juried Art Show, Glens Falls, NY 2011
Honorable mention - Great Works in Small Frames show, LARAC, Glens Falls, NY 2003
Second place in pastels - Leominster Art Association annual exhibition, Leominster, MA 2000

Juror
2025 - Hyde Collection High School Show - Selection Juror
2023 - North Country Arts Fine Arts Show - Awards Juror
2022 - Lost in Time & Space - Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council's Annual Juried Exhibit, Selection Juror

Solo Exhibitions & Group Shows
2025
-Solo Show at Valley Artisans Small Gallery, Cambridge, NY
-Duo Exhibit at Ti Arts Downtown Gallery, Ticonderoga, NY
2024

-Winter Invitational, National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY
-GEMS at Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT
-Holiday Salon, Blooming Artist Gallery, Clifton Park, NY
-Ti Arts Juried Show, Ticonderoga, NY
-Solo Exhibit at Caldwell Lake George Library, Lake George, NY
-Invitational Group Exhibit of 6 artists: Adirondack Theatre Festival 30th Anniversary, Glens Falls, NY
-Adirondack Visions Group Exhibit at National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY

-Here & There Group Exhibit of 10 artists at LARAC Mountain Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
-Valley Artisans Market Small Works Show, Cambridge, NY

2023
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Small Works Show at Ti Arts Downtown Gallery, Ticonderoga, NY
-GEMS at Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT
​-Summer Open Call Show at National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY 
-Solo Show - Uncommon Grounds, Clifton Park, NY
2022
-Solo Show at Adirondack Lake Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
-Small Works Juried Show at RGallery of Arlene's, Albany, NY

2021
-Solo Exhibit at Caldwell Lake George Library, Lake George, NY
-People, Places & Pots-Three Artist Exhibit at Ti Arts Downtown Gallery, Ticonderoga, NY
-Solo Exhibit at LARAC Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
-Gallery 99 presented by Art in the Public Eye, Glens Falls, NY

-INSIDE/OUT group exhibit presented by Plein Air Adirondack & Mountain Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
-Harvest to Table, 10x10, and Holiday Show group exhibits at Ti Arts Downtown Gallery, Ticonderoga, NY

2018
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Solo Exhibit at LARAC, Glens Falls, NY
2017
-Solo Exhibit at Willows Bistro, Warrensburg, NY
-Summer Breeze group exhibit at Saunders Gallery, Glens Falls, NY

2016
-Hadley Luzerne Library - solo show
2015
-Lake George Arts Project-Art @ the Lake - Lake George, NY
2014
-Lake George Arts Project-Art @ the Lake - Lake George, NY
-Guild of Adirondack Artists Group Shows - Glens Falls, NY & Cambridge, NY
-Gallery 99 presented by Art in the Public Eye, Glens Falls, NY - group show 25 artists
2013
-NCAC City Hall Gallery - solo show
2012
-Gallery 99 presented by Art in the Public Eye, Glens Falls, NY - group show 15 artists
-Pig Barn Gallery at Bedlam Farms, Salem, NY spring show - group show 6 artists
2011
-Gallery 99 presented by Art in the Public Eye, Glens Falls, NY - group show 25 artists
-Pig Barn Gallery at Bedlam Farms, Salem, NY, spring show and fall show - 7 artists
2010
-The Glen at Hiland Meadows, Queensbury, NY - solo show
-Achenbach Jewelers, Glens Falls, NY (Glens Falls Third Thursday Art Walk) - solo show
2009
-Adirondack Mountain Club, Lake George, NY
2008
-Adirondack Theatre Festival, Wood Theatre, Glens Falls, NY -  group show
-Samantha’s Pantry, Glens Falls, NY (Glens Falls Third Thursday Art Walk) -  solo show
2007
-The Glen, Queensbury, NY - solo show
-Rock Hill Bakery, Glens Falls, NY (Glens Falls Third Thursday Art Walk) - solo show
2006
-The Pottery Place, Glens Falls, NY (Glens Falls Third Thursday Art Walk) -  solo show
2005
-Signature Studios, Glens Falls, NY (Glens Falls Third Thursday Art Walk) - solo show
2004
-Saratoga County Arts Council Art in Public Places, Saratoga Springs Visitor Center
-Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, NY

Exhibitions-Member Shows & Others
LARAC Annual Members Show, Glens Falls, NY 2003-2009, 2017-2025
North Country Arts Center Member Exhibits, Glens Falls, NY 2011-2024
Guild of Adirondack Artists Member Exhibits 2014-2024
Plein Air Adirondack Group Exhibits 2021-2024
Adirondack Pastel Society Annual Members Show, Glens Falls, NY 2008-2011
Upper Hudson Valley Watercolor Society Member Exhibits 2003-2013
Leominster Art Association annual exhibits, Leominster, MA 2000-2002

Corporate Collections
Hudson Headwaters Health Network - Nine paintings in various buildings throughout Northern NY State

Affiliations/Memberships
American Watercolor Society
​Guild of Adirondack Artists
​Lake George Arts Project
Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
​New England Watercolor Society
North Country Arts
Vermont Watercolor Society - Signature Member

Arts Administration 
Gallery Curator/Programs Coordinator - LARAC Mountain Gallery, January 2023 - present
​Social Media/Website Coordinator - Glens Falls Symphony October 2020-July 2021, July 2022 - present
Grants Coordinator - Saratoga Arts, September 2019-October 2020
Patron Services & Marketing Manager - Glens Falls Symphony, September 2016-August 2019
Executive Director - American Women Artists www.americanwomenartists.org, April 1, 2014- September 2016
Events & Marketing Consultant- American Women Artists - June 1, 2013-April 1, 2014
Gallery Director - Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, 2005-2010

Education
Graduated cum laude with dual degrees in Illustration and English from Syracuse University


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