DIANNE RENEE SHILLING
Artist – Activist – Teacher
Mystic Fire Horse LLC
P.O. Box 1474, Gold Beach, OR 97444
(541) 373-7736
www.diannereneeshilling.com
dianneshilling@gmail.com
mysticfirehorse@gmail.com
POSITIONS
1991 – present day – small business Owner/Artist/Activist
2019 – present day- Board member, Board of Directors, Wally’s House, Curry County Child Abuse Intervention Center, Gold Beach, Oregon
2018 – present day – Mystic Fire Horse LLC, Gold Beach, Oregon
2016 – 2019 – volunteer office assistant, Wally’s House, Curry County Child Abuse Intervention Center, Gold Beach, Oregon
2015 – Completed Teaching Artist’s in Schools Certification and Training, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – 2016 – volunteer/Artist/Activist – Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living, Fairbanks, Alaska
2010 – 2011 Co-Chair, Fairbanks Weed-and-Seed, Fairbanks, Alaska
2010 – Steering Committee Member, Fairbanks Weed & Seed, Fairbanks, Alaska
1995 – Founding Member, Visual Arts Director, Apache Junction Art Society, Apache Junction, Arizona
1993 – 1995 – Apprentice Production Painter, Shannon McGraw Designs, Tempe, Arizona
1988 – 1989 – Apprentice Production Painter, House of Tasso, Apache Junction, Arizona
1984 – 1987 volunteer, Klamath Falls Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Center, Klamath Falls, Oregon
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2018-2019 Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness, Annual Juried Show, “Art in Public Places”, Superior County Courthouse, Crescent City, California
2017-2018 Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness, Annual Juried Show, “Art in Public Places”, Superior County Courthouse, Crescent City, California
2017 – Solo Show, “Third Eye Open-Beyond the Sirens Song”, 22 pieces about women’s empowerment, Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness (DNACA), Superior County Courthouse Lobby, Crescent City, California
2017 – Coast Explorer Magazine, Spring 2017 edition, “New gallery opens in Gold Beach”, photo and article (one of ten galleries featured on the Oregon and Washington coast) pages 66 & 67.
2016 – 2017 Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness, Annual Juried Show, “Art in Public Places”, Superior County Courthouse, Crescent City, California
2016 – AU – The Golden Element, All about Gold, Curated Show, Fairbanks, Alaska
2016 – Interior Artisans, Juried Art Show, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2016 – Patterns of Influence, Juried Art Show, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2015 – Judge for Ice Sculptures, North Pole Festival in Ice, Ice-Carving Competition, North Pole, Alaska
2015 – Featured Artist, Bear Gallery Gift Shop, Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska
2015 – Patterns of Influence, Juried Art Show, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – Featured Artist, “Silver & Gold”, Phillips Studio & Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – Limited Edition Art Show, Bear Gallery, Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – 64th Parallel Art Show, 29th Annual Juried Group Show, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – Featured Artist, “Out of Darkness, Into Light”, Phillips Studio & Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – Featured Artist, “Shades of Gray”, Phillips Studio & Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
2011 – Best in Class/First Place, “Faces in Space”, Oil Painting, Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks, Alaska
2011 – First Place, “Six Degrees of Sunrise”, Acrylic Painting, Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks, Alaska
2011 – First Place, “Aurora in Green and Gold”, Oil Painting, Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks, Alaska
2009 – Featured Artist, Space for Movement Studio, Fairbanks, Alaska
2008 – Show of New Works, Tanana Valley State Fair, Craft Market, Fairbanks, Alaska
2003 – First Place, Figurative Woodcarving, Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001-2003 – “Artist’s Spotlight”, Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 – Show of New Works, Tanana Valley State Fair, Craft Market, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 – Bentley Mall Christmas Show, Wxford Bowl Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
2000 – Bentley Mall Christmas Show, Wxford Bowl Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
2000 – Featured Artist, Touch of Gold, Fairbanks, Alaska
1999 – Group Show, Dolce Vita, Fairbanks, Alaska
1998 – Group Shows, Arts in the Park, Lahaina Art Society, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
1998 – Group Shows, Artists of Maui, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
1995 – Featured Artist, “Artoberfest”, House of Wood, Fairbanks, Alaska
1993 – First & Third Place, Sculpture Category, Soroptimist Art Show, Apache Junction, Arizona
1972 – Second Place, McMinnville School District Fire Prevention Poster, McMinnville, Oregon
COMMISSIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2019 – Permanent Installation, “Sunrise to Sunset” Wall Mural, 14 feet high by 72 feet long, full wrap-around, Curry Community Health, Conference room, Gold Beach, Oregon
2019 – Permanent Installation, “Epic Mermaid” Wall Mural, 12 feet long, Christian Help Food Bank Thrift Store, Gold Beach, Oregon
2019 – Permanent Installation, Frozen Lake Wall Mural, Ellensburg Theater, Gold Beach, Oregon
2016 – Permanent Installation, “From Reality to Resurrection” Collection of Three Paintings, The Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living, Fairbanks, Alaska
2015 – Permanent Installation, Collection of six paintings, “Moonlight & Trees”, Private Collection, Fairbanks, Alaska
2015 – Permanent Installation, “The Loving Tree” (10’ by 7’ wall mural), Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living, Fairbanks, Alaska
2014 – Commissioned Portrait, “Rob & Lori – 1983”, Acrylic Painting, Private Collection, Lafayette, Oregon
2014 – Permanent Installation, “Out of Darkness, Into Light”, Collection of Nineteen Acrylic Paintings, The Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living, Fairbanks, Alaska
2012 – Commissioned Portrait, “Mother & Son”, Private Collection, North Pole, Alaska
2011 – Group Installation, Fairbanks Skate Park, Fairbanks, Alaska
2003 – Commissioned Sculpture, “Tree of Life” woodcarving, Holistic Medical Clinic, Fairbanks, Alaska
2002 – Commissioned Marionette, Private Collection, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 – Commissioned Sculpture, “Beware the Fury” woodcarving, Commissioned by Private Collector, Held at the Offices of Great Northwest Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 – Commissioned Sculpture, “Hearts & Hands”, Private Collection, Fairbanks, Alaska
MEDIA
2017 – Coast Explorer Magazine, Spring 2017 edition, “New gallery opens in Gold Beach”, photo and article, (one of ten galleries featured on the Oregon and Washington Coast) pages 66 & 67.
2017 – Curry County Reporter, January 4, 2017, Front page, Business Spotlight, Article by Lorraine Espinoza-Lowe
2015-2016 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, multiple photos of artwork
2015 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, April 30, 2015, Article by Gary Black
2015 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, February 5, 2015, One First Friday, Two noteworthy events, Gary Black
2014 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, October 17, 2014. Quoted in Article “Why Draw?” by Gary Black
2014 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, August 29, 2014. Feature Article by Gary Black, “Out of Darkness, Into Light” – One Night Show, Fundraiser for The Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living
2002 – KTVF Channel 11 – NBC Affiliate, “Arts in The Golden Heart” Video Segment, The Art and Woodcarvings of Dianne Renee’, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 – National Woodcarvers Association, Feature Article in “Chip-Chats” magazine, “Carving in the Far North” by Dianne Renee’
2000 – Front Page, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, December 1st, 2000, Woodcarvings by Dianne Renee’
1999 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Woodcarving Demonstration/ Art Show, Dolce Vita, Fairbanks, Alaska
1995 – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Featured Artist for “Artoberfest”, House of Wood, Fairbanks, Alaska
GALLERIES
Rogue Ocean Salvage Arts, Gold Beach, Oregon
Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Dianne Renee’ Shilling Studio & Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska
Phillips Studio & Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Space for Movement Studio, Fairbanks, Alaska
Touch of Gold, Fairbanks, Alaska
Dianne Renee Woodcarving Studio & Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Dolce Vita, Fairbanks, Alaska
Coldfoot Gift Shop, Coldfoot, Alaska
Lahaina Art Society Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Artists of Maui, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
House of Wood, Fairbanks, Alaska