Diane Lorio, Painter

dianelorio@me.com

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude (Painting) Guilford College, Greensboro NC, 1991

Shows 2016-Present

919 Gallery, Solo Show, “Natural Abstraction”, Wilmington, DE, 2024
Vestige concept Gallery, “Primal 111: The Sacred Triangle”, Pittsburg, PA, 2023

UNC Pembroke Gallery, “Passage of Time”, Charlotte, NC, 2023
Howard Co Arts Council, “Art Maryland Biennial (MD Art 2022)”, Elliot City, MD 2022 Town Arts Workshop, Maryland National Juried Exhibition, “Into The Void”, Liberty Fredericksburg, VA, 2022
Washington Co. Museum of Fine Art, “2022 Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition”, Hagerstown, MD, 2022
Emerging Gallery, “Schwa Show”, Greenville, NC, 2021
Univ. of Southern, MS “National Juried Painting Exhibition”, Hattiesburg, MS, 2021 Brentwood Art Center, “Put It Into The Fire”, Brentwood, MD, 2021
Tamar Handel Gallery, Creative Arts Center, “2021 Juried Exhibition”, Silver Springs, MD, 2021
Art Place, “Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Show”, Baltimore, MD, 2021
Oxford Arts Alliance, “5th Annual National Juried Exhibition”, Oxford, MD, 2019
Fe Gallery, “Pattern and Abstraction”, Sacramento, CA, 2019
Univ. of Mary Washington Galleries, “Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2018”, Fredericksburg, VA, 2018
Abington Art Center, “Solo Show”, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
Mezzanine Gallery, Delaware Division of the Arts, “Solo Show”, Wilmington DE, 2016 Arts Center-Gallery, DE State Univ., “Solo Show”, Dover DE 2016
Delaware Division of Arts, Biggs Museum of American Art, “Artist Fellowship Show”, Dover, DE, 2016
Hot Springs Arts Council “National Competition”, Hot Springs, AR, 2016

Grants

Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Arts grant, 2023
Delaware Art Division of the Art, Individual Artist Fellowship, 2016 Michigan Arts Council Grant, 1986-87
Florida Fine Arts Council Grant (NEA)1981

Art Collection Highlights

Orlando International Airport, Orlando, FL Orlando Art Museum, Orlando, FL
Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL SCM Corporation, Jacksonville, FL

Diversified Properties Investments, MD,
Power and Light, Montgomery, AL
IBM Corporation, Boca Raton, FL
Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, GA Tupperware Collection, Orlando FL

*Full list on request

Related Professional Experience

VSA Artist, State of DE 2012-13
Art Educator, Chair of Art department, Saint Joseph Academy, a Catholic preparatory school, grades 7-12, Brownsville, TX, 2002-2011
Education Director /Artist-in-Schools, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Arts, Greensboro, NC 1999-2000
Green Hill’s North Carolina Artists-in-Schools Program, 1998-99
Guest Lecturer, Muskegon Museum of Art, 1997
Visiting Artist, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995
Speaker, C.V.I.A Conference, Wheaton, Illinois, 1995
Associate Director, Griffith Gallery, Coral Gables FL, 1992-1993
Guest Speaker, Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL, 1991
Guest Artist Putnam County Public Schools, Putnam County, FL, 1991