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TANYA TEWELL    
 b.1956  Terre Haute, Indiana

EDUCATION
1992      M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1984    Graduate Studies, Art Therapy, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

1982    B. S., Art Education, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003-04    Dreamstories Project, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

2001   New Works, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN

1998    Selected Drawings, University Gallery, Volunteer State College, Gallatin, TN

1997   New Works, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN

1995     Selected Works, Marley Berger Gallery, Cannon County Art Center, Woodbury, TN

 1992    Award Show, University Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

GROUP EXHBITIONS
2002    Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL

2001    Best of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN  

1999     Fifth Annual International, CPSA, Loyola University Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL

AVIV III, Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

1998    LaGrange National Biennial Exhibition, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

Body Image, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY

Body Image, Rathbone Gallery, Albany, NY

 National All Media Exhibition, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MN

 Divine Visions, The Art Network, New York, NY

1997   Fifth Annual International, CPSA, Loyola University Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL

 Fred Wells 21st National Juried Exhibition, Rogers Center, Lincoln, NE

Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

1996     Twenty-Sixth National Bradley Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Ilinois State University

Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Clemson University, SC

Eleventh Annual Greater Midwest International, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University

Drawing from Perception, Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH

Rutgers National, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

New American Talent, Art on Tour, Grayson College, Denison, TX  

1995   International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

Greater Midwest International, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg ,MO

Twenty-Sixth Annual Palm Springs Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA

Twenty-Fifth Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

New American Talent, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX

Art on Tour, University of Texas, Odessa, TX

1994    Florida National IX, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

 Ninth Annual Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University Gallery, Warrensburg, MO

 National Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State, San Marcos, TX

 Seventeenth Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis,MD

 Scene and Unseen, New Mexico University, Portales, NM

1993   Twenty-Eighth Annual Open Exhibition, Fine Arts Institute Museum, San Bernadino, CA

 Hoyt National, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA

 Art Wyoming, West Wind Gallery, Casper, WY

Fragments, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

Collector’s Choice—The Savannah National, Savannah School of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

North Dakota 35th Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks,ND

Twenty-Seventh Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

North Dakota National Juried Exhibition, Minot, ND

Bradley National, Bradley University, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, IL

1992  Cimarron National Works on Paper, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

American Realism Competition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV

Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

1991    National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

LaGrange National XVI, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Maryland Federation of Art Exhibition, Annapolis, MD

Realism ‘91’ Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV

Cimmaron National, Bartlett Center, Oklahoma State University,Stillwater, OK

1990   Stockton National V Print and Drawing Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA

LaGrange National XV, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

1989     National Competition: Works on Paper, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau, NY

National Juried Works on Paper, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA

AWARDS
2002     University Creative Research Award, Dreamstories Project

1998    Best of Show Cash Award, AVIV III

Cash Award Certificate, Body Image Exhibition

Solo Show Award, Gallatin, TN

1997    Juror’s Choice Award, International Colored Pencil Society Competition

Solo Show Award, Appalachian Crafts Center

1995   Purchase Award, Austin Peay University

 Art On Tour Award, Austin Texas

1993  Juror’s Merit Award, Shermer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

Juror’s Merit Award, North Dakota National Juried Exhibition

1992   First Place Solo Show Award, Columbia College, Columbia, MO

1991   Drawing Award, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD           

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1994-03    Associate Professor of Art, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

1993    Instructor of Art, Glendale College, Glendale, AZ

 

1992    Instructor of Art, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ

 

1989-91  Instructor of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

 

1989-92   Art Teacher, South Mountain Magnet School, Phoenix, AZ

 

1983    Art Teacher, Yavapai School, Scottsdale, AZ

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Weekly Planet, A&E, Adrienne Golub,2002

 

Leaf-Chronicle, A&E, Stacy Segovia, 2002

 

The Tennessean Newspaper, Article “Outsider Art,” 2001

 

The Distillery Art Magazine, Cover Feature, 2000

 

Best of Colored Pencil, Feature Essay, Rockport Publications, Seattle, WA, 1999

 

Newspaper Review, A&E, Body Image, Troy Cahill, Albany, NY, 1998

 

Daily News Journal, Lifestyles, Nan Tucker, 1997

 

Daily News Journal, National Women and Power Conference, 1997

 

The Art Network, Divine Visions Exhibition, New York, NY, 1997

 

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Works on Paper, Edward Sozanski, 1996

 

The Columbian, Lisa Prickett, 1992

 

The New York Times, Arts, Helen Harrison, 1989 

COLLECTIONS
IBM 

 Intel

Coldwell-Banker

Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts

Indiana State University

Austin Peay State University

Private collections        

     

 

 

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