Resume

Education
Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Drawing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Post Baccalaureate Study in Art History and Spanish Language, University of Salamanca, Spain
Bachelor of Science in Studio Art, Printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wl.

Employment
Professor of Art, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wl.

Selected One and Two Person Exhibitions

Ghosts, Zombies and Other Citizens, Art and Cultures Gallery, Alverno Collge, Milwaukee WI.
Gardens, Gods and Grids: Nature, Culture and Infrastructure in the Americas, Latino Arts, Milwaukee, WI.
Dwelling: Art by Dara Larson, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Transitions in Perspective: Myth and Mirror, Dara Larson and Nirmal Raja, RedLine, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Arts Board, Wisconsin Arts Board with funding from the state of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, Milwaukee,WI.
Stories on Paper and Cloth-Dara Larson, Innovation Gallery, Bayview Highschool, Milwaukee, WI.
Global Explorations: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Japan, Mexico, United States – Multi-media Work by Dara Larson, Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Translating Memories, Dara Larson, Nirmal Raja, Gallery Crescent, Bangalore, India.
Alfons Gallery, Group Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI.
New Photo Expression 2011, Blutstein Brondino Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wi.
Cultural Spaces, Redline Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI.
Urban Ecology Center, One Person Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI.
Anderson Art Center, One Person Exhibition, Kenosha, WI.
City Squared: Intuitive Geometry of Community, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.
Sacred Ground: Perspectives on Peace and Conflict, Peace and Conflict Studies Initiative, Alverno College and the United States Department of Education, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.
Black and White Worlds: Van Guard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Hecho en Milwaukee/Made in Milwaukee: Two Perspectives of Mexican Folk Culture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Gallery Paradiso, Milwaukee, WI
Recent Works, Willy Street Cooperative, Madison, WI.
Inferno and Other Images of Life After Death, Village Church, Dante at the Millennium and the International Arts Festival, Milwaukee, WI,
Masks, Monoliths and Miniatures, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI.
Recent Works Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Segments Spliced - A Journey From Wisconsin to Oaxaca and Back, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.
Cultural Meandering - Dara Larson, The Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX.
Dara Larson - Unique Artists' Books, Tarble Arts Center Reading Room, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL.
Stories Upon Paper and Wood:, Moyer Art Gallery, Green Bay, Wl.
Recent Works by Dara Larson, University of Wisconsin Center - Sheboygan, WI.
Eric and Carmen: An Installation by Dara Larson, Artists' Bookworks, Chicago, IL.

Selected Juried Exhibitions

Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI.
Southern Graphics Council International- Portfolio, Print Milwaukee Conference, Tony Stoeveken Tribute Portfolio,
Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Southern Graphics Council International- Print Milwaukee Conference, Banyan Arts India Portfolio, Milwaukee, WI,
Eight Counties Exhibition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Best of Show
Print and Drawing Exhibition, Wisconsin Visual Artists, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee,
Northern National Juried Exhibition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI. Juror's Award
Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors, Drawing and Print Exhibition, Ozaukee Art Center, Best of Show
Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Southeast, Ruess Federal Plaza, Milwaukee, Jurors Award-Third Place
Winter Juried Exhibition, Anderson Art Center, juror's award for solo art exhibition
The Little Show: Miniature Art Exhibition. Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI.
Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI.
The Walkabout: Rituals of Awakening, Flux Design, Milwaukee, WI.
Paper Politics: Socially and Politically Engaged Printmaking, Traveling Exhibition, Walker's Point Center for the Arts and University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI.
Northern National Juried Exhibition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI. Juror's Award
Multicultural, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI.
Refresh Print Biennia II, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Lawton Gallery, traveling exhibition
Symmetry, Wisconsin Academy's Steenboch Gallery, Madison, WI.
Watercolor Wisconsin, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI. Juror's Award First Place
Roots, Wisconsin Academy's Steenbock Gallery on University Avenue, Madison, WI.
Unconventional Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point,
Continuum, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Union Art Gallery,
Art Books, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.
On the Edge of the Millennium, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO.
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Wisconsin Watercolor 98, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI.
Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI. Jurors Award.
Folk Artists, Bearers of Tradition, Latin Arts Inc. Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Virtual Gallery, Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Juried Internet Exhibition, Jurors Award.
Sculptural Books and Bookends - Traveling Exhibition, Maryland Visual Arts Touring Program.
12th Annual WARM Summer, Womens' Art Registry of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Womens' Autobiographical Artists' Books; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI.
Art Cart Caper, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wl. Jurors Award.
USA Art, Chimerical Greg Gallery, La Puente, CA. Jurors Award.
Open Door / In Celebration of International Women's Day, Survival Graphics, Madison, Wl. Jurors Award.

Selected Invitational Exhibitions

Confluence: American and Indian Artists, Shristi Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
Swan Day/International Celebration of Women in the Arts, Redline, Milwaukee,WI.
A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking and Book Art, Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, MD
Day of the Dead, Latino Arts, Milwaukee, WI.
Cut and Create/The Endless Possibilities of Paper, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI.
Exquisite Corpse Print Exchange and Exhibit, Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI.
Redline Exhibition, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI.
Hidden River Festival, Community Collage Workshop and Exhibition, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, Brookfield, WI.
WOW- Women of Wisconsin, Art and Cultures Gallery, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.
Bagging Culture, Alfons Gallery, Milwakee, WI.
Bagging Culture, Cardinal Stritch University, Waukesha, WI.
Really Big Prints, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI.
Really Big Prints, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers,WI.
Global Women and Education, Latino Arts Inc. Day of the Dead, Milwaukee, WI.
Indiana Green, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg,WI.
Culture Jam, Hide House, Milwaukee, WI
Graphic Prints, Shrishti Gallery, Hyderabad, India.
Chasing Horizons, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
Top Drawer Small Prints, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee,WI.
Steamroller Prints, Danceworks Milwaukee,WI.
Day of the Dead, Latino Arts, Milwaukee,WI.
Day of the Dead, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee
The Tool at Hand, Chipstone Foundation and Sweet Water Organics, Milwaukee,WI.
Steamroller Prints, Danceworks and Redline Print Exhibition
No Jacket Required: Structuring Art as Book, Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI.
Group Exhibition, Traction Factory, Milwaukee, WI.
Pulp Possibilities, Redline Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
Three Views of Mexico, Studio 84, Sheboygan, In Conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts, Big Read
Day of the Dead Community Altar, Guest Artist, Milwaukee Art Museum
Day of the Dead Altar, Latino Arts Inc., Milwaukee, WI.
Saitama Wisconsin Art Exchange, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
Underwood Society of Fine Art Photographers, Guest Artist, One Way Cafe Gallery, Wauwatosa, WI.
Milwaukee Artists Resource Network Mentor Program Exhibition, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Utopia, Dystopia, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
Milwaukee Artists Resource Network Mentor Program, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Off the Shelf: The Artist's Book Unbound, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Art History Gallery
Printmaking, Barrow and Juarez Contemporary Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Holiday Exhibit, Barrow and Juarez Contemporary Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Group Exhibition, Barrow and Juarez Contemporary Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
Faculty 2006, Peninsula School, Fish Creek, WI.
Continuum 4, Mary H. Nohl Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Drawn In -Images by Wisconsin Artists, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Digital Exhibition, Milwaukee Artists Resource Network, Mentors Program, National Conference of Americans for the Arts, Hilton Hotel, Milwaukee, WI.
Two Cultures-One Spirit Japan/Wisconsin Exchange, Baer Gallery, Bush Art Center, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI. Neville Public Museum Brown County, Green Bay, WI. and Porter Butz Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Wisconsin Book, Wisconsin Center for the Book, Library of Congress and Wisconsin Academy, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point
The Artists Marketplace, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
Little Books that Could, traveling exhibition, International Women's Day, Milwaukee, WI.
Rally for Peace, Milwaukee Artists For Social Change, Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI.
Faculty Art Exhibition, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.
Creative Educators Institute, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI.
El Dia de los Muertos, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI.
Spanish Market, featured artist, Paxton and Mc Call Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Beauty-Benefit for the Arts, Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI.
Wisconsin Women in Print, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater
20 Photographers, Hyde House, Milwaukee, WI.
Faculty Exchange, University of Chester England
Latin Wisconsin, Appleton Fine Arts Center, Appleton, WI.
Viva la Raza - National Conference Exhibition, Midwest Express Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Love a Hot Colored Passion, African American Artists Beginning to Educate Americans about African American Art and Ardent Music Studios, Milwaukee, WI.
El Dia de los Muertos, Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
Badwater Book Invitational, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI.
Hispanic Arts Festival, Madison, WI.
Who Knows Where or When- Artists Interpret Time and Geography, Charles A. Wustum , Racine, WI.
Postmark Millennium, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD.
Millennium Bug, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Wyandotte, KS.
Dia de los Muertos, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Farewell to the 20th Century, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
Artistic Observers in Latin America: The Cultural Vantage Point, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,
Renaissance 2000 Project, Aardvark Studios, Dallas, TX.
Artist, Writer, Publisher, Printer: The Art of the Book in Wisconsin, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.
Woodworking, Pottery and Prints, Miller Art Center, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Faculty Exhibition, Alverno College Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
The Print: An Exploration of the Print Medium, Internos Gallery, Milwaukee, Wl.
U.N. 4th World Congress on Women, Beijing, China, (International Association of Women Artists presentation),
Exquisite Corpse - Traveling Exhibition, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Art/Missia, Treyakov Gallery Central House of Artists in Moscow, Russia.
Verbal Text/Non-Verbal Context: Handmade Books By Wisconsin Artists, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wl.
Paper Pages/Books by Women, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wl.
Vessels of Message/Contemporary Book Art, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, Ml.
Domestic Realisms/Group Traveling Exhibit, C.A.G.E. Cincinnati, OH. /Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Recipe, Holsom Roc, Chicago, IL.
Modern Communications, The Upstairs, New York, NY.