::: Diane Lounsberry-Williams Biography :::

Education	Central Washington University; Purdue University (Calumet) Chicago, IL. Specialized Training: Experimental Watermedia and Transparent Watercolor.
Awards	2002 Public Arts Commission, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Teachers College 2001 Individual Artists Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council 2001 Public Arts Commission, University of Nebraska, Omaha - Art & Sciences Bldgs.
Affiliations	National Watercolor Society, Signature Member; Kansas Watercolor Society, Signature Member; Anderson O'Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE; Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
One Person Exhibitions	Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE September 2004 Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE 2003 Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE 1997 Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE 1994 Alden B. Dow Museum, Midlands, MI 2007 Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE 2007
Publications	Best in Watercolor, Vol. 3: Rockport Publishers, 1999 Best in Watercolor Series - Abstracts; Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1996
Selected Competitive Juried Exhibitions & Awards	Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition 2001. Golden, CO. Kansas Watercolor Society Seven State Exhibition 2000. Wichita Art Museum, KS. Award: The Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace, and Schwartz Patron Purchase Award Kansas Watercolor Society Invitational Honor Show. Wichita, KS. 2000. Jurors Award. Kansas Watercolor Society Seven State Exhibition. Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS. Awards: KWS Cash Award, Doctors Jan and Hugh Riordan Patron Purchase Award 1999 Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition, NE. Wesleyan University, 1997. Juror's Merit Award, 1999. Daphne Anderson Deeds, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, Yale University Art Gallery. National Watercolor Society Signature Member Juried Exhibition, 1997, 1998. Downey Museum of Art. Fullerton, CA Georgia National Watercolor Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA. Award: Outstanding Achievment in Watercolor. 1997 Juror: Katherine Chang Liu Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor II. Juror: Carol E. Barnes. 1996. Kansas Watercolor Society, Seven State Exhibition. Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS. Awards: Patron's Purchase Award, 1996. Dr. and Mrs. Dean Ritchie Award, 1998 Phi Theta Kappa Six State Competitive Exhibition, 1996 Kansas Watercolor Society, Five State Exhibition. 1993, 1994, 1995. National Watercolor Society, Signature Member Exhibition, Fullerton, CA, 1992. Kansas Watercolor Society, Five State Exhibition. Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KSM Juror's 2nd Place "Friends of KWS" Award. Fidelity Savings Association Patron Purchase Award. 1992 National Watercolor Society 71st Annual 1991 Exhibition. Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA. 1991 - 1992. Kansas Watercolor Society, Five State Exhibition. Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS. Award: Fidelity Saving Association Purchase Patron Award. 3/91. National Watercolor Society 70th Annual 1990 Exhibition. Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA. 1990 - 1991. Fred Wells 14 1990 Juried Show of the Central Time Zone, "On Paper, Of Paper." Nebraska Wesleyan University, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE. 1/90 - 2/90. Juror: Cynthia Nartonis, Boston. Michigan Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition. 5/88 - 4/89. Michigan Watercolor Society, 42nd Annual Exhibition. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. 5/88. Juror: Jan Van der Marck, Chief Curator of 20th Century Art, Detroit Institute of Arts. The Northeast Michigan Artist Juried Exhibition, Jesse Besser Museum. Alpena, MI. 1985, 1986, 1987. Saginaw State of the Arts Exhibition. "Art in Public Places." Saginaw, MI. 1/88. 27th Annual Tawas Bay Waterfront Art Show, Tawas City, MI. 1987. Award: 1st Place for Watercolors. "Our Town" Juried Art Exhibition, Birmingham, MI. Sponsored by Carson Business Interiors, 9/87. The Edgewood College, Madison National Art Exhibition, Madison, WI. Sponsored in conjunction with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc. 10/87. Juror: Sondra Freckleton.
Group Shows	Sarah and George Art Auction, Joslyn Art Museum June, 2006 Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) Invitational Exhibition. Kearney, NE March 2001 Concordia University, Marxhausen Gallery, "Abstract Balance". Seward, NE 1999 Kansas Artist Coalition, Kansas City, KS, 1994. Artists Choosing Artists Invitational, The Burkholder Project, Lincoln, NE. 1/94. University Place Art Center, Wesleyan Laboratory Gallery Group Show, Lincoln, NE. 7/89. Jesse Besser Museum, Two Person Show. Alpena, MI. 4/88 - 5/88.
Selected Collections	Westin Hotel, Los Angeles, Ca. Lockwood Development, Omaha, NE Enterprise Bank, Regency, Omaha, NE Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha NE Union Bank & Trust Co., Omaha, NE Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA Hilton Hotel, Omaha, NE. University of Nebraska, Omaha, College of Arts & Sciences University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Teachers College UNMC Transplant Center, Omaha, NE McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz Law Firm, Omaha, NE American National Bank, Omaha, NE Central States Insurance, Omaha, NE First National Bank of Omaha, Omaha, NE Smith, Peterson, Beckman & Willson Law Firm, Council Bluffs, IA Acceptance Insurance Co., Omaha, NE Fidelity Savings Association, Wichita, KS Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. National Archives Fraser, Stryker, Vaughn Law Firm, Omaha, NE Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace and Schwartz Law Firm, Wichita, KS Linweld Inc. Lincoln, NE Saratoga Springs Hotel, Saratoga, NY.