Dyann Alkire Resume


Born in Vancouver, Wash. on 1948 and died in Portland, Ore. on 2020. Her estate is managed by her husband, Tom Alkire, at tomalkire@gmail.com. (503-320-5055). 

Education
B.F.A. Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 
 
Selected Exhibitions


2022: Maryhill Museum of Art. Special Exhibition: Ornithology: Avian Imagery from the Permanent Collection. (Group show of printmakers, including two etchings by Dyann Alkire).


2021: Ten etchings donated to a Special Collection about birds, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington


2021: Memorial Show at Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon


2019 Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon


2019 Blackfish Gallery, Former Members Show, Portland, Oregon


2019 Walters Gallery, Walters Cultural Center, Hillsboro, Oregon


2019 Multnomah Arts Center, Fine Prints Show, Portland, Oregon


2018 Karin Clarke Gallery, The Collector's Show, Eugene, Oregon


2017 Chehalem Cultural Center, Lie of the Land, Newberg, Oregon


2017 Riversea Gallery, Hope is the thing with Feathers, Astoria, Oregon


2017 12 x 16 Gallery, Women March On, Portland, Oregon


2016 Stonehenge Studios, Group Show, Portland, Oregon


2015 Guardino Gallery, Little Things, Portland, Oregon


2015 Cannon Beach Gallery, Winter All-Juried Show, Cannon Beach, Oregon


2015 Compass Gallery, Eco Icon Show, Salem, Oregon


2014 Blackfish Gallery, 35th Anniversary - Becoming Blackfish Show, Portland, Oregon


2014 Beaverton Arts Mix, Beaverton, Oregon


2012 Lucia Douglas Gallery, Art of Prints, Bellingham, Washington

2011 Pacific NW College of Art, 30 Yrs. of Printmaking, Portland, Oregon

2011 Helzer Art Gallery, Fine Art Print Show, PCC, Portland, Oregon

2010 Cannon Beach Gallery, Sea Creatures Exhibit, Oregon

2009 Runyan Gallery, Winter’s Passing Art of the Print, Newport, Oregon

2007 Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, Oregon

2006 Print Arts NW, Birds on the Wing, Portland,Oregon.

2005, 04 Beppu Gallery, Group Show, Pacific City, Oregon.

2001 Pacific NW College of Art, Crossing Boundaries, Portland, Oregon.

2001, 02 Lake Oswego Chronicle Invitational, Lake Oswego, Oregon

1997 Oregon History Center, Portland Oregon.

1991 Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, Alaska.

1987 Pacific Fine Arts, Printmaker’s Show, Seattle, Washington.

1986 China Traveling Exhibit, N.W. Print Council.

1985 Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington.

1985 Bush Barn, Oregon 2-D Exhibit, Salem, Oregon.

1984-86 Australia Traveling Exhibit, N.W. Print Council.

1983 El Camino College, Torrance, California.

1983 Marylhurst, Portland, Oregon.

1982 Portland Art Museum, N.W. Print Council.

1982 Oranges & Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

1980  Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington

1980 Portland Art Museum, Oregon Artists Annual.

1978,80,84,85 Artquake, Portland, Oregon.

1976 Seattle Art Museum Pavilion, Bumbershoot Northwest Open.

  
One-person Shows
2010 No. 2 Fine Art Print Shop, Portland, Oregon

2002 Print Arts Northwest, Portland, Oregon

1981 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

1980 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
 


Grants and Awards
1999 Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery – etching commissioned for commemoration of the Rental Sales Gallery’s 40th year
 
1989 For the 13th Annual Oregon Governor’s Arts Awards - etching chosen for poster and commissioned to create limited edition print for awards
 
1977 Art in Public Places Grant, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, Oregon

  
Professional Work Experience
2007-07 Portland Art Museum, Instructor, Portland, Oregon.

2006 -2007 Multnomah County Library, Art Teacher, Portland, Oregon.

1991-92 Sellwood Community Center, Art Instructor, Portland, Oregon.

1981 Artist-in-Residence, Artist in the Schools Program, Portland, Oregon.


        Talented and Gifted Program Instructor, Portland, Oregon.

1976-77 Community Schools, Art Instructor, Salem, Oregon.

1975 Queene Anne Recreation Center, Art Instructor, Seattle, Wash.
  

Professional Affiliations


2009 -  No. 2 Fine Art Printshop, Portland, Oregon


1983- 2008 Inkling Studio, Portland, Oregon

1982-present Print Arts NW, Artist Member, Portland, Oregon


1980-present Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

 
Publications
2002 The Oregonian, Stan, Hall. “Radar”, image/review.

1989 Oregon Arts News, cover image, article “Governor’s Arts Awards”

1981 Van Cleve, Jane "Northwest Printmakers Form Council" Stepping Out Magazine, image, p. 49. 

 
Selected Collections
Riverplace Hotel, Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon.

Arthur Anderson and Company, Portland, Oregon.

City of Portland, Oregon.

Idaho First National Bank, Boise, Idaho.

Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon.

Museu da Gravura, Cidade de Curitiba, Brazil.

Oregon Department of Transportation, Materials Lab, Salem, Oregon.

Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.

Private Collections.

S.E. Regional Correctional Institute, Juneau, Alaska.

State Office Building, Portland, Oregon.

SW Washington Medical Center, Vancouver, Washington.