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Diana Behl

Diana Behl

Title

Associate Professor, Studio Art

Office Building

Grove Hall

Office

106F

Mailing Address

Grove Hall 106F
School of Design-Box 2802
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Diana Behl holds an M.F.A. and M.A. in printmaking from The University of Iowa, a B.F.A. in two-dimensional and design studies from Bowling Green State University and is an associate professor in the School of Design at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University. Behl has received grants from the Bush and Griffith Foundations and the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Arts Council to support her artistic and teaching practices, which are rooted in traditional printmaking processes and works on paper.

Solo, two and three-person exhibits have been at the Greenleaf Gallery at Whittier College (Whittier, California), Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (Nebraska City, Nebraska), Edward J. and Helen Jane Morrison Gallery at the University of Minnesota, Morris (Morris, Minnesota), The Contemporary Dayton (Dayton, Ohio, and the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Art Museum (Brookings). Recent group exhibits include Women's Work at Olson-Larsen Gallery (Des Moines, Iowa), Small Works at Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, New York) and Lonely Hearts: New Prints 2021/Summer at the International Print Center New York (New York).

A 2023 South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Arts Council Fellowship recipient, Behl is creating a serial project titled Line is a Thread. This extensive project centers on the emotive, metaphorical and visual aspects of line throughout her practice, incorporating a set of 28 works documenting time as both a lived and measured experience.

Education

  • B.F.A. | Bowling Green State University
  • M.A. | The University of Iowa
  • M.F.A. | The University of Iowa

Academic Interests

  • Intaglio
  • Relief
  • Letterpress
  • Monoprint and monotype
  • Works on paper

Academic Responsibilities

  • Printmaking and Letterpress
  • Design II Color
  • School of Design capstone
  • Program Lead, Studio Art

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Mid America Print Council
  • Southern Graphics Council International

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

  • 2023, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Arts Council Artist Fellowship à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
  • 2021, IPCNY Summer Artist Development Program à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãee, New York
  • 92nd Annual International Competition (Semifinalist), The Print Center, Philadelphia
  • South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University College of Arts and Sciences Art Museum Scholar
  • Legion Paper à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã, Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Boston
  • The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York
  • Ucross Foundation Artist Residency, Clearmont, Wyoming 

Grants

  • Bush Foundation
  • The Griffith Foundation
  • South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Arts Council

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