SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: (solo*)
2020
*THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE, Pump House Regional Art Center, La Crosse, WI
-ARTS NORTH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Hopkins, MN
2017
-VOYAGES, Northshore Bank of Commerce, Duluth, MN (Invitational Exhibit)
2016
-JOSEPHINE GEIGER & ALBERTA MARANA, Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN
2015
-*NEW WORKS, Zeitgist Cafe, Duluth, MN
2013
- CULTURE AND AGRICULTURE, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
2012
- GREEN, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2011
-IV GRAND EXHIBITIONS* St. Louis County Courthouse, Hibbing, MN
-EXHIBIT III, Fine Line Designs, Ephraim, WI (Door County)
2010
-ALBERTA MARANA LESLIE DEMUTH, Grace Chosy Gallery Madison, WI
-LIGHT AND SHADOW, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2009
-COLORS OF NATURE, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
-EXHIBIT II, Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI (Door County)
2007
- PASTELS*, North Shore Bank, Duluth, MN
2006
-FALL LANDSCAPES, * Opening Night Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
-PASTELS, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005
- SMALL WORKS FROM UP NORTH, * Buffalo Fish fine Art, Willmar, MN
2004
-LANDSCAPES, Anderson & Marana, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
-AMERICAN ART, Palazzo Sciafini, Palermo, Sicily, in conjunction with the Fine Arts Department, U of MN, Duluth
2003
- TAKE ANOTHER LOOK-NORTHERN LANDSCAPES, * Lizzard’s Gallery,Duluth, MN
2002
- WISCONSIN ARTISTS, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001
-PASTELS, * Bradley Gallery, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
-CULTURE & AGRICULTURE, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
-MIGHTY MIDWEST BIENNIAL, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
-NEW WORK, Barbara Anderson, Alberta Marana, Denise Presnell-Weidner, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2001
-DOOR COUNTY: NATIVE TO CONTEMPORARY ART, Uihlein Peter, Milwaukee, WI
-SIXTH ANNUAL JURIED PASTEL COMPETITION, La Fond Galleries,Pittsburgh, PA
-PASTELS* Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN
-PASTEL DRAWINGS* Bloomington Art Center, (Oxboro Library Site), Bloomington, MN
-FIFTH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED PASTEL COMPETITION, La FondGalleries, Pittsburgh, PA
-PASTELS, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
-PASTEL DRAWINGS by ALBERTA MARANA, WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS by SCOTT ZUBANC Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1998
-FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED PASTEL COMPETITON, LaFond Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
-WISCONSIN PAINTERS, Katie Gingrass Gallery
1997
-UNEAC EXHIBITION, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
-REMARKABLE WOMEN, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1996
-XVI ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Florida Pastel Association, Bradenton, FL
-PASTELS ,* Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
-ARROWHEAD 52ND BIENNIAL, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
-ART in the EMBASSY PROGRAM, Botswana, Africa
1995
-DIFFERENT VIEWS*, Master of Arts Exhibition, UW, Superior, WI
-WISCONSIN BIENNIAL, Wisconsin Painter’s and Sculptor’s traveling exhibit, UW-Green Bay, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Steven’s Point 1994 PASTEL DRAWINGS*, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1993
- INSIDE/OUT, Still Life and Landscape, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1992
-LANDSCAPES*, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
-RECENT WORK*, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1991
-PASTEL DRAWINGS*, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1990
-MULTIPLE CHOICE, Cudahy Gallery of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee, WI
-ARROWHEAD ARTIST’S EXHIBITION, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
-LANDSCAPES, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
-PASTELS*, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, International Design Center, Minneapolis, MN
1989
- SHADES of PASTEL, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1988
-MIDWEST PASTEL ’88, Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, IL
-WISCONSIN WOMEN in the ARTS ’88 & ’89 TRAVELING EXHIBIT, Originating at West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, West Bend, WI
1987
- Pastel Society of American Scholarship Recipients included in ‘PASTELS ONLY’, National Arts Club Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS AND HONORS
202- First , Pastels, Arts North International, Hopkins, MN
2015 - Artwork selected for the publication, Amethyst and Agate: Poems of Lake Superior, Holy Cow Press, Duluth, MN
2014 - Career Development Grant, Arrowhead Arts Council, Duluth, MN
2011 - Excellence in the Science and Arts Award, St. Louis county Commissioners
2008 - Pastel “Moonrise over Nashua Street” selected for cover of Shelter Half by Carol Bly
2007 - Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowship, Duluth, MN
2004 - Residency at the Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2003 - Career Development Grant, ARAC, Duluth, MN
2001 - Panelist, Wisconsin Arts Board, Visual Fellowship Awards
1997-99
-Instructor, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, Door County, WI
-Articles & Reviews in Wisconsin Trails, Milwaukee Sentinel, Zenith City Arts, Duluth News Tribune, Ashland Daily Press
-Interviews with KUMD and KDAL, Duluth MN
1994 - 1st, XVI Annual Exhibition, FPS, Bradenton, FL
1991-94 - Artist-in-Residence, Depot Outreach Program, Duluth, MN
1990 - Best of Show, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
1988 - Merit Award, Midwest Pastel’88
1987 - Milwaukee Arts Commission Purchase Award, RESPONSE’87-88 EMERGING VISIONS SHOW
COLLECTIONS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Tweed Museum, Lake Superior College, St. Mary’s, Duluth Clinic, St. Luke’s, Miller Dwan, Northwest Banks, North Shore Bank of Commerce, MN Power, Duluth, MN
Barnes & Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Bell Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI
Takeda Pharmaceutical Corporation, Deerfield, IL
Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Miller Brewer Co., City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN;
University Hospitals, 1st Bank, Deere Credit Services, Wisconsin Bar Association, American Family Insurance, Madison, WI;
Wisconsin Percent for Art Program purchases for Eau Claire, West Bend, Madison, Spooner, & Superior;
Hagoromo College, Osaka, Japan.
Private collections throughout the United States, Japan, Sicily, Cuba, and Brazil
