Dixie Laws Resume
EDUCATION:
MA, Studio Art, California State University, Sacramento
Teaching Credential, California College of the Arts, Oakland
BA, Art, University of California, Davis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016 The Philodendron Show, Axis Gallery
2914 New Monotypes and Linocuts, Axis Gallery
2014 Unitarian Church, Sacramento
2012 Inside/Outside, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2010 Inside, Looking Out, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2008 Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2007 Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2006 Merced College, Merced
Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass,Oregon
2005 Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2004 Communicare Art Gallery, Davis
2003 750 Gallery, Sacramento,
2002 Metro Gallery, Reno City Hall, Reno, Nevada
750 Gallery, Sacramento
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015 East Room Group Show, AxisGallery
2014 First Look, Axis Gallery Sacramento
2013 Odd Numbers, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
Text, Language, and Numerals, Sacramento State University Union, Sacramento
2012 Every Expression is Justified, Thoreau Center, San Francisco
New Works, California Society of Printmakers 99th Annual Exhibition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara
H2O: Fragility and Strength, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, curated by Don Soker
Side by Side, Axis Gallery,Sacramento
2011 The Big Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
Axis@Verge, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento
Light/ Dark, juried by EnriqueChagoya, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
98th Annual CSP Membership Show: A Marriage of Opposites: Love & Hate, Life & Death, Heaven & Hell, Alameda Public Library, Alameda
2010 Wrinkle, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
It’s Our Nature, Thoreau Center Gallery, San Francisco
2010 Axis Tilt 2010 Member’s Show, Axis Gallery
2009 Under Pressure, California Society of Printmakers 2009 Annual Membership Show, Sun Gallery, Hayward
Axis Gallery Member’s Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
Today: Seen Through the Artist's Eye, Fine Arts Gallery of the College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Juror: George Rivera, Director, Triton Museum.
2008 Systems of Sharing: Below the Surface, Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito
Relief: A Relief Printmaking Show, American River College Art Gallery, Sacramento (two person show)
Artlink 28th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne IN, (juror’s award)
Hidden Spaces of Sacramento, SMUD Gallery, Sacramento
Personal Impressions, California Society of Printmakers Annual Membership Exhibition, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove
2007 Axis Group Show, Axis Gallery, Sacramento
2006 Fronds, Spines and Petals, San Pablo Art Gallery, Civic Center, San Pablo
Printmakers Today, SOMARTS Bay Gallery, 93rd Annual Membership Show, California Society of Printmakers, San Francisco
Back to Basics,Traditional Printmaking, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael Mission Cultural Center 92nd Annual Membership Exhibition, California Society of Printmakers, San Francisco
2005 Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, Art Auction Show
Axis Gallery, Group Show, Sacramento
More Than Expected, California Society of Printmakers Show, juried by Phil Linhares, Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, City of Oakland, Oakland
2004 Works on Paper, 750 Gallery, Sacramento
California Society of Printmakers 91st Annual Exhibition, Bay Model Gallery, Sausalito
California Society of Printmakers, 90th Annual Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose
California State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Sacramento (Award of Merit)
2003 24th Annual Print Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, Ct.
California Society of Printmakers, University Union Gallery, California State University, Sacramento.
California State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitions, Sacramento, (Award of Merit)
Past, Present, Future, 750 Gallery, Sacramento
In Print, Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, Ben Lomond
2002 Pacific Prints 2002, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
California Works, State Fair Exhibition, Sacramento, CA (Award of Merit)
Hemispheres Art Academy, Sacramento
Janet Turner 4th Annual National Print Competition, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
2001 Readymades, 750 Gallery, Sacramento
The Spirit of Hand Made Prints, California Society of Printmakers, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara
2000 Vote 750, 750 Gallery, Sacramento
California Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibit, College of Marin, Kentfield Campus, Kentfield
Small Works from the California Society of Printmakers, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach
Five Printmakers, 750 Gallery, Sacramento
AWARDS/COMMISSIONS:
2008 Award, 28th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink Art Gallery, FT. Wayne IN, Juror, Mark Pascale, Art Institute of Chicago
2006 Honorable Mention, KVIE Art Auction, Sacramento
Mural Commission, McClatchy Library, Sacramento
2002 Award of Merit, California State Fair, Sacramento, also 2003 and 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Sacramento Magazine, “The Philodendron Show”, May 2016
Jodie Barringer Myers- Inside Publications,” Passionate About Printmaking”, May 2014
Jan Ferris Heenan: Sacramento Magazine, “City Sketch: Dixie Laws”, June 2012
Victoria Dalkey – Sacramento Bee , “Views of the World Through Smoke, Glass”, June 11, 2010
Susan Munich – The Davis Enterprise, “The Laws of Black and White”, January 22, 2004
DeWitt Cheng – The California Printmaker, “Pacific Prints 2002”, Autumn, 2002
COLLECTIONS:
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento
Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, Modesto, San Leandro,and Vallejo
Sacramento Metro Arts Commission
Sutter Cancer Center
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
California Society of Printmakers
Axis Gallery
Myrtle Printmakers