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DOUGLAS BOSLEY • Visual Artist
SELECTED AWARDS
2023 The Old Print Shop Excellence in Printmaking Award, 88th Annual Members Exhibition, The Old Print Shop, New York, NY. Juror: Kim Conaty, Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
2023 Equal Prize, International Print Biennial Varna, Gallery of Graphic Art – Varna, Varna, Bulgaria.
2022 Second Place, Layer on Layer, Art League Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, Jurors: Natalie Featherston; Mim Brooks Fawcett, Attleboro Arts Museum Director & Chief Curator; Stephen Fisher, Professor of Art Rhode Island College.
2022 In Memory of Gertrude Pferdt a Beloved Teacher Award, SAGA's 87th Members Print Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York NY. Juror: Ann Shafer
2022 Best in Show, Southern Printmaking Biennial, University of North Georgia, Bob Owens Art Gallery, Dahlonega, GA, USA; Juror: Karen Kunc
2018 Award for Contribution to World Graphic Art, 9th International Graphic Triennial Bitola, Bitola, Macedonia; Jurors: Venceslav Antonov, director of the international graphic biennale in Varna, Bulgaria; Denica Janeva, professor of graphic arts and graphic artist; Goce Bozurski, artist and representative of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia.
2013 First Place, National Society of Arts and Letters National Competition in Art Printmaking, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. Jurors: Daniel Bauman, Director, Kunsthalle Zurich; Eric C. Shiner, Director, Andy Warhol Museum; Susan Kemenyffy, Independent Artist.
2013 Recognition for Excellence, The New York Society of Etchers 3rd National Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY. Jurors: Dr. Leonard Moss and Dr. Muriel Moss, Founding Members, Print Club of New York.
2009 First Place, Illustrators of the Future Contest, 3rd Quarter
2009 Outstanding Graduate: Art Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 DiCarta/Papermade Biennale, Museo Civico Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy. Curator: Valeria Bertesina (forthcoming)
2023 22nd International Print Biennial Varna 2023, Gallery of Graphic Art – Varna, Varna, Bulgaria. (Equal Prize)
2023 Doug Bosley, Bob Owens Gallery, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA, (Aug - Sept)
2023 SAGA 88th Members Exhibition, The Old Print Shop, New York, NY. Juror: Kim Conaty (The Old Print Shop Excellence in Printmaking Award)
2023 THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS 2023 NORTH AMERICAN PRINT BIENNIAL, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA. Juror: Elizabeth M. Rudy
2023 The Contemporary Print 2023, The Art Galleries (TAG) at Austin Community College, Austin, TX; Juror: Rashun Rucker
2022 Layer on Layer, Art League Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, Jurors: Natalie Featherston; Mim Brooks Fawcett, Attleboro Arts Museum Director & Chief Curator; Stephen Fisher, Professor of Art Rhode Island College.
2018 Doug Bosley, Washington Printmakers Gallery; Washington DC.
2017 The Unexplored Map, James Watrous Gallery; Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters; Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2015 Auxons of the Grand Collective, Cork Printmakers & Bolts Arthaus, Cork, Ireland, Curator: Valerie Byrne, Director, Cork Printmakers
2014 Beyond the Horizon, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, WA, Australia, Curator: Paul Uhlmann Ph.D, Senior Lecturer, Arts & Humanities, Edith Cowan University
COLLECTIONS
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Indianapolis, IN
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
Nelson-Dunks Collection, Hellen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
China Printmaking Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Wriston Print Room & Printmaking Workshops Collection, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Lee Art Center, Arlington, VA
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland, ME
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Lake Effect Editions Program Archive, Syracuse University Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
REPRESENTATION
Overpass Projects, Providence, RI
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland, May-June 2015
Valley Print Studio, Woodland Hills, CA, July, 2014
Biodiversity Conservation Center, King’s Park & Botanic Gardens, Perth, WA, Australia, January, 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Visiting Faculty, Frogman’s Print Workshops, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (July 6-11) (forthcoming)
2023 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Demonstration & Lecture, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA (Sept 14)
2018-2023 Faculty, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2022-2023 Instructor, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Visiting Faculty, Frogman’s Print Workshops, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE (July 2 – 8)
2017 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Demonstration “Mezzotint,” Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (Oct 10-12)
2012-2016 Instructor, Continuing Education University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013–2015 Honorary Fellow, Department of Bacteriology, Forest Laboratory. University of Wisconsin-Madison
2015 Visiting Faculty, Frogman’s Print Workshops, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (July 6-11)
2015 Instructor, Faculty Training Session “Mezzotint,” CIT Crawford College of Art and Design, Visiting Artist, Cork, Ireland (May 27-28)
2015 Instructor, Printmaking Master Class “Mezzotint,” Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland (May 23-34)
2014 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Demonstration “Mezzotint,” University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI (Oct 21)
2014 Instructor, “Mezzotint,” Valley Print Studio, Woodland Hills, CA (Jul 25)
2013 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Demonstration “Mezzotint,” University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI (Nov 7)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Mezzotint Society
Mid America Print Council
Society of American Graphic Artists
Southern Graphics Council International
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, 2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 2009 (cum laude, outstanding graduate)
Area of specialization: Printmaking