DENISE G. KESTER
PROFESSIONAL
2005 Taste of Ashland Poster "Finding the way by Heart" 2002 Selected for the Centennial Crater Lake Residency and Exhibition at the Schneider Museum of Art 2000 Taught monoprinting spring term at Southern Oregon University 1999 Designed masks and props for the Oregon Cabaret Theater's "Full Circle" 1983-03 Full-time studio artist specializing in printmaking, painting, illustrations 1983-00 Owner of Drawing on the Dream, art wear, hand-painted clothing 1992-03 Owner of Drawing on the Dream, a line of 31 note cards 1990-03 Juried member of The Northwest Print Council 1996 Kester Studio opens for workshops in printmaking and art classes 1995 Created two cover designs for Music for Little People Inc. Poster design chosen for Taste of Ashland by the Ashland Gallery Association 1993 Cover art for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Playgoer's Guide Art chosen to represent the Ashland Winter Arts Festival 1990 Cover art for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Playgoer's Guide 1979-80 Biological illustrations and layout for the book "Cycles of Fertility"
EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2005 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR, Exhibit New Work, June 2003 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR, Exhibit New Work, June 2000 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR, two-person exhibit, October 1998 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR, one-person exhibit, September 1995-98 Schneider Museum of Art Invitational, Ashland, OR, October 1997 The Real Mother Goose Gallery, Portland, OR, Featured artist, May 1996 Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR, two-person exhibit, August 1994 Sticks and Stones Gallery, Seattle, WA, one-person exhibit, September 1993 Sticks and Stones Gallery, Seattle, WA, two-person exhibit, February 1990-93 Sunbird Gallery, Bend, OR, Juried exhibitions 1988-93 The Framery Gallery, Ashland, OR, representation and art wear 1992 4th Street Gallery, Ashland, OR, one-person exhibit, September 1991 Wiseman Gallery, Grants Pass, OR, Juried exhibit, March 1989-91 Northwest Print Council juried biennial traveling exhibit 1990 Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR, two-person exhibit, February and March 1989-91 Northwest Print Council juried biennial traveling exhibit 1989 The Framery Gallery, Ashland, OR, one-person exhibit, November 1984-89 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR, Art Wear
EDUCATION
1983-88 Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR. Study in painting, drawing and printmaking, including lithography and monotype printing
1973-76 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Art study with emphasis on drawing
ARTIST STATEMENT
I like to draw.
I like to draw from my dreams.
My dreams like to draw from me.
My hands interpret what my heart feels and what my gut knows.
What I draw tells me stories and I write them down.
I leave my head out of this process.
My head gets in the way of deep listening between me and my art.
My head is a liar.
If I listened to my head I wouldn't be an artist.