Title
Associate Professor, Studio ArtOffice Building
Grove HallOffice
106FMailing Address
Grove Hall 106FSchool of Design-Box 2802
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Biography
Diana Behl holds an MFA and MA in Printmaking from The University of Iowa, a BFA in Two-Dimensional and Design Studies from Bowling Green State University, and is an Associate Professor in the School of Design at South Dakota State University. Behl has received grants from the Bush and Griffith Foundations and the South Dakota Arts Council to support her artistic and teaching practices, which are rooted in traditional and expanded printmaking processes.Solo, two, and three-person exhibits have been at the Greenleaf Gallery at Whittier College (Whittier, CA), Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (Nebraska City, NE), Edward J. & Helen Jane Morrison Gallery at the University of Minnesota, Morris (Morris, MN), The Contemporary Dayton (Dayton, OH), and the South Dakota Art Museum (Brookings, SD). Recent group exhibits include Women's Work at Olson-Larsen Gallery (Des Moines, IA), Small Works at Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), and Lonely Hearts: New Prints 2021/Summer at the International Print Center New York (New York, NY).
A 2023 South Dakota 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 etchings documenting time as both a lived and measured experience.
Education
MFA, MA: The University of IowaBFA: Bowling Green State University
Academic Interests
IntaglioRelief
Letterpress
Monoprint & Monotype
Works on Paper
Academic Responsibilities
Printmaking and LetterpressDesign II Color
School of Design capstone
Program Lead, Studio Art