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Diana Behl

Diana Behl

Title

Associate Professor, Studio Art

Office Building

Grove Hall

Office

106F

Mailing Address

Grove Hall 106F
School 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 Iowa
BFA: Bowling Green State University

Academic Interests

Intaglio
Relief
Letterpress
Monoprint & Monotype
Works on Paper

Academic Responsibilities

Printmaking and Letterpress
Design II Color
School of Design capstone
Program Lead, Studio Art

Awards and Honors

2023 South Dakota Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award; 2021/IPCNY Summer Artist Development Program Awardee, New York, NY; 92nd Annual International Competition (Semifinalist), The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA; South Dakota State University College of Arts & Sciences Art Museum Scholar; Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts AiR, Nebraska City, NE; Legion Paper Award, Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA; The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY; Ucross Foundation Artist Residency, Clearmont, WY

Grants

Bush Foundation, The Griffith Foundation, South Dakota Arts Council

Professional Memberships

Mid America Print Council, Southern Graphics Council International

Department(s)

Links

Website