Diane Grams

I first learned fresco painting at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1980 when I was chosen as one of two artists from Indiana University Bloomington for the coveted summer residency. I was so happy to return to Skowhegan in 2021 to work with Italian-trained fresco painters to complete a 4×4 foot wall. In 2023-2024, Indiana Arts Commission provided funding to produce and promote fresco painting in Indiana. My exhibit, Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants, at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts November 3-27, 2023 was the beginning of a year of fresco making funded in part by this grant. The year was capped off with Of Giants and Warriors at the Chesterton Art Center.
My recent works have been featured in exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the Midwest including the “Horizons Reimagined” at the South Bend Museum of Art, “Water: Above and Below” at The Ellen Firme Gallery in Beverly Shores, “Simply Black and White” The Rising Phoenix Gallery in Michigan City, “Indiana Now 2023” at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, the 80th Annual Salon Show at South Shore Arts in Munster, “Comp 45” at Beverly Art Center, Chicago, and “MAAC in the Box” at the Box Factory, St. Joseph, MI.
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2021 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. Alumni fresco intensive.

2004 Loyola University Chicago. Ph.D. Cultural Sociology. Specialty: public art and urban culture. Dissertation: Art Parties and Territorial Markers: A Comparative Study of Art Production in Three Chicago Localities.

2001 Loyola University Chicago. M.A. Cultural Sociology. Gender and Feminism. Thesis: World War Wife. A Gendered History of Life in Michigan City during World War II

1981 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. B.A. Fine Arts – Painting.

1980 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan Maine. Fresco intensive.

Solo
2023 Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants: Fresco painting in Indiana, Lubeznik Center for the Arts. Michigan City, Indiana. (Nov 2023)
2021 Girl Rolling Backwards in the Villa of Mysteries, Fresco installation. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
2020 A Poisoned Adventure and other Tales of Art between Opposites. Lubeznik Center for the Arts. Michigan City, Indiana. (November 2020)
1993 A Prayer in Noman’s Land, (painting installation), Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Artifacts of Perversity (painting installation), Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 Say No Evil, Chicago Dramatists’ Workshop, Chicago, IL
Two-Person
2024 Of Giants and Warriors: Diane Grams+ Timothy D. Lace. Fresco painting by Diane Grams and color photos of Orleanais Mardi Gras Indians by Timothy Lace. Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN (September 6-October 30, 2024)
2023 Water: Above and Below, Paintings by Diane Grams and Photographs by Timothy D. Lace. Ellen Firm Gallery, Beverly Shores, IN (July-August 2023)
Simply Black and White, Drawings by Diane Grams and Photographs by Timothy D. Lace. Rising Phoenix Gallery. Michigan City, IN. (Sept 2023)
2003 Found Photographs, Making Images/Finding Images, Making Photo...