CV - Ivy Walker

contact: ivywalkerstudio@gmail.com

Selected Exhibitions

Group
2017                      Extrapolate, Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO. Curated by Jeffrey Taylor, Grosland Associate Director for the
    Master's in Gallery Management & Exhibits Specialization, Western State Colorado University.
2014                      Intersections, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO. Juried by Carlos Frésquez,
                              Associate Professor & Painting Coordinator, Metropolitan State University of
                              Denver, Michael Paglia, Writer & Art Critic, Westword & Collin Parson, Exhibition
                              Manager & Curator, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities.
2012                      Threads of Pattern, Art Studio of the Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
2011                      Place, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO.
2010                     Second Degree of Separation, Invitational Exhibit, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO.
                              What Matters Most? (Benefit Show), Exit Art Gallery New York, NY.
2009                     AWE Members Exhibit, Gunnison Arts Center, Gunnison, CO.
2008                     Invitational Exhibit, Rendezvous Gallery, Crested Butte, CO.
2006                     Regional Artists Exhibit, Gunnison Center for the Arts, Gunnison, CO.
2000                    CU Annual Show. CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO. Juror: Mark Sink, Museum of
                              Contemporary Art-Denver.

One person
2019 . terra blithe, Rumors Coffee and Teahouse, Crested Butte, CO.
2016    Land marks, Piper Gallery, Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO.
2014                      transcendent moments, Art Corp Gallery, Pueblo, CO.
                              radiant transience, Rumors Café Gallery, Crested Butte, CO.
2012                      ever-present-flow, a collaboration with Coal Creek Watershed Coalition, Outdoor art
                              installations and bike tour of restoration and mining reclamation, Slate River Valley near Crested Butte, CO.
2011                      tenuous. Gunnison Arts Center, Gunnison, CO.
2007                      dreamflower. Gunnison Arts Center, Gunnison, CO.
2000                     evanesce. Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO.
1999                      Land Poem. Naropa University, Naropa Gallery, Boulder, CO.

Representation
2018- present     Oh Be Joyful Gallery, Crested Butte, CO
2015-2017            Gallery 3, Crested Butte, CO

Education
2020- present Graduate Program. Ecopsychology, Naropa University, Bouder, CO.
2019 Transformational Wilderness Guiding Certification, Earth Based Institute, Boulder, CO.
2014-2016           Nature-Connected Coaching and Transformational Wilderness Guide Program, Earth Based Institute, Boulder, CO
1999                      Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing. University of Colorado at Boulder.
1996                      Graduate Program, Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing. University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN.
1994                      Bachelor of Fine Art, Printmaking. Colorado State University, Fort
                              Collins, CO.
1992-93               National Student Exchange, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

Professional
2016- present      Mentor and Teaching Assistant, Earth Based Institute, Boulder, CO.
2015-present       Nature Connected Coach, Creative Earth Coaching: Transformation thru Art and Nature, Crested Butte,CO
2000-present     Sole proprietor, Ivy Walker Studio, Crested Butte, CO
2009-2015    Co-Founder and Coordinator, Ripple: Restorative Art Retreats for Women. Crested Butte, CO.
2012                      Consultant, Crested Butte Arts Festival-Created Site Specific, Temporary Arts Tour for the 40th Anniversary

Lectures
2018                      Spring Symposium, School of Environment and Sustainability. Western State Colorado University, Panelist and            Speaker.
2013                      Art Studio of the Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO. ArtTalk.
2011                      Gunnison Art Center, Gunnison, CO. Historical and Contemporary Land Art.
2002                     Museum of Contemporary Art-Denver, Denver, CO. SlideJam.
2001                      Naropa University, Boulder, CO. Visiting Artist Lecture.

Workshops
2018              Participant, Incubator, ICElab Business and Sustainability. Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO.
2014                      Participant, Earth Based Institute, Introduction to Transformational Wilderness Guiding.
2012                      Participant, Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, 24 Selected Colorado Artists, Hosted by Beet
      Street, Fort Collins, CO.

Teaching Experience
2018
Regenerations: Nature as Healer. Crested Butte Wildflower Festival classes, Crested Butte, CO.
2017
Conversations in Wildflowers, Crested Butte Wildflower Festival classes. Crested Butte, CO.
2016
Conversations in Wildflowers, Art in the Landscape, & Photo Transfers. Crested Butte Wildflower Festival classes. Crested Butte, CO.
2015
Hike, Sketch, Create! , Hike, Sketch, Haiku!, & Playful, Mixed Media Garden Drawings. Crested Butte Wildflower Festival classes. Crested Butte, CO.
Photo Transfer, Introduction to Pastel and Paper Cut-Outs. Art Studio for the Center for the Arts. Winter series classes.   Crested Butte, CO.
Spring 2014
Introduction to Linoleum Block Printmaking, Western State Colorado University, Extended Studies, Gunnison, CO.
Monotypes & Photo Transfers, Art Studio for the Center of the Arts, Crested Butte, CO.
Summer 2013
Pastels in the Garden: Flowers in Chalk Pastel, Crested Butte Wildflower Festival, Crested Butte, CO.
Summer 2012
Creative Play and Art in the Landscape, Ripple Restorative Art Retreats, Crested Butte, CO.
Fall 2002
Lecturer, Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing and Art Foundations, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Fall 2000
Lecturer, Basic Drawing, University of Colorado at Boulder.