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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
2019 Transformational Wilderness Guiding Certification, Earth Based Institute, Boulder, CO.
2017 Graduate Program coursework, Ecopsychology, Naropa University, Bouder, 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.
