RESUME
CONTACT INFORMATION
1001 Deborah Street NW
North Canton, OH 44720
(330) 494-8459
diane@belfiglio.com
WORKS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
MAPS Air Museum, North Canton, OH
Walsh University, North Canton, OH
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
National First Ladies Library, Canton, OH (commissioned)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
MBNA Bank America, Wilmington, DE
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
MBNA Bank America, Beachwood, OH
Kaiser-Permanente, Akron and Beachwood, OH
Kelley, McCahan, & Livingston Law Offices, Cleveland, OH
Key Corp, Cleveland, OH (commissioned)
DuPont Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Huntington Bank, Columbus, OH (commissioned)
United Bank, Canton, OH
Comtrec, Inc., Columbus, OH (commissioned)
Singer Patti Labelle
Numerous private collectors
WORKS REPRODUCED IN PUBLICATIONS
Transitions, copyright 2011 Diane Belfiglio, printed by Duncan Press
North Canton Patch (online) 2011
The Independent: May 2011
About magazine, May 2011
Kentwired.com, March 2011
Stark ARThology, 2010, Indigo Ink Press
The Repository, Canton, OH:
Feb 2011, Aug 2008, March 2006, Sept 2003, June 1989, Dec 1985, Jan 1982
The Beacon Journal, Akron, OH: March 2006, Feb 1998
Dialogue: An Art Journal: Jan/Feb 2001, Jan/Feb 1986, Nov/Dec 1981
New Art Examiner, May 1998
The Best of Colored Pencil III, 1996, Rockport Publishers, Inc.
Drawing at the Turn of the Century in Ohio, 1995, The University of Akron
The Artworks of Society Corporation, 1994, Society Bank (now Key Corp)
Golden Resources 1994 Directory and Calendar, 1994
The Vindicator, Youngstown, OH: Feb 2011, Aug 1989
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH: Dec 1987, May 1984
Huntington Bank 1985 Annual Report, 1985
The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, OH: Oct 1983
The Wooster Voice, Wooster, OH: Oct 1982
The Cleveland Press, Cleveland, OH: Jan 1982
EDUCATION
May 1980
M.F.A., Painting; Syracuse University
June 1978
B.F.A., Drawing, Painting, Graphics
The Ohio State University
Summer 1976
Study abroad in Rome, Florence, and southern Italy
through The Ohio State University
SPECIAL AWARDS, HONORS
2012
Still Life Artist of the Year Award
Art Comes Alive 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012, 2011
Arts in Stark mini-grants
2009
Art Spirit Award
Purchase Award for the collection of the
Butler Institute of American Art
1999
Award of Excellence for graphic arts, design, and layout in the production of my poster, Illions Horses
Consolidated Papers, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, WI
1980
$6,000 Aid-to-Individual-Artists Fellowship Grant
Ohio Arts Council
1978, 1979
Ford Foundation Grants, Syracuse University
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2012
Walsh University, North Canton, OH
Arts Symposium
2012
Crandall Gallery, Mount Union University, Alliance, OH
Diane Belfiglio: An Artist's Journey
2011
First Row Centre for the Arts, Greentown, OH
Celebrations: A Diane Belfiglio Retrospective
2011
Goldsmith Foundation Room, Stark Community Foundation, Canton, OH
2011
Studio M, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH

The Oil Pastel Drawings of Diane Belfiglio
2011

The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Transitions
2003

Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
Diane Belfiglio: Architectural Glimpses into Local History
2000-01

McKinley Museum, Canton, OH

Victorian Vignettes: The Saxton House & Other Regional

Architectural Reflections by Diane Belfiglio
1998

The Whistlestop Art Gallery, North Canton, OH
1989

Prinz Office Equipment Company (display window)
Akron, OH
1986

Guzzetta Hall Atrium, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
1984

Collectors Gallery of the Columbus Museum of Art

Columbus, OH
1984

Mayhew Gallery, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
1984

Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, OH
1982

Mackenzie Art Gallery, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
1982
Kent State Center Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
1981
Fiori Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1980
Gallery One, Columbus, OH
1980
Kent State University, Stark Campus, Canton, OH
1979
The Little Art Gallery, North Canton, OH
1978
Drake Union Gallery, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH
Group Shows
2012
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artist Exhibition
2012
Akron Canton Airport, North Canton, OH
Art at the Airport
Sponsored by Arts in Stark and the GAR Foundation
2012
Zoar Art Competition Exhibition, Zoar OH
2012
Zanesville Museum of Art
68th Annual Ohio Exhibition (Juror: Gregg Luginbuhl)
2012
Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
Art Comes Alive 2012
STILL LIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
2012
Main Hall Art Gallery, Kent State University Stark Campus, North Canton, OH
Stark Realities
2011
Anderson Creative Studio, Canton, OH
Persistence of Memory
2011
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition
2011
Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
67th Ohio Annual (Juror: Nicholis Hill, Director, Frank Museum of Art)
2010
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
Stark County ARThology Exhibition
2010
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition
2009-10
2nd April Galerie, Canton, OH
Company of Friends
2009
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show
2009
2nd April Galerie, Canton, OH
Sensory Feast National Juried Show
(Jurors: Alex Nicholis and Del Ray Loven)
2009
Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH
TAG Annual—Award of Merit
(Juror: Joseph Lombardo)
2009-12
Ohio Governor's Office and Mansion, Columbus, OH
Part of an ongoing Ohio Arts Council program which
displays art by Ohio artists in the Governor's office and residence
2009
North Canton, OH
Art in the City
2009
Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH
73rd Annual Midyear Exhibition
Art Spirit Award (purchase award)
(Juror: George Adams, NYC gallery owner)
2009
2nd April Galerie, Canton, OH
The View from Here
2009
The Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH
All-Ohio Juried Art Exhibition
(Jurors: William Cravis and Betty Talbott)
2008-09
2nd April Galerie, Canton, OH
Colours
2008
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition--Honorable Mention
(Jurors: Jim Bowling and Griffith Mann)
2008
Canton Civic Center, Canton, OH
Gavels and Galleries
2008
Walsh University, North Canton, OH
Birdhouses for Habitat House
2008
2nd April Galerie, Canton, OH
Sensory Feast
(Jurors: Jack McWhorter and Clare Murray Adams)
2008
Gallery 6000, Kent State University Stark, Canton, OH
Connections
2007
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition
2007
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, OH
In Praise of the Arts--Third Prize in Show
(Juror: Jack Carlton)
2006
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition
2006
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
Barkitecture, various showings
2003
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH
Juried Professional Fine Arts Exhibition
2003
Zoar Art Contest, Zoar, Ohio
First Place in Oils and Acrylics
2001
McKinley Museum, Canton, OH
A Man's Best Gift to His Country is His Life's Blood:
Public Servant William McKinley
2001
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
65th Annual Midyear Exhibition (Juror: Henry Eckert)
2001
The Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH
Annual All-Ohio Juried Art Exhibition
1998
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation NOVA Art Exhibit
(Jurors: Carol Tomer, Andrew Chakalis, Michael Gentile,
and Teresa DeChant)
1998
Avon Lake Public Library, Avon Lake OH
Midwest Color '98 Exhibition
1997
Massillon Museum, Massillon OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition--Realism Award
1997
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH
Nature: A Cure for Stress
1996
Carousel Arts Festival, Mansfield, OH
Juried Fine Arts Exhibit
1995
The University of Akron, Akron OH
Drawing in Ohio at the Turn of the Century
1995
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
58th Area Artists Annual Exhibition (Juror: Jerry Caplan)
1995
Art at the Powerhouse, Cleveland, OH
CPSA International Colored Pencil Exhibition
(Jurors: William Martin Jean and Mary Magnus)
1995
The Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Interiors
1981-95
The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Faculty Exhibitions
1993
Artspace/Lima, Lima, OH
Art in the Garden
1993
Cuyahoga Community College, Metro Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH,
A Sense of Place
1992-93
Guangzhou Art Institute, Xiaman University, Xian Art Institute
and Beijing Institute of Arts and Crafts, China
Exchange Faculty Exhibition
1983-92
Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
1992
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
54th Area Artists Annual Exhibition (Juror: Roger Clisby)
1991
Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Columbus, OH
The Painterly Eye: Contemporary Ohio Landscape and Figurative Painting
1990
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
54th National Midyear Exhibition (Juror: Nancy Hoffman)
1989
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
53rd Annual Midyear Exhibition
(Jurors: Ruth Meyer and Marjorie Talalay)
1989
Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
Figli D'Italia
1989
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition--Honorable Mention
1989
The Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Urban Landscapes
1988
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
50th Area Artists Annual Exhibition
1988
Beachwood Place, Beachwood, OH
Materializations
1988
Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH
TAG Annual
1988
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition--First Place in Show
1987-89
Paragon Gallery, Akron, OH
Group Exhibitions
1987
Paragon Gallery, Akron, OH
Two-Person Exhibition
1987
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Stark County Artists Exhibition
1986-89
Judith Sellinger Gallery, Beachwood, OH
1986
Karamu House, Inc., Cleveland, OH
1985
B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
1985-88
John Szoke Graphics, New York, NY
1985
Gloria Plevin Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
1985
The University of Akron, Akron, OH
UA President's Investiture Ceremony
1984
Agnon XI Fine Art Exhibition, Beachwood, OH
1984
Nationwide Gallery, Columbus, OH
Interiors
1984
Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
Four-Person Exhibition
1982-84
Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
Group Exhibitions
1983
Gund Gallery, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
Two-Person Exhibition
1983-84
The Works, traveling exhibition sponsored by the
Ohio Foundation for the Arts, Columbus, OH
1983
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The May Show (Juror: Sherman Lee)
1983
Erie Art Center, Erie, PA
Annual Spring Show (Juror: Marcia Tucker)
1983
Beachwood Museum, Beachwood, OH
Environmental Images
1983
Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
All-Ohio Show; Second Prize in Graphics
(Jurors: John Hallmark Neff and Paul A. Chew)
1982
Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
Honorable Mention in Drawing
(Juror: Herbert Olds, Professor, Carnegie Mellon Institute)
1982
Cleveland Art Festival, Cleveland, OH
My Art's in Cleveland sponsored by SOHIO
1982
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
National Painting Show
(Jurors: Dr. Louis Zona and Allan Frumkin)
1981, 82
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
46th Annual National Midyear Show (Juror: Brian O'Doherty)
45th Annual National Midyear Show (Juror: Sam Hunter)
1982
B. K. Smith Gallery, Painesville, OH
NOVA Invitational
1981, 82
The Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Faculty Exhibitions
1981
Art and Drawing Center, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH
1981-82
ARTWORK/ARTPLAY: Works of nine Ohioans, all past recipients
of Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship Awards.
Exhibit, organized by Ohio Foundation of the Arts,
opened in Columbus then toured throughout Ohio and Virginia
1981
NOVA Drawing Exhibition, Lakewood, OH
Best in Show Award
(Jurors: Ed Mieczkowski, Shirley Aley Campbell and Phyllis Seltzer)
1981
B. K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
6th Annual NOVA Painting Show (Juror: I. Michael Danoff)
1980
Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
(Juror: Tom Hinson)
1980
The Little Art Gallery, North Canton, OH
39th Annual May Show, First Prize in Painting
38th Annual May Show, Honorable Mention in Printmaking
1979
Fairbanks Gallery, Syracuse, NY
New Art in Syracuse
1978, 79
Syracuse University, Syracuse,
Freshman Core Faculty Exhibition
1978
Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition; Award Winner in Painting
1976
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Ohio State Exchange Exhibition
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
9/00-
Adjunct Professor, Walsh University, North Canton, OH
Instructor of drawing, design, and painting
10/96-
Private Instructor, Belfiglio Art Studio
North Canton, OH
1/81-5/95
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Instructor of drawing, painting, and design
9/80-12/82
Visiting Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Instructor of black and white and color design
9/78-5/80
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University, Syracuse,NY
Instructor of Figure Drawing I, II, and General Drawing II
5/79-8/79
Illustrator, Goodyear Aerospace Corporation,
Akron, OH; Engineering Publications Division
PORTFOLIO IMAGES, REFERENCES, AND UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPTS
Available upon request