CV

Education:

2015 BFA | Northern Illinois University. Dekalb, Illinois

Exhibitions:

2025:

8/1-8/31: Upcoming two-person show with Amy Shelton. Chicago, IL

6/14-9/5: Upcoming: Art Outposts: STNDRD Community Platform. Granite City, IL

5/1-5/31: Warmth After Trauma, group show. Pilsen Arts Community House. Chicago, IL

2024:

11/16-12/14: PANTONE Chalk Violet. The Waiting Room. Kansas City, KS

11/4- 12/6: Keepsakes: Real and Imagined. Blackhawk College, Moline IL

11/1-11/31: 69 for 69 Magnetic Fields Group Show. Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL.

7/15-7/31: Interwoven Spaces: Layers of Memory, two-person show with Giselle Mira-Diaz. Purple Window Gallery, Chicago IL

3/1-3/31: Year 11 Anniversary Show, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL

2/2-2/24: Dawn is a Headspace, Night is a Feeling, Curational Debut. Purple Window Gallery, Chicago IL

2023:

12/16-12/17: Window Shopping, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL

10/6-10/31: Purple Window Gallery Members Show, The Records Department, Woodstock, IL

10/6-10/31: Purple Window Gallery Members Show, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN.

7/14 - 11/5: Made in the Midwest featuring: Angelina Diana. | Solo Exhibition | Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL

7/14 - 8/14: “Emergence” Connect Residency’s Group Exhibition | Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL

3/3 - 4/3: “Year 10” Anniversary Group Exhibition | Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL

2018:

   "Medium(s)"  Group Exhibition. | Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL 

​2017:

         "Abstract Aesthetic" Group Show| Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

         "Going Dutch Festival" | Elgin, IL

         "Side Street Studio Arts Presents: Unidxs" | Side Street Studio Arts. Elgin, IL

          "REVISIT: Going Dutch" | Side Street Studio Arts,  Elgin Il  

2016:  

         "5th annual Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibiton"| Beck Center for the Arts| Lakewood, OH

         "Nurture the Nature of Routine" | Solo Exhibition | Side Street Studio Arts | Elgin, IL

          Illinois-Tenessee "Exchange" | Hound Dog Commons Gallery| Nashville, TN 

Harrihouse Group Art Show | Dekalb,IL

2015:

          N.I.U. BFA Spring Exhibition | DeKalb,IL

Harrihouse Group Art Show | DeKalb, IL

Ultimate Painting Exhibition | Martini Room, Elgin IL

2014: 

           Annual Juried Ars Nova Blick Exhibition| Jack Olson Gallery | DeKalb, IL.

Grants/Awards

2023:
Elgin Cultural Arts Commission Grant for Public Art- Elgin, Illinois

2016:  

          Elgin's Cultural Arts Commission Grant for Solo Exhibition- Elgin, Illinois

2014:   

        Second Place Junior Category,  Annual Juried Ars Nova Blick Exhibition. Dekalb, Illinois

​Publications

2025: Midwest Milk Zine

2024: Mulberry Literary Issue VIII: (in)dehiscent

2014  “Graze” Issue Six  

Artist-in-Residence:

2023: Connect International Residency. Chicago, Illinois.

2015-16   Side Street Studio Arts. Elgin, Illinois

©Angelina Esperanza Diana                                                     2010-2025