S. DENISE TASSIN

EXPERIENCE

Clair Z. Segal, LLC, Baltimore, MD
2002-Present

Advisory Committee on Art and Culture (MACAC), Baltimore, MD
1997-2002

Responsibilities as office manager: produced correspondence and maintained accurate filed; received incoming calls and implemented voice-mail system; supervised website server and network maintenance; and established and maintained databases for programs; created public art database. As Arts Coordinator: acted as a liaison between City agencies; coordinated maintenance of contemporary public outdoor sculpture. Including these projects:

One Percent for Art, Coordinator; Conservation and Restoration of Contemporary Sculpture, Coordinator; Public Art, Coordinator; Arts & Entertainment District, SB 586; ARTSCAPE Festival, Artists’ Market Co-coordinator; Arts & Humanities Month, Coordinator; City Employees Visual Arts Exhibition, Organizer; Baltimore City Mural Program, Assistant; Information Technology Coordinator; Baltimore City Information Technology Leadership Committee Member; Y2K Coordinator

O’Conor Piper & Flynn, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities as administrative professional: maintained every aspect of an office of 10 agents that generated sales in excess of $10 million annually. Facilitated all listings, sales and settlements of properties.

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

• 1991 Master of Fine Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
  Concentration in painting
• 1989 Bachelor of Arts, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
  Concentration in painting, drawing and ceramics

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2005 School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, TBA
• 2004 Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD, House Guests: Suppressed Desires Party
• 2000-01 Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, fortissimo to pianissimo
• 1999 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, Willful Poetries
• 1998 Hamilton Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Trembling Squares
• 1997 Bismark/Wilson Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Tympanic Cacophony of Dichotic Shakes
• 1996 Bismark/Wilson Gallery, Baltimore, MD, New Works
• 1994 Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Recent Works

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2004 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, On and Off The Wall
  Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, Drawing: Five Artists
  Jeffrey Kent Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Femme Effect
  RADAR, Baltimore, MD, H2O
• 2003 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, Habitat
  Signal 66, Washington, DC, Project One
  Station North Arts & Entertainment District, Baltimore, MD, Door & Window Project
  Howard County Center for the Arts, MD, Conversation
  Barcelona, Spain, FijateX
• 2002 Park School, Baltimore, MD, Very Young Art
• 2001 Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, Perpendicular Dialogues
• 2000 Villa Julie College Gallery, Stevenson, MD, Nature Trail
  Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD, MD Art 2000
  Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, Snapshot
  Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, departureturn
  Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Alumni Exhibition
  Perrelli Fine Art and Design, Baltimore, MD, The Last Hurrah
  Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD 2000 Views
• 1999 Maryland Art Place, ART House, Baltimore, MD, Wall Drawings
  Villa Julie College Gallery, Stevenson, MD, The Untroubled Mind: Agnes Martin and
  Seven Baltimore Artists
• 1998 Corcoran Gallery of Art/Washington Project for the Arts, Project Space, Washington, DC, Recent Paintings
  Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, Biennial ’98
• 1997 Liriodendron Museum, Bel Air, MD, States of Mine: Convex Concave Louisiana
  Vermont
  Lost River Co-op, Lost City, WV, From the Hollow
  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, Critics’ Residency/Critics’ Picks
• 1994 Mill River Gallery, Oella, MD, Opening Exhibition
• 1993 Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY, Women's Art Works 3
  San Jacinto College South, San Jacinto, TX, Works on Paper 1993
• 1991 Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, MFA Qualifying Exhibition
  Hughes-Trigg Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Recent Work
• 1990 Doolin Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 15 By Fifteen
  Hughes-Trigg Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, SAA Art
  Exhibition

COLLECTIONS

Baltimore Museum of Art
Sheppard Pratt Health System

SIGNIFICANT NOMINATIONS

• 2003 Finalist, Alberta duPont Bonsal Foundation Award for Emerging Female Artists. Nominated by Darsie Alexander, Associate Curator, Prints, Drawings and Photography, Baltimore Museum of Art.
• 1997 & 99 Nominated by Baltimore City’s Arts Council for the Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching
  Fellowship

SELECT GRANTS AND AWARDS

• 2004 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, Individual Artist Fellowship, Drawing
• 2003 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, Individual Artist Fellowship, Installation
• 2000 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, Individual Artist Fellowship, Painting
• 1997 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, Individual Artist Fellowship, Painting
  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, Critics Residency Award, Painting
• 1993 Works On Paper, San Jacinto College South, San Jacinto, TX, Juror’s Award, (Anne Philbin, Director, The Drawing Center, NY)
• 1990-91 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Meadows Artistic Scholarship
  Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Jones Award
  Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Zelle Award
• 1989 McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Chairman’s Award for Excellence

RESIDENCIES

• 2004 Evergreen House, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  By invitation. Catalog available with an essay by Peter Bruun.
  Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
  By invitation, selected in drawing.
• 2003 Hand Print Workshop International (HPWI), Alexandria VA, Project One
  By Invitation. Nominated by Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator.
• 2000 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (July 30 - August 25)

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

• 2004 Maryland State Arts Council, James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD, An Open Eye: Variations on the Figure by Maryland Artists
  Maryland State Arts Council, James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Points of View: Landscapes by Maryland Artists
• 2002-03 Parking Garage Windows at Holliday and Fayette Streets, Baltimore, MD, Window Dressing
• 2000 Artscape, Baltimore, MD, Curator, 10 Viewing Stations: 45, 90, 180 or 360 Degree Drawing
  Artscape, Baltimore, MD, Co-Curator, Byproducts: Consumer Materials & Art

TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

• 2004 Maryland Institute College of Art, Balto., MD, Guest Artist
• 2002 McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Guest Artist
• 2000-02 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD, Instructor, Visual
  Concepts I
• 2001 Pearl Watson Elementary School, Lake Charles, LA, Guest Artist
• 2000 Park School, Baltimore, MD, Instructor, Drawing on Both Sides
  School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, Instructor, Experimental Drawing
• 1999 Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD, Guest Artist
• 1995 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Guest Artist
• 1994 Dundalk Community College, Baltimore, MD, Guest Artist
  Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD, Guest Artist
• 1991-92 Upton School Baltimore City Home and Hospital School, Baltimore, MD, Art Teacher
• 1991-92 Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, MD, Docent
• 1990-92 McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Guest Artist
  McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, team taught Basic Design with Heather Ryan Kelley

AFFILIATIONS

• 2003 Maryland Art Place, Out-of-Order, Event Co-Chair
• 2000-03 Maryland Art Place, Board of Trustees; Program Advisory Committee, Chair
• 2000 PEEKreview, Reviewer and contributor to WORD
• 1998 School 33 Art Center 10th Annual Open Studio Tour Committee

ARTIST SLIDE REGISTRY

Artist File, NY; Lawndale Art Center, TX; Las Vegas Art Commission, NV; Maryland State Arts Council, www.mdartplace.org; NUTUREArt, NY; UrbanArts Institute, MA; Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, DC

WEB LINKS:

www.mindspring.com/~sdtassin/index.htm

www.mdartplace.org

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