Professor of Art,
Fine Arts Division, Chair
School of Art
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115

(815) 753-7892

dbilder@niu.edu


EDUCATION:

1962 B.F.A. Illinois Wesleyan University
1964 M.F.A. Southern Illinois University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1996 - Present Division Chair, Fine Arts Studio Division, School of Art, NIU

1968 - Present Professor of Art, Northern Illinois University

1970 - 1990 Penland School of Crafts, Faculty - Serigraphy, Penland, NC (Summers)

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

1996 Look at the World Through Women's Eyes, NGO Forum on Women and the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

1995 Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture, 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China

1994 International Print Triennial - Cracow '93, Krakow, Poland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1998 Recent Print Work, Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, Illinois

1993 Monotypes and Lithographs, The Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

1993 Fragments/Painting on Canvas, Gallery 1792, Winter Park, Florida

1990 Prints & Works on Paper, Marbeck Center Gallery, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio

1990 Monotypes and Lithographs, Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1999 15th National Biennial Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

1999 3rd Annual National All Media Competition, Ridge Art Association, Inc., 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven, Florida

1998 National Juried Print Exhibition Celebrating 200 Years of Lithography, Xavier University, Department of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio

1997 10th Annual National Exhibition of Fine Art by Women, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock Square, Woodstock, Illinois

1997 9th National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Gormely Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.

1996 Look at the World Through Women's Eyes, NGO Forum on Women and the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

1991 12th Annual "Paper in Particular, National Exhibition of Works on/of Paper", Columbia College and Missouri Arts Council, Columbia, Missouri

AWARDS/HONORS/COMMISSIONS:

2000 Contemporary American Printmakers. by Robert Malone, Zuo Yinxue, and Scott Wampler. Published by Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House, China.

1996 Who's Who in American Art, 22nd Edition

1991 Honored by the Hellenic Council on Education, "Pandessia" - The 20th Anniversary Honoring Professors of Greek Descent, Chicago, Illinois.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Art Institute of Chicago and John M. Flaxman Library
Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
McDonald's Corporation, Oakbrook, Illinois
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

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