Diane Bush aka Diane Olson-Baskin

3750 Grandview Place 
Las Vegas, NV 89120 
dianebush@cox.net, www.dianebush.net 
702.795.1722 

 

Selected Education

1968

Liberal Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

1973

O and A levels in Photography, Working Man’s College, London, England

1974

City and Guild Certificate in Photography, Paddington College, London, England 

1981

MFA in Photography, State University of New York, at Buffalo, New York 

1988

Video Sound, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Illustration Photographic Technique, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 

1993

Digital Imaging, Camden Center for Imaging, Camden, Maine 
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, New Mexico 

1995-7

Etching, Villa Maria College, Buffalo, New York 

1997-8

Etching, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, New York 

1998

Advanced Photoshop, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, New York 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

Bending the Arc, Left of Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

Water Slipping Through Our Fingers, Clark County Library, Las Vegas, Nevada

Member’s Show, CEPA, Buffalo, New York

Eclectic Woman, Savidan Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

2021

2020

Aging as Art, S.Calif. Council on Aging, John Wayne Airport, Bowers Museum, California

Street Photography 2020, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York City, New York

Life in Quarantine, Gallery 5’14, international on-line exhibition

Word.Connect.Image, Charleston Heights Art Center, The City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

#Justice, Donna beam Art Gallery, UNLV, on-line exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada

U.S. Women’s Centennial Suffrage Centennial Exhibit, The City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

Les Femmes Forte, Donna Beam Art Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada

A Political Romp, Priscilla Fowler Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

Election 2020, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, New Jersey

East End Archives Exhibit and book signing, Cass School of Art, Metro University, London, United Kingdom

When You Can’t Find the Words…, CEPA On-line pandemic exhibit, Buffalo, New York

S/he Persisted, Bandit Coffee, N.Y.C., New York

Persistence ll, d’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia

Tiny Pricks, Beacon Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Reflections/Mirrors, Loosen Art, Rome, Italy

My Two Cents, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, Nevada

C.E.P.A. Biennial Art Auction, CEPA, Buffalo, New York

Material / Fiber, Dayton University Gallery, Dayton, Ohio

Excerpts, Marjorie Barrick Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

Voting Daughters, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri

Women in Art, Las Laguna Art gallery, Laguna Beach, California

Use Other Door, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, Nevada

Women’s Work, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana

On the Surface, Attleboro Art Museum, Massachusetts

Peer Show, Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, Ohio

This is America, Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Climate Change, Humanities Gallery, Nevada Humanities, Las Vegas, Nevada

Gallery All-Stars, Priscilla Fowler Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

Petals and Leaves, Fusion Fine Art, Palm Springs, California

Members Show, HALLWALLS, Buffalo, N.Y.

Outrageous, LGBTQ Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

2019

Visions, MEM Experimental Arts festival, Bilbao, Spain

2018

Art + Science, Amanda Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas

Red, SITE: Brooklyn, New York City, N.Y.

2016

Mug Shots #1, Brett Wesley Art Gallery, Las Vegas, N.V.

2015

Still/ Moving, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, N.Y.

Panorama, Marjorie Barrick Art Museum. Las Vegas, N.V.

2013

89XXX, Emergency Arts, Las Vegas, N.V.

Welcome to Las Vegas!, The Gateway Motel (pop-up gallery), Las Vegas, N.V.

2011

The Flashlight Turns 30, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, N.V.

Contrast, Soho Photo Gallery, N.Y.C., N.Y.

Push, Marjorie Barrick Art Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, N.V.

2010

The 21st Annual Juried Show, (Jeff Gauntt, juror) Contemporary Arts Center, LV, N.V.

2009

Gerald Mead Collection, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Instant Gratification, Copro Gallery, Bergamont Arts Complex, Los Angeles, C.A. (catalog)

Erzatz Group Show, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, C.A.

2008

Selections from the DADA Hotel, the Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, N.V.

Micro, Macro, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, C.A.

Best of Polaroid, Soho Photo Gallery. N.Y.C., N.Y.

Please Ring Bell, Photo Center of the Northwest, (juror: Rod Slemmons), Seattle, W.A

Experiencing the War in Iraq, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2007

Live Free, Rhonda Schaller Studio, N.Y.C., N.Y.

Altered Barbie, Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, C.A.

Permission to Speak Freely, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, N.V.

Annual Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, N.J.

2006

12/12, Burchfield-Penny Arts Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N>Y.

2005

N.T.I., Nevada Museum of Art, Carson City, N.V.

Connections, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, N.V.

Freedom : Response, Gage Gallery, Chicago, Ill.

2004

SNAP Juried Show, University of New Mexico, (Robert Hirsch, juror), Albuquerque, N.M. (catalog)

2003

Man in Focus, Der Reiss Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim, Germany

Big Orbit Survey, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

War Works, Theatre Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2002

Eight, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, N.V.

2001

True Brits, The Las Vegas Photography Center, Las Vegas, N.V.

2000

Blockbuster, HALLWALLS, Buffalo, N.Y.

Salon de Refuse, New Zone Gallery, Eugene , O.R.

1999

Naked Lunch, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, N.V.

7th Annual Benefit Auction, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, N.V.

1998

Seven Photographers, Albright Knox Art gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

1997

Red and Green Show, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, N.V.

Artists and Architects ll, University of Nevada, School of Architecture, Las Vegas, N.V.

Live Free or Die, Rhonda Schaller Studio, N.Y.C., N.Y. (catalog)

1996

Alert Aesthetics, Big Orbit, Buffalo, N.Y., and American Center for Culture and

Commerce, Prague, Czech Republic (catalog)

1995

Double Helix, United Nations Conference on Women, Bejing, China

Women on the World Wide Web, University of Arizona, Tempe, A.Z.

Contract on America, Artemisia, Chicago, Ill.

1994

X-Sightings, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

1992

Icons and Idols, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, T.X. (catalog)

Celebration of Freedom, Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, C.A.

Top Ten, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Photowork ’92, Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Willis Hartshorn, juror, I.C.P., N.Y.C.)

1991

In Response to War, Artemisia, Chicago, Ill.

In Western New York, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. 1989

Brits, Photokina, Berlin, West Germany

History, HALLWALLS, Buffalo, N.Y.

1988

Seven Photographers, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Top 40, Main Photographic Workshops, Rockport, M.E. (Catalog)

1987

Portfolio Show, Society of Publication Designers, N.Y.C., N.Y.

1986

Taking Liberty, (Anthony Bannon), Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, N.Y., The Statue of Liberty, N.Y.C., N.Y., and Albany, N.Y.

The Taking of Niagara, (Anthony Bannon) Buscaglia-Castellani Gallery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

1985

Woman’s Work, Columbia College Gallery, Columbia, S.C. (honorable mention)

1982

2 Photographers, Womanworks Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

1981

In Western New York, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Main Street, Big Orbit, Buffalo, N.Y.

 

Group Exhibits in Great Britain

1977

Women at Work, Bradford University, Bradford, Great Britain 

1976

Men by Women, Half Moon Gallery, London, England

1975

Women by Women, Half Moon Gallery, London, England

1974

Stand up/Hang up/Put Down, The Artists Space, London, England

Down Wapping, Photographers Gallery, London, England

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Events

2007

WARHEADS (Book signing), The Guggenheim, and DUST Art Gallery, Las Vegas, N.V.

2005

Weapons of Mass Distraction, Le Peep Gallery, Las Vegas, N.V.

2004

Be the Revolution, Arts Factory, Las Vegas, N.V.

1998

Read My Lips, The Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, N.V.

1993

DIG-Italy, Campos Photography Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

1992

Suppose They Had a War and Nobody had Cable?, HALLWALLS, Buffalo, N.Y.

1989

Main Street, C.E.P.A., Buffalo, N.Y.

1984

Hands On, Campos Photo Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

1981

Main Street, Artists Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

1979

One Person Show, Studio Arena Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Parts of me I See, Campos Photography Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

1977

One Person Show, Grass Roots Gallery, Manchester, England

 

Temporary and Permanent Collaborative Public Art

2018

For the Forest, Tom Brady Terminal, LAX Airport , Los Angeles, C.A.

2017

Under the Sea, Child Haven Protective Services, Las Vegas, N.V.

2015

The Poet-Tree, West Flamingo Senior Center, Las Vegas, N.V.

2014

Pathway to Poetry Mural, Arts Factory, Las Vegas

 

Selected Performance

2016

Dishing it Out 2016, Get out the Vote Public Participation Performance, with mini exhibits, location T.B.A., Las Vegas, N.V.

2014

The Big Cover Up, art blanket give away, Buffalo, N.Y., Los Angeles, C.A., and Las Vegas, N.V.

2013

Smear and Loathing, Part ll, Public Participation Performance, Las Vegas, N.V.

2010

OFF THE STRIP, (“Smear and Loathing”) Contemporary Arts Center performance art festival, Las Vegas, N.V.

2008

The Im-BLEACHment of George W. Bush, The Arts Factory, Las Vegas, N.V.

 

Public Art Commissions

2013

Long May it Wave Fence Mural, Edge Park, City of Henderson, N.V.

2012

Sunrise Bridge Mural, Maryland Parkway pedestrian bridge, Las Vegas, N.V.

2005

Movers and Shakers, City of Las Vegas Centennial Mural, Las Vegas, N.V.

2003

Toy Capsule Wall, Paseo Verde Henderson Library, Henderson, N.V.

2000

Roll the Dice, Aerial Banner, City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, N.V.

1989

Main Street, C.E.P.A. commission for public art (buses)

 

Selected Grants, Awards, Fellowships, Honors 

2014, 2016

Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, N.J.

2002-16

Nevada Arts Council JACKPOT! Grant, Las Vegas, N.V.

2013

U.S.A. Artist Fellowship Nomination

2010

Purchase award, Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada

2006

Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, N.J.

2003

AIA award for Public Art (the Toy Capsule), Henderson, N.V.

2002

Nevada Arts Council Fellowship for Photography, Carson City, N.V.

1998-00

Nevada Arts Council JACKPOT! Grant, Las Vegas, N.V.

1997

Santa Fe Emerging Photographers Competition, Santa Fe, N.M.

Portfolio Purchase Award, Polaroid, Boston, MASS.

1996

Kodak Educator’s Scholarship, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops tuition, Santa Fe, N.M.

1995

Buffalo Arts Movement Award for contributions to Art Education, Buffalo, N.Y.

1994

Second Place, 2nd Annual International Print Biennial, Sapporo, Japan

Gold Award, Art Directors and Communicators Club, Buffalo, N.Y.

1993

Kodak’s Educator’s Grant, Rochester, N.Y. (Camden Center for Imaging tuition)

1988-9

Women in Photography Portfolio Award (Sally Mann and Linda McCartney) 

1981

Buffalo Foundation Scholarship for scholastic achievement, Buffalo, N.Y.

1979

Grant, Yorkshire Arts Association, Leeds, England

1972

Award for Best Photography, Nikon Royal Photographic Society, London, England

1971

Award, National British Nikon Photography Competition, Nikon, London England

 

Publications as Author

“Even More Brits” England in the 70s, Café Royal Books, U.K. 2019

“More Brits” England in the 70s, Café Royal Books, U.K. 2018

“Brits” England in the 70s, Café Royal Books, U.K. 2018

“WARHEADS” monograph by Diane Bush, Kuda Editions, 2006   

“Down Wapping” by Exit, East End Docklands Action Group, 1974

 

Selected Books

“Strange Materials”, by Leanne Prain, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014 (Chapter on my work)

 “Exploring Photographic Possibilities 3rd Edition” by Robert Hirsch, Brown & Benchmark, 2008   

 “Helmut Gernsheim: Man in Focus” Germany, 2004

“Big Orbit: 10 Year Survey”, Light Work Visual Studies, Rochester. N.Y., 2002

“Hallwalls: 20 year Anniversary”, 

“Exploring Color Photography 2nd Edition” by Robert Hirsch, Brown & Benchmark, 1997

 

Teaching

1997-98

Adjunct Instructor, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, N.V.

1989-97

Department Coordinator/ Associate Professor, Villa Maria College, Buffalo, N.Y.

1979-80

Part Time Color Photo Rental Lab instructor, Campos Photo Center, Buffalo,  N.Y.      

 

Part Time Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

 

Selected Related Experience

1997-now

Cultural Supervisor for Clark County, Nevada

1997-05

Volunteer, Director, and President of the Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, N.V.

1980-now

Freelance Photographer

1986-89

Founder, Director, and Curator for URBAN ART PROJECT, Buffalo, N.Y

1973-74

Photojournalist, EXIT, London, England

1970-79

Photographic Technician, Paddington College, London, England 

 

Gallery Affiliation

Priscilla Fowler, Las Vegas. N.V.

Center for Exploratory Photographic Art, Buffalo, N.Y.

 

Selected Collections

The Tate, London, U.K.

Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C., N.Y.

Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada

Helmut Gernshiem, Germany

George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.

Rutgers University