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