Education 1974 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Bachelor of Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2006 Lydon Fine Art; Chicago, IL 2005 Anderson O’Brien; Omaha, NE 2005 Arden Gallery; Boston, MA 2004 Anderson O’Brien; Omaha, NE 2004 R.V.S. Fine Art; Southampton, NY 2003 William Havu Gallery; Denver, CO 2002 Robert Kidd Gallery; Birmingham, MI 1999 Museum of Nebraska Art; Kearney, NE
Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 Groveland Gallery; Minneapolis, MN 2002 Bemis Gallery; Omaha, NE, "Best of the Bemis" and "20/20" 2000 Sheldon Art Gallery; Lincoln, NE 2000 Circa Gallery; Minneapolis, MN 1995 Associated American Artists; New York; "The Contemporary Landscape – Four Painters" 1994 Guild Hall Museum; East Hampton, NY; "The Long Island Landscape" 1994 Cadogan Contemporary Gallery; London, England 1990 Paintings at the Pan Am, Metropolitan Life; NY
Selected Collections Park Hyatt Hotel, Beaver Creek, CO General Electric Corporation, New York, NY Harris Bank, Chicago, IL United Airlines, Osaka, Japan and Frankfurt, Germany Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE Centel Corporation, Chicago, IL Frontenac Partners, Chicago, IL Piper Jaffrey, Inc., Minneapolis, MN R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago, IL and New York, NY Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN Whitney Houston, Mendham, NJ Wolters Kluwer, United States, Inc., Chicago, IL Ceridian Corporation, Minneapolis, MN Bryan Hospitals, Lincoln, NE Molson-Coors, Inc, Golden, CO American Embassy, Paris, France Bailey Lauerman, Lincoln, NE Hilton Hotels International Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon Dunes, OR United Airlines, Inc., Osaka, Japan and Frankfurt, Germany
Press and Other 2006 Better Homes and Gardens 2006 Boston Globe, Dream House 2005 Meadowlark Festival; Selected Artist; Lincoln, NE 2004 Phoenix House and Garden 2004 Lincoln Journal Star; April 18 2003 SRQ Magazine (Sarasota Florida Review) 2003 Denver Rocky Mountain News 2001 Boston Globe; 7-23-2001 review by Care McQuaid 1999 Denver Rocky Mountain News; 12-4-1999 1999 The Birmingham Suite; Four painting commission for a Prairie School Building in Birmingham, AL 1998 Painting appears in film The Horse Whisperer 1997 New York Art Review 1997 New American Paintings, Open Studio Press 1995 "Provenance" Cards for a Cause Series; Minneapolis, MN 1995 This Side of Cooperstown; Book Cover; University of Iowa Press 1992 Bemis Foundation Residency Award; Omaha, NE 1992 Chicago Tribune; April; review by Alan Artner
Statement
Nebraska artist Stephen Dinsmore’s work is allied to the mystery and alchemical nature of painting. His paintings evoke a love of light, color, ennui and connection to land and object. The subjects of Mr. Dinsmore’s work include landscape, still life, and “things for which I have great fondness.” The paintings are expressionistic in spirit with nuanced and subtle balances of color and light. There is a lively and sensuous handling of paint in the work – a love of materials. Dinsmore says that, “I search for subjects or a visual find that I just can’t leave behind. Some condition in nature or subject grabs hold and I have no choice but to try to paint it. Happening upon such circumstances are such gifts – moments of grace.” His paintings are meant to be seen over time. There is a quiet depth to the work that reveals itself with repeated viewing.
