BIOGRAPHY
LiDoña Wagner is an active exhibiting artist who is always exploring new ways of conveying her global vision. Wagner uses acrylic, mixed media, and a love of color to express her passion and commitment to the peoples and environment of the blue marble. Her vision is inspired by experiences such as flying all over Africa in six seat prop planes; working in remote villages in Africa, India, Latin America, North and Southeast Asia; and solitary investigation of the roots of Mediterranean culture. In her current body of work, she is tracing our human migration from East Africa to all parts of the world.
Wagner is represented by Fountainhead Gallery in Seattle Washington. Her paintings hang in private and public collections in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Mexico and United States. She is listed in Ask Art’s The Artists’ Bluebook, Art: Twenty Ten, and Art: Twenty Eleven. Articles on her artwork have appeared in American Artist and Palette magazines. Ms. Wagner holds a master’s degree in Literary Nonfiction from University of Oregon. Her book, PILGRIMAGE Wonder, Encounter, Witness was published in 2011. Her understanding of symbols was sharpened by working with Jungian analyst Miléne Baron in Brussels, Belgium.
SELECTIVE SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Maiden Migrations, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2017 Pilgrimage, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2015 Pilgrimage, Soriah Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2013 Pilgrimage, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
2013 Pilgrimage, Center for Arts & History, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID
2011 Ancient Lines, Springfield Museum, Springfield, Oregon
2010 Pilgrimage, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Grants Pass, Oregon
2010 Pilgrimage, Hallie Ford Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, Oregon
2010 Pilgrimage, Lincoln City Cultural Arts Center, Lincoln City, Oregon
2005 Transitions, Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2004 Frozen In Time, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, Oregon
2002 Stone Age Vision, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon
2000 Tapestry of Hope, Florence Events Center, Florence, Oregon
1999 Inner Landscapes, LaVelle Gallery, Elmira, Oregon
1998 Exuberance, Litibu Creativity Center, Nayarit, Mexico
1997 Joyful Passage, Silver Swan Gallery, Meadville, Pennsylvania
1997 Celebration, Studio Gallery, Victoria B.C.
SELECTIVE JURIED SHOWS
2020 Chamber Music Amici, 2021 Season Poster Winner, Eugene/Springfield, OR
2016 Coos Art Museum, Expressions West 2016, Coos Bay, OR
2014 Art Gallery Le Logge, International Collective Exhibition, Assisi, Italy
2014 Maude Kerns Art Cetner, In the Moment, Eugene, Oregon
2008 Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 43rd Aqueous Media Exhibition, Hood River
2006 Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 41st Aqueous Media Exhibition, Burns
2004 Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene, Oregon
2004 Achievement Award – Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 39th Annual Transparent Watercolor Exhibition, Ashland
2003 Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene, Oregon
2003 Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks 2003, Seattle, Washington
2003 Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 38th Aqueous Media Exhibition, Springfield
2001 Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 36th Annual Transparent Watercolor Exhibition, Grants Pass
2001 Montana Watercolor Society’s Watermedia 2001, Bigfork, Montana
2001 Achievement Award – Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 36th Annual Aqueous Media Exhibition, Hood River
2000 Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks Exhibition, Kirkland, Washington
2000 Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 35th Annual Transparent Watercolor Exhibition, Florence
2000 National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition 2000, Glendale, California
2000 Charlotte County Art Guild National Art Exhibit, Punta Gorda, Florida 1999 North Valley Art League 15th Annual National Juried Show, Redding, California
1998 Third Annual National Interpretation of Angels III, Placerville, California
1997 23rd Annual Juried Show, Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, Pennsylvania
1995 Fine Arts ‘95, Ninth Annual Juried Show, Sooke, British Columbia
RECENT HONORS
2016 Curator, Meaningful Mandalas, Eugene Yoga Gallery, Eugene, OR
2014 International Artists in Residency 2014, Art Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
2013 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Chico – New Wing Celebration Event
2011-12 Selection Committee – Institute of Cultural Affairs 50th Anniversary Art Commission
REPRESENTATIVE WORKSHOPS
Unblocking Your Creative Wellspring
Meaning Centered Art: Making the Invisible Visible
Mandala Journeys