PROFILE
Born in Gdansk, Poland. Lived in Germany, U.S.A. and now Okinawa, Japan.
An artist with over 30 years of professional experience and a wide range of art skills and media oils, clay, and photography. She specializes in oils, large scale works including murals, and portraiture.
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Arts in Teaching, Art Education, SUNY, Oswego, NY
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Art,, Florida International University, Miami, FL
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2014- Present, Art Teacher, Okinawa, Japan
2006 - 2014, Art Teacher, Ft. Bragg Schools, NC
2009- 2010, Adjunct Art Instructor, FTCC, NC
2005 Designer for David DeSantis Blacksmith Works, Sylvan Beach, NY
HONORS & AWARDS
2018 Best in Show, Gallery Gala Exhibit, Kadena Arts and Crafts Center, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
2014 Honorable Mention, Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2013
Excellence in Art Award, “Sense of Horror”, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
3rd Place, "Public Works" Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
Honorable Mention, "Public Works" Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2010
Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibit "Visual Pleasures", Fayetteville, NC,
3rd Place by Popular Public Vote at Public Works Art Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC,
2008
Purchase Award, Cape Fear Valley Health System Hospital, Creation Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC
1999 Accepted to the Graduate Program by The School of Art Institute in Chicago
1998
Sheldon Lurie Scholarship at FIU, Miami, FL
Pearl's Arts & Crafts Gift Certificate Award, The Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL
COLLECTIONS
Caper Fear Hospital, Fayetteville, NC
Private Collections in USA (Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Florida) & JAPAN (Okinawa)
About
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
OCT "ARBOR-SOMNIA" Art Exhibit, Hotel Art Stay Naha, Okinawa
2021
OCT ”NOTHING, BUT THE KITCHEN SINK” Art Exhibit, Esparza’s Tacos & Coffee, Okinawa, Japan
JAN “PASSION INCARNATE - PORTRAITS” Art Exhibit, Foster Library, Okinawa, Japan
2020
FEB “BOTANICA 2” Art Exhibit, Camp Foster Library, Okinawa, Japan
2019
OCT-NOV “BOTANICA” Art Exhibit, Soranoe Art Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
JAN “OBSESSIVE” Art Exhibit, Art Gallery Soranoe, Okinawa City, Japan
2014 BOTANICAL Solo Exhibit, Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Okiten 73, Okinawa Juried Art Exhibit, Naha, Japan
Spring Art District Fair, Depot Island, Chatan, Japan
2019 Creative Vaunt, Kadena Arts & Crafts, Okinawa, Japan
2018 The Last Art Exhibit, Esparza's Coffee & Tacos, Okinawa, Japan
2017 Gallery Gala Exhibit, Kadena Arts and Crafts Center, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
2015 Point of View Photography Exhibit, Art Council, Fayetteville,NC
2014
Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Group Exhibit, Winston-Salem, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2013
4 views - A painterly perspective, Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
A Sense of Horror Juried Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2012 Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2010
Visual Pleasures Juried Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
Spring Exhibit, Gallery One13, Fayetteville, NC
4th Friday Exhibit, Greg's Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2009
United We Stand Fine Art Exhibition, Fayetteville, NC
Spring Juried Art Competition, Fayetteville, NC
2008
Creation, Cape Fear Hospital Art Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2007
Fayetteville Art Guild Juried Art Show, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC
2005 Rome Art Community Center Juried Exhibition, Rome, NY
2004 Rome Art Community Center Juried Exhibition, Rome, NY
1998
Hortt 40, Juried Art Exhibition at Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Annual Juried Student show at the FIU Art Museum, Miami, FL
The Festival of Polish Culture Art Show, Public Library, Hollandale, FL
Independent Student Art Exhibition, FIU, Miami, FL
Juried National Fine Arts Exhibition, Center for Emerging Art, Miami, FL
Juried Student Showcase at the Student Art Gallery at FIU, Miami, FL
Fine Arts Exposition, FIU and Florida Fine Arts Foundation, Miami, FL
The Annual Juried Student Show at the FIU Art Museum, Miami, FL
Annual Salon de Refuses, Graham Center, FIU, Miami, FL
artist | Dorota Quiroz
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