CHRISTY DICKINSON
Education
2021 Women's Art Institute Summer Intensive, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
1996 Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Gallery Representation
Minneapolis, MN Brandon Jackson at the Box Wine Gallery, IDS Center (skyway level)
Honeoye, NY The Collected Space Gallery
Awards/Honors/Recognition/Residency
2026. Juried into the Santa Fe Gallery Association's 2026 Artist Catalog.
2026 Honorable Mention for TERAVARNA’s 11th COLOR Art Competition
2026 1st Place in Painting, 2026 Annual Fine Art Competition, Honeywell Center, Wabash, IN (Juror: Penny French-Deal, Roanoke, IN)
2025 Honorable Mention for 10th Annual 5x5x5 Miniature Show, River Oaks Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA
2025 Member of Redwood Art Collective at Art Santa Fe
2025 Honorable Mention for Redwood Art Prize with Artexpo New York
2024 Artist Residency at Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Honorable Mention for Harvest of Art Celebration, Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Santa Fe Collection, Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN
2026 Brushstroke Poetry, Westfields Hospital, New Richmond, WI
2025 Brushstroke Poetry, Croixdale Senior Living, Bayport, MN
2025 Santa Fe Collection, F-O-K Studios, St. Paul, MN
2025 Enchantment of the Soul, Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN
2022 Vibrant Interactions, Bismarck Art & Galleries, Bismarck, ND
2019 Works by Christy Dickinson, Westfields Hospital, New Richmond, WI
2018 Works by Christy Dickinson, Hudson Hospital & Clinics, Hudson, WI
2018 Interwoven, Croixdale Senior Living, Bayport, MN
2017 Interwoven, Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN
2017 Works by Christy Dickinson, The Anderson Center for Arts, Red Wing, MN
2016 Works by Christy Dickinson, A Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls, MN
2016 Interwoven, Falcon Bank, St. Cloud, MN
Installations
2025 Color Connections, ArtReach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN, featuring Sacred Canvas: A Day in Color and Light, a site-specific, 40 modular painting installation
2021 Women's Art Institute Exhibition, St. Catherine's University, St. Paul, MN
Group Exhibitions
2026 3rd Annual MN State Fair Reject Show, Douglas Flanders Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2026 Annual Fine Art Competition, Honeywell Center, Wabash, IN (Juror: Penny French-Deal, Roanoke, IN)
2025 Small Works of Women Artists, Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY
2025 10th Annual 5x5x5 Miniature Show, River Oaks Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA (Juror: Ross Janke, Department Head of Printmaking, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
2025 Membership Exhibition, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, W
2025 The St. Paul Art Crawl Sampler, F-O-K Studios 3rd Floor Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2025 Two-person exhibition The Mind’s Labyrinth, F-O-K Studios 3rd Floor Gallery, St. Paul, MN ( with L’Andrae’ Bradley and curated by me)
2025 Absolutely Abstract, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2025 Artistic KALEIDOSCOPE, Burl Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2025 Color, Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, WI
2024 Small Works: An Element of Celebration!, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
2024 Small Works Exhibition, 80 Santa Fe Art Gallery, Overland Park, KS
2024 Color Burst, Overt Space Gallery, Stoughton, WI
2024 Artistry’s 48th Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington, MN
2024 What Fierce Looks Like: Artists of the Women’s Art Institute, Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Contemporary Colors, Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
2024 Getting Our Feet Wet, F-O-K Studios 3rd Floor Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2024 9th Annual Colorful Abstractions, Fusion Art, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Membership Exhibition, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2021 Membership Exhibition, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2020 Group Exhibition, Crossings Gallery, Zumbrota, MN
2020 Red Wing Arts Plein Air Exhibition, Red Wing, MN
2019 Membership Exhibition, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2019 Group Exhibition, Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN, (with David Browne and Molly Uravitch)
2017 The Abstract, Donut Hole Gallery, online gallery in Japan
2014 Harvest of Art Celebration, Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN
Arts Board Experience
2025 Board member, Metropolitan Regional Art Council, Minneapolis, MN (3-year term; serve on Policy Committee)
2019-2021 Board member, Red Wing Arts, Red Wing, MN (3-year term; served on development and finance committees)
2015-2019 Board member, Gateway Arts Center, Superior, WI
Additional Experiences
2024 Panelist, Metropolitan Regional Art Council, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Panelist, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
2023 Panelist, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
2022 Panelist, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Bismarck, SD
2022 Panelist, South Dakota Arts Center, Pierre, SD
2021 Story Stitch Facilitator, Green Card Voices, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Facilitator, Shakespeare in Prisons Network Conference
2020-2022 Member of evaluation team for the NEA’s Research Department for the Shakespeare in American Communities Juvenile Justice program
2011 Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2010-2014 Member of the National Standards Working Group, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and the National Endowment for the Arts