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
Awards/Honors/Residency
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 AirStudios, 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 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
2023
December 18: Color, Shape, Space (group), Cross Current Gallery
December 7 - 30: small works - BIG TALENT (group), Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
December 1: First Friday Open Studio, F-O-K Studios, St. Paul, MN
November 3: First Friday Open Studio, F-O-K Studios, St. Paul, MN
October 6 - 8: St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN
August 27: Millstream Arts Festival, St. Joseph, MN
August 19-20: Art in Bayfront Park, Duluth, MN
July 8: Art at St. Kate’s, St. Paul, MN
July 6 - August 19: Membership Show (group), Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
June 17: Lanesboro Arts' Art in the Park, Lanesboro, MN
April 14-16: St. Paul Art Crawl, F-O-K Studios, St. Paul, MN
2022
October 28 & 29: Erickson Farmstead Autumn & Holiday Market, Isanti, MN
October 1 & 2: Rivertown Fall Art Festival, Stillwater, MN
August 28: Millstream Arts Festival, St. Joseph, MN
July 30-31: Red Wing Studio Tour (guest artist), Red Wing, MN
June 18: Lanesboro Arts' Art in the Park, Lanesboro, MN
May 3-27: Vibrant Interactions solo exhibition, Bismarck Art & Galleries, Bismarck, ND
2021
December 18: Holiday Popup, The Whit Gallery, St. Cloud, MN
December 11: A Handmade Holiday Market, Lakes & Legends, Minneapolis, MN
December 5: Old St. Anthony Holiday Bazaar, Minneapolis, MN
November 28: Plate & Parcel Holiday Show, Wagner's Garden Center, Minneapolis, MN
November 21 and December 5: Old St. Anthony Holiday Bazaar, The Machine Shop, Minneapolis, MN
October 9-10: Red Wing Arts Fall Festival, Red Wing, MN
September 5: The North 40 Tavern Maker's Market, West St. Paul, MN
August 14 - 15: Northern Hollow Winery Art Fest, Grasston, MN
July 17 - 31: 2021 Women's Art Institute Exhibition (group), Saint Catherine's University, St. Paul, MN
July 12, August 2, and 16: Millstream Night Market, St. Joseph, MN
July 10 - 11: 10th Annual Artstock: Art, Wine & Music Festival, Parley Lake Winery, Waconia
July 8 - August 21: ArtReach St. Croix’s Annual Members Show (group), Stillwater, MN
2020
November 12 - December 31: Artreach St. Croix, Holiday Gift Gallery, Stillwater, MN
November - December: Crossings Gallery (group), Zumbrota, MN
October 11-12: Red Wing Arts Fall Arts Festival, Red Wing, MN
June 2-27: Red Wing Arts Plein Air Festival, Red Wing, MN
2019
Month of December: Art House Holiday Show, River Falls, WI
December 7: The International School of Minnesota's Winter Market, Eden Prairie, MN
October 12 - 13: Red Wing Fall Arts Festival, Red Wing, MN
July 11 - August 24: Membership Show (group), Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
May 16 - June 29: Artreach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN, (group show of paintings with David Browne and Molly Uravitch)
January 18 - April 9: Riverview Cafe, Westfields Hospital (SOLOR), New Richmond, WI, in partnership with the Phipps Center for the Arts
2018
June 6 - September 9: Hudson Hospital & Clinics Healing Arts Program (SOLO), Hudson, WI, in partnership with the Phipps Center for the Arts
July 7: The Anderson Center for Arts' Summer Celebration of the Arts Open Studio, Red Wing, MN
March 13 - June 3: Croixdale Senior Living Enriching Arts Program (SOLO), Bayport, MN, in partnership with the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, WI
2017
December 9: The Anderson Center for the Arts' Winter Celebration Open Studio, Red Wing, MN
December: Donut Hole Gallery, The Abstract (group), Japan
November to December: Covet Consign's Holiday Show, Minneapolis, MN
August 11: St. Cloud Art Crawl, Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN
July to October: Dragonfly and Damsel, Spring Valley, WI
July 8: The Anderson Center for Arts' Summer Celebration of the Arts Open Studio, Red Wing, MN
2014 to 2016
October 2016: A Center for the Arts (SOLO), Fergus Falls, MN
June to August 2016: Solo Exhibition, Falcon Bank, Downtown St. Cloud, MN
March 2016: St. Cloud Art Crawl, 912 Regency Plaza, St. Cloud, MN
October 2015: Arts and Fine Crafts Open Studio and Backyard Concerts, South of the River Theatre, Spring Valley, WI
September & October 2014: Harvest of Art Celebration (group), Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN
achievements and recognition
2025: Member of the Redwood Art Collective for Art Santa Fe
2025: Honorable Mention for Redwood Art Prize for Artexpo New York
2025-2028: Member of the Board of Directors for Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
2023 - current: Leads the F-O-K Creatives collective of makers, artists, and creatives
2023-2025: Panelist for Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Flexible Support
2023=2024: Panelist for Minnesota State Arts Board Individual Awards
2022: Panelist for North Dakota Council on the Arts Institutional Support
2022: Panelist for South Dakota Arts Council’s Individual Artists grants
2018-2020: Member of Red Wing Arts Board of Directors
2017-2020: Year-round studio artist at the Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2019 Red Wing Arts Emerging Festival Artist Award for the 2019 Red Wing Arts Fall Festival
Donut Hole Gallery, Japan - 3rd place in The Abstract online exhibition
Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN - honorable mention for Interwoven No 20
RSEden, Minneapolis, MN - a nonprofit building new beginnings (donation)
Ascension Place, Minneapolis, MN - a nonprofit transitional housing program for women (donation + commission + artist-in-residence)
education
2021 Women's Art Institute Summer Intensive, St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN
1996 Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN (college closed its doors in 2013)