Artist CV
DENISE SOUZA FINNEY
dsfpaintings.com · denise@dsfpaintings.com
More than twenty years of original acrylic paintings made in my studio in Ashland, Oregon — the figure in motion and the poppy flower.
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EDUCATION
2018 Creative Visionary Program (CVP)
Sausalito, California
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
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AWARDS & GRANTS
2018 Haines and Friends Fund Grant Award
2019 Haines and Friends Fund Grant Award
2023 Haines and Friends Fund Grant Award
Ashland, Oregon
2003 Taste of Ashland Poster — Juried Featured Artist
Ashland, Oregon
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Rogue Valley Manor [Upcoming]
Medford, Oregon · September 2026
2025 The Garden Studio Sale
Ashland, Oregon · June 7
2024 Second Annual Glorious Garden Party & Art Show
Ashland, Oregon
2024 Haines Awardees Haines Exhibition — 2023 Grant Recipients
Ashland, Oregon · June
2024 AGA Member Exhibition
Ashland Art Center, Ashland, Oregon · March 1–24
2024 8x8 at 88 [Group]
Ashland Gallery Association · 88 N. Main, Ashland, Oregon · April 26
2024 Project Space [3-Person]
With Sarah F. Burns & Julian Bell · Talent, Oregon · May 4–5
2023 Rogue Valley Biennial
Rogue Gallery, Medford, Oregon · May 5–June 16
2019 Ashland Gallery Association Exhibition
Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
2019 Haines Award Exhibition
Ashland Springs Hotel, Ashland, Oregon
2018 Ashland Gallery Association Exhibition
Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
2017 Ashland Gallery Association Group Exhibit
The Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
2016 ANM Group Show — Goodbye, Hello
Oregon
2015 Solo Show
Skye Salon, Talent, Oregon · October
2013 Figuratively Speaking [Group]
Rogue Gallery, Medford, Oregon · January
2012 REVIVE [Solo]
Ashland, Oregon
2012 The Figure Undressed [Group]
Rogue Gallery, Medford, Oregon · March
2012 Art for SART — Featured Artist
Jacksonville, Oregon
2011 Salon de Refusé [Group]
Medford, Oregon
2009 Two-Person Show
Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
2009 Who Does She Think She Is? [Group]
HEC Building, Southern Oregon University, Medford, Oregon · September–October
2007 Movement in Paint [Solo]
The Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, Oregon · March 5–30
2007 Taste of Ashland Gala Event
Ashland, Oregon
2006 On Being Human [Group]
Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, Oregon · October
2006 Rogue Gallery Art Studio Tour
The Garden Studio, Ashland, Oregon · September 23–24
2006 Women's History Month Group Show
Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, Oregon · March
2002 Women with Attitude [Group]
JEGA Gallery, Ashland, Oregon · March
2001 Unveiled, Naked, Nude, Bare
Studio A.B., Ashland, Oregon · January 5–31
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COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections throughout Oregon, California, and nationally.
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