KRISTIN DIENER
 
EDUCATION  
Master of Fine Arts (1986): GPA 3.92
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green OH
Major: Jewelrymaking/Metalsmithing
Thesis: "A Study of Fantasy Body Sculpture"
 
Bachelor Of Arts (1982): Cum Laude
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL
Depth-Study: Art, Women and American Culture
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
   
1996-Present Artist/Teacher: Albuquerque NM
Maintain a Jewelry/Metals Studio in downtown Albuquerque. Create artwork included in many international, national and local juried and invitational and crowdsourced exhibitions, galleries, museums, publications, and public and private collections.
Teach ongoing classes (Beginning & Continuing Jewelry/Small Metals and Silversmithing, Intro to Jewelry/Small Metals and Metalsmithing, Intro to Silversmithing, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Open Studio, Introduction to Kiln Fired Enameling, Kiln Fired Enameling Open Studio, Intro to Silversmithing for Youth, and Intro to Kiln Fired Enameling for Youth ) and workshops ( Wax Modelmaking for Lost Wax Casting, Brass and Copper Etching, Cold Connections, Sterling Silver Rings, Stone Setting on Rings and Pendants, Unusual Settings for Found Objects, Gravity Pours: Cuttlebone Casting/Tufa Stone and Water Pours, Bim! Bam! Boom! Ringmaking for Kids) covering a wide variety of techniques and skills to adults, teens/youth, and children) covering a wide variety of techniques and skill levels to adults, teens and children through University of New Mexico Continuing Education, Harwood Art Center, University Internships, Veteran’s Administration Vocational Rehabilitation, Museum Workshops, and Private Studio Classes and Residencies. Techniques include acetylene torch fabrication: soldering sterling and fine silver, gold, gold-filled, brass, copper, nickel wire and sheet; reticulation; safe studio practices; kiln and torch fired enamels; marriage of metals; repousse’; chasing, texturing, hammering, forging; riveting and cold connections; bezelmaking for traditional cabochons, unusually-shaped stones and found objects; traditional and unusual prong settings and cage constructions; drilling, sawing, piercing; findings; fusing; chainmaking; flex shaft use; patinas and oxidation; torch and heat coloring; buffing machine high polish and hand finishes; hollowform construction; cuttlebone and tufa stone casting; gravity pours; wax modelmaking for lost wax casting; disc cutting; dapping; etching; and rollerprinting. Assist students in gallery representation and relationship, reproduction/photography of work, artist statements, show planning and pr, display of work, pricing, selling (web, square, trunk show, festival, individually, commissions), web presence, business cards, entering competitions, logo stamps, tax awareness, publication of artwork, setting up safe and economical work spaces, ordering metal/stones/supplies/tools, and other business practices. Arrange for students discounts and relationships with major international jewelry supply, casting, and plating sources located in Albuquerque.
Present Visiting Artist and the Business of Art Lectures to Universities, Art Centers, Schools, and Museums, such as Menaul School, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque & Gallup NM; Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque NM; Kentuck Art Center, Northport AL; Goshen College, Goshen IN; The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque NM; and Kauffman Museum, North Newton KS. Responsible for all aspects of running a small business.
2013 Silversmithing Mentor with an Emphasis on Bezel Fabrication and Stonesetting: Middle School Student from Albuquerque Public Schools: Albuquerque NM
30 hours of private studio instruction, beginning with a trip to internationally-known local jewelry supply sources to choose silver, stones and gems and ending with a portfolio photo session (portrait and metalwork) in a professional photography studio. Design and fabrication of 2 sterling silver rings (half-round wire and sheet), 1 asymmetrical tumbled stone pendant, 5 sterling and fine silver bezel cups for symmetrical and asymmetrical cabochons, and 1 sterling silver wire pendant containing an opalite sphere which involved the use of a copper prototype to decide on silver design and construction. Techniques learned: translating design into form, acetylene torch silver soldering (hard, medium and easy), fluxing, sawing, filing, ring-sizing, bezel cup construction, raising stone to proper height, stone setting, jump rings, translating design into form, hand finishes using wire.
2012 Jewelry/Small Metals/Silversmithing Instructor for University of Alabama Internship Teach a 2 week individualized university-credit internship (60 hours of studio time in 10 days), beginning with an introduction to jewelry/small metals and moving through more advanced metalsmithing techniques, creative design, problem-solving, and safe studio practices. Prepare schedule, projects and budget. Student was introduced to internationally- known jewelry/lapidary supply sources and professionals located in Albuquerque. Specific stones and metal were chosen for further exploration in design, function, aesthetics, and techniques of silversmithing. Exposure to other jewelry students , artists, and professionals of all backgrounds and their work (via Open Studios, Workshops, Scheduled Visits, Site Visits), budget and business practices, technical resources and books, documentation of various techniques and works in-progress as well as professional documentation of the student at work, and a visit to a commercial large-scale metal fabrication shop was included. Discussion of safe studio set-up and acquisition of supplies, books and tools , and various future national and international educational venues for study to continue metalworking. Professional documention in a commercial photographer’s studio of the student and her work completed during the internship occurred as the last 2 hours of the internship, to create a portfolio.
2011 Soldering Expert: Teacher : Rio Grande Jewelry Supply, Albuquerque NM Teach 6 classes on acetylene torch high temperature silver soldering in a lecture-demonstration format in 2 days to many of Rio Grande Jewelry’s 330 Sales Associates and Manufacturing and Supply Team Members. Rio Grande is a leading international jewelry supply source for precious/semiprecious/base metal, stones, supplies, resources, and tools. Demos included preparing metal for soldering by sawing and filing, achieving a perfect fit/joint with use of pliers and hammers, cleaning the metal in preparation for soldering, proper fluxing, safe and successful use of the acetylene torch, wire and sheet high temperature silver solder (hard, medium and easy), sweat/butt/edge soldering, safe use of acid, ring mandrel and rawhide mallet forming, and question and answer. Geared toward sales associates who handle calls and orders from around the world. Videotaped to be used as an in-house educational tool.
2004-2010 Invitational Demonstrating & Exhibiting Artist: Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport AL
Exhibit and sell work at a Folk/Outsider/Contemporary Art Festival with attendance of 30,000 in 2 days. Facilitate the hands-on construction of silver-soldered sterling silver rings on-site to participants ages four and up. Kentuck Festival of the Arts was Voted #6 in the 2010 Essential Guide to Fairs & Festivals in American Style magazine.
2004-2006 Artist-in-Residence: Kentuck Art Center,
Northport AL
Transport, set-up and maintain a Jewelry Studio (all metal, tools, equipment, and supplies) in Northport’s historic district for 1 month each year. Responsibilities include creating new art work, teaching Beginning Jewelry/Metals Intensive for Adults/Intro to Silversmithing, Teen Workshops, Gallery Exhibitions, Gallery Talk: “The History of Adornment”, Community Collaboration Project (local residents visit studio and bring materials that may be incorporated into jewelry pieces), and Newspaper and Television Interviews.
1990-2004 Painting Contractor:
Boston MA and Albuquerque NM
Specialize in all aspects of interior and exterior surface restoration and high quality house painting, including securing and reskimming plasterwork and horsehair plaster on ceilings and walls, stucco repair and recreating/matching textures, revitalizing wood trim and woodwork, and solving problems such as water, smoke, sun, and age damage. Responsible for all aspects of running a small business.
1994-96 Jewelry/Metals Instructor:
Dearborn Academy, Arlington MA
Full-time Jewelry Instructor in a special needs high school for “at-risk” adolescents, ages 14-21, removed from Boston Public Schools due to behavioral issues. Coordinate the Jewelry Shop component of an extensive Job Training program. Run as a small business, the Jewelry Shop generated its own budget for student salaries, metals and supplies, field/buying trips, business and promotional cards, and profit-sharing, through the production and sale of student work. Responsibilities include class content and teaching, behavior management, maintenance and safety, budget, supplies, publicity (cards and mailings), sales, exhibits, guest artists, and administrative duties. Techniques include kiln enameling on copper; silver and gold soldering (acetylene torch); bezel cup fabrication and stone-setting; beadmaking (enamel on copper tubing via oxy-acetylene torch); etching; buffing machine/high polish; drill press, rivet punch and soldering iron use; bead layout and stringing; chasing, hammering, and forging. Emphasis on quality and production of jewelry elements, rather than utilizing pre-fabricated items; students acquiring social and business skills via dealing with the public through sales and commissions; successful work habits to create an inventory; publicity such as student business cards; heightened self-esteem and confidence through practical knowledge and personal success. Coordinate Field Trips to Beadworks in Harvard Square and the Fogg Museum at Harvard University (Edmonia Lewis Exhibition).
1989-1994 Jewelry/Metals Instructor: The Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA
Responsible for course content and teaching of 2 Beginning Jewelry and 1 Continuing Jewelry Classes, 1 Lost-Wax Casting for Jewelers, and 2 OpenStudios per term to a diverse student population. Techniques include acetylene torch silver solder fabrication, reticulation, riveting, chasing, repousse’, bezel and prong setting, etching, drilling, fusing, chainmaking, wax modelmaking, and buffing/polishing. Additionally responsible for equipping Jewelry Lab, safety and maintenance. Coordinate, publicize and install annual exhibitions of student work in a variety of local gallery spaces and the Harvard Square Post Office.
1986-89 Art Instructor: Art Department, William
Woods College, Fulton MO
Responsible for teaching all sections of Jewelry (I-IV), Basic Design (2D/3D) and Art Appreciation. Jewelry I-IV involved introducing a wide variety of silversmithing and metalworking techniques, including Lost-Wax Casting, with an emphasis on creating works which combined technical expertise with creative expression. Also emphasized is the role and history of adornment and contemporary jewelry/metal artists, ideas, methods, and publications. Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of Jewelry Lab and equipment, Library, and supplies. Basic Design involves 2 & 3D studio problems which corresponded to lectures on the Principles of Organization, Elements of Art, Design, and Creativity. Emphasis is placed on furthering the student's knowledge and use of design fundamentals, 2 & 3D media and tools, creative expression, and problem-solving capabilities. Art Appreciation combines lectures on art history and art fundamentals, class discussions, and museum visits with studio projects, such as bookmaking, ceramics, printmaking, and sculpture.
1986-87 Assistant Preparator: Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia MO
Responsibilities include carpentry, painting, plexiglass fabrication, hinging/matting prints, installing exhibitions, and crating and shipping works of art. Installations involve constructing site and piece-specific stands and cases, and designing exhibition space.
1985-86 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH
Teach Art 101-Introduction to Art, a lecture/studio course designed to offer students an introduction to art history, theory, fundamentals, and studio experience. The class consists of 2 sections, with 2 one-hour lectures and 2 two-hour studio sessions per week.
   
PURCHASE AWARDS
2009 City of Albuquerque Real Deal Purchase Award: County-Wide Competition for purchase and inclusion in City of Albuquerque’s Public Art Collection
Bird Girl’s Search for Water: Eyeglasses
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Luscious: A Solo Show of New Work: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2010 Beloved: Kauffman Museum, Newton KS
Beloved: Querida featured on Card
2007/08 Beloved: Illinois Amish Interpretive Center,
Arcola IL
Multiple Images featured on Tri-Fold Card
2000 Exhibition: Mariposa Gallery Monte Vista, Albuquerque NM
Eye: Self-Portrait featured on Card
1992 The Tin Woman's Heart: Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA
Chili Pepper King Hot!Hot! featured on Card
1990 Main Dish and Condiments: Goshen College Art Gallery, Goshen IN
The Rule of Thumb featured on Card
   
FEATURED ARTIST & SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Signs of Life  (October 19 - November 9, 2016)
Facere Jewelry Art Gallery
Seattle, Washington
A contemporary jewelry art exhibition and companion show catalog/ literary journal.  The show features work by nine artists. The catalog/ literary journal pairs these jewelry artists with nine writers in a unique publication that celebrates both jewelry and the literary arts.
2015 Public Selects: Crowdsourced Exhibition: Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM: One of Twelve Artists: Nearly 100 Albuquerque-area artists opened their studios to the public in March. The top 12 artists, carefully selected by over 2000 visitors, are now included in New Mexico’s first crowdsourced exhibition.
Over 25 Kristin Diener jewelry/metal artworks spanning 1998 to 2014 are included in this 4 month long exhibition.
2015 All Over the Map: The Ongoing Dialogue of Public Art: Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM:
Part of a City-Wide event, On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque Art + Design, which includes exhibitions at over 20 venues.  Bird Girl's Search for Water: Eyeglasses featured in Exhibition, as part of the City of Albuquerque’s Public Art Collection.
2015-14 On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets: Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA and National Metal Museum, Memphis, TN: Year-Long Traveling Exhibition: In Conjunction with publication and promotion of the book, On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets: Curator/Author: Suzanne Ramljak, writer, art historian, curator, and editor of Metalsmith magazine; former curator at the American Federation of Arts and editor of Sculpture Magazine; Publisher: Schiffer.
Eyeball Pendant chosen to be featured on the cover of the book; and Fertility Reliquary I and Feminine Protection: Necklace will join Eye Pendant in the traveling exhibition.
2013 Found Object Festival Exhibition: studioFLUX/Thomas Mann, New Orleans LA
2011-14 Flux Fusion: Trunk Show Showcasing the Work of 10 Students and Myself: Private Residences & Diener Studio, Albuquerque NM (often an environment for displaying, pricing and selling their artwork publicly for the first time).  
2010 VainGlory: New Work: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2007 New Work: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2005 Trunk Show Showcasing the Work of Contemporary Southern Jewelers: Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA
Adornments II: Featured Artist: Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
New Work: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
Day of the Dead: Conquest featured on Card
2004 Adornments: Featured Artist: Kentuck Art Center, Northport AL
HAHAHA! Now I Rule The World! featured on Card
Art To Wear-Jewelry from Found Objects: Obsidian Gallery, Tucson AZ
2003 New Work: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM Wedding Portrait featured on Card
Even More Luscious: Featured Artist: Fort 105, Albuquerque NM Fertility Reliquary featured on City-Wide Advertising Campaign
1991 Found Objects: Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
1985 All O' Nothing: Two-Person Graduate Thesis Exhibition: Art Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH
   
SELECTED JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS & HONORS
2015 Wild+Life: Invitational: Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque NM 
2015 Martini Tales - One of a Kind Martini Glass Exhibition: Invitational: Thomas Mann Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA:  Invitational Show Opens July 15 during the Internationally famous Tales of the Cocktail taking place in New Orleans
2015 Public Selects: Crowdsourced Exhibition: Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM: One of Twelve Artists: Nearly 100 Albuquerque-area artists opened their studios to the public in March. The top 12 artists, carefully selected by over 2000 visitors, are now included in New Mexico’s first crowdsourced exhibition. They represent a wonderfully disparate array of styles and media, and each demonstrates the vitality of contemporary art in the region.
Over 25 Kristin Diener jewelry/metal artworks spanning 1998 to 2014 are included in this 4 month long exhibition.
2015 All Over the Map: The Ongoing Dialogue of Public Art: Curated: Part of a City-Wide event, On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque Art + Design, which includes exhibitions at over 20 venues.  Bird Girl's Search for Water: Eyeglasses featured in Exhibition, as part of the City of Albuquerque’s Public Art Collection.
2014 Year-Long Traveling Exhibition: On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets: Invitational: Opens at National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis TN and travels for a year to a Variety of Venues, Nationwide: In Conjunction with publication and promotion of the book, On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets:Curator/Author: Suzanne Ramljak, writer, art historian, curator, and editor of Metalsmith magazine; former curator at the American Federation of Arts and editor of Sculpture Magazine; Publisher: Schiffer.
Eyeball Pendant chosen to be featured on the cover of the book, and Fertility Reliquary I and II, and Feminine Protection: Necklace will join Eye Pendant in the traveling exhibition
2013 Valentine's Day Show and Chapeauxphilia: Invitationals: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2012 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival: Juried: Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe NM Shell Button and Shell Pendant featured on Postcard and Poster

12 x 12: Invitational: Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

Triple Martini Show : Invitational : Thomas Mann's Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA In conjunction with the city wide arts celebration, Art for Art's Sake New Orleans

The Finite Passing of an Infinite Passion: Invitational: SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque NM Curators: Danielle Rae Miller and Laura Ratcliffe Fertility Reliquary I and Coast Is Clear: Eyeglasses for Divination of the Future

King Kong vs Godzilla: Invitational: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2011 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival: Juried: Museo de Cultural, Santa Fe NM Talisman to the Center of the Earth and 3 Trash pendants featured on Postcard and Poster

12 x 12: Invitational: Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

FOOD for THOUGHT : Invitational :Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA

Amulet & Talisman: Invitational: Cellar Door Gallery, Albuquerque NM Curator: Kris Mills

Counter Flux: Defensive Ornament: Invitational: G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA: In Conjunction with Society for North American Goldsmiths’ (SNAG) Annual Conference. Curator: Suzanne Ramljak, a writer, art historian, and curator, is editor of Metalsmith magazine; former curator at the American Federation of Arts and editor of Sculpture Magazine Eye Pendant II, chosen for advance publication of the invitational exhibition

2010 Hearts and Hands: Invitational :Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA: In Conjunction with Thomas Mann’s 40th year as a fulltime self-employed artist, his inclusion in the PBS series Craft in America, and Jazz Fest 2010

Albuquerque NOW: Winter: Invitational: The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque NM: The second of two installations of diverse work by artists of the Albuquerque metropolitan area Curator: Andrew Connors, Curator of Art, The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History

Lip Lock: Invitational: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2009 Money Show: Invitational: Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA: In Conjunction with Art for Art’s Sake (City-Wide Gallery Hop)

The Landfill Project: Invitational: Traveling to National and International Venues

Dia de los Muertos: Invitational: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM

12 x 12: Invitational: Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
2008 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival: Juried: El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe NM

Art Pour L’Art: One of A Kind Champagne Flutes : Invitational : Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA: In Conjunction with Thomas Mann’s Gallery I/O’s 20th Anniversary & Art for Art’s Sake (City-Wide Gallery Hop)

Prospect.1 New Orleans: Invitational: Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA: Second Opening of L’Art Pour L’Art:In Conjunction with largest Biennial of International Contemporary Art ever organized in the United States

Finding A Pulse: Invitational: 516 ARTS, Albuquerque NM Curators: Rhiannon Mercer & John Photos
Engendered Spaces: Women’s Sculpture Show: Invitational: SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque NM

My Stimulus Package & La Loteria: Invitationals: Jennie Cooley Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe NM

Chirp, Belt Buckle Show, Dia de los Muertos : Invitationals: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2006-08 HURRICANE Brooch Show : Invitational : Traveling to venues across the nation as part of Thomas Mann’s Storm Cycle Exhibition: Pennsylvania State Museum of Art, Harrisburg PA; Baum School of Art, Allentown PA; Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton MA; Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville NC; Made in Metal, Baltimore MD; National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis TN
2005-08 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials: Juried: Raphael Prize Finalist: Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX; Artspace Gallery, Jackson WY Jurors: Robert Ebendorf, Internationally Recognized Metals Artist/Professor & Lloyd Herman, Founding Director of Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery
2007-08 Anti-War Medals: Invitational: Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA; Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor ME
2007 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival: Juried: El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe NM Beloved featured on Poster

Anti-War Medals: Invitational: Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Invitational: Obsidian Gallery, Tucson AZ

Dia de los Muertos: Invitationals: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM & Obsidian Gallery, Tucson AZ
2006 Martini Show: Invitational: Altered Space Gallery, Venice CA; Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA; Zaruba Gallery, Baltimore MD

Brooching the Subject & O What A Night!: Invitationals: Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA

toys designed by artists: Juried: Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR Juror: Robert Ebendorf, Metalsmith/Professor

2004-06 Anti-War Medals: Invitational: Traveled to Electrum Gallery, London-England; Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Harstad-Nomay, Nordnorsk, Kunstnersentrum, Svolvaer, The Tromso Kunstturening, The Barents Spectacle, Norway; FAD-Alea Gallery, Barcelona Spain; Gallery I/O, New Orleans LA Curated by Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco CA
2002-06 Recycle Show: Invitational: Inpost Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2000/01/02/03 & 2005 Albuquerque Contemporary: Annual Juried Exhibition
-2005
 Transitions: 516 Artspace, Albuquerque NM
Juror: Laura Steward Heon, Executive Director/Curator, SITE Santa Fe Feminine Protection: Necklace
-2003
 Albuquerque Contemporary: The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque NM Jurors: Ron Adams, Master Printmaker; Stewart Ashman, Executive Director, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Santa Fe NM; Nora Kabat Dolan, Previous Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM Alabama/Mississippi Roadtrip Series: 3 Necklaces: Sentimental Elsie, Ode to Louella, Woman and Kingfisher
-2002
 Art of Albuquerque: The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque NM
Jurors: Eddie Dominguez, Merry Forresta, Benito Huerta Historic Reality Tiara
-2001
 Roots & Routes: Juror’s Choice Award: The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque NM
Jurors: Luis Jimenez, Artist; Truman Lowe, Curator of Contemporary Art for Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; Rebecca Solnit, Writer Travel Lust Reliquary: Places I’ve Lived and Favorite Locations
-2000
 WATER: The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque NM: Bird Girl’s Search for Water: Helmet & Eyeglasses
2005 Secret Identities: Made in Metal, Baltimore MD Juror: Tim McCreight, Artist/Author

Performance Night: UterineFallopian Performance Group, Donkey Gallery, Albuquerque NM

Witness to the Journey of the Innocents: Invitational: Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA
2000-05 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival: Juried: Sweeney Convention Center, Santa Fe NM

Best of Show 2000 & 2002 Death’s Crossroads: Shrine with 36+ Wearable Pieces & Fertility Reliquary, 3rd Place 2004 Coast Is Clear: Eyeglasses for Divination of the Future: 2nd Place 2000/Recycled Fashion Show The Girl Dress, Glove and Sock & Bird Girl’s Search for Water: Helmet & Eyeglasses
2004 sELECTIONS: Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe NM

New Mexico Creates: One of A Kind: Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM

Charms: Jett Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2003 Thomas Mann’s Gallery I/O Invitational: New Orleans LA
Icono-Clash: Invitational: Obsidian Gallery, Tucson AZ
2002 Ornametal: Invitational: Galleries in NYC, San Francisco, Tucson, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Los Angeles with Simultaneous Exhibits

All Americans Are Soldiers: Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
2001 Tiaras Will Be Worn: Invitational: Thomas Mann’s Gallery I/O, New Orleans, L A Historic Reality Tiara Featured On Card/Website

Flora & Fauna: Invitational: Obsidian Gallery, Tucson AZ

The New Mexico Jewelry Show: New Directions Award: Traditions! A Festival Marketplace, Algodones NM

MishMosh & More: Gallery of Contemporary and Indigenous Art, Tucson AZ

Moonshine: Open Studios: 500 2nd Street Studio, Albuquerque NM
2000 Dia de los Muertos: Invitational: Obsidian Gallery, Tucson AZ

Picnic & BUGS: Invitationals: Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque NM
1999 Playful Intent: Juried: Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis MO Juror: Richard Mawdsley
Eyeball: Pendant featured on Card
1997 Alumni Exhibition: Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green OH
1995 Icons & Altars: The New Art Center, Newton MA

Materials: Hard & Soft: Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton TX

Torch Songs: Art Market, Jamaica Plain MA

With Hammer in Hand: 1995 Massachusetts Jewelry Exhibition: Welles Gallery, Lenox MA

The Big Bash: Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford MA
1994 HOT!HOT!HOT! A Multicultural Celebration: Artists Unlimited Gallery, Tampa FL

Earth Art: Sawtooth Building Galleries, Winston-Salem NC

Once Is Not Enough: Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA

Functional Art: Tomkins Cove Art Center, Tomkins Cove NY
1993 Hands at Work: Institute for the Book Arts, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL
1991 The Doll House II: Ferrin Gallery, Northampton MA

Of Times and Places: Montana Institute of the Arts, Great Falls MT

Death & Taxes: Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
1990 Humor in Craft: Vista Fine Crafts, Middleburg VA

Random Women: Trident Booksellers and Café, Boston MA

Censorship: Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Boston MA
1989 Personal Packaging: Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn NY

Ritual Possessions: Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan UT

Cross-Sex Communication Patterns: Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, Albany IN
1986 Connecting: Women Artists: Best of Show: Seagate Gallery, Toledo OH
5 Pincushions That Aren’t: Ode to Carl Sandburg
1985 Fifth Annual Selected University Metalsmiths Exhibit: Norman Eppink Gallery, Lawrence KS
   
WORKS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS
2014 On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulet: Invitational:Curator/Author: Suzanne Ramljik, Editor of Metalsmith Magazine, writer, art historian; former curator at the American Federation of Arts and editor of Sculpture Magazine
Eye Pendant chosen to be featured on the cover of the book, and Fertility Reliquary I and II, and Feminine Protection: Necklace will join Eye Pendant in the traveling exhibition
2013 Showcase 500 Rings: Juried: Lark Books: Bruce Metcalf Ring Form: Contraption
2011 Metal Artist's Workbench: Demystifying the Jeweler's Saw: Invitational: North Light Press: Author/Curator/Metalsmith/Sculptor: Thomas Mann
2008 Creative Stonesetting: Juried: Brynmorgen Press, Portland ME: Author/Metalsmith: John Cogswell
Eye Pendant III (Detail) & Roadside Beach Dreams: Cottonplant, Arkansas: Necklace

The Art of Collage Jewelry: Invitational: Hollan Publishing, Beverly MA: Author/Curator/Jeweler: Janette Schuster
Project Section: 2 Necklaces: Escape from Cottonplant: Ladybug, Ladybug! Fly Away Home! & Carolyn
Rae Smith Diener’s Travels: Personal & Geographic; Gallery Section: 3 Necklaces: SeaHorse: New Orleans Love Letter, Memento Mori, and Red Lady

2005 Creative Silver Chains: Invitational: Lark Books: Author/Curator/Jeweler: CL Saunders
p51 Salt: Fork :Necklace & Travel Lust Reliquary:Places I’ve Lived and Favorite Locations

Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects: Juried: Lark Books: Author/Curator/Jeweler: Marthe Le Van
p82 Historic Reality Tiara

1997 Jewelry: Fundamentals for Metalsmiths: Invitational: Handbooks Press, Rockport ME: Author/Educator/Curator/Metalsmith: Tim McCreight
p75 Icons & Altars: Self Portrait
   
WORKS PUBLISHED IN MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, WEBSITES, BLOGS
2012 Around 505 : Summer 2012 Issue #49: “Portrait of An Artist”: p 4
2011 - 12 Albuquerque The Magazine: December/January issue: Best of the City: Creatives Feature: Author: Rachael Alaimoso

Jewelry Artist Magazine (formerly Lapidary Journal): July issue: Author: Annie Osburne

elzwear.blogspot.com, photos and commentary featuring many current and collected jewelry works (see www.kristindiener.com for complete listing of blogs, photos, and jewelry/metal works)

2010 Metalsmith Magazine: Advertisement, Beloved: Solo Show, Kauffman Museum, Newton, KS Beloved: Querida: Necklace
2008 Local IQ: Cover Story: “Six Contemporary Artists Living + Working Comfortably in Tradition-Rich New Mexico” Nitey Nite: Anti-War Medal, Ring Form: Contraption, Beloved: Necklace

The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana IL: “GOLD METALIST: ‘Beloved’ exhibition features many metal jewelry pieces referring to artist’s Amish, Mennonite heritage”: Page 1 & C-1:
Author: Melissa Merli
Death’s Crossroads: Shrine With 36+ Wearable Pieces, Amish/Mennonite Martini & Ancestor Stir Stick with Hair Covering & Hair/Bun Pins, Coast is Clear: Eyeglasses for Divination of the Future

2006 The Collector’s Guide: Santa Fe & Albuquerque:Mariposa Gallery Full-Page Advertisement Carolyn Rae Smith Diener’s Journey: Personal & Geographic

The University of New Mexico, Continuing Education Catalog & Website : Featured Instructor New Orleans & Alabama/Mississippi Gulf Coast Love Story: Loss & Lament: Fertility Reliquary II, Salt Reliquary: Eyeglasses, Choker with Antique Buttons

2005 ABQ Arts: Wild and Sweet, Advertisement
Rabbit Necklace

ABQArts: Mariposa Gallery Advertisement & ArtsCrawl Advertisement
Butterfly Woman Necklace

Albuquerque Contemporary: Exhibition Poster Feminine Protection: Necklace
2004 Alibi: Art Magnified Anti-War Medal I

Alibi: Art News: “GO! Downtown Arts Festival”Henna Hand

ABQ Arts: Official Festival Guide, GO! Downtown Arts Festival A Confederacy of Dunces: Night of Joy

The Tuscaloosa News: Cover Artwork: “Living Here” Supplement Coast Is Clear: Eyeglasses

The Tuscaloosa News: Feature Article: “Today” Section, “Decorated Metal: Kentuck Resident Artist Makes Jewelry Out of Found, Donated Objects” Lady in Red, Questions of Spirit and Death, Coast Is Clear

Northport Gazette HAHAHA! Now I Rule the World!
2003 Zip-It Advertising Boards: Even More Luscious Exhibition Fertility Reliquary

ABQ Arts: ArtsCrawl Henna Hand

The Albuquerque Journal: Review: “Mariposa Exhibitions” Wedding Portrait
2002 The Albuquerque Journal: Review: “Magnifico at the Albuquerque Museum” Historic Reality Tiara

Santa Fe New Mexican: “Talking Trash” Historic Reality Tiara

Exhibition Catalog: “Art of Albuquerque 2002: A World of Paint and Polish”, Douglas Kent Hall Historic Reality Tiara

2001 Pasatiempo: “Art and Fashion Redux” Eyeball Pendant: Eye Agate

THE magazine: “Roots & Routes, Magnifico’s Juried Exhibition”

Crosswinds Weekly: “Magnifico’s Roots & Routes Lacks Focus”

Exhibition Catalog: Roots & Routes: “Jury Statement”, Rebecca Solnit
2000 The Santa Fe Reporter: “Trash & Fashion” The Girl Dress, Bird Girl’s Search for Water: Helmet & Eyeglasses

Alibi: “It’s Metallurgical” Eye: Self-Portrait: Pendant

ABQArts: “Found Object Wearables of Albuquerque Metalsmith, Kristin Diener” Bird Girl’s Search for Water: Helmet & Eyeglasses

1999 Kairos: Arts and Letters of Mennonite Culture: Cover Art Hair Coverings for Modern Mennonites, George Washington Carver Peanut Necklace
1994 The Other Side Decision-Making: Pendant
1993 The Other Side Waiting for the Message: Pendant

Winston-Salem Journal: “Earth Art: Environment is Show’s Theme” Wounded Dancing Doe
1990 South Bend Tribune: “Goshen Show is Offbeat, But On Target” Solo Exhibition Reviewed
1989 Syracuse Herald: “Personal Packaging” Orbital Onion Hat
1986 Metalsmith: “Fifth Annual Selected University Metalsmiths” Winter Weeds: Hair/Sweater Pins &/Or Tater Tot Spears

Toledo Blade: “Award Winners: Connecting Women Artists
5 Pincushions That Aren’t: Ode to Carl Sandburg

   
GUEST SPEAKER ENGAGEMENTS
2013/12/11 Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque NM, Business of Art (Studio Visit & Talk)

Menaul School, Albuquerque NM, Studio Visit by the students and professor of the Jewelry/Metals program

2010 Kauffman Museum, Newton KS, Artist Talk in Conjunction with Solo Exhibition, “Beloved”

Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque NM, Albuquerque Museum Foundation’s young supporters group, “Art Edge” (Gallery Talk) in conjunction with Albuquerque NOW: Winter

2009 Central New Mexico Community College , Albuquerque NM, Business of Art (Studio Visit & Talk)
2008 Goshen College: Hershberger Art Gallery,
Goshen IN, Retrospective Exhibition: Judy Wenig-Horswell, Jewelry I 516 ARTS, Albuquerque NM, Gallery Talk, Finding A Pulse
2006 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM,
Business of Art
2004 Kentuck Art Center, Northport AL,
The History of Adornment
2002 Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, Albuquerque NM, Intro to Art
2001 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM,
Jewelry I

Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, Albuquerque NM, Intro to Art

University of New Mexico, Gallup NM, Guest Lecture Series

2000 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, Jewelry I
1994 The People’s Place Gallery, Intercourse PA, Art ’94 Panel Discussion
1993/91 El Paso Community College, El Paso TX, Art Club: Guest Lecture Series
1990 Goshen College, Goshen IN, Solo Exhibition: Gallery Talk, Arts, Jewelry
   
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Mariposa Gallery: Albuquerque NM
www.mariposa-gallery.com

Blake & Co : Orleans MA
   
PUBLIC ART COLLECTION

City of Albuquerque : Albuquerque NM Bird Girl’s Search for Water: Eyeglasses
   
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths)
NMMG (New Mexico Metalsmiths Guild)