Mark A. Dierker
Contact Information
563-663-5239
dierker@frontiernet.net
www.beardancerstudios.com
535 N. Booth Street, Dubuque, IA 52001
Education
1989 - BA Journalism with a minor in Photography, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Current- Pursuing MA in Communication Theory.
Group and Solo Shows
2018-2019 Dubuque Symphony Orchestra - The Elements - 12 photos chosen to accompany musical performances
May 2018 - Solo Show - Artifacts - The HUB Arts and Cultural Center - Rushville, IL
November 2017 - Dual Show - The Deakin Ranch - Amarillo, TX
October 2017 - Solo Show - Artifacts - Everything Photography - Dubuque, IA
August 2017 - Dual Show - Artifacts - Carnegie Stout Public Library - Dubuque, IA
January 2016 - Solo Show - The Stories We Could Tell - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
May 2013 - Solo Show - Into the Light II - Eronel Music and Art Venue, Dubuque, IA
April 2013 - Solo Show - Subject to Whim and Weather - Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
March 2013 - Solo Show - Into The Light - Eronel Music and Art Venue, Dubuque, IA
2009 - Winter Quarter Group Art Show, August Hill Gallery, Utica, IL
Select Juried Exhibits
2019
Earth Elements - Midwest Center for Photography - Witchita, KS
Stormy Weather - Maryland Federation of the Arts - Annapolis, MD
Over 50 - Las Laguna Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
Human - Midwest Center for Photography - Witchita, KS
Captured - Las Laguna Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
National Fine Arts and Photography Show - Louisville Art Association - Louisville, CO
Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition
Portraits- Galena Center for the Arts - Galena, IL
Broad Ideas- Galena Center for the Arts - Galena, IL
Dubuque Area Writer's Guild - Gallery Magazine - Dubuque, IA
Colorado Environmental Film Festival - Colorado Springs, CO
Portraits - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Monochrome - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Landscapes - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Fine Art - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Color - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Chania International Photo Festival - Chania, Greece
Art & Earth - Berkeley Arts Center - Martinsburg, WV
Art From the Heartland - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
Black, White and Etc - Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - Newkirk, OK
When Darkness Falls - Annmarie Sculpture Gardens and Art Center - Solomon's Island, MD
Color - 3 Square Art - Ft. Collins, CO
Figure That - 3 Square Art - Ft. Collins, CO
Regional Juried Exhibition - Freeport Art Museum - Freeport, IL
Visions of the Flint Hills - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Dreaming in Color - Lightbox Photographic Gallery - Astoria, OR
Galex - Galesburg Civic Art Center - Galesburg, IL
64 Arts - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
Open to Interpretation - The HUB Arts Center - Rushville, IL
Rochester Erotic Art Festival
Nude Nite Orlando
Nude Nite-Tampa
PhotoShoot Nude Awards-Montreal Canada
2018
I'm With the Band – 1650 Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Together – 1650 Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Unreal – 1650 Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Underneath It All – 1650 Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition
Visions of the Flint Hills - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Art of Illinois - Seven Gallery - Joliet, IL
33rd Annual Juried Fine Art and Photography Show - Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CO
Art and Earth - Berkeley Art Works - Martinsburg, WV
The Four Seasons - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Nude Nite - Tampa
Nude Nite - Orlando
Nude 2018 - PhotoShoot Awards, Montreal, Quebec, CA
Rochester Erotic Art Festival - Rochester, NY
Seattle Erotic Art Festival - Seattle, WA
Art from the Heartland - Buchanan Center for the Arts - Monmouth, IL
Portrait - Blackbox Gallery - Portland, OR
Mother Earth - Linus Gallery - Pasadena, CA
Abandoned - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Black and White - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Monochrome - Blank Wall Gallery - Athens, Greece
Chania International Photo Festival - Chania, Greece
Galex 52 - Galesburg Civic Art Center - Galesburg, IL
Bring Out Your Dead - Las Laguna Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA
Odd - Lightbox Gallery - Astoria, OR
2017
2017 King Co. Metro and Photo Center NW Photomural Public Art - 2 photos chosen for bus station murals
14th Regional Juried Exhibition - Freeport Art Museum - Freeport, IL
Art of Illinois - Seven Gallery - Joliet, IL
Visions of the Flint Hills - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Nude Nite - Miami
Multiples - Darkroom Gallery - Essex Junction, VT
32nd Annual Juried Fine Art and Photography Show - Louisville Art association, Louisville, CO
Windows and Doors - 1650 Gallery - Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Spectacular Skies - Ann Marie Sculpture Garden and Gallery - Solomons, MD
Art and Earth - Berkeley Art Works - Martinsburg, WV
Black and White - Blackbox Gallery - Portland, OR
Portraits - Blackbox Gallery - Portland, OR
Urban and Abstract - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Mad Hatter's Tea Party - Carolina Artist Gallery - Morehead City, NC
What Remains - LA Photo Curator - Los Angeles, CA
Beast - Linus Gallery - Pasadena, CA
Quiet - Linus Gallery - Pasadena, CA
Exposed: Nudes in Art - Litmus Gallery - Raleigh, NC
Annual Juried Show - Midwest Center for Photography - Wichita, KS
Water - Midwest Center for Photography - Wichita, KS
Focus on Figures - North River Art Society - Marshfield Hills, MA
Nude Nite - Tampa
Nude 2017 - PhotoShoot Awards, Montreal, Quebec, CA
Rochester Erotic Art Festival - Rochester, NY
Seattle Erotic Art Festival - Seattle, WA
Architectural - Southeast Center for Photography - Greenville, SC
Red - Southeast Center for Photography - Greenville, SC
Black and White/Monochrome - South Shore Art Center - Cohasset, MA
Creatures Real and Imagined - uBe Art - Berkeley, CA
At the Walker - Walker Art Collection - Garnett, KS
2016
Dreams - Center for Fine Art Photography - Ft. Collins, CO
Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition
Art from the Heartland - Buchanan Art Center - Monmouth, IL
It Figures - ARC Gallery - Chicago, IL
Streetscapes - 1650 Gallery - Echo Park, CA
Figurative and Portrait - Art And Sol Gallery - Miami, FL
Peep Show - Black Earth Gallery - Cedar Rapids, IA
Art of Human Movement - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Stormy Weather - Maryland Federation of Arts - Annapolis, MD
Blues and Jazz KC Style - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
Red - Linus Gallery - Pasadena, CA
Galex - Galesburg Civic Art Center - Galesburg, IL
Cityscapes - Light Space and Time Online Art Gallery
Rochester Erotic Art Festival - Rochester, NY
Art and Earth - Berkeley Arts Council - Berkeley, WV
Abstractions - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
Red - A. Smith Gallery - Johnson City, TX
Back to the Garden - Ciel Gallery - Charlotte, NC
Abstractions, Artistic Independence - Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Light and Shadow - Blackbox Gallery - Portland, OR
Landscapes - Light Space and Time Online Gallery
Focus on the Figures - North River Arts Society - Marshfield Hills, MA
Surrealism - Del Ray Artisans - Alexandria, VA
In The Moment - Darkroom Gallery - Essex Junction, VT
Gateway to the Imagination - Farmington Museum - Farmington, NM
Art Undressed - Miami, FL
Black and White - Center for Fine Art Photography - Ft. Collins, CO
Nude Nite - Tampa
2015
Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibit
Seeing Red – Village Theater Art Gallery – Danville, CA
In the Zone, Black and White Exhibit – 1650 Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
2015 King Co. Metro and Photo Center NW Photomural Public Art - 4 photos chosen for bus station murals
Holding Moments – Still Life Exhibit – Los Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach,CA
Celebrating the Abstract – Orange County Creatives – Laguna Beach, CA
Southworks– Occonee Cultural Arts Foundation – Watkinsville, GA
West of the Mississippi - Clymer Museum of Art- Ellensburg, WA
Winter’s Tale - 1650 Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Red - Colors of Humanity Gallery -Online
The Photographic Nude - Lightbox Gallery - Astoria, OR
Nude Nite - Orlando
Nude Nite - Tampa
Elemental - Flow Art Space - St. Paul, MN
Awards and Recognitions
2019 - Best of Category - Photography - Art from the Heartland - Buchanan Center for the Arts - Monmouth, IL
2019 - Honorable Mention - Black, White and Etc. - Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - Newkirk, OK
2019 - 3rd Place Photography - Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition.
2019 - Category Finalist - PhotoShoot Nude Awards 2017
2018 - Illinois State Senate - Honorable Mention - Art of Illinois - Seven Gallery - Joliet, IL
2018 - Merit Award - PhotoShoot Nude Awards 2017
2017 1st Place Photography - Visions of the Flint Hills - Buttonwood Art Space - Kansas City, MO
2017 - Honorable Mention - Art of Illinois - Seven Gallery - Joliet, IL
2017 - 2nd Place Photography - Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition.
2017 - Best in Show Photography - Figurative/Portrait - Contemporary Art Gallery Online.
2017 - First Place Photography - Mad Hatter's Tea Party - Carolina Artist Gallery - Morehead City, NC
2017 - Merit Award - PhotoShoot Nude Awards 2017
2016 - Best of Category - Photography - Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition
2016 - Best of Photography Category and Honorable Mention - Art from the Heartland - Buchanan Center for the Arts - Monmouth, IL
2016 - Inclusion of a photo in the book, "Anatomy of Severe Weather" by Zach Roberts and Jason Wiengart
2016 - First Place - Blues and Jazz of Kansas City - Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City, MO
2016 - Honorable Mention - Red - A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2016 - First Place - Figures/Portraits - Contemporary Art Gallery Online
2015 Head Juror for the Annual Security Savings Bank Photo Exhibition at Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2015 Photo chosen for album cover of "Endless Beginnings" by Riley Ann
2015 - Juror's Choice - Curvilinear - The Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
2015 - Second Place - Visions of the Flint Hills - Buttonwood Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 - BLUR Magazine - April Issue - Story on Photographic Nude Exhibit
2015 - Honorable Mention - The Photographic Nude - Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
2014 - Honorable Mention - Arts from the Heartland, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2103 - First Place Photo - Arts from the Heartland, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2013 - Best of Category - Animals - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2013 - Best of Category - Landscapes - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2012 - First Place Photo - Arts from the Heartland, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2012 - Best of Category - Landscapes - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2012 - Best of Category - Open - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2011 - Best of Category - Landscapes - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2011 - Honorable Mention - Floral - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2010 - Honorable Mention - Floral - Security Savings Bank Exhibit - Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2009 - Juror's Choice - Members and Friends Exhibit - Galesburg Center for the Arts, Galesburg, IL