BIO
Born Seattle, WA 1956
Dingus attended Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia (BFA, 1980) and San Jose State University (MFA, 1985). She has received a Visual Art Fellowship from Artist Trust (1994), a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship (1999), and the Morrie and Joan Alhadeff PONCHO Artist of the Year Award (2005).
Dingus has had solo shows at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and The Stenersen Museum, both in Norway (2002, 2006), as well as the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA (2005 - 2006). Her work has been included in Nature/Culture organized by The Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh (2006 - 2008), Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC (2006 - 2007) and 21st Century American Women Artists at the Residence of the United States Ambassador to NATO in Brussels, Belgium (2006 - 2010). Her work is in many regional museums and corporate collections. Dingus currently lives and works in the state of Washington and is represented by Traver Gallery in Seattle.
COLLECTIONS
- Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
- Embassy of the United States, Youndé, Cameroon
- Harborview Hospital, Seattle, WA
- John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY
- Junior League of Seattle, Seattle, WA
- King County Arts Commission, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
- Mundt MacGregor, Seattle, WA
- Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
- Oregon Arts Commission, Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- Orrick, Herrington, Sutcliffe, Seattle, WA
- Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
- Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (Winterfest)
- Solid Waste Department, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA
- Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
- Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- Town Hall, Seattle, WA
- Washington Art Consortium, Bellingham, WA
- Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program: Pioneer Elementary, Evergreen School District, Vancouver, WA;
- North Tapps Middle School, Dieringer School District, Sumner, WA;
- Meadow Ridge Elementary, Kent School District, Kent, WA;
- Davis High School, Yakima School District, Yakima, WA;
INSTALLATIONS
- 2002 A Gift from Home: African Traditions: Rental Sales Gallery Window, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
- 1992 Marita Dingus, Recent Works: Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
- 1991 Our Bill of Rights: a Benefit Show and Art Auction for Washington NARAL and Washington Campaign for Freedom of Expression, 10th Amendment, Artist's Products Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 1990 Sculpture at Franklin High School library, Seattle, WA
- 1987 Wrapped: Seattle Center, Imagination Celebration, Seattle, WA
- Wrapped Parking Meters, Capitol Hill Salute to the Arts, Seattle, WA
- 1985 Wrapped Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
AWARDS/GRANTS
- 2005 - Morrie and Joan Alhadeff PONCHO Artist of the Year Award, Seattle, WA
- 1999 - John S. Guggenheim Fellowship in Sculpture, New York, NY
- 1994 - Visual Art Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
- 1992-93 - NEA Travel Grant - National Council for Black Studies, First International Conference, Accra, GHANA