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deanna miera
b. 1993 Albuquerque, NM


EDUCATION
2021    MFA in Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2019    Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2016    BA in Arts Management, minor in Professional Writing, Columbia College Chicago


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023    Double Take, Color Club, Chicago, IL
2022    From The Center, The Plan, Chicago, IL
2022    Sproftacchel Park, Logan Square Arts Festival at Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
2022    The Pamphlet Show, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2021    Goodbye Horses, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL
2021    Graduate Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020    Legit Exhibition, MacLean Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019    Angelespuma, Guayllabamba, Ecuador
2019    With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2019    Picnic on the Precipice; MacLean Open Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019    Halo Halo, Pintô International, New York, NY
2019    Post-Baccalaureate Annual, MacLean Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


LECTURES / TALKS
2025    Stewarding and Supporting Artists, in conversation with Carolina Porras and Trécha Gay Jheneall, Artist Communities Alliance Conference, Santa Fe, NM
2021    Graduate Noontime Lectures, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019    Proyectos Vivos II (presented by NAVE), Quito, Ecuador


AWARDS
2019-21    New Artists Society Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020-21    Norine M Nitschke Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020-21    Joseph/Emily Gidwitz Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020-21     Recognition Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2019-20    Rupprecht Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2019-20    Euthemia Karkazis Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
2019-20    Rosaline Cohn Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2019      NAVE Proyecto Artist Residency + Merit Scholarship, Guayllabamba, Ecuador
2019      Oxbow Work Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
2018-19    Recognition Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018-19    Rosaline Cohn Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago