BIOS

 

 

TARMO WATIA

BORN:

May 11, 1938 Detroit, MI

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • Bachelor of Science in Design, University of Michigan, 1960
  • Master of Fine Art, University of Michigan 1962

EXHIBITIONS, HONORS & PUBLICATIONS PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

  • Dennos Museum Center – Traverse City, MI •Boise Art Museum – Boise, ID
  • Finnish-American Heritage Museum – Hancock, MI EXHIBITIONS:
  • Contemporary Finnish-American Series, Touring Finland 2003-04
  • Sun Valley Arts Center -Ketchum, ID
  • Gail Severn Gallery – Ketchum, ID
  • Sange De Cristo Arts Center -Pueblo, CO
  • American Relief Prints -Pittsburg, PA
  • Finfest ’95 Art Exhibit – Portland, OR
  • Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum – Springfield, MO
  • Detroit Institute of Art – Detroit, MI

PUBLICATIONS & HONORS:

  • National Print – Silver City, NM
  • National Bring – Oklahoma City, OK
  • Twentieth Century Award for Achievement •Southwest Art Review
  • ‘Illustrated Survey of American Contemporaries’, American Artists
  • ‘Dictionary of International Biography’ – Manchester, ENGLAND
  • Edition of ‘American Artists of Renown’
  • ‘International Artists’ Biographies’, Flash Art Publications – Milan, ITALY
  • ‘Personalities of the Midwest’, American Biographical Institute
  • ‘Men of Achievement’ – Cambridge, ENGLAND •Marquis ‘Who’s Who in America’
  • Marquis ‘Who’s Who in American Art’
  • Marquis ‘Who’s Who in the West’
  • Strathmore’s ‘Who’s Who’
  • Twentieth Century Award for Achievement •International Biographical Center – Cambridge, ENGLAND
  • Idaho Commission on the Arts (Grant)

TARMO WATIA