{"id":27,"date":"2018-09-17T21:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T21:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2023-01-10T19:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:30:42","slug":"bios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"BIOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/4b0555_6971b8c204574a0abddd7778edb76dc8.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_504,h_391,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/4b0555_6971b8c204574a0abddd7778edb76dc8.webp\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>TARMO WATIA <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><u>BORN:<\/u><\/p>\r\n<p>May 11, 1938 Detroit, MI<\/p>\r\n<p><u>ACADEMIC BACKGROUND<\/u><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Bachelor of Science in Design, University of Michigan, 1960<\/li>\r\n<li>Master of Fine Art, University of Michigan 1962<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><u>EXHIBITIONS, HONORS &amp; PUBLICATIONS<\/u> PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Dennos Museum Center &#8211; Traverse City, MI \u2022Boise Art Museum &#8211; Boise, ID<\/li>\r\n<li>Finnish-American Heritage Museum &#8211; Hancock, MI EXHIBITIONS:<\/li>\r\n<li>Contemporary Finnish-American Series, Touring Finland 2003-04<\/li>\r\n<li>Sun Valley Arts Center -Ketchum, ID<\/li>\r\n<li>Gail Severn Gallery &#8211; Ketchum, ID<\/li>\r\n<li>Sange De Cristo Arts Center -Pueblo, CO<\/li>\r\n<li>American Relief Prints -Pittsburg, PA<\/li>\r\n<li>Finfest \u201995 Art Exhibit &#8211; Portland, OR<\/li>\r\n<li>Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum &#8211; Springfield, MO<\/li>\r\n<li>Detroit Institute of Art &#8211; Detroit, MI<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>PUBLICATIONS &amp; HONORS:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>National Print &#8211; Silver City, NM<\/li>\r\n<li>National Bring &#8211; Oklahoma City, OK<\/li>\r\n<li>Twentieth Century Award for Achievement \u2022Southwest Art Review<\/li>\r\n<li>\u2018Illustrated Survey of American Contemporaries\u2019, American Artists<\/li>\r\n<li>\u2018Dictionary of International Biography\u2019 &#8211; Manchester, ENGLAND<\/li>\r\n<li>Edition of \u2018American Artists of Renown\u2019<\/li>\r\n<li>\u2018International Artists\u2019 Biographies\u2019, Flash Art Publications &#8211; Milan, ITALY<\/li>\r\n<li>\u2018Personalities of the Midwest\u2019, American Biographical Institute<\/li>\r\n<li>\u2018Men of Achievement\u2019 &#8211; Cambridge, ENGLAND \u2022Marquis \u2018Who\u2019s Who in America\u2019<\/li>\r\n<li>Marquis \u2018Who\u2019s Who in American Art\u2019<\/li>\r\n<li>Marquis \u2018Who\u2019s Who in the West\u2019<\/li>\r\n<li>Strathmore\u2019s \u2018Who\u2019s Who\u2019<\/li>\r\n<li>Twentieth Century Award for Achievement \u2022International Biographical Center &#8211; Cambridge, ENGLAND<\/li>\r\n<li>Idaho Commission on the Arts (Grant)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>TARMO WATIA <\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; 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 &amp; PUBLICATIONS PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: Dennos Museum Center &#8211; Traverse &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/?page_id=27\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790,"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/watiagallery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}