Dinora Felske Justice

Biography:
2001/Now- Living and working in Newton, MA.
1969- Born in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Education:
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA -USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Highest Honors and Valedictorian, 2001.

School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA - USA
Certificate in Graphic Design, 1999.

Instituto de Idiomas Yazigi, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil -
Certificate of Proficiency in the English Language, 1993.

Alliance Francaise, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil-
Certificate of Proficiency in the French Language, 1991.

Escola do Calcado SENAI, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil-
Associate Degree in Footwear Design and Manufacture, 1988.

Estudio Arte Integrada, Novo hamburgo, Brazil -
drawing courses with Brazilian artists Ernesto Frederico Scheffel and Ariadne Decker, 1992 through1994.

Casa Velha Convivio de Arte, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil-
courses in drawing and painting with Brazilian artist Wilson Alves, 1981 and 1982.



Awards:
"Medici Artist, Cobalt" Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009.
"Medici Artist", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2004.
"The Inaugural Middlesex Beat Artist Open Studios $1,000 Grant"- September 2003.
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University Senior Award for Outstanding and Distinguished Accomplishment in Fine Art - 2D - May 2001
Best of Show,Boston Archdiocese Benefit Art Sale, Cambridge - April 2003.


Exhibitions:
Exhibition at OKW Gallery, South End, Boston, February-April 2010.
Group Show, South End Open Studios, Boston, September 2009.
Group Show, South End Open Studios, Boston, September 2008.
Solo exhibition, NOA Gallery, Groton, MA, September 2007.
Group Exhibition, Mayor's Gallery, Boston City Hall, January/February 2006.
Solo exhibition, Star Gallery, Stow, MA, June 2006.
Group Exhibition, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, March/April 2006.
"Fundamentally Green", Solo Exhibition, Main Gallery at Newton Free Library, June 2005. "The Imagined Landscape", group exhibit at the Shuman Gallery, Groton Public Library, November and December 2004.
"Add It All Up, Then Simplify", solo exhibition at Kantar Fine Arts, Newton, October 2004.
De Cordova Museum Corporate Exhibition Program, participating artist since 2003.
"Dream & Reality", Solo Exhibition at Kantar Fine Arts, Newton, October 2003.
"New Artist Exibition", S.E. Feinman Fine Arts, SoHo, New York, April through June 2003.
"Inner and Outer Spaces", Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection, Boston, February 2003.
"Visual Feast", juried exhibition at Kingston Gallery, South End, Boston, December 2002.
"Tree Escapes", Upstairs at Johnson's, Newbury Street, Boston, October 2002.
Graduate Fine Arts Exhibition, The Art Institute of Boston Main Gallery, June 2001.
"Summer Landscapes", The Art Institute of Boston, September 2000.
"The Elements of Nature", Galeria Modernidade, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil- 1998.
"The Energy of Movement", Galeria Carrasco, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil - 1998.

Publications:
Review in the "Brazilian Times" newspaper, Boston, April 2005.
Review in "The Brazilian Times" newspaper, Boston, 13 October 2004.
Review in Art New England, Feb/March 2004 issue.
Cover and article in the October 2003 issue of "The Middlesex Beat".
Poster and announcement image for the Annual Middlesex Artists Open Studios, Oct. 2003.
Cover and Feature Article in the September 2003 issue of "The Middlesex Beat".

Donations:
"SMFA Inside/Out", Boston, November 2008.
"Minga" Project, Newton, MA, Summer 2008.
"Art Roots", The Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA, September 2006.
WGBH "The Two Collection" Fund Raiser, Boston, MA, June 2004.
"Mirrors, Smoke and Magic" Fund Raiser for De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, June 2004.
"Freedom to Marry Coalition" Fund Raiser, Boston, February 2004.
"Sale Away" Fund Raiser for The Art Institute of Boston, October 2004.
"December Sale" to benefit the School fo the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - since 2001.