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EDUCATION

2023 B.F.A. in painting and drawing with honors

Minor in illustration

The University of Akron, Akron, OH

EXHIBITIONS

2026

Summit County Building 3, The Groundhog Show, Akron, OH

2025

The Gallery at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Beginning at the End, Peninsula, OH, curated by Thea Spittle

2024

Summit Artspace, Wall to Wall, Akron, OH

Outside the Box, Groundhog Show, Akron, OH

2023

KINK Contemporary Solo Exhibition, Notes of Periphery, Cleveland, OH

Emily Davis Gallery, Juried Student Exhibition, Akron, OH

The Warehouse, Groundhog Show, Akron, OH

The Andrew Jackson House, GAR UA/KSU Exhibition, Akron, OH

Valley Arts Center, The Big Ass Art Show, Chagrin Falls, OH

Summit Artspace, Blurred Lines, Akron, OH

2022

Emily Davis Gallery, Juried Student Exhibition, Akron, OH

The Andrew Jackson House, GAR UA/KSU Exhibition, Akron, OH

2021

Emily Davis Gallery, Juried Student Exhibition, Akron, OH

Myers School of Art, Scholarship Exhibition, Akron, OH

Summit Artspace, Everything but the Kitchen Sink, Akron, OH, curated by Abby Cipar

The Warehouse, Groundhog Show, Akron, OH, curated by Hope Hickman

2020

Emily Davis Gallery, Juried Student Exhibition, Akron, OH

Myers School of Art, Scholarship Exhibition, Akron, OH

Summit Artspace, Creativity During a Crisis, Akron, OH, curated by Kristina Wolin

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2023

Senior Painting Award

2022

Folk Charitable Foundation Venice Biennale Study of the Arts Abroad Scholarship

2021

Demetros, Mary B. Memorial Scholarship

Folk Endowment

Dashielle Tools and Materials Grant

2020

Folk Endowment

Raleigh Art Scholarship

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2024

Summit Artspace Emerging Artist in Residence

2023

Akron Painting and Drawing League President

Emily Davis Gallery Assistant

Summit Artspace Emerging Artist in Residence

2022

Akron Painting and Drawing League Treasurer

Emily Davis Gallery Assistant

2021

Emily Davis Gallery Assistant

2020

Cliffside Artists Collaborative Intern

Emily Davis Gallery Assistant

2019

Cliffside Artists Collaborative Intern

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025

Amanda Koehn, Who’s Next: Diana Rice, Canvas Cleveland. [online, print] [ill.]

http://canvascle.com/whos-next-diana-rice/

Thea Spittle, Beginning at the End Artist Talk, Museum of Human Creative Art [online]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/16Rym1jx3ZE8hrwZT2tdeM

2024 Meet Diana Rice, Bold Journey [online] [ill.]

https://boldjourney.com/meet-diana-rice/