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.]