Résumé

Tamlyn Akins
4629 County Road JJ
Black Earth, WI 53515

Education

• BFA with High Distinction in Drawing, California College of the Arts (formerly known as California College of Arts & Crafts), Oakland, CA, 1980

Collections of Note

• Dean Clinic, Middleton, WI
• Dental Health Associates, Madison, WI
• Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
• M&M Communications Inc., Madison, WI
• Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwaukee, WI
• Oakwood Village Retirement Community West, Madison, WI

• Monroe Clinic, Monroe, WI
• Ozaukee Bank, Cedarburg, WI
• School Mate inc., Jackson, TN
• UARCO, Barrington, IL
• UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI
• Bridget Austin, Green Bay, WI
• Peggy Flora Zalucha, Mount Horeb, WI

Current Artist Affilliations

• Wisconsin Visual Artists (formerly known as Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors)
• Mount Horeb Area Arts Association

Solo Exhibitions

• Flora, Fauna & Fold, Capitol Lakes Atrium Gallery & Henry Street Cafe, Madison, WI, 2013.
• Naturescapes, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI, 2009
• Fun with Frogs, Shapes & Sky, LuCille Tack Center Gallery, Spencer, WI, 2009
• Healing Mandalas, University Hospital, C5/2 Skylight Lounge Gallery, Madison, WI, 2008
• In Grandpa's Woods, Alicia Ashman Branch Library, Madison, WI, 2007
• Mandalas & More, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Mount Horeb, WI, 2006
• Origami as Art, Air National Guard Facility, Madison, WI, 2002
• Flora & Fold, Oakwood Village West, Visitor Center Gallery, Madison, WI, 2000
• Watercolors, Water Street Gallery Extension Exhibit, Prairie du Sac, WI, 1996
• Ornamentations, Rajah's, Madison, WI, 1996
• Florals, Wisconsin Arts Board, State GEF-1 Offices, Madison, WI, 1986
• Fragile Wings, Given Gold Gallery, Oakland, CA, 1980
• Mandalas, Argonaut Art Center, Jackson, CA, 1977

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Friends from Near & Far, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI; 2010
• ArtsBuild, Nohr Gallery, UW-Platteville, WI; 2010
• Mixed Greens, Wisconsin Visual Artists, Promega, Madison, WI; 2010
• Orchid Quest, Madison Orchid Growers Guild, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI; 2010
• Spring Art Tour, Studio & Gallery Tour of the Mount Horeb Area; 2007-2011
• Wisconsin-Japan Art Exchange, Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors (now Wisconsin Visual Artists); Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan; Inoue Gallery, Ginza District, Tokyo; Tomioka Museum, Ohta-ku, Japan, 2002; Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, 2008.
• Art of the Garden, Mazomanie Historic Art Center, Mazomanie, WI, 2006
• Elements, 2004; Recycle, 2005; Grief & Trauma, 2005; Roots, 2005; Foreign Influences, 2006; Symmetry, 2006; Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
• CCAC Alumni Exhibition, Mills Building, San Francisco, CA, 2003
• Rocky Mountain National Water Media Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 1999
• 55th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, 1999
• Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI; 1987 Merchandise Award, 1989, 1990 Award of Excelence, 1997, Watercolor Wisconsin: Celebrating 25 Years (invitation) 1991; Rahr-West Museum, Racine, WI, 2008
• Tribute Exhibition 1999; Recent Works 1997 (2 person); Seasons of the Arboretum 1993 (4 person); The Next Decade 1992; The Quilt Connection 1989; Alpha to Omega 1989; New Beginnings 1986 (4 person); MB Perine Gallery (formerly Valperine Gallery), Madison, WI
• Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Member Show, De Ricci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI, 1996; Porter Butts Gallery, UW-Madison, WI, 1993
• Of Watercolors, Art Independent Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI, 1996
• Artful Women, Women's Political Caucus of Dane County, Madison, WI; 1996, 1888
• Behold the Flower, Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, WI, 1995
• WHA-Wisconsin Public Television Art & Antiques Auction, 1994 Featured Artist
• Midwest Watercolor Society Exhibit, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI; 1994, 1987 Special Merit Award
• Spirit in the Land, Porter Butts Gallery, UW-Madison, WI, 1994 (invitation)
• Summer Show 1994; Spring Show 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993; Winter Show 1988, 1993: Art Independent Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI
• Beloit & Vicinity Show, Wright Museum, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 1993
• Wisconsin Watercolor Society Exhibit, Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, WI, 1998; Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1990; Rahr-West Museum, Manitowac, WI, 1991
• Wisconsin Women in the Arts, West Bend Museum of Fine Arts, West Bend, WI, Traveling Show 1988-89; Wisconsin Women in the Arts: Lisistrata, Water Street Gallery, Bank One Building, Milwaukee, WI, 1990
• Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Juried Show, Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI, 1989
• Northern National, Northern Arts Council, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, 1990
• Wisconsin Watercolor, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI, 1989
• San Diego Watercolor Society International, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, 1988
• Arlington National, Arlington Art Association, Arlington Museum, Arlington, TX; 1986, 1988 Merit Award
• National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art, Academic Artists Association, Greek Cultural Center, Springfield, MA, 1987
• Watercolor West Exhibition, Watercolor West Society, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA, 1986

Awards & Honors

• Merit Award, WVA Biennial (formerly WP&S/WAAM), Porter Butts Gallery, UW-Madison, WI, 1997.
• Featured Artist, Of Watercolors, Art Independent Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI. 1996.
• Featured Artist , Artful Women, Women's Political Caucus of Dane Cty, Madison, WI, 1996.
• Featured Artist, WHA - Wisconsin Public Television Art & Antiques Auction, 1994.
• Award of Excellence, Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI, 1990.
• Merit Award, Arlington National, Arlington Art Association, Arlington Museum, Arlington, TX. 1988
• Special Merit Award, Midwest Watercolor Exhibit, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI, 1987.
• Merit Award, National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art, Academic Artists Association, Greek Cultural Center, Springfield, MA, 1987.

• Mount Horeb Area Arts Association; Founding Member 2007; President 2007-2011; Vice President 2012-present; Spring Art Tour Coordinator and grant writer 2007-present.
• Administrative Assistant & Graphic Designer - Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce, Mount Horeb, WI, 2008-present.
• Pastel Demonstrator - for School Mate inc., Jackson, TN: National Art Materials Trade Association, Chicago 1994, San Francisco 1995, Toronto 1996, Las Vegas 1998, Chicago 1999, Los Angeles 2000, Chicago 2001, Philadelphia 2002, Chicago 2003; National Art Educators Association, Washington, DC 1999, Los Angeles 2000, New York 2001, Minneapolis 2003; Hobby & Craft Industry Association, Las Vegas 1997; National Art Educators of Young Children, Chicago 2003.
• Art Sales Associate and Origami Demonstrator - MB Perine Gallery, Madison, WI: 1996-1999.
• Origami Instructor - Celebrate Madison Festival, Frank Lloyd Wright Convention Center, Madison, WI: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005; Water Street Gallery, Prairie du Sac, WI: 1997-1998; High School visiting instructor: 1999.
• Mural, Website and Graphic Artist - Millennium Murals & Milling Around (parts of Zalucha Studio): 1998-present.
• Juror of Awards - WHA TV Art & Antiques Auction, 1995; Second Congressional District, High School Arts Competition, "An Artistic Discovery", 2001, Wisconsin Regional Arts Program, Mazomanie, 2007.
• Curation Committee - Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters' Steenbock Gallery, 2004, 2005.
• Membership Chair, WP&S South Central Chapter (now WVA-SC), 2006-2009.