Ellen Dieter has cultivated a lifelong synthesis of aesthetic vision, innate talent, and technical expertise that has helped her become a prolific and admired artist here and abroad. Dieter discovered a thirst for creative exploration early in life. As a natural master of texture and color, Dieter has nurtured her gift for artistic expression that has earned her international recognition and taken her around the globe.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dieter began her studies at the Cooper School of Art. Her work there earned her a place at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Upon completing that phase of her education, her artistic passion carried her across the Atlantic to Paris, where she studied at L’École des Arts Appliqués. During the next ten years, Dieter’s work was successfully represented at several solo exhibitions throughout France and established for her a reputation for elegant forms, economy of line, and remarkable control of the brush.

In 1989 Dieter moved to San Diego. The change of environment revitalized her unending quest for artistic expression and communication. She immediately began creating provocative and innovative pieces for both her own solo shows and for multiple-group exhibits. She also began to immerse herself in the local creative and performing arts communities and soon became a student, and later a facilitator, of Expressive Art Therapies.

Most recently, Dieter has opened a studio in Honolulu Hawaii, where she travels frequently during the year. The soft richness of the islands contributes to her ever evolving quest of capturing life as Dieter knows it.

Over the years, Dieter has facilitated art workshops, taught art and art therapy to both adults and children, performed as a dancer for City Moves Dance Foundation, and volunteered for such organizations as SDAI, SDMA, and MoPA. She was the company manager for the world-renowned Old Globe Theatre and continues to support these organizations with donations and volunteer work.

Dieter’s style has continually evolved. The richness of her contemporary palette has developed over years of artistic inquiry, and she counts O’Keefe, Modigliani, Kandinsky, and others as equally powerful influences. Her work glows with rich and vibrant color and evokes timeless themes juxtaposed with reflections of memory—memories from her extensive travels throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Africa as well as her intrapersonal journeys closer to home. Dieter’s paintings are a rare and extraordinary fusion of technical skill and artistic abandon. Her organic compositions capture the ephemeral vitality of modern life.

 

SOLO EXHIBITS:

2010 Martha Pace Swift Gallery, San Diego, CA
2009 COLLABORATION – SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, Nov. San Diego, CA
2009 Market Street Gallery, Jan. And July
2007 Scripps Hospital – Arts For Healing
2007 Infusion Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2006 Café 976 – Pacific Beach, CA
2006 Ray@Nite – Expressive Arts Gallery – San Diego, CA
2005 Ray@Nite – Expressive Arts Gallery – San Diego, CA
2004 Ray@Nite – Expressive Arts Gallery – San Diego, CA
1992 Power House Gallery – Cleveland, Ohio
1991 Bank Street Gallery – Cleveland, Ohio
1987 L’Avant Sceine Galerie – Paris, France
1986 Galerie Des Trois Amis – Paris, France
1986 Galerie du Balley – Paris, France

GROUP EXHIBITS:

2010 SoCal Juried Award Show. SDAI Honorable Mention – Walking the Neighborhood
2010 SDAI – Jan/Feb. March/April.May/June.
2009 San Diego Hospice, Nov.-Jan.
2009 SDAI – Jan., Feb., April., July, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. Multiple Awards
2009 La Jolla Art Association – 3rd place winner with Colors Within
2009 Market Street Gallery
2008 Calabash – Association of Hawaii Artists members show – Honolulu Country Club HI
2008 San Diego Art Institute – Jan., March, June, July, Aug., Dec.
2007 Foothills Gallery – La Mesa – Art In Wildlife Juried Show
2007 Gallery 5+5 – San Diego, CA
2007 East County Performing Arts Center Juried Show
2007 Maritime Museum of San Diego – SDMAAG
2007 La Jolla Art Association 28th annual Juried Exhibition (Enso – or Yellow River)
2007 San Diego Art Institute Jan., March, July, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
2006 San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care
2006 COAL Gallery – Carlsbad, CA – annual juried show – Honorable Mention – In God’s Time
2006 ArtWalk – San Diego, CA
2006 San Diego Art Institute
2005 Korova Gallery – Grrrrrl Power, Perpetual Motion – San Diego, CA
2005 San Diego Art Institute One Foot Show Jan. – San Diego, CA
2004 The Opus Collection – Palm Desert, CA
2004 Creative Touch Interiors, San Diego, CA
2004 Rosemary Lane Galleria, Chula Vista, CA WCA Summer Exhibit
2004 Conversations Through Mixed Media – 3 Woman Show – FFW, San Diego, CA
2004 Multicultural Festival – San Diego, CA
2003 North County Society of Fine Arts Annual Juried Exhibit 2nd place in Painting category
2003 African Arts Exhibit, FFW San Diego, CA
2003 ArtWalk – San Diego, CA
2003 “Cirque de L’Art”, Foundation for Women, San Diego, CA
2003 “Yoga As Art” , Yoga Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA
2003 “The Imprint of Women” Ray@Nite, San Diego, CA
2003 Mixed Media Gallery, San Diego, CA

AWARDS:

2nd Place, Honorable Mention, WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SDAI So Cal Juried Award Show, San Diego, CA 2010 Andy Campognone juror
Juror’s Choice, OL WHALER, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, SD, CA 2009
Honorable Mention, MOM, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, SD, CA 2009
3rd Place, COLORS WITHIN, La Jolla Art Association, Art and Poetry competition CA 2009
Honorable Mention, ALL IN GOD’S TIME…COAL Gallery, Carlsbad, CA 2006
2nd Place in Oil Category, RIVIERAS OF COLOR NCSFA SD, CA 2003
Juror’s Choice, SHROUDED WOMEN, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, SD, CA 2003
Juror’s Choice, HOMETOWN WINTER, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, SD, CA 2001
Honorary Mention, SHANON AND HER MUSIC, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, SD, CA 1996
Juror’s choice, THE SUNNY SIDE OF NIGHT, SDAI Museum of the Living Artist, SD, CA 1996

VOLUNTEER WORK for and or MEMBER OF:

SDAI – San Diego Art Institute
SDMA – San Diego Museum of Art, Member of Artist Guild
AHA – Association of Hawaii Artists
SDVAN – San Diego Visual Arts Network