Desiree Wagner E-mail:desireewagner@hotmail.com Facebook: Desiree Wagner Ecological Fine Artist LinkedIn: Desiree Wagner B.F.A Instagram: ecological_fine_artist Website: www.desireewagner.com
Education: 2013/2014- Vancouver Art Therapy Institute 2012- Completed Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
Work Experience: 2015/2016- Art Facilitator, The Rotary Centre for the Arts. 2014- Art Facilitator, Vernon Community Arts Centre. 2013/2014- Art Therapy practicum placement Elementary and Care Home Facility. 2013- Art Facilitator, The Rotary Centre for the Arts. 2009- Art Facilitator, Sherbrooke Community Centre.
Volunteer Experience: 2015- Donated Artwork to The Umbrella Foundation 2015- Create A Wake, Intuitive Painting Facilitation, Floatspace 2014- Student Art therapist at care home facility 2013/2014- Student Art therapist at Elementary school 2013/2014- Ambassador at Moksha Yoga 2013- Donated Artwork to Vernon District Association for COMMUNAL living 2012- SHE ACTIVE group though Trinity Baptist Church.
2012- Donated artwork to Vernon District Association for Communal Living
2012- Donated artwork to UBCO’s Art on the Line.
2010-Volunteer experience with The Alternator Gallery.
2002-2004- Volunteer experience with the SPCA
Areas of Specialization:
-Art Therapy - Sculpture - Painting - Psychology - History - English
Grants and Fellowships: 2011- Deputy Vice Chancellor Scholarship for Continuing Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan 2011- Okanagan Visual Arts Scholarship, University of British Columbia Okanagan 2008- Presidents Entrance Scholarship, University of British Columbia Okanagan 2008- Donna Gregoire Scholarship, Holy Cross high school
Exhibition Record: 2015- Painting: Illumination Series 2014, Crystal Series 2013, Viva Hot Yoga, Castlegar, B.C 2015- Painting/Sculpture: Illumination Series 2014, Mineral Series 2012, Crystal Healing Boxes 2014, Chakra Driftwood Sculptures 2014, Floatspace, Kelowna, B.C 2014- Painting/Sculpture: Crystal Series 2013, Crystal Healing Boxes 2014, Chakra Driftwood Sculptures 2014, Our Coffee House- Organic Uprootsy, Kelowna, B.C 2014- Painting/Sculpture: Crystal Series, Healing Crystal Boxes, Chakra Driftwood Sculptures, Artistan Show & Sale, Curly Frog Farm, Kelowna, B.C 2014: Painting: Illumination Series 2014, My Studio Members Show, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, B.C 2014- Painting: Mineral Series 2012, Tree Series 2011, Landscape Series 2010, Ballantyne Online Gallery 2014- Painting: Mineral Series, rock candy series, International Get to Know Unconference, Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna, B.C 2014- Painting: Crystal Series 2013, Mineral Series 2012 & "Grasping Universe, Kelowna Culture Days, Okanagan Spirits and Distillery, Kelowna, B.C 2014- Painting: Mineral Series 2012 & Landscape Series 2010, A Night of a Thousand Lights, Kelowna, B.C 2014- Painting: Mineral Series 2012, Crystal Series 2013, Tree Series 2011, Landscape Series 2010, Art Walk, Winfield, B.C 2014- Painting: Macrobiotic Sediments, Tree Series, Mineral Series, Our CoffeeHouse - Organic Uprootsy, Kelowna, B.c 2013- Painting: Mineral Series 2012 & Tree Series 2011, Benewealth Strategies, Kelowna, B.C 2013- Painting: Crystal Series 2013, Streaming Cafe, Kelowna, B.C 2012- Painting: Mineral Series 2012, "Gibbsite," Traveling Exhibition, The Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C 2012- Painting: Tree Series 2011, "Tree Series IV," Art on the Line, Kelowna, B.C 2012- Painting: Mineral Series 2012, "Petrfied Peach" & "Azurite," FINA gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, B.C. 2011- Installation: “Discombobulation,” Madhatter Hotel Event, Kelowna, B.C 2011- Painting: “Poppy & Wrap around Rainbow” FINA Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, B.C 2010- Sculpture: “Let them eat Cake,” FINA Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, B.C 2009- Painting: “Gogh Landscape,” FINA Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, B.C 2009- Sculpture: “Marsh Metal," FINA Gallery, UBCO, Kelowna, B.C