Curriculum Vitae - Denby Dale
1971 Born, Washington D.C. Currently resides in Weaverville, N.C.
Education:
1993 B.A. English Literature & Studio Art, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2000 - 2001 Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA, Art History Studies
Exhibitions and Gallery Representation:
2026 Sarasota Fine Arts Show, Sarasota, FL
2025 Art in Autumn, Weaverville, NC, Honorable Mention Award
2023 Abstract Interactions, group show, Mars Landing Galleries, Mars Hill, NC
2022 Art in Autumn, Weaverville, NC
2021- 25 Gallery Representation, Mars Landing Galleries, Mars Hill, NC
2019 Composing Lines, solo show, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
2018 Small Works, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, New Bern, NC
Form & Function, group show, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Light, Color & Movement, group show, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC
Group Show, Dab Art, Los Angeles, CA
2017 - present Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery, Asheville, NC, gallery representation
2017 Artisans on Main Gallery, Weaverville, NC
Art in Autumn, Weaverville NC
2016 Artisans on Main Gallery, Weaverville, NC
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2013-15 Small Assemblages, Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2011 Juried Spring Arts Competition, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Wax in Motion, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis, MA
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA, group show
Holiday Small Works, The Store at the De Cordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
ID, Provincetown, MA
Origami Ink, Asheville, NC
2010 Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis, MA
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA
Guyer Barn Arts Center, Hyannis, MA
2009 Encaustic Works 2009, 7th International Biennial, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis, MA
Guyer Barn Arts Center, Hyannis, MA
2006-08 Scargo Pottery & Art Gallery, Dennis, MA
Bibliography
Contemporaneo Asheville: Composing Lines, The Laurel of Asheville Magazine, vol 15, issue #8, August 2019, p 94
Castleberry, Emma: Art Workshops at Contemporaneo, The Laurel of Asheville Magazine, vol 15, issue #3, March 2019, p 18
EKPHRASTIC 2018, Artwork and poetry from the Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition 2018, Craven Arts Council & Gallery, New Bern, NC.
Malone, Gina: Cover Artist Denby Dale, The Laurel of Asheville Magazine, vol 15, March 2018, cover & pp 10 – 12
Provincetown Magazine, vol 34, 2011
Encaustic Works 2009, The College of New Rochelle, Castle Gallery and R&F Handmade Paints
Teaching/Workshops
2026:
'‘Going Deeper with Cold Wax: Exploring Composition’ , Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Encaustic Image Transfers’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Mixed Media: Working with Constraints’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Mixed Media: Working with Constraints’, Community Make Space, Marshall, NC
‘Encaustic Collage’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Cold Wax for Beginners: Tools and Techniques for Leveraging Color’
2025: ‘Mixed Media Constraints’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Introduction to Encaustic: Mark Making’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Cold Wax: Line and Tape Techniques’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Cold Wax Collage’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Encaustic Image Transfers’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
2024 ‘Introduction to Cold Wax’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Diptych Assemblage, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
‘Cold Wax Method’, Purple Crayon, Asheville, NC
2023 ‘Cold Wax Method’, Mars Landing Galleries, Mars Hill, NC
‘Collage & Assemblage’, Mars Landing Galleries, Mars Hill, NC
2019 ‘Embracing Abstraction’, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery
2018 ‘Introduction to Encaustic’, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery
‘Cold Wax Method’, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery
‘Collage & Assemblage’, Contemporaneo Asheville Gallery
‘Art & Geometry’ Guest Lecturer, Carolina Day School, Asheville, NC
‘Introduction to Encaustic’ Guest Lecturer/Instructor, Carolina Day School, Asheville, NC