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SYLVIE DAKOTA HUHN

Artist and Information Professional

EDUCATION

Master of Library Science 

Concentration in Archive Studies 2016

Emporia State University, School of Library and Information Management, Distance Learning Program – Portland, OR

Bachelor of Art (with Honors)   

Concentration in Painting 2012

Humboldt State University – Arcata, CA

PAINTING/INSTALLATION

Exhibitions:

2023

 Solo ExhibitionTiny’s Coffee NE, Portland, OR

2022

– Solo Exhibition, Extracto Coffee, Portland, OR

2018

 Solo ExhibitionTiny’s Coffee NE, Portland, OR

– Solo Exhibition – Guest Artist, Fishbowl II at Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

–  Solo Exhibition, Concordia University George R. White Library & Learning Center, Portland, OR

–  Solo ExhibitionBackstory Books, Portland, OR

–  Solo ExhibitionVtopia Cheese Shop & Deli, Portland, OR

2017

 Solo ExhibitionTiny’s Coffee SE, Portland, OR

–  The Nervous System: Rachel Mulder & Sylvie Dakota Huhn, Bare Bones Cafe, Portland, OR

–  The Mnemonic Whale, Working Library, Portland, OR

2016

–  Funeral for Old Portland, AFRU Gallery, Portland, OR

2014  

–  Solo ExhibitionCommunity Market, Sebastopol, CA

–  Solo ExhibitionGaia’s Garden, Santa Rosa, CA

–  Mix It Up, Occidental Center for the Arts Gallery, Occidental, CA

2013   

–  Earth, Wind and Fire, Occidental Center for the Arts Gallery, Occidental, CA

–  November Group Art Show, Lifvendahl Fine Art Gallery, Guerneville, CA

Sweet and Seedy, Big Umbrella Studios, San Francisco, CA

2012  

2012  Annual Juried Student Exhibition (Arthur Gonzalez, Juror), Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Senior Art Show, Karshner Lounge Gallery, Humboldt State University

Honor’s Collective, Foyer Gallery, Humboldt State University

Dragon Summer: alumni artists emerging from Humboldt State University, First Street Gallery, Eureka, CA

– Remove Completely: paintings of the awkward and ephemeral by Sylvie Dakota Huhn, (solo student exhibition) Karshner Lounge Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

2011 

2011 Annual Juried Student Exhibition (Jon Rajkovich, Juror), Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

E2 8th Annual Invitational, Empire Squared Gallery, Eureka, CA

Hog Wild!, Karshner Lounge Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

2010

Empire Squared 8th Annual Card Show, Humboldt Carpet Showroom, Eureka, CA

Art3 Fundraiser, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Assistant Experience:

2013 – 14  

– Artist’s Studio Assistant for Jenny Honnert Abell, Santa Rosa, CA

Awards:

2012 

– HSU Art Department’s 205 Painting Award

– Painting Award – Senior Art Show

2011

– Animal-themed Painting Award – Hog Wild! Show

– Martin Wong Scholarship for Painting

Bibliography:

Huhn, Sylvie D. Flowering Dogwood. 2022. This Is Portland: A Buxman Journal Publication. Buckmxn Journal, 2022: p. 30

Huhn, Sylvie D. Domestic. 2020. Buckmxn Journal 006: Anthology of Portland Writers & Artists. Buckmxn Journal, 2021: pp. 106-107

Humboldt State University. Art Department Brochure. Arcata: Humboldt State University, 2011. (Image of artwork published).

“Arts! Arcata.” North Coast Journal 9 Feb. 2012: p. 23.

Sylvie Dakota Huhn: “Remove Completely” Dir. Eva Rismanforoush. Documentary. Humboldt State University Production, 2012. DVD.

“Arts! Alive.” North Coast Journal 5 Jul. 2012: p. 27

“Sylvie Dakota Huhn.” First Street Gallery Artist Profile. First Street Gallery, 2012. Web. <http://www2.humboldt.edu/first/exhibitions/2012/dragon/huhn.html>