I’m Denise, fine artist, arts facilitator, mentor, and mother of four young boys.
BIO
Denise’s paintings attempt to lift the veil on the appearance of things and reveal a kind of magical order within. Though subject matter varies, her work consistently embodies tension between organic and geometric, order and chaos, reality and dreams. Her work has exhibited in the US and Canada and is owned/commissioned by private collectors around the world.
Reconciling art and motherhood is an important theme in her practice and social presence. She founded the Art After project, a series of small paintings that occur in one sitting and must be ‘finished’ once she is interrupted. This project has had a large global reach on social media and acted as a catalyst to facilitate a larger conversation about the challenges and rewards of making art after motherhood. Art After has shown in galleries and the individual pieces are found in private collections on several continents. Denise has also extended her passion and creative experience through artist talks and workshops in the US and Canada.
Denise has lived and worked in the Bay Area, Vancouver, BC, and now resides near the mountains of Utah with her husband and four sons.
FEATURED ON
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EDUCATION / AWARDS
2013 Carole Badgley Emerging Artist Award
2007 Utah State University, BFA - Art Education, emphasis in Drawing/Painting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007-09 Studio Art Teacher - Bingham High School
2011-12 Private Art Teacher
2013 Carole Badgley Emerging Artist Award
2014 Fine Art/Interior Design Collaboration - Denise Gasser x Plaid Fox Studio
2018 Visiting Artist Talk/Workshop - St. George’s Academy for Boys
2018 Visiting Artist Talk/Workshop - BYU-Idaho
2021 Panel Discussion - Rouge: Utah Women’s Voices - Sears Art Museum
2022 Original Paintings Available Through Alice Lane Home -
2023-24 Private Art Mentor
2024 27 Commissioned Paintings to date in US and Canada
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Floral Works, Moonglass Gallery, Orem, UT
2022 Not a Ghost: Reclaiming Creativity in Motherhood - Duo Exhibition with Camille Wheatley, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
2022 All Shapes and Sizes, JKR Gallery, Provo, UT
2021 Rouge: Utah Women’s Voices, Sears Art Museum, St. George, UT
2020 See Where it Takes You, Contemporary Art for Young Audiences, Virtual Exhibition
2019 (solo) Art After: Reconciling Art and Motherhood, WINDOW Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 (solo) Art After: Reconciling Art and Motherhood, Alternative Creations Studio, Vancouver BC
2018 (solo) Stanley Park: Seen and Unseen, Roberta Mickelson Gallery, Vancouver BC
2018 Vancouver Pop-Up, Designers Collective, Vancouver BC
2016 [un]Finished,Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful UT
2015 Art Party: Annual Fundraising Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2015 Active Member Exhibition,Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 Nation of Immigrants, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley City, UT
2014 Keepsakes, bric-à-brac studio, Toronto, ON
2013 Duo Exhibition-Recent Works, Gallery at Hycroft, Vancouver, BC
2013 Art Party: Annual Fundraising Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2013 Earth: Annual Discovery Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2009 The Nine Muses, Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, UT,
Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley City, UT
2009 Jordan District Teachers Exhibition, The Crane House Museum, Riverton, UT
2008 Art Goes Green, University of Utah Union Building, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 Two Person Show - Recent Works, Espiritu Design Studio/Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 Statewide Competition & Exhibition, Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
2007 Welcome to the Right Side: BFA Senior Exhibition, Twain Tippetts Gallery, Logan, UT
2006 Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Twain Tippetts Gallery, Logan, UT
2006 Annual Warehouse Exhibition, Former Army Navy Warehouse, Logan, UT
2005 Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Twain Tippetts Gallery, Logan, UT
2005 Die Essener Mappe: A Study in Germany, Twain Tippetts Gallery, Logan, UT
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Art Feature, Wayfare Magazine: Explorations in Faith - Print Edition, Summer 2023, Issue 2
2023 Podcast Interview, Is Instagram Twisting the Way You Show Up for Yourself - With Denise Gasser,
Art Juice Podcast, Episode no. 204
2022 Video Feature, Art Flick Friday, Art After: Reconciling Art Motherhood, Art Delivery Newsletter,
Danielle Krysa - The Jealous Curator
2022 Magazine Cover Art, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Summer 2022, Vol. 55, no. 2
2022 Podcast Interview, Balancing Motherhood and Art with Denise Gasser, Creative Bones Podcast,
Episode no. 108
2022 Art Feature, Monday Motivation - Botanical Perfumes, Art Delivery Newsletter, Danielle Krysa - The Jealous Curator
2021 Podcast Interview, Turning Challenges into Gold with Denise Gasser, Susan Nethercote Studio Insider Podcast, AU, Episode no. 81
2021 Podcast Interview, Denise Gasser, Artist from USA, Art Wank Podcast, AU, Episode no. 54
2021 Podcast Interview, Reconciling Art and Motherhood with Denise Gasser, Creative Ways Podcast, UK, Episode no. 53
2019 Podcast Interview with Denise Gasser, The Artist/Mother Podcast, USA, Episode no. 2
2018 Art Feature: Denise Gasser, Danielle Krysa - The Jealous Curator
2018 Book Cover Artwork, Dove Song, Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry
2017 An Interview with Denise Gasser, Jenna Michelle Pink, Artist Meets Mother
2016 Interview with Denise Gasser, Bisma Rizwan, The Yellow Sparrow
2015 Design Insights with Denise Gasser, Tudor Davies, Terry Fabrics
2015 Denise Gasser: Tree Portraiture, Garrick Infanger, The Krakens
2014 Art Credit (Jordon, WXY Zed), Exponent II Magazine, Fall 2014/Winter 2015, 40th Anniversary Edition. Pg. 21,29
2014 Creative Feature: When Motherhood and Art Collide, Janaia Roeders, Daisy Tribe
2014 Art Speak: An Interview with Denise Gasser, Stephen Robinson, Plaid Fox
2014 Interview-Denise Gasser, Eric Jepson, Mormon Artist
2009 The 9 Muses: An Interdisciplinary Exhibit of Poetry and Visual Art, Black Rock Books, Salt Lake City, Utah