Education

University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana                          

Master of Arts, Art Education 2000

Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture 1985

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting 1982

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metals/Crafts 1973

University of Oslo, Norway Summer Intensive Language and Culture Program 1971       

Kunst øg Håndsverk Skole, Metals/Industrial Design Oslo, Norway 1971 – 1972    

Exhibitions

2024​​ In the Abstract, San Fernando Valley Arts & Culture Center, CA, online exhibition

2024​​ Luminal III, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, online exhibition

2024​​ In Motion, Springer Cultural Center, two-person exhibition, Champaign, IL

2023​​ Creative License, Art Fluent, Boston, online exhibition

2023​​ Shape/Form/Structure, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, online exhibition

2023​​ Brilliance, Art Fluent, Boston, MA, online exhibition

2023​​ Around the Block IV, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2023​​ Life and Death, Gallerium, international online exhibition

2023​​ Extinction, Humans, Animals, Plants, Gallerium,international online exhibition

2023​​ Brilliance, Art Fluent, Boston, MA, online exhibition

2023​ ​Strata II: Manifesting Through the Layers, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR

2023​ Aqua, Gallerium Art Prize, International online exhibition

2022 Illini Past and Present, Union Gallery, UIUC, Urbana, IL

2022 Unity, Art Fluent, Boston, MA

2022 Liminal II, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR

2022 Motion, Art Fluent, Boston, MA

2022 10x10x10 Tieton Invitation, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA, Juror’s Prize

2022  Monochromatic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

2021   Around the Block 3, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2021   Blue, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

2020  Art in the Time of Covid, Dab Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019   Busey 1868 Art Collection Event, Busey Wealth Management, Urbana, IL

2019   Of the Earth: Clay, Stone, and Wood, Art Coop Gallery, Urbana, IL, curator and exhibitor

2019   Around the Block 2, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2018   Endangered Exhibition, St Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, MO

2018   Plural, 40 Point One Gallery, Champaign, IL

2017    Landscapes Inherited, Revised, Restored, Murphy Gallery, UIUC, Urbana, IL

2016   River of Life, Altered, one-person exhibition, Union Gallery, UIUC, Urbana, IL

2016   Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum

2016   Parkland College 50th Anniversary Art and Design Alumni Exhibition, Giertz Gallery @ Parkland College 

2016   Paper Trails, 40 North, Champaign, IL

2016   After the Ground, 40 North, Champaign, IL

2016   Those Who Teach Can 6, Gallery 217, Champaign, IL

2015    Susan Cummings Gallery, Ojai, CA

2015    Champaign Contemporary, Boneyard Art Festival, Champaign, IL

2015    Those Who Teach Can 5, IndiGo Gallery, Champaign, IL

2013   University of Illinois School of Art and Design Alumni Exhibition, Figure One Gallery, University of Illinois     

2013   Those Who Teach Can 3, IndiGo Gallery, Champaign, IL

2013    Artists and the Environment, Murphy Gallery, UIUC, curator and exhibitor

2013    The Something I Love Show, Art Coop Gallery for the Boneyard Art Festival, organizer

2012    India Through the Eyes of Barkstall Students, Asian American Cultural Center, UIUC, curator

2012    Those Who Teach Can 2, IndiGo Gallery, Champaign, IL

2012    The Something I Love Show, Art Coop Gallery for the Boneyard Art Festival, organizer

2011        Those Who Teach Can, IndiGo Gallery, Champaign, IL

2011        The Drawn Image, Art Coop Gallery for the Boneyard Art Festival, curator and exhibitor

2009   Drawing/Dance Collaboration with Kirstie Simpson, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois

2009       East Meets West, Center of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

2006       On Our Way, Illini Union Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

2006       Women in Buddhism, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

2005       Station Theater, Urbana, IL

2005       Prairie Boatworks Gallery, one-person exhibition, Mahomet, IL

2004       Creation Art Studio and Gallery, Urbana, IL

2001       Kalarte Gallery, two-person exhibition, Champaign, IL

Collections

Chippewa County Historical Museum, Chippewa Falls, WI

Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Awards

Juror’s Prize, 10x10x10 Tieton Invitation, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA 2022

Fulbright Hays Award, India 2011

Turkish Cultural Foundation Award, Turkey 2009                             

Fulbright Memorial Fund Award, Japan 2002

Donald Kuspit Recognition Award, UIUC MFA Exhibition 1985                         

Rotary International Fellowship, Oslo, Norway 1971 – 1972

Publications

Cultivating Divergent Thinking Conceptualization, Art Education Journal, Christina Chin PhD, author, about Viktoria’s innovative teaching practices teaching art through culturally sensitive methodology, November 2013

 India, An Art Curriculum, 2011

Fine Arts Curriculum for the Champaign School District, Kindergarten thru 5th grade, 2009

Contemporary Native American Art Curriculum, 2008

Japan, An Art Curriculum, 2002

Guide to Papermaking, Pyramid Paper Company, 1982

Area Teacher Visits Japan, Cultural Connection, Champaign County Cultural Consortium, 2003

Videos and Articles

Around the Block 3, YouTube artist presentation, 2021

River of Life, Altered, YouTube exhibition gallery talk, January 2017

Broken Treaties/Chippewa Flowage, YouTube, creation of a painting, 2017

An Abecedarian Amble Through C-U: S is for Studio, Smile Politely online magazine, October 2014

Looking Back: Highlights, News Gazette, Champaign, IL, December 2016

Studio Visit, News Gazette, Champaign, IL, January 2010

Presentations and Workshops

2010 Slash the Misconception: Chainsaw Reform in Assessment, with April Munson, Kennesaw State University, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Urbana

2008 Through the Lens of Art: Creating a Curriculum about Contemporary Native American Artists, National Art Educators Association Conference, New Orleans

2008 Contemporary Native American Artists Curriculum, Teacher Workshop, University of Illinois, Krannert Art Museum

2008 Contemporary Native American Artists Curriculum, Teacher Workshop, Eastern Illinois University

2002 Creating Cross-Cultural Exhibits in Schools, International Society for Education in the Arts World Conference, NYC

2002, 2003, 2005 The Spirit of Creativity, Parkland College Women’s Retreat at New Harmony, IN

2002 Education and the Arts in Japan, Art Specialists Teachers’ Institute, Champaign School District

2002 Japanese Art Curriculum, Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation

Boards and Memberships

Murphy Gallery Board of Directors, McKinley University YMCA

Illinois Prairie Chapter of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America