MERI PLOETZ DECARIA:

Broadsides illuminated by Meri have been donated to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Joel P. Jensen Middle School, Clayton Intermediate School, and the Salt Lake County Complex.

EDUCATION: 1988 B.F.A., The American College in London, England

1986 A.A., The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 1983 The Pratt School of Design, New York City, NY.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2003 Two person show, Eccles Community Art Center., Ogden, UT Holiday Group show - six artists, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
2002 Three person show, Phillips Gallery, SLC, UT
Invited artist, "What 40 Eyes See", Sweet Branch Library, SLC, UT
Springville Museum, Cultural Olympiad juried exhibit, Springville, UT
2001 Three person Exhibit, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
Invited artist, Utah Arts Festival Grand Hall Exhibit and "Beehive" Fundraiser
Featured artist for The New Yorker Restaurant's quarterly calendar and exhibit 2000
Invited artist, Utopia, Dystopia, Apocalypse: Images for a New Millennium, Sweet Branch Library, SLC, UT
1999 Three person exhibit, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Screens, Invited artist, Salt Lake Art Center spring fund raiser/auction.
1998 Utah '98, Utah Arts Council juried exhibit, traveling & purchase award recipient. Union Pacific Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
1997-'03 Spring Salon, juried exhibit, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1996 Invited Artist, Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT Holiday Exhibit, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
1995 No False Eyelashes, (three person show) Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah 95', Juried exhibit, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
1994 Right Side Down, (one person show) Sweet Branch Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Holiday Exhibit, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
1993 Summer Group Show & Small Packages, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (Consistent participant in Phillips Gallery group shows 1993 to present.)
Intimate Views, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT Holiday Exhibit, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
1992 Invited artist, Street Banners for the Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT
Small Packages, Holiday exhibit, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1991 Holiday Exhibit, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT

COMMISSIONS: 2004 Painted miniature tea set for Repertory Dance Theater's fundraiser.
2001 Painted beehive for the UT Arts Festival 20th Anniversary fundraiser/auction.
1999 Painted screen for the Salt Lake Art Center spring fundraiser/auction. Painted handrail for the handicapped ramp, UTA's Lightrail, Ballpark Station.
1995 Two murals & a 40 x 60 canvas for the Metro Sports Club, ZCMI Mall, SLC, UT.
1993 Painted Architectural Column, Oyster Bar, Gastronomy Inc., Salt Lake City, UT.
Cover Design, Salt Lake Gallery Association, Salt Lake City, UT. Art Button Design," Art: Salt Lake's Full of It", Salt Lake Gallery Association.
Cover Design, Holiday Craft Exhibit Mailer, Salt Lake Arts Council, SLC, UT.