About the Artist

Geraldine Dobos - Biography

Geraldine is a visual and performing artist based in Nebraska

Geraldine Dobos is a representational artist and art historian with an abiding interest in people. She is also socially engaged through her curatorial work and performative art, in Lincoln, NE, where she maintains a studio. She is the co-founder and curator of Art From The Inside, Nebraska, begun in 2019. Her work has been exhibited at the Ernst Museum, and Vizavarosi Gallery, among others in Budapest, Hungary, and as a solo artist at the Governor’s Mansion, Lincoln, NE. Her work is in the Mayor’s Offices and City Library collection, Balatonfüred, Hungary, and published in 10, Central Europe through the Eye of the International Artist.

 

She has been awarded two Artist – in – Residences with the Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest. She was an Inaugural Fellow for the Digital Humanities Incubator Project Fellowship, University of Nebraska Lincoln; and earned the Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship.

 

She earned her Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and has lectured extensively locally and at national conferences. Her drawings and oil paintings reflect her interest in Classicism, and the Impressionist and Renaissance tendencies of her teachers, living masters HongNian Zhang, and Lois Woolley, Woodstock NY, and Robin Grass, Everett, PA.

Exhibitions | Curatorial + Collaborative

2022

Reconstructing Memory; In Presence, Collaborative Performance, Lincoln NE

2021

Reconstructing Memory; Rebuilding Relationships, Installation and Collaborative
Performance, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and
Performing Arts, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE https://www.geraldinedobos.com/video/9595

2019 – 2025
Annual Art from the Inside, Incarcerated Artists of the Nebraska Department of
Correctional Services (NDCS), G Dobos Studio, Lincoln, NE
https://journalstar.com/entertainment/visual-art/nebraska-inmates-tap-into-creative-talent-they-hadnt-explored-before-prison/article%c2%bf1b20053b-fcf7-534b-a70c-3bb25540e722.html

2018

Rhythm of Peace – Movement for Change: LiFETiME (Liminality in Flux:
Experience
Transitioning in Motion Eternally) Installation + Performance, Sheldon Museum,
Lincoln, NE

2015

Chief Standing Bear Ponca Removal Trail Map Project, Nebraska Commission
of Indian Affairs and UNL Center for Digital Research, Lincoln, NE
http://chiefstandingbearmap.com/neatline/show/ponca-removal-trail-map

2013 – 2015 Videographer, Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project (ACARP),
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Department of Art and Art History, University of
Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE http://youtu.be/KkKh68_GBcs
Exhibitions | Solo + Select Group  

2024
Life Drawing Exhibition, Turbine Flats, Lincoln, NE

2017
International Artists in Residency Exhibition, Görbe Bögre Kávézó és Galéria,
Budapest, Hungary

2010
One Day Somewhere, Solo Exhibit, McClelland Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2007
Szép Magyarország, Solo Exhibit, Governor’s Mansion, Lincoln, NE

2006
From/About, Keki Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2005
Aukcio-Ernst Museum and Charity Auction, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

2004
Tenth International Artists' Residencies Exhibition, Vizavarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2003
Ninth Annual International Artists' Residencies Exhibition, Art East Gallery, Balatonfüred, Hungary

1999
Sojourn in September, Monongalia Art Center, Morgantown, WV