Bonnie Latham
Hastings, MN 55033 USA
Studio Phone: 651-438-9944
E-mail: bonnie@lathamstudios.com
Web Site: www.lathamstudios.com
Education
Private & group courses with the following artists:
John Banovich
Robert Bateman
Greg Beecham
Will Bullas
Patricia Geisheker
Matthew Hillier
Terry Isaac
Tom Lynch
Daniel Smith
Mort Solberg
Ray “Paco” Young
Gallery Representation
(Current)
Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey www.decoyswildlife.com
Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming www.gallerieswestjacksonhole.com
Miller Gallery – Cincinatti, Ohio www.millergallery.com
Moose Horn Gallery – Livingston, Montana www.moosehorngallery.com
Whistle Pik Galleries – Fredericksburg, Texas www.whistlepik.com
Yoshida’s Fine Art Gallery – Portland, Oregon (2007)
Gabriele’s Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Nature’s Palette Art Gallery – Hastings, Minnesota (1996 – 2002)
Picture Gardens Art Gallery – Hastings, Minnesota (2002 – 2004)
Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson Hole, Wyoming (2001 – 2005)
Ron Stewart Gallery – Scottsdale, Arizona (2004 – 2005)
O’Malley Gallery – Farmington, Minnesota
Three Person Exhibitions (Family Group Shows)
2007
Featured Artists – Moosehorn Gallery – Livingston, Montana
Latham Studios Spring Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
2006
Three Person Show – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Three Person Show – Moose Horn Gallery – Livingston, Montana
Three Person Show – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Latham Studios Spring Show – Carpenter Nature Ctr. – Hastings, Minnesota
Latham Studios Fall Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
2005
“Natural Inspirations”- A Latham Family Painting Exhibition – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Latham Studios Spring Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
Latham Studios Fall Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
2004
“Nature’s Details”- a Family of Painters Capturing Nature’s Elusive Beauty – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
“Spirit of the Wild”- a Family of Painters Capturing Nature’s Elusive Beauty – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson Hole, Wyoming Latham Studios Spring Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
Latham Studios Fall Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
2003
“Into the Wild”-The Lathams a Family of Painters – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Latham Studios Spring Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
Latham Studios Fall Show – Carpenter Nature Center – Hastings, Minnesota
Three person show – Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Gallery – Bloomington, Minnesota
Group Exhibitions (Group Shows)
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NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Moosehorn Gallery Show – Livingston, Montana
2007
Fall Show & Shoot – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Spring Open House – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Miniatures Show – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale – Tulsa, Oklahoma
El Dorado Fine Art GalleryÂ’s 26th Annual Miniature Show
4th Internationale dÂ’art Miniature – Québec, Canada
16th International Miniature Art Show – Seaside Art Gallery – Nags Head, North Carolina
15th Annual Miniature Show – Parklane Gallery – Kirkland, Washington
Miniatures in Mariposa, Northern California Society of Arts in Miniature – Mariposa, CA
Marwell Wildlife Art Exhibition – Marwell Zoo – England
The Wildlife Art Society’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition – Nature in Art Museum – England
The National Exhibition of Wildlife Art – England
Wild Spirit: Interpretations of Wildlife – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
5th Annual Fall Roundup (Fall Arts Festival) – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Special Featured Exhibition – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Miniature Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers Society (MPSGS) – 74th Annual Miniature Art Exhibition – Bethesda, Maryland
Little Jewels Miniature Show – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
12th Annual Christmas Miniature Show – Fredericksburg, Texas
Objects of Desire XVI Holiday Miniature Exhibition – Miller Gallery – Cincinnati, OhioÂ
2006
Arts for the Parks Competition – Mini 100 – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Little Jewels Miniature Show – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
4th Annual Fall Roundup – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Spring Open House – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale – Tulsa, Oklahoma
2005
Arts for the Parks Competition – Mini 100 – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Little Jewels Miniature Show – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Drawn to Nature Art Exhibition & Sale – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Original Art Exhibition – Blank Park Zoo – Des Moines, Iowa
3rd Annual Fall Roundup – Galleries West Fine Art – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
American Artists for Tsunami Victims Art Auction – Arden House Estate, Harriman, New York – Columbia University & Orange Co. Art League
Spring Open House – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale – Tulsa, Oklahoma
2004
Easton Waterfowl Festival – Easton, Maryland
Fall Show & Shoot – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
It’s a Small World Miniature Show – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson, Wyoming
Christmas Miniature Show – Fredericksburg, Texas
Southern Wildlife Festival – Decatur, Alabama
44th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists
16th Annual Papermill Playhouse International Miniature Art Exhibit – Millburn, New Jersey
Platte River Wildlife Art Show – Ashland, Nebraska
NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Florida Wildlife Exposition – Lakeland, Florida
Open House – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery/Gabriele’s Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Minnesota Safari Club State Convention & Auction – Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
2003
It’s a Small World Miniature & Small Works Exhibition – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson, Wyoming
Fall Show & Shoot – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Open House – Decoys & Wildlife Gallery/Gabriele’s Gallery – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Easton Waterfowl Festival – Easton, Maryland
Wildlife Art in the Park – Henderson, Kentucky
NatureWorks Art Show and Sale – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Southern Wildlife Festival – Decatur, Alabama
Watertown Art Festival – Watertown, South Dakota
Art Barbarians Fall Art Cruise – St. Croix River, Minnesota
Como Fest – Como Zoo – St. Paul, Minnesota
Florida Wildlife Exposition – Lakeland, Florida
San Bernardino County Museum – Duck Stamp Tour – Redlands, California
2002
“It’s a Small World” Miniature Art Show – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Decoys & Wildlife Annual Wildlife and Sporting Art Show – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson, Wyoming
San Bernardino County Museum – Redlands, California – Federal Duck Stamp Tour
(5th Biennial) 2002 Kentucky Wildlife Art Exhibition – Henderson, Kentucky
Wings’n Water Festival – Stone Harbor, New Jersey
Watertown Art Festival – Watertown, South Dakota
Art Barbarians Riverboat Cruise Show & Sale – St. Croix River, Minnesota
Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival – Horizon Fine Art Gallery – Jackson, Wyoming
Cabela’s Fall Expo – Owatonna, Minnesota
Rough Riders International Art Show – Williston, North Dakota
Minnesota Bowhunters chapter Safari Club – Woodbury, Minnesota
Florida Wildlife & Western Exposition – Lakeland, Florida
2001
Watertown Art Festival – Watertown, South Dakota
19th Annual Wings’ n Water Festival – Wetlands Institute, New Jersey
Minnesota Jaycees benefit – Edina, Minnesota
State Fish Art Expo, Mall of America – Bloomington, Minnesota
Rough Riders International Art Show – Williston, North Dakota
James Ford Bell Museum – Demonstrating artist – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Safari Club International, Iowa Chapter – Des Moines, Iowa
Safari Club International, Northern Bowhunters Chapter – Woodbury, Minnesota
2000
Show & Stamp Signing at “Art Barbarians” Roseville, Minnesota
Featured Artists “Cabelas Fall Expo” , Minnesota
Artists of Minnesota – Intermediate Opaque – Hastings, Minnesota
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition, Washington, D.C.
Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition, Bloomington, Minnesota
Minnesota State Capital Exhibit – St. Paul, Minnesota
1999
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge gallery – Bloomington, Minnesota
Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Competition – St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition, Minnesota
1998
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge gallery – Bloomington, Minnesota
Como Zoo – St. Paul, Minnesota
School of Environmental Studies – Apple Valley, Minnesota
Prairie Pothole Days – Willmar, Minnesota
Permanent exhibit, Hastings City Hall – Hastings, Minnesota
Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest – Nicollet, Minnesota
Beg. Portrait – Artists of Minnesota – Little Falls, Minnesota
Carpenter Nature Center Harvest Fest – Hastings, Minnesota
1997
Wild Wings Gallery – Lake City, Minnesota – Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Tour
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge gallery – Bloomington, Minnesota
Farmington Public Library – Farmington, Minnesota
Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp – Bloomington, Minnesota
Artists of Minnesota Spring Show – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Minnesota State Fair – St. Paul Minnesota
Dakota Valley Art Council Fine Art Show – Farmington, Minnesota
Carpenter Nature Center Harvest Fest – Hastings, Minnesota
1996
Minnesota State Fair Youth Art Exhibit – St. Paul, Minnesota
1992
Snow – Expo – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Awards and Honors
2008
Honorable Mention in Birds & Animals – Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society, Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
2007
“Animal Award” – Cider Painters of America
1st Place Watercolor – El Dorado Gallery – Miniature Show
Best of Show – Miniatures in Mariposa – Sierra Artists Gallery
Artist of the Year – Minnesota Ducks Unlimited
2006
Mini 100 – Arts for the Parks (Jackson, WY)
2005
Mini 100 – Arts for the Parks (Jackson, WY)
2004
Award of Excellence – 16th Papermill International Miniature Exhibition – Millburn, New Jersey
2003
13th Place ~ Federal Duck Stamp Competition – Washington, D.C.
2002
10th Place ~ Federal Duck Stamp Competition – Washington, D.C.
2001
National 3rd place ~ State Fish Art Expo, Mall of America – Bloomington, Minnesota
2000
Second Place – Intermediate Opaque ~ Artists of Minnesota – Hastings, Minnesota
Best of Show ~ Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition – Washington, D.C.
Best of Show ~ Minnesota Federal Jr. Duck Stamp Competition – Bloomington, Minnesota
1999
Champion ~ Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Competition – St. Paul, Minnesota
First Place ~ Minnesota Federal Jr. Duck Stamp Competition
1998
First Place ~ 1997-1998 Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp – Nicollet, Minnesota
Merit ~ Beg. Portrait – Artists of Minnesota – Little Falls, Minnesota
Merit ~ Carpenter Nature Center Harvest Fest – Hastings, Minnesota
1997
Second Place ~ Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp – Bloomington, Minnesota
Merit ~ Beg. Pastel – Artists of Minnesota – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Two first places ~ Minnesota State Fair – St. Paul, Minnesota
1992
Second place – Snow – Expo – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Collections
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The Smithsonian Institution (Autographed Items)
The Whitehouse
Wildlife Art Magazine (Autographed Items)
Act II Popcorn
Cabelas of Owatonna
Private Collections – United States, Australia
Selected Bibliography & Media
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Printed Media
“All in the Family” Feature article about the Latham family of artists – Wildlife Art Magazine – 2008
“The Lathams Live, Work, & Paint Together” Informart Magazine (WY/CT) – 2005
“Like Mother, Like Daughter” Sketchbook Magazine – F&W Publications – 2005
44th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists show catalog – 2004
Jackson Hole News & Guide (WY) – 2003 & 2004
Decatur Daily (AL) – 2003
Applause Magazine (MD) – 2003
“Women Tout Artistic Parity” – Wildlife Art Magazine (MN) – 2002
“Generation Next” – US Art Magazine (MN) – 2000
Mpls. Star Tribune (MN) – 2000
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) – 2000
Outdoor News (MN) – 2000
“News & Notes” – Wildlife Art Magazine (MN) – Numerous Issues
Radio & Television
Minnesota Bound television program/rebroadcast on KARE 11 News (MN)
KDWA radio interview (MN)
The Environmental Journal television program – sponsored by MN state lottery (MN)
KFAN Sports Radio (MN)
Professional Affiliations
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SAA – Society of Animal Artists, Worldwide based in New York, NY (Signature Membership)
AFC (WNAG) – Artists for Conservation, Worldwide based in Canada (Signature Membership)
AAA – Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
CLWCA – Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
MIWAS – Marwell International Wildlife Art Society, Worldwide based in the UK
TWASI – The Wildlife Art Society International, Worldwide based in the UK
HS – Hilliard Society of Miniaturists, Worldwide based in the UK
WFM – World Federation of Miniaturists, Worldwide based in AU
CPA – Cider Painters of America, Worldwide based in Dallas, PA (Membership by invitation only)
MASF – Miniature Art Society of Florida, Worldwide based in Clearwater, FL
Public Speaking & Teaching Experience
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Lecture/Demonstration Instructor – Young Writers & Artists Conference (MN)
Lecture/Workshop Instructor – Artists of MN
Lecture/Federal Junior Duck Stamp Coordinators Convention (MN)
Art Teacher – S. Washington Co. Community Education (MN)
Speech/2000 Federal Duck Stamp Contest – Washington, D.C.
Art Teacher & Workshop Instructor – Nature’s Palette (MN)
Art Teacher – Studio 61 (MN)
Art Teacher – Christian Homeschoolers Co-op (MN)
Scholarships
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Minnesota Waterfowl Assoc. & Hiawatha Chapter MWA
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program Scholarship