Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT WORK
Shepard’s Dream: Featured Artist, Fiber/Encaustic/Mixed Media, April-June 2026, First Friday Art Walk, Ashland, OR
Coffee Bach’s: Encaustic Monoprint in the Permanent Collection, Phoenix, OR
Artemesia Institute: Sacred Art & Shamanic Divination Sessions Available (By Appt 312-437-4325), Ashland, OR
Bloomsbury Blends: Encaustic & Sacred Art, Jan+Feb 2026, First Friday Art Walk, Ashland, OR
Lookinglass Beads: Sacred Art, Ashland, OR, Nov + Dec 2025, First Friday Art Walk, Ashland, OR
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Magazine Article: Together Magazine: Missional Wisdom Foundation Pubs., Spring 2019, Volume 1: Pg. 15, Southlake, TX;
https://www.missionalwisdom.com/publications
Magazine Article: ASHEVILLE MADE, 2018, May 2 Issue, Asheville, NC;
https://ashevillemade.com/to-make-it-as-a-healer-speak-softly-and-carry-a-big-talking-stick/
Magazine Cover: Evolving: A Guide for Conscious Living, Revolving, 14×12 Encaustic, 2016, June Issue, Santa Fe, NM; https://issuu.com/evolving/docs/sfjune16
Mission Hospital/Asheville, Spring Green, 8×24 Encaustic, 2014, Public Collection, Asheville, NC; https://www.desireedemars.com/paintings-prints/
Sassafrass Studio & Gallery at Riverview Station: Current Works of Encaustic Paintings & Monoprints, 2011 Owner Exhibt, River Arts District, Asheville, NC; https://www.desireedemars.com/rada-inside-a-studio-7-2011/
Dairyland Graphics: Ken Howell Barn Mural Project, 1975 Wisconsin Arts Board & The National Endowment for the Arts, Ashland, WI; http://www.firthphotobank.com/index.php?module=media&pId=102&id=2439
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Museum of Encaustic Art/Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM;
https://www.eainm.com/permanent-collection-desiree-demars/
The International Encaustic Artists, Provincetown, RI
EXHIBITS + MUSEUMS
2026 Shepard’s Dream: Featured Artist, Fiber/Encaustic/Mixed Media, April-June, First Friday Art Walk, Ashland, OR
2026 Crooked Mile Gallery/Coffee Bach’s, Encaustic Monoprint in Permanant Collection, Phoenix, OR
2026 Bloomsbury Blends Cafe, Group Exhibit, Encaustics & Sacred Art, Jan+Feb, Ashland, OR
2025 Looking Glass Beads, Sacred Art Display, Nov+Dec, Ashland, OR
2025 Phree Gallery 144 Exhibit, Power Animals: Encaustics & Sacred Art, June-July, Phoenix, OR
2025 Talent Beauty Spot Exhibit, Sacred Art & The History of the Rattle, Encaustics & Sacred Art, April-May, Talent, OR
2024 Fiber Arts Collective Exhibit + Workshop, Ancestral Altars, Fiber + Mixed Media, February, Ashland, OR
2020 Featured Artist: From Here & Far Gallery, Art for the Body, Mind + Soul, February & March, Asheville, NC
2019 Curated National Exhibition: 50 States: 200 Artists, Museum of Encaustic Art, Elemental, Mixed Media, Santa Fe, NM
2018 16th Annual Grace Gallery Juried Exhibition, Ancestral Reflection and Journey Home, Mixed Media, Mills River, NC
2017 Members Gallery Selection: Permanent Collection, Museum of Encaustic Art, Elemental, Encaustic, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Juried Exhibition: Making Your Mark, Encaustic Art Institute & International Encaustic Artists, Encaustic, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Artisan Materials Expo: Creative Ascension, Current Collection Exhibit & Teaching Workshops, Encaustic, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Fifth Annual Encaustic Art Institute Juried Exhibit, Self Portrait, Encaustic/Mixed Media, Santa Fe, NM
2014 The Art Center Juried Exhibition: Nature In Art, Spring Green and Forest III, Encaustic, Highland Park, IL
2014 National Juried Exhibition: Big Bad Wax, Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Encaustic, Mount Dora, FL
2013 EAI National Juried Encaustic Exhibition, Encaustic/Mixed Media, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Albuquerque Airport: Permanent Collection, Revolving, Encaustic/Mixed Media, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Greenville Museum of Art Special Exhibit: Art & Social Change, HONEY: Colony Collapse Disorder, Kundalini Rising, Encaustic, Greenville, SC
2011 Asheville Art Museum: The Front Gallery, Featured Exhibit: Elemental Embrace w/Guest Artist: Kat McIver, Asheville, NC
2010 Sassafrass Studio & Gallery at Riverview Station Opening, Co-Owner, River Arts District, Asheville, NC