About Dominique

Hi! My name is Dominique Kongsli (Ovalle) (she, her, ella) and I am a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. I am a mother of two children, and a water fanatic. You can find me paddle boarding, kayaking, surfing occasionally, and swimming. I was raised in the Bay Area and Fresno, CA where I cut my teeth as a muralist working alongside street artists in Fresno's downtown. I lived in Malibu, the Los Angeles Area and Orange County before moving to Bend in 2017. My intention is to create joyful paintings which show an appreciation for nature, and bring social consciousness to the traditional visual art landscape. As a traditional, classical oil painter who dabbles in NFT's and experiments with AI to create original subject matter, I merge both digital and analog worlds.

My subject matter (gathered from original photographs and AI search engines) contains both landscapes, still lifes and portraits—and while these are traditional subjects painted in an accessible, neo-impressionist style, I consider my work to be political. I paint women in positions of power and pleasure, while both twisting convention and elevating a woman's traditional role as mother.

In my landscapes, I try to connect the viewer with a narrative of environmental consciousness. I bring awareness of our responsibility to stewardship of our one wild, beautiful and precious planet.

I also create large-scale, iridescent, abstract butterflies and make sculptural, 3-D relief paintings which celebrate coral and color. The common thread woven through my diverse interests is a profound appreciation of nature.

I've been practicing art professionally for 18 years, and my progress has been quiet, steady, and slow. I feel my skill and work ethic has caught up to my speed of ideas, positioning me for launch, for whatever opportunity comes next.

I graduated from Pepperdine University (BA Studio Art) and have a Master of Fine Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University (Studio Art). I love to create and sharing the joys of creativity with my collectors and students. I offer private lessons and mentorships in arts education.

Founder of Bend Art Events - www.bendartevents.com

“I spend each day creating art alongside my two children, ages 2 and 4. I love watching them grow as little artists. I combined my affinity for event planning, my knowledge of teaching art, and my drive to help others experience the joy of art, to create Bend Art Events, an arts entertainment company.”

For inquiries and commissions, please email:

dom@dominiquekongsli.com

www.dominiquekongsli.com

www.bendartevents.com

Here is a capture from my Master of Fine Art thesis show, 2009.

Here is a capture from my earlier, abstract, experimental work, 2010. Surfs up, yo!

I am the 2021-22 featured artist at Visit Bend! Check it out here!

Professional Fine Art Experience

Fine Artist 2009-present

Instructor 2010-present

Instructor / Visual Art and Graphic Design, Trinity Lutheran High School / 2021-present

Instructor / Drawing and painting private lessons, DOMKO / 2017-present

Instructor / Graphic Design / Central Oregon Community College / 2019

Digital Photography, AP Art History / Orange Lutheran Online High School / 2018-19

Instructor / Wined into Watercolor Painting Workshop, DOMKO / 2017-Present

Arts Coordinator/Instructor / Boys and Girls Club of Bend / 2017

Media Arts and Graphic Design Teacher / Orange Lutheran High School / 2014-2017

Visual Arts Teacher / Junior High Grades 6-8 / Red Hill Lutheran School 2015-2016

Ceramics Instructor, Children’s Ceramics; Ages 8-10 / Palos Verdes Art Center / Fall 2013

Museum Art Education Volunteer / Belau National Museum, Palau, Micronesia / 2012

Assistant Teacher, Intermediate, Advanced Ceramics / Scripps College / Fall 2012

Assistant Teacher, Introduction to Oil Painting / Pomona College / Spring 2012

Artist Development Educator / McLane High School, Art Venture Academy / Spring 2010

Arts Manager, Educator / The Boys and Girls Club of the San Carlos Apache Nation AZ / 2010

Art Teacher, Muralist / Ashraya Orphanage and Marathi Medium School, India / Summer 2009

Volunteer Art Tutor / Camp David Gonzalez Juvenile Detention Center 2007-09

Awards/Juried Exhibitions

“Pillars of Art” VisitBend Artist/Muralist, VisitBend, Bend, Oregon / 2021-22

Blaisdell Society, Claremont Graduate University Student Fellowship Recipient / 2013

Fellowship Award, Claremont Graduate University / 2012

1st Place, Painting/Drawing, Aquarium of the Pacific Urban Ocean Festival / 2012

Mentor Award Recipient, McLane High School, Art Venture Academy, Fresno, CA / 2010

Service and Social Action Grant, Pepperdine University; volunteer in Mumbai, India / 2009

Special Achievement Award in Art, Scholarship, Pepperdine University, Malibu / 2005-09

Service and Social Action Grant, Pepperdine University for Costa Rica / 2008

Best of Show and Grand Prize, Pepperdine Business Council Art Show, Malibu, CA / 2006

Superior Art Student Award, Scholarship Recipient, Clovis Art Guild, CA / 2005

Award for Excellence in the Arts, Bank of America / 2005

Congressional Recognition, Congressional Art Competition, Washington, D.C. / 2005

Best of Show, Clovis Unified School District Art Exhibition, Clovis, CA / 2005

Solo Exhibitions

2022

“Bright Pops of Color” works at Lone Pine Coffee, Eastside

“Pillars of Art” Artist/Muralist, VisitBend, Bend, Oregon

2021

Contemporary works at Legume Design Studio

“Pillars of Art” VisitBend Artist/Muralist, VisitBend, Bend, Oregon

 2019

“Forest Feast” Alleda Realty, First Friday Art Walk Exhibition, Bend, OR

“Forest Feast” Legum Design Studio, First Friday Art Walk Exhibition, Bend, OR

“Forest Feast” Northwest Crossing Farmer’s Market, Bend, OR

“Forest Feast” Cascades Sotheby’s International Realty, First Friday Art Walk Exhibition, Bend, OR

2018

“Simple Beauties” First Friday Art Walk Exhibition Cascades Sotheby’s International Realty

“Simple Beauties” First Friday Art Walk Exhibition, July, August, September, La Magie

“Mountaineer” First Friday Art Walk Exhibition, Premier Property Group, Bend, OR

“Afternoon on the River” Live Painting and Art Show, Greg’s Grill, Bend, OR

“Simple Beauties" First Friday Art Walk Exhibition, Thump, Bend, OR

“Unbreakable” Wildroots, Bend, OR

2017

 “Immortal Diamond" Pave, Bend, OR

“In T(O)Tality Br(O)" Wildroots, Bend, OR

“The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior" Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA 2015

“Trop Pop!” Art at the Lost Bean, August-December, Tustin, CA 2014

“Kingdom” Apothecary, Pomona, CA, May-June, 2014

“Spirit of Wavestorm” Religions in Conversation Conference, Claremont Graduate University

“Living Room Affair” Exhibition, Live Art, Ebanos Crossing, Jan. 29, Los Angeles, CA

2013

“Island Fever” Dominique Ovalle & Jackie Bell Johnson, Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA

“Water + Riot + Territory” MFA Thesis Exhibition, Claremont Graduate University

2011

“Liber Veritatis” Solo Show, June 15th, University Presbyterian, Fresno, CA

“Liber Veritatis” Solo Show, May 1-June 3, Bobby Salazar’s, Tower District, Fresno, CA

2010

“I Want To Believe” Dominique Ovalle & Frank Tabarez, Nihon Gallery, Fresno, CA

 2009

“The India Show” Art Show and Artist Lecture, Dec. 4th-Jan. 15th, Teazer, Fresno, CA

Group Exhibitions

2019

First Friday, Art Walk, January, Layor Art Store, Bend, OR

2018

October Residency, Art at St. Charles Hospital, Bend, OR

December Residency, Art at St. Charles Hospital, Bend, OR

First Friday, Art Walk, December, Layor Art Store, Bend, OR

“Shine” Pop-up fair, Boys & Girls Club of Bend, Bend, OR

Westside Christmas Boutique, Bend, OR

2017

Residency, Oct.-April, Artist’s Gallery Sunriver, OR

“Water in Motion”, Deschutes Public Library June 30-October 10th 2017, Bend, OR

“Faculties”, Orange Lutheran High School, Nechita Gallery, Jan-May 2017, Orange, CA

2016

“Of Mind and Material: Toward a New Landscape”, Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA

Art Faculty Invitational, Oct-Dec Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

Portrait Show, Aug-Sept, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

“The Art of Love and Beauty” Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

2015

“The Art of Love and Beauty” Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

“100’s Show”, Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

2014

RAW Artists Show at the Yost Theatre, Santa Ana, CA

“Kaleidoscope”, Debut Exhibition, Culver City, CA

“Footsteps To Freedom,” Miami Art Basel, iPads for Soldiers, Miami, CA

“Out of Place” LGT Production, Historic Villa Riviera Ballroom, Long Beach, CA

2013

“Parallel” July 26, 2013, The Stetson House, Los Angeles, CA

“Trilateral 2013” MFA Candidate Show, April13-27, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona

“10+1 Artists” LELA International Galleria, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA

“Island Motifs” Dominique Ovalle, Dan Taulapapa McMullen, Mosaic Gallery, Pomona

Claremont City Hall Spring Exhibition, Claremont, CA

Performance with Takeshi Kanemura, Kresge Chapel, Claremont School of Theology

2012

“Christmas Eclectic” Curated by Dominique Ovalle. Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA

“Hundreds Under a 100” Invitational. Permadirty Project Space, Claremont, CA

“Inside/Outdoor” Ontario Emporia, Art Walk, Ontario, CA

“While You Were Out” Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

“Woman to Woman” Mosaic Gallery, Exhibitor and Lead Curator, Pomona, CA

“Trilateral Exchange” The Da Center for the Arts MFA Show, Pomona, CA

“The Gaypril Show” Queer Resource Center, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA

“Urban Ocean” Aquarium of the Pacific Urban Ocean Festival, Long Beach, CA

“Art for the Public” Claremont City Hall, Claremont MFA Exhibition, Claremont, CA

“The Home Warming Group Show” Curated by Mihyang Kim, Los Angeles, CA

2011

“27+3” First-Year MFA Exhibition, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

2010

“Trashique: Couture Creations”, The Runway Show, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

“September at Broadway Studios” Art Hop, Broadway Studios, Fresno, CA

“The Homeless Project: Whispers From The Streets” Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

“The Birthday Show” Art Hop, Studio Itz, Fresno, CA

2009

 “Glow-In-The-Dark” The Daydream Republic, Culver City, CA

“The Rabbit Hole” The Daydream Republic, Culver City, CA

“Odd.Eye.See” Senior Showcase, Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Malibu, CA

“ArtRUSH: Assemblage Show” ArtRUSH Visual Arts Club, Country Mart, Malibu, CA

“Project Ethos Show: Art/Fashion” The Vanguard, Hollywood, CA

2008

“The PreSERVE Show”Art RUSH Arts Club, Malibu, CA.Curated, coordinator

“Hope in the City” Mosaic Art Gallery Fundraiser, Grand Hope Park, Los Angeles, CA

“From The Ground Up” Ghana Rural Library Project Art Show, Santa Monica, CA

“HAWC” Howard A. White Center, Pepperdine University, CA, Curated by Joseph Piasentin

 2007

“Undiscovered,” ArtRUSH Visual Arts Club, Malibu, CA, Curator, Coordinator

“Amazing Thailand” The Marriott Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Curated by Khun Thanakorn;

2006

“The Expressionist Magazine Exhibition” Pepperdine University’s Literary/Arts Journal, Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Malibu, CA

2005

Old West and Rodeo Art Show, Clovis Art Guild, Veterans Memorial Building, Clovis, CA, (Juried Exhibition)

Clovis Unified Art Exhibit, April, Clovis Unified School District Board Room, Clovis, CA

 2004

Fresno County Fair, Art Exhibition, Fresno Fairgrounds, Fresno, CA

Clovis Unified Art Exhibit, Clovis Unified School District Board Room, Clovis, CA

“Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Exhibition” Exhibition and Award Recipient Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art

2003

“Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Exhibition” Exhibition and Award Recipient Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publications

2021

VisitBend Pillars of Art Artist/Muralist, VisitBend, Bend, Oregon / 2021-22, https://www.visitbend.com/blog/2021/06/15/dominique-kongsli-is-the-newest-pillars-of-art-contributor/

2020

Cascade A & E Featured Artist, “Newcomer Artist Explores Local Landscape Through The Lens of Spirituality and Language of Art” February, 2020

The Bulletin, Featured Artist, https://www.bendbulletin.com/featured-artist-dominique-kongsli/article_3a3f6224-4907-11ea-81e4-9fd8ca17e0f5.html

2018

Cascade A & E Featured Artist, Artist’s Gallery Sunriver, http://www.cascadeae.com/artistsgallery-sunriver-village-2/

 2013

The Dish, “Believing in the Beautiful” 3/24/13 http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/03/24/believing-in-the-beautiful/

The Other Journal, “I love you: An Interview with Dominique Ovalle” 3/20/13 http://theotherjournal.com/2013/03/20/i-love-you-an-interview-with-dominique-ovalle/

The STEAM Journal; Luminare, Cover Artist. Issue 1; Volume 1 (January 13, 2013)

2012

Claremont Journal of Religion, Cover Artist. http://claremontjournal.com/ (January)

2008

Malibu Surfside News, by Vanessa Harris, “Pepperdine Student Group to Hold ‘Underground’ Art Show” (April 10, 2008)

The Graphic, Blake Franks, “Student Art Rocks Off Campus” (Nov. 13, 2008)

Curatorial Experience

2016

Primary Roots: Orange Lutheran High School Alumni Show, Alexandra Nechita Gallery, Orange, CA

2015

Horror Vacui and the Twilight Series, August-October, Nechita Art Gallery, Orange, CA

Ephemera: Skateboards and Photographs, October-Feb. Nechita Gallery, Orange, CA

Sugar High: Student Exhibition: Gallery 500, Orange Lutheran High School, Orange, CA

2013

 Paula Pradit and Janelle Borsberry, May 14-June 9, 2013, Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA

George Pullido and Clayton Ehman, April 8-May 12, 2013, Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA

“Island Fever” Dominique Ovalle & Jackie Bell Johnson, 2/8-3/2, 2013, Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA

“Island Motifs” Dominique Ovalle, Dan Taulapapa McMullen, Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA

“Water + Riot + Territory” MFA Thesis Exhibition, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

2012

“Woman to Woman” Mosaic Gallery, Exhibitor and Lead Curator, Pomona, CA

 2011

“Liber Veritatis” Solo Show, June 15th, University Presbyterian, Fresno, CA

“Liber Veritatis” Solo Show, May 1-June 3, Bobby Salazar’s, Tower District, Fresno, CA

2010

“I Want To Believe” Dominique Ovalle/Frank Tabarez, May 6-22, Nihon Gallery, Fresno, CA

2009

“The India Show” Art Show and Artist Lecture, Dec. 4th-Jan. 15th, Teazer, Fresno, CA

2008

“The PreSERVE Show” Art RUSH Arts Club, Coordinator, Malibu, CA

2007

“Undiscovered,” ArtRUSH Visual Arts Club, Curator, Coordinator, Malibu, CA

For inquiries and commissions, please email:

dom@dominiquekongsli.com

www.dominiquekongsli.com

(541) 749-0168