EDUCATION

1985 MFA,  University of California, Irvine, "New Media" emphasis
1980 BA,    University of Maryland, College Park,  Art studio emphasis

COMMISSIONS

2005 “Tribute to Joseph,” 5’x12’ horiz. mural, Bryant Residence, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2003 "Stations of the Cross” 24”x30” Stations designs for 14 bronze plaques, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Riverside, CA
1998 "Southwestern Landscape," 7’x22’ mural, (with Ed Perez), Village Bar & Grill, University Village Shopping Ctr.
1998 "Ming Land & Seascape," 5’x18’ mural, (with Ed Perez), Village Wok, University Village Shopping Ctr.
1998 "Taj Mahal" 16’x12’ mural, (with Ed Perez), Royal Bengal Restaurant, University Village Shopping Ctr.

SOLO / DUO

2010 "Roccommodage." Baroque paintings, Riverside Arts Project gallery, Riverside, CA
2009 "Odd Shaped Canvas: Two Deconstructions," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
1998 "Grayscales," StarLoft Gallery, StarMax Theater, Riverside CA
1990 "Shaped Canvases," Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1985 "Paintings and Copymachine art," California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

GROUP

2011 "IntraUrban: Plan+Sustain,” scale model for ecological installation, RCAA, Riverside, CA
-------  "IntraUrban: Plan+Sustain,” scale model for ecological installation, Henry & David Gallery, El Paseo Dr., Palm Desert, CA 
2010 “Art VULUPS,” art for sustainability, Riverside Projects Gallery, Riverside, CA 
2009 “Spring Forth,” derivative image, R.C.A.A. Gallery, Riverside, CA 
2008 “Spring Forth,” photographs, R.C.A.A. Gallery, Riverside, CA 
2007 “Summer Duldrums,” scale model w/political content, R.C.A.A. Gallery, Riverside, CA, 
-------- “Recent Photos,” latest digital images, Riverside Visitors’ Center Gallery, Riverside, CA
2006 “Riverside Visitors’ Center, five photographs, Riverside, CA
2005 “Holiday Affair,” Christmas decoration, R.C.A.A. Gallery, Riverside, CA
2004 “Hot Time in the City,” digital images, R.C.A.A. Gallery, Riverside, CA
2003 “Digital Art History”, “Hot Time in the City”, R.C.A.A. Gallery, Riverside, CA
1999 “Pure Objects,” Conceptual art, curated by John Cullen, DA Community Arts Center, Pomona, CA
1997 “Digital Quilt,” Adobe Systems, http://www.adobe.com/studio/artgallery/quilt/spec.html
1996 “Computer Generated Fine Art,” Riverside Community College, Riverside,  CA
-------- "Faculty Exhibition," (computer aided images) Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
1995 "Group Show", digital photography, Venezia Galleria D'Arte, Venice, CA
-------- "Group Show," (computer aided images) Riverside Community College, Riverside,  CA
1994 “Computer Images and the Electronic Medium,” University of Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe 
-------- "Far Bazaar", digital computer images, Old Wells Fargo Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
1993 "Fringe of the Fringe Art Festival," installation, Art Gallery, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA,
-------- "The Defense Never Rests," gelatin silver prints, Cee's Coffee House, Riverside, CA
-------- "Nature Gives...(Priroda Daje),"  drypoint etchings, traveling exhibition, Gospodniye Art Museum, Lyubliana, Slovenia
1992 "Art Faculty/Inland Empire," drawings, Norman F. Feldheym Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
-------- "Art Faculty Exhibit," mixed media installation, Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, CA
------- "Nature Gives...(Priroda Daje)," etchings, traveling exhibition, Cultural Center Gallery, Belgrade, Bosnia-Herzegovina
-------- "Dia De Los Muertos: A Tradition Continuues," photography, Paul Villasenor Library Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
1991"Those Who Do Art," invitational, computer art, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
-------- "All UC Photography," purchase prize, computer art, Grove Gal, Univ. of Calif., San Diego, CA 
-------- "Current Work," See's Coffee House, Canyon Crest Center, Riverside, CA
1989 "Healing the Wounds," Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA
-------- "Che Fanno Polaroid?" manipulated polaroid images, Ugo Ferranti Gallery, Rom a, Italia
1989 "Healing the Wounds," Cultural Affairs Department, Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
--------"Polaroids and Laserjet Monoprints," See's Coffee House, Riverside, CA
1988 "Copymachine Art II," Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA,
-------- 1st prize, "Healing the Wounds," Chapman College Art Gallery, Orange, CA
-------- "Healing the Wounds," Cultural Affairs Department, Artspace, Los Angeles, CA
1987 "Group Show," Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA
-------- "Healing the Wounds," San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA
-------- "Current Works 1987," San Bernardino Public Library, San Bernardino, CA
1987 "Art for Documenta 8," Kassel, West Germany,
-------- "AIDS in Paradise," Saveremena Gallerija, Modene, Yugoslavia,
-------- "God, Man, Glamour," Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
-------- "That's What I Like About the West," University of South Dakota, Rapid  City, SD
-------- "Designs for Peace," University of California, Irvine, CA
-------- "Berkeley Printmakers," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1985 "Berkeley Printmakers," Shoh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
-------- "In Burden's View," Copymachine Art, Los Angels Contemporary Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-------- "Master's Thesis," University of California, Irvine, CA
-------- "Group Show," Inland Empire Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA
1984 "Alumni Show," drawings, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
-------- "Fete de Arte," assemblage, Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Claremont College, Claremont, CA
-------- "Visions," Stage One Gallery, Orange, CA
-------- "Group Show," Inland Empire Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA
-------- "Assemblages," Inland Empire Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA

ARTICLES, CATALOGUES, REVIEWS

2011 Inland Empire Magazine, “John Dingler: Creative Force,” Three Sixty, Jeanne Boyer, pp48, Riverside, CA
2009 Press-Ent., Local Plus, “Studio Abound with Politics,...Satire: Artist Spotlight: “John Dingler...,” Daniel Foster, pp. D5, Riv. , CA
-------- Riverside Art Museum, “Studio Visit with Artist John Dingler,”Janell Glessner, RAM Blog, Riverside, CA
2008 Press-Ent., "John Dingler, AKA Robert Frostbite,...at Back to the Grind...," The Guide, Carrie Rosema, pp. AA19, Riverside, CA
-------- Press-Ent., "Art Show: Riverside Open Studios Tour, photo of John Dingler, Local Plus, Special to the Press, pp. D2, Riverside, CA
2005 Press-Enterprise, "War Cry: Sculptor’s work bashes U.S. action in Iraq,"Your Life, Mark Muckenfuss, pp. C10, Riverside, CA
2000 Press-Enterprise, "Artists toast reading with imagination," Entertainment, Mary Alice Cline,  pp.2, Riverside, CA
1999 Da Center for the Arts, Catalogue: “Pure Objects,” Curated by John Cullen
-------- Press-Enterprise, "Fine Art Finds a Home in a Surprising Showplace," Devorah Knaff, p. C-9, Riverside, CA
1993 E. C. Sambor, "Nature Gives...: Observations on Ecology," Panta Laziac, pp. 121, 216, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1991 The Press-Enterprise, Entertainment, "This time, it's the guys' turn," Pat O'Brien, p D-10, Riverside, CA
1990 Art Times, "John Dingler Receives UCR Purchase Award," Ellen Estilai, Vol. VI, No4, p5, Riverside
-------- UCSD Guardian, "UC Faculty, Staff, Student, Photo Contest Entries, Displayed at Grove," Catherine Dills, p6, U.C.S.D., CA
-------- Daily Bruin News, "'All UC Photography' exhibit opens today," Kamna Dhoka, p15, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
-------- Highlander, Arts and Entertainment, "Diversity Highlights...," Aidin Vaziri, p5, University of California, Riverside, CA
-------- Mosaic "Double Man," p5, University of California, Riverside, CA
-------- UC Report, "Photo by John Dingler chosen for purchase Award," Vol 7, No 33, p5, University of California, Riverside, CA
-------- Warner Center News, "'Healing the Wounds' Three Grayscale Images,'" Victoria Giraud, p14, Woodland Hills, CA
1989 Telegram Tribune, Focus, "Viet Nam art triggers emotions for local vets," Phil Dirkx, p3, San Luis Obispo, CA
-------- Telegram Tribune, County, "The statements are powerful in 'Healing the Wounds," Keith Dills, p6, San Luis Obispo, California
1987 Mustang Daily, Art, "Healing the Wounds," George Santayana, p?m, Woodland Hills, CA
-------- Los Angeles Times, View, "Art to Heal the Wounds...," Paul Dean p?, Los Angeles, CA
-------- Sun Bulletin, Life Styles, "VN vets vent war horrors in S.L.O., CA, art exhibit," Jay Thompson, pp. 12,13, Morro Bay, CA
1985 Shoah Gallery, exhibit catalogue, “Berkeley Printmakers,” Carl Kasten, curator, Osaka, Japan
1987 Mosaic, "I dreamt...," pp. 18, University of California, Riverside, CA
1987 Medunarodnja Izlozba, "Majl Arta," Andrej Tizma, p3, Modene, Yugoslavia
-------- Shoh, "Berkeley Printmakers," Shoichiro Satake, p4, Tokyo, Japan

BROADCAST MEDIA

1991 KPBS Television, "On the Air," "All UC Photography," San Diego, C
1989 KCBS, Channel 2 Evening News, interviewed, "Healing the Wounds," LA CA1989
1986 Tri Star Pictures, seven paintings included in the motion picture, "My Man Adam," Los Angeles, CA,
1989 (to 1991) KUCR radio, host of "New Paradigm," University of California, Riverside

AWARDS

1991 "All UC Photography," purchase award, U. of C., San Diego, CA; juried by Arthur Ollman, Director, Museum of Photographic Arts
1987 "Copymachine Art II," 1st. Prize, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA
1985 "Regents' Fellowship," University of California, Irvine, CA
1984 "Regents' Fellowship," University of California, Irvine, CA


COLLECTIONS

Riverside Arts Museum, Riverside, CA
University of Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA
Chancellor's House, University of California, Riverside
Abacus Enterprises, Irvine, CA
California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, CA