Wildlife Artist Rebecca Latham | Detail Painting/Art Exhibition & Bio History | Wildlife Painter/Artist | Nature Painter/Artist | Miniature Painter/Artist | Conservationist | Minnesota Wildlife Artist/Painter | A Young Aritst's Horizon

Wildlife Artist

Rebecca Latham

Detail exhibition & bio history

	Rebecca Latham Preferred mailing address: 11203 Saint Croix Trail South Hastings, MN 55033 USA Studio Phone: 651-438-9944 E-mail: rebecca@lathamstudios.com Web Site: www.lathamstudios.com
Education Private & group courses with the following artists:
	John Banovich Robert Bateman Greg Beecham Carl Brenders Will Bullas Patricia Geisheker Will Goebel Matthew Hillier Jack Hines	Terry Isaac Tom Lynch Bruce Miller Daniel Smith Mort Solberg Wayne Trimm Ray "Paco" Young Jessica Zemsky
Gallery Representation
	(Current) Art Barbarians Gallery - Rogers, Minnesota www.artbarbarians.com Artiques Gallery - Snowhill, Maryland www.artiquescollection.com Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey www.decoyswildlife.com Gabriele's Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey www.gabrielesgallery.com Galleries West Fine Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming www.gallerieswestjacksonhole.com Moose Horn Gallery - Livingston, Montana (Opening May 2006) Whistle Pik Galleries - Fredericksburg, Texas (seasonal exhibition)
	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)
2006	Three Person Show - Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey (upcoming) Three Person Show - Moose Horn Gallery - Livingston, Montana (upcoming) Three Person Show - Galleries West Fine Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming (upcoming) Latham Studios Spring Show - Carpenter Nature Ctr. - Hastings, Minnesota (upcoming) Latham Studios Fall Show - Carpenter Nature Center - Hastings, Minnesota (upcoming)
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 (upcoming)
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 Fall Show - Carpenter Nature Center - Hastings, Minnesota Latham Studios Spring Show - Carpenter Nature Ctr. - 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)
2006	Little Jewels Miniature Show - Galleries West Fine Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming Arts for the Parks Competition - Jackson Hole, Wyoming (upcoming) 4th Annual Fall Roundup (Fall Arts Festival) - Galleries West Fine Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming (upcoming) Fall Show & Shoot - Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey (upcoming) Spring Open House - Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey (upcoming) NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale - Tulsa, Oklahoma (upcoming)
2005	Little Jewels Miniature Show - Galleries West Fine Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming Miniature Art Society of New Jersey (MASNJ) - 2005 Fine Art in Miniature Winter Holiday Exhibition - World Fine Art Gallery - New York, New York Miniature Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers Society (MPSGS) - 72nd Annual Miniature Art Exhibition - Bethesda, Maryland (upcoming) Objects of Desire XIV Holiday Miniature Exhibition - Miller Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI) - Annual International Exhibition - Georgian House at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park - Port Lympne, Hythe, Kent, England (UK) Hilliard Society of Miniaturists (HS) Miniature Art Exhibition & Sale - Wells, Somerset, England (UK) 10th Annual Christmas Miniature Show - Fredericksburg, Texas (upcoming) Arts for the Parks Competition - Mini 100 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming 3rd Annual Fall Roundup (Fall Arts Festival) - Galleries West Fine Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming Fall Show & Shoot - Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey Art of the Animal Kingdom X - Bennington, Vermont Impressions of New England VI - Bennington, Vermont Drawn to Nature Art Exhibition & Sale - Minneapolis, Minnesota American Artists for Tsunami Victims Art Auction - Arden House Estate, Harriman, New York - Columbia University & Orange Co. Art League 17th Annual Papermill Playhouse International Miniature Art Exhibit - Millburn, New Jersey Spring Open House - Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale - Tulsa, Oklahoma
2004	It's a Small World Miniature Show - Horizon Fine Art Gallery- Jackson Hole, Wyoming Miniature Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers Society (MPSGS) - 71st Annual Miniature Art Exhibition - Bethesda, Maryland 2004 Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit - Henderson, Kentucky Arts for the Parks "Mini 100" Miniature Painting Exhibit - Jackson Hole, Wyoming Easton Waterfowl Festival - Easton, Maryland Fall Show & Shoot - Decoys & Wildlife Gallery - Frenchtown, New Jersey Southern Wildlife Festival - Decatur, Alabama Christmas Miniature Show - Fredericksburg, Texas Small Works Show - Bennington, Vermont Art of the Animal Kingdom IX - Bennington, Vermont Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival - Horizon Fine Art Gallery - Jackson Hole, Wyoming Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony & Signing - UMD Campus - Duluth, Minnesota 1st Annual Minnesota Festival of Books & Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony - Saint Paul, Minnesota Royal Miniature Art Society Exhibition - Mall Galleries - London, England British Society of Miniaturists - Summer Exhibition - Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England 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 Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) 29th Annual International Miniature Art Show - Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art - Tarpon Springs, Florida World Federation of Miniaturists Exhibition - Smithsonian Museum, International Gallery - Washington, D.C. 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 Hole, Wyoming Christmas Miniature Show - Whistle Pik Galleries - Fredericksburg, Texas 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 (a featured artist) - 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 Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival - Horizon Fine Art Gallery - Jackson Hole, Wyoming L!CENSING 2003 International - New York, New York
2002	"It's a Small World" Miniature & Small Works Show - Horizon Fine Art Gallery - Jackson Hole, Wyoming San Bernardino County Museum - Redlands, California - Federal Duck Stamp Tour (5th Biennial) 2002 Kentucky Wildlife Art Exhibition - Henderson, Kentucky Wild Wings Fall Festival & Miniature Show - Lake City, Minnesota 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 Hole, Wyoming Decoys & Wildlife Annual Wildlife and Sporting Art Show - Frenchtown, New Jersey Cabela's Fall Expo - Owatonna, Minnesota Paper Mill Playhouse International Miniature Exhibition - Millburn, New Jersey NC Estuarium - Washington, North Carolina - Federal Duck Stamp Tour Artist Workshop - Gransonville, Maryland - Federal Duck Stamp Tour Rough Riders International Art Show - Williston, North Dakota Front Porch Days Fine Art Show - Hastings, Minnesota Milwaukee County Zoo, Wisconsin (Mig. Bird Day) ~ Federal Duck Stamp Tour Southeastern Wildlife Expo - Charleston, South Carolina ~ Federal Duck Stamp Tour Ohio Decoy Collectors Expo - Ohio ~ Federal Duck Stamp Tour Minnesota Bowhunters chapter Safari Club - Woodbury, Minnesota Florida Wildlife & Western Exposition - Lakeland, Florida 2003 Minnesota Wild Turkey Stamp exhibit - MN DNR, St Paul, Minnesota
2001	Watertown Art Festival - Watertown, South Dakota 19th Annual Wings' n Water Festival - Wetlands Institute, New Jersey Paper Mill Playhouse International Miniature Exhibition - Millburn, New Jersey L!CENSING 2001 International - New York, New York Minnesota Jaycees benefit - Edina, Minnesota Twentieth Annual Miniature Juried Art Show - Colorado Springs, Colorado Rough Riders International Art Show - Williston, North Dakota James Ford Bell Museum - Demonstrating Guest artist - Minneapolis, Minnesota 6th Annual 2001 Sulpher Springs Valley National Miniature & Small Works Show - Wilcox, Arizona Safari Club International, Iowa Chapter - Des Moines, Iowa Grand National Art Competition - National Wild Turkey Federation Convention - Columbus, Ohio Safari Club International, Northern Bowhunters Chapter show - Woodbury, Minnesota Twentieth Annual Miniature Juried Art Show - Colorado Springs, Colorado
2000	"2000 Kentucky National Traveling Wildlife Art Exhibit" tour to various locations in Kentucky "2000 Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit" - Arts Center - Henderson, Kentucky "2000 Kentucky Art in the Park" Henderson, Kentucky Show & Demonstrations at "National Wildlife Refuge Week" Minnesota Valley NWR-USFWS Bloomington, Minnesota Featured Artist "Cabelas Fall Expo" - Owatanna, Minnesota 7th Annual International Miniature Show - Casper, Wyoming Paper Mill Playhouse International Miniature Art Exhibit - Millburn, New Jersey 19th Annual Miniature Show - Colorado Springs, Colorado Artists of Minnesota - Advanced Opaque - Hastings, Minnesota
1999	Wyoming Game & Fish Dept Headquarters - Cheyenne, Wyoming Federal Duck Stamp Competition - Washington, D.C. Minnesota Duck Stamp Competition - MN DNR, St. Paul, Minnesota, Semi-finalist Minnesota Pheasant Stamp Competition - MN DNR, St. Paul, Minnesota, Semi-finalist Minnesota Turkey Stamp Competition - Minnesota, Semi-finalist Artists of Minnesota - Saint Cloud, Minnesota
1998	Le Blanc Memorial Wildlife Art Show - Iron River, Michigan - Federal Junior Duck Stamp Tour Louisiana Wildfowl Festival - New Orleans, Louisiana - Federal Junior Duck Stamp Tour Watertown Wildlife and Western Art Show - Watertown, South Dakota Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge gallery - Bloomington, Minnesota Como Zoo - St. Paul, Minnesota School of Environmental Studies - Apple Valley, Minnesota - Federal Junior Duck Stamp Tour Prairie Pothole Days - Willmar, Minnesota Federal Duck Stamp Contest - Washington D.C. Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show, Seattle, Washington - Federal Junior Duck Stamp Tour Smithsonian Institute , Washington D.C. - July 1998 ~ Federal Junior Duck Stamp Tour 1997-1998 Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest, Washington D.C. 1997-1998 Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp "Best of Show", Nicollet, Minnesota Artists of Minnesota Spring Show - Little Falls, Minnesota "Pastels Only..." Lake Country, Pastel Society juried show ~ Vern Carver and Beard Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota Northern Expo Nature Art Show - Coon Rapids, Minnesota Minnesota Artists Association - Juried Show at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 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 Valley National Wildlife Refuge gallery - Bloomington, Minnesota - Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Tour Wild Wings Gallery - Lake City, Minnesota - Minnesota Junior Duck Stamp Tour Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp, Bloomington, Minnesota Minnesota Duck Stamp Exhibit, Minnesota DNR, ST. Paul, Minnesota - Semi-finalist Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota
Awards and Honors
2006	Miniature Art Society of New Jersey (MASNJ) - Certificate of Excellence - New York, New York
2005	Most Popular Exhibit Award - Hilliard Society of Miniaturists (HS) - England (UK) 2005 Mentoring Month Design Artist - "Who Mentored You?" Harvard University
2004	Honorable Mention - watermedia - Miniature Painters, Sculptors, & Gravers Society (MPSGS) of Washington, D.C. 71st Annual Exhibition - Bethesda, Maryland 5th/3rd Bank Award - 2004 Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit - Henderson, Kentucky Rowland Hilder Shield - British Society of Miniaturists - Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England Northeastern Minnesota Book Award - Non-fiction -- "V is for Viking - A Minnesota Alphabet" children's book Finalist - Northeast MN Book Awards - co-illustrator of ("V is for Viking" with Karen) Robert and Leslie Starke Award for Best Work by an Artist age 35 or younger - Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) Purchase Award - MASF Permanent Collection Finalist (1of5) - Minnesota Book Awards - Children's Non-fiction (co-illustrator of "V is for Viking" with Karen)
2003	Manitoba Canadian Conservation Stamp Tuck Stone Memorial Best of Show and 1st place in Feather category and 2nd place in Fur category - Southern Wildlife Festival, Decatur, Alabama co-Illustrator of "V is for Viking - A Minnesota Alphabet" book, 2003 release co-Illustrator of letter J for "P is for Passport - A World Alphabet" book, 2003 release
2002	9th Place - Federal Duck Stamp Competition, Washington, D.C. Purchase Award - 2002 Kentucky Wildlife Art Exhibition & Tour - Henderson, Kentucky "Dawn" selected as Christmas Card for the Audubon Society Award of Excellence ~ Paper Mill Playhouse International Miniature Exhibition, Millburn, New Jersey Buckskinner-Watercolour best of show - Rough Riders International Art Show & Sale - Williston, North Dakota Best of Show, Miniature Show ~ Florida Wildlife & Western Exposition - Lakeland, Florida 2003 Minnesota Wild Turkey Stamp, Minnesota
2001	Second Place, Wildlife ~ 19th Annual Wings' n Water Festival - Avalon, New Jersey Award of Merit ~ Paper Mill Playhouse International Miniature Exhibition - Millburn, New Jersey El Dorado Award (Gallery Choice) ~ Twentieth Annual Miniature Juried Art Show - Colorado Springs, Colorado First Place Small Works, People's Choice Award, Third Place Miniatures ~ 6th Annual Sulpher Springs Valley National Miniature & Small Works Show - Wilcox, Arizona Third runner-up ~ Grand National Art Competition - National Wild Turkey Federation Convention - Columbus, Ohio
2000	Selected Participant "2000 Kentucky National Traveling Wildlife Art Exhibit" Various locations, Kentucky Award of Merit ~ Paper Mill Playhouse International Miniature Art Exhibit - Millburn, New Jersey Award of Merit ~ 19th Annual Miniature Show - Colorado Springs, Colorado First Place, Opaque ~ Artists of Minnesota - Advanced Opaque - Hastings, Minnesota
1999	10th Place ~ Federal Duck Stamp Competition - Washington, D.C. Merit Award, Miniatures (painting was 1/6th) - Artists of Minnesota - Saint Cloud, Minnesota
1998	Second Place ~ 1997-1998 Federal Junior Duck Stamp - Washington D.C. Best of Show ~ 1997-1998 Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp - Nicollet, Minnesota Adv. Portrait & Adv. Watercolour Categories - Artists of Minnesota - Little Falls, Minnesota Distinguished Award ~ "Pastels Only..." Lake Country, Pastel Society juried show ~ Vern Carver and Beard Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bryan Moon - judge Best of Show & Windsor Newton Award, Northern Expo Nature Art Show - Coon Rapids, Minnesota Merit Award, Minnesota Artists Association, Augsburg College - Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997	Second Place ~ Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp - Bloomington, Minnesota First Place, Intermediate Opaque - Artists of Minnesota - Coon Rapids, Minnesota People's Choice & Merit ~ Dakota Valley Art Council Fine Art Show - Farmington, Minnesota Two First Places ~ Carpenter Nature Center Harvest Fest - Hastings, Minnesota
1996	First Place ~ Minnesota Federal Junior Duck Stamp, - Bloomington, Minnesota Champion ~ Minnesota State Fair - St. Paul, Minnesota
Collections
	Wildlife Art Magazine, Burnsville, Minnesota Miniature Art Society of Florida, Permanent Collection, Florida Carpenter Nature Center, Hastings, Minnesota Regina Medical Center, Hastings, Minnesota Hastings Public Library, Hastings, Minnesota Private Collections - United States and England
Selected Publications
	V is for Viking - a Minnesota Alphabet - Children's Literature/Non-fiction - 2003 P is for Passport - a World Alphabet - Children's Literature/Non-fiction - 2003
Selected Bibliography & Media
	Printed Media Miniature Art Society of Florida Permanent Collection Catalog (FL) - 2005 "The Lathams Live, Work, & Paint Together" Informart Magazine (WY/CT) - 2005 Art of the Animal Kingdom Exhibition Catalog (VT) - 2004, 2005 "Minnesota Reads from A to Z" - Mpls. St. Paul Magazine - 2005 "Like Mother, Like Daughter" Sketchbook Magazine - F&W Publications - 2005 Ode Magazine - Inside Cover (National Mentoring Month) - 2005 Newsweek (National Mentoring Month) - 2005 Miniature Art Society of Florida Exhibition Catalog (FL) - 2004 Jackson Hole News & Guide (WY) - August 2003 & June 2004 Decatur Daily (AL) - October 2003 Applause Magazine (MD) - November 2003 "Women Tout Artistic Parity" - Wildlife Art Magazine (MN) - 2002 "Generation Next" - US Art Magazine (MN) - 2000 Minneapolis Star Tribune (MN) - 1998 St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - 1998 Outdoor News (MN) - 1998 & 2002 "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)
Selected Commissions
	National Mentoring Month - Harvard University Mentoring Project - 2005
Professional Affiliations
	SAA - Society of Animal Artists, New York (signature membership) MIWAS - Marwell International Wildlife Art Society, Europe (England & United Kingdom) TWASI - The Wildlife Art Society International, Europe (England, UK, Italy, & Australia) BSM - British Society of Miniaturists, England/United Kingdom (full membership) WFM - World Federation of Miniaturists MASF - Miniature Art Society of Florida, Florida
Public Speaking & Teaching Experience
	Lecture/Demonstration Instructor - Young Writers & Artists Conference (MN) Lecture/Workshop Instructor - Artists of MN Lecture/Federal Junior Duck Stamp Coordinators Convention (MN) Workshop Instructor - Federal Duck Stamp Workshop, Stone Harbor, NJ Art Teacher - S. Washington Co. Community Education (MN) Art Teacher & Workshop Instructor - Nature's Palette (MN) Art Teacher - Studio 61 (MN) Art Teacher - Christian Homeschoolers Co-op (MN) Numerous Book Signings & School Artist/Illustrator Presentations (MN)
Scholarships
	Minnesota Waterfowl Association & Hiawatha Chapter MWA