Exhibitions
2017 Sacred Scents, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX ( solo)
2016 Scent Shrines, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX (solo)
2015 Penumbra: A Financial Tale, Blue House Too Gallery, Allen, TX (solo)
2015 Continuum, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Boston, MA
2014 Protective Ornament: Contemporary Armor to Amulets Metal Museum,
Memphis, TN and Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2014 Rule the World, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich Switzerland
2014 Cold Connections, UNT Gallery on the Square, Denton, TX
2013 Craftforms 2013: 19th Annual International Craft Exhibition,
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2013 Nontraditional Materials, Art Jewelry Magazine: Online Gallery
2013 Triplets, The Small Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013 Fabrications, Appalachian Center for Craft,
Smithville, TN (two person exhibition)
2012 8x8, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX
2012 Sparkle Plenty 8, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012 Arts Society of Texas Annual National Exhibition, Denton, TX
2011 Small Works, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences,
Beach Haven, NJ
2011 Emerging Arrowmont: Behind the Scenes, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, TN
2011 Vestiges of Cabal, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX (solo)
2010 Money, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2010 Distil(ed), Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
2010 Annual Voertman Student Art Exhibition, UNT Gallery, Denton, TX
2010 The Good, The Bad, The Money, Gallery42, Mason, OH
2009 Where's the Money? Thomas Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009 What to do About Money?, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
2009 Present/Represent, SNAG Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Color of Money, Fredericksburg Art Center, Fredericksburg, VA
2008 Laughing Stock, Luke and Eloy, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Salon Du Fit, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2002 Outside the Lines, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2002 Exposed, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2002 Open Invitational, 500X Gallery Dallas, TX
2002 Designworks’ University of North Texas Art Exhibit, Denton, TX
2001 1308 Experimental Art Space, Dallas, TX
2001 Dallas Museum of Art Staff Exhibition, Dallas, TX
2000 Designworks’ University of North Texas Art Exhibit, Denton, TX
1998 Open Invitational, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Awards, Honors, and Grants
2015 Grant, The Enamelist Society
2011 Outstanding Graduate Student in Studio Art Award,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2011 Fulbright Grant Finalist, Institute of International Education, NY, NY
2002 Jean Andrews Scholarship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Selected Publicity
2014 Ramljak, Suzanne. On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets
2010 Nørgaard, Thomas Schmidt. A Brooch of Supply and Demand, Finans
Forbundet, Denmark. December 1, 2010.
2010 Norris, Doug. Review: Two art exhibitions reconsider a culture's concept of value,
South County Independent, July 29, 2010.
2008 Shaw, Kurt. Art provides laughs in new show. Pittsburgh Tribune,
December 7, 2008
Published Articles and Speaking Engagements
2016 Exploring Art Through Scent, Lecture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX
2013 Ooley, Deanna.(2013). Alternative One-Sided Molds for Pewter Casting.
SNAG News. November 2013.
2013 Ooley, Deanna and Thurman, James. (2013). Artworks as Museums: Artists as
Curators. Online Journal of Art and Design. April 2013.
2012 Ooley, Deanna and Thurman, James. (2012). Artworks as Museums: Artists as
Curators. International Conference on Communication, Media,
Technology and Design. May 2012.
Professional Affiliations
2016- 2017 Ethical Metalsmiths
2015- 2017 The Enamelist Society
2015- 2017 Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE),
Regional Coordinator 2015-16
2015- Present North Texas Digital Fabrication Group
2007-2017 Society of North American Goldsmiths
2006-11 Dallas Gem and Mineral Society Dallas, TX