Education
2002 M.F.A, Printmaking at The Ohio State University.
2000 Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Art, Otterbein College, Westerville,Ohio.
1989 Associate Degree in Fashion Design, Escuela de Diseño Proyectual, Medellin, Colombia.

Teaching
2016- present Adjunct Instructor. Ohio Dominican University. Columbus, Ohio.
2010- present Adjunct Instructor. Capital University. Columbus, Ohio
2007 -2008 Lecturer, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
2003-2005 Annually Contracted Faculty, Department of Art, Sinclair Community College; Dayton,Ohio
2002-2003 Lecturer, Department of Art, The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio
2000-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant; Department of Art, The Ohio State University; Columbus,
Ohio.
1998-2000 Teaching Assistant; Department of Foreign Languages, Otterbein College, Westerville,Ohio.

Professional Experience

2017  Artist Talk: Editions & Experieneces; Eliana Calle-Saari and the Art of the Print. Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University. Columbus, Ohio.

Lecture: printmaking techniques used in modern impressions, traditional methods, new  works by the phoenix rising cooperative. Zanesville Museum of Art. Zanesville, Ohio.

2015 Artist Talk: Coffee and Conversations. Pressing Forward Pressing Forward:
Contemporary Prints by memebers of Phoenix Rising. Goldberg Gallery. Columbus,
Ohio.
2014 Visiting Artist CCAD advance Printmaking Class. Columbus, Ohio
2013 Lecture for the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, “The Road Ahead” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio.
2012 Lecture, “Desde mi Ventana” Otterbein University. Westerville, Ohio
2010 Lecture, “Desde mi Ventana’. The Works Main Gallery. Newark, Ohio.
Onsite juror, Columbus Arts Festival. Columbus, Ohio
2008 Artist in Residency. Springfield Museum of Art. Springfield, Ohio
2007 Guest Lecturer “life after School” Senior Seminar, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
2006 Guest Artist, Beginning Drawing Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
2004 Guest Lecturer “ Life After School” Senior Seminar. Otterbein College, Westerville,Ohio.
2003 Guest Lecturer, “ Graduate School” Senior Seminar. Otterbein College, Westerville,Ohio.
Guest Artist, Art 162-Concepts and Issues in Art. The Ohio State University, Columbus,Ohio.
2002 Guest Artist,, “The artist and the sketchbook: The creative process” Art 140- Beginning Drawing. Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
Printmaking Presenter, Martin W. Essex School for the Gifted, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH
2001 Printmaking Presenter, Martin W. Essex School for the Gifted, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH
Guest Artist, “Fabrique” Art 162-Concepts and Issues in Art. The Ohio State University,Columbus, Ohio.
Presenter, Winter, Spring and Autumn Monotype Workshop; Provided by The StudentPrintmaking Association and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1999 Autumn Monotype Workshop; Provided by The Student Printmaking Association and The Ohio State University. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1999-2000 Curator, Student Art Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
2000 Guest Lecturer, “Two Faces of Colombia”, International Week, Otterbein College,Westerville, Ohio.

Honors and Awards
2016 Printmaking Award- Ohio State Fair Fine Art Exhibit
2014-2015 Columbus on Ice. Special project for the Greater Columbus Arts Council. Columbus,Ohio.
2008- present Residency Artist - Visual Arts. Arts Learning, Ohio Arts Council. Columbus, OH
2008 Dresden (Germany) Residency Exchange, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2002 Edith Fergus Gilmore Award, The Ohio State University.
Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Award, The Ohio State University
2001 Preparing Studio Art Teaching Faculty Program, The Ohio State University
2000 Lillian Frank Book Award, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
Dean’s list, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
Marguerite Wetherill Eschbach Art Purchase Award, Juried Art Show, Otterbein College,Westerville, Ohio.

Exhibitions (Solo Shows Identified with an asterisk)

2017 Modern Impressions Traditional Mathods; new work by the Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative. Zanesville Museum of Art. Zanesville, Ohio.

*Editions & Experiences; Eliana Calle-Saari and the Art of the Print. Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University. Columbus, Ohio.

2016 “Fine Arts Exhibition”, The Ohio State Fair. Juried by Gwen Heffner and Douglas Max Utter. Cox Fine Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Current Impressions, Sunbear Studio & Gallery in Alexandria, Ohio.
2015 Pressing Forward: Contemporary Prints by memebers of Phoenix Rising. Goldberg Gallery. Columbus, Ohio.
2014 100 Prints by Phoenix Rising Artists. High Road Gallery. Worthington, Ohio.
Pressing Visions. German Village Society Meeting House. Columbus Ohio
2013 *Impressions an exhibition of recent work by Eliana Calle Saari. Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus Ohio.
*The Road Ahead, printmaking exhibit by Eliana Calle Saari. The Ohio State Faculty Club. Columbus, Ohio.
2012 *Desde Mi Ventana From My Window, woodblock prints Exhibit by Eliana Calle-Saari.
Fisher Gallery, Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio.
Art Under Pressure, works by Phoenix Rising printmaking Co-op. Ohio Art
League,Columbus, Ohio.
2010 *Desde Mi Ventana From My Window, Printmaking Exhibit by Eliana Calle-Saari. The Works Gallery. Newark, Ohio
Ode to Degas, National Juried Exhibition The Coburn Gallery, Ashland University
4 Ohio Print Coops. Zygote Press. Cleveland, Ohio
2009 Collective Ink. Massillon Museum. Massillon, Ohio
Fine Arts Exhibition. Ohio State Fair. Columbus Ohio
Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative The Riffe center lobby, Columbus OH
Phoenix Rising takes the High Road. High Road Gallery. Worthington, Ohio
2008 Ten years Soaring: Phoenix Rising Celebrates a Decade of Printmaking. Wehrle Gallery,Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio.
Eliana Calle-Saari &Susan Vincent. Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz Galerie. Dresden,
Germany.
*Recent Works by Eliana Calle-Saari. Springfield Museum of Art. Springfield, Ohio
*Works by Eliana Calle-Saari. Ann Miller Gallery. Wittenberg University. Springfield,Ohio
*Dance with Me, an Art Exhibition of Woodcut prints. Studios on High Gallery.
Columbus,Ohio
2007 Impressions, a printmaking exhibition by the members of Phoenix Rising Cooperative. Studios On High Gallery. Columbus, Ohio
2006 The Fifth Minnesota National Print Biennial, The Katherine E. Nash Gallery & The Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, MN. Curated by Ken Bloom, Director Tweed Museum of Art.
“Growing Pains” Riffe Gallery. Columbus, Ohio. Curated by Bellamy Printz.
2005 2005 Juried Mid America Print Council Members Exhibition. University Art Gallery,Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI.
14th Annual Members, Exhibit: Final on Fourth. The Dayton Visual Arts Center.
Dayton, Ohio.
Ohio Art league “ Out of The Box” at The High Road Gallery. Worthington, Ohio.
Ohio Art League 94th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition. Columbus Cultural Arts Center. Columbus, Ohio.
2004 Women Artist, John E. Fisher Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
Art Faculty Exhibition 2004, Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College; Dayton,Ohio
2003 Art Faculty Exhibition 2003, LRC Gallery, Sinclair Community College; Dayton, Ohio
*Dublin Arts Council; Business Art Exhibit. Dublin, Ohio
Spring Visiting Artist and lectures Exhibit. Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
“ El Renacimiento del Faro” The Beacon Renaissance; Ohio Hispanic Coalition. Capitol Theatre Lobby. Columbus Ohio
“Visiting Artist/ New Faculty” Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio.
2002 “3rd Annual Printmakers Collaboration”, Silver Image Gallery, The Ohio State University,Columbus, Ohio.
“Visiting Artist and Lectures Exhibit” Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University.Columbus, Ohio
*“Threads” M.F.A Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
“The 2002 Graduate Student Exhibition” Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio
2001 “Fabrique”, Member Curated Exhibition, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
“Alumni Exhibition”, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
“Ohio Art League annual Fall Juried Exhibiton”, Fort Hayes Short Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
“2nd Annual Printmakers Collaboration”, Silver Image Gallery, The Ohio State University,Columbus, Ohio.
“Works on Paper”, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York.
“3rd Annual Face to Face”, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York.
“Dance of Death”, Exposures Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
“The 2001 Graduate Student Exhibition”, Silver Image Gallery, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio.
“Art and Technology Winter Exhibition”’ Silver Image Gallery, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio.
2000 “Facelift”, Silver Image Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
“Fine Arts Exhibition”, The Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio.
“Voices”, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.
“Annual Juried Exhibition”, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.

1999 “Annual Juried Exhibition”, Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.