Individual Shows in Tokyo, Japan:
2002, 2001 and 2000 For 3 consecutive years, Tanis Bula was sponsored in one artist shows to present her paintings to the people of Japan. She was invited each year to travel to Japan and at each show to personally sign her paintings.

National Recognition:
• 2004 Signature Member of the Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society
• 2002 Winter issue of the national magazine Watercolor featured Tanis’s work and described her exciting career as a watercolor painter.

Selected Published Paintings:
• 2000 Landscape painting selected for the Colorado Republicans Poster
• 1998 Holiday painting selected for the Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter Holiday Card
• 1997 Winter scene of CableLabs, Boulder, Colorado commissioned for the corporate holiday card
• 1996 Floral Paintings commissioned for use in corporate brochure for Fischer USA, Inc.

Honorarium:
1995 Alliance Francaise Artist Exchange, France, honorarium. Tanis was selected to be among several artists to visit and paint for 3 weeks “plen-air” in Auvillar, France.

One Person Shows in the Denver area:
2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 Mother’s Day, Inverness Hotel, Denver, CO
1999 Jefferson Unitarian Church
1996 Applewood Bank
1995 Goldenbanks, Golden, Colorado

Invitational Gallery Shows:
1999 Belleli Fine Art, Cherry Creek, CO
1996 Auvillar Art Show, Glaser Gallery, Denver

Teaching and Judging:
2007 Judge for the Evergreen Arts Festival
2006 Judge for the Lakewood Union Gallery show
2005 Judge for the Central City Art Show
2004 Teaching at Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 Teaching ongoing classes,
Grant Ranch Village Center, Littleton, CO plus the Annual Art Show
2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 Teaching one day workshops in the Denver area
2000 Teaching at Hudson Gardens, Denver, CO
1997 Printing Industries of America, Washington, DC Premier Print Awards Committee
1996 Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast, Houston,TX - Judge
1994 Evergreen Audubon Watercolor Show - Judge
1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991 Printing Industries of America - Judge

National, State and Local Juried Shows:
2007 CWS State Show First Honorable Mention for Something's Blooming
2005 WSC Award for Sausalito Sailboats in State Show
2007, 2006,2005, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997 CWS State Show
2004 2003, 2002, 2001, 1999,1998, 1997, 1996, 1994 CWS Botanic Gardens Exhibit
2004, 2000, 1997 Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Show, Golden, CO
2002 Lone Tree Arts Exhibition
1997 Lakewood Arts Council, Watermedia - First Place
1997 Abend National Show- Denver, Colorado
1996 13th Annual Great Frame Up Depot Art Show
1996 Mountainside Art Guild - Views of the West
1996 Lakewood Arts Council - From the Garden
1996 Views of the West - The Fort Restaurant
1996 Foothills Arts Center - In the Tradition of Foothills
1996 Pikes Peak Watermedia VII Exhibition
1995 Evergreen Arts Festival
1995 Vail Arts Festival
1995 Castle Rock ArtFest
1994 Beaver Creek and Vail Arts Festival

Education:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa - Bachelor of Science
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO - various classes
Art Students League - Denver, CO - various classes

Workshops include:
Marilyn Swift - Rockport, MA;
Charles Reid - Sebasco, ME;
Joseph Bohler - Westcliffe, CO;
Jim Kosvanic - Acapulco, Mexico;
Mell Feltman - Santa Fe, NM

Work History:
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, - Package Designer
DOT Graphics, Denver, CO - Graphic Designer
King Resources, Inc., Denver, CO - Graphic Designer
Adolph Coors Company, Golden, CO - Graphic Designer
TAB Graphics Design, Inc., Denver, CO - Owner and designer of design firm

Since 1978 she has had a successful career as owner of an award-winning graphic design firm in Denver. The demand for her paintings has escalated her career painting in the Caribbean, Mexico, Japan & France. She is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society.