Bachelor of Art - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Master of Fine Art in Theatre Direction and Poetry- Ohio University, Athens, OH

Sonora Plein Air Painters- Juried Exhibition, The Desert Art Museum, Tucson, AZ, 2018

Sonoran Plein Air Painters Group show, Murphey Gallery, St. Phillips in the Hills, Tucson, AZ, 2017

“Transformations” - Three-Person Show - Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2016

“The Compass Rose Paintings World Tour” - Regent Seven Seas Explorer, Maiden Voyage, 2016

Tucson Museum of Art Arizona Biennial, Siri Engberg, Juror, Tucson, AZ, 2005

“Grand Opening Exhibition” - Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ, 2005

“Intimate Landscapes” - Liz Hernández, Curator, Hacienda Del Sol, Tucson, AZ, 1999

Tucson Museum of Art Arizona Biennial, Louis Grachos, Juror, Tucson, AZ,1999

West, Barbara. Don West: An American Outsider, Paintings 1997-2007. Dancing Bear Books, 2008.

Boyle, Michael. “Interview with Don West.” Arizona Illustrated, Jan. 9, 1990

Special Commission “The Compass Rose Paintings” for Regent Seven Seas Explorer, Maiden Voyage, 2016

Best of Show Award - Arizona Aqueous XXVII Tubac, AZ, 2013

Commission for Five Paintings “Four Seasons and The River” and “The Elements” - Salon Head West Expansion, Novi, MI, 1990 & 1987

Special Jurors Recognition, Six-State Juried Competition, Arizona Aqueous 88 Tubac, AZ, 1998

Honorable Mention, International Juried Show, San Diego Art Institute, 1998

Special Recognition Award, Juried Competition, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1998

Second Place Award, Pima County Fair Arizona, 1998

Sonora Mural Commission, Ed & Joan Ferguson, Tucson, AZ, 1998

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