Biographical Information:
BORN: New York, NY
Resident of Bellingham WA since 1992
Education:
M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
M.A., East Asian Art History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
B.A., Art and Art History, Antioch University, Ohio and Washington
Honors and Awards:
BAU Institute Artist Residency/Fellowship, Otranto, Italy
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artist Residency, Wurlitzer Fellow, Taos, NM
Washington State Arts Commission for the Arts Registry
Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant and Residency, Johnson, VT
Art in Embassies Program Slide Registry, Washington DC
Associate member Genso-kai, Association of Contemporary Kansai calligraphers, JAPAN
Monbusho Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship, Kyoto, JAPAN
One and two-person Exhibitions:
Silk and Stone, Art Xchange, Seattle, WA
Current Work, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA
Recent Work, Francine Seders, Seattle, WA
Two Views, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA
Little Jessie Bayou, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
Selected Works, Willows Inn, Lummi Island, WA
Two Moods, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
Paintings, Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Steilacoom, WA
Tributaries, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
Paintings and Oil Pastels, Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Tacoma WA
Oil Pastel Paintings and Drawings, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA
Scapes, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seiche Series, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Paintings & Drawings, Pierce College, Lakewood, WA
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Paintings & Drawings, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
River of Histories, Cunningham Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Proximate and Remote, Silences Gallery, Seattle, WA
Goats, Angels and Other Dreams, Torrefazione, Seattle, WA
True Bearings, Waterfront Gallery, Bremerton, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Art and Healing, Peace Health St Joe’s Hospital Center, Bellingham, WA
Strange Birds, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA
Bloom: April Flower Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA
Fibers and Beyond, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Au Plein Aire, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham WA
Print Invitational, Smith Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
The Fate of the Forest, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Healing Through Art, St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham WA
Art & All That Jazz, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Group Print Exhibition, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
Show of Hands, NW Women Artists 1880-2010, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA
Landscape Visions, Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
Northwest Mountain Invitational, Smith/Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
Landscape Visions, Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
Print Invitational, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Rainier Club, Seattle WA
Drawings, Three person exhibition, Francine Seders Gallery Seattle, WA
Large Works, Five person show, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art and All That Jazz, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Group Exhibition, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA
Landscape and Life, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA
4 x 4: Four Decades of School of Art Alumni, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Art and All That Jazz, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
From Here to the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Painting and Sculpture, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Wood, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Invitational Group Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Working Papers, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Washington State University Gallery, Pullman, WA
Souvenirs de Douce France, Gallerie Les Z’arts, Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant, France
Northwest Annual Allied Arts Juried Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (also 1992)
West Coast Works on/of Paper, The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eugene, CA
The Land, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Fifth National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Boise State University Gallery, Boise, ID
Northwest Annual Allied Arts Juried Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
The Book Stripped Bare, Art in Form Gallery, Seattle, WA
Miniature Print Biennial, John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY
Photowork, 92nd Street Photography Center, New York, NY
Annual Print Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, JAPAN
Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, JAPAN
Public and Private Collections:
King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA
Dean Standish Perkins and Associates, Seattle, WA
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Frank Russell Securities, Tacoma WA
Swedish Hospital Foundation, Seattle, WA
Vulcan Real Estate, Seattle WA
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation for the Arts, Taos, New Mexico
New York Public Library Print Collection
Washington State Arts in Public Places Program, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Vancouver WA
Washington State Arts in Public Places Program, Washington State University, Vancouver Campus
Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
Cascade Hospital Center, Arlington, WA
Swedish Hospital Center, Issaquah, WA
St Joseph’s Peace Health Hospital, Bellingham WA
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle WA
Related Experience:
Professor of Fine Art, Whatcom College, Bellingham, WA
Marine Naturalist Certification, Whale Museum, Friday Harbor, WA
Guest lecturer, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
Juror, student art exhibit, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
Guest lecturer, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Juror, King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Juror, Allied Arts, Bellingham, WA
Watercolor workshop, Les Ateliers sans Frontieres, Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant, FRANCE
Adjunct Professor of art history, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
Intaglio editions print apprenticeship: under Master Printer Tony Kirk, New York City
Intaglio editions master print assistant under Kathy Carracio, New York City
Intaglio Workshop, Camnitzer Studio, Valdottavo, ITALY
Chinese/Japanese calligraphy apprenticeship, Kyoto, JAPAN
Publications:
Featured artist in 100 Artists of the Northwest, Schiffer Publishing
Cover artist for the “New England Review” literary journal, published by Middlebury College, Middlebury Vermont
Featured artist in “American Letters and Commentary”, a literary journal published by University of Texas San Antonio
Masters Thesis: Development of the Kansai Stream of Calligraphy in the 19th and 20th Centuries