Biographical Information:

 

BORN: New York, NY
Resident of Bellingham WA since 1992

Education:

1991

M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1987

M.A., East Asian Art History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1981

B.A., Art and Art History, Antioch University, Ohio and Washington

Honors and Awards:

2015

BAU Institute Artist Residency/Fellowship, Otranto, Italy

2002

Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artist Residency, Wurlitzer Fellow, Taos, NM

1999

Washington State Arts Commission for the Arts Registry

1998

Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant and Residency, Johnson, VT

1996

Art in Embassies Program Slide Registry, Washington DC

1985

Associate member Genso-kai, Association of Contemporary Kansai calligraphers, JAPAN

1983-86

Monbusho Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship, Kyoto, JAPAN

One and two-person Exhibitions:

2019

Silk and Stone, Art Xchange, Seattle, WA

2018

Current Work, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA

2017

Recent Work, Francine Seders, Seattle, WA

2015

Two Views, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA

2011

Little Jessie Bayou, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
Selected Works, Willows Inn, Lummi Island, WA

2010

Two Moods, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle

2009

New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA

2008

Paintings, Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Steilacoom, WA

2006

Tributaries, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle WA
Paintings and Oil Pastels, Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Tacoma WA

2004

Oil Pastel Paintings and Drawings, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA

2002

Scapes, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000

Seiche Series, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999

Paintings & Drawings, Pierce College, Lakewood, WA
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995

Paintings & Drawings, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA

1994

River of Histories, Cunningham Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1991

Proximate and Remote, Silences Gallery, Seattle, WA
Goats, Angels and Other Dreams, Torrefazione, Seattle, WA
True Bearings, Waterfront Gallery, Bremerton, WA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2019

Art and Healing, Peace Health St Joe’s Hospital Center, Bellingham, WA
Strange Birds, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA

2018

Bloom: April Flower Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Bow, WA
Fibers and Beyond, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA

2013

Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2012

Au Plein Aire, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham WA
Print Invitational, Smith Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA

2011

The Fate of the Forest, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Healing Through Art, St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham WA

2010

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

2009

Landscape Visions, Evergreen State College, Olympia WA

2008

Northwest Mountain Invitational, Smith/Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
Landscape Visions, Evergreen State College, Olympia WA

2007

Print Invitational, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005

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

2003

Art and All That Jazz, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA

2002

Group Exhibition, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA

2001

Landscape and Life, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA

2000

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

1999

From Here to the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA

1998

Painting and Sculpture, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997

Wood, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Invitational Group Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Working Papers, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996

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)

1995

West Coast Works on/of Paper, The Ink People Center for the Arts, Eugene, CA
The Land, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1994

Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Fifth National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY

1993

Works on Paper, Boise State University Gallery, Boise, ID

1992

Northwest Annual Allied Arts Juried Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

1990

The Book Stripped Bare, Art in Form Gallery, Seattle, WA

1989

Miniature Print Biennial, John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY

1988

Photowork, 92nd Street Photography Center, New York, NY

1987

Annual Print Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, NY

1985

Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, JAPAN

1984

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:

1992-present

Professor of Fine Art, Whatcom College, Bellingham, WA

2009

Marine Naturalist Certification, Whale Museum, Friday Harbor, WA

2008

Guest lecturer, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA
Juror, student art exhibit, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA

2008 & 2007

Guest lecturer, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

2007

Juror, King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA

2006

Juror, Allied Arts, Bellingham, WA

1996

Watercolor workshop, Les Ateliers sans Frontieres, Les Cerqueux-sous-Passavant, FRANCE

1991-1992

Adjunct Professor of art history, Pierce College, Puyallup, WA

1989

Intaglio editions print apprenticeship: under Master Printer Tony Kirk, New York City

1988

Intaglio editions master print assistant under Kathy Carracio, New York City

1988

Intaglio Workshop, Camnitzer Studio, Valdottavo, ITALY

1982-86

Chinese/Japanese calligraphy apprenticeship, Kyoto, JAPAN

Publications:

2014

Featured artist in 100 Artists of the Northwest, Schiffer Publishing

2012

Cover artist for the “New England Review” literary journal, published by Middlebury College, Middlebury Vermont

2011

Featured artist in “American Letters and Commentary”, a literary journal published by University of Texas San Antonio

1997

Masters Thesis: Development of the Kansai Stream of Calligraphy in the 19th and 20th Centuries