SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
"Paintings," Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010
"Geographies of the Same Stone (for TT)," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2009
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle,WA

2008
"Close to the Ground," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"The Properties of Paint," Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem, OR

2006
"Sun Spots," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Rain," Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
"Magic Valley," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID

2005
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Walk," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2004
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2003
"Romantic Landscape," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"New Camp," Grover Thurston, Seattle, WA
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID

2002
"Intersections II," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Intersections," Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA

2001
Retrospective, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000
"Abstracts," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland,OR
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999
"Abstracts," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA
Philip Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

1997
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1993
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

1992
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

1991
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1990
Cliff Michel Gallery, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, OR
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Boise Art Museum, ID

1988
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1986
C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis
Carnegie Center for the Arts, Walla Walla, WA

1984
Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA

1983
Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA

1982
Oregon State Governors Office, Salem, OR
Visual Arts Resources/Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Landscapes and Interiors: James Lavadour (traveled)

1981
Visual Arts Resources, Museum of Art, Eugene, OR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
"The New American Landscape," Kahnaway Art & Ecology, Washougal, WA
"oomph," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"2011," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2010
"Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection," Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC (Sept. 25 2010 - Aug. 7, 2011)

2009
"Catch-All," PDX Summer Group Show, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2007
"Off-the-Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination," Smithsonian Institute National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY (catalogue)
"18 Painters," Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

2005
"Into the Fray: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art," Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
"Next," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Site Unseen: A Contemporary Look at Landscape," Savannah Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
"A Sense of Place: Selections from the Tacoma Art Museum Collection," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"New Tradition," Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
"Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture," Art Train USA, Ann Arbor, MI (traveling USA by rail)

2004
"Wood Work," J.G. Contemporary, New York, NY
"Seattle Perspective," Seattle Convention Center, City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
"The Grand View: Brierstadt to Brophy," Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

2003
"2003 Oregon Biennial," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Extreme Landscape," Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
"Earth, Wind, Fire and Water," Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
"Selections from the Elwood Collection," Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
"Northwest Masters," City Space, City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA

2001
"The Beta Press Collection: A Decade in the Northwest," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Indian Time Millennial Project," Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM
"From Benton to Bartlet: Recent Acquisitions," Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA

2000
"Physical Manifestations," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

1999
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

1998
"Contemplating Eternity," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
"Redefining Tradition: First Nations Artists and Their Work," Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
"Gathered Into Earth: Contemporary Landscape Painting," Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"THE LABYRINTH: Visions and Interpretations of the Eternal Myth in Contemporary Art," 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art Inter-Kontakt-Grafik Prague ‘98, Czech Republic
"Twentieth Anniversary of the Betty Bowen Artist Award," Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
"A Common Thread," Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

1997
"Rising from Tradition," The High Desert Museum, Bend, OR

1996-98
"Rediscovering the landscape of the Americas, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (traveled): Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; Western Art Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC.

1996
"Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century," The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (traveled to New Zealand): Museum of New Zealand, Wellington; Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganni; Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch; Wailato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton.
"Romance of the Land: Native Northwest Visions," The Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
"Twenty-five American Print Artists: La Jeune Gravure," Mairie du Sixieme Arrondissement de Paris, France
"Native Papers: Joe Fedderson, James Lavadour, Kay Walkingstick, Phil Young," Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID

1995
Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

1994
"From The Earth X," American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA

1993
"The Sacred and the Profane," Jan Baum gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"1993 Biennial," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

1992
"Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada," Ottawa. (traveled): Mackenzie Art gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
"Crossing Over/Changing Places: Artists and Collaborators," (traveled): Anderson Gallery, Virginian Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA
"Decolonizing of the Mind," Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA
"The Betty Bowen Legacy: Fourteen Years of Award Winning Art," Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA
"MASTER PRINTS from the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking: The First Five Years," The Gallery at Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

1991
"Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ; (traveled): The Eirejorg Museum of American History and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN; The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of the American History and Art, Tulsa,OK; The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, The Customs House, New York, NY
"Northwest Tales: Contemporary Narrative Painting," Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK

1990
"The Undiminished Landscape," Security Pacific Corp. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Museum of the Desert, Palm Springs, CA NORTHWEST x SOUTHWEST: PAINTED FICTIONS (traveled): Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
"Celebrated Selections," The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
"Tradition and Spirit: Contemporary Native American Art," Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
Windhorse Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Printed in America," Walters Hall Gallery, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

1989
"Roll on Columbia: Historic and Contemporary Landscapes of the Columbia River Gorge," Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA Gorge
"Figurative Show," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1988
"Crossed Cultures: Five Contemporary Native Northwest Artists," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
"Artists of the Blue Mountains: 1910-1988, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
"Non-Objective Landscape," Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR

1987
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
"Recent Generations: Native American Art 1910 - 1987," The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
"New Directions Northwest: Contemporary Native American Art," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Beyond Blue Mountains: A Travelling Collection of Contemporary Native American Artworks," Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
"Contemporary Visions: Fifteen Native American Artists," Read/Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
"Native American Art: Our Contemporary Visions," Stremmel Galleries, Reno, NV

1986
"The Artist Interprets the Landscape," Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
"Oregon Artist Exhibition," Oregon Pavilion, Expo '86, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
"Art of Eastern Oregon on Tour," Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, OR: (traveled)Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Oregon Artist's Show," Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA Oregon Artists Show

1984
"Seattle Urban League: Minority Artist Show," Seattle Center House, Seattle, WA
"No Beads No Trinkets: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Indian Artists, Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
"Contemporary Native American Art," Touchstone Gallery, Spokane, WA
"Innovations: New Expression in Native American Painting," The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

1983
"1983 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Indian Artists of the 1980's," Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA

SELECTED CATALOGS AND BOOKS
2001
Helper, Vicki. "James Lavadour: Landscapes." Northwest Museum of Art & Culture, Spokane, WA.

1997
"A World of Art." Edition 2. ISBN: 0134760115, Copyright 1997 Prentice-Hall Inc. A Simon & Schuster Co.

1996
Zevitas, Steven T. "New American Paintings: a quarterly exhibition." Open Studios Press, vol. 1, No. VI. Boston, MA. Spring.

1995
Allen, Lois. "Contemporary Art in the North West." Craftsman House G + B Arts International.

1994
Spanbauer, Tom. "L'homme qui tomba amourux de la lune/The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon," cover. Editions Stock pour la traduction francaise.
Sayre, Henry M. "A World of Art." Prentice-Hall Inc., a Simon & Schuster Co.
Penney, David and George Longfish. "Native American Art." Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc.

1992
Brodsky, Judith. "Master Prints from the Rutgers Center for Creative Printmaking: The First 5 Years." The Gallery at Bristol-Meyers Squibb: Princeton, NJ.
Nemelroff, Diane. "Land, Sprit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada." National Gallery of Canada: Ottawa, CANADA.
Farmer, Jane and Charlotte Townsend-Gault. "Crossing Over/Changing Places: An Exhibition of Collaborative Print Projects and Paperworks. The Print Club: Philadelphia, PA.
Rynd, Chase W. "The Betty Bowen Legacy: Fourteen Years of Award-Winning Art." Security Pacific Gallery: Seattle, WA.

1991
Archurlera, Margaret. "Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the 20th Century/
The Heard Museum: Phoenix, Arizona.

1990:
Chelette, Iona et al. "NORTHWEST X SOUTHWEST: PAINTED FICTIONS." Palm Springs Desert Museum: Palm Springs, CA.
Evens, Linda E. "The Undiminished Landscape." Security Pacific Gallery: San Francisco, CA.
Roberts, Prudence. "Northwest Viewpoints: James Lavadour." Portland Art Museum: Portland, OR.

1989
Sims, Patterson. "Crossed Cultures: Five Contemporary Native Northwest Artists. Seattle Art Museum: Seattle, WA.

1987
Longfish, George et al. "New Directions Northwest." Portland Art Museum: Portland: OR.

SELECTED AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & COMMISSIONS

2005
Artist Fellowship, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Commission, Ashforth Pacific Inc., Portland, OR

2004
Award for Visual Arts, Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA

2002
Oregon Arts Commission, North Mall Office Building, Salem, OR

1999
Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters, Eastern Oregon University
Public Art Project. Washington State Football/Soccer Stadium and Exhibition Center Project, Seattle, WA

1998
1998 Joan Mitchell Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY

1994
1994 Oregon Governor's Arts Award, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

1991
Betty Bowen Memorial Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum, Washington

1990
Fellowship to the Rutgers Center for the Innovative Print Making Rutgers, The University of New Jersey, New Brunswick,1989

1989
Northwest Major Works Award, Seattle Arts Commission, Washington

1987
Art in Public Places, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA

1986
Oregon Arts Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

1985
Art in Public Places, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Pendleton Arts Council, OR, Artist Advocate Project (sponsored to paint for one year)

1983
Art in Public places, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA

1982
Public Art Project. Washington State Arts Commission. Olympia, WA

1981
Artist in Schools Program, Eastern Oregon Regional Art Council, La Grande, OR

1980
Artist in Residence, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon

COLLECTIONS
Bank of America Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Boise Art Museum, Idaho
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian reservation, Pendleton, OR
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA
Frank Russell & Company, Tacoma, WA
Gilkey Print Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
Heathman Management Corporation, Portland, OR
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Hilton Corporation, Portland, OR
Jane Voorhess Zimmerlie Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
MicroSoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Pacific Northwest Bell Corporation, Seattle, WA
Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portable Works Collection, Multnomah County, Oregon
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Seattle Arts Commission, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Washington
Seattle Seahawks Stadium
Tacoma Art Museum, Washington
Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia
Western Heritage Savings and Loan, Pendleton, OR
West One Bank Corporation, Portland, OR
University of Oregon Library, Eugene, OR
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
U.S. Department of Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Washington D.C.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Kangas, Matthew, “James Lavadour at Grover/Thurston Gallery,” art ltd., Sept. 2011.
Upchurch, Michael, “The desert blooms with color, feeling in James Lavadour’s work,” The Seattle Times, June 16, 2011.

2010
Logue, Susan. “Exhibit Explores Modern Native American Art.” VOANews.com, November 2010.
Row, D.K. "Review: Gabriel Liston at New American Art Union and James Lavadour at PDX Contemporary Art." The Oregonian, April 29.
Melrod, George. "Eden is Burning." Art Ltd, March/April 2010.
Andrews, Scott. "Without Reservation." Art Ltd, March/April 2010.

2008
Row, D.K. “Art Review: James Lavadour at Hallie Ford.” The Oregonian, January 30.
Douglass, Arcy. "Between Heaven and Earth: The Work of James Lavadour." First Thursday Picks, PORT, March 31.
Cowan, Ron. “Artistic Cataclysm:Exhibit at Hallie Ford Showcases the Talent of Painter James Lavadour.” Statesman Journal, February 10.
Murry, Terry. “Letting the Paint Speak,” The East Oregonian, February 10.

2007
Silver, Laura. "Putting native artists on the map." downtown express, vol. 20, no. 9, July 13-19.
Baker, R.C. "Numbers by Painting," Best in Show, Village Voice, June 6-12.
Glueck, Grace. "Lands You Can't See in a Guidebook." The New York Times, March 23.
Fogarty, Mark. "Landscapes of the imagination featured in new exhibit." Indian Country Today, March 14.

2006
Bovee, Katherine. "James and Joey Lavadour at PDX," PORT, September 2.
Motley, John. "James Lavadour." Portland Mercury, Aug. 31 - Sept. 6.
Row, David. "Master of the picturesque." A & E, The Oregonian, August 25=.
Jahn, Jeff. "What to see?" PORT, August.

2005
Farr, Sheila. "Desolation, transformation: James Lavadour's landscapes of the mind." The Seattle Times, Sept. 16.
Lake, Eva. "The Event of Painting: an Interview with James Lavadour." KBOO, April 21.
Row, D.K. "High Voltage Theatrics." The Oregonian, April.
Dirks, Ryan. "Visual Arts." Portland Mercury, March 17.
Row, D.K. "A&E Shows of Note." The Oregonian, Friday March 4.
"Portland Life." Portland Tribune, March 1.

2004
O'Scannlain, Gerry Stroph. "James Lavadour: A Man In Love With Paint." Open Spaces, August 14.
Row, D.K. "James Lavadour." The Oregonian, July 23.
Row, D.K. "Painting like jazz." The Oregonian, January 2.
Jahn, Jeff. "Critical i." the nw drizzle, January.

2003
Van Dongen, Susan. "An Exhibit at the Printmaking Council Captures Native American Imagery and Mythology." PacketOnline, October 11.
Genocchio, Benjamin. "Landscapes That Push The Boundaries." The New York Times. Sunday, September 14.
Farr, Sheila. "Lavadour's landscapes move into new territory." The Seattle Times, September 12.
Wagonfield, Judy. "Lavadour's earth grows vibrantly with energy and spirit." The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 12.
Speer, Richard. "Bi-Furious." Willamette Week, July 2.
Taylor, Sue. "James Lavadour at Maryhill Museum of Art and PDX." Art in America, April.
Baker, Kenneth. "Mass Appeal: S.F. International Art Fair." San Francisco Chronicle, January 18.

2002
Atiyeh, Meagan. "Art Reviews." The Organ, Vol. 1, Issue 2, November/December.
"WW Pick." Willamette Week, September 4.
Rushing, Jackson W. "What the Ground Says: The Art of James Lavadour." Art Journal.

2000
Row, D.K. "Lavadour on Lavadour." The Oregonian, November 9.
Gibson, Daniel. "James Lavadour, Alchemist of Light." Native Peoples Arts & Lifeways vol. XIII, Sept/Oct.
"Artist of Change: James Lavadour." Native Peoples Magazine, April/May.

1999
Duford, Daniel. "The Deep Interior." Willamette Week, August 1999

1998
Row, D.K. "The lay of his land." The Oregonian, September.
Cohn, Terri. "Conquistadors of the Void." Artweek, April.

1997
Gragg, Randy. "Ascending past regionalism." The Oregonian, September.
Row, D.K. "Native Fire." Willamette Week, October.
Smith, Tracy. "James Lavadour at PDX." Art in America, March.
Updike, Robin. "Galleries: From Landscapes, Artistic Inspiration." The Seattle Times, Feb. 18.
Parr, Debra. "Reviews: Native Paper: Gallery 210, University of Missouri." New Art Examiner, Vol. 24, No. 8, May.
"Selected Works of Famous American Printmakers." Chinese Printmaking Magazine. No. 12, ISSN 1005-0787.

1995
Chambers, Lori. "Lasting Impressions." Rutgers Magazine, vol. 75, no. 5, Spring.

1994
Roberts, Prudence. "Profile: James Lavadour." VISIONS, Summer.

1993
Watson, Scott. "Whose Nation?" Canadian Art, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring.
"Contingent Histories, Aesthetic Politics." New Art Examiner, vol. 20, no. 7, March.
Fiedler, Nadine. "Spirit Negatives: James Lavadour at Wentz Gallery, PNCA/Elizabeth Leach Gallery." Reflex, vol. 7, no. 1, January/February.

1992
"Grounded in Oregon: Nature and Culture as the Local Ethnology in Portland." VISIONS, vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 30-32, Spring.
"Crow's Shadow, a Foundation for Art at the Umatilla Reservation." Artweek, vol. 23, no. 22, August 20.
Nixon, Bruce. "Contemporary Landscape Painting." Artweek, vol. 23, no. 23, Sept. 3.
Strickland, Rennard. "Shared Visions - Part III." Native Peoples Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2, Winter.
Jackson, Rushing W. "Recent Native American Art." Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, fall.

1991
Whittemore, L.I. "On Home Ground." The Oregonian, August 16.
Smallwood, Lyn. "Reviews: James Lavadour at Cliff Michel, Seattle." ARTnews, vol. 90, no. 1, January.
Failing, Patricia. "Sex, Landscape, and Videotapes: The Pacific Northwest." ARTnews, vol. 90, no. 10, December.

1990
Allen, Lois. "Looking at the Land." Artweek, August 12.
"Land Forms." Willamette Week, August 12.
Bryant, Elizabeth. "James Lavadour: Anatomy of a Landscape." Reflex, vol. 4, no. 5, September
Glowen, Ron. "Review of Exhibitions: James Lavadour at Cliff Michel, Seattle." Art in America, vol. 78, no. 6, December.
Gragg, Randy. "James Lavadour: Merging Man and Nature." Portland Oregonian, July 15.
"Landscapes of the Mind." Seattle Weekly, May 16.
"Presence as Absence: James Lavadour at the Oregon Art Institute." Artweek, September.
Tarzan-Arment, Deloris. The Seattle Times, May 14.

1989
Berger, David. "Crossed Cultures." Seattle Times, April 12.
Manuel, Bruce. "Art Spawned by a Clash of Cultures." Christian Science Monitor, June 12.
"James Lavadour's Mountain View." Northwest Magazine/Portland Oregonian, November 26.
Hackett, Regina. "Crossed Cultures." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12.
Dana, Gail. "Waiting for the Muse." Willamette Week, February.

1988
Barden, Renardo. "Visual Arts: James Lavadour at Elizabeth Leach." Willamette Week, July.
Carlson, Jay. "Amoral landscape: James Lavadour at Elizabeth Leach." Reflex. vol. 2, no. 5, September.

1987
Kangas, Matthew. "Un-representative Samplings: Northwest '87." The Seattle Weekly, August/September.
"Spirits in Time: Portfolio." Oregon Magazine, February/March.

1986
Berkson, Bill. "The Northwest Art Scene." Art in America, vol. 74, no. 7, July/September.
"Northwest Now: Tacoma Art Museum." Artweek, April.

1984
Anderson, David Charles. "Innovations: New Expression in Native American Painting." Artspace, Spring.

Community Art Services

1990 - present
Crow's Shadow Institute for the Arts: Founder, past president and current board member. Located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Pendleton, OR