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I am interested in creating a dialogue between my work and the viewer. Not a one-way diatribe, but a genuine back and forth conversation. In order to achieve this I use the tool of visual beauty to bring the viewer closer, language to engage them, content that is relevant to their lives, and irony to soften the blow.
Born 1950 Portland, Oregon
Selected Site Installations and Solo Exhibitions
2008
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2006
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2004
Savage, Portland, Oregon
2001
Savage, Portland, Oregon
1999
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Portland, catalogue
1998, 1997
S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1994
Savage Fine Art, Portland, catalogue
1992
The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1991, 1989, 1988
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1985
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, catalogue
1984
Reed College, Portland, Oregon
Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle,
1983
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Pennsylvania State University, College Station, Pennsylvania
The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, catalogue
1982
Artist's Space, New York
Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Portland, Oregon catalogue
1980
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
1979
Eastern Washington University, Cheny, Washington
1978
And/Or, Seattle, catalogue
1977
Blue Sky Photography Gallery, Portland, artist's book
1976
Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle
Wentz Gallery, Museum Art School, Portland, Oregon
Northwest Artist's Workshop, Portland
Selected Two Person and Group Exhibitions
2007
“Drawing(s): 40+ artists/200works- A 25th Anniversary Exhibition, ArtGym, Marylhurst University
2004 - 2005
Keys to the Koop, humor in contemp. prints, west coast museuems
2001 - 2004
Pressure Points, touring print show, west coast museums, catalogue
1999, 1998, 1997
Meyerson Nowinski, Seattle
Portland Art Museum, International Print Exhibition
Portland Art Museum, “Object to Image”
Portland Art Museum, Oregon Biennial, catalogue, travel
The Art Gym, Prints from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Collection, catalogue
1996
Meyerson and Nowinski, Seattle
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
The Art Gym, Portland, Oregon
1995
Savage Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
Portland Art Museum
Chapman College, Los Angeles
University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, Oregon, catalogue
1994
Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, Oregon
1993
Savage Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
1991
Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, Oregon
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
1987
Baskerville-Watson Gallery, New York
1986
CEPA, (Collins-Milazzo curators) Buffalo, New York
1985
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, catalogue
Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, Washington
MO David Gallery, New York
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
1984
Chapman College, Los Angeles
Artist's Space, New York
1980
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Marylhurst College, Portland, Oregon
1979
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1978
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
PCVA, Portland, catalogue
San Diego Art Museum, San Diego
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1976
Cheny Cowles Art Museum, Spokane, Washington
1975
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle
Fountain Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1974
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
Corvallis Art Museum, Corvallis, Oregon
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Fountain Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle
1973
Fountain Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Fellowships, Grants & Awards
1998
A.S.A.P. residency, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Governor's Arts Award, Oregon
1997
Ucross Foundation, residency, Wyoming
1995
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship, Painting
1991
Portland Metropolitan Arts Commission Travel Grant
Fabric Workshop, residency, Philadelphia
1987, 1986, 1984
Portland Metropolitan Arts Commission Project Grant
1984
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship, Sculpture
1984
National Endowment for the Arts Inter-Arts Project Grant, performance
1983
Oregon Arts Commission Individual Fellowship, Sculpture
Museum Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Archives, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Norton Museum, Miami Beach
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
University of California Art Museum, Santa Barbara
The Fabric Workshop Archives, Philadelphia
Private Collections
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Phillip Morris Corporation, New York
J. Berggruen, San Francisco, California
James Winkler Company, Portland, Oregon
Aratex, Burbank, California
Oregon Health Science Center, Portland, Oregon
Tonkin, Torp, Galen, Portland, Oregon
G. Stroemple, Portland, Oregon
A. Schnitzer, Portland, Oregon
S. French, New York
J. Schnitzer, Portland, Oregon
T. Hopkins, Portland, Oregon
Public Art Projects
1995-98
City Hall Renovation Commission, Port1and,
1992-98
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle,
1998-1999
San Jose Fire Station No. 1, San Jose,
1995-96
University of Texas at San Antonio,
1994
Temple Beth Israel, Portland, Oregon,
1990
Mentor Graphics Headquarters, Portland, Oregon
U.S. Customs Office, Sumas, Washington
State Lands Building, Salem, Oregon
1985
City of Seattle, suite of prints
1980
City of Portland, suite of prints
1980
City of Eugene, installation work
Design Team Projects
1999
Columbine High School Memorial Design Team,
2001
NJ State WW II Memorial Design Team,
1998 -2008
Seattle Light Rail
1999 - 2008
Phoenix Light Rail
2004 -
Portland Downtown Light Rail
1995 - 96
River District Right of Way Design Team, Portland, Oregon
1998
Forest Park Light Rail Station Area Plan, St. Louis
Street Scape Standards Design Project, Anchorage
Eagle River Downtown Circulation Master Plan, Eagle River Alaska
Community Building Design, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga CA
Multi Modal Transit Station, Everett WA
1992-98
Tri Met Light Rail Design Team, Portland, Oregon
1997-99
Harborside Light Rail Station, Jersey City,
1997 -
Lincoln Street Bridge Design Team, Spokane Washington,
1999
Pacific Avenue Overpass Design Team, Everett, Washington,
1996 - 98
Commercial Park Blocks Re-design, Portland (volunteer)
1997
Stockyards Building, Portland, Oregon
1996-97
PED to MAX Station Area Design Team, Gresham, Oregon
Main Street Re-Design, Salt Lake City
1996
Oregon Holocaust Memorial Design Team, Portland, Oregon
Oregon Garden Project, Silverton, Oregon
LINK Public Transit Design Team, Chelan and Douglas Counties, Washington
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose
1995-96
Transit Center Design Team, Eugene Oregon,
1995
Plaza Design Team, Eugene, Oregon
Planning Projects
1996-97
Light Rail Public Art Master Plan, Salt Lake City,
1998
Dome Area Master Plan, Tacoma, Washington,
1995-97
Southwest Community Plan Task Force, Portland,
1998
405 Lid Study, Portland,
Downtown Plan, Portland,
1995
San Francisco Presidio Re-development Project,
1992 - 94
Rio Salado Public Art Master Plan, Tempe, Arizona,
1991-92
Future Focus, Portland,
Arts Plan
1992 - 93
2000 Plus, Portland,
Theater Works
1994
Wrote COVER SHOT. Produced by Portland Repertory Theater.
1990
Commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to write an original work.
1988
Wrote and designed THE FOUR MICKIES. Produced by Artist's Repertory Theater, Portland, Oregon
1986
Wrote, directed, produced, and designed AUTOFLEX at PCVA and the Portland Civic Theater. Wrote RE-WIRED. Commissioned and produced by the Portland Civic Theater. Wrote, designed, and directed BRUSHFIRES. Produced by P. C.T.
1982-87
Conceived, designed, and co-created TALK RADIO (performance work) in collaboration with Eric Bogosian, which premiered at Portland Center for the Visual Arts in 1985. Produced in 1987 by Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival and placed in the Archive of Theater on Film. Feature film version directed by Oliver Stone and released by Universal Pictures, 1989.
Funding Panel Participation
1998
Ucross Residency Program Selection Panel
1997
National Endowment for the Arts Museum Planning and Stabilization Panel
1995
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Organizations
1993-94
Portland Metropolitan Arts Commission, Artists Projects
1993
Oregon Arts Commission, Artists Projects
Warhol Foundation/Rockefeller Foundation Regional Initiative Funding
1991
Panel Member, Artists Projects, Oregon Arts Commission
1990
Chair, National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Organization Panel
Funding Consultant, Meyer Memorial Trust, Portland, Oregon
1989
Panel Member, NEA/Visual Arts Organization Panel
1987
Panel Member, NEA/Rockefeller Foundation Inter-Arts Grants
Selected Professional and Biographical Information
1973
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1992
Autumn Harvest AIDS/Hospice Event, Co-Chair, Portland, Oregon
1979-86
Instructor of Art, Marylhurst College, Portland Oregon
1979-80
PCVA Exhibition Committee Chair, Portland, Oregon
1978
Set Designer, So & So & So & So Dance Company
1977-82
PCVA Board Member, Portland Oregon
1975-86
Free-lance Preparator