MARIE WATT

BORN
1967 Seattle, WA

EDUCATION
1994-96
MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

1990-92
AFA in Museum Studies, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1986-90
BS in Speech Communications and Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

2013
Denver Art Museum, Denver CO

2012
Skywalker/Skyscraper, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Lodge, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Cradle, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010
Marker, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Forget-Me-Not, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Forget-Me-Not, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, OR

2009
Forget-Me-Not, Curated by Ben Mitchell, Northwest Museum, Spokane, WA
Heirloom, Curated by Stephen Glueckert, Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT
Pendleton Stories, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR

2008
Portraits, Greg Kucera, Seattle, WA
Heirloom, Curated by Stephen Glueckert, Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT
Fort, Installation, Portland Building, Portland, OR
Blanket Stories, Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole Art Association, Jackson, WY

2007
Blanket Stories: Compass, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Custodian" Installation, Think Tank Education Space, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Tread Lightly, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2006
Blanket Stories: Almanac, Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Curated by Ben Mitchel, Casper, Wyoming; traveling to the Boise Art Museum, Curated by Sandy Harthorn, Boise, ID
Blanket Stories: Album, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Curated by Jennifer Gately, Ketchum, ID

2005
Blanket Stories: Ladder, Curated by Margaret Archuleta, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Blanket Stories: Receiving, Curated by Linda Tesner, Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

2004
Continuum: Blanket Stories, Curated by Truman Lowe, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, NY, NY
Blanket Stories: Sewing Bee, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR
Letter Ghosts and Recent Work, Clatsop Community College Gallery, Astoria, OR
Blanket Stories, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2003
"Stack," Evergreen Galleries, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington

2002
PDX Window Project, PDX Gallery, Portland, OR
Governors Gallery, Coordinated by the Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
"Sleep and Sleeplessness," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2001
"Courier," Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA

2000
"Pedestrian," An In Situ Portland Project: Solo installation: River Overlook Park, Portland, OR

1999
"Courier," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Navigation," Friendly House, Portland, OR
"Introductory Show, two-artist exhibition," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
"Sakahàn," National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

2012
"Changing Hands 3," Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, curated by David McFadden and Ellen Taubman (traveling)
"Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, curated by Karen Kramer Russell

2011
"oomph [ʊmf]: enthusiasm, vigor, or energy. sex appeal:
Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen,Arcy Douglass,James Lavadour,Tad Savinar,Storm Tharp,Marie Watt, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Bonnie Bronson Fellows: 20 Years," Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
"Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
"Counting Coup," Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM, curated by Ryan Rice
"Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2010-2011
"Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years," Plug in Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

2010
"Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection," Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
"When Dog Turns to Wolf," David Krut Projects, New York, NY
"Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1880-2010," Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
"Migrations: New Directions in Native Art," Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska

2009
"New American Voices: Fabric Workshop and Museum," Philadelphia, PA
"Currents: Native American Forces in Contemporary Art," Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
"Twisted Path," Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, MA
"Redefining the Canvas: Edda Renouf, Ramona Sakiestewa and Marie Watt," Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
"I Like Winners: Sport and Selfhood," Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV

2008
"Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art," Rosemary Berkel & Harry L Crisp II Museum, Southeast Missouri State U., Cape Girardeau, MI
"Modern Art, Modern Lives: Then and Now," Curated by Andrea Mellard Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
"Contemporary NW Art Award," Curated by Jennifer Gately, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
"Distaff Tool Kit," Curated by Rickie Solinger, Traveling Exhibition
"Women’s Work," Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Organized by Terri M. Hopkins (Director, The Art Gym) & John Olbrantz (Maribeth Collins Director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University)
Tradition and Change: A survey of Contemporary American Indian Art, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA

2007
"Oh So Iroquois," Curated by Ryan Rice, Ottawa Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2006
"No Reservations," Curated by Richard Klein, Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT
"Migrations," traveling group exhibition, University Gallery, Organized by Marge Devon (Director, Tamarind Institute), Albuquerque, NM
"Neo-Sincerity: The difference between the comic and the cosmic is a single letter," Curated by Amei Wallach, ApexArt, New York, NY
Crow’s Shadow Institute Print Biennial, Hailey Ford Museum, Salem, OR

2005
"Everything is Drawing," Curated by Rebecca Dobkins, Halley Ford Museum, Salem, OR

2004
"Artists Select," Invitational Group Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2003
"Artists in Residence," Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
"Craft Biennial," Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
"Building Tradition," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Form to Function," Kohler Gallery, Sheboygan, MI
"18 Women Artists," Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

2002
Sitka Center Invitational, The World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Sitka Collaboration Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
"Slowness," The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR
"New American Paintings," Juried Exhibition-in-Print: curated by Lisa Dennison, deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Faculty Exhibition, North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR
Inaugural Exhibition, Open Studios Gallery, Boston, and MA

2001
"The Bellevue Annual," Bellevue Museum of Art, Bellevue, WA
"Horse Tales," curated by Ezra Shales, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
"Contemporary Skeins," curated by Heather Rogers, Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland, OR
"PDX at CCC," Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

2000
"Open Walls," Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Traditional & Contemporary Native Women Artists," Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
"Circle of Friends," curated by Lillian Pitt, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR

1999
"Introductory Show: two-artist exhibition," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

1998
"Time and Materials," The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR

1997
"The Uncommon Book," Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
The Oregon Biennial: Traveling group exhibition, curated by Katherine Kanjo: Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon; University of Oregon Museum, Eugene, Oregon; Hallie Brown Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
"State of the Nations," Plan B Evolving Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1996
"Traditions and Transitions," Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale University Art and Architecture Gallery, New Haven, CT

RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2011-2012
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Aspen, CO

2011
Crow’s Shadow Institute Printmaking Residency, Pendleton, OR

2010
Artistic Innovation Grant, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, Vancouver, WA

2009
Fabric Workshop + Museum, Residency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award, Portland, Oregon
Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Individual Artist Opportunity Grant
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Individual Artist Project Grant
Willamette University, Ford Building Art Commission, Salem, Oregon

2008
Patron Print, Gilkey Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
Fabric Workshop + Museum, Philadelphia, PN
Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

2007
Anonymous Was A Woman, New York, New York
Artist in Residence, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit WI
National Museum of the American Indian and the Art in Embassies, Tamarind Institute Print Project, Albuquerque, NM; Washington, D.C.; and embassy locations throughout the globe.
Tamarind Institute, Printmaking Residency, Albuquerque, NM

2006
Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY

2005
Seattle Art Museum Betty Bowen Memorial Award, Seattle, WA
Eiteljorg Museum Artist Fellowship Recipient (Jurors: Patterson Sims, Amei Wallach,Margaret Archuleta, Rick Bartow), Curator: Jennifer Campo McNutt, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN

2004
Visual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
Regional Arts and Culture Council: Project & Professional Development Grants Recipient, Portland, OR

2004-2003
Full-year Professional Sabbatical: Portland Community College, Portland, OR

2003
Crow’s Shadow Institute: Printmaking Residency, Pendlelton, OR
Senior Residency & Fellowship: Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2002
Crow’s Shadow Institute: Printmaking Residency with Frank Janzen, Tamarind Master Printer, Pendleton, OR
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology: Printmaking residency with Julia D’Amario, Pace Editions Master Printer,Otis, OR

2001
Vermont Studio Center: Full Fellowship
Regional Arts & Culture Council: Individual Artist Project Grant

2000
Regional Arts & Culture Council: In Situ Portland Project Grant

1996
Yale University: Elizabeth Cranfield Hicks Award for Drawing

1995–1996
College Art Association: Professional Development Fellowship

1995
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: Full Fellowship

1994–1996
Seneca Nation of Indians: Academic Scholarship, Irving, NY
Philip Morris Foundation: Graduate Fellowship
American Indian Graduate Center: Graduate Fellowship

1994–1995
Americans for Indian Opportunity: Ambassador and Kellogg Fellow

1991–1992
National Gallery of Art: Internship: Design and Installation, and Education Department Collections

COLLECTIONS
Art 4 Culture, Seattle, WA
Boise Art Museum, Boise,ID
Bronson Collection, Portland, OR
Crow’s Shadow Press, Pendleton, OR
Eco-Trust, Portland, OR
Eiteljorg Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Fidelity Investments, Portland, OR
Hailey Ford Art Museum, Salem, OR
Microsoft Collection, Redmond, WA
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
National Gallery of Canada, Ontario, Canada
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Arlene and Harold Schnitzer, OR
Jordan Schnitzer, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
The Friendly House, Portland, OR
U.S. Embassy of Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Jeri Waxenberg, Sun Valley, ID
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2011
Workshop Instructor, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, CO
Featured Artist and Speaker, Portland Community College Art Beat Festival, Portland, OR

2008
Symposium & Panel Discussion, Pitzer College, The Claremont Colleges
Presenter, Portland State University, MFA Monday Night Lecture Series, Portland, OR

2007
Artist Lecture, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2006
Diverse Voices/Diverse Media panelist, moderated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Visiting Artist, Department of Art and Design, Montclair University, Montclair, NJ
Artist Talk and Art Collaboration, SunValley Art Center, Ketchum, ID
Juror, Professional Development Fellowships, College Art Association, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID

2005-2006
Art Instructor, Journeys in Creativity, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

2005
Visiting Artist lecturer, BA Students, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

2004
College Art Association: Annual Conference, Session Chair, Seattle, WA

2003
The Evergreen State College: Visiting Artist Guest Speaker, Olympia, WA
Clatsop Community College: Visiting Artist Panelist, Astoria, OR
Cascade Aid’s Art for Life: Art Donation and Catalogue Participant. Portland, OR

2002
Crow’s Shadow Art Institute: Youth Mentor and Community Presentation, Pendleton, OR
Native American Youth Association: Pedestrian, a presentation to summer camp students, Portland, OR
Native American Youth Association: Volunteer Instructor, 8-week art and stone carving class, Portland, OR

2001–2002
Regional Arts and Culture Council: Juror, Wapato Corrections Facility, Portland, OR

2001
Native American Art Studies Association, Biennial Conference, Guest Speaker
Metropolitan Learning Center: Guest speaker on public art with high school students

1999–2001
Portland Community College: Chair, Welcoming Pole Project: commissioned/raised 30-foot totem pole by Kwaguilth Carver Richard Hunt. Involved fundraising, educational programs, and community outreach.
Pacific Northwest College of Art: Visiting artist, lecturer and guest critic

1996–2002
College Art Association: Member

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2011
Rickard, Jolene, "Visualizing Sovereignty in the Time of Biometric Sensors," South Atlantic Quarterly, March 21
Enright, Robert, "New Aboriginal Art Show Tells Stories of Adaptation and Transformation," The Globe and Mail, Feb. 13

2010
Logue, Susan. “Exhibit Explores Modern Native American Art.” VOANews.com, November 2010.
Speer, Richard. “Review: Marie Watt, PDX Contemporary Art.” ARTnews, September 2010.
Beal, Suzanne. “Wrapped in Tradition.” Fiberarts magazine, Summer 2010.

2009
Sozanski, Edward. “Five ‘Voices’ in a song of Diversity.” Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 October, 2009.
Row, D.K. “Marie Watt wins Bonnie Bronson Award.” The Oregonian, March 27, 2009.
Rave, Jodi. “Warm Welcome.” The Missoulian, 23 March 2009.
Grant, Adriana. “Seattle City Light sponsor seven art installations.” Seattle Post Intelligencer, 12 February 2009.

2008
Grant, Adriana. “A Woolen Thanks: Marie Watt at Greg Kucera Gallery.” Seattle Weekly, 26 November 2008.
“Arlene Schnitzer Prize Winner Announce.” Artforum, July 8, 2008.
Graves, Jen. “Portland Art Museum Declares Itself Art Capital of the Northwest.” The Stranger, July 2, 2008.
Motley, John. “Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.” The Portland Mercury, June 19 – 25, 2008.
Speer, Richard. “Lowbrow Writ Large.” Willamette Week, June 18, 2008.
Sweets, Henry. “Blankets tell stories; Ricard photos; local threads.” JH Weekly, June 18, 2008.
Norris, T.J. “1st Impression: Contemporary NW Art Awards.” unblogged, June 16, 2008.
Libby, Brian. “Review Contemporary Northwest Art Awards at PAM.” The Oregonian, June 15, 2008.
Verzemniek, Inara. “Marie Watt’s Sewing Circle.” The Oregonian, April 4, 2008.

2007
Butler, Grant. “Portland Art Museum names winners of Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.” The Oregonian, November 13, 2007.
“Marie Watt at PDX.” PORT, March 28, 2007.
Motley, John. “Marie Watt, Tread Lightly.”The Portland Mercury, March 22, 2007.
Neugarten, Rachel. “Blanket Statement.”The Oregonian, March 16, 2007.
Row, D.K. “Shows of Note.” The Oregonian, 2007.
Speer, Richard. “Fat Chick Self-Portraits at Rake, and Other Highlights.” Willamette Week, March 2007.
Row, D.K. “Watt Wins Another Fellowship.” The Oregonian, October 31, 2006.

2006
Klein, Richard. "No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art." The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, October 16, 2006.
Cowan, Alison Leigh. “A Pile of Blankets, With Personal History Woven Into the Fabric.” The New York Times, August 25, 2006.
St. John, Kathleen. “Woven Wonders.” Casper Star-Tribune, April 21, 2006.
Taylor, Sue. “Marie Watt at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum.” Art in America, January 2006.

2005
Lhamo, Richard. “Marie Watt: Blanket Stories: Ladder.” THE Magazine, November 2005.
Allen, Lois. “Marie Watt at the Hoffman Gallery, Lewis & Clark College.” Artweek, October, 2005.
Berry, S.L. “From Their Hands.” The Indianapolis Star, October 30, 2005.
Fischer, Zane. “Zane’s World: Casting Shadows.” Santa Fe Reporter, August 31, 2005.
Ortel John. NMAI essay. American Indian Art Magazine. Spring 2005.
Henderson, Harvest. “Artwork blanketed in metaphor.” The Oregonian, March 4, 2005.
Ferranto, Matt. “Marie Watt: The Blanket Project at the National Museum of the American Indian.” Art on Paper, January/February 2005.

2004
Speer, Richard. “Pacific Edge.” Art News, October 2004.
Row, D.K. “Marie Watt.” The Oregonian, October 29, 2004.
Fitzgibbon, Joe. “Indian artist forms a circle of lives with quilt creation.” The Oregonian. October 7, 2004.
Sullivan, Patrick. “Blanket Coverage.” The Oregonian, August 8, 2004.

2003
Gangelhoff, Bonnie.” “The Next Generation.” Southwest Art, August 2003.

2002
Allen, Lois. “Reviews: Portland.” Art Papers, July/August 2002.
Row, D.K. “In the blink of an eye.” The Oregonian, March 1, 2002.
“Sleep and Sleeplessness.” WW Pick. Willamette Week, January 16, 2002.

2001
Shales, Ezra. “Horse Tales: American Images and Icons.” Katonah Museum of Art, 2001.

1999
Boas, Pat. “Marie K. Watt at PDX.” Artweek, December 1999.
Row, D.K. “Of Cornhusks and Cedar.” Willamette Week, January 29, 1999.