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Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen - 1 of 7 Finalists for The Brink Award

15 March, 2011

Congratulations to Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen - one of the seven finalists for the 2011 Brink Award.

The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington is delighted to announce the short list of candidates for The Brink, an award for emerging artists in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. The 2011 finalists are Grant Barnhart (Seattle, WA), Debra Baxter (Seattle, WA), Dawn Cerny (Seattle, WA), Andrew Dadson (Vancouver, BC), Tannaz Farsi (Eugene, OR), Allison Hrabluik (Vancouver, BC), and artist team Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen (Portland, OR).

This new award is now in its second biennial cycle, following 2009’s winner, Isabelle Pauwels (Vancouver, BC.) The selection committee will conduct studio visits with the eight artists in late March and early April.

In partnership with long-time Henry Art Gallery benefactors and Seattle art supporters John and Shari Behnke, the Henry confers this biennial prize of $12,500 to one of these artists, all of whom are at the beginning stages of a promising professional career. The recipient will also be given a solo exhibition at the Henry, and a work of his or her art will be acquired for the museum’s permanent collection. The winner of The Brink will be announced Friday, April 22, 2011, at 7PM.

Storm Tharp: A Lumber Room collaboration with Sarah Meigs

12 March, 2011

"Reader on a Black Background": Sarah Meigs was curious to understand more fully "The Decorator" ( 2010.ink, gouache, colored pencil, charcoal and gold leaf on paper 57.5" x 85") which she purchase for his most recent PDX exhibition. Meigs invited Tharp to curate an exhibition for which Tharp selected works from her collection including "The Decorator" and write a corresponding essay. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION

James Lavadour: Clark Art Talks

25 January, 2011

Artist and scholar lecture series, 7 p.m. in PUB 161 (Fireside Lounge).
All events are free and open to the public.
January 25th, James Lavadour

One of the Northwest's most revered painters, James Lavadour lives on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Northeastern Oregon. His rich and complex paintings of the Oregon landscape combine loose, gestural strokes with bold colors and slashes of energy, exuding primal vigor and spiritual power. His works are included in the collections of the Bank of America (San Francisco, CA), the Microsoft Corporation (Redland, WA), the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR) and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (Washington DC) to name but a few.

Storm Tharp: Clark Art Talks, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

15 February, 2011

Clark Art Talks
Artist and scholar lecture series, 7 p.m. in PUB 161 (Fireside Lounge).
All events are free and open to the public.
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/archer/art_talks.php

February 15th, Storm Tharp

Storm Tharp was raised in Ontario, Oregon. He attended Cornell University and received a BFA from the College of Architecture, Art and Urban Planning. Upon graduation in 1992, he moved to Portland, Oregon where he presently resides. Tharp's work is representational – by both figurative and conceptual means and expressed through a variety of media. In the spring of 2010, Tharp was selected for The Whitney Biennial: 2010, in which new portrait works were created. His work has been acquired by The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery, The Portland Art Museum, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and Reed College.

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