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Born: 1947, Seattle, Washington
Education:
1996 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1994 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1984 Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
1967 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
Institutional Collections:
Hallie Ford Museum of Art Permanent Collection, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Collection of the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
The Museum of Northwest Art, Permanent Collection, La Conner, Washington
Tacoma Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Tacoma, Washington
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Southwestern Oregon Community College Permanent Collection, Coos Bay, Oregon
Masa Art Center, Permanent Collection, City of Masa, Arizona
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Land Forms, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2019 “The Edge of Seeing”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, with catalog and essay by Greg Robinson, Chief Curator, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2016 Winter Solos II, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2014 “From the Gardens Edge: Paintings and Works on Paper”, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013 “Patterns in Time…Images From Within”, New Works on Paper, Davidson Galleries, Seattle Washington
2011 “Places” New Paintings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, with catalog
2008 “New Works on Paper” - Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, Washington
2006 “Elsewhere”, New Paintings, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, Washington
2004 “Ripple: New Paintings”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2004 The Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee
2003 “Meditations: New Paintings”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2002 “Works on Paper”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, with catalog
2001 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2001 William Turner Gallery, Venice, California
2000 William Turner Gallery, Venice, California
1999 “Three Small Solos”, William Turner Gallery, Venice, California
1998 “Other Places”, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
1997 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, California
1997 Hultberg Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993 Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, California
Selected Group Exhibition:
2024 In Flux, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, California, Jeremy P.H. Morgan, curator
2021 Chromatic Impressions, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2018 Polychromatic Perspectives, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2018 “Invisible – Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington
2017-18 IFPDA Print Fair with Davidson Galleries, New York City, New York
2017 Le Salon De Diego, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2017 “Revering Nature”, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Greg Robinson, Curator
2017 Vasari21, Ann Landi, website featured artist
2017 Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2016 Pallazo Dell’Annunziata, Matera, Italy, Professor Pino Nicoletti, Curator, with catalog
2015 Bellingham National 2015 Art Exhibition, The Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington, Scott Lawrimore, Director, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Juror
2015 “Rear View”, Group Exhibition, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013 Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2013 Governors Mansion, Olympia, Washington
2013 “Fall Review – Invitational”, Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2010 “2010 Small Works Invitational Exhibition, Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2010 “Small Works”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2010 “Urban & Natural Landscapes”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2007 “Expressions West 2007”, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon, Amy Pence-Brown, Associate Curator of Art, Boise Art Museum, Juror, with Purchase Award
2006 7th Annual SU National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Huber Art Center, Shippensburg Univ., Shippensburg, PA., Kathryn Markel, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY, Juror
2005-06 Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida
2005-06 Shenzhen Art Center, Traveling Exhibition, Shenzhen, China, with catalog
2004 “Summer Group Show I”, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmith, New Hampshire
2004 “Art of the Land”, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee
2004 Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2004 San Francisco Art Expo, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, California
2003 “Summer Stock: A Group Show”, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2003 San Francisco Art Expo, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, California
2002 Pacific Northwest Exhibition 2002, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, Oregon, Yuji Hiratsuka, Professor, Oregon State University and John Olbrantz, Director of Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
2002 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2001 “Unearthed - Contemporary Landscape”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2001 Michael Martin Galleries, London, United Kingdom
2001 National Drawing 2001, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona, Janice Pittsley, Associate Professor of Art, Arizona State University, Juror
2000 Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, California
2000 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
1999 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
1999 Second Annual Invitational Exhibition, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, California
1998 William Turner Gallery, Venice, California
1998 “Directors Choice”, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
1997 Just Paper, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Marian Parmenter, Director, Curator, San Francisco, California
1997 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1997 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California
1997 “Kaleidoscope of Blue”, Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
1997 “Directors Choice”, I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California
1996 125th San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Group Exhibition, Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Faculty Exhibition, Napa Valley College, St. Helena, California
1996 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, California - Catalog with reproduction
1996 “Science Imagined, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, Susannah Hays, Curator; catalog
1995 Artist’s Books Annual Group Exhibition, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995 Berkeley Art Center Group Exhibition, Berkeley, California
1994 Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California, Ruth Braunstein, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, Juror
1994 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
1994 Berkeley Art Center (BACA) 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, California, Deborah Klochko, Ansel Adams Center; Tim Taylor, Richmond Art Center; and Valerie Wade, Crown Point Press, Jurors
1994 Richland Art Center, Richland, Washington - John Braseth, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington, Juror
1992 Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 University of California, Berkeley, Faculty Gallery, Faculty Jury, San Francisco, California
1990 San Francisco Women Artists’ Gallery, San Francisco, California, Fred Reichman, Juror
Awards and Grants:
2007 Purchase Award, “Expressions West 2007”, Coos Art Museum for Southwestern Oregon Community College Permanent Collection
2002 Best in Show, Pacific Northwest Exhibition 2002, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon
2001 Ragdale Foundation Residency
2001 National Drawing 2001 Purchase Award, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
1999 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Residency
1999 Djerassi Resident Artists Program - Alternate
1998 Villa Montalvo Artists Residency - Alternate
1994 San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship
1993 Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Teaching Experience:
2005 University of Minnesota, Split Rock Arts Program, St. Paul, Minnesota
2001-2006 Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA.
1998-99 College of Marin, Art Department, Substitute Instructor, Kentfield, CA.
1996-99 Art Instructor, Napa Valley College, St.Helena, CA.
1996-99 John F. Kennedy University, Arts in Consciousness Mentoring Program, Orinda, CA.
1996 Teaching Assistant, Int./Adv. Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Lectures and Presentations:
2006 Collectors Evening - Artist Talk, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, Washington
2006 Nova Alternative High School, Seattle, Washington
2005 Walker Art Museum, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
1998 Cornish College of the Arts, Settle, Washington
1998 Napa Valley College, Upper Valley Campus, St. Helena, California
Publications:
Upchurch, Michael, “Revering Nature” The Seattle Times, Sunday, May 14, 2017
Upchurch, Michael, “Nature Rules in Lisa Harris Show”, The Seattle Times, January 24, 2014
Upchurch, Michael, “Teasing Out Visual Rhythms From Nature”, The Seattle Times, March 22, 2013
Smallwood, Lyn, “Nature and Nuance”, catalog essay, March 2011
Koppman, Debra, “Preview: Dion Zwirner - New Works on Paper” Artweek, Vol.39, Issue 2, March 2008
Kangas, Matthew, “Allusions to Clouds, Water, Earth, Special to The Seattle Times, December 17, 2004
Koppman, Debra, “Previews: Dion Zwirner.” Artweek, Vol.34, Issue 2. March 2003. Cover illustration and review.
American Art Collector - West, 2006
Glowen, Ronald G. “Impressions of Lightfall.” catalog essay, August 2002.
Axelrod, Dee. “Landscape in the Abstract.” Bainbridge Review, July 31, 2002.
Trafton, Robin. “Net Result: A Keeper.” The Kansas City Star. August 15, 2003.
Corporate and other Collections:
The Private Collection of Grace Knowlton
Swedish Hospital, Issaquah Campus, Bellevue, Washington
Washington Mutual Corporate Collection, Seattle, Washington
Swedish Hospital, Cherry Hill Campus, Seattle, Washington
The Westin Hotels, Inc., Bellevue, Washington
Clise Properties Inc., Seattle, Washington
IBM Corporation, San Jose, California
Sage & Co. Staging, San Francisco, California
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Seattle, Washington
Covington and Burling, San Francisco, California
Silver Cloud Inn and Hotels, Seattle, Washington
Edward D. Jones and Company, Cupertino, California
The Tamalpais Land Company, Mill Valley, California
Marin Technology Center, Marin County, California
G.W Vinup, Swenson Anderson Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lisa Levin Design, Mill Valley, California
Scheiber Design Group, Inc., San Francisco, California
Landels, Ripley & Diamond, San Francisco, California
James Marzo Design, San Francisco, California