Resumé
EDUCATION
1978-1981 The London School of Economics and Political Science
Degree. Bsc (Econ) government with honours
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“A Seekers Paradise” Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA February 2024
“The Age of Kali, Age of Belief” The Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR. Solo show Oct 2022
“The Age of Kali” Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, solo show Jan 2022
Eschatologies, The Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR June 2020
“Apocalypse” The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR April 2019
“Cultural Mapping”The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene OR Sep – Jan 2018
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery, OR May 2018
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery, OR Oct 2016
BAR Architects, San Francisco, CA Oct 2013
Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA, May 2013
Sumarria Lunn Contemporary, London, UK, (March) 2012
Christopher Henry Gallery, New York,NY Nov 2011
Pulliam Gallery Portland, OR July 2011
‘In the case of All cities” Sumarria Lunn, London, UK. May 2010
“Absence and presence” Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, Ca April 2010
Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA April 2009
Howard House, Seattle, WA, Feb 2009
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR Mar 2008
Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA (April) 2007
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Jan-Feb) 2007
Howard House, Seattle, WA (April) 2006
Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, (Sept.) 2005
Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA, (May) 2005
Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, (Feb.) 2005
Studio Lo Do, Phoenix, AZ, (Oct/Nov.) 2004
Damien B Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, (Sept.) 2004
Howard House, Seattle, WA, (Feb.) 2003
The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, (Nov.) 2002
Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, (Oct.) 2002
Gallery 2211/Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA. Installation, (Mar.) 2002
Howard House, Seattle, WA, “Metro Sculptures” (Feb.) 2002
Davis & Cline, Ashland, OR, (Nov.) 2000
Center for Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, (Jul.) 2000
The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, (Feb.) 2000
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (Dec.) 1998
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Word Matter, The Crl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Nov 2019
The Coventry Biennial, Coventry Museum of Art, UK, October 2019
Demarcate, The San Jose Art Institute, San Jose, CA March 2016
Words,words,words. The Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 2015
The 10th Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswick, The Hague, Holland 2014
Shooting the Moon, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 2014
State of Emergency, Davidson College, N. Carolina, curated by Lia Newman 2014
Meridian, Tryon St. Gallery, London, UK 2013
The Illuminated Library, San Francisco State University, CA 2013
Wagner, The Stadt Museum, Dresden, Germany 2013
Caught in the Crossfire, Herbert Museum of Art, Coventry, UK 2013
The James Joyce Museum, Dublin, Ireland 2012
Rock, Paper, Scissors, curated by Meg Bero, Schingoethe Museum, Aurora, IL 2012
Escape, Summaria Lunn, London UK 2011
Foreground, curated by Jeff Jahn, PSU Portland, OR 2011
There be Dragons, curated by Kevin Chen, Intersection for the arts, San Francisco, CA 2011
The Map as Art, curated by Katherine Harmon, Paper Hammer, Seattle WA 2011
Mapping in Contemporary Art” Kirkland Art Center, seattle, WA 2010
Marine Art, Santa Monica CA 2010
The Map as Art, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, NY Dec 2009
All over the map, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI curated by Jennifer Jankauskas 2009
Bakers Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 2009
Contested Ground, Museum of Art, Spokane WA 2008
Landscape at the Limit, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, curated by Jonathan Stuhlman, w/Tara Donovan and Ingrid Calame 2007
Interspace, Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA, (Dec-Jan) 2006
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, curated by Jennifer Gately (Aug-Oct) 2006
Urban Jungle, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA,, curated by Yuri Psinakis, (Jun.) 2005
30 ways to make a painting, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, (Feb.) 2005
Miniature Worlds, The Brewery Art center, Los Angeles, curated by Noel Korten, (Nov.) 2004
Big, Installation at TERRA, San Francisco, curated by Stephen Tourell, (Nov.) 2004
“Indoor Outdoor” Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (Sept.) 2003
The Best Coast, Portland, OR, (May) Curated by Jeff Jahn 2003
Northwest Documenta 1, Salem Art Barn, (May) 2002
The Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. The Northwest Annual, (Oct.), Curated by Sue Spaid, Juror’s award winner 2001
“Line Form color”, Howard House, Seattle, WA, (Oct.) 2001
Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, (July) 2001
Consolidated Works, Seattle WA, commissioned installation, (May) 2001
“Negative Space” curated by Meg Shiffler
The Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX, (Apr.)2000
2000” group show, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (Jan.) 2000
5 Abstract Painters. Lindenberg Gallery, NY, NY, (May) 1998
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Three person show, (Feb.) 1996
BOOKS
Returning to Reims, Didier Eribon, front cover
Geographic, Index books, Barcelona, 2013
“Beyond Architecture, Fantastic Buildings and imaginary cities, edited by Lukas Feiress
for Gestalten Press Berlin, published summer 2009
Cartography, Artists and Maps, Katherine Harmon, Book published by Princeton Architectural
Press, summer 2009
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Square Cylinder, San Francisco, review of “The Age of Kali” at Nancy Toomey Fine art 2022, by David Roth
Architecture de Jour AiA Paris feature article
Entre magazine, Paris, feature interview
Arhitectura, Romania, feature
San Francisco Chronicle, review by Kenneth Baker
Square Cylinder, review by David Roth
P.A.G.E magazine, Hamburg. May 2013
Stern Magazine, March 2013
The James Joyce Quarterly, May 2012
Art Forum , review by Emily Hall, March 2012
Prospect Magazine, by William Irwin, March 2012
The Seattle Times, review by Michael Upchurch October 2011
Visual Art Source, review by Richard Speer July 2011
Portland Art review by Jeff Jahn, July 2011
The Oregonian, review by John Motlley, July 2011
“Masterworks of Destruction” San Francisco Chronicle, April 2010
Artillery Magazine, Tucker Neel, June 2009
Art Forum, critics picks, Annie Buckley, My 2009
Art News, Richard Speer, June 2009
Layered Mapping charts troubled histories, Adriana Grant, Seattle PI March 2009
Art Ltd, “Material Maps” feature article by Richard Speer
The Oregonian, reviewed by Victoria Blake, Oct 2007
Willamette Week, reviewed by Richard Speer, Oct 2007
Kansas City Star, reviewed By Theresa Berminster, Feb 2007
Seattle Weekly, reviewed by Molly Lori, May 3 2006
San Francisco Chronicle, Creativity Comes Slipping through the cracks, Sep 10, 2005,
Los Angeles Times, Composition from decomposition, June 10, 2005, by Christopher Knight
Catalogue Essay, by Michael Ned Holte, May 2005
Artweek, April 2005, by Prudence F. Roberts
The Willamete Week, Feb 9 2005, by Richard Speer
The Miami New Times, Sep 30 2004, by Alfredo Triff
Artweek, review of Core Sample by Lois Allen, Dec 2003
The Stranger, Seattle, May 29 2003, “Coastal Climate” by Emily Hall
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 12 2003, by Regina Hackett
The Oregonian, November 15 2002, reviewed by D.K. Row
Willamette Week, November 13 2002, reviewed by Richard Speer
The San Francisco Chronicle, October 12 2002, reviewed by Kenneth Baker
The Stranger, Seattle, February 14 2002, reviewed by Emily Hall
The San Francisco Chronicle, July 14 2001, reviewed by Kenneth Baker
“From the Dust” The Stranger, Seattle, May 24 2001, reviewed by Emily Hall
The Anchorage Daily News, July 7 2000, reviewed by Mike Dunham
ZYZZYVA, West coast literary magazine, Matthew Picton “drawings” April 2000
Artweek, April 2000, Vol31, issue 4, reviewed by Lois Allan
The Oregonian, February 11 2000, reviewed by D.K. Row
AWARDS
Jurors Grand Prize, Oregon Biennial, (Oct. 06’)
Jurors Prize, The Northwest Biennial Bellevue Art Museum 2002
COLLECTIONS
The Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Facebook reception , Seattle, WA
Google Collection, Redwood City, CA
The SLO Hotel Lobby, San Luis Obispo, CA
Black Rock Financial, Miami, FL
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative HQ , Redwood City, CA
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene OR
The Portland Art Museum
Linklaters Collection, Madrid, Spain
The Address Hotel Lobby, Dubai, UAE
The Fidelity Investments Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, Commissioned work for the reception
Stadt Museum, Dresden, Germany
The Herbert Museum, Coventry, commissioned work by the Henry Moore Foundation
The Herbert Museum, Coventry Museum of Art, UK, NEA award
The De Young Museum, San Francisco
The Fidelity Investments Collection, London, UK
The Pan Pacific Hotel Collection, seattle, WA