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bjbirinyi@comcast.net
Education:
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A.A.S. 1997 Landscape Design, South Seattle Community College
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B.F.A. 1972 Printmaking, University of Washington
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Continuing Education:
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2018
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Printmaking workshop with Hugo Anaya, Guanajuato,
Mexico
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2016
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Printmaking workshop with Ireri Topete, Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico
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1997- 2009
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Printmaking Pratt Fine Arts Center
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2008-2009
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Printmaking Sev Shoon Studio
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2003
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Painting workshop with Lois Griffel
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1999
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Painting workshop with Nan Hass Feldman, France
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Awards:
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2017
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Northwest Collage Society Winter Award, juried by David Martin
of Martin/Zambito Gallery
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2011
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Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Honorable Mention,
juried by Kamala Kakaria and Larry Calkins
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2009
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“The Printmaker’s Hand”, Merit Award,
juried by Pamela A. Morris of Augen Gallery Portland, Oregon
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1978
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Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair: Prints 2nd
Place
Juror: Dr. Thomas Schlotterback, Chairman Art Department, Western
Washington University
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1974
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Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair; Prints 2nd
Place;
Juror: Roger Jones, Foundation School of Contemporary Art
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Juried Group Exhibitions:
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2019
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Northwest Collage Society Winter Exhibit, Washington
State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington
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Pratt Auction: Everybody Get Together, Warren
G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington
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Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, Washington
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Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational,
Davidson Galleries, Sam Davidson, juror, Seattle, Washington
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Arts at The Port, Anacortes Art Festival, Michael
Monroe, juror; Anacortes, Washington
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2018
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Ink & Print, West Coast Juried Printmaking
Exhibition 2018-2019, Coos Art Museum, juror-Nicole Pietrantoni,
Coos Bay, Oregon
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Collage Chatter: Paper Talks, NWCS, Mercer
Island Community Gallery, juror-Kaye Greff, Mercer Island, Washington
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Spring Show NW Collage Society, Rosehill Community
Center Art Gallery, Robert Hardgrave, juror, Mukilteo, Washington
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10x10xTieton, Teton Arts & Humanities,
Mighty Tieton Warehouse juried by committee, Tieton, Washington
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“12 Squared” Kenmore City Hall, juror,
Sara Solum Hayashi, Kenmore, Washington
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Small Prints ’18, Bend Arts Center, Jill
Annie Margaret, juror; Bend, Oregon
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Arts at The Port, Anacortes Art Festival, Michael
Monroe, juror; Anacortes, Washington
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2017
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Winter Show, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, Washington,
juried by committee
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Contemporary Hues, Seattle Print Arts Member
Show, Cascadia Art Museum, David Martin juror, Edmonds, Washington
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10x10xTieton, Teton Arts & Humanities,
Mighty Tieton Warehouse juried by committee, Tieton, Washington
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Pacific Regent Invitational Show, Pacific Regent
Tower 1 Condominium Association, Susanne Werner Ross, juror; Bellevue,
Washington
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Arts at the Port, Port Transit Shed, Pablo
Schugurensky, juror, Anancortes, Washington
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Hot Town-Summer in the City, NW Collage Society
Summer Show at City Hall, Larry Calkins, juror, Seattle, Washington
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Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center
Gallery, Lynn Schirmer, Kate Protage, Chris Sheridan jurors, Seattle,
Washington
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Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism
and the American Scene 1930-1950, David Martin juror, Cascadia
Art Museum, Edmonds, Washington
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2016
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Print Zero, Traveling Print Exchange, Jeremy Cody
juror
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Northwest Collage Society 2016 Summer Show, Phinney
Gallery, Kelda Martensen, juror, Seattle, Washington
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Northwest Collage Society 2016 Winter Show, Washington
State Convention Center,
Joan Stuart Ross, juror, Seattle, Washington
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Small Art Show, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery,
Kevin Buist, juror, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
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Seattle Print Arts- ‘The Print Exchange Decade’,
Southern Graphics Council, Portland, Oregon
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2015
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‘Northwest Fine Arts Competition’, Phinney
Center Gallery, Shayla Alarie and Mylinda Sneed, jurors,
Seattle, Washington
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2012
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‘Printmaker’s Hand II’, Corvidae Press,
Sam Davidson, juror, Port Townsend, Washington
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2011
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EAFA 36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, William E.
Elston juror, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, Washington
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EAFA #3 ‘Flora & Fauna’, Seattle Design
Center, Seattle, Washington
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EAFA#2, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, Washington,
juried by Marcella Diamond
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“33rd Bradley International Print and Drawing
Exhibition”, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, Illinois, juror: Robert
E. Marx
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“Prints by Northwest Artists”, Santa Rosa
Jr. College, Santa Rosa, California, curated by Kevin Fletcher
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Eastside Association of Fine Arts Abstract Show, Seattle
Design Center, Seattle Washington, juried by Kamala Kakaria and
Larry Calkins
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2010
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"StrassenKunst 2010, an international exhibition
of work inspired by graffiti", Artspace Gallery, Richmond,
Virginia, juror: Martin McFadden, LRPS
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"MGNE 2010 National Exhibition", Fitchburg
Art
Museum, Fitchburg, MA, juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic
Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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“Ten: Seattle Print Arts 2010 Biennial Exhibition”,
Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, Washington, juror –
Michael Darling, the Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and
Contemporary Art at the Seattle Art Museum
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“Under Pressure”, Pratt Gallery at Tashiro
Kaplan Bldg. Seattle, Washington, jurors- Barbara Robertson and
Dionne Haroutunian
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“Seattle Print Arts Salon Invitational 2010”,
Patricia Cameron Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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“21st National Drawing & Print Exhibition,
College of Notre Dame Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, juried
by Soledad Salamé
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“Artspace National Juried Printmaking and Photography
Exhibition 2010”, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, juried by Richard
Waller, Executive Director of Museums, University of Richmond
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2009
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“The Printmaker’s Hand”, Corvidae Press,
Port Townsend, Washington, juried by Pamela A. Morris of Augen Gallery
Portland, Oregon
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“Tieton Invitational Print Arts Exhibition”,
curated by Barbara Robertson and Fay Jones, Tieton, Washington
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2008
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“Monotypes & Pastels”, Lynnwood Library,
Lynnwood, Washington
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“2D-144 National Invitational Exhibition”,
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
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“Print! Seattle Print Arts 3rd Biennial Juried
Exhibition”, Seattle City Hall Galleries
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2007
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“Print! Seattle Print Arts 3rd Biennial Juried
Exhibition”, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound,
Tacoma, Washington, juror Sarah Suzuki, Museum of Modern Art, New
York. Show traveled to Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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“Salons at the Saloon”, Collins Pub, Seattle,
Washington
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2006
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“The Community Art Show”, South Seattle
Community College Art Gallery
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“Imprimo” , Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington,
curated by James Elaine, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
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“7th Annual SU National Exhibition”, Shippensburg
University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; juried by Kathryn Markel,
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York City, New York
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“Greenwood/Phinney ArtWalk”, Metropolis,
Seattle, Washington
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2005
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“The Community Art Show”, South Seattle
Community College Art Gallery
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2002
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“Print It… The Art of Printmaking”
Confluence Gallery, Twisp, Washington
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“32 Prints from Seattle Print Arts”, NW
Print Council, Portland, Oregon
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“8th Annual Community Art Show”, South Seattle
Community College Art Gallery
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2000
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“6th Annual Community Art Show”, South Seattle
Community College Art Gallery
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1978
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Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair
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1977
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“6th International Miniature Print Exhibition”
Traveling Exhibit, Pratt Graphics Center, New York, New York
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1976
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“A Painted Celebration of America the Beautiful”,
East Side Association of Fine Arts
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“2nd Annual Pike Place Market Art Show”,
Seattle, Washington
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1974
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Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue,
Washington
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1972-77
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PANACA Gallery, Bellevue, Washington
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1972
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Mercer Island Visual Arts League, Mercer Island, Washington
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1971
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Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue,
Washington
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Mercer Island Visual Arts League, Mercer Island, Washington
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Group Non-Juried Exhibitions:
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2016
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‘Pressing On’, Seattle Print Arts Members
Show, Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington
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Prints of Puerto Vallarta Workshop Pratt Gallery,
Seattle, Washington
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‘Circularity’, BallardWorks, Seattle, Washington
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2014
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‘Fragments’, BallardWorks, Seattle, Washington
‘Ink on Paper-Hand Pulled Prints’,3231 Creatives Gallery,
Everett, Washington
January Tennant & Friends, BallardWorks, Seattle, Washington
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2013
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‘little x little’ Miniature Print Exhibit,
Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, Washington
May Tenant & Friends, BallardWorks, Seattle, Washington
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2012
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‘Mixing It Up’, BallardWorks Gallery, Seattle,
Washington
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‘Esprit de Print, Nine Printers Printing’,
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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‘Treasures in Miniature’, Mercer Island
Visual Arts League Gallery, Mercer Island, Washington
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Print Zero Print Exchange #8, Print Zero Studios,
Seattle, Washington, Traveling exhibit
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2011
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‘Treasures in Miniature’, Mercer Island
Visual Arts League Gallery, Mercer Island, Washington
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Cascade Print Exchange #5, Oregon St. Univ., Corvallis,
Oregon
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2010
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Print Zero Print Exchange #7, Seattle, Washington,
Traveling exhibit
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2009
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Print Zero Print Exchange #6, Seattle, Washington,
Traveling exhibit
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2008
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Cascade Print Exchange #4, Oregon St. Univ., Corvallis,
Oregon
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2007
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Sev Shoon Arts Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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Print Zero Print Exchange #5, Seattle, Washington,
Traveling exhibit
Print Walls Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Rainbow Building Gallery, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Gallery 214 @ PNCA, Pacific NW College of Arts, Portland, Oregon
SUNY Buffalo, CFA Main Stage Cases, Buffalo, New York
Pratt Fine Art Gallery @ Tashiro Kaplan Bldg., Seattle, Washington
Roennebaeksholm Arts & Culture Center, Ronnebraeksholm, Denmark
Cascade Print Exchange #3, Oregon St. Univ., Corvallis, Oregon
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2006
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“Salon & Soiree”, BallardWorks Gallery,
Seattle, Washington
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Print Zero Print Exchange #4, Seattle, Washington,
Traveling exhibit
“Old Inlet Printmakers”, Homer, Alaska
Basil Howard Gallery (Powell’s Bookstore), Portland, Oregon
Sev Shoon Arts Center, Seattle, Washington
Rainbow Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
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Seattle Print Arts @ CoCA, Center of Contemporary
Arts, Seattle, Washington
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Cascade Print Exchange #2, Oregon St. Univ., Corvallis,
Oregon
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2005
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Print Zero Print Exchange #3, Traveling exhibit
Blue Door Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Rainbow Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
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Cascade Print Exchange#1, Oregon St. Univ., Corvallis,
Oregon
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2004
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“Contemporary Printmakers: 3 Salons”, Harrison
St. Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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“Prints by members of Seattle Print Arts”,
Sev Shoon Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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Solo Exhibitions:
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2016
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Even-tide live/work, Seattle, Washington
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2013
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“Transitions”, Portage Restaurant, Seattle,
Washington
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2007
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“Aerial Mist” Series, Earthly Rituals Spa,
Seattle, Washington
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Public Collections:
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2018 Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works
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Private Collections:
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Washington, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New York, Japan, and China.
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Associations:
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Member of Seattle Print Arts 2000-present, board member
2009-2016
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Printmaking Teaching Assistant 2010-13
Eastside Association of Fine Arts, 2011
Northwest Collage Society 2015-present
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Bibliography
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“Art of Pastel”, HeraldNet, June 6, 2008
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Dave R. Davison, “Diversity of Print Media at
Kittredge Gallery”, Tacoma Weekly, Oct. 11, 200
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