My current work explores the 7 feminine archetypes - the mother, the maiden, the queen, the huntress, the sage, the mystic and the lover.
About
Having lived my early years in a number of places all over the PNW, my childhood was spent on the water, in the backwoods and in the wide-open mostly empty deserts. In these environs, I learned to appreciate the delicate details of the natural world. My family (mom, dad and my three brothers) moved an average of once a year for the first 9 years of my life. This created instability, endless newness, and a hard shell, but also gifted me with creativity, survivalist flexibility and a grand curiosity of self and others.
I spent the majority of my childhood in Edmonds, where the newfound stability of place was muted by family tragedy where we nearly lost our dad. This set off a series of events that left our family in shambles. By the age of 17 I was largely on my own and began exploring various pathways toward healing. I became a college athlete rowing for the University of Washington Crew team, where I trained in the Conibear Crew house (the same building my fathers 1960 and ‘61 Rose Bowl teams had occupied in their time). I dropped out of college halfway-thru and began moving and traveling to various places, soul searching. A few years later I returned to Washington to pursue my degree in sculpture from UW. Here, my focus was metal casting. After completing my last quarter in 2003 - which was spent in the studio art program in Rome - I began to pursue the business of art in Seattle.
For the next ten years my art involvement would be largely on the development side, creating opportunities for artists like myself to launch themselves. The most formative experience was co-founding Twilight Artist Collective (2005-2012) where we showcased hundreds of up and coming artists. In 2014 I took over ownerership of the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall where I currently run an art gallery in a 1950 Spartan Royal Mansion Travel Trailer, showcasing 35 local artists. Our mission is to give creatives an affordable opportunity to test out their ideas in a supportive and super funky marketplace.
In 2015, I joined up with Equinox Studios and opened up Pugmill Society, an 8 member ceramic collective. This is where I found my forever art home.
Your interest in my art is much appreciated. Thank you.
CV
Education:
University of Washington, BFA Sculpture 2003
UW study abroad, Rome, Italy 2003
Gallery Representation:
CORE Gallery, 2014 -2020
Virago 2012 - 2020
Honors:
“Best in show” 2002- Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juror: Ester Claypool
Selected Exhibits:
2023
Solo, “Nirvana”, Indigo Slate Gallery, Pioneer Sq, Seattle, Wa,
2022
Solo, ”Icon", Vermillion Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2021
Solo, “Liberté “, All City Coffee, Seattle, Wa.
2019
Solo Exhibition, “Ascension”, CORE Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2018
Solo Exhibition, “The Guardian” CORE Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2017
Solo Exhibition, "Part III: The Muse, Taking Herself Apart" CORE Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
Group Exhibition, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, Wa.
2016
Solo Exhibition, "Momentum", CORE Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
Group Exhibition, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, Wa
2015
Solo Exhibition, "The Matriarch", CORE Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2014
Solo Exhibition, “Rise with the Lark", CORE Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2011
Permanent installation "Gulls", Link Apartments 4th floor corridors, Seattle, WA
Solo Installation, “Bubble Yum” 619 Western, Seattle WA
Group Exhibition, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Fremont Studios, Seattle WA
2010
Group Exhibition, “Morris Graves Invitational”, Rock| DeMent, Seattle WA
Group Exhibition, “The Birds”, Twilight Gallery, Seattle WA
Group Exhibition, “Bad Words”, curated by Chris Crites, Twilight Gallery, Seattle WA
2009
Group Exhibition, “Sugar and Spice”, Bherd Studios, Seattle, WA
2008
Performance, “Juke the Juke”, The Stables, Seattle WA
2004
Group Exhibition, ”Coupling II”, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA
2003
Group Exhibition ”Urgente”, UW School of Art, Rome, Italy
2002
Group Exhibition ”School of Art Juried Show”, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA