Bio
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Artist's Statement
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I start with photography and may layer and erase drawing, painting and resins it can be a lengthy process, creating a history with each piece--light leaking, emotional and sensorial. My thematic focus is the necessary tension of oppositesthe irony, humor, sadness and beauty of it all. |
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The Fauna/Horse series pieces are symbols/notes of different awareness, also totem-like and a nod to the diminished siren call of the wild and its habitat. The horse series is also a nod to power combined with heightened awareness of sense. |
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The Relic/MemoryMap series suggest the question how iconic figures affect awareness-- traveling in
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The Snapshot/InsideOut series uses personal and family snapshots --addressing the emotional/psychological/physiological interplay of intimates/self/others-- |
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Meaning for me is plant-like.
I take my images through generations of positive and negative before a final print because it helps me get to: -- noting what is behind what we see -- the influence of the unconscious on the conscious -- considering light and dark. Unique use of color influences response. |
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My formal compositions reflect my love of Renaissance, Surrealistic and Romantic art.
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I see art as proceeding from collective memory.
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My work is a form of continuous prayer--
"(God) is the name by which I designate all things which cross my willful path violently and recklessly, all things which upset my subjective views, plans and intentions and change the course of my life for better or worse." C.G. Jung, Letters, vol.2, p.525 |
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On Process
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The structure of my process has its own metaphoric possibilities. The combination of steps varies with each piece (mixing media, cameras and films), but in general begins with my conventional chemical or digital photograph. I then generate a Polacolor print from the digital file, and tear off the pelicule, a positive transparency, which I paint and draw on with oil and ink and then use in place of a negative in a traditional color enlarger. I print on archival chromogenic paper then sometimes transfer the print and/or transparency onto canvas or board or Plexiglas and work further with acrylics and resins. Mine is a willful process-- I can show my hand by drawing, painting, erasing, sanding, tearing, cutting and digitally manipulating. This allows for fictional gain and generational loss, similar to what happens when experience moves from perception to memory. It reflects the psychological process of teasing meaning from mystery. Figures can take on an iconic or archetypical status, their surroundings not a specific place but a kind of atmosphere. |
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B:1953
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SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
2006
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Augen Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1999, 2000, 2002)
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2005
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Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA (also 2003, 2000)
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2002
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Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2001
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Art Museum Missoula, MT
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Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA
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1999
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G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
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Sun Valley Arts Center, Sun Valley, ID
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1998
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Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1996, 1994)
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Beta Press, Seattle, WA
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1997
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Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
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Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
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1996
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Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Ardmore, OK
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Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO (also 1993)
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Carolyn Krieg: A Photographic Survey, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
(traveling to Western Montana College Musuem, Dillon: Arts Chateau, Butte; and Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell) |
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Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1995)
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1995
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Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
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1994
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Sutton/West Gallery, Missoula, MT
Documents Northwest: Carolyn Krieg: Interior Vision, Seattle Art Museum |
Kay Garvey Gallery, Chicago
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Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (also 1992, 1991, 1990)
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Sutton/West Gallery, Missoula, MT
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1993
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Cliff Michel Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1991)
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La Guistina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
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1992
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Galleria Sturial, Catania, Sicily (traveling through 1994)
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Photography Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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1991
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Memorial Union Fine Arts Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
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1990
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Phinney Gallery, Seattle, WA
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Justice Centery, Multnomah County, Portland, OR
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1989
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New City, Seattle, WA
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Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2008
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Please Ring
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2007
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The Seed,
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2006
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Art and All That Jazz,
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2005
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unNatural History, Kittredge Gallery,
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2004
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Bumberbiennale 2004, consumables,
Emerald City Arts, Seattle Men's Chorus, Seattle, WA (also 2000-2003) |
2003
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Beyond Novelty, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Celebrating Women in the Arts, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
Evergreen Aids Foundation, Annual Art Auction,
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2002
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Solace, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Deus Ex Machina, On-Line Exhibit, Bradley University, Peoria, IL www.bradley.edu/exhibit International Juried Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE Westmoreland Art Nationals, Latrobe, PA Photographic Processes IV, Period Gallery Internationals, Omaha, NE Digital Imagination, Pacific Lutheran University Gallery, Tacoma, WA 30th Annual Exhibition and Auction, Art Museum of Missoula, MT (also 1997-01, 1995, 1993) |
2001
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The Dream Mill, Lakewood Cultural Center, Denver, CO
The Beta Press Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA ART about ART, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA Feminine Mystique, Asietique Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Magical Realism, Howard Hanson Gallery, Ashland, OR Aftershots: Photographers Who Stretch the Limits, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR Light Up The Night, Northwest Women's Law Center, Seattle, WA DoublExposure, Youth in Focus Benefit, Seattle, WA (also 1999-00) |
2000
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Beyond Novelty: Artists Using Digital Imagery Now, Western Gallery, WWU, Bellingham, WA; traveling to Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA; Everett Community College, Everett, WA
Poncho Invitational Fine Art, Seattle, WA Seattle Poets and Photographers, A Millennium Reflection, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA |
1999
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"phresh,"Bumbershoot 1999, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Prints, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA Beauty in the Beast, Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, WA Ihe Image of the Horse in Contemporary Art, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT Art Works for AIDS, Seattle Center Modern Pavilion, Seattle Center (also 1997, 1995, 1993, 1990) |
1998
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Sight Lines, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Animism: Icon, Metaphor, Myth, Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID Women in Media Arts; Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA Puget Sound Country, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA |
1997
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Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, WA (also 1996, 1995, 1994)
Eye Contact, Artspace Gallery, Seattle, WA Human References, Marks of the Artist, Seattle Art Commission, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA Celebrity: Fame, Fortune, Heroism, and Infamy, Olympic Room, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA Equus, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT Surrogacy, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA Raven: Icons and Omens, Fisher Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA |
1996
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16th Annual NW International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA (also 1992)
Eye of the Camera: Photographs in the 3M Corporate Art Program, 3M Center Building, St. Paul, MN Dedication Mural, Crow's Shadow Institute, Pendleton, OR Women's Show, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT Family Matters, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalog) |
1995
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The Traditional Impulse, Greg Kucera Gallery,
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The Land,
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1994
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Birds and Beasts,
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1993
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Mementos,
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1992
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Spirit of the West, West One Bank Corporation, (traveling: OR, ID, WA) |
1991
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Women in Photography International, Academy of Fine Arts, Catania, Italy; Kulter Huset, Stockholm, Sweden and Royal Photographic Society, National Center of Photography, Bath, UK |
1990
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International Invitational, Benham Gallery,
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1989
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COLLECTIONS
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3M Corporation,
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
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2006
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Excellence Award, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Exhibition and Auction
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2005
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Art in Embassies Program,
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2004
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Residency at
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2000
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Residency at Vivenda Santa Iria,
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1999
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Poetry and Art on Buses Project and Publication, King County Arts Commission, Seattle |
1997-1998
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Open Studio Project, NEA and
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1995
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Juror's Award, Current Works, Society for Contemporary Photography,
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1994
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Metro Poetry/Art Bus Award,
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1993
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Artist in Residence,
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1992
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GAP Grant, Artist Trust,
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1991
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Juror's Award, Artsplash,
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1989
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I started exhibiting in my mid-thirties and have had 45 solo or two person shows in the last 20 years, including Seattle Art Museum; Art Museum Missoula, Montana; William Reagh Los Angeles Photography Center; Sun Valley Arts Center, Idaho; Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota; and Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Oklahoma.
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My work is in several museums including the Biblioteque National in Paris; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum; University of Alaska Museum, Missoula Art Museum and Portland Art Museum.
I was recently given artist residencies in |
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PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS, CATALOGS, BROCHURES
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Augen Gallery.
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REVIEWS
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Adamson,
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EDUCATION
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REPRESENTATION
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SAM Gallery, Seattle WA |
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