Artist Biography


Solo Exhibitions

  • "Recent Work," Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, October 2007
     
  • "Ten Years of Paper," Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, May 2006
     
  • "New Work," Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2006
     
  • "SUPERNATURE," Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, September 2004
     
  • "Lithographic Monotypes," The Rose Club, Seattle, Washington, May 2003
     
  • "2" - New Work: Two Series, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, September 2002
     
  • "New Lithographic Monotypes," Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, October 2001
     
  • "New Constructions," Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, June 2000
     
  • "New Work," Zeitgeist, Seattle, Washington, November 1998
     
Group Exhibitions

2007

  • "NewArt Northwest," Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
     
  • "City Light/City Art," Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "Print Arts," University House at Wallingford Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • Seafair Invitational Exhibition, COCA - Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
     


2006

  • 5th Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota/Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN; and Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN
     
  • Summer Group Show, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • New Prints 2006/Summer: Color, IPCNY - International Print Center New York, New York, NY; and Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA
     
  • "Platform Gallery's Portfolio One - 2005," Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
     
  • 2006 Juried National Exhibition, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, California
    Juror: Janet Bishop, Senior Curator, SFMOMA
        
  • PONCHO Gala Auction & Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "Ink & Clay 32," Kellogg Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
     


2005

  • "Ink + Paper," G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • 30th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, New York
     
  • "New Directions '05," 21st Annual Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
    Juror: Steve Evans, Assistant Director, Dia Arts Foundation Beacon NY
       
  • 2005 National Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York, New York
     
  • "Bashville," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • Fifteenth Anniversary Show, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
     
  • Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction, Consolidated Works, Seattle, Washington
     


2004

  • "Night of 1000 Drawings," Artists Space, New York NY
     
  • "Material Witness," Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
     
  • "Transition & Transformation," City Space Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "20th Anniversary Exhibition," Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "Small", Spokane Arts Commission/Chase Gallery, Spokane, Washington
     
  • "In Focus: Seattle Galleries at RSG -- Lisa Harris Gallery," Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • 2004 Northwest Biennial: "Buildingwise," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
    Jurors: Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, artists


2003

  • "Night of 1000 Drawings," Artists Space, New York NY
     
  • 2003 Northwest Annual, COCA - Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
    Juror: Esther Lutthikuizen, Founder, Esther/Claypool Gallery, Seattle
     
  • 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
    Juror: Marian Parmenter, Director, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco
     
  • 20th Open Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Association, Houston, Texas
    Juror: Lynn McLanahan Herbert, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
     
  • Dimensions 2003, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    Juror: Stephen Phillips, Associate Curator, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
     
  • 26th Annual Art on Paper , Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
    Juror: Linda Simmons, Curator Emeritus, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
     
  • Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction, Fisher Pavillion/Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "Defining the Homeland," Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington
    Juror: Greg Bell, Curator of Contemporary Art, Tacoma Art Museum
2002

  • "New Works in Paint, 2002," Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
     
  • "Night of 1000 Drawings," Artists Space, New York NY
     
  • 45th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York
     Juror: Robert Storr, Senior Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
     
  • New Prints 2002/Summer , International Print Center New York, NYC
     Jurors: Robert Storr, Senior Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Terry Winters, artist; et al
     
  • Selections from Seattle Print Arts , Northwest Print Council, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
     
  • 1st LUC Print Biennial , Loyola University Chicago, Crown Center Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
     
  • 3rd Annual Shrinky Dinks Invitational & Auction, Zeitgeist, Seattle, Washington


2001

  • "A Natural History: Flora, Fauna & the In-Between," College of Visual Arts -- Main Gallery,
    Saint Paul, Minnesota
     
  • "October Int'l Competition 2001," Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
     Juror: Peter Frank, art critic, LA Weekly
     
  • 3rd Annual Juried Art Competition, Port Townsend Arts Commission, Port Townsend, Washington
     Juror: Peggy Weiss, Director, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle
     
  • "Paper," Zeitgeist, Seattle, Washington
     
  • National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Juror: Maxwell L. Anderson, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art
     
  • "deBASHery," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
     Juror: Michael Sweney, Director, Charles Cowles Gallery, NYC
     
  • 18th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
     
  • 21st Nat'l Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans Art Assoc./Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
     
  • Americas 2000 Paper Works, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota


2000

  • 62nd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings,
    The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
     Juror: Charles Joseph Desmarais, Director, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
     
  • Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohassett, Massachusetts
     Juror: Howardina Pindell, artist
     
  • "Ditto: The Repeated Gesture," Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • Collage Artists of America Open 2000, VIVA Galley, Northridge, California
     
  • "They Shoot Painters, Don't They?," Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
     
  • PONCHO Gala Auction & Exhibition, Washington State Convention & Trade Center,
    Seattle, Washington
     
  • Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
     Juror: Mike Bidlo, artist


1999

  • "Shrinky Dinks" Invitational & Auction, Zeitgeist, Seattle, Washington
     
  • Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
     
  • "Box Populi," ArtSpace, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "Art Works for AIDS," Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
     
  • Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
     Juror: Kerry James Marshall, artist
     
  • International Juried Show '99, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
     Juror: Lisa Dennison, Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC


1998

  • "Angelophanies," Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
     
  • "New Artists," Lead Gallery, Seattle, Washington


1994

  • Allied Arts Multi-Media Juried Show, Richland, Washington


1987

  • LaGrange National XII Juried Show, LaGrange, Georgia
     
  • "For Love or Money" Juried Exhibition, Lawton, Oklahoma
     
  • "Hutter/Spraner" 2-person show, UW-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin


1986

  • Wisconsin Arts West 7, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
     


1985

  • Wisconsin Arts West 6, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
     



Education

University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
B.S. Art 1987, magna cum laude, concentration in Printmaking


Public Art

Emerging Public Artist Roster Program Workshop, January/February 2003
Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs (formerly Seattle Arts Commission)

 Public Art Commission: "Electric Gallery" at Union Street Substation
March-June 2004
awarded by Seattle City Light using 1% for Art Funds
administered by Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
view the artwork


Articles/Reviews/Books

  • "One Shot: A Visual Codec Project," published by Visual Codec, 2007
     
  • "Richard Hutter: The Ingenious Printmaker Paints, Cuts and Layers Ten Years of Paper," by Sue Peters, Seattle Weekly, May 24, 2006, page 114
     
  • "The Declaration of Independence As Abstract Art," by Helen A. Harrison, The New York Times, November 27, 2005
     
  • Birddog Magazine, Issue #6, 2005, [featured artist]
     
  • "Richard Hutter at Lisa Harris Gallery," by Kristian Kofoed, Artweek, November 2004, page 21
     
  • " 'Small' at Chase Gallery," by Frances DeVuono, Artweek, July/August 2004, page 26
     
  • "Sex Dominates Limited Northwest Annual," by Matthew Kangas, The Seattle Times, November 7, 2003
     
  • "Defining Homeland," by Victoria Josslin, Art Access, February 2003, page 10
     
  • "Three Abstract Painters Take Us Beyond the Canvas," by Matthew Kangas, The Seattle Times, September 20, 2002
     
  • "Beyond the Visible," by Jan Sjostrom, Palm Beach Daily News, November 15, 2001
     
  • "Ditto: The Repeated Gesture," by Adriana Grant, Art Access, November 2000, pages 6-7
     
  • "Openness Leads to Greatness," by Molly Rhodes, Art Access, June 2000, pages 12-13



Awards

  • 2nd Honorable Mention/Grumbacher 2002 Gold Medallion Award, 20th Annual Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas, May 2003
    Juror: Lynn McLanahan Herbert, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
     
  • Bellinger Memorial Award, 45th Chautauqua Nat'l Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York, June 2002
    Juror: Robert Storr, Senior Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
     
  • Juror's Award, October Int'l Competition 2001, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, October 2001
    Juror: Peter Frank, art critic, LA Weekly
     
  • Special Prize, 3rd Annual Juried Art Competition group show, Port Townsend Arts Commission, Port Townsend, Washington, October 2001
    Juror: Peggy Weiss, Director, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle
     
  • Outstanding Painting Prize, National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 2001
    Juror: Maxwell L. Anderson, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art



Primary Representation

Lisa Harris Gallery
1922 Pike Place
Seattle, Washington 98101
206.443.3315
www.lisaharrisgallery.com

Circa Gallery
210 North 1st Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
612.332.2386
www.circagallery.org


Additional Representation

Pierogi (Flatfiles)
177 N. 9th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211
(718) 599-2144
www.pierogi2000.com

SAM Gallery
formerly Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery
1220 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101
(206) 343-1101
www.seattleartmuseum.org (Rental Sales Gallery page)


Collections

  • Tacoma Art Museum - Tacoma, Washington
  • Microsoft - Redmond, Washington
  • King County Public Art Collection - Seattle, Washington
  • Swedish Hospital Foundation - Seattle, Washington
  • Salter Joyce Ziker, PLLC - Seattle, Washington
  • Davis Wright Tremaine - Seattle, Washington
  • University of Wisconsin-Stout - Menomonie, Wisconsin
  • East Coast West Coast Man - Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Harrah's - Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Seibu Department Stores - Yokohama, Japan

Personal

Born 1960 in Illinois