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Michael Brophy    Images  |  Bio

Born: 1960, Portland, OR

EDUCATION

B.F.A., Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1985
Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy 1983-84
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1978-82

AWARDS

Fellowship for Individual Artist, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR 2003
Juror's Award, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum (Kathryn Kanjo, curator) 1997
Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant 1995
Juror's Award, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum (John Weber, Kristi Edmunds, curators) 1991
Western States Arts Federation, NEA Fellowship 1990
Weiner Travel Scholarship, Pacific N.W. College of Art 1985

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

“Night Portrait,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2012
“Memory Trip,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2011
“New Work,” G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2011
“Outside,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2010
“South of Twenty,” G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2010
“Silence,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2009
“Here There,” G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008
“Picturing a Great Notion,” Gerding Theater at the Armory, Portland Center Stage, Oregon 2008
“Here There Nowhere,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2007
“Scenes from an Imaginary Western,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2007
“The Wilderness Act,” G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
"The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy," Tacoma Art Museum, WA, Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
Salem, OR, traveling exhibition 2005-2006
"Michael Brophy: New Sumi Inks," Lux, Portland, OR 2005
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003
Fields Art Center, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 2000
Kitteridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 1998
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 1998

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS (continued)

Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1997
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1987, 1988, 1989

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Museion,” Douglas F. Cooley Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR 2011
“Industry & Art,” Vigor Industrial Shipyard on Swan Island, Portland, OR 2011
“25th Anniversary Gallery Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2011
“Reclaimed: Nature & Place Through Contemporary Eyes,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2011
“Collecting for the Future: The Safeco Gift and New Acquisitions,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2011
“Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2011
“Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the Environment,” Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA; Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR; Boise Art Museum, ID (catalogue) 2010-2011
“Northwest Artists Draw,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID 2010
“Resonances: Contemporary Echoes Modern,” Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 2010
“100% Organic,” Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR 2010
“A Concise History of Northwest Art,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2009-2010
“Speak for the Trees, “ Freisen Gallery, Ketchum, ID and Seattle, WA 2009-2010
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR annually 1990 through 2010
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA annually 2006 through 2010
“Envision Cascadia,” Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA 2009
“Celebrating PNCA at 100: An Exhibition of Alumni Artists,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2009
“PNCA at 100,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2009
“The 9th Northwest Biennial,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2009
“The Collector’s Eye: Contemporary Art from the Leo Michelson Collection,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
Willamette University, Salem, OR 2008
“Traces and Accumulations,” Wright Exhibition Space, curated by Rock Hushka, Seattle, WA 2008
“Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from the Tacoma Art Museum,” traveling exhibition,
presented at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA 2006-2007
“15 + Years Annniversary Exhibition,” G. Gibson Gallery 2006
“20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006
“Oregon Biennial: 2006,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2006
“Referencing Nature,” Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
“Drawing(s): A 25th Anniversary Exhibition,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2005
“Artists Drawing,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2005
“Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists on Race, Place, and Memory,” Tacoma Art Museum,
Tacoma, WA (invitational exhibition) 2004
“The Grand View: Bierstadt to Brophy,” Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 2004
"Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA;
traveling to San Diego, CA, Vancouver, BC, and San Francisco, CA 2003-2004
“Painting Portland,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2003
"West by Northwest," Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT 2003
“The Hunt,” Core Sample Exhibition, Belmont Factory, Portland, OR 2003
“After,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (invitational) 2002
“PNCA Faculty Show,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2002
“Northwest Narrative: Portland,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 2001-2002
“The Visual Chronicle of Portland,” North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2001
“Northwest Views, Selections from the SAFECO Collection,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2001

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

“Natural Causes,” Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA (invitational) 2001
“15 Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001
“Northwest Visions: Recent Acquisitions,” Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA 2001
“From PDX to Quartersaw: Celebrating 16 Years,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 2000
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000
“Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the 21st Century,” Meridian International Center,
Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam; The Painting Institute, Shanghai, China;
The Working People’s Cultural Palace, Beijing, China; Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia;
The Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines; The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 1999
“Works on Paper,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1999
Mt. Rainier Central Exhibition, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 1999
“The Lake Oswego Visual Chronicle, Lake Oswego OR 1999
Oregon Biennial, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR 1998
Linda Hodges Gallery, two person exhibition, Seattle, WA 1998
“Here and Now,” Tidbit Gallery, Portland, OR (invitational) 1998
“Prints and Drawings”, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998
“Springs Eternal,” Seafirst Gallery, Columbia Seafirst Center, Seattle, WA 1998
“Bio-Adversity,” Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA 1997
“Holiday Group Show: Small Works”, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997
“The Garden Show,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 1997
“From Object to Image,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997
“Utopian Visions,” The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA 1996
“The Tool Show,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 1996
“One Year Later: Work by Washington Park Fences Project Artists,” Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum. ID 1996
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995
Art Slate '95, Condon, OR (invitational) 1995
“Fallen Timber,” Tacoma Art Museum, WA (invitational) 1994-1995
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993, 1995
“Artquake,” Portland, OR (invitational 1994) 1988, 1990, 1994
“Crosscut,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1993
“Northwest Tales: Contemporary Narrative Painting,” Anchorage Museum of History and Art,
Anchorage, AK 1992
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1991
“Environmental Alarm,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1991
“Ambitious New Work,” Marylhurst College, OR 1990
“Close to Home,” Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR 1990
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1987
“Studio Visits: Seven Emerging Artists,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, OR 1986
PDXS Gallery, Portland, OR 1985
Studio Art Centers International, Fiesole, Italy 1984

COMMISSIONS

Commission, Washington State Arts Commission, Mount Rainier High School, Des Moines, WA 2010
Commission, City Hall Council Chamber, Portland, OR 1998
Commission, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Wasco County Historical Society 1997
Washington Park Fences Project, Tri-Met Westside MAX and
The Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR (catalogue) 1995-1996

COLLECTIONS

Allen Creek Elementary, Marysville, WA (Washington State Arts Commission)
Amberglen, Tanasbourrne, Beaverton, OR
ArtColl Trust, Bellevue, WA
Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton City Hall, Beaverton, OR
Beaverton Lodge, Portland, OR
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Cascade Station Corporate Center, Portland, OR
Centennial Elementary, Graham, WA (Washington State Arts Commission)
City Center Parking, Oregon Trail Building, Portland, OR
City Center Parking, Postal Building, Portland, OR
City of Portland, City Hall Collection, Portland, OR
City of Tacoma, Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, Tacoma, WA
Copeland Landye Bennett & Wolf, Portland, OR
Federal Reserve Bank, Portland, OR
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Hotel Lucia, Portland, OR
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
King County Justice Center, Seattle, WA
Lakeridge Elementary, Renton, WA (Washington State Arts Commission)
Mazama Capital Management, Inc., Portland, OR
Mentor Graphics, Hillsboro, OR
Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR
Microsoft, Seattle, WA
Morse & Bratt, Vancouver, WA
Multnomah County Library Collection, Portland, OR
Northwest Visions Collection, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Oregon State Capitol Art Collection, Salem, OR
Oregon State University Library, Corvallis, OR
Port of Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Reed College, Portland, OR
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
Safeco, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Seattle Community College, District Offices, Seattle, WA
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Tin House, Portland, OR
Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth, Portland, OR
TriMet, Portland, OR
USHIO, Newberg, OR
Washington State Arts Commission

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Artist Talk, Portland Art Museum Artist Talks and Happy Hour, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2011
Lecture, PSU MFA: Monday Night Lecture Series, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2009
Lecture and Panel, “How Do We See the West? Reverberations of Landscape Tradition,”
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2005

RELATED EXPERIENCE (continued)

Slide Lecture, Yale Valley Arts Festival, Anderson Lodge, Cougar, WA 2003
Instructor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1988-2002
Slide Lecture, Symposium on Environmental Affairs, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 2000
Slide Lecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1998
Panelist, What is the Role of Marginal Art in Oregon’s Growing Urban Community, Public
Symposium, Reed College, Portland, OR 1998
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Portland State University, OR 1994-1996
Slide Lecture, Speaking of Art Series, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1992
Instructor, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1990
Exchange Program, University of London, Humanities 1980

PUBLICATIONS

Hartz, Jill. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Annual Report (University of Oregon Press, Eugene, OR) 2011, p. 16
“Artist Michael Brophy in front of his drawings: G. Gibson Gallery,” Art Access, Vol. 20 No. 4,
October/November/December 2011, p. 5
Hicks, Bob, “First Thursday Marks 25 Years of Gallery Walks,” The Oregonian, October 6, 2011, p. E1
Cantor, Allyn, “Vignettes: Michael Brophy: New Work,” Preview: The Gallery Guide,Vancouver, BC,
September/October 2011, p. 79
Kangas, Matthew. Return to the Viewer: Selected Art Reviews (New York, NY: Midmarch Arts Press) 2011
Harrison, Penny, ed. Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest (Portland, OR: Open Spaces Publications, Inc.)
2011; cover illustration
Campbell, Brett, “Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest,” Willamette Week, June 22, 2011, p. 45; illustration
Speer, Richard, “Plazm Kicks On,” Willamette Week, June 8, 2011, p. 43
Hicks, Bob, “First Thursday: Your Guide to This Month’s Offerings,” The Oregonian, June 1, 2011, page B1-B2
Speer, Richard, “‘Saints and Other Folk’ and ‘Memory Trip’,” Willamette Week, June 1, 2011, p. 37
Paine Deborah. Seattle As Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40 (Seattle, WA:
Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs) 2011, p. 14
Atiyeh, Meagan. Art of the Time: Oregon’s State Capitol Art Collection (Oregon Arts Commission, Salem,
Oregon) 2011
Hicks, Bob, “Collision of Art and Politics,” The Oregonian, April 18, 2011, page B1-B2
Schnoor, Christopher, “Beauty and the Beast: Northwest Environmental Art at BAM,” Boise Weekly,
February 2, 2011, online
Maute, Mary Jo, “What Makes It Art?” Inside Whatcom Museum, Vol. 8 No. 1, Winter 2011, p. 20
Snyder, Stephanie, “Critics’ Picks: Michael Brophy,” Artforum, September 27, 2010, online
Row, D.K. “First Thursday Art Walk Puts Best Foot Forward,” The Oregonian, September 2, 2010, p. E1-E2
Speer, Richard, “Laura Russo Gallery,” Willamette Week, September 1, 2010
Clark-Langager, Sarah, and Dietrich, William, Critical Messages: Contemporary NW Artists on the Environment
(Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA), 2010, catalogue, pp. 11-13, 19, 32-33
Cantor, Allyn, “Critical Messages: Contemporary NW Artists on the Environment,” Preview: The Gallery Guide,
Vancouver, BC, Volume 24, No 2, April/May 2010, p. 52
Enholm, Molly, “Book Reviews: Speak for the Trees, Marquand Books, Inc. Seattle,” Art Ltd, March/April
2010, p. 28
Friesen, Andria, Speak for the Trees (Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle, WA) c. 2010, 200 pages

PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Speer, Richard, “100% Organic,” Willamette Week, April 28, 2010, p. 49
Macomber, Laura, “G. Gibson Gallery,” ArtScene and Art Ltd., January/February, 2010, p. 65
“Pulse: January 7 - February 13,” Art Ltd, January/February 2010, p. 65
Clemans, Gayle, “No Rush Hour at This Show,” The Seattle Times, January 31, 2010, p. H3
Open Spaces Quarterly, cover illustration, Vol. 5 No. 3, 2010
“Step into Northwest Art,” Tacoma City Arts, Seattle, WA, December 2009, pp. 21, 25
“A Concise History of Northwest Art,” Tacoma City Arts, Seattle, WA, September 2009, p. 21, reproduction
Fall Exhibitions Brochure, Tacoma Art Museum, 2009; with color reproduction
“Pulse: Michael Brophy,” art ltd., July / August 2009, p. 53
Bowie, Chas, “Brophy tackles trauma in ‘Silence,” The Oregonian, July 10, 2009, A&E, pp. 28-29
Row, D.K., “Amid turmoil, galleries mount fine First Thursday shows,” The Oregonian, July 2, 2009, p. E3
Row, D.K. “PNCA at 100 celebrates arts, scene’s affinities,” The Sunday Oregonian, June 14, 2009, pp. O1, O3
Speer, Richard, “Portland: Eco-art Central,” art ltd., March / April 2009, pp. 50-54, with color reproduction
Row, D.K. “Roll Hardy earns place among tribe of desolates,” The Oregonian, March 20, 2009, A&E, p. 29
Tacoma Art Museum, Museum Notes, March / April / May 2009, cover illustration
Appelo, Tim, “A Mind on Fire,” City Arts [Tacoma], February 2009, Volume 3, No. 6;
Cover illustration and pp. 14-19, 26
Appelo, Tim, “What’s Northwest about the Northwest Biennial,” City Arts [Tacoma], February 2009,
Volume 3, No. 6, pp. 10-12
Graves, Jen, “Just Asking: Twenty-Six Questions for the NW Biennial,” The Stranger. February 12, 2009
Hushka, Rock and Alison de Lima Greene, The 9th Northwest Biennial~Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington,
exhibition catalog with color illustrations, 2009, pp. 10, 33-35
Pintarich, Dick, Great and Minor Moments in Oregon History, New Oregon Publishers, Portland, Oregon, 2008,
dust jacket illustration, hardcover edition
Row, D.K., “A collector’s obsession with the local,” The Oregonian, August 4, 2008, pp. B1, B4
Kangas, Matthew, “Eco Prophets,” art ltd, July 2008, pp. 36-39
Hackett, Regina, “Michael Brophy: Giant Steps,” Art to Go, <http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/art/
archives/140521.asp>
Bingham, Larry, “Behold the Stump,” The Sunday Oregonian, April 27, 2008, pp. O 1, 6-7
Redden, Jim, “PNCA’s Next Move,” Portland Tribune, April 1, 2008, pp. A1, A4-A5
duRoche, Tim, “Picturing a Great Notion,” Portland Center Stage blog, http://www.pcs.org/blog/picturing-a-great-
notion/, March 2008
“Sometimes a Great Notion,” Portland Center Stage, publicity illustration, Portland, OR, 2007-2008
Wolf, Bruce, “Landmarks in the Making,” PORTLANDspaces, January/February 2008, p. 74
Row, D.K. “Recently Reviewed,” The Oregonian, December 21, 2007, A & E, p. 38
Blake, Victoria, “Brophy’s brutal beauty,” The Oregonian, December 14, 2007, A&E, pp. 35, 37
Motley, John, “Michael Brophy,” Portland Mercury, December 13, 2007, p. 44
Raymond, Camella, “Greenroom: Trial By Fire,” Portland Monthly, December 2007, pp. 197-199
Gragg, Randy, editor, Here There Nowhere, Portland, Oregon: Nobius Projects, 2007, color illustrated catalog
Row, D.K., “D.K.’s hot sheet,” The Oregonian, December 7, 2007, A&E, p. 38
Row, D.K., “Critic’s picks: Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, December 6, 2007, p. E1
art ltd. West Coast Art + Design, full color advertisement, November 2007, p. 41
Row, D.K. “Post-holiday feasting for the eyes,” The Oregonian, Thursday, January 4, 2007, pp. E1, E3
Clemans, Gayle, “Beauty and tension in the natural world,” The Seattle Times, Friday, November 3, 2006
Row, D.K.,”Recently reviewed: Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, A & E, Friday, October 20, 2006, p.38
Row, D.K. “Laura Russo toasts 20 years atop Portland’s Art World,” The Sunday Oregonian, October 15, 2006,
pp. O1 and O11

PUBLICATIONS (continued)

The Laura Russo Gallery: Twenty Years, exhibition catalogue with color plates, 2006, pp. 6, 62
Duford, Daniel, “‘2006 Oregon Biennial’ at Portland Art Museum, “ Artweek, October 2006, Volume 37,
Issue 8, pp.18-19
Turnquist, Kristi, “Creativity to burn,” The Oregonian, Friday, September 29, 2006, pp. D1-2
Motley, John, “James Lavadour,” The Portland Mercury, August 31 – September 6, 2006,
Speer, Richard, “A Biennial That Breathes,” Willamette Week, August 2, 2006, p. 54
Row, D.K. “Surveying the Scene,” The Oregonian, July 31, 2006, pp. C1-C4
Portland Art Museum, “Oregon Biennial: July 29-October 8, 2006,” PAM Magazine, Spring/Summer 2006, p.9
Seago, David, “Public art success story,” The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, Sunday, April 30, 2006,
Insight pp. 1, 4
Row, D.K. “Biennial choices paint multifaceted show,” The Oregonian, March 20, 2006, pp. C1, C4
March, Ray A., “Tourism – Part I, A Overview,” Modoc Independent News, January 2006, Vol3, Issue 1, p. 1
Butler, Connie, Curator, New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-in-Print: Pacific Coast, No. 61, January
2006, p. 18-21
Clemens, Gayle, “Iconic urban landscapes, and disharmony in nature,” The Seattle Times, Dec. 9, 2005, p. 48
Faigin, Gary, “Review of The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy at the Tacoma Art Museum,” Broadcast
transcript, KUOW-FM, December 2005
Blake, Victoria, “A Quarter Century of Quality,” The Oregonian, A&E, December 2, 2005
Motley, John, Visual Art Review, Portland Mercury, November 24, 2005, p. 39
Clayton, Alec, “Nature lover,” Fort Lewis Ranger, Lakewood, WA, October 27, 2005
Graves, Jen, “Symbols fill grand landscapes,” The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, October 11, 2005, pp. E1, E6
“The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy,” Tacoma Art Museum Notes, Fall 2005, pp. 3-4 illus.
Hushka, Rock, The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy, Exhibition Catalogue, 79 pages
Northwest Perspectives Series, Tacoma Art Museum, 2005
Raymond, Jonathan, "Michael Brophy," Artforum, October 2005, pg. 280
High Desert Journal, Fall 2005, Issue No. 2, pp. 17 and 32
Keefer, Bob, “Man’s Mark on the Land,” The Register-Guard, July 17, 2005, p. G3-G4
Row, D.K. "The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy," The Oregonian, June 17, 2005, A&E p. 46 illus.
Row, D.K. "A Clear-Cut View," The Oregonian, June 12, 2005, pp. D1-D2, illus.
"'The Woods' Sleater-Kinney," New York Times, June 12, 2005, painting reproduced for cover of CD recording
Cantor, Allyn, "The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy," Preview: the Gallery Guide, Vancouver, BC,
June/July/August 2005, p. 72 illus.
"Michael Brophy '85" Re:view; Pacific Northwest College of Art Newsletter, Spring 2005, p. 6
Row, D.K. "Show of Note," The Oregonian, March 25, 2005, A&E p. 25
Gragg, Randy, "Great Expectations," The Oregonian, February 25, 2005, pp. E1, E3
Gragg, Randy, and Matthew Stadler, ed. Core Sample: Portland Art Now, Clear Cut Press, Astoria, OR, 2004
Sanders, Angela, “The Paul Bunyans,” Portland, The University of Portland Magazine, Summer 2004,
pp. 22-27 illus.
Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet,” The Oregonian, July 9, 2004, A&E p. 25
Hushka, Rock. Lewis & Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory,
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2004, p. 36 (exhibition catalog)
Richardson, Charlotte, "An Evergreen Scene," American Style Magazine, August 2004, p. 36-39
Kangas, Matthew, "Northwest Landscapes as Inspiration and Lamentation," The Seattle Times, March 5, 2004,
p. 46H, illustrated
Fiege, Gale, “Art of the Land,” Skagit Valley Herald Applause, January 8, 2004, p. D1-D2
Duchene, Paul, “Grant Masters,” Portland Tribune, January 6, 2004, p. B1-B2
Allan, Lois, “Core Sample Throughout Portland,” Artweek, December 2003/January 2004, p. 25
DeVuono, Frances, “Baja to Vancouver,” Artweek, December 2003/January 2004, pp. 13, 28
Bullis, Douglas. 100 Artists of the West Coast (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA) 2003, pp. 144-145

PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Stone, Jana, Ed. Building Tradition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2003, p. 30
Bauer, Mary, ed. “Michael Brophy and Judy Cooke Awarded the RACC Visual Arts Fellowships,” Art Notes,
Newsletter from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR, November/December 2003, p. 1
Allan, Lois, “Painting Portland at The Art Gym, Marylhurst University,” Artweek, November 2003, pp. 25-26
Row, D.K. “Best of the West,” The Oregonian, November 11, 2003, p. E1, E4
Row, D.K. “Unearthing a Scene,” The Oregonian, October 19, 2003, pp. E1-E2
Hall, Emily, “Naturally: 33 Artists Digest the West Coast,” The Stranger, October 16, 2003. p. 36
Bancud, Michaela, “A Sample Plan,” Portland Tribune, October 10, 2003, pp. 10-11 CUE
Henderson, Harvest, “Mirror, Mirror…” The Oregonian, October 3, 2003, pp. 52-53
Corrin, Lisa, “Baja to Vancouver,” Program Guide & Members News, Seattle Art Museum, Fall 2003, pp. 2-4
“Old Growth,” painting reproduced in The Bear Deluxe #20: the Art Issue, published by ORLO, Portland, OR,
Fall 2003, p. 28
DeVuono, Frances, “Michael Brophy at Linda Hodges Gallery,” Artweek, July/August 2003, pp. 22-23
D'Ambrosio, Charles, Michael Brophy Paintings, Clear Cut Press, Astoria, OR, 2003 (monograph)
Farr, Sheila, “Uncommon Landscape Artist Sees the Big Picture,” The Seattle Times, May 9, 2003, p.47H
D.K. Row, "Tacoma's Winning Combination," The Oregonian, May 4, 2003, pp. F1, F10
Hansen, Mark, "Interview With Michael Brophy," The Organ Review of Arts, May/June 2003, p. 7
Row, D.K., “A Painter of Terrible Beauty,” The Oregonian, April 3, 2003, pp. F1, F4
Row, D.K., “First Thursday: Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, March 28, 2003, p. 56
Open Spaces, Views from the Northwest, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2003; “On the Cover,” page 1
“PNCA Faculty Show,” PNCA Newsletter, Fall 2002, p. 1
Gragg, Randy, Reviving Regionalism: Art in a Small Corner,” The Oregonian, Nov. 25, 2001, pp. E1, E4
Gragg, Randy, “An Outsider’s Guide to the NW,” The Oregonian, November 9, 2001, pp. 54-55
Carman, Sean, “Building a Bridge,” www.artaccess.com, September 2001
Klein, Harriet, “Michael Brophy and Jef Gunn,” America On Line digitalcity.com, September 2001
“Gallery Tour First Thursday,” Portland Tribune, September 4, 2001, p. C2 illus.
Ellertson, Karrin, “Michael Brophy and Jef Gunn at Laura Russo,” The Oregonian, Aug. 31, 2001, p. 55
Zevitas, Steven T., New American Painting, The Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA, 2001
Harmon, Kitty, The Pacific Northwest Landscape, A Painted History, Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA, 2001
Gragg, Randy, “Reviving Regionalism: Art in a Small Corner,” The Oregonian, November 25, 2001,
pp. E1, E4
Rabin, Jonathan, “Battleground of the Eye,”The Atlantic Monthly, March 2001
Row, D.K., “And the Winners Are…” The Oregonian, December 22, 2000, p. 57
“New Works by Michael Brophy,” The Oregonian, A&E, September 29, 2000, p. 34
Duford, Daniel, “Wings of Desire,” Willamette Week, September 6, 2000, p. 73
Gibson, Eric, Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century, Stinehour Press,
Lunenburg, VT, 1999
Row, D.K., “Brophy on Brophy,” The Oregonian, August 21, 1999, p. E1
Row, D.K., “What Summer Doldrums?” The Oregonian, August 5, 1999, p. E1
Lake, Eva, “Michael Brophy’s Vision,” Ourtown, August 2, 1999, p. 10
Raymond, Jonathan, Plazm Magazine, 1999
Gragg, Randy, “Pure Thrill of Collecting Drives New University Museum,” The Oregonian, September 27,
1998, p. E4
Row, D.K., “Art and the City,” The Oregonian, April 17, 1998, pp. 62, 65
Row, D.K., “Designing Consciousness: Midcareer Virtuosos,” The Oregonian, April 10, 1998
Clayton, Alec, “Clearly Cut,” Tacoma City Paper, April 9, 1998, p. 11
Row, D.K., “Strokes of Ingenious Paintings” The Oregonian, April 2, 1998, pp. C1, C4
“Art of the Pacific Northwest,” ArtNews, March 1998
Updike, Robin, “The Wonders of Water,” The Seattle Times, January 8, 1998
Gragg, Randy, “Out on a Limb,” The Oregonian, August 22, 1997, pp. 62-63

PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Raymond, Jonathan, “Forest Flaneur,” Anodyne, August 1997, p. 34
Row, D.K., “Can-Do Kanjo,” Willamette Week, August 27, 1997
Cowan, Ron, “What a Difference Two Years Makes,” The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, August 1997
Gragg, Randy, “Art for Biennial: A Fresh Look,” The Oregonian, July 27, 1997, p. F10
Row, D.K., “And the Winnners Are. . .” Willamette Week, July 23, 1997, p. 26
Kangas, Matthew, “Seattle: Michael Brophy at Linda Hodges,” Art in America, February 1997
Failing, Patricia, “Necessity Is the Mother of Reinvention,” ARTnews, December 1997, pp. 62-63
Cashdan, Rochelle, “Public Magic,” Oregon Quarterly, Winter 1996, p. 50
Demetre, Jim, “Reviews,” AORTA, August/September 1996, pp. 22-23
DeVuno, Frances, “Michael Brophy at Linda Hodges,” Artweek, July 1996, p. 28
“Utopian Visions,” On Center, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Newsletter, Summer 1996, pp. 1-3
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Gragg, Randy, “3 Shows Look at Current Events,” The Oregonian, June 3, 1992
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for Visual Artists, 1990, catalog, 1990
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