Artist List    Mary Josephson    Images  |  Bio Born: 1953, Biloxi, Mississippi EDUCATION B.F.A., Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1986 École National Superior des Beaux Arts, Paris, France 1985 Parsons School of Design, Paris, France 1984-85 AWARDS Artist Residency, “Intersections: Portland Fire and Rescue,” Regional Arts & Culture Council 2005 The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Fund for Mural Painting Fellowship Recipient, the National Academy of Design, New York City, NY 2003 Juror’s Award, “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2002 Commission Print for Air Touch Cellular, "Faces" Exhibition, Seattle, WA 2000 “Best Sculptural,” Ceramic Exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM 1999 Artist in Residence, Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM 1998 Capital Press Award, “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1996 Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, Oregon Arts Commission 1994 Monomania Printmaking Fellowship, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1994 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS “Art in the Governor’s Office,” Governor John Kitzhaber, Capitol Building, Salem, OR (Upcoming) 2010 “Beneath the Surface,” Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 “Full Length Feature,” Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 “The Art in the Governor’s Office Exhibition Series,” Salem, OR 2008 “Paradise Grows,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2007 “Connecting,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2007 “Transplanted,” The Laura Russo Galley, Portland, OR 2006 "Getting There," The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2005 "Nightingales and Mockingbirds," William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA 2005 “Talking Pictures,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 “A Common Sense,” Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR 2003 “Looking Homeward (With Eyes Toward the World),” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002 “What Remains the Same,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “Flora,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “Under Fair Skies,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 “Invisible Women: Age of Beauty,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000 “Invisible Women: Age of Beauty,” Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM 1999 “Translations of Light,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998 “Tall Tree (Many Branches) Deep Roots,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998 Galeria Dos Damas Dos, Palm Springs, CA 1997, 1998 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 “Counterparts,” Galeria Dos Damas, San Diego, CA 1997 Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, retrospective 1997 “Without Compunction, ”Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 “The Circle Unbroken,” Catlin Gable School, Portland, OR 1997 “Sanctuary,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996 “The Harvest,” Dos Damas Gallery, San Diego, CA 1996 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1996 “Avenues of the Heart,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1995 “Gardening,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1995 “MonoMania,” Wentz Gallery, Portland Art Museum 1994 “Headdress,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1994 “Human Stories,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1994 “Playing for Keeps,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1993 “Within Reach,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1992 “Choices,” Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 1992 “Known by Heart,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1991 Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA 1990, 1991 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 “Affinity,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1990 “Free Will,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1989 GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Up on the Wall, 6 Painters from the West,” Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 2009 “Celebrating PNCA at 100: An Exhibition of Alumni Artists,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 “Cut the Edge, Weave the Line: Textile Art 2009, “ Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2009 Prichard Gallery University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 2009 “New Work from Gallery Artists,” Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009 “Glorious Glass, “ The Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL 2008 “Beyond a Gift of Time: 40th Anniversary Exhibition,” Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM 2007-2008 “Girls, Girls, Girls,” Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007 “Art Slate Biennial, Poster Artist, Condor, OR 2007 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “Structure: Works Inspired by the Built Environment,” Seattle Municipal Tower Space, Seattle, WA 2006 Wallowa Festival of the Arts, Featured Artist and Juror, Joseph, OR 2006 “Intersections: Artists and Firefighters,” Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center 2005 “Partners: Considerations Rather Than Constraints,” Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA 2005 "Figuratively Speaking," Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2004 “The Clown Show,” Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY 2003 “ArtSlate,” Condon, OR 2003 “Ten Years,” Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR; invitational 2003 “Dog and Pony Show,” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2002 “Northwest Notables,” Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR 2002 “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2002 “Northwest Views, Selections from the SAFECO Collection,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 2001 “Northwest Annual,” Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, juror Michael Sweeney 2001 PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, WA 2001 “Perspective and Perception,” L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 2001 “Art Slate 2001,” invitational, Condon, OR, juror Henry Sayre 2001 “Narration, Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 2001 “Husbands and Wives,” Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 2001 “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2001 “15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “ANA29,” Holter Museum of Art. Helena, MT, juror Lucy Lippard 2000 “Wonder Women,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2000 “Whole/Hole,” L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 2000 “Sex, Lies, Gender Gap,” Planned Parenthood Gala, San Francisco, CA 2000 “Faces,” AirTouch Cellular, Seattle, WA 2000 “PDX to Quartersaw, 16th Anniversary Exhibition,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 “Open Walls,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 2000 Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM 1999 “In Human Form,” Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR 1998 “figurative,” L&B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 1998 PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, WA 1997 “People,” Air Touch Cellular, Seattle, WA 1997 “the garden show,” PICA, Portland, OR 1997 “The Mane Event,” Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1996 “The Tool Show,” PICA, Portland, OR 1996 “Concerning Clothing,” Dos Damas Gallery, San Diego, CA 1996 “One Year Later: Work by Washington Park Fences Project Artists,” Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 1996 “Texas National,” Faith Ringgold Juror, University of Austin, Austin, TX 1996 “Husbands and Wives,” Raleigh Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1996 “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1996 “Let Them Eat Cake,” Acanthus Gallery, Portland, OR 1996 “Fences Project,” Washington Park, Portland, OR 1995 “Dresses,” Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR 1995 Women’s Art Triennial, Maude Kerns Center, Eugene, OR 1995 “Pacific Northwest Annual,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1994 Artquake, Invitational Exhibition, Portland, OR 1994 “Human Form,” Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR 1994 “Faces,” Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR 1994 “Everyday Objects Investigated,” Grover/Thurston, Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993 “Artists of the Willamette Valley,” Corvallis, OR 1993 “Human Forms,” Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR 1992 “Women’s Struggle, Women’s Vision,” Triennial, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR 1992 “Art Futures,” PNCA Benefit, The Galleria, Portland, OR 1991 “Table, Lamp and Chair,” Portland, OR 1991 Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA 1990 First Annual PNCA Alumni Exhibition, Juried by Gerald Bolas, Portland, OR 1989 Artquake, Juried by Mary Beebe, Portland, OR 1989 Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR 1989 Public Hanging, Marylhurst Art Gym, Marylhurst, OR 1988 Public Hanging, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR 1987 Thesis Exhibition, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1986 Public Hanging, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR 1984 Arrasmith Gallery, Portland, OR 1983 COMMISSIONS Arnold Rue Community Center, Stockton, CA 2009 Outlook Elementary School, Sunnyside, WA 2007 Stephenson Union, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 2006 Tigard Public Library, Children’s Reading Room, Tigard, OR 2004 Catlin Gabel School Library, mural, Portland, OR 2004 Intersections/Portland Fire and Rescue, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR 2003 Oregon Food Bank, “Bountiful Harvest,” mural, Portland, OR 2001-2002 AirTouch Cellular, “I Can See the Future,” woodblock print, Seattle, WA 2000 Military Heights Elementary School, “Our New Mexico Desert Community,” mural, Roswell, NM 1999 Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Center, “My Community is My Family,” mural, Portland, OR 1999 Tri-Met Westside MAX, Regional Arts and Culture Council, “Alphabet City,” Washington Park Fences Project, Portland, OR 1995 COLLECTIONS AirTouch Cellular, Seattle, WA Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR Central City Concern, Portland, OR City Center Parking, Portland, OR City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program, Seattle, WA Dain Bosworth, Minneapolis, MN Fountain Associates, Portland, OR Gamblin Artist Colors, Portland, OR Harsch Investment Co., Portland, OR Heller Ehrman White & McAuliff, Seattle, WA Legacy Emmanuel Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR Microsoft, Seattle, WA Military Heights Elementary School, Roswell, NM Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Center, Portland, OR Multnomah County Family Services Unit, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR Northwest Triangle Properties, Portland, OR O.M.C., Tokyo, Japan (Portland, OR office) Oregon Food Bank, Portland, OR Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, Portland, OR Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, Portland, OR Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR SAFECO, Seattle, WA Salem Hospital, Salem, OR Stauffer Supply Inc., Portland, OR Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Tigard Public Library, Tigard, OR University Hospital, Seattle, WA Washington Park Fences Project, Tri-Met Westside MAX and Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR Winkler Companies, Portland, OR BIBLIOGRAPHY Lake, Eva, “Mary Josephson’s Mural for the City of Stockton, YouTube Interview, November 28, 2008 Lake, Eva, “Mary Josephson at Laura Russo, “ YouTube 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Head out to the galleries, party people,” The Oregonian, July 3, 2008, pp. E1, E3 Beyond a Gift of Time, exhibition catalogue, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, 2007 Paradise Grows, exhibition brochure with color illustrations, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2007 “Hot Ticket,” Seattle Times, July 2007 Art Slate 2007, poster artwork Row, D.K. “Post-holiday feasting for the eyes,” The Oregonian, Thursday, January 4, 2007, pp. E1, E3 “Judge and featured artist Mary Josephson,” Wallowa Valley Festival of the Arts 2006, June 2006, p. 8 Row, D.K., “Shows of Note: Mary Josephson,” The Oregonian, A &E, p. 21 Koppman, Debra, “ Mary Josephson and Betty Merken,” Artweek, March 2006 Fire Station Residency Catalogue, “Connecting the Work of Art with the Work of Firefighters,” 2006, self-published Norris, Molly, “Let’s Face the Easel & Dance,” ArtAccess, Volume 14, November 2005, No. 9, pp. 4-5 Row, D.K. "Evening Stroll Holds Promise of Visual Gems," The Oregonian, May 5, 2005, p. 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