Artist List    Rae Mahaffey    Images  |  Bio EDUCATION Seattle Central, Seattle, WA 1984 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, B.A. 1978 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1976 University of Copenhagen, Denmark 1975 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008 Palette Contemporary Art & Craft, Albuquerque, NM 2006 "Osmosis: Rae Mahaffey and p:ear Youth," p:ear gallery, Portland, OR 2005 Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004 “Proofing Sessions,” The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2001 Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA 1997 Northview Gallery, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR 1996 Pulliam/Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1994, 1995 Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle, WA 1980, 1981 GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 “Circle, Triangle, Square: an exhibition of artists working with geometric forms,” Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 2007 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “Altered States: Variations on the print,” Print Artists Northwest, Portland, OR 2005 “Ulterior Motives: Current Northwest Abstraction,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2003 “Northwest Annual,” COCA, Seattle, WA 2003 “New Abstract Painting in Portland,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2003 “Eighteen Women,” Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR (invitational) 2003 “Contemporary Color Symbolism,” Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2001 “15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “2001 Oregon Biennial,” The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2001 “Guns in the Hands of Artsits,” IFCC, Portland, OR 2001 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000 “Northwest Printmakers,” Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 2000 “Printworks 2000,” City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Key Tower, Seattle, WA 2000 “Introductions,” Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000 “Wonder Women,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2000 “Game Show,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1999 “Western Centennial Alumni Exhibition,” Bellingham, WA 1999 “Pacific Northwest Annual,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1999 “Still Life,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999 “15th National Biennial Exhibition,” Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 1999 “Still Life,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 1998 “Pacific Northwest Annual,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1998 18th Annual Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA 1998 “Way In: Exhibition of Glass Doors,” The Bullseye Connection, Portland, OR 1998 “Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, traveling exhibition 1998 “Prints and Drawings,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998 “Local Press,” The University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 1998 “International Print Show,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997 “Behind Closed Doors,” Flanders Lofts, Portland, OR 1997 “Vitreographs,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997 “Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1995, 1997 “Collaboration/Fabrication,” Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1996 “Exquisite Corpse Northwest,” Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst,OR 1996 “Portland Rubbed,” ArtNet, Portland, OR 1995 “Central Oregon Biennial,” Condon, Oregon 1995 “Exhibition Eleven,” Microsoft, Redmond, WA 1995 Society of American Graphic Artists, SOHO Graphic Workshop, New York City, NY 1995 Pulliam/Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1993 Northwest Printmakers, Santa Rosa College, CA 1992 Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University and Palos Verdes Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 1992 “Sensibilities: Substance and Surface,” Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA 1992 Mini Print Competition, Juniper Gallery, Napa Valley, CA (Catalogue) 1991 Barnsdall Park Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1990 “L’Arto,” Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA 1988 Solstice Design Competition, Santa Barbara, CA 1988 Northwest Art Expo, Seattle, WA 1987 Polly's Wearable Art, Seattle, WA 1983, 1984 Seattle Central Art Gallery, Seattle Central Community College, WA 1984 “Bumbershoot Annual,” Seattle Center, Seattle, WA 1983 Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA (review) 1983 “Off The Wall,” Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle, WA 1981 “Pink/Purple,” Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle, WA (award) 1981 “Bijoux,” Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle, WA 1980 Fiber Art, Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA (award) 1979 Pomeranz/Beers, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 1978 “Fiber Art,” Whatcom County Art Museum, Bellingham, WA 1977 COMMISSIONS Gray Middle School, Washington State Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA 2008 Pacific First Center, Harsch Investment Properties, Portland, OR 2008 Erratics, Columbia Basin College, Washington State Arts Commission project, Pasco, WA 2008 Tigard Public Library, commission of fused glass panels, Tigard, OR 2004 Americans for the Arts, commission to create award design, Selina Robert Ottum Award 2003 Fire Station No. 11, commission of fused glass panels, Aurora, CO 2003 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 2003 Governor’s Arts Awards, commission to create awards, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR 2002 COLLECTIONS Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, OR ArtColl Trust, Bellevue, WA Bank of America, San Francisco, CA Bellevue Towers, Bellevue, WA Capitol Development Group, Portland, OR City of Portland, OR, Portable Works Collection City of Seattle, WA, Portable Works Collection Claremont Hotel, Oakland, CA Fire Station No. 11, Aurora, CO Harsch Investments, Portland, OR Jordan & Mina Schnitzer Foundation, Portland, OR King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA Mazama Capital Management, Inc., Portland, OR Meyer Memorial Trust, Portland, OR Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA Nestle Corporation, Glendale, CA New York Public Library, New York, NY Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR Schnitzer Investment Corp., Portland, OR Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Portland, OR Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA TransDevelopment Group, Portland, OR Tigard Public Library, Tigard, OR RELATED EXPERIENCE Co-director, Mahaffey Fine Arts, Collaborative Printmaking Studio, Portland, OR 1992-present Visiting Artist, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA 2001 Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass Studio, Stanwood, WA 2000, 2001 Operating Grants Review Committee, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR 2001 Committee for East/West Print Symposium, Portland, OR 2001 Fellowship Review Committee, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 1999 Exhibition Coordinator, The Flanders Loft Series of Exhibitions, Portland, OR 1998 Project Grant Review Committee, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 1997 Exhibition Coordinator, Portland Visual Chronicle, Portland, OR 1995 Curator, Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR 1995 Consultant, Michelle Isenberg & Assocs., Los Angeles, CA 1995 Curator, Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA 1992 Consultant, David Hockney's Studio, Los Angeles, CA 1992 Curator, Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, CA 1991 Designer/Public Relations, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum 1988 PUBLICATIONS “City of Aurora Art in Public Places Guide 2007,” auroragov.org/publicart, color illustration of Fire House Commission, p. 16 “Culture has many rewards,” illustration for Oregon Cultural Trust advertisement, PADA Brochure, August 2008 Row, D.K. “Shows of Notes: Erratics,” The Oregonian, February 8, 2008, A&E, p. 35 Chiaroscuro, Cascade AIDS Project’s Art Evening and Auction Catalog, Portland, Oregon, Spring 2007, p. 28 Row, D.K. “Fourteen Artists/Fourteen Years: Mahaffey Fine Art,” The Oregonian, Friday, January 5, 2006, A&E, p. 22 Row, D.K. “On display: a passion for prints,” The Sunday Oregonian, December 24, 2006, p. O3 Row, D.K. “Shows of Note: Fourteen Artists / Fourteen Years: Mahaffey Fine Art,” The Oregonian, November 24, 2006, A&E, p. 40 Dixon, Annette, Fourteen Artists / Fourteen Years: Mahaffey Fine Art, Exhibition Brochure and Essay, Portland Art Museum, Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, 2006 Row, D.K. “Fourteen Artists / Fourteen Years: Mahaffey Fine Art,” The Oregonian, A&E, Friday, September 29, 2006, p.35 Kennedy, Kristan and Matthew Stadler, Portland Modern, May-October 2006, p. 12 Speer, Richard, “Rae Mahaffey,” ARTnews, April 2006, p. 152 Perry, Vicky, “Brush and Easel Paint Construction,” Abstract Painting, Concepts and Techniques, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005. p.107 Sherman, Barbara, “Fused-glass Panels Will Decorate the Entrance of the New Library,” The Tigard Times, Tigard, OR, August 19, 2004, p. T3 Speer, Richard, “One Review: Marylhurst University,” Willamette Week, December 3, 2003, p. 55 Row, D.K. “Searching for a Motive,” The Oregonian, December 5, 2003, A&E pp. 25, 27 Jahn, Jeff, “Something to Prove,” Modern Painters, Spring 2003, pp. 44-46 Zevitas, Steven T., Ed., New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-in-Print, No. 43, January 2003, p. 114-117 Oregon Arts Commission, 2002 Governor’s Arts Awards, Salem, OR, 2002 Guenther, Bruce, 2001 Oregon Biennial, Paramount Graphics, Portland, OR, 2001 Hicks, Bob, “Print City,” The Oregonian, October 2001 Allan, Lois, “’Guns in the Hands of Artists’ at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center,” Artweek, June 2001, pp. 22, 23 Jahn, Jeff, “Rae Mahaffey,” NW Scuttle E-magazine, Portland, OR, July 2001, pp.2, 3 Keefer, Bob, “Art’s New Frontier…Meets the Old West,” The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, June 3, 2001, pp. 1G, 2G Hall, Stan, “Rae Mahaffey at Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, June 3, 2001 Hicks, Bob, “ The Oregon Biennial: Not the Usual Suspects,” The Oregonian, April 29, 2001, pp.F1, F2 Lambert, Lisa, “Best in Show,” Willamette Week, April 2001 Hicks, Bob, “Small Show Creates Big Stir,” The Oregonian, February 11, 2001 Row, D.K., “Critic’s Picks,” The Oregonian, October 5, 2000, p.E1 Gragg, Randy, “Art for Biennial: A Fresh Look,” The Oregonian, July 27, 1997, p.F10 “Pattern Plays,” The Oregonian, April 11, 1997, p.60 Allan, Lois, Contemporary Printmaking in the Northwest, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia, 1997 Gragg, Randy, “Layers of Beauty and Illusion,” The Oregonian, April 17, 1996 McMorran. Megan, “Impression Portland Makes on Local Artists Rubs Off,” The Oregonian, November 3, 1995 Gragg, Randy, “Biennial Blues,” The Oregonian, August 1995 Francis, Kevin, “Artistic Recess,” Willamette Week, March 13-19, 1996 Mendoza, Lori, “Exquisite Corpse Artwork on Exhibit,” The Oregonian, February 22, 1996 Jones, Angela, “Home Press,” Portland Living, January/February 1994, pp.9, 10 Gragg, Randy, “Ah, The Possibilities of Printmaking,” The Oregonian, May 8, 1993, p.B12