Artist List    Marie Sivak    Images  |  Bio EDUCATION 1997 MFA in Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 1994 BFA in Sculpture, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1993 Temple University, Rome, Italy SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS 2006 Residency Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, Wales, UK 2005 First Prize, Yeck National Young Sculptors Competition, Miami University, Oxford, OH Professional Research Sabbatical, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon Regional Arts and Culture Council, Professional Development Grant, Portland, OR 2003 Merit Award Works on Paper National, Juror: Bernard Toale, South Shore Art Center,Cohasset, MA Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant, Portland, OR 1997 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, juror: Andrew Connors, Richmond, VA 1996 The Ruth Chenven Grant for Visual Artists, New York Graduate Teaching Assistantship, VCU 1995-7 School of Graduate Studies Scholarship and. School of the Arts Tuition Scholarship VCU 1995 Merit Award, Cleome Wadsworth/Olga Hirshorn Sculpture Competition, Washington DC 1990 Arronson Merit Scholarship, University of the Arts 1994 Charles M. Kanev Sculpture Prize, University of the Arts. 1990 The Crozier Prize, University of the Arts SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 A.I.R. Gallery, New York 2007 Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2006 Cipher, The Art Shop, Abergavenny, Wales, UK 2004 Lacing Atropos, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2003 Merche's Pieta. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR Lacing Atropos. Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, OR 1998 Spire, for the Material World Exhibition, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio 1997 The Comfort Food, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA Meta-mem, The Biggs Collective, Richmond, VA 1996 The Agreeable Poubelle, City of Richmond 1% for Art, outdoor installation, Richmond,VA The Comfort Food, Virginia Commonwealth University GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 Works on Paper Invitational Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, New York 2007 Presence of Light, Oriel Canfas Gallery, Cardiff, UK. Drawnwork Facets of Myth and Memory, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. The London Art Fair, Panter and Hall Gallery, London, UK. Made Out of the Ordinary, A.I.R. Gallery, New York with catalog Hiro Sakaguchi’s Picture Journal Project, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Marbles, Marenakos Stone Center, Seattle, Washington. Eleven Oregon Stone Sculptors, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, Oregon. 2006 ArtLondon, Panter and Hall Gallery, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, UK. Third International Alabaster Symposium and Exhibition, Palazzo Pretorio, Volterra, Italy with catalog Drawing Improvisation, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia with catalog SubTerrane: Hiro Sakaguchi’s Picture Journal Project, curated by Sean Stoops The Center for Emerging Visual Artists and online at Inliquid.com, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA. Forty Artists, Forty Drawings, City Inn, London, UK Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York Generations V, A.I.R. Gallery, New York Being in Space, A.I.R. Gallery. New York Forty Artists,Forty Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, London, UK 2005 William and Dorothy Yeck Competition Finalists, Hiestand Galleries,Miami University, Oxford, OH Central Eastside Industrial District. New American Art Union, Portland, OR Thirty Under Thirty, Katayama Framing, Portland, OR 2004 Collecting Words On and Off the Page. Curated by Nancy Palmer, Gallery 114, Portland, OR Faculty Focus 2004,2002,2000,1997 Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR FORMed. Mount Hood Community College, Visual Arts Gallery. Gresham, Oregon 2003 Works on Paper. National Juried Exhibition. South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts Portland Oregon Visitors Association. Curated by Lisa Conte Hex.Linkage. Ofuroya: Contemporary Art, 201 Camac St., Philadelphia, PA Palestine, Ofuroya: Contemporary Art 2002 Drawings by Sculptors, Clackamas Community College Sculpture Invitational, Oregon City, Oregon 2000 Wreck Qui Hmm… Performance, Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Clackamas Community College 1997 Student Annual Exhibition, Anderson, Gallery, juried by Neal Benezra Perspectivas en Grabado , Galeria Juan Pardo Heeren, Lima, Peru 1994-6 A Show of Hands Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1996 Thirty Years of Printmaking at VCU, Art Space Gallery, Richmond, VA Recent Works IV, The James Center, Richmond, VA 1995 Award Winners Cleome Wadsworth/Olga Hirshorn Sculpture Competition, Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington DC 1994 Eight Sculptors from the University of the Arts. Patron’s Choice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Student Annual, juried exhibition, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1993 Group Show, Temple University Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy COLLECTIONS Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Miami University, Oxford, OH, City of Volterra, Italy; Private Collections: San Maritz, Switzerland; La Paz, Bolivia; London, UK; Cardiff, UK; New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; Boston, MA; Vancouver, WA. BIBLIOGRAPHY “Tercero simposio internazionale di alabastro” Artisti da tutto il mondo per l’alabastro”, Barbara Antoni. Volterra Valdicecina, Mercoledi, 23 Agosto, 2006. Article “Da Domani il simposio dedicato alla pace.” Francesca Suggi, Il Tirreno, Pontedera,Venerdi 01 Settembre, 2006. Article "Marie Sivak at Blackfish Gallery", Lois Allan. Artweek, April, 2004. review "D.K.'s Hot Sheet", D.K. Row, The Oregonian, A&E section , Friday, February 6, 2004. short reviews "A Full Palette", D.K. Row, The Oregonian, February 05, 2004. short review "The Craft of Construction", D.K.Row, The Oregonian, A&E section Friday, August 22, 2003. review “Material World”, Douglas Max Utter, The New Art Examiner, June 1998.review “Plants, Parties, and Polyester”, Laure Putre, March 1998, Cleveland Free Times.review “Virginians Granted Fellowships”, 9/97Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Calendar.press release “People and Places” April/May, American Craft. award announcement “Audience Participation”, Style Weekly, October 8, 1996, Richmond,Virginia. article University of the Arts Alumni Bulletin.brochure. 1994 University of the Arts, Admissions Catalogue. website and catalogue.1994-2002 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1997-07 Faculty, Sculpture, Drawing, & Design, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2006 Curator, Figuring the Feminine: Women Ceramists of the Pacific Northwest, exhibition & catalog, Northview Gallery, Portland, OR 2005 Global Stone Workshop, Carrara, Italy 2003-04 Director Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2003 Stone Carving Workshop for Homeless Youth, Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery 2001 The Drawing Center. Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY Artist Talk, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Fibers Department, Portland,OR 1996 Artist Talk, Southeastern College