Artist List    Margot Voorhies Thompson   Images  |  Bio EDUCATION Lewis and Clark College, Northwest Writing Institute, Portland, OR 1990-1993 Eliot Scholar, Reed College, Portland, OR 1983-1985 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1983-1985 Hochschule Fur Kunsterlische, Linz, Austria 1985 RECENT AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS Commission, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2003 First Prize, Book Arts Exhibition, Northwest Bookfest, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR 2002 Commission, Knight Library Press, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2001 Commission, Kaiser Permanente, Tualatin Health Center, Tualatin, OR 2000 Commission, Oregon State Library, Salem, OR 1999-2000 Commission, Multnomah County Branch Library, Woodstock, Portland, OR, in collaboration with poet Kim Stafford 1999 Vermont Studio Center, Visual Artist Grant, Johnson, VT, 1999 Technical Assistance Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 1998 Commission, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Waiting Area, Portland, OR, in collaboration with poet Kim Stafford 1998 Commission, World Bank, Washington D.C. 1997 Commission, Life Technologies, Washington D.C. 1997 Commission to paint the set for "The Lower Rooms" by Liza Anderson, Stark Raving Theater, Portland, OR 1996 Commission, TriMet West Side Light Rail Fences Project awarded by Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR (catalogue) 1995-1996 Commission, United Parcel Service Headquarters, Atlanta, GA 1994 Commission to do set design for The Jefferson Dancers, Portland, OR, in collaboration with Mary Fohberg, Artistic Director, and Lowell Smith, Guest Choreographer, Dance Theatre of Harlem 1994 SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1992,1993,1995,1997,1998,1999, 2000,2001, 2003, 2004 Gallery II, Eastern Washington State University Art Museum, Pullman, WA 1996 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991,1992,1995 Cabell Center, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR 1992 Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 1990 Northwest Regional Biennial, traveling exhibition 1989-1990 Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 1989 Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR 1989 Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR 1989 Art in the Governor's Office, Capitol Building, Salem, OR 1987 "New Works," Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987 Shambhala Booksellers & Publishers, Berkeley, CA 1987 Theatre Arts Gallery, Middlesex School, Concord, MA 1983 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002, 2003, 2004 Print Arts Northwest Gallery, Portland, OR (invitational exhibition) 2003 “Location/Dislocation: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer,” Portland Art Museum, OR 2003 “International Calligraphy Exhibition,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 2002 “Third Annual Chicago Biennial,” Chicago Center for the Book, Columbia College, Illinois 2002 “Lettering: Calligraphy & Typography,” Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth 2002 “word&hand2,” The Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR and River Sea Gallery, Astoria, OR 2002 “In Transit,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO 2001 “From the Collection/New Acquisitions,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2001 “Way In: Exhibition of Glass Doors,” The Bullseye Connection, Portland, OR 1998 “International Print Exhibition,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997 “One Year Later: Work by Washington Park Fences Project Artists,” Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR 1996 “Celebration Especially for Children: The Art of the Theater,” Bellevue Art Museum, WA 1996 "Mountain High X-1995, 20 Years-20 Prints," Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR 1995 The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1995 "Sitka Invitational," Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Portland, OR 1994 "12th University of Dallas National Print Invitational," (traveling exhibition) University of Texas, San Antonio 1992-1994 L.A. Society of Printmakers Exchange, Woodland Hills, CA 1993 Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA 1993 "Oregon Biennial," (traveling exhibition) University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, OR 1992 "University of Dallas 12th National Print Invitational," traveling exhibition, (catalogue) 1992 "Oregon Biennial," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1987, 1991 "21st National Works on Paper Exhibition," Harnett Hall Gallery,Minot State University, Minot, ND 1991 "Applied Surfaces," Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991 Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 1990 Chicago Center for the Print, Northwest Print Council, Chicago, IL 1989 "Pacific Prints 1988," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 1988 SAIF Corporate Headquarters, Salem, OR 1988 Northlight Editions Prints, Belgium, Paris, France, Japan 1987 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Crown Pacific, Portland, OR Delta Airlines, Portland, OR Detroit National Bank, Detroit, MI Doernbecker Children's Hospital, Portland, OR Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR Oregon Arts Commission Oregon Department of Transportation, Salem, OR Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR SAIF Corporate Headquarters, Salem, OR Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, CA The Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY United Parcel Service Headquarters, Atlanta, GA University of Oregon, Knight Library, Eugene, OR US Bancorp Trust, Portland, OR Xerox Corporation, Portland, OR RELATED EXPERIENCE Guest Speaker, Measuring Up: Defining Success in Public Art, Americans for the Arts, New York, NY 2003 Guest Speaker, Signs & Testimonials Conference, Reed College, Portland, OR June 2003 Instructor, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR 1985-present Visiting Artist, School of Art and Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2003 Design Team Roster, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 2003-2004 Guest Lecturer, "Collaboration in the Book Arts, " Knight Library Press, University of Oregon, Eugene 2001 Lecturer, "The Fine Art of Illustration, " Newport Public Library, Newport, OR 2001 Panel member, "Making Your Art Permanent: Fabrication Alternatives, " RACC, Portland, OR 2001 Guest Speaker, "State of the World Forum, " San Francisco, CA 1999 Instructor, Menucha Creative Arts Community, Columbia Gorge, OR 1997 Artist in Residence, Catlin Gabel High School, Portland, OR 1994 Instructor, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1989-1997 Member of U.S. Cultural Calligraphy Exchange with China, Shanghai, X'ian, Guangchou 1987 Instructor, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR 1985-present Co-founder Neskowin Valley School, Neskowin, OR 1972 PUBLICATIONS Koppman, Debra, " Previews: Cie Goulet and Margot Voorhies Thompson," Artweek, September 2004, p. 6 Zevitas, Steven T., ed. New American Paintings, Number 49 (The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA) Vol. 8, No. 6, January 2004, pp. 150-153 Letter Arts Review, vol. 18, no. 1 2003 Signs & Testimonials, Reed College Magazine, vol. 82, no. 3 August 2003 Row, D.K. " Driving Artistic Vision Down New Roads," The Oregonian, May 27, 2003, pp. C1, C5 Book Review of Animals and People (collaboration with poet Pattian Rogers), Orion Magazine, May/June 2003 Cover Artwork, Ploughshares, Emerson College, Boston, MA, Winter 2003 (literary publication) Hicks, Bob, " Print City," The Oregonian, October 9, 2001, p. E1, E5 Hicks, Bob, " Following the Paper Trail Through Portland Galleries," The Oregonian, Sept. 28, 2001, p. 54 Hicks, Bob, " Crossing Boundaries: East-West Symposium in Print Art," The Oregonian, September 7, 2001, p. 18 Williams, Kimber and Brian Davies, " Natural Healing," The Register Guard, Eugene, OR, May 13, 2001, p. B1 Heltzel, Ellen Emery, " ŠBefore First Light, I Ate Alone," Portland Tribune, March 20, 2001, p. C2 Friedman, Ann, " Artists + Writers, Collaboration + Inspiration," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID, 2001 (brochure) Row, D.K., " Art with a Heart for Nature," The Oregonian, November 15, 2000, pp. E1, E5 Lowthian, Michaela, " WW Picks," Willamette Week, September 6, 2000, p. 75 Row, D.K., " Critic's Picks," The Oregonian, September, 2000 Row, D.K., " The Mark of the Hand," The Oregonian, April 7, 2000, p. 62 Lowthian, Michaela, " News," Willamette Week, March 15, 2000 Row, D.K., " Archiving an Archive," The Oregonian, April, 2000 Row, D.K., " Wonder Women to the Rescue," The Oregonian, April 28, 2000, p. 62 Bonansinga, Kate, " Visual Arts,²" Willamette Week, April 7, 1999, p. 63 illus. Grossman, Elizabeth, A Narrow Survival: Margot Voorhies Thompson, 1999, catalogue Jenkins, Steven, " Preview: Margot Voorhies Thompson and Judith Poxson Fawkes," Artweek, October 1998 " Drawing Conclusions," The Oregonian, January, 1998 Allan, Lois, Contemporary Printmaking in the Northwest, Craftsman House: Sydney, 1997 American Homestyle,, Summer 1995; Features Margot Thompson's handpainted tiles Calligraphy Review, Summer 1992, "Motion In Harmony: Margot Thompson's Visual Rounds," article by Rebecca Banyas Calligraphy Review Annual Competition, March 1991; featuring handmade artist book In Unison, January 1990; article by Lois Allen Northwest Magazine, July 1986; "Scripts and Scribes: Contemporary Calligraphers," exhibition at Sunbird Gallery, Bend, OR