Artist List    Sherrie Wolf    Images  |  Bio BORN 1952, Portland, OR EDUCATION Chelsea College of Art, London, England; M.A. Printmaking 1975 Museum Art School, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR; B.F.A. Painting 1974 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS “Faces,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2010 “New Paintings,” Arden Gallery, Boston, MA 2010 Gordon Woodside / John Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008, 2010 “Counterpoint,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 “Animal Life,” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 “Virtue, Vice and Grandeur,” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 “Flowers,” Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2006 “Majestic Still Life,” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 “Appropriations,” Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2004 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 2001, 2003 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 “Still Life Redefined,” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2001 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1993, 1994 Maveety Gallery (formerly Lawrence Gallery), Portland and Gleneden Beach, OR 1986, 1992 Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1985, 1990 Oregon Health Sciences University Gallery, Portland OR 1988 Governor's Ceremonial Office, State Capital Building, Salem, OR 1988 Stonepress Gallery, Seattle, WA 1985 Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1985 Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, OR 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984 Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1984 Unitarian Fellowship Gallery, Portland, OR 1981 White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1980 City Hall, Portland, OR 1978 Greenwood Gallery, Seattle, WA 1978 Rienshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR 1977 Ann Hughes Gallery, Portland, OR 1976 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Album: Artist Portraits of Artists,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2010 “The Secret Language of Animals,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2010 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 “PNCA at 100,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2009 “Celebrating PNCA at 100: An Exhibition of Alumni Artists,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 “Homage: Re-enactments, Copies and Tributes,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2008 “Art for the Bridge: Benefiting the Bridge Breast Network,” Dallas Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX 2008 “The Collector’s Eye: Contemporary Art from the Leo Michelson Collection,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR 2008 “8th Northwest Biennial,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2007 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “14 Years, 14 Artists: Mahaffey Fine Art,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2006-2007 “2006 Sitka Art Invitational,” Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR 2006 Inaugural Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NY, NY 2006 "Affordable Art Fair," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York and London 2003, 2004 “Annual Realism Invitational,” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999-2004 “Art About Agriculture Tour 2002,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, traveling show 2002-2003 “The Dog & Pony Show,” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2002 “Representing Representation V,” Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY 2001-2002 “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1995, 2002 “ANA 30 Show,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, juried by Peter Schjeldahl, Lucy Lippard, Gerald Peters 2000-2002 “The Art of Illusion,” Millard Sheets Gallery (non-profit) with honored guest Wayne Thiebaud, Pomona, CA 2001 “Points of View: Realist Invitational,” Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “Perspective and Perception,” L & B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 2001 “45th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ 2001 “Sixth Northwest Biennial: Pleasure Craft,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, juried by Gladys Nilsson 2001 “Still Life,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999 “Interior Pauses: Contemporary Northwest Realism,” Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA 1998 “American Print Exhibition,” China National Academy of the Arts, Hangzhon, China 1998 Bush Barn Art Center, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR 1995 The Gallery at Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR 1995 “20 Printmakers at Timberline Lodge,” Government Camp, OR 1995 “The Art of Absolut,” Bon Marche, Seattle, WA 1993 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1992 “Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1991 Portland Art Museum, Northwest Print Council Juried Show, Portland, OR 1991 Hanson/Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR 1989 “International Prints,” John Szoke Graphics, New York, NY 1988 “Twenty Oregon Printmakers,” Amerika Haus, Stuttgart, West Germany 1988 “International Prints '88,” Silvermine Gallery, Stamford, CT 1988 “1988 Biennial Pacific States National Print Exhibition,” University of Hawaii at Hilo 1988 “Stockton National Print Exhibition,” Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA 1988 TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS “Women’s Work: Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, Salem, OR; The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR; Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT; San Jose Museum of Art, CA; Cornerstone Art Center, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 2007-2009 “Blossom: The Art of Flowers,” Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX; Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI; Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson, AZ; The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA; The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN; The Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC; The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH (illustrated color catalogue) 2007-2009 “Prints Across the Pacific,” Pacific International Print Project, An American and Chinese Exhibition Exchange, Northwest Print Council and the China National Academy of Arts 1998 Northwest Print Council Traveling Montana Show, WMC Gallery/Museum, Dillon Arts Chateau, Butte; Copper Village Museum & Arts Center, Miles City; Custer County Art Center, Miles City 1996 “Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1990-1992 “Small Format Prints from the U.S.,” U.S. Information Service, Lincoln Library, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1989-1991 “Twenty Oregon Printmakers,” tour of West German museums and galleries 1988 “Interiors/Exteriors: A Collective Portfolio,” Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ 1987 China – Northwest Print Council Exhibition, traveling throughout China 1986-1987 “Watercolor Oregon,” Visual Arts Resources, Eugene, Oregon; traveled through the USA 1986-1987 “Limited Editions,” Oregon Arts Foundation, Salem, OR 1983-1985 “Oregon,” traveling print exhibition and poster, throughout the U.S.A. and Australia 1978-1981 COMMISSIONS “Zebra,” print commission for members of the Cleveland Print Club, Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, OH 2010 Portland Convention Center Expansion, collaborative project with Connie Kiener, Portland, OR 2003 One Percent for Art, Oregon Arts Commission, site-specific, commissioned painting for the Dining Hall, Memorial Union, Oregon State University, (28 ft by 4 ft), Corvallis, OR 1996 “Claremont Suite” a series of lithograph editions commissioned for the Claremont Hotel, Oakland, CA, produced at Mahaffey Fine Arts in Portland, OR 1996 Salem Art Association Festival Poster 1995 Friends of the Gilkey Center, membership editioned etching 1995 “Absolut Oregon,” Carillon Importers, Teaneck, NJ, Advertisement for Absolut Vodka 1992 One Percent for Art, Oregon Arts Commission, Edition of Etchings for State Prison Buildings 1991 Pacific Development Corporation, Portland, OR 1991 Visual Chronicle of Portland Collection, Metropolitan Arts Commission; rendering of Pittock Mansion, Portland, OR 1985 Environmental Services Building, Pendleton, OR, One Percent for Art Project, Oregon Arts Commission; series of site-specific, botanical watercolors 1979 Art in Public Places, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR; series of etchings and drawings for portable city-owned collection 1976 SELECTED COLLECTIONS 4 Culture, King County Public Art Program, Seattle, WA Absolut Vodka Collection, Seagram Corporation, New York, NY Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ Bell Telephone, Seattle, WA Carillon Importers Teaneck, NJ Claremont Hotel, Oakland, CA Cleveland Print Club, Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, OH Eastern State Hospital, WA Federal Bureau of Land Management, Medford, OR Fred Meyer Savings & Loan, Portland, OR Gordon and Vivian Gilkey Print Collection, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR Harsch Investment Corporation, Portland, OR Hilton Hotel, Portland, OR Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR Management Compensation Group, Portland, OR Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR Metropolitan Arts Commission, Chronicle of Portland Collection, Portland, OR Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ Ocosta School, Art in Public Places, Westport, WA One Percent for Art Collection, State of Washington One Percent for Art Collection, City of Portland, OR One Percent for Art Collection, State of Oregon Memorial Union, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Oregon Health Sciences University and Women’s Health Center, Portland, OR Oregon State University, Smith Memorial Center, Portland, OR Pendleton State Office Bldg., Pendleton OR City of Portland/Multnomah County, Portable Works Collection Portable Works Collection, City of Seattle, WA Providence Hospital Collection, Portland, OR Rainier National Bank, Seattle, WA Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR Sprouse Reitz Company, Portland, OR Steelcase, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA Willamette University, Salem, OR AWARDS Juror’s Choice Award, “Blossom: The Art of Flowers,” The Susan Kathleen Black Foundation, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX (traveling exhibit with catalogue) 2007 Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR Grant for Printmaking Project, “The Artemesia Suite” 2002 Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University 2001 Oregon Artist Fellowship Award, Oregon Arts Commission 2000 President's Award, Art about Agriculture, Oregon State University 1995 Art Media Award, Northwest Print Council Juried Exhibit, Portland Art Museum 1991 West Coast Works of/on Paper, The Ink People, Third Prize 1988 Patron's Award, The Boston Printmakers 1986 Elmer Edwin Young Purchase Award, Willamette University 1983 Print Purchase Award, Mount Hood Community College 1983 Oregon Annual, State Fair Exhibition 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983 Sunriver Art Competition, Cash Award 1982 Limited Editions Purchase Award, Oregon Arts Foundation 1978 Agnes Prentice Award for Excellence, Portland Art Museum 1973 RELATED EXPERIENCE Juror, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR 2010 Gallery Talk, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA 2010 “Stealing Art,” lecture at Town Club of Portland, OR 2009 Gallery Talk, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 Cabel Center Exhibition Gallery Committee, Portland, OR 1995-2003 Juror, Tualatin Chronicles Collection, 10% for Art Collection, Tualatin, OR 1995 Alumni & Friends of Pacific Northwest College of Art, Board of Directors, Portland, OR 1992-1993 Panel, Current Issues in Printmaking, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1991 Juror, One Percent For Art Selection Committee, Oregon Arts Commission 1991 Juror, Corvallis Art Center, N.W. Regional Show, Corvallis, OR 1991 Northwest Print Council board member 1982-1991 Member, Inkling Etching Studio, Portland, OR 1981-1990 Committee member, Visual Chronicle of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR 1986-1989 Juror, 38th Salem Art Fair, Salem, OR 1987 Juror, Academic All-stars, Multnomah Education Service, Portland, OR 1986 Juror, All Oregon Art Exhibit, Salem State Fair, Salem, OR 1985 Instructor of Drawing, Painting & Printmaking, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1977-1985 Instructor, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 1984 Instructor, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 1976-1980 Juror, Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR 1984 PUBLICATIONS Adams, Anne, “First Thursday Picks,” Portland Monthly, June 30, 2010, online at http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/blogs/culturephile-portland-arts/063010-firstthursday-cp/ Bloom, Amy, Where the God of Love Hangs Out, Random House, New York, 2010 (Cover Illustration) Skinner, Tina. 100 Artists of the West Coast II (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA) 2009, pp. 202-203 Marieb, Carolyn Donohoe and Motoyo Nakamura, “Soul Reviver,” The Oregonian, December 3, 2009, Home and Garden, p. 12, color image of painting in private home Speer, Richard, “Sherrie Wolf: ‘Counterpoint’,” Art Ltd. November/December 2009, p.25, illus. “Fall Preview, PNW: Sherrie Wolf - Counterpoint,” Art Ltd. September/October 2009, p. 60 Johnson, Barry, “‘PNCA at 100’: Don’t be so surprised that it’s so juicy,” The Oregonian, www.OregonLive.com, June 16, 2009 Art on the Vine Auction Catalogue, March 2009, p. 19 Oregon Humanities Magazine, cover illustration, Spring 2009 Koppman, Debra, “Sherrie Wolf,” Artweek, February 2009, Volume 40, Issue 1, p. 6 “Artist Photographs,” Art Access, February 2009, Volme 18, Number 1, p. 4 Row, D.K. “Waiting for the Revolution, “ The Oregonian, December 12, 2008, A&E, p. 33 Hicks, Bob, “A Fresh Feast from the Past,” The Oregonian, November 28, 2008, A&E, pp. 31-32 “On the town: Laura Russo Gallery, “ Portland Monthly, November 2008, p. 214 “On the town: The Art Gym at Marylhurst,” Portland Monthly, November 2008, p. 213 Row, D.K. “Shows of Note,” The Oregonian, November 21, 2008, A&E, p. 21 Row, D.K., “D.K.’s Hot Sheet,” The Oregonian, November 7, 2008, A&E, p. 42 Preview, Nov/Dec/Jan, 2008/09, p. 59, color reproduction Hopkins, Terri, “Homage: Re-enactments, copies and tributes by Sherrie Wolf, Christopher Rauschenberg, Michelle Ross and Brad Adkins,” The Art Gym, Exhibit Announcment Brochure, November 2008 Row, D.K., “A Collector’s Obsession with the Local,” The Oregonian, August 4, 2008, pp. B1, B4 O’Hern, John, “Road to Discovery,” American Art Collector, April 2008, pp. 66-69 “Cirque,” 2008 Annual Art Evening and Auction, Cascade AIDS Project, p. 30 Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet: The 73rd Edition of New American Paintings,” The Oregonian, January 18, 2008, A&E, p. 32 Row, D.K., “D.K.’s Hot Sheet,” The Oregonian, December 7, 2007, A&E, p. 38 Reisenfeld, Robin, “Women’s Work: Contemporary Women Printmakers from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation,” exhibition brochure, Hallie Ford Museum of Art and The Art Gym, Oregon, 2007 Row, D.K. “In Praise of Bolder Women,” The Oregonian, October 29, 2007, pp. D1, D3 art ltd. West Coast Art + Design, full color advertisement, November 2007, p. 15 Zevitas, Steven T., ed. New American Paintings, Number 73 (The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA) November 2007, pp. 164-167 Maslin, Janet, “Trekking O’er the World, with Her Luck and an Ax,” New York Times, Book Review, Monday, August, 20, 2007, pp. B1, B5 Bloom, Amy, Away: A Novel, Random House, New York, 2007 (cover illustration) Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet: Some National News Bits,” The Oregonian, April 27, 2007, A &E p. 38 Laing-Malcolmson, Bonnie, “Virtue, Vice and Grandeur,” Sherrie Wolf exhibition catalog, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY, 2007 Hushka, Rock, The 8th Northwest Biennial, exhibition catalog, color plates, Tacoma Art Museum, Spring 2007, pp. 98-99 Row, D.K. “Jacobsen Redraws Her Life in Art,” The Oregonian, March 1, 2007, pp. E1, E3 Clayton, Alec, “The 8th Northwest Biennial: Tacoma Art Museum, “ ArtAccess, March 2007, Volume 16, No. 2, pp. 10-11 Row, D.K. “Painter George Johanson’s Gift to his City,” The Sunday Oregonian, February 4, 2007, p. O1 Kolpas, Norman, “Twists on Tradition,” Southwest Art, November 2006, pp. 90-93 The Laura Russo Gallery: Twenty Years, exhibition catalogue with color plates, 2006, pp. 27, 69 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 Culverwell, Wendy, “You Gotta Have Art,” Portland Executive Home and Life, Fall 2006, pp. 10, 54-55 Chandler, John, “20 Good Years,” Portland Monthly, October 2006, Volume 4, Issue 10, p. 189 Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet: The Tacoma Art Museum,” The Oregonian, August 18, 2006, A&E, p. 36 Batt, Andy and Justin Meyers, “Best of the City,” Portland Monthly, August 2006, Volume 4, Issue 8, p. 70 Row, D.K. “Sherrie Wolf: Still Life, Super-sized,” The Oregonian, June 23, 2006, A&E, p. 39 Eighth Annual Realism Invitational: San Francisco and New York, Essay by Peter Frank. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, June –July 2006, exhibition catalog, p.23 “Two opportunities to see 8th Annual Realism Invitational coast to coast,” American Art Collector, June 2006 Gallivan, Joseph, “Sherrie Wolf,” Portland Tribune, Friday, June 16, 2006, p.B6 Metcalfe, James A. “Incorporating Old Master Messages in New Still Lifes,” American Artist Magazine, July/ August 2006 “Wolf Works: Portland, OR,” Southwest Art, June 2006, p.74 Gangelhoff, Bonnie, “The New Tableaux,” Southwest Art, December 2005, p. 105 Gallivan, Joseph, "A Summertime Smorgasbord," Portland Tribune, July 5, 2005, pp. B1, B3 "OPB 2005 Calendar," Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR, January 2005, p. 12 Sixth Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004, catalog, p. 9 Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet,” The Oregonian, May 28, 2004, p. 25 Kelley, Rob, “The Frame Game,” The Oregonian, August 3, 2003 “Oregon Art Beat,” Oregon Public Broadcasting, Channel 10, first broadcast April 3, 2003 Wolf, Sherrie, “Absolute Art,” Portland Upclose Magazine, Summer 2002 Hicks, Bob, “Fruitful Dreams,” The Oregonian, August 26, 2001, pp. D1-D2 “Visual Arts” Spotlight, Seattle Weekly, January 11, 2001, p. 65 New American Painting, Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA, Volume #31, 2001, pg.166-169 Allan, Lois, Still Life and the Sublime, exhibition catalog, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Lindberg, Ted, “Sherrie Wolf: New Works,” Preview, The Gallery Guide, April/May 2000, p.10 “Sherrie Wolf at Margo Jacobsen Gallery,” Artweek Magazine, July/Aug 1998, p. 32 Allan, Lois, Contemporary Printmaking in the Northwest, Craftsman House, G & B Arts International, 1998, pp. 190-193, 227 Salem Arts Festival Poster, 1995 Absolut Statehood, published by Carillon Importers, 1994; photo of artist, illustration & article, p. 86 Absolut Oregon,” USA Today, June 17, 1993; Time Magazine (Oregon edition), February 14, 1993 “Absolute Success,” The Oregonian, Portland, OR, June 16, 1993 “Sherrie Wolf Art Appears in U.S.A. Today,” The Downtowner, Portland, OR, June 14, 1993 Weinstein, Joel, “Wolf Still Lifes Favor Flemish Paintings,” The Oregonian, Portland, OR, June 11, 1993 Poster for Governor's Arts Awards, Oregon Arts Commission, “Oregon Portfolio, Plates of Art,” Oregon Magazine, Vol. 17 No. 1, April/May 1991 “Second Biennial Exhibition of Prints,” Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan, catalogue, 1987 “Portland Life Distilled in Visual Chronicle,” The Oregonian, Arts & Leisure, November 23, 1985 Portland Pro Musica, poster illustration, Press #22, 1985 “Animals,” Inkling etching studio's portfolio of 12 prints in an edition of 60, Press #22, Portland, 1984 Pacific Northwest College of Art, portfolio commemorating 75th anniversary (10 prints, edition of 40), 1984 Book of Days, Mississippi Mud, Portland, OR; illustrations for Press #22, July 1983 Willamette Weekly Review, Portland, OR, July 6-11, 1982 Willamette Weekly, Portland, OR, vol.18, issue 51, 1982; cover design and illustration Mississippi Mud Magazine, Portland, OR; illustrations, Edition Nos. 24, 25, and 27, 1982 Artquake, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR; exhibition catalogue, 1980 Limited Editions Poster, Oregon Arts Foundation, 1980 Portland Anthology, Poetry/Prose/Drawing, illustrations published annually by Portland State University, Portland, OR, 1976-78