| LAUREN GROSSMAN |
| BORN: TUCSON, ARIZONA |
| RESIDES: SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON |
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| EDUCATION |
| 1981-83 |
University
of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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B.F.A.
Ceramic Sculpture, Magna Cum Laude |
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| 1980-81 |
University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
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| 1978-80 |
Washington
University, St. Louis, MO |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 2006 |
Visiting
Lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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Also 2002,
2000, 1997,1995 |
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| 2005-6 |
Award Recipient,
Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA |
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| 2005 |
Arts/Industry
Resident, Kohler Company, Kohler, WI |
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| 2003 |
Visiting
Faculty, University of Washington Rome Center, Rome, Italy |
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| 2000 |
PONCHO
Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
WA |
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| 1997 |
"Seattle
Artists 1997" Award Recipient, Seattle Arts Commission |
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| 1992-93 |
Board Member,
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA |
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| 1991-96 |
Instructor,
Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA |
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| 1991 |
Artist-in-Residence,
Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA |
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| 1990 |
Arts/Industry
Resident, Kohler Company, Kohler, WI |
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| 1988 |
Workshop
Instructor, Istituto Per l'Arte Ceramica, Faenza, Italy |
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| 1986 |
Artist-in-Residence,
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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| 1984-87 |
Artist-in-Residence,
Washington State Arts Commission |
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| 1984 |
Founding
member D’Art Collective |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2006 |
“Not
Consumed”, Howard House Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 2002 |
"Scapegoat
Variations", Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 2001 |
Kendall
College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI |
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| 1999 |
"Descent
into Limbo", William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
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| 1996 |
"Bearing
the body of Christ", William Traver Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
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| 1995 |
"Entry
Into Jerusalem", Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle,
WA |
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Northview
Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR |
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| 1994 |
"Discrete
Objects", William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 1993 |
"Magdalene
In the Wilderness", William Traver Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
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| 1991 |
"Make
an Effort to Remember...", collaborative installation
with Borgia- |
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Aberle
and Weslien, JM Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
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| 1990 |
"Rusted
Eden", William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 1989 |
"Noli
Me Tangere", William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 1987 |
"Hoops
of Real Fire", Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 1985 |
Allied
Arts Gallery, Yakima, WA |
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| 1984 |
Jackson
Street Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 1983 |
Short Form
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2005 |
"Unnatural
History", Kittridge Gallery, U of Puget Sound, Tacoma,
WA |
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| 2004 |
Seattle
Perspective, Wa State Convention Center, Seattle, WA |
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| 2003 |
"UW
Ceramics Program 1969-1996", The Clay Studio, Philadelphia,
PA |
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| 2002 |
"Seattle
Collects 2002", City Space, Seattle, WA |
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| 2000 |
"Ceramic
National", Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY |
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Harn Museum,
University of Florida, Gainsville, FL |
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Chicago
Cultural Center, Chicago, IL |
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Crocker
Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (until 2002) |
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"CoCA
Credits", Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA |
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"4
x 4", Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Univ. of Washington,
Seattle, WA |
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| 1999 |
"Artificial
Life", Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA |
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"within/without",
Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA |
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| 1998 |
"Horsehead
Project", Sand Point Naval Base, Seattle, WA |
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| 1997 |
"Wit
and Wisdom", Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA |
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| 1994 |
"Figure
and Ground", Port Angeles Arts Center, Port Angeles,
WA |
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"Process",
Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA |
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| 1993 |
Maveety
Gallery, Salishan, OR |
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"Screams
with Laughter", Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver,
BC |
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| 1992 |
"Figures
of Stature", Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA |
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"Carnival
Culture", Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA |
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"Seattle
Invitational", Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
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| 1991 |
"The
Artist in the Art", Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA |
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| 1990 |
"The
Human Form", Dinnerware gallery, Tucson, AZ; &
Grand Canyon College, |
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Phoenix,
AZ |
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"Washington
Crafts: Then and Now", Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma,
WA |
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"The
28th Ceramic National", Everson Museum, Syracuse,
NY |
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Flint Institute
of Art, MI |
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Utah Museum,
Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1989 |
"Califia-Artists'
Books", Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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"Surreal
Ceramics", JM Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
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| 1988 |
"Scripps
Ceramic Annual", Lang Gallery, Claremont, CA |
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Marylhurst
College, Marylhurst, OR |
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"Personal
Form: Books and the Artist", Henry Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
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| 1987 |
"Seattle
Sculpture 1927-87", Bumberbiennale, Seattle, WA |
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| 1986 |
"Underground
Seattle", Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle |
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| 1985 |
"neon
Plus", Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA |
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| 1984 |
"Introspectives",
Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY |
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| 1980 |
"Copper
II: Metalsmithing National", University Museum, Tucson,
AZ |
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| 1979 |
"El
Paso Biennial", El Paso, TX |
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| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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City Light
Collection, City of Seattle, WA |
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John Michael Kohler
Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
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Matthews Collection,
Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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Microsoft Inc., Redmond,
WA |
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Special Collections,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 2006 |
“Artists
take on religion…”, Lucia Enriquez, Seattle
Times, March 17 |
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“Exploring
Religious Fanaticism”, Regina Hackett, Seattle
P-I, March 17 |
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“Don’t
Call It Religious Art”, Jen Graves, The Stranger,
Vol 15, No 25. |
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“Lauren
Grossman’s Not Consumed”, Peter Gaucys, The
Stranger, Vol 15, No 24 |
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| 2005 |
The
Figure in Clay, Suzanne Tourtillott, Editor, Lark
Books |
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Home
Is Where You're Going, Linton + Morgan, Editors, Cathedral
Hill Press |
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| 2003 |
“Lauren
Grossman at…”, Matthew Kangas, Art in America,
Feb |
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| 2002 |
“Sculptures
take Biblical…”, Victoria Josslin, Seattle
P-I, July 15 |
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| 2001 |
"Burning
Passion", Regina Hackett, Seattle P-I, March
20 |
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| 1999 |
“Grossman’s
Herd Dominates...”, Regina Hackett, Seattle P-I,
Oct. 18 |
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"Artificial
Life", Meg Shiffler, Consolidated Works |
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| 1996 |
“Bearing
the body of Christ”, Carol Adelman, Art Access,
Vol 5, No. 6 |
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"Jesus
Machine", Eric Fredericksen, The Stranger,
June 27 |
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| 1995 |
Matthew
Kangas, Sculpture, Jan/Feb |
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Victoria
Josslin, Reflex, November, Vol.9, No.10 |
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| 1994 |
"Skin
Treatments", Stephen Garrow, Reflex, Oct/Nov |
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| 1993 |
"Bible
Stories", Deborah Haynes, Artweek, March 4 |
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"Figurativity",
Ruth Askey, Visions Art Quarterly, Summer |
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"Contemporary
Figurative Sculpture", Lauren Grossman, Artweek,
4/8 |
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Modernism
and Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest,
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Brunsman
and Askey, editors, Midmarch Press |
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| 1992 |
"Make
an Effort to Remember...", Nancy Bless, JM Kohler
Arts Center |
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"Monumental
Ceramics", Beth Sellars, Cheney Cowles Museum |
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"Sheboygan
Show Daring...", James Auer, Milwaukee Journal,
12/29 |
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| 1991 |
Matthew
Kangas, Sculpture, March/April, Vol. 10, No.2 |
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"Fracturing
Genesis", Lee Goss, Reflex, Jan/Feb |
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| 1990 |
"Lauren
Grossman",Matthew Kangas, American Ceramics,
Vol. 8, No. 1 |
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| 1989 |
"Subtle
Invocations of the Macabre", Ron Glowen, Artweek,
May 20 |
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"Grossman's
Art Not for the Squeamish", Regina Hackett, Seattle
P-I, May 5 |
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| 1988 |
"Scripps
Ceramic Annual", Mac McCloud, Ceramics Monthly,
Nov |
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"anche
in America si fa ceramica", Il Progresso,
N.5-9 Marzo |
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| 1987 |
"Bad
Taste's Good Omen ", Regina Hackett, Seattle P-I,
April 10 |
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| 1986 |
"Underground
Seattle at COCA", Matthew Kangas, Art in America,
Dec |
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