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Born: 1966, Jersey City, New Jersey EDUCATION 1995 Bachelor of Science, Painting & Printmaking, Portland State University, Portland, OR AWARDS 2011 Nominee, Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum 2010 Oregon Arts Commission, Career Opportunity Grant 2008 Oregon Arts Commission, Percent for Art Project, Portland State University Smith Center 2008 Best in Show, Pacific Northwest Art Annual, Oregon Cultural Trust 2006 University Honda Award, Art About Agriculture 2004 Sue Lynn Thomas Juror’s Honor Award, Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University 2003 Finalist, Regional Arts & Culture Council Public Art Commission 2001 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship 2001 Regional Arts & Culture Council Technical Assistance Grant ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2011 Quantum and Creative Connections, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 2011 Elise Wagner: A Decade in Painting, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA 2011 Quantum Singularities, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA 2010 Recent Work, Hallway Gallery, Bellevue, WA 2010 Solar Flare, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2010 50 Gestures, Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa, OK 2009 Celestial Cartographies, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2008 New Paintings, Hallway Gallery, Bellevue, WA 2008 Particle Maps, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2007 New Paintings, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2006 Loss and Flow, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2003 New Encaustic Paintings, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Residual Narratives, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 The Ecology of Art, Collaboration & Connection, Sitka Art Invitational, Portland, OR 2011 Not Just Wax , Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2011 Selections from A Decade in Painting, Butters 24th Anniversary Group Show, Portland, OR 2010 22, Butters Anniversary Group Show, Portland, OR 2010 Little Gems, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 Summer Group Show, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2009 Butters 21st Anniversary Group Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 Director's Choice, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2008 Red Dot Fair, Miami Beach, FL 2008 Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR 2008 20th Anniversary Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 Summer Group Show, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2008 In Focus: Butters Gallery Artists, SAM Gallery Art Sales & Rental, Seattle, WA 2008 Pacific Northwest Art Annual, University of Oregon Cultural Forum, Eugene, OR 2008 Red Dot Fair, New York, NY 2007 Red Dot Fair, Miami Beach, FL 2007 Winter Group Show, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2007 Printmaking Currents, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2007 19th Anniversary Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2007 Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY 2007 Red Dot Fair, Park South Hotel, New York, NY 2007 Winter Group Show, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA 2007 The Shape of Things, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 Aesthetics/Analytics, SAM Gallery Rental & Sales, Seattle, WA 2006 This Bountiful Place, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR 2006 Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Center, New York, NY 2005 Butters Brand Abstraction, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 Gesturing, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 Art About Agriculture, Statewide Tour, OSU, Corvallis, OR 2004 Introductions, Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Encaustic Works ’03 Biennial, Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2003 Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR 2002 White Linen Night, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2002 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 October Show,” 333 Studios, Portland, OR 2001 Unearthed: Contemporary Landscape, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 2001 15th Anniversary Group Show, The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA COLLECTIONS Bullard Law Saks Fifth Avenue National Collection LPL Financial Services Kodiak Venture Partners Bullivant, Houser, Bailey PC University of Oregon Permanent Collection Regional Arts and Culture Council Portables Collection City Center Parking Oregon State University Permanent Collection Ater Wynne LLP Portland State University Permanent Collection Boly Welch REVIEWS + PUBLICATIONS 2011 Burning to Create, Portland State University Vanguard, Portland, OR 2011 Sordoni Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, Elise Wagner: A Decade in Painting, Wilkes Barre, PA 2010 Speer, Richard, Review, Art Ltd., Los Angeles, CA 2010 Rankin, Lissa Encaustic Art: Creating Fine Art With Wax, Random House, New York, NY 2009 Chase Gallery, Art in America Full-Page Advertisement, June-July Issue, New York, NY 2009 Portraits of Portland Magazine Feature, Portland, OR 2008 American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA 2008 Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA 2008 Libby, Brian Cosmic Creativity, The Oregonian, Portland, OR 2008 Walker, Stephanie Particle Maps Exhibition Catalogue, Blurb Publishing 2007 Speer, Richard Flying Below the Radar, Willamette Week, Portland, OR 2006 This Bountiful Place, Art About Agriculture: The Permanent Collection, OHS Press 2005 Anderson, Jennifer, Portland Tribune, Artist Finds Kindred Spirits and Inspiration in NoPo 2005 Speer, Richard, Willamette Week, Portland, OR 2003 Smart, Paul, Encaustic Comments, Ulster Publishing Almanac, November 2003 Wilton, Beth Elaine, Lucid Dreaming/Slow food for the Eyes, Chronogram, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 Cassai, Mary, Marist Exhibit Validates Encaustic Process, Daily Freeman, New Paltz, NY 2003 Row, D.K., Creating Cosmic Images of Post 9/11 Hope, The Oregonian 2001 Boas, Pat, Elise Wagner at Laura Russo Gallery, Artweek, July/August 2001 Rumler, John, PSU Magazine, Spring 2001 Portland Tour, Portland Tribune, May 2001 Hicks, Bob, Mel Katz and Elise Wagner at Laura Russo Gallery, The Oregonian, April 1999 Row, D.K., Art Trek: The Next Generation, The Oregonian 1998 Gragg, Randy, The Degenerate Era, The Oregonian 1998 Gragg, Randy,333 Artist’s Future Hope Award, The Oregonian 1998 Row, D.K., All in the Name of Progress, The Oregonian 1997 Gragg, Randy, Life on Easel Street, 333 October Show, The Oregonian RELATED ACTIVITIES 2011 Visiting Artist, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 2011 Portlandia Art Department, Prop Placement for the television show Portlandia, IFC Network 2011 Guest Panelist, Women's Studies Conference: Women in Popular Culture, Wilkes University, PA 2011 Juror, Portland Open Studios, Portland, OR 2011 Juror, Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards, Lake Oswego, OR 2010 Instructor, Oregon College of Art & Craft Extension Program, Portland, OR 2010 Guest Artist, Encaustic Collagraph Monotype, Ink & Drink, Atelier Meridia, Portland, OR 2010 Portland State University Art Alumni Committee Member, Portland, OR 2010 Instructor, Encaustic Collagraph Monotype, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR 2010 Television News Interview, KJRH NBC Tulsa, OK 2010 Guest Speaker, Portland State University Art & Social Practice, Portland, OR 2010 Interview, New England College of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA 2010 Portland State University Art Department Scholarship Committee, Portland, OR 2009 Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Charity Art Auction, Sotheby's, New York, NY 2009 Instructor, Oregon College of Art & Craft Extension Program, Portland, OR 2009 Instructor, Encaustic Collagraph Monotype, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, OR 2009 Eva Lake Studio Visit Video, Elise Wagner Studio, Portland, OR 2009 Art for Life Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2009 Guest Instructor, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 2008 Instructor, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 2008 Art for Life Auction,Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2007 Instructor, Oregon College of Art & Craft Extension Program, Portland, OR 2007 Motion Picture Prop Placement, My Best Friend's Girlfriend, MGM Studios, Boston, MA 2007 Art for Life Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2006 Juror, “Implulse: A Contemporary Look at Passions, Whims & Wishes, Portland Art Center 2006 ArtStar Radio, Featured Guest Interview, KPSU, Portland, OR 2006 Art for Life Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2005 Curator, 333 October Show, Portland, OR 2005 PULSE Auction, Children’s Heart Foundation, Oregon Chapter Portland, OR 2005 Monothon, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR 2005 Art for Life Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2004 High and Low Art Auction Dept. of Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2004 Art Media Workshop Instructor, Portland Community College Southeast Center, Portland, OR 2003 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR 2003 Metropolitan Learning Center, Portfolio Presentation Panelist Portland, OR 2002 Regional Arts and Culture Council Review Panelist, Portland, OR 2002 Oregon Arts Commission Public Art Selection Committee, Portland, OR 2002 Guest Lecturer, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR 2002 Art for Life Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2002 Guest Instructor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2001 Guest Lecturer, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 2001 Oregon Public Broadcasting, “Oregon Art Beat” Artist Segment Portland, OR

 

 

 

 

 

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