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Born: 1966, Jersey City, New Jersey Second generation German and Albanian descent. EDUCATION 1995 B.S., Painting Portland State University, Portland, OR AWARDS 2008 Oregon Arts Commission, Percent for Art Project, PSU Smith Center, Portland, OR 2008 Best in Show, Pacific Northwest Art Annual, Oregon Cultural Trust, Eugene, OR 2006 University Honda Award, Art About Agriculture, OSU, Corvallis, OR 2004 Sue Lynn Thomas Juror’s Honor Award, Art About Agriculture, OSU, Corvallis, OR 2003 Finalist, Regional Arts & Culture Council Public Art Commission, Portland, OR 2001 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT 2001 Regional Arts & Culture Council Technical Assistance Grant, Portland, OR 1998 Press Award, “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1996 Purchase Award, “Art About Agriculture,” Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 1994 Lucille Welch Memorial Scholarship, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1993 Richard Muller Memorial Scholarship, Portland, State University, Portland, OR ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 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 1999 “Remote References,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1998 Works on Paper, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 “Degenerate Era”, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR GROUP EXHIBITIONS 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 Cross Section '08, Portland State University Art Alumni Exhibition, Portland, OR 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 Small Works, Hallway Gallery, Bellevue, WA 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 Portland Open Studios, Portland, OR 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 2004 Rogue Art Gallery, Medford, OR 2004 Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR 2004 The Dalles Arts Center, The Dalles, OR 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 2003 “High and Low Art Auction Exhibition”, FPA Gallery, Portland State University, OR 2002 “White Linen Night,” Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2002 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002 Beaverton Arts Commission Annual Exhibition, Beaverton, 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 2000 “Callback,” Portland State University Alumni Exhibition, Portland, OR 2000 “San Francisco International Art Exposition,” Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 2000 “PDX to Quartersaw: 16th Anniversary Show,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR 1999 “Art Slate,” Condon, OR 1999 “Carrying On,” Alumni Exhibition, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1999 “October Show,” 333 Studios, Portland, OR 1998 "October Show," 333 Studios, Portland, OR 1997 “The Birds,” Mark Whoolley Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 “The Garden Show”, PICA, Portland, OR COLLECTIONS Portland State University Permanent Collection University of Oregon Permanent Collection LPL Financial Services Kodiak Venture Partners Bullivant, Houser, Bailey PC Regional Arts and Culture Council Portables Collection Ater Wynne LLP City Center Parking Oregon State University Permanent Collection Saks Fifth Avenue National Collection Boly Welch REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS 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 Womack, Linda and William, "Embracing Encaustic", Hive Publishing, Portland, OR 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, “Alum Notes,” 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 “Visual Arts Review,” Anodyne Magazine 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 1997 February Cover Feature, Oregon Focus Magazine, Oregon Public Broadcasting 1996 Alumni Magazine, Portland State University 1993 The Daily Vanguard, Portland State University RELATED ACTIVITIES 2010 Guest Artist, Encaustic Collagraph Monotype, Ink & Drink, Atelier Meridian, 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 Department, 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, Encaustic Painting, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR 2009 Instructor, Encaustic 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, Encaustic Painting, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 2008 Instructor, Encaustic Painting, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 2008 Art for Life Auction,Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR 2007 Instructor, Encaustic Painting, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR 2007 Major Motion Picture Prop Placement, 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 Prints for Northwest Print Council , 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 Instructore, Portland Community College Southeast Center, Portland, OR 2003 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR 2003 MLC, 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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