COMMISSIONS
2010 Oregon Arts Commission, Shattuck Hall, Portland State University, Portland, OR (Budget $17,000)
2009 General Service Administration, Art in Architecture Commission, FBI Headquarters, Houston, TX (Budget $295,000)
2009 The Nines Hotel, Portland, OR (Budget $20,000)
2007 Guardian Management, Portland, OR (Budget $40,000)
2003 General Services Administration, Wayne L. Morse Courthouse Commission, Eugene, OR (Budget $45,000)
2002
Tin House, McCormick Communications. Portland, OR (Budget $24,000)
2000 Pioneer Place, “Golden Hallway,” Portland, OR (Budget $40,000)
Ashforth Pacific, Portland, OR (Budget $6,000)
SEAN HEALY
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2011 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (forthcoming)
2011 Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA (forthcoming)
2009 The Future Royal Family of Antarctica, East/West Projects, Berlin, Germany
2008 Life in Black and White, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Hard Looks, Betty Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2006 Supernormal, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Common Denominator, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Steady Friend, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Nesting Instincts, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Cul-de-Sac, Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, OR
2000 Big Hearted Boy, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Structures, Mahlum Architects, Portland, OR
In Sync, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Portland 2010: A Biennial of Contemporary Art, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2008 Volume, Curator: Jeff Jahn, Portland, OR
2008 RE: Dudes Night Out, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2007 The Hook Up, New American Art Union, Portland, OR
RE: Dudes Night Out, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
2006 The CoCA Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Fresh Trouble, Curator: Jeff Jahn, Portland, OR
2004 23+ on 9th, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
The CoCA Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2003 The Best Coast, Eastbank, Portland, OR
2002 Snapshot, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Guns in the Hands of Artists, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR
1999 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1998 Voices from the Borderland, Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA
1997 Voices from the Borderland, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Row, D.K. The Oregonian, “Sean Healy at Elizabeth Leach Gallery,” September 2008
Motley, John. Portland Mercury, “Sean Healy: Life in Black and White,” September 2008
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Sean Healy,” September 2008
Motley, John. Portland Mercury, “Renegotiating Space with Volume,” August 2008
Richard-Janku, Laura. Sculpture Magazine, “Sean Healy, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,” July/August 2007
Snyder, Stephanie. Catalogue Essay, “Sean Healy,” 2007
Row, D.K. The Oregonian, “Thinking Big,” September 2008
Jahn, Jeff. Modern Painters, “Something to Prove,” Spring 2003
Row, D.K. The Oregonian, “Art Trek: A New Generation,” August 2002
Artweek, “Deborah Horrell and Sean Healy at ELG,” October
The Oregonian, “Cul-de-Sac of Memory,” February 2001
The Oregonian, “Healy on Healy,” 2000
Willamette Week, “Walking in Place,” 2000
Willamette Week, “A Good Look Around,” 1999
Willamette Week, “Gardens of Meditation,” 1998
The Oregonian, “New Voices: For A Changing Place,” 1998
Statesman Journal, “Voices from the Borderland,” 1998
EDUCATION
1994 – BFA Printmaking, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
AWARDS
2008/09 – Federal “Excellence in Design Award”, Jury Pool, Wayne L. Morse Courthouse Commission, Eugene, OR
2001 – Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
JOE THURSTON
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2011 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (forthcoming)
2010 Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 The Future Royal Family of Antarctica, East/West Projects, Berlin, Germany
2008 Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Then Quite Suddenly We Were Simply No Longer Anywhere, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 New Work From An Early Spring, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Subject Position, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Flayed, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Excessive Obsession, August-October, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Eugene, OR
2008 Volume, August/September, Worksound, Portland, OR
Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RE: Dudes Night Out, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2006 Small Wonders, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Fresh Trouble, Portland, OR
Simply Red, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Cathedral Park Place/Haze Galley, Portland, OR
Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Modern Zoo, Portland Center for Advancement of Culture, Portland, OR
Waste Stream, (large-scale installation for the Orlo Foundation) Portland, OR
2000 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Volume, August/September, Jeff Jahn curator, Portland, OR
2008 Group Show, July/August, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Work Exhibited, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
2008 FWD: Dudes Night Out, March, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2006 Group Show, December, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2006 Small Wonders, January, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Fresh Trouble, September, Jeff Jahn curator, Portland, OR
2005 Art on the Block, June, Disjecta, Portland OR
2005 Simply Red, April, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Live Auction, April, Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, OR
2004 Group Show, July, Cathedral Park Place/Haze Galley, Portland, OR
2004 Group Show, January, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Modern Zoo, June-August, Portland Center for Advancement of Culture, Portland, OR
2003 Waste Stream, July, a large-scale installation for the Orlo Foundation, Portland, OR
2002 Group Show, December, Orlo Exhibition Space, Portland, OR
2000 Group Show, July, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Row, D.K. Oregonian, "Review: 'Excessive Obsession' at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum," August 2010
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Ply The Wood,” April 2010
Row, D.K. Oregonian, August 2009
Speer, Richard. Finder Magazine, “Portland Art,” June 2008
Aitch, Iain. Catalog Essay, “Then Quite Suddenly, We Were Simply No Longer Anywhere,” 2007/2008
Speer, Richard. ARTnews, “Review: Joe Thurston at Elizabeth Leach,” December 2007
Motley, John. Portland Mercury, “Joe Thurston,” August 2007
Row, D.K. Oregonian, “Show of Note,” August 2007
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Joe Thurston at Elizabeth Leach,” August 2007
Gallivan, Joseph. Portland Tribune, “Joe Thurston Preview,” July 2007
Speer, Richard. Finder Magazine, “Artist Profile,” June 2007
Speer, Richard. Art Ltd., “Artist Profile,” May 2007
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Flaying Faces, Painter Joe Thurston,” May 2005
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, Visual Arts News, March 2005
Speer, Richard. ARTnews, “Pacific Edge,” October, 2004
Row, D.K. Oregonian, “Artful Thinking Outside The Box,” July 2004
Taylor, Sue. Cascade AIDS Project Catalogue, April 2004
Row, D.K. Oregonian, December 2003
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, Art Review, November 2003
Bowie, Chas. Portland Mercury, Art Review, November 2003
EDUCATION
1994 – BA, Humanities, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Fidelity Investments, Inc. Boston, MA
AWARDS
2007 – Regional Arts and Culture Council - Professional Development Grant |
