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Mare's Resume
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Mare Blocker
BIOGRAPHY: Born, 1959, in Seattle, WA Education:
One Person Exhibitions:
1999 Wessel and Lieberman, Seattle, WA
1997 Wessel and Lieberman, Seattle, WA BonaKeane, Portland, OR Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1996 Agnes, Birmingham, AL
1995 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1994 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle, WA
1993 Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1992, 1991 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1990,1989,1988,1987 Donnally Books, Seattle, WA
Selected Group
Exhibitions:
2000 Art and Healing, The Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA The Graphic Image, Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA
1999 The Art of the Book, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA Northwest Bookfest Book Arts Exhibition, Seattle, WA Stack the Deck, Wessel & Lieberman Books, Seattle, WA
1998
Bookatecture, Astra Design, Richmond, VA Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-1995, The Henry Gallery, Seattle, WA Northwest Bookfest Book Arts Exhibition, Seattle, WA Hand Bound Books, Blue Heron Art Gallery, Vashon Island, WA Pratt Fine Arts Center, National Artists’ Intensives Faculty Show, Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1997
Modern Rare Books: An Exhibition of Selections from
the Mata and Arthur Jaffee Collection, Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, FL Books as Art, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Library and Research Center, Washington, DC Northwest Bookfest Book Arts Exhibition, Seattle, WA
1996 Science Imagined, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA Artists’ Books Exhibit, Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA
1995 Agents of Change: New Views by Northwest Women, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA Ex Libris, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA The Book Unbound, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
1994 The Book Unbound, Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL Raven Brings Light to this House of Stories, Kenneth S. Allen Library, The University of Washington DIFFA Benefit Fashion Show, Seattle, WA
1993 Artists’ Books, 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA Holiday Show, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR Cross Currents, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1992 Faculty Show, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR American Book Arts, Istvan Kiraly Muzeum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary Future’s Past: The Seeds of Creativity, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA Games, Pacific Arts Center, Seattle, WA Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City Art Center, Salt Lake, UT A Decade of Fine Printing in the Pacific Northwest, Wekell Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
1991 Book as Art, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 2nd Annual Book Arts Conference Exhibition, Print Museum, San Francisco, CA Mirror & Metaphor: Artist’s Book Works, The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA Hide & Seek, The Peter Kirk Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Image, Word, Form: The Book Arts in the Pacific Northwest,
1986-1991, University of Washington Special Collections and Preservation Division, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA Poncho Invitational Art Show, Security Pacific Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Printmakers & Bookmakers, Pratt Fine Arts Center Artist Trust Sweetart Annual Invitational, Italia, Seattle, WA
1990 Cross Currents, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA The Book, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ Through the Folds: Books, The Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR Art Bound, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA The Book Stripped Bare, Art in Form, Seattle, WA New Works, Ted Cronin Gallery, New York, NY Contemporary Book Art, The print Club, Philadelphia, PA Literuption-Art and the Written Word, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 A Book in Hand, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO Bal Masque, Seattle Art Museum Invitational Benefit, Seattle, WA Califia: Artists’ Books, Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Introductions 88, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR Special Collections: Selected Acquisitions, 1981-1987, The University of Washington Libraries, Suzzallo Library, Seattle,WA 4th Annual Northwest Women in the Arts Invitational Exhibition, Pacific Lutheran University, University Gallery, Tacoma, WA Bookworks, Invitational Exhibition, The Brunswick Art Center, Missoula, MT Personal Form: Books and the Artist, The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA New Art Forms, 20th Century Decorative and Applied Arts, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1987 The Book Arts Fair, The Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA Art From the Page, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX Storytelling-The Critical Eye, 911 Contemporary Arts, Seattle, WA Bookworks: Art From the Page, The Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
1986 Arts of the Book, The Alcuin Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada Contemporary Book Arts, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Northwest Artists’ Books, Carolyn Staley Gallery, Seattle, WA Broken Language, Camera Works, San Francisco, CA The Altered Page, Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ The Seventh Annual International Whatcom County Allied Arts Show, Whatcom
County Art Museum, Bellingham, WA Celebration for Children, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Current Directions in the Book Arts, The University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA
1985 The Book Arts Fair, The Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA Mercer Island Arts Festival, Mercer Island, WA
1984 Group Show, Lawrence V. Dillon Gallery, Seattle, WA Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair Juried Show, Bellevue, WA
Northwest Book Arts Exhibition, The University of
Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA
1983 Self Portraits, Mare Blocker & Susan Purves, Short Form Gallery, Seattle, WA Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair Juried Show, Bellevue, WA
1982 Twenty Women Artists, Ground Zero Gallery, Seattle, WA BFA Show, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1981 University of Washington Ceramic Arts, Northwest Students’ Art Gallery, Seattle, WA International Artist’s Book Show, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1974 Seattle Public Schools Fine Arts Festival, Seattle Center, Rainer Room, Seattle, WA
Public Collections: Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA The Library of Congress, Washington, DC The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY The University of California, Santa Cruz The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada The Art Institute of Chicago, School Library, Chicago, IL Mills College, Oakland, CA The Whatcom County Art Museum, Bellingham, WA The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH The Oregon State Library, Salem, OR The University of Nevada, Reno, NV The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC The City of Redmond, Redmond, WA The Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ Yale University Special Collections, New Haven, CT New York Public Library, Artist’s Book Room, New York, NY Oberlin College Art Library, Oberlin, OH University of Iowa, IA Central Connecticut State University, CT University of Oregon, Corvalis, OR University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Multonomah County Library, Portland, OR University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Newberry Library, Chicago, IL Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, TX University of New Hampshire, NH Princeton University, NJ Harry Ranson Library, University of Texas, Austin, TX University of Connecticut, CT Wellesley College, MA Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH Brown University, RI University of Georgia, GA Indiana University, IN Kansas State University, KS Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Awards: People’s Choice Award, The Northwest Bookfest Book Arts Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 1999 Allen Library Design Team, 1% For the Arts Commission, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1993-1994 Best Non-Book Publication, The Bumbershoot Book Fair, Seattle, WA, 1993 Most Adventurous Publication, The Bumbershoot Book Fair, Seattle, WA, 1992 Library Fellows Award, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, 1991 Eastside Artist of the Year, Eastsideweek, Bellevue, WA 1991 GAP Grant, Artist Trust of Washington State, 1988 Purchase Award, Bellingham Municipal Arts Commission, Whatcom County Allied Arts Show, 1986 Best of Show: Prints and Photographs, Whatcom County Allied Arts Show, 1986 Second Place: Professional Painting, Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, 1983
Purchase Award, International Artist’s Book Show,
1981 Teaching Experience:
1999 Visiting Artist, Book Arts Symposium, The School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Lifeguard Instructor, Water Safety Instructor, City of Cottonwood, AZ
1998 Workshop Instructor, National Artists’ Intensives, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Workshop Instructor, The Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA Lifeguard Instructor, Water Safety Instructor, City of Cottonwood, AZ
1997 Printmaking Workshop Instructor, The Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1992-1994 Book Arts Instructor, The Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1993 Printmaking Instructor, Book Concepts, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Workshop Instructor, National Artists’ Intensives, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1991 Workshop Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Printmaking Instructor, The Creative Arts Center, Kirkland, WA Figurative Illustration Instructor, The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Life Drawing Instructor, Continuing Education, Spectrum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1990 Workshop Instructor, The Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1985-1991 Book Arts Instructor, Continuing Education, Spectrum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1985-1987 Instructor, Art Department, grades 6-12, The Bush School, Seattle, WA
1986-1987 Workshop Instructor, Auburn Calligraphy Society, Auburn, WA
1985 Workshop Instructor, Write on Calligraphers, Edmonds, WA
1982-1984 Teacher’s Assistant, Art Department, Book Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Lectures: “The Visual Narrative,” Book Arts Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 1999 “Pratt Visiting Artist Series, Mare Blocker,” Hugo House, Seattle, WA, Aug. 1998 “Northwest by Southwest,” The Book Arts Guild, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 1998 “Look at This,” The Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR, July 1997 “An Artist Presents Her Work,” The Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, Oct. 1996 “Reflecting The World: Artists’ Books and Book Artists,” panel discussion, The Northwest Bookfest, Seattle, WA, Oct 1996 “Book Arts Evenings and Weekends,” The Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco, CA, April 1996 “New Works,” Pratt Fine Arts Center and The Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, August 1993 “An Evening With Mare Blocker-Circus Girl,” University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, May 1993 “Handmade Books-An Exploration of the Book as an Art Form,” Interlake High School, Bellevue, WA, May 1993 “An Afternoon with Mare Blocker,” Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR, February 1993 “Noon Colloquia, Mare Blocker,” Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, Feb. 1993 “The Making of Artist’s Books,” University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 1991 “Story, Symbol and the Tie That Binds,” CG Jung Society, Seattle, July 1989 “Noon Colloquia, Mare Blocker,” University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 1989 “Personal Form: Books and the Artist,” The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, Oct. 1988 “ A Book of One’s Own: Personal Bookmaking Revived,” Pacific Lutheran University, January 1988 “Artists’ Book Works,” videotaped by Bill Ritchie Videos, May 1984
Current
Gallery Affiliations: Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA Charles Seluzicki Fine Books, Portland, OR Book Arts Gallery, Truepenny Books, Tucson AZ Agnes, Birmingham, AL Presstidigitation, Jerome, AZ Old Arizona, Minneapolis, MN
Professional Affiliations: The Book Arts Guild, Washington (President 1987) The Pacific Center for the Book Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Catalogs: Marearcana, 20th Anniversary Show, Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA
Books as Art, 10th Anniversary Exhibition,
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Modern Rare Books:
An Exhibition of Selections from the Mata and Arthur Jaffe
Collection, Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Science Imagined, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 1996 The Book, Idaho State University Press, Pocatello, ID 1995 The Book Unbound, The Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL, 1994 Cross Currents; Traveling Exhibit, Umbrella, Los Angeles, CA, 1993 American Book Arts, Istvan Kiraly Muzeum, Szekesfehevar, Hungary, Autumn, 1992 Books as Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, 1991 When The Sun Says Goodnight, Donnally Books, Seattle, WA, 1987 Northwest Artists’ Book Show, Carolyn Staley Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1987 International Artists’ Book Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, School Library, Chicago, IL, 1981
Periodicals: Mary Thomas: “Art Review: Art goes by the book at Society exhibit,” Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, March 13, 1999 Sandra Kroupa: “Fiber and the Book Arts,” Fiber Arts, Summer, 1995 Bruce Barcott: “Quoth the Raven,” Seattle Weekly, June 28, 1995 Charlie Langdon: “Intriguing Reads,” The Durango Herald, May 11, 1995 “Raven Brings Light to the House of Stories,” University Week, November 17, 1994 Janet Filips: “Big Time, Big Top,” The Oregonian, September 23, 1992 Angie Jabine: “Circus, Circus! Step right up. A limited edition comes to town,” The Oregonian, January 4, 1992 Lyn Smallwood: “New Reviews: Kirkland Arts Center.” The Weekly, Dec. 25, 1991 Carla Sabotta: “Artists Enhance the Beauty of Books,” The Seattle Times, Dec. 6, 1991 Roger Anderson: “Making Book,” Eastsideweek, Nov. 13, 1991 Angie Jabine: “The City of Roses and Writers,” The Washington Post, Nov. 3,1991 Mary Megliola: “Book ‘Sculpture’ Involves Artist Mare Blocker,” The Valley Record, Aug 22, 1991 Laura Brunsman: “Life, Love, magic and the Everyday,” Reflex, Jan/Feb 1991 Laura Brunsman: “Book as Art, Art as Book,” Reflex, May/June 1990 Ruth Askey: “Review Shorts,” Reflex, Jan/Feb 1990 Ruth Askey: “Review Shorts,” Artweek, Nov. 30, 1989 Michael Upchurch: “Book Artist Populates ‘Geek Love” With Bright, Bizarre Characters,” The Seattle Times, Nov. 3, 1989 Laura Lee Bennett: “Contrary Perceptions,” Reflex, Jan/Feb 1989 Charles Seluzicki: “Northwest Artists’ Books,” Fine Print, April 1987 Sandra Kroupa: “Private Press Profile, The MKimberly Press,” Amphora 66, The Alcuin Society, Dec. 1986 Pamela Moore: “Broken Language: Visual Books,” SF Cameraworks, Summer/Fall 1986 Ron Glowen: “Pages of Artwork,” Artweek, June 28, 1986
Central Gallery: “Central Gallery Features Books,” The
Daily Record, Eika Aoshima & Jeff Atherton: “Shop Watch,” LA-Style, Feb 1986 Alex Price: “Support Your Local Artist: Deck the Walls,” The Weekly, Nov. 20, 1985 Jane Lotter: “Rare Books are Well Done,” ArtsLine, Nov. 1984
David Berger: “Humor, Elegance, Distinguished Winning Art,”
Journal-American, July 29, 1983 Florence Lindstrom: “Oil Pastel Batik,” School Arts, April 1974 |