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Hilary PfeiferARTIST'S STATEMENTI love beautiful objects. The things that excite me most usually involve color, texture, surprise or humor, so I often use these things in my work.I like to say that my sculptures are made from wood, look like clay, and were made using many of the techniques and scale concerns of metalsmithing: The three main areas of focus in my art education. I feel loyal to my craft background for many reasons, in particular its focus on not just making things, but making them well. The gray areas of an issue have always interested methe places where you cannot easily see "wrong" or "right", but the myriad of factors in between that you must weigh and consider before making a final decision. My work in the past few years has been an exploration of these kinds of complexities that makes life so rich. VELVET DA VINCI SHOWSANTI-WAR MEDALS -- Artists Respond to the War Anti-War Medals: -- Artists Respond to the War 2003-2007 Arfabet by Hilary Pfeifer -- Exhibition and book launch of her dog alphabet featuring 26 breeds CHESS -- Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers COLLECT -- The New Art Fair in London for Contemporary Objects Hilary Pfeifer - New Work -- Meet Hilary on Friday, August 8, noon to 6 pm Hilary Pfeifer: Natural Selection New West Coast Design: Jewelry + Metalwork ORNAMETAL -- Our annual Christmas ornament exhibition, together with Thomas Mann Gallery Rock, Paper, Scissors -- 10th Anniversary Exhibition Tiaras Will Be Worn -- Contemporary Tiaras by International Artists COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA EDUCATIONBFA in Metals, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR, 1999 SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Natural Selection, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2009 Natural Selection, Ogle Gallery, Portland, OR, 2008 Site Specific, The Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, 2008 Chandellear, (collaboration with Christian Bannister) Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2005 's Warm, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, touring to Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, 2006 to 2007 Vertical Garden (collaboration with Heather Perkins) Portland Building, Portland, OR, 2004 Cumulate, Indianapolis Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN, 2003 Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR, 2004 Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2002 Model Room, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, 2002 Bounce, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2001 New Work, PDX Contemporary, Window Project, Portland, OR, 2001
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Points of View, collaboration with Christian Bannister, Kopper Gallery, Fiskars, Finland, 2007 Anti-War Medals, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003 touring to Electrum Gallery, London, England, 2004 Festspillene i Nordnorge, Harstad, Norway, 2004 Nordnorsk Kunstnersentrum, SvolvĘr, Norway, 2004 Troms¯ Kunstforening, Troms¯, Norway, 2004 Barents Spectacle, Kirkenes, Norway, 2005 Hipotesi Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 2005 ABC of Craft, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, 2004 Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, 2004 Domesticated Animals, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, 2004 Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, 2003 Chess, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, 2003. touring to The Vennel Gallery, Irvine, Scotland, 2003 The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2004 The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales, 2003 Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2004 Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton, MA, 2005 Thomas Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2004 Play, curated by Jeff Jahn, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 2002 Whimsey, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR, 2002 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, 2002 Craft Biennial, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR, 2001 Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2001 IndiCollects, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, 2000 Feminine Products, Zeitgeist Gallery, New Orleans, LA, October, 1997 The Next Generation, Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1996 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEBoard Member, Art on Alberta, Portland, OR, 2006 to present, (President 2008) Guest Speaker to Portland Female Executives, 2007 Guest Speaker to Business class at Oregon College of Art & Craft, 2000 to 2006 Panelist, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, 2005 Slide lecture, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 2004 Slide lecture, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, October 2004 ArtStar, Radio Interview with Eva Lake, KPSU Public Radio, Portland, OR, July 25, 2004 Art Focus, Radio Interview with Julie Bernard, KBOO Public Radio, Portland, OR, 2004 Slide lecture, Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2004 Art Focus, Radio Interview with Julie Bernard, KBOO Public Radio, Portland, OR, 2002 TEACHINGWorkshop Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft, 2007 Workshop Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 2004 SELECTED PUBLICATIONSCraft Based Brilliance, by DK Row, Oregonian, March 2, 2007 One Good Turn, by Robin Rice, City Paper, Philadlephia, PA, August 9, 2006 Gallery Pick, Boston Globe, April 6, 2006 Artists Take a Nature Hike by Joseph Gallavan, Portland Tribune, Portland, OR July 23, 2004 Innovative pieces rise above the rigid foundation of 'Buildingwise' by Judy Wagonfeld Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, April 30, 2004 San Francisco Bay Guardian, arts editor's pick, review of Chess Show, week of May 14, 2003 Play, (exhibition catalog) essay by Jeff Jahn, 2002 Toying with Play, Willamette Week, by Richard Speer, September 11, 2002 Game Plan, Portland Tribune, by Michaela Bancud, September 6, 2002 Pushing Play, Oregonian, D.K. Row, September 5, 2002 Featured artist in Portfolio section of American Craft Magazine, February/March 2002 Review, Visual Arts, Portland Mercury, January 10, 2002 Review, Visual Arts, The Willamette Week, January 9, 2002 Art Mimics Life on First Thursday by D.K. Rowe. The Oregonian, Portland, OR. Jan 6, 1999 Feminine Products (No Strings Attached) by D. Eric Bookhardt. Art Papers, Jan-Feb 1998 GRANTS AND AWARDSCareer Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, 2008 Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, 2008 Artist in Residence, Julia and David White Artists' Colony, Ciudad Coron, Costa Rica, 2007 Artist in Residence, ONOMO, Fiskars, Finland, 2007 RACC Professional Development Grant, 2006 Fellowship and Residency, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2006 Lilla Jewel Visual Artist Grant, McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, 2004 Jurors' Award, Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, 2004. Jurors: Ilya & Emilia Kabakov Merit Award, American Craft Council Show, San Francisco, 2002 Merit Award, American Craft Council Show, San Francisco, 2001 COLLECTIONSThe White House, Washington D.C. Oregon College of Art and Craft SPECIAL PROJECTSGuest Curator, Sound and Vision, Diamond Tanita Gallery, Portland, OR, March 2003 President of the Board for The Boldness Institute, Eugene, OR, 2002-present Juror, American Craft Council, 2003 Shows Selected as one of six Oregon artists to create an original ornament for 2003 White House Christmas tree Selection Committee for Oregon Arts Commission project for new "Wellness Center" at Portland State University, 2002-2003 Juror, Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR, April 2001 Selection committee for Regional Art and Culture Council Streetcar Alignment project, choosing permanent public art for Portland's downtown and northwest area. Budget: $80.000. Fall/Winter 2000/2001 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAmerican Craft Council Portland Art Musuem San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Portland Institute of Contemporary Art National Museum of Women in the Arts Society of North American Goldsmiths Visionary Art Museum Top |
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