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Concordia University, River Forest, IL: 1963-1967
Portland State University, Portland, OR: 1968-1969
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Coos Museum of Art - Coos Bay, OR - May 2005
Expressions West, 2005 - Annual Juried Exhibition of painters from 13 western States
Juried by Norman Lundin
University of Alaska - Anchorage, AK - December 1-15, 2005
20th Annual No Big Heads National Self Portrait Exhibition, Jurors’ Choice Award
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Lisa Harris Gallery - Seattle, WA - January 8-31, 2009
Between the Lines
Lisa Harris Gallery - Seattle, WA - June 3-29, 2007
Accounts & Memories
Lisa Harris Gallery - Seattle, WA - August 4-31, 2005
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011“Figure, Abstraction and the Narrative Impulse,” Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle,WA
2009 “25th Anniversary Show,” Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Small Packages 14, Invitational Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 Art+Politics, Curated by Richard V. West Gage Academy: Steele Gallery - Seattle,WA 2008 National Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper,Long Beach Island Foundation of 2007 Crossing Borders: 15th Annual International Juried Exhibition,Laredo Center for the
the Arts, Laredo, TX
2007 National Juried Competition: Works on Paper. Juried by Starr Figura, The Museum of
Modern Art, NY Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts - Loveladies, NJ
2006 Introductions, 2006, SAM Rental/Sales Gallery - Seattle, WA
2006 20th International Juried Show,Juried by Patterson Sims, Visual Arts Center of New
Jersey, Summit, NJ
2005 20th Annual No Big Heads National Self Portrait Exhibition,University of Alaska,
Anchorage, AK Jurors’ Choice Award
2005 Northwest Nordic Artists, Nordic Heritage Museum - Seattle, WA
2005 Expressions West Juried Exhibition of painters from 13 Western States,Juried by Norman Lundin, Coos Museum of Art - Coos Bay,OR
2005 Close to Home: A National Exhibition Juried by Jacquelyn D. Serwer, Chief Curator,
Corcoran Gallery of Art,Hilles Gallery - New Haven, CT April
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Pence, Elizabeth. “Victoria Johnson and Irene Mahler at Lisa Harris Gallery”
ARTWEEK, Vol.36, Issue 8, October 2005, p. 21/22
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Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
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RESIDENCIES
Beta Press - Tenafly, NJ - April 2006, September 2006
Studied with Master Printer, Marcia Bartholme
MEDIA
Guest on KUOW 94.9 radio, Seattle, WA - July 18, 2007
Weekday Show: How Puget Sound Influences Art
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Artist Statement:
My collage paintings on paper or panel are abstract, yet contain recognizable
images that offer visual clues of real and imagined memories, associations,
emotions and current issues. Working intuitively rather than from sketches,
studies or drawings, I paint with acrylic integrating images and a variety
of found materials. Often, I polish away pigment to reveal the history of earlier
layers.
The elevated value of paper in ancient cultures, its function in passing on
knowledge throughout time, as well as its mundane character in our current lives
makes it an excellent vehicle for me to express my ideas. How paper takes
pigment and is resilient yet has a memory is attractive to me. I use assorted
papers combining vintage text, old stamps, maps, hand-addressed envelopes,
diary pages and other interesting bits and scraps of paper I come across in the
course of daily life.
An element incorporated into many of my works is the vintage button.
Embedded in these buttons is a hint of creativity in the banality of life, a
history of personal touch, of functional decoration and glory. Even common,
straightforward buttons conjure up a sense of security serving to hold close,
secure, and protect against the elements.
The photo images I integrate into my compositions function as a reference point,
a suggestion or an illusion. I fold photos into the painting, blurring the edges,
painting over them with translucent medium or pigment, sometimes all but
obscuring them, leaving just enough to suggest a narrative.
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