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APRIL 2008

"Spring Into Summer," Picture Alaska Art Gallery, Homer, Alaska.  My encaustic painting, "First Bloom," is one of the paintings in this group invitational show.   While you're in Homer, visit the Bunnell Street Gallery
and check out my PLATE PROJECT donation (also done in encaustics).

Anchorage Museum Association's 2008 Gala.  121 West Seventh Avenue.   Artists' Recognition Reception, and First Friday Preview of Gala Art:  Museum Atrium, Friday, April 4, 5:30 - 8:30p.  Live music.  

The Gala:  Saturday, April 12, 6:30p, Black Tie Optional, call 343 6179  for advance tickets. My encaustic painting, "PIAZZA" will be available during the Live Auction.  

DEMONSTRATIONS:

ARTreach Visual Art Workshops, April 19 & 20, 2008.  International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 427 D Street, Anchorage, 907 279 1116.  View schedule and fees at www.igcaalaska.org  I will give a one hour demonstration on painting with Encaustics, on Sunday the 20th, at 10a and again at 11a.  Register by email for this or other demo's and classes:  igcavolunteers@hotmail.com, by phone 279 1116.  

MARCH 2008

100 x 100 EXHIBITION 
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, March 7 - 30, 2008.
Opening Reception, March 7, 5:30 - 7:30p
427 D Street, Anchorage. 907 279 1116

HER-STORY 
An Invitational Show of Women's Art Highlighting Women's History Month Ptarmigan Arts, Back Room Gallery. March 7 - April 2, 2008
Opening Reception, March 7, 5 - 7p.  Homer, Alaska. 

FEBRUARY 2008  

Art Showcase Auction, KAKM Public Television
Support public television by marking your calendars for the third Art Showcase Auction featuring beautiful framed and unframed two-dimensional art, sculpture, photography, pottery, jewelry, Alaska Native Art, fiber art, and much more. These items will be up for bid during the three-day televised event which will be broadcast LIVE from the KAKM studio in Anchorage on Feb. 14, 15, and 16. See and bid on my encaustic painting Little Incidents.

JANUARY 2008

ANNUAL MEMBER ARTIST EXHIBITION. International Gallery of Contemporary Art, January 4 - 27, 2008.
Opening Reception, January 4, 5:30 - 7:30p
427 D Street, 907 279 1116

DECEMBER 2007

"ARCHITECTURAL ABSTRACTIONS"
An Exhibition of New Work
First Friday Artist Reception and Half Moon Creek's "Take 5" Anniversary Celebration: Friday, December 7th, 5p - 11p.  Show runs through Dec.
Half Moon Creek Gallery, 510 W. Tudor Rd., Suite #4, 907 929-4080

NOVEMBER 2007

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition.  September 7 - November 4, Foothills Art Center, 809 Fifteenth Street, Golden, Colorado.   My painting, "Studio Still Life," was one of 69 chosen from 780 entries, by juror, Carla O'Connor!

Doriola's is hosting "Wax Works," an exhibition of encaustic paintings created this summer by artists who participated in my Introduction to Encaustic Painting workshops.  The show will run for the month of November and opens with a First Friday reception on November 2nd, 2007 from 5p until 8p or until they kick us all out.  Doriola's is located at 510 West Tudor # 7 between Arctic and C Street (just west of Cattle Company and Applebee's, on the south side of Tudor in the strip mall next to the double Asian restaurants)  907 375 0494.  Mon - Fri 5a - 4p, Sat. 6a - 3p, Closed Sundays.

Alaska Watercolor Society 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition.  Opening Reception, Sunday, October 7, 1:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m. An award ceremony will be held at 2:00 p.m. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 121 W. Seventh Avenue.  The show closes on November 18, 2007.  My acrylic painting Rejoice II received an Honorable Mention Award from juror Carrie Burns Brown.

OCTOBER 2007

"PINK," A Group Show to benefit Alaska women fighting breast cancer, in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Show opens with a First Friday reception on Oct 5, 6 - 9p at Virtu, 400 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, (907) 258 4788.  Show runs October 5 - 21, 2007. 

"Re-Newal," Juried Exhibition of International Encaustic Artists Members, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Avenue, Novato, CA.  September 29 - October 22, 2007.  My painting "Don't Ask Me How I Feel" was selected by Juror Bob Nugent. 

SEPTEMBER 2007

"BOYS AND THEIR TOYS,"  New Work, Picture Alaska Art Gallery, 448 E. Pioneer Avenue, Homer, Alaska, 907 235 2300, 800 770 2300.
Artist's Reception and First Friday Art Walk, September 7, 2007, 5 - 7:30 pm. Show runs through September.

This series is a whimsical collection of paintings in my bright, colorful style based on photos from close friends and family. The figures engaged in their recreations of choice are universal. Biking, golfing, skiing, and 4-wheeling are just a few examples of the subjects portrayed.

AUGUST 2007

THE WALKING MAN GALLERY, 305 BAKER AVENUE, WHITEFISH, MT 59937, (406)863-ARTS (2787).  Encaustic Group Show August 2nd through September 1st 2007.

Alaska Watercolor Society Annual Members Only Exhibition.  Opens Friday, August 3, Artic Rose Gallery, Anchorage (at entrance to Simon and Seaforts).

JULY 2007:  Here and Now - Encaustics and Time.  A Juried show at MM Galleries, 101 Townsend, San Francisco, CA,  July 21 - August 25, 2007.  

JUNE 2007

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR 
Artists' Studio Solstice Celebration

Friday, June 22nd, 4 - 9pm

MAY 2007:

SALVE:  Contemporary Art as Spiritual and Ritual.  A look at healing, therapy, meditation, transformation, and human repair and despair through the eyes of artists.  Special Exhibition:  ION.  International Gallery at Out North, 3600 Debarr Road/Primrose Street.  

Opens Friday May 4, 2007 at 5p, show runs through June 29th.  

Featuring:  Brenda Roper, Sandy Gillespie, Julie Decker, Don Decker, Don Mohr, Kathryn Carovano, Sheila Wyne, Mariano Gonzales, Ted Herlinger, Z. Denise Gallup, Denise Heimel, Annie Duffy, Garry  Kaulitz, Margret Hugi-Lewis, Chelsea Bailey, Wanda Seamster, K N Goodrich, Sean Licka and Jeanne Ilgen, Scott McDonald, Asia freeman, Rika Mouw, Mike Conti, Sheary Clough Suiter, Jimmy Tompkins, Hal Gage, Lisa Gray, Marcello Munoz, Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner, Rachelle Dowdy.

APRIL 2007:

Anchorage Museum Association's 2007 Gala.  121 West Seventh Avenue.   Artists' Recognition Reception, and First Friday Preview of Gala Art:  Museum Atrium, Friday, April 6, 5 - 8:30p.  Live music, appetizers and wine.  I'll be there, hope to see you!

The Gala:  Saturday, April 21, 6:30p, Black Tie Optional, call 343 6179  for advance tickets. My encaustic painting, "Outside Forces," will be among the donated paintings.  

FEBRUARY 2007:

"FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING"  Solo Exhibition at Virtu Gallery.   First Friday Art Walk,  Artist's Reception, February 2,  6 - 9pm.  Bring home an original piece of art to celebrate Valentine's Day with your special someone.  Live music performed by singer/songwriter Terry Holder. Located in the former Myron Rosenberg gallery space at 400 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, (907) 258 4788.  Show runs through February.  Virtu Hours:  Thursday - Monday  11-6, Sunday 12-5, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. 

 FEBRUARY 2007:

Art Showcase Auction, KAKM Public Television
Support public television by marking your calendars for the third Art Showcase Auction featuring beautiful framed and unframed two-dimensional art, sculpture, photography, pottery, jewelry, Alaska Native Art, fiber art, and much more. These items will be up for bid during the three-day televised event which will be broadcast LIVE from the KAKM studio in Anchorage on Feb. 22, 23, and 24. See and bid on my Figure Study 17D06.

JANUARY 2007:

International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Annual Member Artist Exhibition, January 1 - 31, 2007.  Opening Reception:  Friday, January 5, 6 - 8p.  427 D Street, 279-1116.  My encaustic painting, "Ask Yourself," will be among the featured work of dozens of member artists. Show will include all styles, all media, all galleries.

DECEMBER  2006:

Half Moon Creek Gallery,  4th Anniversary Celebration "One 4 All," and First Friday Artists' Reception, December 1st, 5 - 11p.   510 W. Tudor, Suite 4, Anchorage, 929-4080.  On Tudor between C and Arctic.  Please check these online previews!

NOVEMBER  2006:

BORDER'S BOOKS AND MUSIC  Next time you stop by Border's check out the wall space beside the elevators (both levels) and stairwell.  Border's is committed to showcasing local art and during November I'm their featured artist, with samples of both watermedia and encaustic paintings on display and yes, for sale, just in time for the holiday giving season!  Located at 1100 E. Dimond Blvd. in Anchorage.  And while you're in the store, show your support of our acclaimed local literary journal by picking up a copy or two of  UAA's Alaska Quarterly Review for stocking stuffers!  In the magazine section.

OCTOBER  2006:

TEEN PEOPLE MINI-SERIES
Currently on exhibition in Girdwood as part of a Four Person Show:
"An Encaustic Collaboration." 
Featuring encaustic paintings by Sheary Clough Suiter, Dot Tideman, Ken Hatch, and Jennifer Estrel. Opening Reception in Girdwood at Jack Sprat, Olympic Mountain Loop, Saturday, October 7th, 6 - 7p.  Show runs though October 31st.  Restaurant hours:  Sunday - Thursday, 4 - 9p, Friday and Saturday, 4 - 10p.  Weekend Brunch 9a - 3p. Phone: 783-JACK. 

OCTOBER  2006:

"PINK," A Group Show to benefit Alaska women fighting breast cancer, in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Show opens with a reception on Friday, Oct 20, 6 - 9p at Virtu, 400 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, (907) 258 4788.  Show runs October 20 - 31..   Further information on this show.

SEPTEMBER 2006:

"MELT DOWN," A Solo Exhibition of Original Encaustic Paintings,  Alaska Pacific University, Carr Gottstein Gallery.   Opening reception, September 1, 2006, 5:30 - 7p.  Show runs September 1 - 30.  Link to Online Preview


SEPTEMBER 2006:

Alaska Watercolor Society 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition.  Opening Reception, September 15, 6 - 8p.  Artique, 314 G Street, Anchorage, 277 1663.  Show runs thru Sept. 29th.  My watermedia painting "Lost Voices" is among the work juror Stephen Quiller selected for the 2006 show: 


AUGUST 2006: 

Virtu Gallery.  Featuring my small watercolor and acrylic on wood figure studies, as well as small encaustics on wood.  Opening reception, August 4, 5-9:30pm.  Located in the former Myron Rosenberg gallery space at 400 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, (907) 258 4788. 

AUGUST 2006: 

Alaska Watercolor Society Signature Member Show:  August 4 - 30., Artic Rose Gallery, next to Simon and Seafort's, at 420 L Street, Anchorage, 279-3911.  First Friday Art Walk Reception:  August 4, 6 - 9 pm  

APRIL 2006:

Please join me at Gallery 31 Fifty at 3150 C Street (between Benson and 36th ) for a First Friday reception 5:30-8:00 p.m. April 7.  I will be the featured artist showing new abstract paintings, as well as fun fiber arts including felted bowls and hand crocheted shawls.  Fabric artist Polly Lewis will also be at the show with her one of a kind colorful kimono fabric purses.  Please join us for an art filled evening. Show is also open Monday, April 10, 11a - 5p. For more information call  Gina Edwards at 336-2457.

APRIL 2006:

Anchorage Museum Association's 2006 Gala.  121 West Seventh Avenue.   Artists' Recognition Reception, and Preview of Gala Art:  Museum Atrium, Wednesday, April 5, 5 - 7p.   I'll be there, hope to see you!

The Gala:  Saturday, April 8, 6:30p, Black Tie Optional, call 343 6179  for advance tickets. My painting, The Place We Left Behind, will be among the donated paintings.  

Half Moon Creek Gallery, December's  3rd Anniversary Celebration and First Friday Event has come and gone (as has 2005!), but this gallery is still the best place to see the largest assortment of my current acrylic and encaustic paintings.   510 W. Tudor, Suite 4, Anchorage, 929-4080.  On Tudor between C and Arctic.  

FEBRUARY 2006:

KAKM Art Showcase Auction.  February 23, 24, 25, 2006.  Preview at the KAKM studio:  3877 University Drive, Anchorage, 563 7070.  Special Art Auction Preview:
Join me at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center on Saturday, February 18 from 11:00am to 4:00pm for a full preview of art that will be included in this year's auction. Refreshments will be provided.  I've donated my painting
"The Place Where We Used To Meet" in support of public television/radio.  
Typical of my mixed media multi-layered paintings, the process of creating "The Place Where We Used To Meet" began with a playful exploration of color, texture and shape, utilizing fluid acrylics, watercolor crayons, and collaged papers on archival illustration board. The painting’s vivid, jewel-like colors suggest the pleasant remembrance of distant people and times. Professionally matted and framed under glass, the finished artwork measures 25 x 30" and is ready to enhance your home or office wall.

JANUARY 2006:

International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Annual Member Artist Exhibition, January 6 - 28, 2006.  Opening Reception:  Friday, January 6, 6 - 8p.  427 D Street, 279-1116.  My painting, "The Place We Left Behind," will be among the featured work of dozens of member artists. Show will include all styles, all media, all galleries.

2005 EXHIBITIONS:

Northwest Watercolor Society's Waterworks 2005, juried by Stephen Quiller.  October 8 - November 6, 2005 at the Kirsten Gallery, 5320 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle. (206) 522 2011

International Watermedia XIV Juried Exhibition, August 19 - October 14, 2005.  University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy., Colorado Springs, CO 80916. Juror:   Katherine Chang Liu.

Beautiful Gallery, "Portraits of Faith."  Solo Show of Mixed Media Paintings.  First Friday Artist's Reception, September 2nd, 6 - 8p.  Show runs Sept. 1 - 30, 2005.  321 West Fifth Ave, Anchorage, right across the street from Fifth Avenue Mall, just around the corner from International Gallery   248 4247.

Artique Gallery, 31st Annual Alaska Watercolor Society Statewide Juried Exhibition, September 16 - 30, 2005.  Juror:  Alvaro Castagnet.

National Collage Society, Eighth Annual Postcard Show:  June 2 - 28, 2005, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City"I Am"

Alaska Watercolor Society Signature Member Show:  June 3 - 30, 2005, Artic Rose Gallery, next to Simon and Seafort's, at 420 L Street, Anchorage, 279-3911.  First Friday Art Walk Reception:  June 3, 6 - 9 pm.  "The Place Where We Used to Meet."

Anchorage Museum Association's 2005 Gala.  121 West Seventh Avenue.  First Friday Artists Reception, and Preview of Gala Art:  Museum Atrium, April 1, 5 - 7p.  The Gala 2005:  Saturday, April 9, 6:30p, Black Tie Optional, call 343 6179  for advance tickets.   My painting,  "Adaptation," will be among the many wonderful donations up for auction in support of the Museum's educational programs, exhibits and acquisitions. (30" x 30" matted and framed, mixed media on paper, recipient of the Dick Blick Award, Peninsula Art League 2004 Juried Exhibition (Gig Harbor, WA). 

Alexandra Sonneborn's Paintspot Gallery, Solo Show:  PROJECTIONS.  First Friday Artist's Reception, March 4, 2005, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm.  Please come to this special one night event to see my latest paintings.  Gallery located downtown Anchorage at 610 W. Second Avenue, Suite 101, 277-3712. Just down the hill from Artique, in Historic Anchorage Homes neighborhood (take F Street to 2nd Ave., turn left, go one block and PaintSpot Gallery will be on your left)!  Show runs through March, call ahead for gallery hours after the opening weekend.

International Society of Acrylic Painters' (ISAP) Eighth Annual International Exhibition.  Artist's Gallery of Seattle, 902 First Ave., Seattle, (206) 340 0830.  March 3rd, Opening Reception.  Exhibition on display through March 30, 2005.  New To The City.

Half Moon Creek Gallery, 2nd Anniversary Celebration and First Friday Event, December 3, 2004, 5 - 9p.  Solo Show: "Inside Windows,"   Come see my latest acrylics and encaustics in this newly expanded gallery.  510 W. Tudor, Suite 4, Anchorage, 929-4080.  On Tudor between C and Arctic.  Show runs through Dec. 24. 

Northwest Watercolor Society, Juried Exhibition "Waterworks 2004."  New Dimensions Gallery, 206 - 105th Avenue, Bellevue, WA (425 455 0607), November 18 - December 28, 2004.  Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony:  Thursday, November 18th, 5pm - 7pm  "Going Home Nights," 24" x 24" matted and framed, acrylic.

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"Ask Yourself"
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"DUKKHA (Impermanence)"
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"NOT HOT"
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"Mountain Song"
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Sheary Clough Suiter
(907) 242 3337
Anchorage, Alaska

Email: sheary@backdoordesigns.com