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Born: Eugene, Oregon, USA                         Residence: Anchorage, Alaska, 1976 - Present

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS:

2007
·  Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Award Recipient
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Finalist, The Artist's Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition, for the encaustic painting "Fences." 
·  Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition.  Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado Juror: Carla O'Connor
· "Boys and Their Toys," New Work, Picture Alaska, Homer, Alaska
· "Re-Newal," Juried Exhibition of International Encaustic Artists, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art,  Novato, CA  
· Here and Now - Encaustics and Time.   MM Galleries, San Francisco, California
· Encaustic Group Show  The Walking Man Gallery, Whitefish, Montana  
· "Salve," Invitational Show, IGCA/Out North, Anchorage, Alaska
· Solo Show, "Figuratively Speaking," Virtu Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
· International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Annual Member Artist Exhibition

2006 
· Featured Artist, "True Nature,"
Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
· Solo Show, "Melt Down,"
Carr Gottstein Gallery, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska
· International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Annual Member Artist Exhibition, Anchorage, Alaska
· Gallery 31 Fifty, Featured Artist,
Anchorage, Alaska

2005
· Featured Artist, "3," Half Moon Creek Gallery 3rd Anniversary Celebration, Anchorage, Alaska

· Solo Show, "Portraits of Faith," Gallery @ Beautiful, Anchorage, Alaska
· International Watermedia XIV Juried Exhibition, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Juror: Katherine Chang Liu.
· Alaska Watercolor Society’s Signature Member Show, Artic Rose Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska.
· Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks 2005 Juried Exhibition, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA. Juror: Stephen Quiller.
· Solo Show, "Projections," Alexandra Sonneborne’s PaintSpot Studio, Anchorage, Alaska
· International Society of Acrylic Painters, Annual Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA.  Juror:  Robert Burridge.

2004
· Solo Show, "Inside Windows," Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
· Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks 2004 Juried Exhibition, Bellevue, WA.
· Annual Peninsula Art League Juried Art Exhibition, Gig Harbor, WA. Dick Blick Art Award
· Alaska Women’s Art Fest, Performing Arts Center

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:

Half Moon Creek Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska
Virtu, Anchorage, Alaska
The Attic Gallery, Pearl District, Portland, Oregon

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Alaska Watercolor Society, Signature Member
International Society of Acrylic Painters, Signature Member
International Encaustic Artists Association, Member
Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, Associate Member
National Collage Society, Associate Member
International Society of Experimental Artists, Associate Member

EDUCATION:

1994 – Present: Independent Study, including Workshops with internationally recognized Watermedia Artists: Katherine Chang Liu, Robert Wade, Christopher Schink, Gerald Brommer, Irving Shapiro, Maxine Masterfield, Fran Larsen, Mary Todd Beam, Jean Grastorff, Don Andrews, and Pat San Souchie.
1992 – 94 Graduate Studies, Creative Writing (Fiction, children's books author and illustrator emphasis), University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
1992 BA, Cum Laude, English: Creative Writing, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska

TEACHING:

2008:  Ongoing monthly:  Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Anchorage, Alaska
2007: June, July, August;  Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Anchorage, Alaska
2006: March, May, Watermedia Workshop, Studio Central, Anchorage, Alaska

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

2008, 2007, 2006 KAKM Public Television Art Showcase Auction
2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, Anchorage Museum of History and Art Gala Fundraiser, Donor
2005, Catholic Social Services Charity Ball, Donor

 

 

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Sheary Clough Suiter
(907) 242 3337
Anchorage, Alaska

Email: sheary@backdoordesigns.com