Elizabeth M Obert

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Education


1999 MFA Photography, Washington State University
1993 BFA Photography College of Santa Fe (Summa Cum Laude)

Exhibitions Solo

2006 New work from Hungary, Studio Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR.

2005 Found Paintings in a Changing Landscape, Push Dot Gallery, Portland, OR.

2004 Urban Glances, Push Dot Gallery, Portland, OR.

2002 Recent Works, Omni Gallery, Portland, OR.

2001 A History of Intimate Spaces, Fleck Gallery, Portland, OR.

2000 A History of Intimate Spaces, Washington State University Vancouver, WA.

2000 A History of Intimate Spaces, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, Mc McMinnville, OR.

 

Exhibitions Group

2007 The Other Portland , Portland Art Center, Portland, OR (Jan)

2007 13th International Artist Residencies Exhibit, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2006 13th International Artist Residencies Exhibit, Congress Center, Balatonfured, Hungary

2006 Aluminum, Silver and Chrome, CSF Alumni Exhibition, Marion Center, Santa Fe, NM

2005 18 Independent Artists fundraising exhibition, Portland Art Center, Portland OR

2005 Vantage Points, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, McMinnville, OR

2005 Group Show, Push Dot Gallery, Portland, OR

2005 chroma, Gallery 500, Portland, OR (juried)

2004 Coloso, Portland OR

2004 Urban Glances, Tin Shed, Portland OR

2004 Cascade AIDS Auction , Selected for the Juried live auction and Catalog, 15th Annual Benefit, Montgomery Park, Portland, OR

2004 Pixel Re(s)volution, Mt. Hood Community College, Visual Arts Center, Gresham, OR

2003
Process,Portland Center for the Advancement of Culture, Portland, OR

2003 Aesthetics of Science, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, McMinnville, OR

2002 Emergence, Litman Gallery, Portland, OR

2001
Charm Bracelet: meeting people, Oak Street Lofts, Portland, OR (Non-Juried exhibition)

2001 Linfield Faculty Show: Past and Present, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, McMinnville, OR (group)

2001 Portland Independent Salon, Bollenbach Art Labs, Portland, OR (group)

2001
What they did, Ona Gallery, Portland, OR .

2000
Open Walls, Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts, Portland OR (Non-Juried exhibition).

1999
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Washington State University Museum of Fine Arts, Pullman, WA

1999 27th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA (Juried)

1999
The Next Level, College of Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1998 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pleiads Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Cooperstown Art Associationâ National 1998, Cooperstown, NY (Juried)

1998
Asphyxiated Photographs, Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (Solo)

1998
Streams of Consciousness, Traveling Exhibition, Lewis and Clark Center for Arts and History, Lewiston, ID; Moscow Arts Commission Gallery, Moscow, ID; Core Gallery and Edge Gallery, Denver, CO (Group)

1997
Hybrid Cultures: Crossing Borders, W.C.A. Toronto (Group)

1997
Borderlands, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID (Group)

1996
Blast 5, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY (Group)

1996
Beyond Black and White, McCall Arts and Humanities Gallery, McCall, ID (Group)

1995
Friction, Interactive CD Rom, Visual Radio Inc., New York, NY

Teaching Experience

2006 Associate Professor of Art Linfield College, McMinnville, OR

2000- 2005 Assistant Professor of Art Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
Classes: Art 100 2D Design, Art 381 - Electronic Media, Art 240 Photography,
Art 382 Digital Photography and East Coast Visual and Theatre Arts

2000-2003 Gallery Director, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR.

1999 Instructor, Fine Arts 367, Experimental Techniques in Photography,
Washington State University. Making images with pinhole cameras,
students used the scanner and Photoshop to manipulate and create large negatives.
They also created cyanotypes, Vandyke brown prints and toned silver prints.

1997-1999 Instructor, Fine Arts 381, Beginning Photography, 4 semesters, WSU.
Students used the camera to produce black and white compositions with an
emphasis on learning film development, printing skills and presentation.

1998 Assistant, Fine Arts 431, Digital imaging, 2 semesters, WSU.
The class used Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Freehand to create projects having
an emphasis on design and typography.

1998
Instructor, Fine Arts 499, Independent Study, 2 semesters, WSU.

1992
Assistant, Lifecasting Workshop, Santa Fe, NM.



Grants

2006 Faculty Development Grant. Linfield College

1998 Washington State University Research Assistantship Grant

Professional Activities

Linfield and Departmental Service


2004–2005 Search Committee for Art Historian, Chair

2004–2005 Art Department Chair (SP & FA terms)

2003–2004 Faculty Development Committee, co-chair

2000–Present Supervisor of the Art/Theatre Media Lab

2000–2003 Director of Linfield Fine Art Gallery

2002–2003 Freshman Colloquium Advisor Search

Committee for Chief Technology Officer

Search Committee for Art Historian Served on Summer Admissions Panel

2001–2003 Faculty Development Committee, Linfield College

2001–2002 Student Art Committee, Linfield College



Lectures and Presentations


2006
Artist Talk, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

2005 Guest Lecture on Photoshop for Visual Communications – New Media. Guest Lecture on InDesign for Book Arts

2003 Participated in round table discussion about the Process Show at the Modern Zoo.

2002 “Windows” by Peter Even. Performance and presentation with Joan Paddock and
Greg Bowers, Annual Meeting of College Music Society Pacific Northwest Chapter.
For my portion of the presentation I gave background about the windows created
by Chagal at the Hadassan Medical Center in Jeruselm.

2001
Guest Lecture on gallery practices at George Fox University, Newberg, OR

2001 “Windows ”Faculty Lecture at Linfield College. A collaborative performance and presentation
with Profs. Joan Paddock and Greg Bowers. My portion of the presentations dealt with the
artist Marc Chagal and the windows he created by Chagal at the Hadassan Medical
Center in Jeruselm.


Reviews


2007 A&E, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, Febuary 7. Finding where we fit. Rachel Neugarten
.
2007 Willamett Week, Portland, OR, January 17, Volume 33, Issue 10, Second Skin, Richard Speer.

2006 Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM, November 24, Still lifes for an accelerated world,
Elizabeth Cook-Romero

2006 The News Register, McMinnville OR, September 21, Hungary as Seen by the Artists, David Bates

2005 The Portland Tribune, Portland, OR Jul 2005, The short List

2003 The Organ, Portland, OR, no. 8 Nov/Dec 2003, Process, by Erin Rackelman.

2003
dailypdx.com/art/art 10.16.03., October 16, 2003, Mommie Queerest,
by Heather Irwin.


2002 The Oregonian A&E, Portland, OR, May 10 2003, Art Review: Eight Artists
Emerging by D.K. Row.



Private Collectors


Omni Gallery, Jim Archer, College of Santa Fe, Susan Hapgood, Willa Shalit, PushDot Gallery and Portland Art Center


Additional Employment Experience


1999 Graphic Artist, Odium, Portland, OR.

1997-1999 Technician, Black and White Darkroom, WSU.

1997-1999 Technician, Graphics/Macintosh Lab, WSU.

1996-1997 Manager, Heartline Gallery, Mc Call, ID
.
1996 Graphic Artist, Right Way Publishing, Boise, ID.

1995 Curatorial Assistant, Ian Woodner Family Collection, New York, NY.

1993 Photographic Printer, Barbara Van Cleve, Santa Fe, NM.

1992-1993 Studio Assistant, Shalit and Ericson Art, Santa Fe, NM.

1992 Intern, Pace MacGill Gallery, New York, NY.