1999 MFA Photography, Washington State University
1993 BFA Photography, College of Santa Fe (Summa Cum Laude)
2010 Studio Lighting Workshop, New Space Photography, Portland, OR
2006 – present Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
2000 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Art, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
1999 – Instructor, Fine Arts 367, Experimental Techniques in Photography, Washington State University.
1997 – 1999 Instructor of record, Fine Arts 381, Beginning Photography, 4 semesters, WSU
1998 –1999 Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts 431, Digital imaging, 2 semesters, WSU
1998 –1999 Instructor, Fine Arts 499, Independent Study, 2 semesters, WSU
AVC 100: Intro to Studio (formerly 2D design)-
AVC 240: Photography I
AVC 242: Electronic Media (Graphic Design)
AVC 243: Digital/Color Photography
AVC 341: Electronic Media (Division of Continuing Education)
AVC 340: Photography II
AVC 360: Alternative Media
AVC 380: Text, Narrative, and the Artist Book
AVC 342: Electronic Media II
AVC 390 & 391: Portfolio
AVC 480: Independent Study
AVC 490 & 491: Senior Thesis
EART 485: Electronic Arts Capstone
East Coast Visual and Theatre Arts : Jan Term Travel Course
Faculty Workshop: Photoshop
Proficient in: Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign
Basic knowledge of: Final Cut Pro, Sound Track Pro, Flash
Able to teach: Silver printing, analog color printing, digital photography, graphic design
basic digital film editing and mixed media including: acrylic painting, collage, encaustics.
Experience with: cyanotypes, pinhole photography, and vandyke bown printing
2010
The Cybernetic Landscapes: New Work, Providence Portland Community Gallery, Portland, OR
Mapping Marnay-sur-Seine, Alpern Gallery, Portland, OR
Mapping Marnay-sur-Seine, Studio Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
2009
The Cybernetic Tourist, Push Dot Gallery, Portland,OR – Named "Best Portland
Photo Show in 2008" by Richard Speer of the Willamette Week
2008
Observations from the Nicoya Peninsula, Linfield Fine Art Gallery,
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
2006
New work from Hungary, Studio Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
2005
Found Paintings in a Changing Landscape, Push Dot Gallery, Portland, OR
2004
New Work, Coloso, Portland, OR
Urban Glances, Tin Shed, Portland, OR
Urban Glances, Push Dot Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
New Work 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
New Work, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, Mc Minnville, OR
1998
Asphyxiated Photographs, Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2010
Gifted: An Art Exchange, Litman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2009
Photo-Op, 14th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition, Photo Center North West, Seattle, WA
2008
AIR, International Artists Residencies - Budapest/Balatonfured/Csopak, Vízívárosi Galéia, Budapest, Hungary
Pink Elephant, Mile Post Five, Portland, OR
2007
Construct/Re-construct, Cathedral Park Place, Portland, OR
The Other Portland, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
13th International Artist Residencies Exhibit, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006
13th International Artist Residencies Exhibit, Congress Center, Balatonfured, Hungary
Aluminum, Silver and Chrome, CSF Alumni Exhibition, Marion Center, Santa Fe, NM
18 Independent Artist, Portland Arts Center, Portland, OR 97211
2005
Vantage Points: Faculty Exhibition, Linfield Fine Art Gallery,
Ex Post Facto, Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR
chroma, Gallery 500, Portland, OR (juried)
2004
Cascade AIDS Auction, Selected for the Juried live auction and Catalog, 15th Annual
Benefit, Montgomery Park, Portland, OR
Pixel Res(v)olutions , Mount Hood Community College, Troutdale, OR
10 Years: One Foot after Another , Mark Wooley Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
Process Show , The Modern Zoo, Portland, OR
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)
Linfield Faculty Show: Past and Present, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, McMinnville, OR
Portland Independent Salon, Bollenbach Art Labs, Portland, OR
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
27th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA (Juried)
The Next Level, College of Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (juried)
1998
16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pleiads Gallery, New York, NY
Cooperstown Art Association’s National 1998, Cooperstown, NY (Juried)
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
1997
Hybrid Cultures: Crossing Borders, W.C.A. Toronto
Borderlands, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID
1996
Blast 5, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond Black and White, McCall Arts and Humanities Gallery, McCall, ID
1995
Friction, Interactive CD Rom, Visual Radio Inc., New York, NY
1994
Studio 147, Santa Fe, NM 1994
Edges, Dar-Jen Gallery, Houston, Texas
1993
Studio 147, Santa Fe, NM
4th Annual Monothon, College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 The Centre d’Arts, Marnay Art Center in Marnay-sur-Sein, France
2006 International Artists Residencies in Csopak, Hungary
2010
Linfield College, Deans travel fund
2009
Regional Arts and Culture (RACC), Professional Development Grant
Foundation Ténot, Subvention for residency at CAMAC (centre d'art. marnay art centre)
Linfield College, Faculty Development Grant
2006
Linfield College, Faculty Development Grant
Linfield College, Deans travel fund
1998
Washington State University Research Assistantship Grant
Linfield and Departmental Service
2007-Present
Coordinator of The Electronic Arts Major
2000–Present
Supervisor of the Art/Theatre Media Lab
2009
Served on the committee to create Linfield's new identity
Designed the Electronic Arts Major's media lab
2008
Search Committee for Mass Communications
Designed new silver print darkroom for the Miller Fine Arts Building
Staffing Committee (Spring Semester)
Freshman Colloquium Advisor
2007
Created and implemented the Electronic Arts Major
Freshman Colloquium Advisor
2006
Worked to redesign the curriculum for the department of Art and Visual Culture
2004–2005
Search Committee for Art Historian, Chair
Art Department Chair (SP & FA terms)
2003–2004
Faculty Development Committee, cochair
2000–2003
Director of Linfield Fine Art Gallery
Freshman Colloquium Advisor
Search Committee for Chief Technology Officer
Search Committee for Art Historian
2002
Created the course AVC 243 Digital/Color Photography
Served on Summer Admissions Panel
2001–2003
Faculty Development Committee, Linfield College
2001–2002
Student Art Committee, Linfield College
Lectures and Presentations at Linfield
2008
Artist Talk, Spring Semester
2005
Artist Talk, Linfield College, fall semester
Guest Lecture on Photoshop for MCM 325 Visual Communications: Electronic
Guest Lecture on InDesign for ENG 320: Creative Writing and the Art of Book
2001
Guest Lecture on Photoshop for Theatre History and MCM 325 Visual
Communications: Electronic
“ Windows” Faculty Lecture at Linfield College. A collaborative performance and
presentation with Profs. Joan Paddock and Greg Bowers. For my portion of the
presentation, I gave background about the windows created by Chagall at the
Hadassan Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Lectures and Presentations - Off Campus
2010 Invited by Brigham Young University Hawaii to assess their Art Department
2009 Guest Lecture at Portland Community College for "ART BEAT"
2007 Attended Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Slide Lecture and Panel discussion, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Participated in round table discussion for the "Process“ show, The Modern Zoo, Portland, OR.
2002 “Windows and Music by Peter Even”, Performance and presentation with Joan Paddock and
Greg Bowers, Annual Meeting of College Music Society Pacific Northwest Chapter.
2001 Guest Lecture on gallery practices at George Fox University, Newberg, OR
Professional Activities – Other
• Designed Identity, Logo, Brochure and Web page for the non-profit group Rooms For Peace (on going)
• Reviewed three chapters of “Photography and Digital Imaging” published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (Fall 2007)
• Donated work for Disjecta art space auction fund raiser
• Donated work for Cascade Aids Project
• Volunteer for the Modern Zoo (Portland center for the advancement of culture)
• Collaboration in the creation of the exhibition “emergence” at Litman Gallery, Portland, OR
• Volunteer for PICA, Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts
Bibliography
2010
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but it kicked back" Willamette Week, Portland, OR, December 30, Volume 36,
Issue 08, 2010
2009
Speer, Richard "Mel George at Bullseye, Riner Riedler at Blue Sky" Willamette Week,
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2007
A&E, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, Febuary
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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
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
Omni Gallery
Jim Archer
College of Santa Fe,
Susan Hapgood,
Willa Shalit
PushDot Gallery
Portland Art Center
Western Europe – France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom
Central America – Belize and Costa Rica
India – Ladak region and New Deli
Hungary – Csopak and Budapest
Caribbean – Various Islands
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