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Alumni Highlights: MFA Graduates

Exhibitions

2002
Adelman, Carol, MFA 1997,
Kinsey Gallery, Seattle University

Carcia, Jenny, “Motor”,
King County Art Gallery, Smith Tower, Seattle, WA

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Hanker, Howard House, Seattle, WA

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
CoCA's 2002 Pacific Northwest Annual, Seattle, WA

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Bellevue Art Museum's Northwest Annual, Bellevue, WA

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
"Pleasure Craft," Tacoma Art Museum's Biennial, Tacoma, WA

Crumpacker, Flint, MFA 2001,
Recent Works, Two Bells, Seattle, WA

Livingston. Margie, MFA 1999,
Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA

Sharp, Brian. MFA 2001,
Emerging Artists, New Union Center for the Arts, Oberlin, OH

Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999,
Group Show, Garner Tullis, New York, NY

Wood, Jonas, MFA 2002,
Group Show, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

2001
Abadessa, Joline, MFA 2000,
Five, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Albrecht, Thomas, MFA 2000,
Three, King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Bill, Peter, MFA 2001,
Magdalena’s Window, Nico Gallery, Seattle, WA

Carcia, Jenny, MFA 2000,
Five, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Layering, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Reverb, New City Theater, Seattle, WA

Castiglione, Elizabeth, MFA 1998,
Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA

Chachava, Maya, MFA 2000,
Seasons, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle WA

Hahn, Joon, MFA 2001,
Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA

Hemmer, Matthew, MFA 2001,
Five, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Iverson, Mary, MFA 2002,
Seattle Collects, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA

Livingston. Margie, MFA 1999,
Personal Nature, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Livingston. Margie, MFA 1999,
Five, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Mosely, Dylan, MFA 2000,
Three, King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
Solo Exhibition, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA

Sharp, Brian. MFA 2001,
Five, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000
Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Behemoth, Howard House, Seattle, WA

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Vital Signs: Drawing as Inquiry, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Chachava, Maya, MFA 2000,
Convergence, Phinney Neighborhood Association, Seattle, WA

Iverson, Mary, MFA 2002,
Cranes, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA

Wu, Ina, MFA 1997,
Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China

1999
Chachava, Maya, MFA 2000,
New Inages, Gilmartin Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998
Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
Solo Exhibition, King County Art Gallery


Awards / Honors / Residencies

2002
Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Neddy Award

2001
Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
New Works Laboratory Grant, 911 Media Center

Livingston. Margie, MFA 1999,
Fulbright Grant/Germany

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
Betty Bowen Memorial Artist’s Award ($10,000)

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
Washington Arts Commission Grant ($5,500)

Thomas, Linda, MFA 1996,
Artist Trust GAP (Grants for Artist Projects) Award ($1,000)

2000
Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Artist Trust Gap Grant

Petkus, Yvonne, MFA 1996,
Vermont Studio Center

Petkus, Yvonne, MFA 1996,
Siegfried Weng Purchase Award, 50th Mid States Exhibition

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
Itheo.com grant ($3,000), selected by Eugenie Tsai, Curator, The Whitney Museum

1999
Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Third prize, 17th National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie Arts Council

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Commission, Bellevue Art Museum

Chartier, Jaqueline, MFA 1994
Finalist, Betty Bowen Award and Neddy Award

1998
Gonzales, Cristina, MFA 1997,
Roswell New Mexico Artists Colony - full year resdincy

Gonzales, Cristina, MFA 1997,
Artist Trust Gap Grant

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
King County Arts Commission Grant

Thomas, Linda, MFA 1996,
Artist Trust Gap Grant

1997
Gonzales, Cristina, MFA 1997,
First Prize, Small Works '97 Gaddis Geelin Gallery, juried by Melissa Miller


Publications

2002
Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, by Regina Hackett, August 9

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
KUOW , Radio review of Howard House exhibit by Gary Faigan, August 22

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
“Berk, Casis Tackle Different Angles on Abstract Art”, by Matthew Kangas, The Seattle Times, Friday, August 23

2001
Iverson, Mary MFA 2002,
New American Painting - MFA Annual 2001. p 50-53

Adelman, Carol, MFA 1997,
March, Sculpture Magazine, Review/Tony Oursler

Chartier, Jaqueline, MFA 1994,
New American Painting

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
February, 27, "Artist in the Flesh" , Seattle PI, Regina Hacket

Murphy, Brian, MFA 1999,
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume 37, curated by Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

2000
Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999,
Contributing Editor, The Red Headed Step Child (4 Reviews/Articles)

Casis, Donabelle, MFA 1997,
October 10, “Empowerment in the Flesh: Donabelle Casis Finds Freedom Not Fitting in with Paintings of Heavenly Body Parts” Seattle PI, Regina Hacket

1997
Chartier, Jaqueline, MFA 1994,
New American Painting, New American Painting


Lectures / Visiting Artist

2000
Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999,
Visiting Artist/Lecturer Hampshire College, Amherst MA

Wu, Ina, MFA 1997,
Tianjin Academy of Fine Art,China

1999
Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999, Lecture, Harvard University, Cambridge MA - "IS There a Jewish Art?"

Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999, Visiting Artist,Whatcom Community College, Bellingham "Is There a Jewish Art?"


Collections

2001
Gonzalez,Cristina, MFA 1997,
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, New Mexico

Gonzalez,Cristina, MFA 1997,
Carlsbad Museum , Carlsbad, New Mexico


Teaching

2002
Albrecht, Tom, MFA 2000,
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Morrow, Nancy, MFA ,
Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

2001
Chachava, Maya, MFA 2000,
Assistant Professor (tenure track), University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Gonzalez,Cristina, MFA 1997,
Instructor, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

Wu, Ina, MFA 1997,
Instructor, Olympic College, WA

2000
Adelman, Carol, MFA 1997, 2000-1,
Visiting Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University

Castiglione, Elizabeth, MFA 1998,
Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Joseph’s University, Pennsylvania

Petkus, Yvonne, MFA 1996,
Asssitant Professor (tenure track), Western Kentucky University

1998
Petkus, Yvonne, MFA 1996, 1998-2000,
Visiting Professor, Cornish College, Seattle WA


Other Professional Activity

2001
Mosely, Dylan, MFA 2000,
Curator, Five, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999,
Juror, The Jacob Javits Fellowship

2000
Simblist, Noah, MFA 1999,
Curator, Soil Gallery, Seattle "Abstraction/Construction"

Albrecht, Tom, , Pew Younger Scholars Program, Notre Dame University, Symposium Participant: Visual Art in Contemporary American Culture