"From earliest memory I was drawing. I drew everything in my environment, including my imagination. Everything and anything was grist for the mill, and that has never changed. My imagery still runs the gamut - from a fascination with the human body, to environmental and political issues, the landscape, some abstract, and some imaginary creatures mainly from Celtic Mythology. The only thing that has remained a constant for fifty-eight years has been my love of printmaking.
In high school we made a linoleum print - it was okay, but not an attention grabber, however the instructor sent it off to a State competition and it won a ribbon. Still, not impressed until I got to college and took my first printmaking course. From then on I have been thoroughly hooked. I still paint from time to time, but I always run right back to printmaking. It turns out I’m a process junkie. Always experimenting and always looking at other’s print work and wondering how it was done and, of course always buying another tool. This curiosity, love of surprises and being a bit of a Type A personality are a natural fit for the technical prowess needed to be a good printmaker. When coming up with my images I often slip a little surprise into the work - sometimes a partially concealed image, sometimes a visual pun or double entendre, and often a frog, or part of a frog. Life should be a happy journey, or at least balance out to many more happy times than the other kind. My kinship with frogs is likely from the leaping that we both do - theirs is physical, mine is more intellectual these days as I leap from one idea to another. Images of Eve, mothers, women in general are a recurring theme. Somewhere along the way I became fast friends with the Queen of Hearts, and she often works her way into a print. She hasn’t been seen for some time, so perhaps it is time for her to show up again. My motto is keep working and you can’t go wrong. Chances are you can stay out of trouble and who knows? Someone may come along who can connect with what you have to say! I’m hoping that someone is you." Born Spokane, WA Education University of California, Irvine, CA - BA in Studio Art Independent Study with John Paul Jones, UC Irvine, CA Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA - AA in Art University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Workshops and Extension Classes 2006 Japanese Woodblock, Richard Steiner, Marylhurst University., Lake Oswego, OR 2005 BareBonesArt, Printmaking In The Sun, Dan Weldon, Vancouver, WA 2004 Japanese Woodblock, Richard Steiner/Graham Scholes, Victoria, BC 1997 University of Oregon, Non-toxic Printmaking, Geo. Roberts, Boise St. U. 1996 Pacific NW College of Art, Traditional Japanese Woodblock, Y. Hiratsuka 1995 Summer Art Institute: Royal Nebeker 199 Mahaffey Fine Art: Lithography workshop, Mark Mahaffey. 1994 Summer Art Institute: Royal Nebeker & Squeak Carnwath, Mark Mahaffey. 1993 Pacific NW College of Art, Experimental Printmaking: Emily Ginsburg 1991-2 Pacific NW College of Art, Etching:Classes,2+terms:John Selected Solo Exhibitions 2012 Obfuscations & Illuminations, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2010 Vancouver’s Printmakers: Pressing the Boundaries, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA. Curated and participated 2007 New Ground: Painting with Intaglio Plates, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2004 New Impressions, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 2004 Rome-ing Abstractedly, Print Arts NW, Portland, OR 2002 El-ements: New Works, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 1999 Myth Adventures: New Works, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 1998 Myth Conceptions: Contemporary Allegories, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 1995 Olympus Today & Other Myths, Graven Images Gallery, Ashland, OR 1994 Olympus Today & Other Myths, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 1993 Works on and of Paper, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 1992 Cerro Coso Community College, College Gallery, Ridgecrest, CA Spirit Cards, Gallery 21, Vancouver, WA 1987 University of California, Women's Resource Center, Irvine, CA University of California, Administration Building, Irvine, CA Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Winged Messengers, Hahndorf Museum, South Australia 2007 - 2015 Group Exhibition, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2006 Then and Now, Print Arts NW, 25th Anniversary Exhibitor, Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR 2006 North Bank & Friends, Vancouver, WA 2006 BarenForum.Org, Summit Exhibition, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2005-6 North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2004-5 American Print Alliance, Theater of the Mind, travelling exhibition 2004 Washington State University, Vancouver, WA 2003 Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2002 David Young Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. June Curator: Gregory Robison Central Print Council of New Zealand, Wanganui, New Zealand, June 2-July 2 NY Fireman’s Benefit Portfolio. Exhibited, Arlington, NY, Illinois, Tampa Bay, FL Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR. Month of January 2001 Deschutes Library, Bend. OR ., May 1 - 31 Wish You Were Here, , Stocker Center Gallery, Elyria, OH May-June 2000 Festival des Artes, Ministry of Culture, Madrid, Spain. December, Invitational University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, Sept. - Dec. Beit_Gavriel, Israel, Nov. 20 - Dec. 31 1999 Children’s Museum, Portland, OR, Oct.- Dec. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 1 April - 1 June Seeing Money, Portland Old Town Arts &Culture Foundation, Portland, OR 12th Annual Womens Works,Woodstock, IL Juror: Judith Nagel Vancouver School of Arts/Academics, Vancouver, WA 1998 Pacific Intercultural Print Project, Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China Jury: Dr. Gordon Gilkey, Susan Filen-Yeh, Margaret Van Patten, Peter Parshall, Eric Dayton 1997 National Collage Society, Lorain Community College, Hudson OH, Jurors: Leslie Miller, James Mateer, Reid Wood. Summer Art at the Center, Juror: Prof. Lyle Matoush, Award. Traditions Unbound, Print Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ, B.B. Shaun, Juror Included in travelling exhibition. Women's Works, Woodstock, IL, Juror: Renie Breskin Adams, A.M. Award Print Art! , OR History Center, Portland, OR, Juror: Roberta Waddell NWPC Traveling Exhibition, Bellingham Public Library, Bellingham, Mass Traveling Exhibition, Ijira Art Museum, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Gallery Refusé Northwest Print Council, Portland, Oregon 1996 Group of Four Print Exhibition, Montage Gallery, Portland, OR NW Collage Society, Regional Exhibition, Tolles Gallery, Mercer Is., WA Oregon Dept. of Justice, NWPC Exhibition, Salem, OR 1996 Summertime: Images & Objects of Summer. Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ Patty Haberman, Curator. Juror's Award 1996 Art Makes the Difference, Transition Projects, Inc., Portland, OR 16th Annual Print Exhibition, Artlink, Ft. Wayne, IN Thomas Keesee, Judge Celebrate Women Artists, Clark College, Vancouver, WA Water Resources Center, Opening Show, Vancouver, WA 1995 Three Women and a Print, Montage Gallery, Portland, OR Northwest Print Council, Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA Fairbanks Art Association, Fairbanks, AK Society of American Graphic Artists, New York City, NY Northwest Print Council, Do Art Gallery, Beaverton, OR. 1995 National Collage Society/NW Region, Regional Exhibit, The Tolles Gallery, Mercer Island, WA. Juror: Don Fels. Award. Print Club of Albany, Triennial Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY Juror: Michael Di Cerbo. Northwest Print Council, Indigo Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR. Curator: Catherine Matthias Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Grand Opening Show, Stevenson, WA. Juror: Linda Brady Johnson National Collage Show, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH: Jurors: Reid Wood, Fred Leach, George Schroeder. Judge: Helen Cullinan. Hudson Society of Artists Award. 1994 Northwest Print Council, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA NCCS National Juried Show, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA Jurors: Joan Ross Blaedel, Lois Graham, Barbara Mack. Judge: Barbara Johns 1993 S.W. WA Exhibition, Olympia Museum, Olympia, WA Juror: James Archer Frank Witherspoon Printmakers Awards, Dome Gallery, New York, NY Jurors: Robert Birmelin and Robert Blackburn. Professional Experience ongoing Barebones Art, teaching printmaking, painting and drawing in private studio. 2006 Woodblock Poster for Politik, Left, Right & Center, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver WA 2005 Sailfish Arts Festival, Martin County Arts Council, Stuart, FL 2002 Beaverton Arts Commission, judge & juror, Beaverton Show Case Colored Pencil Society of American, Judge & juror National Show Carnegie Center. Art in the Pearl, etching demonstrations with water base intaglio ink Poster art work and layout, 9th Annual Vancouver Home & Garden Tour 2000 Campaign design, Campaign logo, YWCA, Calypso Nights, Vancouver, WA Slides of work used at Southern Graphics Council, Safety Panel, Miami, FL. 1999 Poster Design, dedication of Helen Shoen Center, Vancouver, WA 1998 Woodblock print Autumn Woman, chosen by SWIFT for Auction Campaign 1997 Graphic Design: Arts Crawl, Vancouver, WA NWPC Teacher's Symposium, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Instructor The Artist Within, Papermaking Class, C.A.C., Vancouver, WA. Instructor Portland Art Museum, Museum Family Sun., Children's workshop, Portland,OR 1996 WSU, ME students. Paper Maché for Primary Students, CAC, Vancouver, WA Teachers Symposium: NWPC, Instructor. Ainsworth Schl. Portland, OR Art in the Wild; Columbia Arts Center, Instructor. BG Lake State Park, WA New Artist Members Jury Committee: Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR Monotype demonstration: Burrough High School, Ridgecrest, CA. SEEP (Sand Canyon Environmental Education Program, Ridgecrest, CA Logo design for Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA Logo design for SW Washington Children's Theater, Vancouver, WA Mural Project, Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA. 1995 Art Thou Interested, Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA, Papermaking/ Collage instructor, one day workshop Columbia Arts Guild Third Annual Juried Art Show, Juror Arts Crawl, Downtown Vancouver, WA: Individual exhibitor & event consultant Papermaking Demonstration, North Clackamas Fine Arts Guild, Gladstone, OR Have a Heart Demonstration, Creative recycling, Downtown Vancouver Assn. 1994 Hidden House Art Competition, Vancouver Festival: organizer Camp Fire Girls & Boys, Studio Printmaking Demonstrations Private Individual Studio Instruction , on-going Image Elementary School, Vancouver, WA, Art History Experience 1993 High School Workshop Printmaking Instructor, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA (2 day workshop) Consultant: High School Workshop, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Woodblock demonstration Arts Crawl, Vancouver, WA, Woodblock demonstration 1992 Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR, Printmaking lecture/paper making demonstration Columbia Arts Guild, St. Helens, OR, Papermaking demonstration 1991 High School Workshop Printmaking Instructor, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA (2 day workshop) 1990 High School Workshop Printmaking Instructor, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA (2 day workshop included sessions for High School teachers.) 1887-9 Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA, Instructor: Printmaking and Basic Design 1987-9 St. Ann Elementary School, Ridgecrest, CA, Art Instructor l-6 Variety of Etching and Monotype workshops Collections Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Southern Graphics Council American Print Alliance National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, Vancouver, WA. Gilkey Print Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR John Gray Collection Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR Bachman Corporation, Ridgecrest, CA Oregon Wire, Portland, OR |
Bibliography Mouse Tracks, cover art and feature article, June 2002 The Spring Hill Review, cover art and feature article, November 2001 The Columbian, Many Trails Lead Artists to Vancouver, Kristine White, Oct. 20, 1997, Arts Crawl Supplement, Page 5 The Columbian, State of the Arts in Clark County, Mike Bailey, March 14, 1997 Page D 1 The Columbian, Circles and Lines, Etching by Vancouver Artist reflects Women's Work, Stephanie Thomson, March 7,1997 Page D1 The Columbian, Weekend Magazine, Local Artist in Portland Exhibit. Visual. Dec. 5, 1996 Page F6 Pen & Palette, Society of Washington Artists, Sept. 1996, page 4 The Working Proof, Northwest Print Council, Summer 1996, page 3 The Columbian, Artists' Escapes, Holly Johnson, Aug.11, 1996, page F 1-2 The Columbian, Window on the Arts, Mike Bailey, January 11, 1996, page B 1 The Columbian, Vanessa McVay, Home is where the Art is, Vancouver, WA, Feature article, April 9, 1995, page E 1. The Pen and Palette, Annette Chipman, Focus On . . Sharri LaPierre, Society of WA Artists Newsletter, Feature article, April 1995. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, Helen Cullinan, Collage Exhibition Exquisitely Elegant, March 4, 1995, page 8E The Columbian, Lynn Matthews, Third Thursday Art Walk, Vancouver, WA, June 14, 1994, page C 3 The Columbian, Jerry Rhodes, Portrait of Local Artists, Vancouver, WA, March 8 1993, page A9 The Daily Independent, Ridgecrest, CA, Susan de Geus, Music and Art: A Marriage Made in Heaven, January 29, 1988, page B3 The Daily Independent, Ridgecrest, CA Roselle Goza, Artist is Enjoying Instant Success, Oct. 29, 1987, page A7 Publications The Reflector, Getting to Know, February 14, 2007, Page A-3 The Columbian, Politik, Left, Right, Center, Life, November 2006 The Columbian, Theater of the Mind, Life, April 7, 2006 Vancouver Business Journal, A Best Kept Secret, December 2002 The Working Proof, A Year in the Life of NWPC, Winter, 1997 Vancouver Business Journal, Byline, The Columbia Arts Center is a Business Partnership. January 1996, Page 44. Professional Affiliations 1999-present Baren, internet woodblock organization 1999-present American Print Alliance, Secretary to Board of Directors 1999-present Southern Graphics Council 1995-present Friends of the Gilkey Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1995-present National Collage Society NW Region, Seattle, WA 1994-present Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA, Board of Directors, Vice President 1994-present National Collage Society, Hudson, OH. Signature Member 1993-present Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 1993-present Arts Council of Clark County, Vancouver, WA, past Board Member 1993-present Southwest WA Watercolor Society, Vancouver, WA 1992-present Print Arts NW, Portland, OR, Artist Member, Past President, Board member 1991-present Artist's Gallery 21,Vancouver, WA, Past President and Secretary 1991-present Society of Washington Artists, Vancouver, WA 1991-present Local Arts Promotion, Vancouver, WA, Founding Member 1990-present Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, WA, Board of Directors 1989 Assn. for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Ridgecrest, CA 1980-89 Hi Desert Council for the Arts, Ridgecrest, CA, various positions 1960-89 Desert Art League, Ridgecrest, CA, Board Member Current Gallery Affiliations North Bank Gallery, 1005 Main St., Vancouver, WA Print Arts Northwest, Multnomah Arts Center Portland, OR 97201 Website Affiliations www.Barebonesart.com www. printartsnw.org www. barenf orum.org www.northbankartistsgallery.org Sharri LaPierre 17002 N.E. 50th Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686 Tel: 360/ 574-3730 Fax: 218/594-3730 Mobile: 360/607-5314 sharrila@me.com |
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