Mandy Greer - Resume
education
The University of Washington, Seattle, WA
M.F.A./Ceramics, 1999
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
B.A./English, Cum Laude, 1996
B.F.A./Ceramics, Cum Laude, 1996
awards
4 Culture Special Projects Grant, Seattle, 2006
City Artists Grant, Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2006
Artist Trust/ Washington Arts Commission Fellowship, 2004
Cultural Development Authority of King County Arts Special Projects Grant, 2003, Seattle
4 Culture Gallery Award, 2003, Seattle
Jacob K. Javits National Graduate Fellowship, 1997-1999
Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, 1997, University of Washington
Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1996
Vince Dooley Art Scholarship, 1994, University of Georgia
public commission
Permanent sculptural installation for Children’s Center of the Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Central Public Library, 2005 – 2006
solo exhibitions
2007
“Parlor” – McLeod Residence, Seattle, Wa.
2006
“Small But Mighty Wandering Pearl” – Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, Wa. Funded by City Artists & 4Culture Grant
2004
“The Wolf Prince and Parrot Princess” – Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, Wa. Funded by CDA Grant
2003
“Sunshine and Shadow” – 4 Culture Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2000
“Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1999
“Repossession” – CMA Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1996
“Through the gross tedium of being rare” – The Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery, UGA, Athens, Georgia
juried exhibitions
2002
“Stranger and Co.” – CMA Gallery, Seattle, Wa.; Juror: Nicola Vruwink
2001
“Under Current/ Over View Annual” – The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fl.; Juror: Elaine Gustafson
2000
“2000 Pacific Northwest Annual” – Bellevue Art Museum , Bellevue, Wa.; Juror: Brian Wallace
1999
“The End: Northwest Biennial Competition” – The Tacoma Art Museum , Tacoma, Wa.; Juror: Fred Wilson
1998
“Small 3-D and Work on Paper” – Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, Wa.; Juror: Amy Hamblin
1997
“Art Attack!” – The Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Ga.; Juror: Horace Farlowe
1996
“1996 Monarch National Ceramic Competition” – Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, Al.
Juror: Toni Fountain Sikes
1995
“1995 Monarch National Ceramic Competition” – Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, Al.
Juror: Sandra J. Blain
1994
“Lyndon House Arts Center Clay Competition,” Athens, Ga. ; Juror Sandra J. Blain
1st Place Merit Award
1993
“XX Annual Lyndon House Arts Center Juried Exhibition”, Athens, Ga. ; Juror: Audrey Flack
2nd Place Merit Award
group exhibitions
2006
“Fabulandia” – The Lab, San Francisco, Ca.
“Softly Threatening” – Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa.
2005
“Soil Gallery, 10 Year Retrospective” – Soil Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2004
“Quiet Revolution” – Consolidated Works, Seattle, Wa.
“Girlie Fun Show” – Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa.
“The Ruffle – Decadent Vexation” – Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa. Co-curator
“Contra Naturum” – Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, Wa. Co-curator
2003
“Fashion is Art” – Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa. Curated by Thread for Art
“Ardent Labor” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa. Co-curator
“Coupling – Collaborative Works” – The CMA Gallery, UW, Seattle, Wa.
2002
“Boys Against Girls, Girls Against Boys” – The Nation Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
“Ryan Berg and Mandy Greer” – Ransom Art Center Gallery: Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fl.
2001
“Menagerie: Animal Imagery in Contemporary Ceramics” – Covivant Gallery, Tampa, Fl.
“Menagerie: A Collection in Clay @ The NCECA Conference – Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Dallas , NC.
“Husbands and Wives” – Kittredge Gallery: The University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wa.
“The Orange Blossom Queen: a Multimedia Group Exhibition” – Covivant Gallery, Tampa, Fl.
2000
“Good and Guilty” – Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa.
“Means/Ends: Plaster” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa. Show organizer
“Menagerie: Animal Imagery in Contemporary Ceramics” – Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa.
“Rosy” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1999
“The Commonplace: Four Artists Investigate the Ordinary” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa. Show organizer
“MFA 1999” – The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
“3-D: Sculpture Show” – Lead Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
“SOIL presents…” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1998
“Works in Progress Show” – Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
“Modeling Clay: Graduate Summer Works” – CMA Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
“Play/Things” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1997
“Vessels: Southern Expressions of an Art Form” – ArtWalk at Lenox Square, Atlanta, Ga.
“Group Show” – The Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
theater work
Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle, A Tale of Two Cities: Commissioned to create knitted/crochet/braided ‘blood, wine, Mm. DeFarge’s knitted register” and special costume design, Feb. 2007
selected bibliography
DeVuono, Frances. “Review: High Tech vs. Home Ec … “ Artweek (California), November 2006.
DeVuono, Frances. “Review: Venus, Cupid … “ Artweek (California), November 2000.
Farr, Sheila. “Quiet Revolution: Reflections of Instinct…” Seattle Times (Washington), Nov. 5, 2004
Golub, Adrienne M. “Viva Covivant” The Weekly Planet (Florida), April 2001.
Golub, Adrienne M. “Visual Body Surfing” The Weekly Planet (Florida), August 2001.
Hackett, Regina. “Priceless Works Gallery…” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), April 23, 2004
Hackett, Regina. “The Ordinary” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), March 15, 1999.
Hackett, Regina. “Nature Becomes Artificial…” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), Nov. 14, 2003
Hackett, Regina. “Quiet Revolution Triumphs” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), Oct. 27,2004
Hall, Emily. “The Artist, the Princess, the Wolf” The Stranger (Washington), April 22, 2004
Hall, Emily. “Mandy Greer: Artist Bio” The Stranger (Washington), August 31, 2000.
Hall, Emily. “Stranger Suggests: Sunshine and Shadow” The Stranger (Washington), April 3, 2003
Hall, Emily. “Stranger Suggests: Ardent Labor” The Stranger (Washington), July 31, 2003
Hammer, Esther. “Local Artists Showcased” The Tampa Tribune (Florida), July 19, 2001.
Hawkins, John. “Art Picks” The Flagpole Magazine (Georgia), June 12, 1996.
Jones, Rosemary. “Soil…” Capitol Hill Times (Washington), September 27, 2000.
Kurtz, Katie. “Fabulandia:Fauna” The San Francisco Bay Guardian (California), Jan 25-31, 2006
Kangas, Matthew. “Last Call at the Mall” Seattle Times (Washington), August 11, 2000.
Marger, Mary Ann. “Show of Area Artists…” St. Petersburg Times (Florida), July 29, 2001.
Postell, Robin. “On the Town” The Athens Daily News (Georgia), November 18, 1994.
Rose, Cynthia. “Soil’s Seasonal Show” The Seattle Times (Washington), December 10, 1998.
Rose, Cynthia. “In the Pink…Rosy” The Seattle Times (Washington), March 2, 2000.
Rose, Cynthia. “Creatures of Clay” The Seattle Times (Washington), March 17, 2000.
Rose, Cynthia. “Get Plastered” The Seattle Times (Washington), April 7, 2000.
White, Susan. “The Jury is in …” The Flagpole Magazine (Georgia), May 5, 1993.
Wagonfeld, Judy. “Artists Dress Up Our Fears…” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington), Oct. 29, 2004
publications
Howard, Rhonda Lane. Fashion is Art, Seattle: THREAD FOR ART, 2003.
Sikes, Toni Fountain. The Best of New Ceramic Art, Madison: THE GUILD, 1997.
Nakamura, Yuki. Soil: Artist-Run Gallery, 1995-2005, Seattle: SOIL PUBLICATIONS, 2005
video
Rose, Cynthia (producer). “Mandy Greer: Creatures” MuchaCreative.com, Seattle, 2001.
special studies
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; June 24 – July 3, 1996
-UGA Workshop Scholarship student
UGA at Cortona, Italy Studies Abroad Program (Art); Spring 1995
-Cortona Scholarship student
UGA at Oxford, England Studies Abroad Program (English); Summer 1993
professional experience
Juror, visiting artist and lecturer, Eastern Washington University, 2005
Juror, University of Washington ceramics dept. undergraduate show, CMA Gallery, 2003
Visiting artist and lecturer, The University of Georgia, 2000
Soil, Artists Cooperative member, Seattle, Wa. 1999 – 2000
Visiting artist and lecturer , Western Washington University, 1999
private collections or commissions
Gail Christianer, Seattle
Rhonda Howard, Seattle
Phyllis Klein, Sarasota
Ben and Aileen Krohn, Seattle
Stephen Lyons and John Jenkins, III, Seattle
Dr. Jerry Slipman, Seattle
Jim Young and Carol Marlow, Seattle