Wendy Orville
EDUCATION
| 1984 | Yale University, New Haven, CT – BA (Fine Arts) |
| 1994 | The American University, Washington, DC – MFA (Painting) |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle WA—Upcoming Exhibit, August |
| 2022 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA—Wendy Orville: Skying|Recent Monotypes |
| 2019 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA—WENDY ORVILLE: above and below|Recent Monotypes |
| 2016 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—Wendy Orville: Refuge: Recent Monotypes |
| 2014 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—Wendy Orville: Sightlines |
| 1990 | Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT—Intimate Spaces: Landscapes |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 | Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA—Winter Offerings: A Group Exhibition Aurora Loop Gallery, Port Townsend, WA—Process |
| 2022 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—Unique Impressions: International Monoprint & Monotype Invitational 2022 |
| 2020 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational 2020, Co-curated by Thea Quiray Tagle and Sam Davidson |
| 2019 | Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA—Printmaking Exhibition—Selections from Singular and Serial: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint |
| 2019 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA—Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational 2019 |
| 2017 | Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA—Making Our Mark: Art by Pratt Teaching Artists Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—Revering Nature Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA—Inkgarden Exhibition |
| 2014 | Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA—Ink This! Contemporary Print Arts in the Northwest Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA—To Be Alone Together |
| 2013 | Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—First Light: Group Exhibition Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—Bainbridge in Bloom |
| 2012 | Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA—The Printmaker’s Hand, Juror, Sam Davidson Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—Bainbridge in Bloom |
| 2011 | Poly Arts Centre, Southwest Cornwall, UK—A4Printmakers International Competition Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Annual Small Works Exhibition Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—2011 Printmaking Invitational |
| 2010 | Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA—10: Seattle Print Arts 2010 Anniversary Exhibit Juror, Michael Darling, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum |
| 2009 | Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—The Miniature Show Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Printmaking 2009 |
| 2007 | Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Printmaking 2007 |
| 2006 | Creativity Center, Bainbridge Island, WA —Visual Arts Award Exhibit Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Printmaking 2006 |
| 1999 | Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA—Seattle Print Art Exhibit |
| 1998 | Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA—Pratt Faculty Exhibit Washington Trade Center, Seattle, WA—A Community of Printmakers |
| 1997 | Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA—Invitational Faculty Exhibit |
| 1995 | Slingshot, Santa Fe, NM—Slingshot ‘95 Gallery Elena, Taos, NM—Fantasy of Toys |
| 1994 | The Plum Tree Gallery, Pilar, NM—The Gorge Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC—MFA Thesis Exhibit Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC—Eight in Dialog |
| 1993 | Consortium of Universities, Washington, DC—Invitational Group Exhibit Art Age No. 1, Jersey City, NJ—Source/Resource Collins Petit Gallery, Taos, NM—The Infinite Landscape: 14 Views of a Familiar Subject |
| 1992 | Bowery Gallery, New York, NY—National Juried Competition Barbershop Gallery, Taos, NM—Wendy Orville: Monoprints Barbershop Gallery, Taos, NM—Small Works Show |
| 1991 | Fuller Lodge Art Gallery, Los Alamos, NM—Art in New Mexico 1991 |
| 1990 | Civic Plaza, Taos, NM—Taos Today Show (Special Commendation) Art Space, New Haven, CT—New Work/New Haven Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT—Intimate Spaces: Landscape |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tom McDonald, Process Exhibit at Aurora Loop Gallery, Art Access, August 2023.
Tom McDonald, A Toast to Sam Davidson, Art Access, June 2023.
Seidl / Stewart Video Productions, Commissioned by Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, Wendy Orville: Inside the Artist’s Studio, video and article, September 4, 2021.
Four Seasons Magazine, Micro-Explorers: You don’t have to travel far to travel deep, Issue 2, 2020.
The Hand: The Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art, Issue 29, August 2020.
Catherine Kernan and Ashley Rooney, Singular and Serial:Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint, Schiffer Publishing LTD. 2019. Book featuring monotypes by Wendy Orville.
Stefan Milne, 13 Seattle Events to Catch this April, Seattle Met Magazine, 3/26/2019
T.S Flock, First Thursday Art Walk Guide: April 2019, Vanguard Seattle, 4/4/2019
Miranda Metcalf, Episode Eleven|Wendy Orville, Podcast and Article, pine|copper|lime, 3/27/2019
The Stranger, * Wendy Orville: above& below, Recommended, April, 2019
Bill Galvani, First Impressions- The Process of Printmaker Wendy Orville, Bainbridge Magazine, Summer 2019
Iskra Johnson, Artists I Love: Wendy Orville Upcoming at Davidson Galleries, March, 2019
Nick Twietmeyer, Wendy Orville: The Art of Monotype, Bainbridge Review, 5/23/2017
Shelly Leavens, Deep Cuts, Episode 13: A reflection of who we have been, who we want to be, Meural, 8/9/2016
Donna DeShazo, Wendy Orville’s monoprints may look like photographs, but… Contemporary QuiltArt Association, 2/25/2015
Emma Levitt, To Be Alone Together: Studio Visit with Wendy Orville, Museum of Northwest Art, November, 2014
Claire Reiner, Pioneer Square Art Walk: February 2014, Vanguard Seattle, 2/11/2014
Michael UpChurch, Changes at Davidson Galleries, The Seattle Times, 3/10/2014
Gary Matoso, Artist Interview, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Video, 2012
Lori Kane and Bas de Baar, Wendy Orville and Doug Nathan: Finding Joy in the Ordinary, Different Work: Moving from I Should to I Love my Work, 2012
Lindsay Latimore Masters, Keeping the Good Work Rolling, Bainbridge Island Review, Oct. 2007
Regina Hackett, Seattle Print Arts Survey Keeps the Audience on it’s Toes, Seattle Post Intelligencer, 1/27/2006
Richard Tobin, Short Reviews, The Magazine, October, 1995
Rick Romancito, Slingshot Hits a Bulls Eye, The Taos News, 7/20/1995
Maxine Olderman, The Spare Landscape Evokes Emotion, The New Haven Register, 11/26/ 1989
GRANTS & AWARDS
Individual Artist Grant, Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, 2021
CAFNW Grant, Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest, 2014
Merit Award, The Printmaker’s Hand, Juror: Sam Davidson, 2012
Visual Arts Award, Creativity Cente, 2006r
Full Merit Fellowship, The American University, 1992-1994
Painting Residency, Merit Fellowship Vermont Studio Center , 1993
Yale Club of New Haven Scholar, 1984
Allan M.Bateman Award, Yale University, 1984
PRESENTATIONS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Panel Discussion, A Converation with Elizabeth Davidson, Moderated By Chief Curator Greg Robinson & Artist Wendy Orville, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, November 2022
Printmaking Demo, Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Seattle Print Arts, July 2019
Demo and Walk-through, Davidson Galleries, April 2019
Guest Artist, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Meet the Artist, Printmaking Demo, March, 2017
Lecture/Presentation, Woodward Middle School, Inspire, March, 2017
Teaching Artist, Seattle Museum of Art, Press & Print: Demo & Workshop, July, 2016
Guest Artist, North Seattle College, March, Lecture/Presentation, Contemporary Quilt Art Association, Seattle Pacific University, February, 2015
Panel Discussion, “Eavesdropping on Artists,” Museum of Northwest Art, November, 2014
Lecture/Presentation, Woman Painters of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, October, 2014
Introduction/Presentation, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, March 15, 2013
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Centrum Artist-in-Residence, Fellowship, Port Townsend, WA, 2014
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Full Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont, 1994
TEACHING
Inkgarden Studios, Bainbridge Island, WA, Owner, Artist and Educator, 2004-Present
Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), Monotype Workshops, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2018-Present
Creativity and Mindfulness: The Art of Noticing and Befriending the Ordinary, co-teaching with Janet Currey, 2021-Present
ABC Atelier, Monotype & Calligraphy, co-taught with Massimo Polello, Turin, Italy, 2019
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, WA, Mentor/Instructor, 2016-2017
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, Printmaking Instructor, 1996-2000
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Artist in Residence, 1997-1999
Antioch University, Seattle, WA, Graduate Advisor, 1997-1999
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, Drawing and Painting Instructor, 1997-1998
The American University, Washington DC, Graduate Teaching Assistant,1993-1994
Indiana University, Bloomington, Associate Instructor of Painting and Drawing, 1987-1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Board Member, 2018-present
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Co-chair, Acquistion and Exhibition Committee, 2018-2021
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Education Committee Member, 2015-present
Seattle Print Arts, Member, 2000-present
Southern Graphics Council International, Member, 2018-present
Seattle Art Museum, Member, 2001-present
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
EDUCATION
| Yale University, New Haven, CT – BA (Fine Arts) | 1984 |
| The American University, Washington, DC – MFA (Painting) | 1994 |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—WENDY ORVILLE: above & below | recent monotypes. Solo Exhibition | 2019 |
| Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA—Making Our Mark: Art by Pratt Teaching Artists Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—Revering Nature Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA—Inkgarden Exhibition |
2017 |
| Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—Wendy Orville: Refuge: Recent Monotypes. Solo Exhibition | 2016 |
| Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA—Ink This! Contemporary Print Arts in the Northwest Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA—To Be Alone Together Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA—Wendy Orville: Sightlines. Solo Exhibition |
2014 |
| Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—First Light: Group Exhibition Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—Bainbridge in Bloom Exhibition |
2013 |
| Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA—The Printmaker’s Hand, Juror, Sam Davidson Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA—Bainbridge in Bloom Exhibition |
2012 |
| Poly Arts Centre, Southwest Cornwall, UK—A4Printmakers International Competition Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Annual Small Works Exhibition Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—2011 Printmaking Invitational |
2011 |
| Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA—10: Seattle Print Arts 2010 Anniversary Exhibit Juror, Micheal Darling, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum |
2010 |
| Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—The Miniature Show Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Printmaking 2009 |
2009 |
| Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Printmaking 2007 | 2007 |
| Creativity Center, Bainbridge Island, WA —Visual Arts Award Exhibit Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA—Printmaking 2006 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA—Seattle Print Art Exhibit |
2006 |
| Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA—Printmaking Invitational | 1999 |
| Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA—Pratt Faculty Exhibit Washington Trade Center, Seattle, WA—A Community of Printmakers |
1998 |
| Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA—Invitational Faculty Exhibit | 1997 |
| Slingshot, Santa Fe, NM—Slingshot ‘95 Gallery Elena, Taos, NM—Fantasy of Toys |
1995 |
| The Plum Tree Gallery, Pilar, NM—The Gorge Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC—MFA Thesis Exhibit Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC—Eight in Dialog |
1994 |
| Consortium of Universities, Washington, DC—Invitational Group Exhibit Art Age No. 1, Jersey City, NJ—Source/Resource Collins Petit Gallery, Taos, NM—The Infinite Landscape: 14 Views of a Familiar Subject |
1993 |
| Bowery Gallery, New York, NY—National Juried Competition Barbershop Gallery, Taos, NM—Marc Baseman/Wendy Orville Barbershop Gallery, Taos, NM—Small Works Show |
1992 |
| Fuller Lodge Art Gallery, Los Alamos, NM—Art in New Mexico 1991 | 1991 |
| Civic Plaza, Taos, NM—Taos Today Show (Special Commendation) | 1990 |
| Art Space, New Haven, CT—New Work/New Haven Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT—Intimate Spaces: Landscapes |
1989 |
| Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA—Faculty Exhibit | 1984 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
|
Catherine Kernan and Ashley Rooney, Singular and Serial: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint, Schiffer Publishing LTD. 2019. Book featuring monotypes by Wendy Orville. Stefan Milne, 13 Seattle Events to Catch this April, Seattle Met Magazine, 3/26/2019 T.S Flock, First Thursday Art Walk Guide: April 2019, Vanguard Seattle, 4/4/2019 Miranda Metcalf, Episode Eleven|Wendy Orville, Podcast and Article, pine|copper|lime, 3/27/2019 The Stranger, * Wendy Orville: above& below, Recommended, April, 2019 Bill Galvani, First Impressions- The Process of Printmaker Wendy Orville, Bainbridge Magazine, Summer 2019 Iskra Johnson, Artists I Love: Wendy Orville Upcoming at Davidson Galleries, March, 2019 |
2019 |
| Nick Twietmeyer, Wendy Orville: The Art of Monotype, Bainbridge Review, 5/23/2017 | 2017 |
| Shelly Leavens, Deep Cuts, Episode 13: A reflection of who we have been, who we want to be, Meural, August 9 | 2016 |
| Donna DeShazo, Wendy Orville’s monoprints may look like photographs, but…, Contemporary QuiltArt Association, February 25 | 2015 |
| Emma Levitt, To Be Alone Together: Studio Visit with Wendy Orville Museum of Northwest Art, November Claire Reiner, Pioneer Square Art Walk: February 2014, Vanguard Seattle, February 11 Michael UpChurch, Changes at Davidson Galleries, The Seattle Times, March 10 |
2014 |
| Kristin Tollefson, Arts Mentorship Program Spreads New Wings, Currents, Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, Spring Edition | 2013 |
| Gary Matoso, Artist Interview, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Video Lori Kane and Bas de Baar, Wendy Orville and Doug Nathan: Finding Joy in the Ordinary, Different Work: Moving from I Should to I Love my Work Joanne Brody, Cloudspotting and Monoprint Magic, October 10 |
2012 |
| Martin Handdruck, Tree Monotype Prints by Wendy Orville, How to Draw a Tree, howtodrawatree.com | 2011 |
| Lindsay Latimore Masters, Keeping the Good Work Rolling, Bainbridge Island Review, October 17 | 2007 |
| Regina Hackett, Seattle Print Arts Survey Keeps the Audience on it’s Toes, Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 27 | 2006 |
| Richard Tobin, Short Reviews, The Magazine, October Rick Romancito, Slingshot Hits a Bulls Eye, The Taos News, July 20 |
1995 |
| Tom Collins, Marc Baseman/Wendy Orville at the Barber Shop Gallery, The Magazine, July | 1992 |
| Maxine Olderman, The Spare Landscape Evokes Emotion, The New Haven Register, November 26 | 1989 |
PRESENTATIONS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS
| Printmaking Demo, Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, sponsored by Seattle Print Arts, July 2019 Printmaking Demo, Davidson Galleries, April 2019 |
2019 |
| Guest Artist, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Meet the Artist and Printmaking Demo, March Lecture/Presentation, Woodward Middle School, Inspire, March |
2017 |
| Teaching Artist, Seattle Museum of Art, Press & Print: Drop In Studio Demo & Workshop, July | 2016 |
| Guest Artist, North Seattle College, March Lecture/Presentation, Contemporary Quilt Art Association, Seattle Pacific University, February 14 |
2015 |
| Panel Discussion, “Eavesdropping on Artists,” Museum of Northwest Art, November 1 Lecture/Presentation, Woman Painters of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, October 9 |
2014 |
| Introduction/Presentation, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, March 15 | 2013 |
GRANTS & AWARDS
| Centrum Artist Residency, Port Townsend, WA CAFNW Grant, Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest |
2014 |
| Merit Award, The Printmaker’s Hand, Juror: Sam Davidson |
2012 |
| Visual Arts Award, Creativity Center | 2006 |
| Full Merit Fellowship, The American University | 1994 |
| Painting Residency Merit Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center | 1993 |
| Yale Club of New Haven Scholar, Allan M .Bateman Award, Yale University | 1984 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Inkgarden Studios, Bainbridge Island, WA Owner, Artist and Educator |
2004-present |
| Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Printmaking Instructor |
1996-2000 |
| Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Artist in Residence. Designed and taught workshops to children and teenagers incorporating museum collection into curriculum. |
1997-1999 |
| Antioch University, Seattle, WA Graduate Advisor. Counseled independent studies student for Bachelor of Arts Degree |
1997-1999 |
| Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA Drawing and Painting Instructor |
1996 |
| The American University, Washington DC Graduate Teaching Assistant |
1993-1994 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Associate Instructor of Painting and Drawing |
1987-1988 |
| Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum Education Assistant |
1986 |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Board Member | 2018-present |
| Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Co-chair, Acquisition and Exhibition Committee | 2018-present |
| Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Education Committee Member | 2015-present |
| Seattle Print Arts, Member | 2000-present |
| Capital Campaign, Co-Lead Arts Team, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | 2012-2013 |
| Southern Graphics Council International, Member | 2018-present |
GALLERY AFFILIATION
| Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA |
