Marie Gagnon
gagnonart (at) gmail (dot) com
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
The Space Between - Blindfold Gallery, Seattle WA
2011
Painter - Vermillion, Seattle WA
Untitled - Sole Repair, Seattle WA
Untitled - Stronghold Artist Community, Seattle WA
Everything Changes - Burk Gallery, Seattle WA
Bleeding Vessels - Hopvine, Seattle WA
Explorations of the Viaduct, Gallery 4500, Seattle WA
Bleeding Vessels - The Cask, West Seattle WA
2010
Bleeding Vessels - Windermere, West Seattle, WA
2001
C'est Moi - C’est My Vie - Babeland Gallery, Seattle WA
1999
Retrospective - Arts Alive Gallery, Springfield MA
1998
Alteridem - In Boston Gallery, Portsmouth NH
New Works - Ceres Gallery, Portsmouth NH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Conversations in Paint: Danielson, Hamje and Gagnon – curated by Gagnon -Vermillion, Seattle WA
Outside Notions of Antartica - Under the Bed Gallery - McMurdo, Antartica
2011
Invitational Exhibition, - curated by Nancy Hammer - BallardWorks, Seattle WA
619@306 - curated by Nichole DeMent - Rock/DeMent, Seattle WA
619: 30 Years of Anarchy - curated by Willow Fox - Trabant, Seattle WA
Gallery (206) - Pioneer Square public art installation, Seattle WA
Seattle - Coastal Kitchen, Seattle WA
2010
Y(art) Sale - Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle WA
You Carry Your Weight Well - photo/video project – Frisbie St. Gallery, Oakland, CA
Meet-Greet-Rinse-Repeat – curated by Troy Gua - Monarch Contemporary, Seattle WA
2009
Seattle Erotic Art Festival - curated by Claire Johnson – Seattle Center, Seattle WA
2008
Forgotten Works 8th Annual Challenge – 30 ptgs/ 30 days – TK Building, Seattle WA
The Guys We Would Fuck – curated by Nayland Blake - Monya Rowe Gallery, New York NY
Seattle Erotic Art Festival - juried show – Seattle Center, Seattle WA
2007
Forgotten Works 7th Annual Challenge - 30 ptgs/ 30 days - OK Gallery, Seattle WA
2006
Spirituality through the Lens of LGBT Culture & Thought - LGBT Comm. Center, Seattle WA
2005
Prix Fixe - performance piece for SEAF - Conworks, Seattle, WA
1996
Thesis - The Gallery, Durham NH
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EDUCATION
Expressive Drawing for the Advanced Artist, Intensive – Gage Academy, Seattle WA – Jan 2001
University Of New Hampshire - Durham, NH - BFA, Summa Cum Laude - 1996
Rivier College - Nashua, NH - AA in Studio Art - 1990
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AWARDS/RECOGNITION
January 2012 - Paintings selected to be featured in an upcoming 2013 HBO pilot “The Corrections
June 2011 - Stronghold Artist Grant
1995 - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, UNH
1994/95 and 1995/96 - Elizabeth Jones Scholarship
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PANELS/LECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Panelist - Environmental Issues as Public Art, Seattle Girls School - Seattle, WA - March 2011
Panelist on gender for a class on Multi-Cultural Communication at SCCC - Seattle, WA - May 2010
Panelist - On Erotic Art - Seattle Erotic Art Show, Conworks - Seattle, WA - May 2006
Jurist - Seattle Erotic Art Show - Seattle, WA - January 2006
Panelist - Leadership As Service - LLC - New York, NY - April 2006
Summer A.I.R. Youth Camp, Rochester, NH - visiting artist - Summer 1997
Brown Bag Series Gallery Talks, The Art Gallery – Durham, NH - May 1996
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PRESS
February 2012 - The Stranger - “Currently Hanging/Happening: Gay Marriage in WA State and John Singer Sargent”
November 2011 - Seattle Art Bloc - “Visions of Absolution”
June 2011 - Seattle Art Bloc - “At the Apex of Civilization”
March 2011 - Seattle Magazine, page 131, full page image
January 2011 - Real Change Newspaper, January 12, 2011 issue (front cover)
November 2010 - Joey Veltkamp’s Guide to First Thursday Art Walk
August 2010 - The Stranger’s Slog, Jen Graves
June 2009 - The Stranger’s “Currently Hanging”
January 2009 - Jen Graves “Closer Than Ever”
