John Grade
Born: Minneapolis, 1970.  Resides: Seattle.
Education: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. (B.F.A., 1992)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013   Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2012   Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
           Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA.
           Horizon House, Seattle, WA.
           Keller Auditorium (OBT Collaboration), Portland OR.
2011   Gallerie Ateliers L’H Du Siege, Acte de Naissance, Valenciennes, France.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2010   Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, New York, NY.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           Installation: Foret Scarpe Escaut la Region Nord Pas-de-Calais, France.
2009   Fabrica, Brighton, UK.
           Installation: Bitterlake Reservoir, Seattle, WA.
           University Wyoming Gallery, Laramie, WY.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA.
2008   Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA. Catalog.             
           Suyama Space, Seattle, WA. Catalog.       
2007   Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2006   Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.                 
2005   King County Performance Network, King County, WA.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2004   Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID. Catalog.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2003   Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2002   Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2000   Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR.
           King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013   McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC.
           Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA.
           Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
2012   Mana Contemporary, Newark, NJ.
2011   Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
2010   American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
           Western Washington University Museum, Bellingham, WA. Catalog.
2009   Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland.
           Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA.
           Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID.
           Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA. Catalog.
2007   Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. Catalog.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2006   SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Catalog.
           John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
           Aqua Art, Miami, FL.
2005   Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA. Catalog.
           San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           Aqua Art, Miami, FL.
2004   Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
           San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
2003   John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
           San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
2002   Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY. Catalog.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA. Catalog.
           San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
2001   Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
2000   Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. Catalog.
           Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR.
           Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
           Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA. Catalog.
1999   Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA. (Best of show award).
           Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA.
           Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.

AWARDS

NATIONAL AWARDS:

2010   Metcalf Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
           Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation New York, NY.
              (also Awarded in 2005).
2005   Grant, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY. Catalogue.
2004   Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY.
1988   National Talent Search Foundation Full-Tuition Scholarship, Pratt Institute,
           Brooklyn, NY

REGIONAL AWARDS:

2011   Arlene Schnitzer Prize, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
           Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.

LOCAL AWARDS:

2011   Fellowship, Artist Trust Foundation, WA.
              (also Awarded in 2002).
           Grant, 4Culture, King County Artist Project Program, WA.
              (also Awarded in 2010, 2008, 2007, and 2004).
2010   Grant, City of Seattle, City Artists Program, Seattle, WA.
              (also Awarded in 2009, 2008, 2005, and 2004).
           Grant, Artist Trust, GAP Program, Seattle, WA.
              (also Awarded in 2007, 2004, and 1999).
1994   Grant, Middleditch Graduation Travel Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1992   Departmental Distinction for Achievement in Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

RESIDENCIES

2013   Kohler Arts/Industry Program, foundry, Sheboygan, WI.
2010   L’H Du Siege, Valenciennes, France.
           Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA.
2009   MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
2007   National Park Service, Grand Canyon, North Rim, AZ.
           MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. (Gottlieb Foundation Endowed Fellowship).
2006   Espy Foundation, Oysterville, WA.
2005   Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland.
           Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA. (Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship).
2003   J M Kohler Arts Center and Foundry, Arts/Industry Program, Sheboygan, WI.

SELECTED REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

2013   Claire Van Ryzin, Jeanne. “New Museum Director Envisions Art Beyond
           Museum Walls”, Austin American Statesman. (April 6).
           Jones, Jenny. “Sculpture Design Blends Engineering with Artistry”,
           Civil Engineering Magazine. (January 29).
           Silver, Jon. “Wawona Sculpture a tall engineering order”, Daily Journal
           Commerce, (Feb 14).
2012   Blomgren, Hans-Erik. “Realizing the Wawona Sculpture”, Arcade, (Fall 2012).
           Berner, Alan. “A soaring Sculpture’s Salvaged History”, Seattle Times,
              (July 26, cover page).
           Durrell, Jane. “Atlanta – John Grade: Emory University” Sculpture, (May).
           Gawlowski, Danny. “John Grade’s Wawona Sculpture Installed at MOHAI: Spectacular
              Sculpture Rises Sea to Sky Through MOHAI’s New South Lake Union Site”,
              Seattle Times, (October 27) B1.
           Halverson, Matthew. “The Disappearing Man: John Grade, Sculptor”,
              Seattle Met, (October).
           Hughley, Marty. “The Body beautiful: Portland Celebrates the Human Form
              with Art and Dance”, Oregoian, (October 5).
           Jackson, Tom. “Wawona”, WoodenBoat (March/April: Issue 225).
           Scott, Aaron. “Forest For The Trees: OBT’s The Body Beautiful”,
              Portland Monthly, (October 9).
           Thomas, Catherine. “There Are Gods on Display at Oregon Ballet”,
              Oregonian, (October 14).
           West, Martha Ullman. “OBT: Bodies Beautiful, Taken in Flight”,
              Oregon Arts Watch, (October 15).
2011   Adams, Anne. “PAM Awards John Grade”, Portland Monthly (June).
           Beal, Suzanne. “Seattle: Reclaiming Place and Nature”, Art Ltd. (May).
           Buckley, Annie. “Art and Ecology: Raising Environmental Awareness Through Art “,
            Huffington Post. (May 15).
           Charvet, Celia. “Une Sculpture Disparait”, La Chasse: John Grade, (plaquette),
            Acte de Naissance publishers, France. Translation: English, Neerlandais.
           Cochran, Rebecca Dimling. “Environmental Artist John Grade Uses Plastic Bottles,
            Volunteers to Build Emory Sculptures”,  ArtsCriticATL. (November 11).
           Gontier, Fabrice. “La Chasse, Une Oeuvre Au Noir Nee Des Bois”,
            Le Journal Metropole. (February 9).
           Jahn, Jeff. “John Grade Wins Schnitzer Prize” Port. (June 18).
           Judd, Ron. “Art of Decay: Harnessing the Thrill of Serendipity” Seattle Times,
            Photo and video gallery by Seattle Times staff photographer Alan Berner.
            (Sunday May 29, Front page).
           Laing-Malcolmson, Bonnie.  “John Grade: Contemporary northwest Art Awards
            2011”,Exhibition Catalog, Published by the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
           Labarre, Suzanne. “Ghostly Art Installation Haunts a French Forest”. CoDesign.
           Launay, Francois. “Exposition de John Grade à l’H du Siège”, Television Citoyenne
            (Canal), Valenciennes, France. (Jan 12).
           Lee, Soo Kyoung. “La Chasse 전체페이지보기,” Art Vent (Korea), (February).
           Miller, Matthew. “The Hidden Half Round” That Last Landscape,
            (Word Press), (Jan 20).
           Million, Jayme. “John Grade: La Chasse (The Hunt)”. DesignBoom, (Jan 7).
           Schnoor, Chris. “Beauty and the Beast: Northwest Environmental Art at BAM”,
            Boise Weekly, (Feb 2).
           Schnoor, Chris. “Q and A with Artist John Grade”, Boise Weekly, (Feb 2).
           Speer, Richard. “Seattle Sculptor John Grade Wins Contemporary Northwest
            Art Awards”, Willamette Week. (June 20).
           Stabler, David. “Portland Art Museum’s Schnitzer Prize goes to Seattle artist
            John Grade”, Oregonian, (June 20).
           Stabler, David. “Artist Employs Nature in His Work”, Oregonian, (July 17).
           Waterman, Ben. “A System of Generosity: John Grade’s Sculpture Circuit”,
            Ceramics Monthly, (March).
           Watts, Michael. “Seattle on a High”, Conde Nast Traveller (July),
            Photography: Matthew Buck.
2010   Clark-Langager, Sarah. “Messengers in the Northwest”. Critical Messages
            exhibition catalog, University of Washington press, Seattle, WA.
           Faigin, Gary. “John Grade at Davidson Gallery” Artdish, September.
           Faigin, Gary and Richards, Jeremy. “Sculptures Built to Decay”,
            KUOW Presents (NPR), (Sept 16).
           Grade, John. “Collector & the Elephant Bed”, Arcade, (Sept).
           Graves, Jen. “The Things He Carries”, Stranger, (April 8).
           Harper, Glenn. “Scultura spogliata: scorticata, defomata, estaniata”,
            Quando è Scultura, Venice & École des Hautes Études, Paris.
            Et.al publishers, Milan.
           Kangas, Matthew. “John Grade: Davidson Galleries”, Art in America, (November).
           Kepferle, Amy. “Bloom: A Case For Impermanence”, Cascadia Weekly (April 7).
           Корсакова, Мария. “ИСКУССТВО И ДЕГРАДАЦИЯ” Domus # 28 Moscow, (Sept).
           Koplos, Janet.“Anticipation and Letting Go: John Grade”, Sculpture, (December).
           Ramljak, Suzanne. “John Grade: Engineering Entropy”, American Craft, (Oct).
           Schnoor, Christopher. “Profile: John Grade”, Art Lmt, (March).
           Warssam, Nancy. “Artist John Grade will hand over his ‘Circuit’ to nature”,
            Seattle Times (Sept 23).
2009   Buckley, Annie. “The Collector: New Naturalism”, Wild Blue Yonder (July).
           Cave, Emma. “John Grade: The Elephant Bed”, Brighton Fusion, Brighton, UK.
            (July).
           Davis, Brangien. “Datebook: Lip Service”, Seattle (July).
           Liu, Marian. “Identity, Refuge and Word of Mouth”, Seattle Times (May 7).
           Matilsky, Barbara. “Making Art New: Form and Process” Out of Bounds exhibition
            catalog, Whatcom Museum and Marquand Books Inc., Seattle, WA.
           Sheerin, Martin. “Ice Age Bacteria Invades Fabrica Gallery”, Culture 24,
            Brighton, UK. (July 16).
           Vinh, Tan. “Shedding Light on Art”, Seattle Times (Dec. 10).
           Worssam, Nancy. “Exhibit, Like New Museum, Breaks Boundaries”,
            Seattle Times (December 10).
2008   Beal, Suzanne. “John Grade: Lived History in Sculpture”, Sculpture (December).
           Catalani, Stefano. “The Natural Course of Things”, Dis/integration exhibition
            catalog, Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Arts Museum, 80 pgs.
           Devuono, Frances. “Seeps of Winter” exhibition catalog, Seattle, WA: Suyama
            Space.
           Farr, Sheila. “Hot ticket: John Grade at Suyama Space”, Seattle Times (March 21).
           Freewater, Milton. “Travel Documents”, Art Access (September).
           Graves, Jen. “The Roaming Sculptures of John Grade”, The Stranger
            (January 23).
           Graves, Jen. “Art Review: Active Persistence”, The Stranger (November 27).
           Grant, Adriana. “Seeps of Winter Could Make You Sick”, Seattle Weekly (Feb. 13).
           Grant, Adriana.  “Furry Squeeze”, Seattle Weekly (October 2).
           Hackett, Regina. “Best Bet: John Grade”, Seattle PI (March 21).
           Hackett, Regina. “John Grade and Wade Kavanaugh Conjure with Materials”.
            Seattle PI(October 2)
           Moyer, Twylene. “Itinerary: John Grade, Suyama Space”, Sculpture (March).
           Moyer, Twylene. “Itinerary: John Grade, Bellevue Arts Museum”, Sculpture (Nov).
           Pence, Elizabeth. “John Grade: Bellevue Art Museum”, Artweek (December).
           Rutz, Dean. “When Art Imitates Life”, Seattle Times, (October 10).
           Schnoor, Christopher. “Multiple Lives: The Itinerant Sculpture of John Grade”,
            Dis/integration exhibition catalog, Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Arts Museum, 80 pgs.
           Schnoor, Christopher. “Art After the Isms”, Boise Weekly, (December 17).
           Simonini, Ross. “’Seeps” is on a Fascinating Path to Destruction”, Seattle PI
            (Mar 5).
2007   Gardener, Jan. “One Hundred Years and Change” Boston Globe (February 10).
           Silverman, Art. “Artists Retreat into Solitude” All Things Considered, National
            Public Radio (March 5).
2006   Curtis, Molly Norris. “Make the Grade” Art Access (June).
           Kangas, Matthew. “Installations that put you in their space”, Seattle Times
            (May 26).
            Hackett, Regina. “Best Bet”, Seattle Post Intelligencer (May 19).
           Louis Comfort Tiffany Awards 2005 catalogue, Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY.
           Pence, Elizabeth, “John Grade”, ArtUS (October).
           Schnoor, Christopher. “Cleavage”, Boise Weekly (July 5).
           Stracener, Brad. “Artist Finds Inspiration inside Crevasse”, Mountaineer (April).
2005   Farr, Sheila. “A Unified Group of Exhibitions”, Seattle Times (September 2).
           Koplos, Janet. “Report from Seattle, Plugged In and Caffeinated,” Art in America
            (September).
           Schnoor, Christopher. “Review: John Grade at Boise Art Museum,” Art in America
            (September).
           Sexton, Brenda. “Art on Display”, Enumclaw Courier-Herald, (front page, Sept. 28).
           Van Nostrand, Jess. Raw and Refined Exhibitioncatalogue, Seattle, WA.
2004   Kangas, Matthew. “Review: John Grade at Davidson Galleries,” Sculpture (Sept).
           Kangas, Matthew.  “Excursions and Interventions”, John Grade: Sculpture and
            Drawings exhibition catalog, Boise, ID: Boise Art Museum, 64pgs. Republished
            in: “Relocations: Selected Art Essays and Interviews”, Midmarch Press, 2008.
           Oland, Dana. “Art Lesson,” Idaho Statesman (August 19).
           Oland, Dana. “John Grade: An Artist on the Verge,” Idaho Statesman (August 19).
           Schnoor, Christopher. “Art in Flux: John Grade’s World at Boise Art Museum” Boise
            Weekly (Nov 10).
2003   Bullis, Douglas. ed. 100 Artists of the West Coast. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer
            Books.
           Frank, Hillary. “John Grade Interview: Artists Working in Industry,” Studio 360
            program, National Public Radio (broadcast, June 14).
2002   Daftari, Fereshteh. Pratt Alumni exhibitioncatalog, Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute.
2000   Boas, Pat. “John Grade at Laura Russo Gallery,” Artweek (July).
           Byrne, Mary. Bellevue Sculpture exhibition catalog. Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Arts
            Commission.
           Ellison, Victoria. “Up-and-Coming Sculptor,” Seattle Weekly (April 20).
           Fahey, Anne. “Show and Tell,” Seattle Weekly (August 17).
           Hackett, Regina. “Art in Progress,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 11).
           Hall, Emily. “Bio: Art: John Grade,” The Stranger (November 23).
           Hall, Emily. “The Better Annual,” The Stranger (July 20).
           Josslin, Victoria. “Loss, Disintegration and Nostalgia at the Davidson Galleries,”
           Seattle Post-Intelligencer (November 11).