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Born: Minneapolis, 1970 Resides: Seattle Education: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. (B.F.A., 1992) |
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AWARDS | |
| 2007 | Residency, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. (Gottlieb Foundation Endowed Fellowship).
Residency, National Park Service, Grand Canyon, North Rim, AZ. Grant, 4Culture Arts Special Projects Program, King County, WA. Grant, GAP Program, Artists Trust Foundation, Seattle, WA. |
| 2006 | Residency, Espy Foundation, Oysterville, WA. |
| 2005 | Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY.
Grant, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY. Catalogue. Residency, Ballenglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland. Residency, Djerassi Foundation, (Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship), Woodside, CA. Grant, King County Performance Network, 4Culture, King County, WA. |
| 2004 | Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Grant, GAP Program, Artists Trust Foundation, Seattle, WA. Grant, City Artists Program, Mayor's office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA. Grant, 4Culture Arts Special Projects Program, King County, WA. |
| 2003 |
Fellowship, Washington State Arts Commission and Artist Trust Foundation, WA. Residency, Arts/Industry Program, J M Kohler Arts Center and Foundry, Sheboygan, WI. |
| 1999 | Grant, GAP program, Artists Trust Foundation, Seattle, WA. |
| 1994 | Grant, Middleditch Graduation Travel Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. |
| 1992 | Departmental Distinction for Achievement in Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. |
| 1988 | National Talent Search Foundation full-tuition scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2008 | Meridian, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. (opens in August)
Seeps of Winter, Suyama Space, Seattle, WA. Catalogue. (opens in January) |
| 2007 | Fold (Seven Types of Catastrophe) installation, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Collector, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA. |
| 2006 | Cleave, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. |
| 2005 | Mapping Cycles, King County Performance Network, Enumclaw, WA. |
| 2004 | John Grade: Sculpture and Drawings, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID. Catalogue.
Underset: Small Drawings and Sculpture, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. |
| 2003 | Route, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. |
| 2002 | Skins, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. |
| 2000 | John Grade, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
Introducing John Grade, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR. John Grade: Sculpture, King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. |
| 1999 | New Work from India and Vietnam, Site Gallery, Seattle, WA. |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2007 | Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. |
| 2006 | New Lines, SPUR Projects, Portola Valley, CA.
Artists in Rural Ireland, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Catalogue. Selections from the Permanent Collection, JMK Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Aqua Art Exhibition, Miami, FL. |
| 2005 | Raw and Refined, Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA. Catalogue.
San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Aqua Art Exhibition, Miami, FL. |
| 2004 | Metamorphosis, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Catalogue.
San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Chess: International Artists, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. |
| 2002 | Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
Alumni Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY. Catalogue. San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Multiplex, Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA. |
| 2001 | Unearthed: Contemporary Landscape, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. |
| 2000 | Artful Storytellers, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID.
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. Catalogue. Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR. Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA. |
| 1999 | Trophy Installation, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
Chimera, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. Phresh. Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA. Best of Show Award. Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. |
SELECTED REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS | |
| 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).
Hackett, Regina. "Best Bet", Seattle Post Intelligencer (May 19). Kangas, Matthew. "Installations that put you in their space", Seattle Times (May 26). "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). |
| 2004 | Kangas, Matthew. "Review: John Grade at Davidson Galleries," Sculpture (September).
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 the Boise Art Museum," Boise Weekly (November 10). |
| 2003 | Frank, Hillary."John Grade Interview: Artists Working in Industry," Studio 360 program, National Public Radio (broadcast, June 14). |
| 2000 | Boas, Pat. "John Grade at Laura Russo Gallery," Artweek (July).
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). |
| 1997 | Heim, Joe. "Two Galleries Premiere with Odd Shapes and Ovoids," Seattle Times (Dec 18). |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2006 | Louis Comfort Tiffany Awards 2005 Catalogue, Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY.
Notebooks, Building Material, National Architecture Society, Dublin, Ireland. |
| 2005 | Van Nostrand, Jess. Raw and Refined Exhibition Catalogue, Seattle, WA. |
| 2004 | Kangas, Matthew. John Grade: Sculpture and Drawings, "Excursions and Interventions," Boise, Idaho: Boise Art Museum, 64pgs. |
| 2003 | Bullis, Douglas. ed. 100 Artists of the West Coast. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Books. |
| 2002 | Daftari, Fereshteh. Pratt Alumni Exhibition Catalogue, Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute. |
| 2000 | Byrne, Mary. Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition Catalogue. Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Arts Commission. |
