Born 1952 in Palo Alto, CA, Lives in Seattle
EDUCATION
1979 M.F.A. Painting, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1975 B.F.A. Painting, University of Washington, Seattle
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
Sirens on a Shelf, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (also 2002, 2001, 1998, 1996, 2007, 2010, 2014)
2012
Claudia Fitch, APEX Gallery, Portland Art Museum,
Portland, OR
Snow Globe: Traveler with Long View, Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2011
Claudia Fitch: Works 1987—2010 Washington State University Museum of Art, WSU Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
2009
Interiors with Statuettes, Sorrento Hotel, Seattle, Curator: Michael Darling
1998
Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
1997
European Ceramic Work Centre, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
A Fashion Show, Ceramics Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; collaboration with Stephanie Skura
Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
1993
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
FUEL Gallery, Seattle (also 1992)
1990
Fuller Elwood Gallery, Seattle
1989
Munson Williams Proctor Institute, co-sponsored by Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1986
P.S. 122, New York; installation; performance by Lenora Champagne
Franklin Furnace, New York; collaboration with Lenora Champagne (also in 1981)
1983
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1982
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York; installation with performance by Eric Schmidt
1981
Window Installation at New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1980
Artist's Resource Center, Seattle
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
COCA Legacy Exhibition, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
The New Northwest, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, curators: Rock Hushka, Matthew Kangas
2012
Marks, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA curated by Vicki Halper
2009
Precision, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisitions, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
2008
Heads (dis)Embodied, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2006
Helicon, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading PA, curated by Matt Garrison
2005
A Decade of Excellence: Celebrating the Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, WA; curated by Rock Hushka Hushka
2003
Clay Body, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA (catalog/video)
Crossroads, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle; curated by Michael Klein
2002
Sweet & Wild: Animals in Contemporary Art, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
Art Outside in the Webster Woods, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, WA
Let 'er Rip, Edison Eye, Bow, WA
2001-02
Double Vision, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
2001
Works in Paper, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York
Lineformcolor: From Hard-Edge Abstraction to Architecture, Howard House, Seattle
2000
4 x 4, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle
Eccentric Form and Structures, Building 33, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
1999
jennjoygallery, San Francisco
New Work, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
Metalcraft, Western Washington University, Bellingham, and Boise Art Museum
1997
Human References: Marks of the Artist, The Pavilion, Seattle Center; sponsored by Seattle Arts Commission
Pure Form: The Intensity of Process, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR
West Coast Painting and Sculpture 1997, ongoing slide presentation, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA
1996
Summer Invitational, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
Let er Rip, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA
1995
Garden of Delights, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Documents Northwest: Nature Studies, Seattle Art Museum
1994
Garden Variety, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Three Dimensions X Four, FUEL Gallery, Seattle
1993
Chairs: Embodied Objects, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham
1992
The Betty Bowen Legacy: Fourteen Years of Award Winning Art, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle
Here Today, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle
Faculty Show, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle
1991
Yard Art, Boise Art Museum
1990
Drawing Power, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1989
Objects of Our Affection, FUEL Gallery, Seattle
1988
The Sum of The Parts, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
1987
Artists Choose Artists, Socrates Sculpture Park, Columbus Circle, New York
Outside/In, Socrates Sculpture Park at Columbus Circle, New York, NY
Bumberbiennale: Seattle Sculpture 1927-1987, Bumbershoot, Seattle
1986
Mystical Tales, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY
1985
Group Shows, The Red Studio, New York
The Eye of the Garden, Art on the Beach, New York; with Lenora Champagne and Glen Velez
1984
Spare Parts, Material for the Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs, Columbus Circle, New York
Environmental/Installation, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Art on the Beach, Creative Time, New York
If Culture Means Anything, Vox Populi Gallery, New York
1983
Selections from the Unaffiliated Artists File, Artists Space, New York
Language, Drama, Source, Vision, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1980
Ennui, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia
COLLECTIONS
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
City of Seattle Collection
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Seattle Art Museum
Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Swedish Hospital, Seattle
Tacoma Art Museum
Qwest Field, Seattle
Washington State University Museum of Art
Zymogenetics, Seattle
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
2020
Nominated: Joan Mitchell Foundation, Painters and Sculptors Grant (also 2015, 2010)
2015
Nominated: Louis Comfort Tiffany Award
2014
Yvonne Twinning Humber Lifetime Achievement Award, Artist’s Trust
Finalist, Creative Capital Foundation
2011
Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
2010
Nominated: United States Artist Fellowship, First Innovator Arts Award through Artist Trust
2009
Nominated: Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2006
Art + Architecture Program Fellowship, European Ceramics Work Center, with Barbara Swift, Landscape
Architect and John Fleming, Architect
2004
Americans for the Arts Public Art Network's (PAN) 2004 Year in Review selected the SoundTransit Lynnwood Regional Express Transit Center (public artwork Shift)
2000
Neddy Artist Fellowship (sculpture), Behnke Foundation, Seattle
1998
Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
King County Special Projects
European Ceramics Work Centre Fellowship, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1996
Artist's Projects Grants Program, On the Boards, Seattle
The MacDowell Colony Fellowship (also 1987)
1995
WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship in Visual Arts (sculpture)
1992
Artist Trust Fellowship in Visual Arts, Seattle
Independent Artist New Works Program, King County Arts Commission, Seattle
1990
Betty Bowen Memorial Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Artists, Seattle Arts Commission
Centrum Foundation Residency Grant, Port Townsend, WA
1989
New York State Council on the Arts, individual sponsored Project, through Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1987
Socrates Sculpture Park Studio Program, Long Island City, NY
1986
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art supported by the Jerome Foundation
1984
NEA Fellowship in Visual Arts (sculpture)
The New Museum of Contemporary Art Sambuca Romana Contemporary Artists Fellowship
1974
Yale Summer School of Music and Art Fellowship
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2017
Broward Municipal Services District Median Project, Broward Cultural Division
Maryland Transit Authority, Purple Line, Annapolis/ GlenRidge Station
2016-23
Sound Transit Art Program, Lynnwood Link Extension, Lynnwood Station
2011-14
First Hill Streetcar, Seattle Arts Commission and Department of Transportation
2013
Finalist, Sound Transit East Link Extension: LEAD ARTIST
2010
Gresham Center for the Arts, Gresham OR, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Greenworks
2010
Finalist Proposal, Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2008
Finalist Proposal, Olympia City Hall, Olympia, WA
Finalist Proposal, Burien City Hall, Burien WA
2010 CityArtists Projects Grant, City of Seattle
2003-2004
Seattle monorail project, artist consultant, developed criteria for the visual design of the monorail guideways support system. Co-authored Guideways Study: Image Bank
2001-2003
Eastgate Park and Ride, Metro King County Public Art Program, KPFF Consulting Engineers, MBT Architects
1999-2003
Lynnwood Transit Center Sound Transit INCA Engineers INC, Zimmer-Gunzel-Frasca Partnership SoundTransit, project artist for Regional Lynnwood Express Project, in collaboration with Don Miles, Associate Partner of Zimmer-Gunzel- Frasca Partnership.
First and Goal, commission Seahawks Stadium and Exhibition Center (now called Qwestfield), designed and fabricated a series of sculptures as exterior installation, worked with Ellerbe Beckett Architects and Engineers.
1998
Seattle Arts Commission: Collaborative design services with Lewis Architects to complete design of Public art site for the restoration of the Seattle City Light North Service Center
Washington Department of Transportation: Sound Transit: Collaborative design services with OTAK to design a public art site for the renovation of the King Street Station, Seattle
1995-1996
Washington State Arts Commission: Limited Edition Artists Designs (LEAD), in collaboration with Washington State Public Schools and Correctional Industries
1995
Seattle Arts Commission: Collaborative design services with Arai/Jackson Architects & Planners to develop concept and final design of the public art site for the renovation of the Seattle City Light North Service Center Seattle METRO Water Capital Project: Design, fabrication and installation of Water Carry, the public art site for the Interurban Pump Station, Tukwila, WA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2007-12 Public Art Advisory Committee, 4Culture, King County, Seattle, WA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS
2004
Fleming, Ronald Lee. Miller, Jeannie. "Reinventing An Old Idea," Landscape Architecture, July
2003
Farr, Sheila. Northwest art converges at CoCAs Crossroads, Seattle Times, March 28
Bullis, Doug. Artists of the West Coast, Atelier Books
Howard, Rhonda. Fashion is Art., THREAD FOR ART
2002
Howard, Rhonda. LAVA 2002, THREAD FOR ART
1998
Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, Claudia Fitch, The New York Times, October 9
Whitney, Kathleen. Focus, Claudia Fitch: Just Beautiful, Sculpture Magazine, September
Mittenthal, Robert. Metalcraft. (Western Washington University, Carole Fuller dba FUEL Gallery)
1997
Kangas, Matthew. Reviews: Seattle, Claudia Fitch," Sculpture Magazine, April
Hackett, Regina. Art Review: Claudia Fitch, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 10
Lippard, Lucy R., with Rina Swentzell, Kathleen Shields. Parallaxis: Fifty-five Points to View. (Denver: Western States Arts Federation)
1995
Adamson, Loch. Studio View, Claudia Fitch, The New Art Examiner, December
Allen, Lois. Contemporary Art in the Northwest. (Sydney: The Craftsman House - Gordon and Breach International)
1994
Kangas, Matthew. Reviews: Seattle, Washington, Sculpture Magazine, March/April
Halper, Vicki. Documents Northwest, Nature Studies. (The Poncho Series, Seattle Art Museum)
1993
Glowen, Ron. Perspectives, Artweek, December 2
Smallwood, Lyn. Shape Shifters, Seattle Weekly, November 17
DuVuono, Frances. Art and Artifice, Reflex, November/December
Glowen, Ron. Claudia Fitch: Traveling Hedges. (Spokane, WA: Cheney Cowles Museum)
1992
Gragg, Randy. Sculpture, Believe It or Not, Seattle Weekly, January
Hackett, Regina. Artists Excel Up Against the Wall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 19
1990
Glowen, Ron. Things Are As They Seem, VISIONS, fall issue
Bryant, Elizabeth. Round-Up, Reflex, May/June
Smallwood, Lyn. The Edge of Wonderland, Seattle Weekly, March 28
1989
Socrates Sculpture Park: Artists Choose Artists, November 1987 - March 1988. ( Long Island City, NY: The Athena Foundation)
1986
Raynor, Vivien. Mystical Tale at the Thorpe, The New York Times, April 3
Malarcher, Patrician. Thorpe: Evolving Environments, The New York Times, April 6
Howell, John. Lenora Champagne: Eye of the Garden, ARTFORUM, January
Dunning, Jennifer. Dance: Eye of the Garden, The New York Times, August 24
1985
Glueck, Grace. Art: Art on the Beach, Works and Performances, The New York Times, July 5
Jocelyn, Tim. Artist Furniture and Functional Art, Impulse, Toronto, Canada, summer issue
1983
Glueck, Grace. In the Arts: Critics Choices, The New York Times, May 29
Shearer, Linda. Selections from the Unaffiliated Artists File. (Artists Space, New York: Committee for the Visual Arts, Inc.)
1980
Sachs, Sid. Claudia Fitch: Demons, Ghosts, Shadows, The New Art Examiner, April