Edward Wicklander | resume

Born in 1952 in Puyallup, WA., lives in Seattle

Education
1980
M.F.A., University of Illinois, Champaign

1977
M.A., Central Washington University, Ellensburg

1975
B.A., Central Washington University, Ellensburg

Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2019
Mostly Cats, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (also 2013, 2009, 2005, 2001, 1998, 1994, 1992, 1988, 1987, 1985)

2003
Gallery 4, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

1998
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago (also 1993)

1985
9-1-1, Installation, Seattle

1982
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1981
Northlight Gallery, Everett Community College, Everett, WA

1979
Louisville School of Art, Louisville, KY

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014-15
BAM Biennial 2014: Knock on Wood, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2013
Group Show, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner

2010
INSPIRED BY Fashion and Finance: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
, Center for the Arts, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

2009
Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

2008
Heads (dis)Embodied, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Fathom, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Wiesman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Crossroads and Connections, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA
Artist Trust Fellowship Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum Rental Gallery, Seattle, WA
Eclectic Eye: Works from the Collection of Fred Wiseman, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
NW Coast Invasion, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago

2002
Northwest Documenta I, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem OR
Sweet & Wild, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

2001
Pleasure Craft, Tacoma Art Museum, WA

2000
Decoys, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

1999
A Good Eye: Artists at the Ball Park, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle

1998
18th Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA

1997
Alumni Exhibition: Traver/Sutton and William Traver Gallery, Two Bells, Seattle
A Tribute to Frederick R. Weisman: Selections from the New Orleans Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Celebrity: Fame, Fortune, Heroism, and Infamy, Olympic Room, Seattle Center

1996
Family Matters, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

1995
Off The Wall, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
The Traditional Impulse, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (catalog)
The Land, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1994
Fallen Timber, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Musical Variations: Contemporary Sound and Vision, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, WA
Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

1993
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Group show, Chicago
ABOUT FACE, Portraits and Self Portraits, Biennial Competition, Tacoma Art Museum, WA

1992
Games, Pacific Arts Center, Seattle

1991-92
From the Woods: Washington Wood Artists, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham; traveled to the Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman and the Bellevue Art Museum (catalog)
War in the Gulf, William Traver Gallery, Seattle
View From the Edge, Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA

1990
Wood, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, WA (catalog)
Diversity in Form, Gallery Nine, Urbana, IL

1989
Taboo, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (catalog)
History of Lighting, San Francisco Airports Commission, San Francisco International Airport (catalog)

1988
In the Folk Tradition: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL (catalog)
Contemporary Survey - A Visible Presence in the Northwest, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA

1987
Seattle Sculpture 1927-1987, Bumberbiennale, Seattle, curated by Matthew Kangas (catalog)
Alumni Exhibit, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Artists Choose Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro

1986
Northwest Now, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Weird and Witty Constructions by Northwest Artists, Art Gym, Marylhurst College, OR
Underground Seattle, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle
Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Contemporary Glass, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
Art Quake, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

1986
Off the Beaten Path, Limbo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Pilchuck Glass Exhibit, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle

1985
Neo-York/Seattle, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
Painting and Sculpture 1985, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Glass America, 11th Anniversary Exhibition, Heller Gallery, New York

1984
Glass America, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Heller Gallery, New York
18th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
A Little Erotic '84, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY

1983
Invitational Exhibition, Glass Eye Gallery, Seattle

1982
Big Sky Biennial II, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Shavings of Mind, A Group Invitation Exhibition, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle

1981
Painting and Sculpture 1981, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Marietta National, Grover M. Hermann Fine Arts Gallery, Marietta College, OH

1980
6/6, Six over Six, Fifth Annual Invitational Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fourteenth Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
La Grange National V, C.V.A.A. Gallery, La Grange, GA

Awards
1996
Art Matters Fellowship Award, New York

1993
GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle

1990
Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Seattle

1988
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist's Fellowship Grant in Sculpture
Just Plain Folk, panel member with William Burroughs, COCA, Seattle

1986
Artist in Residence, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA

1984
The Vampires, stage set, The Empty Space Theater, Seattle

1981
Plaque of Distinction, Marietta National, Grover M. Hermann Fine Arts Gallery, Marietta College, OH
Third Place Award, Sculpture and Painting 1981, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1980
Purchase Award, Fourteenth Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

1979-80
University Fellowship for the Creative and Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Selected Collections
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Oliver & Company, Berkeley, CA
Sage Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Seattle Arts Commission
Sharpe/Hartwig, Seattle
Swedish Hospital, Seattle
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Valley National Bank, Phoenix, AZ
Washington State Arts Commission
Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc., Seattle
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Press

The Seattle Times
High jinks and mysteries from Seattle sculptors Takamori, Wicklander
by Michael Upchurch

The Stranger Slog
Currently Hanging: Ed Wicklander's Piles of Kittens
March 11, 2013 | by Jen Graves

CityArts
(f)art jokes and courtesans
March 11, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach