b. 1973, Landstuhl, Germany
greermandy@mandygreer.org
EDUCATION:
· The University of Washington, Seattle, Wa.
M.F.A./Ceramics 1999
· The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
B.A./English, Cum Laude 1996
B.F.A./Ceramics, Cum Laude
AWARDS:
· Neddy Artist Award finalist, Behnke Foundation, 2016
· New Foundation, Residency Grant, 2015
· Artist Trust/The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation Arts Innovator Award; 2012
· 4 Culture Special Projects Grant, Seattle; 2015, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2003
· Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award; 2011
· Spotlight Artist Award, Seattle Magazine; 2011
· City Artists Grant, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs; 2012, 2010, 2006
· nominated, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award; 2009
· Artist Trust GAP Grant (Wa.); 2011, 2008
· nominated, Portland Museum Northwest Art Awards; 2015, 2013, 2011, 2007
· Artist Trust/ Washington Arts Commission Fellowship; 2004
· 4 Culture Gallery Award, Seattle; 2003
· Jacob K. Javits National Graduate Fellowship; 1997-1999
· Graduate School of Art Scholarship; 1997, University of Washington
· Phi Beta Kappa Society; 1996
· Vince Dooley School of Art Scholarship; 1994, University of Georgia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016
“Metamorphic” - Gallery One, Ellensburg, Wa.
2014
“The Ecstatic Moment” installation, film, photography, performance – The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY.
2013
“Every Moment Lost is Lost Forever” installation and performance–Villa Olmo, Como, Italy EROS MINIARTEXTIL International Fiber Installation Exhibition
2012
“Solstenen Project: Our Patient Day’s Allotted Span” - NEPO House Seattle Wa.
2011
“Honey and Lightening” – Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2010
“Zuster Sweostor Systir” – Ohge Ltd. Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2009
“Dare alla Luce” – Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Or.
2008
“Dare alla Luce” – The Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue Wa
2007
“Parlor” –McLeod Residence Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2006
“Small But Mighty Wandering Pearl” – Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, Wa.
2004
“The Wolf Prince and Parrot Princess” – Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, Wa
2003
“Sunshine and Shadow” – 4Culture Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2000
“Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time” – SOILGallery, Seattle, Wa.
1999
“Repossession “ – CMA Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1996
“Through the gross tedium of being rare” – The Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery, UGA, Athens, Georgia
PUBLIC ART:
· ”The Universe Awakens to the Child”, permanent sculptural installation for Washington State Arts Commission, Bow Lake Elementary, Seatac, Wa. 2011
· ”Mater Matrix Mother and Medium”, temporary public art project: process-based site-embedded installation and community action tour
o Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. Fall 2009
o Herbert Bayer Earthworks, Kent Arts Commission, Kent, Wa. Spring 2010
o 4Culture Site Specific, Issaquah, Wa. Summer 2010
o ‘The Value of Water’ exhibition, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NY, NYFall 2011
o ARTSfair, Bellevue Arts Museum, Summer 2013
· Washington State Arts Commission Public Artist Roster; 2008-2018
· ”Library Unbound”, permanent sculptural installation for Children’s Center of the Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Central Public Library, commissioned by Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs; 2005 - 2006
SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2016
· “Bird in the Hand” - Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, Ca.
· “Neddy Artist Awards: 20 Years” – Pivot Art+Culture, Seattle, Wa.
2015
· “Incantation” — Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle
· “Out of Site” — Vital 5 Exhibition, King Street Station
2014
· “Every Moment Lost is Lost Forever” – Beffroi Montrouge Cultural Center, EROS MINIARTEXTIL International Fiber Installation Exhibition, Paris, France.
2013
· “Stitchery” – Seattle Art Museum Gallery
· “The Obsessive Unknown Origins of Grotesque Irregularity” – Bridge Productions, Seattle
· ”Exposure: Experiments in Photography” - Catalyst Projects, Washington, D.C.
2012
· "American Dreamers" -Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Florence, Italy,
· “Lavish and Lush” – Illinois Wesleyan University Gallery, Bloomington
2011
· “Must Show Here” – How Hou Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Degenerate Art Ensemble” – Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Wa.
· “Seattle As Collector” –Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wa.
2010
· “Unraveling Tradition” – 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2009
· “5280” –Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Aqua Art Miami- Wynwood” – with MyArtSpace Gallery, Palo Alto, Ca. in Miami
Curated by Alma Ruiz, Michele Urton, Andrea Cashman, Kathy Grayson
2008
· “Aqua Art Miami” – with Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. in Miami Beach, Fl.
· “Is it a Fiber Show? Honoring CCA’s 100th Anniversary” – Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
2006
· “Fabulandia” – The Lab, San Francisco, Ca.
· “Softly Threatening” – Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa.
2005
· “Soil Gallery, 10 Year Retrospective” – Soil Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2004
· “Quiet Revolution” – Consolidated Works, Seattle, Wa.
· “Girlie Fun Show” – Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa.
· “The Ruffle – Decadent Vexation” - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa.
· “Contra Naturum” – Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, Wa.
2003
· “Fashion is Art” – Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa.
· “Ardent Labor” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Strange Coupling – Collaborative Works” – The CMA Gallery, UW, Seattle, Wa.
2002
· “Boys Against Girls, Girls Against Boys” – The Nation Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Ryan and Mandy ” – Ransom Art Center Gallery: Eckerd College, St.Petersburg, Fl.
2001
· “Under Current/ Over View Annual” – The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fl
· “Menagerie: Animal Imagery in Ceramics” – Covivant Gallery, Tampa, Fl.
· “Menagerie: NCECA Conference – Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Dallas , NC.
· “Husbands and Wives” – Kittredge Gallery:University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wa.
2000
· “2000 Pacific Northwest Annual” – Bellevue Art Museum , Bellevue, Wa.
· “Good and Guilty” – Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa.
· “Means/Ends: Plaster” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Menagerie: Animal Imagery in Ceramics” – Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Wa.
· “Rosy” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
1990-99
· “The End: Northwest Biennial Competition” – The Tacoma Art Museum , Tacoma, Wa. Curated by Fred Wilson
· “The Commonplace: Four Artists Investigate the Ordinary” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “MFA 1999” – The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “3-D: Sculpture Show” – Lead Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Play/Things” – SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
· “Group Show” – The Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
· “Lyndon House Arts Center Clay Competition,” Athens, Ga.
· “XX AnnualLyndon House Arts Center Juried Exhibition”, Athens, Ga.
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY /PERFORMANCE WORK:
2017
· “We have rowed this boat together…”, interactive installation and durational performance, Smash.Hit.Repeat exhibition, Onoma Kuparipaja Gallery, Fiskars, Finland
2016
· “Before You Were Born and After You Are Gone”, immersive interactive installation and durational performance, collaboration with choreographer/Alice Gosti,
Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
· “The Metamorph”, participatory installation and durational performance
o EMP Museum, Seattle
o Pivot Art and Culture, Vulcan Foundation, Seattle
2013
· “Hero Stories – Artist Trust Arts Innovators”, performance and costume creation with choreographer/filmmaker Dayna Hanson at The Seattle Art Museum
2012
· ”Saltus Chori Aevum”, process-based temporary public art project; community action, site-embedded installation and multi-disciplinary performance, The Next 50 Project, Seattle Center, commissioned by Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs and SPU
2011-2012
· “Solstenen Project”, multi-platform community project: project-based residencies at The Project Room, Seattle, Centrum Fine Arts Center, and multiple sites in Iceland; performative media, environmental installation, photography/video, writing
2009
· ”Mater Matrix Mother and Medium”, process-based temporary public art project; community action, site-embedded installation and performance produced with dancer Zoe Scofield and composer Morgan Henderson, Camp Long, commissioned by Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
2008
· “The Silvering Path”, film/animation/live performance, collaboration with Butoh artist Haruko Nishimura and filmmaker Ian Lee Lucero, premier at Free Sheep Foundation, Seattle
o Screened at Northwest Film Forum’s “Next Dance Cinema”, Dec. 6th, 2010
2003
· “Fashion is Human Nature” performance piece, part of THREAD’s Fashion is Art Bumbershoot exhibition, performance and publication
THEATRICAL DESIGN
2017
· Seattle Public Works “The Odyssey”, Seattle Repertory Theatre, contributing artist to set design
2016
· “Little Brown Mushrooms”, On The Boards, contributing artist to costume design
2011
· “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Seattle Shakespeare Company, contributing artist to set and costume design
2009
· “Sonic Tales”, costume design collaboration with Butoh artist Haruko Nishimura/Degenerate Art Ensemble, premier at The Moore Theatre, Seattle
2007
· “A Tale of Two Cities”: Commissioned to create knitted/crochet scenic and prop design and special costume design, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle
RESIDENCIES:
· Fiskars Village AIR, Fiskars, Finland, Aug 2017
· Caldera Community Residency, Sister, Or. 2017, 2016
· Dai Bosatu Zendo, Zen Monastery AIR program, environmental installation and workshop, Livingston, NY, Aug 2015
· Caldera AIR, Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant, Sisters, Or., March 2015
· Centrum Fine Art Center AIR, Port Townsend, Wa., Jan 2-16, 2012
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The New York Times | Hodara, Susan. “Stitching Together Yarn, Memory and History”, August 1, 2014
Huffington Post Arts &Culture | Frank, Priscilla. “Artist Channels Ancient Myths, Fairy Tales…In Fantastical Crochet”, Sept. 8, 2014
Hyperallergic | Meier, Allison. “A Crocheted Phantasmagoria on the Hudson”, Sept. 2, 2014
Hi-Fructose Magazine | Voynovskaya, Nastia. “On View: Mandy Greer’s Ecstatic Moment…”, Sept. 12, 2014
Enterprise News (N.Y.) | Lupo, Jackie. “Exhibit Showcases Artist’s Magical Mystery Tour”, June 6, 2014
The Washington Post | Jenkins, Mark. “Exposure…”, December 1, 2013
The New York Times | Morris, Roderick Conway. “Exposition in Florence Focuses on American Artists in the City”, May 17, 2012
Seattle Magazine | Davis, Brangien. “High In Fiber” Spotlight Award profile, September 2011
The Stranger (Wa.) | Jonjak, Marti. “Mandy Greer: Knots and Pain”,, September 13, 2011
Redifine Magazine (Wa.) | Hulls, Tessa. “Mandy Greer”, Spring, 2011
Pacific Northwest Magazine-Seattle Times | MacDonald, Moira. “The Fiber of Life”., (profile and cover), Dec. 4, 2011
Forward Council (Madrid, Spain) | Pascual, Diego de Miguel . “Knot after Knot”,, September, 2011
The Seattle Times (Wa.) | Shimp, Rachel. “…Greer Spins “Honey and Lightning” at Roq la Rue”, Jan. 27, 2011
SLOG/Currently Hanging: The Stranger (Wa.) | Graves, Jen. “Mandy Greer at OHGE Ltd.”, Feb. 22, 2010
Another Bouncing Ball, (Wa.) | Hackett, Regina. “Her Forest, Her Ruins, Her River”, Feb. 14, 2010
Hi-Fructose Magazine (California) | Anderson, Kirsten. “The Art of Mandy Greer” , issue X, Spring 2009
Portland Tribune (Oregon) | Barton, Randall. “Linger in a Forest of Fiber”, Feb. 5, 2009
Fiberarts Magazine (Colorado) | Beal, Suzanne. “Mandy Greer, Altered States” (profile and cover), April/May 2009
Getting to Know You Better (Wa.) | Bluhm-Callahan, Susanna. “Mater Matrix Mother and Medium”, July 17, 2009
Apophenia (Oregon), | Driscoll, Megan. “Art and Blogging”, January 21, 2009
Artweek Magazine (California) | Duford, Daniel. “Review: Mandy Greer at MoCC”, April 2009
Textile: the Journal of Cloth and Culture (London) | Gilsdorf, Bean. “Dare alla Luce: review”, Fall 2009
The Stranger (Washington) | Graves, Jen. “Mud on the Leaves and Mud at the Root”, July 24, 2009
The Oregonian (Oregon) | Hicks, Bob. “Human Condition Traced in Thread and Cloth”, Jan. 30, 2009
Translinguistic Other (Washington) | Pothast, Emily. “Signs of Life, Mandy Greer at MoCC”, March 23, 2009
Ultra (Oregon) | Radon, Lisa. “Mandy Greer’s Dare alla Luce”, March 22, 2009
The Seattle Times (Wa.) | Shimp, Rachel. “Art and Conversation Flows from Hands, Heart…” July 3, 2009
The Portland Mercury (Oregon) | Skinner, Marjorie. “Mandy Greer and Darrel Morris”, Feb. 26, 2009
Bitch Magazine (Oregon) | Zeisler, Andi. “The Universe , Two Ways”, May 20, 2009
Craft Magazine (California) | Buckley, Annie. “Where Art and Craft Collide”, issue 08, Summer 200
The Seattle Times (Washington) | Clemans, Gayle. “Two new installations push boundaries”, July 4th 2008.
The Stranger (Washington) | Graves, Jen. “Ooze, Pool, Spool: The Beaded Effluvia of Mandy Greer”,, June 25, 2008.
Seattle Weekly (Washington) | Grant, Adriana. “I Saw This: Into Leather: Mandy Greer at BAM” June 12, 2008.
Art. Ltd Magazine. (California) | Kangas, Mattthew. “Review: Dare alla Luce at BAM”, Sept/Oct. 2008
Proximity Magazine (Illinois) | Marszewski, Rachael. “Mandy Greer” (profile), issue 2, Fall 2008
The Seattle Times (Washington) | Berson, Misha. “Tale of Two Cities: A Subtle Evolution…”, Feb. 14, 2007
The Seattle Times (Washington) | Clemans, Gayle. “High Tech, Low Tech…”, Sept. 1, 2006
Artweek Magazine (California) | DeVuono, Frances. “Review: High Tech vs. Home Ec“, November 2006.
The San Francisco Bay Guardian (California) | Kurtz, Katie. “Fabulandia:Fauna”, Jan 25-31, 2006
Seattle Times (Washington) | Farr, Sheila. “Quiet Revolution: Reflections of Instinct…”, Nov. 5, 2004
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) | Hackett, Regina. “Priceless Works Gallery…” , April 23, 2004
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) | Hackett, Regina. “Quiet Revolution Triumphs” , Oct. 27,2004
The Stranger (Washington) | Hall, Emily. “The Artist, the Princess, the Wolf” , April 22, 2004
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) | Wagonfeld, Judy. “Artists Dress Up Our Fears”, Oct. 29, 2004
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) | Hackett, Regina. “Nature Becomes Artificial” , Nov. 14, 2003
The Stranger (Washington) | Hall, Emily. “Stranger Suggests: Sunshine and Shadow” , April 3, 2003
The Weekly Planet (Florida) | Golub, Adrienne M. “Viva Covivant”, April 2001.
The Weekly Planet (Florida) | Golub, Adrienne M. “Visual Body Surfing”, August2001.
The Tampa Tribune (Florida) | Hammer, Esther. “Local Artists Showcased”, July 19, 2001.
Artweek Magazine (California) | DeVuono, Frances. “Review: Venus, Cupid … “, November 2000.
The Stranger (Washington) | Hall, Emily. “Mandy Greer: Artist Bio” , August 31, 2000.
Capitol Hill Times (Washington) | Jones, Rosemary. “Soil…”, September 27, 2000.
Seattle Times (Washington) | Kangas, Matthew. “Last Call at the Mall” , August 11, 2000.
The Seattle Times (Washington) | Rose, Cynthia. “Creatures of Clay”, March 17, 2000.
The Seattle Times (Washington) | Rose, Cynthia. “Get Plastered”, April 7, 2000.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington) | Hackett, Regina. “The Ordinary”, March 15, 1999.
The Seattle Times (Washington) | Rose, Cynthia. “Soil’s Seasonal Show”, December 10, 1998.
PUBLICATIONS:
Eros: MINIARTEXTIL, exhibition catalog, Arte&Arte, Como, Italy, 2013
American Dreamers, exhibition catalog, CENTRO DI CULTURA CONTENPORANEA, Firenze, Italy, 2012.
Mandy Greer: Dare alla Luce, exhibition catalog, BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM, 2008.
Soil: Artist-Run Gallery, 1995-2005, Seattle: SOIL PUBLICATIONS, 2005
Fashion is Art, Seattle: THREAD FOR ART, 2003.
The Best of New Ceramic Art, Madison: THE GUILD, 1997.
VIDEO:
“Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design” documentary; Levine, Faythe (director/producer). Millwakee, 2009.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
· Juror, “Needles and Pins, Gallery One, Ellensburg, 2017
· Workshop, ‘Weaving as Performance’, Evergreen State College, 2016
· Lecture and Workshop, School of Art, University of Washington, 2015
· Lecture and Workshop, Art Department, Western Washington University, 2013
· Lecture, Contemporary Quilt Art Association, Seattle, Wa. 2013
· Weaving/knitting workshop, ONN/OF Festival, Seattle, Wa., 2012
· Lecture and Workshop, Evergreen State University, Olympia, Wa. 2011
· Visiting Teacher, “Wearable Sculpture after Nick Cave” workshop, Seattle Art Museum, 2011
· Visiting Artist Presenter, SAM Remix, Seattle Art Museum, 2010
· Teacher in Residence, Young Artists Project – middle and high school, Centrum Fine Arts Center, 2010
· Panel Member, “Creatively Speaking-Public Art” , Seattle Art Museum 2009
· Public Art Jury Panel, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2009
· Lecture, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., 2009
· Lecture, Emory University, Atlanta, 2009
· Panel member, premier of “Handmade Nation” at Museum of Arts and Design, NYC 2009
· Panel member, “Craft Perspectives” at Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Or. 2009
· Lecture, Cornish College of the Arts, 2009
· City Artists Grant Jury Panel, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2008
· Lecture, University of Washington School of Art, 2008
· Lecture, Bellevue Arts Museum, 2008
· Juror, visiting artist and lecturer, Eastern Washington University, 2005
· Juror, University of Washington ceramics dept. undergraduate show, CMA Gallery, 2003
· Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Frye Art Museum, 2002-2003
· Ceramics instructor, Bellevue Art Museum School, 2002-2003
· Adjunct Faculty, University of South Florida, ceramics dept. 2002
· Adjunct Faculty, Hillsborough Community College, sculpture dept., 2002
· Adjunct Faculty, University of Washington, Ceramics dept. 2001
· Lecture, The University of Georgia, 2000
· Soil, Artists Cooperative member, Seattle, Wa. 1999 – 2000
· Lecture, Western Washington University, 1999
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
4Culture Public Collection
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Collection