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SCOTT SONNIKSEN
EDUCATION:

Yale University, Masters of Fine Arts, 1975
Portland State University, BS in painting, 1973
Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York, 1969-1970

SELECTED SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS:

1999     Davis Street Inaugural, Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1998    Portland Painters, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998    Tenth Anniversary Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998    Short Stories, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997    totallybuttersoregon, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997    February: ArtFair Seattle (Butters Gallery), Seattle, WA
1997    March: Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
1996    ArtFai r Seattle (Butters Gallery), Seattle, WA
1996    Sienna Architecture Exhibition, Portland, OR
1996    Objets d'Art, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1995     Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1995    Gingko, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1995    20-year Retrospective, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1994    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1994    ArtFair/ Seattle, (Butters Gallery)
1993     Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1992    Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1989    Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1988    Evanston Art Center, Artists Liaison -Northwestern University, Chicago,IL
1988    Imagery Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
1987     Geometry in Painting, Carson-Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1987     Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1986     Carson-Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1986     Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
1985     Portland State University, Portland, OR
1985     Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR
1984     Carson-Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1984     Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1984     Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1983     Retrospective 1972-1982 - Paintings and Works on Paper, The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, OR
1983    Works on Paper, Gallery Tiqua, Scottsdale, AZ
1981     Painting, Traver/Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1980     Painting, Reed College Gallery, Portland, OR
1980     Paintings, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1978     Paintings, Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, OR
1977     Plotting and Surveying, two person exhibition, And/Or Gallery, Seattle, WA
1977     Northwest ‘77, Invitation Show, Seattle Art Pavilion , Seattle, WA
1976     Nature, Ritual and Sensuous Art from the Northwest Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
1976     Amulets and Artifacts, Reed College F.O.B. Art Gallery, Portland, OR
1975     Paintings, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1974    Video Works, Yale University, Hastings Hall, New Haven, CT
1973     Four Northwest Artists, PCVA, Portland, OR
1972    58th Annual Exhibition of NW Art, Seattle Art Pavillion, Seattle, WA
1971     Contact The Northwest, Seattle Art Pavillion, Seattle, WA
1970     Young Americans, Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, New York

GRANTS/AWARDS:

1981     Mellon Foundation Research Grant
1980-1976     Mellon Foundation Summer Stipend
1975     Ford Foundation Grant
1975-1973     University Fellowship in Painting
1970- 1969     Max Beckmann Fellowship, Brooklyn Art Museum

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1992-1988     Pacific Northwest College of Art
1985-1983     University of California Santa Barbara, visiting lecturer
1983     Western Washington University, visiting artist
1982-1975     Reed College, Assistant Professor of Art
1975-1974     Yale School of Art, Assist in Undergraduate Painting
1970-1969    Brooklyn Museum Art School, Substitute in Painting
1968-1967    School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon, Basic Design

RECENT ACQUISTIONS TO COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS:

Oregon State University Valley Library
Perkins Coie, Portland, OR
U.S Bank Trust, Portland, OR
Curtis, Slocum & Jordon Inc., Portland, OR
Sound Response, Portland, OR
Oregon Health Sciences University Collection, Portland, OR
The Newheight Group, San Antonio, TX
Warner Brothers Offices, Burbank, CA, commission for the VP of Production and Operations MCG Northwest Inc.
Stoll and Stoll PC, Portland, OR
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR
International Athletic Club, Dallas, TX
Reed College, Permanent Collection, Portland, OR
COSouth Denver National Bank, Denver, CO
Xerox Corporation, Wilsonville, OR, commission
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS:

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA
One Pacific Square Building, Portland, OR, commission
National Builders Hardware, Portland, OR, commission
Omark Industries International Administrative Headquarters, Portland, OR
Benjamin Franklin Bank, Portland, OR
Continental Place Condominiums, Seattle, WA
Three Hill Corporation, Portland, OR
Pacific First Federal, Portland, OR
Oregon Freeze-Dried, Salem, OR
Puget Sound Savings & Loan, Seattle, WA
Oregon State University

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