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DEBRA VAN TUINEN

EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Art: University of WA, Seattle, WA
Byam Shaw School of Art, London, England
Bachelor of Fine Art: Hope College, Holland, MI

ONE WOMAN EXHIBITIONS:

2002 Elizabeth Edwards, Palm Desert, CA
Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, WA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Artworks Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
Palm Springs International, Palm Springs, CA
2001 Elizabeth Edwards, Laguna Beach, CA
Kimsey Miller Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artworks Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
Discoveries Gallery, Washington D.C.
2000     Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Art 21 International Show, Las Vegas, NV
Gallery Oscar, Sun Valley, ID
Washington State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA
1999    Gallery Oscar, Sun Valley, ID
1999    WA Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA
1998    Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1997    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1996    Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1995    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1994    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1992    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1992    Childhood's End Gallery, Olympia, WA
1990    Phillip Brock Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989    Paccar Corp., Bellevue, WA
1988    Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA
1987    Matter Danz, Bellingham, WA
1986    Pacific Northwest Bell, Eighteenth Floor, Seattle, WA
1985    Loaded Brush Gallery, Seattle, WA
1984    Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA
1980    Hope College, Holland, MI
1979    Grand Valley State College, Grand Rapids, MI
1978    Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI
1977    Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1999    Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1999    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1999    Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
1998     Agart World Print Exhibition, Bled, Slovenia
1998    Karen Ruhlen Gallery 101 Cup Show, Sante Fe, NM
1998    Gallery Oscar, Sun Valley, ID
1998    Facet Fine Arts Center, Taos, NM
1998    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998    Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998    Ventana Gallery (Card Show), Santa Fe, NM
1998    Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
1997    SITE Santa Fe Monothon 11; Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997    Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
1996   Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1996   Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996   Childhood's End Gallery, Olympia, WA
1996   Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
1995    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1995   Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
1994    Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1994   Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
1994   Childhood's End Gallery, Olympia, WA
1994   Allied Arts, Seattle, WA
1994    Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
1993    Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1993     Washinton Center, Olympia, WA
1993   Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
1992    Capital Museum, Olympia, WA
1993   Washington Center, Olympia, WA
1993   Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
1991    Washington Center, Olympia, WA
1990    Phillip Brock Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990   Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1990    van Stratten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990    Capital Museum, Olympia, WA
1988    van Stratten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988    Junior League, Seattle, WA
1987    Centrum Print Show, Seattle, WA
1987    van Stratten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987    Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
1987    City Club, Seattle, WA
1986    Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986    van Stratten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986    Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986    Washington State Pavilion Expo, Vancouver, British Columbia
1983    Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
1983    Design Center, Seattle, WA

COLLECTIONS:

USA State Dept.: Ten International Offices
Imperial Bank of Canada: Chicago Offices
Kanda Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Private Collections
Tokai Carbon U.S.A., Inc.
Matsushita (DENKO) Electronic Materials
Nordstrom, Seattle and Bellevue, WA
Gannet News, The Olympian, Olympia, WA
Paccar Corp., Bellevue, WA
U.S. West, Seattle and Olympia, WA
First Federal Bank of Detroit
City of Olympia,WA: 1% for Art in Public Places
Mitsubishi, Portland, OR
Seafirst Bank, Olympia, WA
Kaiser Medical, Portland, OR
Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR
Heritage Bank, Olympia, WA
Security Pacific Bank, Seattle and Olympia, WA
Association of Northwest Gas Utilities, Portland, OR
Burlington Northern, Seattle, WA
Steelcase Corporation: Chicago, Atlanta, Grand Rapids
American Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Westinghouse Corporation
Kansas State University
Hope College
Lusing, Huizenga and Williams, Attorneys at Law: Chicago
Grand Rapids Art Museum and City Hall
Northwest Design Group, Seattle, WA
Harper and Associates: Bellevue, WA
Miller-Johnson, Attorneys at Law: Grand Rapids, MI
Educators Finance, Bellevue, WA
Sheltered Financial Services Corporation, Bellevue, WA
Richard Hansen, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA
Lynch Law Office, Olympia, WA
Swanson Parr Cordes Younglove Peeples & Wyckoff, Olympia, WA
Law Offices of Kevin R. Lyon, P. S., Olympia, WA

FACULTY POSITIONS:

1985-86    Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
1979-81    Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1978    City High School (for exceptional students), Grand Rapids, MI
1978    Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
1978    Grand Valley State College, Visiting Artist (spring)
1977    Keiwa Gauken High School, Niigata, Japan
1972-73    Hope College, Printmaking Department, Holland, MI
Classes Taught: printmaking, including etching, woodblock, litho, drypoint, mezzotint, engraving, screen; photo; color theory; life drawing; creative advertising design; and 2D Design.
Supervised student theses, developed print department and designed print studio at Kendall College.

LECTURES/SEMINARS/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1996    Patrons of South Sound Cultural Arts (POSSCA) underwritten by Seattle First National Bank
1996   Commissioner, Olympia Arts Commission
1995   One Percent for the Arts Recipient, Olympia, WA
1994   Patrons of South Sound Cultural Arts (POSSCA) underwritten by Heritage Bank
1994   Swedish Hospital Auction, Donated by Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1993   Collaboration with Dale Chihuly on etchings prepared for the Seattle Opera
1992   Collaborative show at the WA Center for the Performing Arts
1990 ,1992    Patrons of South Sound Cultural Arts underwritten by Heritage Bank



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