Artist List    Judith Poxson Fawkes    Images  |  Bio Born: 1941, Lansing, MI EDUCATION M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art 1965 Michigan State University 1963 AWARDS Art in Embassy’s Program, Washington D.C. 1997 WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists 1993 Travel Grant from IREX (International Research and Exchange Board) to attend International Textile Symposium in Vilnius, Lithuania 1992 Individual Artists Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission 1984 Oregon State Fair, Cash Award 1983, 1984, 1993 Sunriver Art Competition, Sunriver, OR, Cash Award 1983 Crafts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts 1980 Tuition Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1966 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2007. 2010 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2002 Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1991 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR 1983, 1985, 1988 Elements Gallery, New York, NY 1982 Governor’s Ceremonial Office, State Capitol, Salem, OR 1980 Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR 1969, 1975, 1979 Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, WA 1971 Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1971 GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 “Tied Together: Textile Art in the 21st Century,” Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ 2006 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued) “15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland OR 2001 “Fabricated From Flax,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1998 “Structural Appreciation,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1996 “Fiber: Five Decades from the Permanent Collection,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1995 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995 “Visions West: NEA Women Fellows in Fiber,” Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD 1995 “Facets of Fiber,” Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX 1995 “The Possibilities of Weaving,” Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK 1995 “Abstract Art in the Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection,” Seattle Center Pavilion, WA 1994 “New Fiber ‘94,” The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1994 ArtQuake Exhibition, Portland, OR 1994 “The Spring Show,” Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR 1993 “5th Anniversary Exhibition,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1992 “A Decade of Craft: Recent Acquisitions Part II: Ceramics, Fiber, and Metal,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1992 “Camera to Canvas,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1992 “U.S.A./Columbia: Fibers,” Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL 1990-1991 “Fiber Directions: West Coast,” Schneider Museum, Ashland, OR; Redding Museum, CA 1990 “Mixed Media,” The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1990 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY 1989 “Woven Walls,” Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY 1989 International Textile Competition, Kyoto, Japan 1989 “Splendid Forms,” Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1988 “Premonitions,” Cheekwood Botanic Hall, Nashville, TN 1985 “Cranbrook Connection: New Images in Fabric,” Elements Gallery, New York, NY 1984 “Impulse: New Images in Fabric,” Detroit Artists’ Market 1984 “Woven Works: Tradition and Innovation,” University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI; one-year tour of Midwest 1984 “Regional Crafts: A Contemporary Perspective,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1983 “Fiber, the Artist’s View,” Long Island University, Greenvale, NY 1983 “Approaches to Collecting,” American Craft Museum, NY 1982 “New Directions: Clay and Fiber,” East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1982 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1981 “Portland Week in Sapporo,” Japan 1979 “Art in Public Places,” Spokane, WA 1977 “Fiber: Structures at Convergence,” Pittsburgh, PA 1976 “The City of Seattle Selects,” Seattle, WA 1976 “Textiles: Past and Prologue,” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC 1976 “Northwest Fiber Works,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1976 “Contemporary Crafts of the Americas,” Colorado State University, Washington D.C., two-year tour by the Smithsonian Institution 1975 “Northwest Crafts,” Seattle, WA 1975 “Northwest Crafts,” New York, NY 1973 “Michigan Artist-Craftsmen,” Detroit, MI 1969,1971 “Young Americans,” New York, NY 1969 “California Crafts VI,” Sacramento, CA 1968 COMMISSIONS Stoller Vineyards, Dayton, OR 2008 Tigard Public Library, Tigard, OR 2007 Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, Vancouver, WA 2005 Aurora Federal Credit Union, Aurora, CO (tapestry image on credit card) 2004 Aurora Municipal Center, Aurora, CO 2003 Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN 2002 Inverness Jail, Portland, OR 2000 St. Helena Hospital, Deer Park, CA 2000 Valero, San Antonia, TX 1999 Public Employee’s Retirement System, Portland, OR 1998 School of Business Administration, University of Northern Florida, Jacksonville, FL 1997 Horse Heaven Hills Middle School, Kenniwick, WA 1997 Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Portland, OR 1997 Trammel Crow at 650 California St., San Francisco, CA 1997 King County Regional Justice Center, Kent, WA 1997 Splendour of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship 1996 Hearing Building, Public Service Commission, Tallahassee, FL 1995 Continental Savings Bank, Seattle, WA 1994 HORNE International Designs, Inc., residence, Saudi Arabia 1994 Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR 1993 Washington County Justice Center, Hillsboro, OR 1993 State of Oregon, Archives Building, Salem, OR 1991 UNICO, Seattle, WA 1991 Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Portland, OR 1991 Melvin Mark Properties, Portland, OR 1990 Chapman School, Portland, OR 1990 Sequent Computer Systems, Portland, OR 1990 Portland State University, Portland, OR 1989 Trammell Crow Co., Commerce Business Park, Los Angeles, CA 1989 Perkins Coie, Portland, OR 1988 Charles E. Smith Properties, Crystal City, VA 1988 Key Corp., Albany, NY 1987 M Bank, Houston, TX 1987 St. Peters Hospital, Olympia, WA 1987 Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, OR 1986 Charles E. Smith Properties, Crystal City, VA 1986 Fulbright and Jaworski, Houston, TX 1986 Florida National Bank, Jacksonville, FL 1986 Hill Bank, Weimer, TX 1986 Northwest Natural Gas, Portland, OR 1985 American General, Houston, TX 1985 Boston Properties, Democracy Center I, Rockville, ML 1984 Coopers and Lybrand, Dallas, TX 1984 Fluor, Houston, TX 1984 Community Coffee, Baton Rouge, LA 1984 Bess Kaiser Hospital, Portland, OR 1983 Publishers Paper, Lake Oswego, OR 1982 Blount, Inc., Oregon Cutting Systems Division, Milwaukie, OR 1981 COMMISSIONS, (continued) Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR 1980 State of Oregon, Capitol Expansion Project, Salem, OR 1977 COLLECTIONS Ackerley Communications, Seattle, WA Amboy Elementary School, Battleground, WA American Craft Museum, New York, NY American Federal Bank, Greenville, SC Arctic Alaska, Seattle, WA Bogle & Gates, Seattle, WA Chemshares Corporation, Houston, TX City of Seattle, WA Clark College, Vancouver, WA Clover Park Technical College, Tacoma, WA Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR Davis, Wright, Tremaine, Portland, OR Dawson Productions, San Francisco, CA Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR Ernst Whinney, Seattle, WA Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Portland, OR First Interstate Bank, Portland, OR Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL Foster, Pepper, Riviera, Seattle, WA Gallagher Capitol, Portland, OR Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC Hart, Neil and Weigler, Portland, OR Heller, Ehrman, Seattle, WA IBM, Information Products Division, Charlotte, NC Inverness Jail, Portland, OR Idaho First National Bank, Boise, ID King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR MCI, Denver, CO Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR Microsoft, Seattle, WA Newport School District, Newport, WA Northwest Building Corporation, Seattle, WA Louisiana Pacific, Portland, OR Oles Morrison, Seattle, WA Oregon Health Science University Foundation, Portland, OR Providence Cancer Center, Portland, OR Pacific First Federal, Seattle, WA Safeco, Seattle, WA School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, SC Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR Shell Oil, Houston, TX COLLECTIONS (continued) Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA State Employment Offices, Salem, OR State of Oregon: Commerce Building, J Building, State Hospital, Salem, OR Stevens Elementary School, Spokane, WA St. Helena Hospital, Deer Park, CA Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR Stoller Vineyards, Dayton, OR Susman, Shank, Wapnick, Caplan and Stiles, Portland, OR Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA Synetron, Portland, OR Tacoma Art Museum, Seattle, WA The Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA The Prudential Life Insurance Co., Portland, OR Tonkon Torp Galen Marmaduke and Booth, OR Trout Lake Elementary-High School, OR United Parcel Service World Headquarters, Atlanta, GA University Federal, Seattle, WA University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Vesti Corporation, Boston, MA Wahluke High School, Wahluke, WA Warner Bros, Los Angeles, CA Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA Washington State University, Vancouver, WA Zenith Insurance, Pleasanton, CA PUBLICATIONS “Weaving A Chronicle: Judith Poxson Fawkes,” Book Preview, FiberArts, Summer 2008, p. 59 American Craft, December / January 2008, p. 14, full color advertisement Poxson Fawkes, Judith, Weaving a Chronicle, self published, Portland, OR, November 2007, monograph with color illustrations, 98 pages “City of Aurora Art in Public Places Guide 2007,” auroragov.org/publicart, color illustration of Aurora Municipal Center, West Lobby, Commission, pp. 7-8 “Judith Poxson Fawkes: New Tapestries,” art ltd. West Coast Art + Design, November 2007, p. 98 Wiggers, Namita, Unpacking the Collection: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, catalog, 2008 “The Living Room,” Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, brochure illustration, 2007 Dow, Nancy, “Weaving and walking to better health,” The Oregonian, February 21, 2007, p. E5 Sherman, Barbara, “Weaver spins library art,” The Tigard Times, January 18, 2007, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. A1, A6 Mosedale, Susan Sleeth, “Judith Poxson Fawkes: Cascades of Color,” Fiberarts, Sep/Oct 2005, pp. 16-17 Row, D.K. “D.K.’s Hot Sheet,” The Oregonian, May 28, 2004, p. 25 “Tapestry Exhibition,” Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Vol. 35 No. 2, Spring 2004, p. 9 (illus.) “TSA Member News,” Textile Society of America Newsletter, Vol. 16 No. 2, Spring 2004, p. 5 Olsen, Beth, “Portfolio,” Oregon Home, Vol. 4 No. 6, November-December 2003, p. 20 “Commissions: Judith Poxson Fawkes,” American Craft, June/July 2001, p. 38 Brokensha, Sally, “Judith Poxson Fawkes,” International Tapestry Journal, August, 2000 Jenkins, Steven, “Margot Voorhies Thompson and Judith Poxson Fawkes,” Artweek, October, 1998, p. 6 “Current & Coming,” FiberArts, September/October, 1998, p. 79 PUBLICATIONS (continued) American Craft, October/November, 1998, p. 85 “Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse,” The International Design Magazine, July/August, 1998, p. 167 Bonansinga, Kate, “New Reviews,” Willamette Week, October 1998 Gragg, Randy, “Courting Art,” The Oregonian, November 7, 1997, p. 56 Foa, Lin J., “Judith Poxson Fawkes: Artful Intertwining,” FiberArts, January/February, 1997, p. 30 Gragg, Randy, “Weaving a Structure,” The Oregonian, July 17, 1996, pp. A1, C1 Smith, Tracy A., “For the Love of Art and Craft, ”Willamette Week, July, 1996 Seebert, Rebecca, “First Thursday Focus,” OurTown, July 10-16, 1996, p. 53 “Commissions,” International Tapestry Journal, Spring, 1995, pp. 34, 35 “The Art of Fine Craft,” ArtFlash, Decembe,r, 1994, p. 3 Johnson, Holly, “Picture These on First Thursday, The Oregonian, October, 1994 “Oregonian Wins WESTAF Crafts Fellowship,” Oregon Arts OAC News, Fall, 1993, p. 5 “Judith Poxson Fawkes,” FiberArts, January/February 1993, p. 25 “Roundups,” Reflex, November/December, 1992, p. 18 Johnson, Barry, “First Thursday Openings Sharpen Political Edge,” The Oregonian, September 2, 1992, p. D5 Duckler, Garrick, “WW Art Choice,” Willamette Week, September 10-16, 1992, p. 53 Knight, Cynthia, “Fine Gardens-Interiors,” Portland Downtowner, February 17, 1992, p. 11 “Gallery/Fiber,” American Craft, October/November, 1992, p. 70 “Willamette Heights Rich With Artists,” The Neighbor, April 26, 1991, p. 5 “Willamette Heights Neighbors Celebrate Area’s Centennial,” The Oregonian, September 12, 1991, p. D2 Lowery, M., “Judith Poxson Fawkes,” Northwest Originals, Oregon Women and Their Art, November, 1989, p. 25 Allen, Lois, Modernism and Beyond, Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest, Midmarch Arts Press, NY, pp. 111, 113 Corwin, Nancy, “Art and Personal Spaces,” Fibers USA Johnson, Kirk, “Portland Artist Flies High, Then Weaver What She Sees,” The Oregonian, March 12, 1984 Griffin, Rachael, “A Conversion of Sorts Judith Poxson Fawkes: A Background in Painting, a Present in Weaving,” Fiberarts, Nov/Dec 1980