Artist List    Chris Gander    Images  |  Bio Born: Portland, OR 1954 EDUCATION B.F.A., Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1986 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1974-1978 AWARDS Art Slate '95, Condon, OR, Award 1995 Sculpture selected to represent graphic image for Northwest Business Committee for the Arts, Portland, OR 1994 Oregon Arts Commission Artist Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention 1993 Wiener Travel Award, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1986 Edward and Sandy Martin Sculpture Scholarship 1985 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 "The Trouble with Logic: Constructed Illusions," Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2004 “Chris Gander: Sculpture,” The Art Gallery, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA (invitational) 2001 The Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1993 GROUP EXHIBITIONS “UN/COMMON- Pacific Northwest College of Art Faculty Exhibition,” Portland, OR 2007 “Circle, Triangle, Square: an exhibition of artists working with geometric forms,” Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 2007 “Art Slate,” Condon, OR, invitational 2001, 2005-2007 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR annually 1990 - 2007 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “Convergence,” Tollhouse Art Center, Kirkcudbright, Scotland 2006 "PNCA Spring Faculty Show," Centre International Art Contemporian, Pont Aven, France 2005 “The Virescence Project,” Hilton Hotel and Metro Headquarters, Portland, OR (invitational) 2003 ?PSA at the French Library,? French Library and Cultural Center, Boston, MA 2003 “Is, Was, Will Be,” Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris, and at Espace Mélanie, Riec-sur-Bélon, France 2003 “Home and Away,” Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2003 "Variations of Abstraction: Selections from the Portable Collection," City Space, Seattle, WA 2003 “After,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (invitational) 2002 “PNCA Faculty Show,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2002 “Safeco Collection,” Safeco Campus, Redmond, WA 2002 “Sculpture Exposition 2002,” Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR 2002 Pauling Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR 2002 “15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts,” Lake Oswego, OR, invitational 2001 “Pacific Northwest College of Art Faculty Exhibition,” Clackamas Community College, OR 2000 “Art Collected by Artists,” Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 2000 "Open Walls," Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 2000 "Intervals, Frames & Accelerations: A Snowglobe Invitational," Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR curated by Sarah Ellen Taylor 2000 “Art Slate ‘99,” Condon, OR 1999 "Visual Chronicle," Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR 1998 “Safeco Collects: Northwest Art 1976-1997,” Jundt Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 1997 “Traversing/Territory - Pure Form: The Intensity of Process,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Marylhurst College Art Gym, Marylhurst, OR (invitational) 1997 Art Slate '95, Condon, OR (invitational) Cash Award 1995-1997 “The Tool Show,” Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR 1996 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, OR 1995 Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Portland Community College, OR 1995 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995 Artquake, Portland, OR (invitational) 1994 PNCA Faculty Exhibition, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR 1994 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (juried) 1991 “Big Objects,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (invitational) 1991 “The Oregon Invitational,” Small Sculpture Exhibition Lane Community College, Springfield, OR 1990 Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 1990 “Bumbershoot,” Arts Festival, Seattle, WA (juried) 1990 “Garden Party,” invitational sculpture exhibition, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1990 “All Oregon Art Annual,” Salem, OR 1988, 1990 “Introductions '88: On and Off the Wall,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 “Ceramics at the College,” Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art in conjunction with the National Conference for the Education of Ceramic Art 1988 Thesis Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1986 COMMISSIONS The Quintet, Cascade Estates, Portland, OR 1991 P. Richardson, Portland, OR 1998 Winkler Development Company, Portland, OR 1999 COLLECTIONS Anderson Property Management, Portland, OR Beaverton City Hall, Beaverton, OR Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR Harsch Investment Corp., Portland, OR Management Compensation Group, Portland, OR Mazama Capital Management, Portland, OR Oregon Arts Commission, Hillsboro County Court House, OR Philip Morris Companies, Inc., New York, NY Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Safeco Corp., Seattle, WA Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Washington County, Public Services Building, Hillsboro, OR Wildwood Restaurant, American Industries, Inc., Portland, OR RELATED EXPERIENCE Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, Instructor 1992 – present Instructor, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France 2003, 2005 Portland State University, Portland, OR, Faculty 1995-1996 Metropolitan Arts Commission Design Team Roster, Portland, OR 1994-1996 PUBLICATIONS “pulse,” art ltd, July 2007, p. 85 UN/COMMON- Pacific Northwest College of Art Faculty Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Spring 2007 “Pacific Northwet College of Art: Honor Roll of Donors 2005-2006,” PNCA, Portland, OR, Spring 2007 "Faculty Notes," Re:view Pacific Northwest College of Art Newsletter, Spring 2005, p. 4 Row, D.K. “Joan Livingstone, Chris Gander and Henk Pander,” The Oregonian, June 11, 2004, p. 25 Duford, Daniel, “The Virescence Project,” The Bear Deluxe, No. 20, Fall 2003, p.21 “Cascade Aids Project Art Auction Preview,” The Oregonian, June 3, 2001 Row, D.K., “Critic’s Picks,” The Oregonian, February 1, 2001 “Four-day Weekend,” The Oregonian, February, 2001 “Pick Hit: Chris Gander at Laura Russo,” The Oregonian, February, 2001 Row, D.K., “Tip Sheet,” The Oregonian, January, 2001 Allen, Lois, “Intervals, Frames, and Accelerations,” Artweek, September, 2000, p. 29 Row, D.K., “Critic’s Picks,” The Oregonian, March 2, 2000, p. E1 Gragg, Randy, “Care and Imagination Create Beautiful Things in Small Spaces,” The Oregonian, October 25, 1998, p. F2 Row, D.K., “Post-Minimalist Maneuvers,” The Oregonian, June 26, 199, p. 638 Bonansinga, Kate, “Humanized Geometry,” Willamette Week, June 24, 1998 Gragg, Randy, “PICA Throws a Process of Potluck,” The Oregonian, January, 1997 Row, D.K., “Serious Fun,” Willamette Week, January 15, 1997, p. 52 Dimitre, Jim, “Roads Not Taken,” AORTA, April/May, 1997, p. 18 Ellison, Victoria, “Sculptors’ Works Only Semisolid,” The Oregonian, September 20, 1997, p. 59 McCorran, Megan, “Pruneda Show Leads First Thursday,” The Oregonian, September 4, 1996, p. D5 Sayre, Henry, “Art in the State – Condon’s Art Slate,” Oregon Humanities, 1995 Bennett, Laura, ?Portland Art Museum: Bread & Circuses?? Reflex, October/November, 1995, pp.18-19 Ross, Terry, “Portland Galleries Practically Gift-Wrap Themselves,” The Oregonian, November 30, 1994, p. E4 Fiedler, Nadine, “Mission Impossible: The Show Evolves,” Artquake, Reflex, October/November, 1994 McIntosh, Don, “Gallery Engulfed by Geometry,” Vanguard, June, 1993 Gragg, Randy, “Art Gets Real in ‘My Love Life’,” The Oregonian, December 2, 1992 Cohn, Lisa “When Things Go Arai,” The Oregonian, January 12, 1992, pp. L1, L5 Allan, Lois, “Three Sculptors at Northview Gallery,” PCC Sylvania Campus, Reflex, January/February, 1991 Bell, Greg, “Big Objects,” Quarterly Museum Notes - Tacoma Art Museum, summer, 1991 Hacket, Regina, “Tacoma’s New Sculpture Exhibit is Simply ‘Big’,” Seattle PI, July, 1991 Best, Mary, Preview of July/August Art Exhibitions and Events, Reflex, July/August, 1991