BIOGRAPHY
I HATE ARTIST'S STATEMENTS
But, since you asked.....
It all started in kindergarten. I would make some beautiful piece of art, a hand print or scribble of some sort, then go running home to show my mother. She would be so thrilled and make me feel I had done something quite special. She would give this treasure the highest of honors by placing it on the refrigerator. I was so proud.
I have matured. I am an "artist". My work is about process, content and deep human emotions. It doesn't matter what others think about what I do, it matters just that I do it.
Or so we say.
I believe I can find beauty just about anywhere and I don't know if it is my duty as an artist to do this, but it is certainly my pleasure.
And I still like it when someone takes my work home and puts it on the fridge.
WILLIAM
PARK
2637 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.,
Portland, OR 97212
(503) 234-2727
bill@williampark.net
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EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2006 | · Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, Or
· Mark Woolley Gallery, Three Mavericks, Portland, Or · North Bank Artist's Gallery, Vancouver, Wa |
| 2005 | · p:ear, Featured artist, Portland, Or · Sitka Center for Art & Ecology Invitational,Featured Artist |
| 2004 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 2003 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 2002 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 2001 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 1999 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 1998 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 1997 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or · Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, Or |
| 1996 | · Erickson and Ellins, San Francisco, Ca |
| 1995 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or |
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EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS |
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| 2006 | · Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland Or |
| 2005 | · Portland Art Center, Portland, Or |
| 2003 | · Portland Community Arts Council, Process Show, Portland, Or |
| 1997 | · Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Wa |
| 1996 | · Froelic Adelhart Gallery, Portland, Or |
| 1995 | · Rocky Mountain National, Golden Co - Award |
| 1994 | · Augen Gallery, Portland, Or · Intersections, Invitational Show, Art Quake, Portland, Or · Frye Art Museum, Seattle Wa · Northwest Poets and Artists Calendar · Lana International Competition, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, Ca · Texas Watercolor Society, Houston Tx, - Award |
| 1993 | · Art Quake, Portland, Or · Watercolor Society of Oregon - Sweepstakes Award · San Diego Watercolor Society, - Award |
| 1992 | · Arts in Oregon Council |
| 1991 | · Artsplash, Redmond, Wa - Award · Art Quake, Portland, Or Art League 72nd National Exhibition, Springfield, Ma |
| 1990 | · San Diego Art Institute 36th National Juried Art Competition, San Diego, Ca |
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PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS and COLLECTIONS |
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| · Portland Community College,
Portland, Or, Permanent Collection · Wilson Pool, Windscreen, Portland Parks and Recreation, Public Art Commission · Tacoma Art Museum, Permanent Collection · WallWORKS PDX, Portland Airport, Public Art Commission · University of Oregon, Tennis-Recreation Center, Eugene, Or, Public Art Commission · Tri-Met Light Rail Fence Project, Portland, Or, Public Art Commission · Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Or · Emmons Company, Portland, Or · Oregon Eye Clinic, Portland Or · Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Or · Pacific Crest, Portland, Or · Rentrak, Portland, Or |
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