Elizabeth Eero Irving
                         Multimedia Alaskan Artist
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Artist Resume:
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Education:

2007
        Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC:  Collins, Evans, Massey Scholar

2000-2005 University of Alaska, Fairbanks:  Digital Photography, Native Arts, Ceramics

1996         BFA, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA, Kreielsheimer Scholar
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Grants and Awards:

2007          Connie Boochever Artist Fellowship, Alaska State Council on the Arts, $2,500
2007          Collins, Evans, Massey Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, $1,500
2006          Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Award, $5,000
1990          Kreielsheimer Scholarship, Cornish College of the Arts, $60,000
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Upcoming Exhibits:

2008          Alaskan Light: Mystery Revealed, Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center, Kenai, AK Mar.
                
Solo Exhibit, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, May
                
Doll, invitational, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, July
                
Solo Exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK, August
2009          Countenance: Modern Masks of the North, Well Street Art Co., Fairbanks, AK Jan.
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Exhibit History:

2008         Alaska: Concept and Abstraction, Invitational, Well Street Art Co., Fairbanks, AK Jan.

2007         Women’s Exhibit, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, Dec.
              
  Calyx, solo exhibit, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, November
               
The Bones Show, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK , October. Curator:  Elizabeth Eero Irving
               
Synthesis: Collaborations, Investigations, Discoveries, International Gallery of Contemporary Art,
                Anchorage, AK, August
               
Sticks & Stones, Kenai Cultural Center, Kenai, AK, May-August
               
9 North: Multimedia Alaskan Perspectives, AK Centennial Center for the Arts,
                Fairbanks, AK, May, Curator:  Elizabeth Eero Irving
               
Interior Artisans XXII, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, April
               
Distillate, The Annex Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, April
               
Patterns of Influence: Changing Times, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, February
               
BiPolar, The Annex Gallery, Fairbanks, AK and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan.

2006        Small Works, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, December
               
World AIDS Day Art Show, Peace Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, December
              
Transmission Point, solo exhibit, Carr-Gottstein Gallery, Anchorage, AK October
              
POLARities: Aesthetics, Experiments, Observations, UAF Museum of the North,
                Fairbanks, AK, September
               
Doll, The Annex Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, June
              
Talent x 10, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, June
              
Patterns of Influence: Essence of Color, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks,
               AK, February, Award: Honorable Mention
              
All Alaska Juried Exhibition XXXI, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK, January

2005        In the HeART of Ester, The Annex Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, Dec.
              
64th Parallel Annual, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, Oct.
              
New Works, The Annex Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, August
             
Relic: Mementos from the Pilgrimage, The Annex Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, May
              
Interior Artisans XX, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, April
         
    Patterns of Influence: Re/Creation, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, February

2004      GunArt: .38 Artists, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, February

2003        64th Parallel Annual, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, October
              
Gallery Artists, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, June
              
Photographic Retrospective, solo exhibit, Wood Center, UAF, Fairbanks, AK, Feb.

2002        Juried Student Exhibit, UAF Art Dept., Fairbanks, AK, March

2001        Continuing Exhibits, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, October

1999        Still Scenes, solo exhibit, Hawthorne Coffeehouse, Portland, OR, October

1997        Perceived Memory, solo exhibit, Clinton Street Coffee, Portland, OR, June
              
Single Visions, Photo Art Studios Gallery, Portland, OR, May

1996       Memory: Lost and Found, BFA exhibit, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, June

1995        Documentary Photography, Ned Benke Gallery, Seattle, WA, January

1993       Triple Vision, Ned Benke Gallery, Seattle, WA, April

1992       Sculpture Review,  Ned Benke Gallery, Seattle, WA, April

1991       Student Invitational, Ned Benke Gallery, Seattle, WA, October
             
Student Invitational,  Fisher Gallery, Seattle, WA, April
             
This Golden Cage, Bell Gallery, Seattle, WA, February

1990       Juried Student Art Exhibit, Ned Benke Gallery, Seattle, WA, November
             
Up With Art, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, March Award: Best in Show
             
Solo Exhibit, Hot Licks Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, May
             
All Alaska Juried Exhibition XXIII, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK, February
             
64th Parallel Annual, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK, Feb.
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Curatorial Experience:

            
The Bones Show, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, October 2007 Invitational, thematic juried
             exhibit of thirty-five Alaskan artists.

             
9 North: Multimedia Alaskan Perspectives, AK Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK,
              May 2007. Invitational exhibit of nine multimedia artists.

             
GunArt: .38 Artists, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK, February 2004 Invitational exhibit of
              thirty-eight artists.
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Bibliography:

              KUAC, APRN Emily Schwing interview with The Bones Show curator Elizabeth Eero Irving, Air date
              Friday, October 5, 2007

              Anchorage Daily News “Visual Arts: Alaska Pacific University” Mark Baechtel, Oct. 6, 2006

              Fairbanks Daily News Miner “Artists Look to Science for Inspiration” Mary Beth Smetzer,
              Oct. 3, 2006

              Fairbanks Daily News Miner “Shooting Gallery” Debbie Carter, Feb. 5, 2004

              Fairbanks Daily News Miner “Young at Art” Kaleidoscope, Mar. 23, 1989
   
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