ARTIST RESUME
Cheryll Leo-Gwin
Redmond, WA 98052
www.leo-gwin.com
EDUCATION:
1975 - BFA, University of Washington, Seattle Campus
1977 - MFA, University of Washington, Seattle Campus
Public Art Projects:
2013 Washington State Arts Commission - Garfield Elementary School, Everett
2012 City of Bellevue - Evergreen Village Shopping Center, Floor graphics
2011 City of Bellevue – Sternco Shopping Center Windows
2010 City of Bellevue, WA Bel-Red District Arts Plan,
2006-8 Pierce County Parks&Rec/Arts&Culture-Foothills Trails Master Plan Project
2005-6 City of Tacoma – Chinese Reconciliation Park Sojourners Trail - Planner
2002-3 Early Learning Family and Childcare Center, Bellevue – Lead Artist/Planner
2000-2003 KCAC Beacon Hill Trolley Expansion Project – Artist
1998 Transitional Housing, Multi-Services Center, Bellevue, WA – Artist/Planner
Hopelink – Foodbank Donor Wall, Bellevue WA – Artist/Planner
Adele Maxwell Childcare Center Donor Wall, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation –Artist
One Person Exhibitions:
2016 Commons Gallery – Sammamish WA
2015 Seattle Mayor’s Gallery, Seattle WA
2011 The San Wei Gallery, Beijing China
2000 King County Bellevue Regional Library, Bellevue, WA
1993 PACCAR Exhibition Program, Bellevue, WA
1990 Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA
1987 Corvallis Art Center for the Arts, Corvallis OR
1984 King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle WA
1984 Gallery at PLU, Seattle WA
Invitational Exhibitions (Selected):
2017 Art Spirit Gallery, Spokane WA
2016 Metalmorphosis - Bellevue Art Museum Biannual
Artist Trust Artist Award Show - V Gallery, Seattle
NWDC at the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA
2015 NWDC at UW South Lake Union Medical Center, Seattle WA
2014 Cornell Museum National Juried Show, Del Rey FL
60 Years of Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA
Kirkland Arts Center Artists’ Exhibition
2013 Gone to the Dogs, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
2012 Friends of Harold Balazs, Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2007 Animalia, Allied Arts, Richland WA
2005 SeaTac Airport Biology 102
2004 Sea Tac Airport Biology 101
2003 Evidence of the Body, Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle WA
Biology 102, SeaTac Airport, Sea-Tac, WA
2002 Biology 101, SeaTac Airport, Sea-Tac WA
2000 Metal-Urge, Random Modern Art Gallery
1999 Evidence of the Body – Washington State Trade and Convention Center
1992 Eclectic Conspiracy, Spokane Art School Gallery, Spokane, WA
Games, Pacific Art Center, Anne Gould Hauberg Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Cutting Edge, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
100 True Stories, Galleria Potatohead, Seattle WA
Collaborations, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
Celebrations and Ceremonies, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle WA
1990 Color and Image, Gallery Association of New York, NY NY`
Wall Enamel, Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY`
1989 Northwest Enamels, Image Gallery, Portland OR`
National Enamelists, Sara Squerie Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Washington Crafts Then and Now, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
1986 Celebrations: Especially for Children, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue
1985 6 Northwest Enamelists, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Tacoma WA`
1984 Crafts '84, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA`
Northwest Fusion, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage AK
National Invitational Exhibition, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle
Our Contemporary Heritage, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco CA
1981 American Metalsmiths, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
1978 Crafts Invitational, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
1977 WCA: Works in Clay, Fiber, & Metal by Women, Bronx Museum, NY
Group Shows (selected):
2014 KAC Artists Exhibition, Kirkland WA
1990 Color and Image, Gallery Association of New York, NYNY
1981 Metalsmith '81, Kansas University, Lawrence KS`
1979 Sculpture '70, Tacoma Art Museum, Seattle WA
Professional Affiliations and Experience (Selected):
2013 – 2014 Board of Directors, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
1998 to 2012 World Trade and Exchanges, Inc. – President
1999 to 2007 Washington State Arts Commissioner
1993 to 2003 Arts Administrator, Bellevue College
1998 to 1999 Board of Trustees, International Enamel Society
1995 to 2003 Arts Advisory Committee, Meydenbauer Center
1997 to 1999 King County Public Arts Commissioner
1994 to 1997 King County Arts Commission
1986 to 1994 Redmond Arts Commissioner (Past Chair/charter member)
1982 to 1986 Wing Luke Museum, Board of Trustees (Past President)
Artist Grants:
2014 Artist Trust GAP Grant
2011 Bellevue Arts Commission – Special Projects Grant
2010 Bellevue Arts Commission – Special Projects Grant
2009 Washington State Arts Commission – Professional Development Grant
2008 King County 4Culture – Special Projects
2007 King County Arts Commission – Special Projects
1990 Artist Trust, GAP Grant, Seattle WA
1977 Ford Foundation Grant, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Awards & Honors (Selected):
2014-2016 Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery Artist Roster, Seattle office of Arts & Culture
2012-2016 Fulbright Foundation Senior Scholar Roster
1991 Bainbridge Island Arts Council, NW. Artists & Poets Calendar
1985, 86, 93 Kirkland Creative Arts League Award, First Place
1984, 85, 89 Pacific NW Arts & Crafts Awards, Misc. Crafts Division
1977, 83 Pacific NW Arts & Crafts Awards, Misc. Crafts Division
1985 Seattle Urban League Awards, Best of Show
1989,79 Wing Luke Asian Museum Artist Awards, Best of Show
Lectures and Teaching Experience (Selected):
2017 East Meets West - Storyfolios - Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA
2011 Lecture-Tsinghua University, Beijing China
2010 Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney Lecture, Bellevue WA
2009 Bellevue Arts Museum Lecture, Bellevue WA
2006-7 Pierce County Arts & Culture Master Plan, Pierce County WA
Shanghai University Art College, People’s Republic of China
1999 Filton College, Bristol, England
1998 Kent State University
1991, 92 University of Washington, Seattle WA
1983-89 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA
1981-2 California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1971-81 North Seattle Community College, Seattle WA
Residencies:
1989 Centrum Foundation Residency, Port Townsend WA
Special Projects (Selected):
2000 - 3 Cultural Exchange Project, Beijing China
2000 League for Innovation speaker: eBook Technology w/Microsoft, Minneapolis, MN
Focus Group: King County Arts Commission's Artist Made Building Products\
WSDOT: I-90 Mt Baker Ridge Project, Seattle, WA - Project Mgr/Fabricator
Tri-Met Light Rail Signage Project, City of Portland, OR - Project Manager
Collections (Selected):
City of Seattle – Portable Works Collection
Hopelink, Bellevue, WA
King County Public Art Commission
Washington State Arts Commission's Portable Works Collection, Seattle WA
King County Arts Commission Portable works Collection, Seattle WA
City of Redmond, Arts Awards Collection, Redmond, WA
Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
Barbara O. Rockefeller, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Sindler, San Francisco, CA
Roger Shimomura, Lawrence, Kansas
Anne Hauberg, Seattle, WA
Bibliography (Selected):
1992 Reply to Racism through Art, Journal American, Bellevue WA 2/15/92
1991 Asian American Artists in the NW, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1989 Glass on Metal, Newport KY - June Issue
1986 A Manual of Cloisonne & Champleve Enamel - Strosahl/Barnhard, Schuster
1978 Art Journal, New York NY, Summer Issue (pf330)
1978 Crafts Horizon, June Issue