Geraldine Ondrizek

Education

1985

BFA. Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh

1994

MFA. University of Washington, Seattle

Profession

1994–present, Professor of Art, Reed College, Portland

2006–present, US. Exhibitions Editor, Textile the Journal of Cloth and Culture

Current Projects

Lecture and Film Screening, “Cellular/Sound Walls” Goldsmith College, and The Royal College of Art, London
Lecture and Film Screening, “Cellular/Sound Walls” The Conference on Art and Society, Venice Italy.

One-Person Exhibition

2009

The Sound of Cells Dividing,  The Western Gallery, Western Washington University,
Bellingham Washington. (September –November 2009)

2008

Sound Walls , CAMAC Art Center , Marnay sur Seine, France.
DNA Fingerprints The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Ill.
The Window Project , PDX Gallery, Portland Oregon.

2007

Geraldine Ondrizek: M 168/ Repairing RNA. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.

2006

M168: Tracing the Y Chromosome. Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland.
DNA Fingerprints. The Portland Building, Portland.

2005

Repairing RNA. Mooney Exhibition Center, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.

2004

Repairing RNA. The Nine Gallery, Portland.
Obscured Elements. Solomon Fine Art, Seattle.

2003

RNA, DNA. Gas Works, London.

2002

Family Photos. Kunst Seminar, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.

2001

Recording Bird Songs. Littman Gallery, Portland State University, in conjunction with the East-West Symposium in Print Art, Portland.
Stem Cells and Cellular Tissues. Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis.

1999

Thin Sections. West Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Recent Work, Stem Cells and Cellular Tissues. Laura Russo Gallery, Portland.

1998

De Viscerum Structura. Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland.

1997

Springs Eternal. Seafirst Gallery, Seattle.
Libri. Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland.
Vera Icona. Frauenkirche, State Gallery for Contemporary Art, Erding, Germany.
Vera Icona. Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

1996

Vera Icona. Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California.

1995

Collectors Chamber. Art Gym, Marylhurst College [now Marylhurst University], Marylhurst, Oregon.

1994

Collectors Chamber. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle.

1989

Osage Orange and Sumac. Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh.
Three Forms. AIR Gallery, New York.

Group Exhibitions

Book Ends, Pyramid Atlantic, Alexandria, Virginia

2008

4th edition of Fenêtre sur l'Art  Donnemarie-Dontilly, France
The Mattress Factory 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Pittsburgh.
Speaking In Codes, curated by Diane Mullin, Weisman Art Museum, Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn.

2007

Fiber, curated by Cris Moss, Linfield Art Gallery, Linfield Oregon.

2006

Body of Art: An Exhibition Exploring Biotechnology. Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Words to Live By. Solomon Fine Art, Seattle.
100% Centennial: Wall-to-Wall CFA. Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, College of Fine Art, Pittsburgh.

2005

AFFAIR @ the Jupiter Hotel, Portland. Represented by Solomon Fine Art, Seattle.

2004

Drawing Conclusions 2004. Museum of Fine Arts, Baltimore.
New Directions 04. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York.

2000

Anniversary Exhibition. Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh.
Triennial of Prints. Association Mouvement d’Art Contemporain, Chamalières, France.

1999

Portland Printmakers. Davidson Gallery, Seattle.

1997

1997 Oregon Biennial. Portland Art Museum, Portland; traveled to: Schnieder Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland; University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene; Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem.
Group Exhibition, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh.
Lifelines. Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus, Brookville, New York.

Catalogues

2007

M168 Works by Geraldine Ondrizek, Donald H Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College.

2006

Body of Art: An Exhibition Exploring Biotechnology. Cambridge, Mass.: Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts.

2000

Triennial of Prints 2000. Chamalières, France: Association Mouvement d’Art Contemporain.

1998

Springs Eternal. Seattle: Seafirst Gallery.

1997

Libri. Portland, Ore.: Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College; with an essay by Patricia Failing.
The 1997 Oregon Biennial. Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum; with an essay by Kathryn Kanjo.
1977–1997: The Mattress Factory Turns Twenty. Anniversary Exhibition. Pittsburgh: Mattress Factory.

1990

Mattress Factory: Installation and Performance, 1982–1989. Pittsburgh: Mattress Factory.
Points of View: A Survey of Women’s Art. Westminster, Penn.: Westminster College.
 

Reviews

Allen, Lois. “M168 at OCAC.” Artweek  November 2006 .
Boas, Pat. “Geraldine Ondrizek at Autzen Gallery.” Artweek  February 2000 .
Calder, Jamie “ Geraldine Ondrizek: Profile of the Artist” NEW CITY ( Chicago) August 2008.
Cantor, Allyn. “Obscured Elements.” Preview (Seattle) February 2004.
Diggs, Taye, “Geraldine Ondrizek Major Work at the International Museum of Surgical Science”,
Chicago Tribune September 23, 2008.
Ellertson, Karrin. “A Sense of Awe.” The Oregonian, July 21, 2000.
Failing, Patricia. “City Focus: Portland Oregon. Necessity Is the Mother of Reinvention.” Artweek December 1997.
Fiedler, Nadine. “Geraldine Ondrizek at Marylhurst.” ReFlex  May 1995.
Flannery, Maura “ Repairing RNA” Surface Design Summer 2008.
Gregg, Randy. “Out on a Limb, The Portland Museum Offers a Surprising View of the State’s Best Art in the Oregon Biennial.” The Oregonian, August 22, 1997.
Harrison, Helen. “‘Lifelines’ at the Hillwood Art Museum.” New York Times (Long Island edition), December 7, 1997.
Johnson, Raymond. “The Secret Death of Plants.” The Oregonian, September 12, 1997.
Kenton, Mary Jean. “Three New Installations.” New Art Examiner  October 1989.
Motley, John. “Portland Public Art.” Metroscape (Portland)  Summer 2006.
Roberts, Prudence. “DNA at the Portland Building.” Artweek  May 2006.
Ross, Terry. “Various Shades of Green.” The Oregonian, May 5, 1995.
Row, D. K. “Geraldine Ondrizek M168.” The Oregonian, September 22, 2006.
————. “The 1997 Oregon Biennial, Curated by Kathryn Kanjo, May Be the Ultimate Reminder That Our Region’s Artists Are Among Its Richest Treasures.” Willamette Week (Portland), August 27, 1997.
Temple, Florian. “Frauenkirche als heiliger Hain.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 28, 1997.
————. “Geopferte Bäume und die wahren Ikonen.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 3, 1997.

Awards and Residencies

Mellon Foundation Grant

2008

CAMAC Art Center, UNESCO International Artist in Residency Program Marnay sur Seine, France
Columbia College of Art, Chicago

2006

Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship

1995–2006

The Stillman-Drake Fund for Faculty Research, Reed College, Portland

2005

Project Artist, Regional Arts and Culture Council

1995–2005

Dean’s Summer Research Grant, Reed College, Portland

2004

UNESCO Artist in Residence Award, Darat Al Funun Art Center, Amman,Jordan

2003

Artist in Residence, Gasworks, London

2002

Levine Research Grant, Reed College, Portland
Artist in Residence, Kunst Seminar, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

1998

Artist in Residence, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
First Prize, 1997 Oregon Biennial, Portland

1996

Awards to Young Visual Artists, Exhibition Grant from the Arts and Cultural Department of Erding, Germany

1993

Gonzales Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle

1992

First Prize, International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado

1990–92

Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado

Lectures

The Conference on Art and Society, Venice, Italy
Goldsmith College, The University of London
Royal College of Art, London

2008

Columbia College of Art, Chicago

2007

International Conference on the Arts in Society, The University of Kassel, Germany
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

2006

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland

2005

College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York

2003

Fachhochschule für Kunst, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Goldsmith College, The University of London
Winchester School of Art, The University of Southhampton

2001

University of Oregon, Eugene
Oregon State University, Corvallis

2000

Portland State University, Portland

1998

Women’s Studio Workshop, New York

1997

State Gallery of Art, Erding, Germany
Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, New York