Geraldine Ondrizek

Education

1994

MFA. University of Washington, Seattle

1985

BFA. Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Professional Experience

2006-present

2006-present

1994-98

Current Projects

Cellular, Art Meets Technology, The Detroit Institute Of Arts, June –July 2011

University of Washington Medical Center, commissioned work for the front lobby of the University of Washington Hospital honoring Dr. Arno Motulsky and the 50th Anniversary of Medical Genetics

One-Person Exhibition

2009

The Sound of Cells Dividing, The Western Gallery, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, Washington

2008

Sound Walls, CAMAC Art Center , Marnay sur Seine, France
DNA Fingerprints The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Illinois
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, Oregon

2005

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

2004

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

2003

RNA, DNA, Gas Works, London

2002

Family Photos, Kunst Seminar, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

2001

Recording Bird Songs, Littman Gallery, Portland State University , Portland, Oregon
Stem Cells and Cellular Tissues, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

1999

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

1998

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

1997

Springs Eternal, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Libri, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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, Washington

1989

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

Group Exhibitions

Mind and Matter: Technology, Science, Nature and Culture, Textile Society of America Biennial, Shelton Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska

Book Ends, Pyramid Atlantic, Alexandria, Virginia

2008

4th edition of Fenêtre sur l'Art  Donnemarie-Dontilly, France
The Mattress Factory 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Speaking In Codes, Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Curator: Diane Mullin, Associate Curator, Weisman Art Museum

2007

Fiber, Linfield Art Gallery, Linfield, Oregon, Curator: Cris Moss, Adjunct Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Gallery Coordinator, Linfield College

2006

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

2005

AFFAIR @ the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, Oregon, represented by Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, Washington

2004

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

2000

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

1999

Portland Printmakers, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1997

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

Catalogues

The Sound of Cells Dividing,  Western Gallery, Western Washington University.

2007

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

2006

Body of Art: An Exhibition Exploring Biotechnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.: 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, Oregon: 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.
Cantor, Allyn. "The Sounds of Cells Dividing," Preview (Seattle) November 2009.
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.
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.
Jackson, Grace. "Aural Art The Sounds of Cells Dividing," Cascadia Weekly (Bellingham), October 14, 2009
Johnson, Raymond. "The Secret Death of Plants," The Oregonian, September 12, 1997.
Kenton, Mary Jean. "Three New Installations," New Art Examiner, October 1989.
Lieberman, Amy.  "Speaking in Code," City Pages (Minneapolis),  April 23, 2008.
Lotter, Rod.  "Cell exhibition fuses art and science," Western Front (Bellingham), October 19, 2009.
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.
Rubestien, Doris. "Speaking in code: Artworks reflect our mystical DNA," The American Jewish World, May 16, 2008.
Temple, Florian. “Frauenkirche als heiliger Hain,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 28,1997.
Willamette Week (Portland), “The 1997 Oregon Biennial, Curated by Kathryn Kanjo, May Be the Ultimate Reminder That Our Region’s Artists Are Among Its Richest Treasures,” August 27, 1997.

Awards and Residencies

Mellon Foundation Grant for Faculty Research, Reed College, Portland, Oregon

2008

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

2006

Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, Salem, Oregon

1995–2006

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

2005

Project Artist, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon

1995–2005

Dean's Summer Research Grant, Reed College, Portland, Oregon

2004

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

2003

Artist in Residence, Gasworks, London, England

2002

Levine Research Grant, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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, Oregon

1996

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

1993

Gonzales Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1992

First Prize, International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado

1990–92

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

Lectures

University of Washington 50th Anniversary of Medical Genetics. Seattle, Washington
Western Washington University Department of Art, Bellingham, Washington
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, Oregon

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 South Hampton, England