Gini Lawson

Gini’s paintings have been featured in exhibitions in galleries and cultural centers throughout the United States, including the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay, Oregon; the Bella Perla Gallery in Portland, Oregon; Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, Georgia; and the Phinney Center Gallery

in Seattle. Her work is in public and private collections including those of Southwestern Oregon Community College and the Women Beyond Borders International Invitational Touring Collection.

RESUME

2011 Art Takes Miami Juried Exhibition
2011 EAFA Open Juried Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
2010 West Seattle Art Walk, Seattle, Washington
2009 All Media Juried Show, Chase Gallery, Spokane Arts Commission, Spokane, Washington
2008 Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Washington
2007 Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2007 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
2007 * “American Icons,” Bella Perla Gallery Portland, Oregon
2007 “Bloodlines. Family: In Practice and In Name,” Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia
2006 Women Beyond Borders International Invitational Exhibit “Art Expressing Life,” Seattle, Washington
2006 Women BeyondBorders International Invitational Exhibit “Art Expressing Life,” Palo Alto, California
2005 JT Fringe Festival, Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
2005 Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge, Texas
2005 Mt. Scott Arts Center, Portland, Oregon
2005 Projekt30
2005 The American Juried Art Salon
2005 Auto Gallery of Seattle two-person exhibition, Seattle, WA
2004 WingNut Galleries “Faces and Figures” two-person exhibition, Seattle, WA
2004 Magnolia Restaurant in-store Exhibition
1996 Baker’s Beach in-store Exhibition
1996 Starbucks Flagship Store Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
1995 Kent Art Gallery, Kent, Washington
1994 Juried Exhibit, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1994 Metropolis Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1994 Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah, Washington

AWARDS AND HONORS

FIRST PLACE PURCHASE AWARD 2007 “Expressions West” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR Juror: Amy Pence-Brown, Associate Curator of Art, Boise Art Museum
JURORS’ TOP PICK 2007 Greenwood/Phinney ArtWalk Jurors: Deborah Paine, Curator and collections manager, Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Phen Huang, Director, Foster/White Gallery, Margie Livingston, Visual artist and instructor, Gage Academy of Art
BEST OF SHOW 2007 “Bloodlines. Family: In Practice and In Name,” Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
SECOND PRIZE 2005 JT Fringe Festival, Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Southwestern Oregon Community College
Women Beyond Borders International Invitational Exhibit Touring Collection

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

John Atanasio, Maui, Hawaii
David McShea and Sophia Eitel, Seattle, Washington
Dr. Marilyn Stewart, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Phil Herring and Kim McCall, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Jamie Stone and Dennis Globus, Seattle, Washington
Mr. And Mrs. Terrence Bell, Seattle, Washington
Mr. And Mrs. James Mockler, Helena, Montana
Elaine Tajima, Palo Alto, California
Richard Mockler, Seattle, Washington
Michael Lawson, Seattle, Washington
Mrs. Robert Turnauer, Seattle, Washington
Bryan Hathaway, Seattle, Washington
Mr. And Mrs. Dow Dunbar, Seattle, Washington
Mr. And Mrs. Michael Walser, Seattle, Washington
Margaret Parkinson, Seattle, Washington
Laurie Blau-Marshall, Seattle, Washington
Rosalyn Gerstein, Kirkland, Washington
Karla Spormann, Oakland, California
Colleen Lawson, Langley, Washington
John Nettleton, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilburn, Bellevue, Washington

COMMISSIONS

Women Beyond Borders International Invitational Exhibit, Palo Alto, California, Seattle, Washington
Mr. And Mrs. Michael Walser, Seattle, Washington
Bryan Hathaway, Seattle, Washington
Jamie Stone, Seattle, Washington
Mr. And Mrs. Dow Dunbar, Seattle, Washington
John Nettleton, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Ahmad Mohammadian, Seattle, Washington
Mary Ann Gobat, Federal Way, Washington
Janice Daines, Wenatchee, Washington

BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)

Art Takes Miami Catalog 2011, Scope Art Fairs
* Chip Dombrowski The World May 7, 2007
Elementary Series, Art Education, Davis Publishing 2007
The Plaintiffs “To Helen, A Handbasket” CD cover art 2005

EDUCATION

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, College of Fine Art
Drawing and Painting