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Gwen Seemel — Acrylic, emphasis on portraits

Gwenn Liberty Seemel is named after the Liberty Bell, a cracked ding-dong with a venerable history. She is working as an artist who has sold her soul to the genre of portraiture. She lives in Portland Oregon, with her sweetheart.

2003 - Willamette University, Salem, Bachelors of Arts in Studio Art and French, summa cum laude, Phi Betta Kappa.
2002 - Magenia School for Mime and Dance, France

Resume is going back to 2007, for more information see Seemel's website.

Selected solo exhibitions

• 2010 -  Subjective, Edmonds Art Festival Museum Gallery, Edmonds WA - collaboration with Becca Bernstein *
• 2010 -  Subjective, Pence Gallery, Central Oregon Community College, Bend Oregon - collaboration with Becca Bernstein *
• 2010 -  Subjective, The Arts Center, Corvallis Oregon - collaboration with Becca Bernstein *
• 2010 -  Subjective, Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland Oregon - - collaboration with Becca Bernstein *
• 2009 -  Apple Pie, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene Oregon
• 2008 -  Apple Pie, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland Oregon
• 2007 - Sympathetic Magic, Filter Portland, OR
• 2007 - Swollen, Littman Gallery, Portland OR

Selected Group exhibitions

• 2009 - Mixed: The Politics Of Hybrid Identities, Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland OR
• 2009 - Art & Labor & The Labor of Art, Olympic Mills, Portland, OR - featured artists
• 2008 - Keep Portland Weird, City Hall, Portland OR
• 2007 - PDX Panels, Portland Art Center, Portland OR

Awards and Grants

• 2009 - Oregon Arts Commission career opportunity grant, Salem OR
• Celebration Foundation project grant, Portland, OR
• Regional Arts and Culture Council project grant, Portland OR

Selected publications and reviews

• 2010 - Subjective, exhibition catalogue with introductory essay by Richard Brilliant.*
• 2010 - Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting, K.C. Cowan
• 2010 - 2010 OPB Calendar Oregon Public Broadcasting

Visit Gwen Seemel's website.