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Cheri O'Brien
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Born:
Wallace, Idaho, 1958
Education:
Everett Community College, AA Degree in Arts and Sciences
Exhibitions
2000
F.A.C.E. (Fine Arts Center of Edmonds) Inaugural show, Edmonds, WA
Everett Center for the Arts, Everett, WA "The Art of Gardening"
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Northwest AIDS Foundation, Seattle, WA "Art that Works"
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA "SPF 30"
Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA (solo show, courtesy Jeffrey Moose Gallery)
Gaskill-Olson Gallery, Langley, WA
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA "Splendor in the Bash"
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA "SPF 30"
1999
Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA (two person show)
Everett Center of the Arts, "The Magnificent Seven", Everett, WA
Bainbridge Island Arts & Crafts, "Woof: The Dog in Art", BI, WA
Northwest AIDS Foundation, "Art Works for AIDS", Seattle, WA
Pratt Art Gallery, "Like Cats and Dogs", Seattle, WA
Henry Art Museum, "Y2 Bash", Seattle, WA
Daniel Smith Gallery, Seattle, WA
Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley, WA (solo show)
1998
Everett Center of the Arts, Solo Exhibit, Everett, WA
Honored as Snohomish County Artist of the Year, WA
Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA (solo show)
Henry Art Museum, Paper Bash, Seattle, WA
Northwest AIDS Foundation, "Art That Works", Seattle, WA
Virginia Inn, Seattle, WA (solo show)
Still Life Cafe, Seattle (solo show)
1997
Everett Center of the Arts, "Art in Education", Everett, WA
The Sisters Restaurant, Everett, WA (solo show)
Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley, WA (solo show)
1996
Northwest AIDS Foundation, "Art That Works", Seattle, WA
Everett Center of the Arts, "For the Birds", Everett, WA
Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley, WA (solo show)
1995
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, "Visionaries: Present & Future", Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, "Domestic Bliss", Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, "Dreams/Visions", Seattle, WA
1994
Everett Center of the Arts, "Water Visions", Everett, WA
History of the World Gallery, "Honey, I Shrunk the Art Once More"
Camano Island, WA
1993
Northwest AIDS Foundation, Art Works for AIDS, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, "Setting the Table: Food & Art", Seattle, WA
1992
Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, "El Dia de los Muertos", WA
History of the World Gallery, "Honey, I Shrunk the Art", Stanwood, WA
1991
King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, "Self-Portraits: The Artist in the Art", WA
Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley, WA
1990
Snohomish County Arts Center, Everett, WA
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, "Never Before Funded", Seattle, WA
Prima Gallery, Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WA (solo show)
1989
Phinney Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo show)
Marjorie Neill Gallery, Stanwood, WA
1988
History of the World Gallery, stanwood, WA (solo show)

Public Art:
Commissions King County Public Arts Commission, Metro Transit

Collections Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Place, Seattle, WA
Burlington-Edison School District
Tonasket School District, Tonasket, WA
Chelan Senior High School, Lake Chelan, WA
Laughton Elementary School, Seattle, WA
Roosevelt Elementary School, Olympia, WA
Oakwood Elementary School, Tacoma, WA
Viland Elementary School, Poulsbo, WA
Richard Gordon Elementary School, Kingston, WA
Franklin Elementary School, Tacoma, WA
Yakima Portable Collection, Yakima, WA
Everett Cultural Collection, Everett, WA
Pacific Coast Feather Co., Seattle, WA
Internet Entertainment Group, Seattle, WA
Mr. Juan Alonso, Seattle, WA
AAUW (American Association of University Women), Stanwood, WA

Commissions:
1999
Book Cover, Washington State Almanac, Alaska NW Books
1997
Book Cover, The Five Thousand and One Nights, Fjord Press
1997
Book Illistrations: "Que' color es?", Houghton-Miffin
1994-95
Poster Paintings: Seattle Men's Chorus, Seattle, WA
1995
Poster Paintings: Northwest Book Fest (Bibliomania), Seattle, WA
1994
Cartoons for Orbit Records ads, published in The Roket, Seattle, WA

Selected Awards:
1998
Snohomish County Artist of the Year
1994 & 97
Grand Prize, Everett Center fort the Arts, Everett, WA
1990
Cover of the Northwest Artists and Poets Calendar, Bainbridge Is., WA

Publications
Wright, Diane. "Woman's Work Tells the Story of Family Growth", The Herald, Mar, 1998
Glowen, Ron. "Artist of the Year, O'Brien Captures Daily Life", The Herald, Mar, 1998
Heim, Joe. "At the Virginia Inn, Pull up a Chair for Art Theatre", Seattle Times, Jan, 1998
Bartmess, Patrick. "The Art of Dining", The Marysville Weekender, Sept, 1997
Seattle Men's Chorus Magazine. "Cheri O'Brien and the Art of SMC", May, 1995
Bryant, Linda. "Like Offbeat Art? This Spud's For You", The Herald, Jan 1995
O'Harran, Kristi. "Artist to View Everett in Centennial Show", The Herald, Nov 1992
Snow, Erin. "Cheri O'Brien at the Still Life Café", Reflex, Nov 1992
Foye-Bollen, Colleen. "The Work of Art", Parent to Parent, Nov 1991
Snohomish Tribune. "Artists", Sept 1990
Wright, Diane. "Paint in Her Blood Flowing Free at Last", The Herald, Dec 1989
The Bremerton Sun. "Northwest Poets and Artists Calendar", Jun 1989

 


           
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