BIO/CV
Biography
Colleen Sargen is a mixed media artist with work encompassing printmaking, painting, photography, found object constructions and sculpture. Functional works include redesign of salvaged furniture and backlit stone lighting.
She also contracts curatorial projects as well as exhibit design and/or technician services.
Curriculum Vitae
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
EXHIBITIONS
2011
media works: year 4 - new work, Willow Art Gallery, Walla Walla WA, six artists-Ian Boyden, Anne Bullock, Anne Hysell, Frank Janzen, Leslie Cain, Colleen Sargen
Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2011
Multi-media works: Colleen Sargen, Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, OR
2010
Repurposed: constructions, Elizabeth Lofts, Portland, OR
2009
Disparate Fusion, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
2006
Mixed Media: Colleen Sargen & Andrew Geasland, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
Time to See, Preston Winery, Walla Walla, WA
Transfigurations, Northstar Winery, Walla Walla, WA
2005
Yum Gallery, Hood River, OR
On Demand, Lyle Hotel, Lyle, WA
Selected Group Shows
2010
DEKKA, Washington D.C.
2009
Metal Urge, American Art Company, citywide event Tacoma, WA
2008
Living With Doom, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA
New Roots, Willow Loft Gallery, Walla Walla, WA
Abstracts: The Consequence of Creation, Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla, WA
Art of the Home, Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla, WA
2007
Monothon 07 Invitational, Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR
2006
Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
Art Slate Invitational, Condon, OR
CURATORIAL AND EXHIBIT TECHNICIAN
2008 - 2011
Willow Loft Gallery, Walla Walla, WA, 21 exhibitions curated and installed, gallery closed in September, 2011
Willow Annex Gallery at Trio, Walla Walla, WA, 3 exhibitions curated and installed
2010
The A. Susana Santos’ “Journeys in Creativity” Program, exhibition for Oregon College of Art and Craft at Crow’s
Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR
2007
Lillian Pit: Ancestors, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
2006
Cultural Impact: Lillian Pitt & Phillip Charette, citywide Native American Arts tribute, complementary to Art Train USA's Native View exhibition and stop in Walla Walla, WA
Land Whispers, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
2004/5
Visual art promotion - curated, installed exhibitions for local emerging artists, Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla, WA
Visceral realities, Allied Arts Association, Richland, WA
2004
Patterns and Designs Across Cultures, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2007
Award participant - EDGE Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Washington
2003
Gadfly, Walla Walla College Journal of Art & Literature, College Place, WA (pgs.14,16)
EDUCATION
2003
Bachelor of Arts, major in Fine Arts, minor in Communications, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
1997
Interior Design studies