Shawn Demarest
El Rito, NM 87530
503.975.3122
www.shawndemarest.com | shawndemarest@gmail.com | IG@shawndemarest
EXHIBITS
2019 Street Views, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle WA
This Place, Waterstone Gallery, Portland OR (June)
2018 Aiken to Zzyzx, Kelso Depot Visitor Center, Mojave National Preserve, CA
Building Cranes and Butterfly Wings, Waterstone Gallery, Portland OR
2017 Four From Portland, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle WA
Exordia, Waterstone Gallery, Portland OR
2016 Innerspace/Outerspace, Gallery 135, Portland OR
2015 EastSouthEast, PCC Southeast, Portland OR
2014 Snow Day, Annie Meyer Artwork Gallery, Portland OR
Last Hurrah, University Club of Portland, Portland OR
2013 You are Here, Architectural Heritage Center, Portland OR
2014 You are Here, Annie Meyer Artwork Gallery, Portland OR
2011 Small in a Big Place, Annie Meyer Artwork Gallery, Portland OR
CARS! Studio 2507 Gallery, Portland OR
2010 Beautiful Slog, Studio 2507 Gallery, Portland OR
2009 States of Mind, Bite Studio, Portland OR
I Love This Town! Portland City Hall, Portland OR
2008 Stories, Bite Studio, Portland OR
GROUP EXHIBITS
2022Three Friends Three Perspectives, Gallery at Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, NM
2022 City in Motion, SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
2018Surroundings, Antoinette Hatfield Hall, Portland OR
2017Recycled Rain, (Featured Artist), Ford Gallery, Portland OR
2016Artworks Northwest Exhibit, Umpqua Valley Arts Association Roseburg, OR
2015 Substrates, The Cannon Beach Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2014 Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Oil, Ink and Water, American Institute of Architects, Portland, OR
2012 The Landscape Show (Featured Artist), Peoples Art, Portland OR
2011 Architecture and Cityscapes, Architectural Heritage Center, Portland OR
Portland Visual Art Exchange, Littman Gallery PSU, Portland, OR
2010 NW Herstory, Olympic Mills, Portland OR
Gifted, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland OR
2009 PAN Plays Tribute, Tribute Gallery with Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR
Street Beauty, Broderick Gallery, Portland OR
2008 The Magnificent 7, Print Arts Northwest, Portland Oregon
Love In Print, Bite Studio, Portland OR
2007 Thirty! : Om Tradition Arts, Portland OR
GALLERIES
Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle WA, 2015-2022 (PNW artists only)
Waterstone Gallery, Portland OR, 2016-2020 (Artist run)
AWARDS
Fellowship Residency, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM · 2019
Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council · 2018
Artist in Residence, Mojave Natural Preserve AIR Foundation · 2017
Fellowship Residency, Playa, Summer Lake, OR · 2016
Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council · 2015
Artist in Residence, The University Club of Portland 2013/2014
Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) · 2012
Fellowship Residency, Playa, Summer Lake, OR · 2012
COLLECTIONS and COMMISSIONS
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation permanent collection · 2019
Northwest Natural, Portland OR · 2019
Gladys McCoy Building, Portland OR · 2019
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR · 2018
Touchmark, Portland OR · 2018
Portland Community College Southeast (Commission) · 2015
2015 University Club of Portland permanent collection · 2014
RiverEast Panorama (Commission) · 2014
Playa Summer Lake permanent collection · 2013
Regional Arts and Culture Council Portable Works Collection · 2012
PRESS
Exhibit Review, Visual Art Source ·Richard Speer · 2019
Shawn Demarest - Division Street, Wake Up Screaming, Matt Witt · 2018
Shawn Demarest/Artist in Residence, Desert Light Magazine · 2018
Three Artists on Inspiration, Professional Artist Magazine, Gigi Rosenberg · 2016
How SE 82nd Avenue became One Portland Artist's Muse, Portland Monthly, Fiona McCan · 2015
Q & A You are Here, Portland Monthly, Jonathan Frochtzwajg · 2012
EXPERIENCE
Coordinator, El Rito Arts Festival · 2022
El Rito Art Association, Board Member · 2021 - present
Juror, Playa Summer Lake Artist Residency · 2014
Portland Open Studios, Board Member · Jan 2010 - 2012
Love In Print Exhibit, founder and organizer, Bite Studio, Portland OR · 2009 - 2011
Mt Tabor Centennial Plein Air Exhibit, organizer, Portland OR· 2009
EDUCATION
1983-1988 University of Colorado · BFA Studio Art · BA Mathematics
1986 Cleveland Institute of Art, Lacoste France · Merit Scholarship
1996-1997 SCI-Arc/San Francisco Inst. of Architecture · MA Architecture
1992 Rod Goebel Painting Workshop · Taos, NM
1992 David Barbero Painting Workshop · Taos, NM
2009 Crown Point Press Etching Workshop · San Francisco, CA
2016 Stephen Hayes Painting Workshop · Portland, OR