Garth Amundson
M.F.A.
Syracuse University, Studio Arts, Syracuse, New York
B.A.
Central Washington University, Studio Arts, Spanish Minor, Ellensburg, Washington
Pierre Gour
M.F.A.
University of New Mexico, Studio Arts - Painting and Art History, Albuquerque, New Mexico
B.F.A.
Concordia University, Studio Arts, Montreal, Quebec
Selected Collaborative Residencies & Awards
2019
AAM Publication Design Competition Award: Exhibition Catalogues, Honorable Mention: Whipping It Up, Collaborative Alchemy, American Alliance of Museums, Arlington, VA
2018
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico Research and Sponsored Programs Publication Award, WWU, Bellingham, WA
2015-16
Santa Fe Art Institute Residency Award, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014
Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency, Bellagio, Italy
2013
Gowoon Gallery, Residency & Exhibition, Changwon, South Korea
2012
Fundación Valparaíso, Artist-in-Residence, Mojácar, Spain
2011
Artist’s Trust GAP Grant Recipients, Seattle, WA
Invited to participate in CeRCCA Residency: Casamarles; Llorenc del Penedes, Spain
2009-10
Candyland/rum för samtidig konstupplevelse, Exhibition Award, Stockholm, Sweden
IASPIS, International Artists Studio Program in Sweden Exhibition Grant, Stockholm, Sweden
Round House, Gerry Thorne Gallery, Exhibition Award, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Selected Collaborative Exhibitions
2020
Mark A. Chapman Gallery exhibition at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (forthcoming)
2019
Pingyao International Photo Festival Invitational, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China
CRIMINALIZE THIS! Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Art Gallery, In Our Own Voices: Culture/Identity, Fairbanks, AK
2018
Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, ID
2017
Gallery Gowoon, Changwon, South Korea
2016
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015
Nave Gallery, Embracing Differences: Mending Schisms and Isms, Somerville MA
Greenly Center, Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference, Bloomsburg, PA
Gallery Gowoon, Changwon, South Korea
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Identify, Chicago, IL
Western Gallery, Discovery: Department of Art and Design Biennial Exhibition, Bellingham, WA
2014
Western Gallery, Traveling Eye Exhibition, Bellingham, WA
Rockefeller Bellagio Center, Studio Exhibition, Bellagio, Italy
Photo Center Northwest, Process, Seattle, WA
2013
Whatcom Museum of Art, Nature in the Balance, invitational, Bellingham, WA
TAG Gallery, California Open Exhibition, juried [juror Edward Goldman], Santa Monica, CA
The Gallery at University of Texas, Art + Art History Department UTA, Arlington, TX
Gallery Gowoon, Mr. & Mr., Residency and site-specific installation, Changwon, South Korea
New Perspectives Gallery, LENS 2013, juried exhibition, Evanston, IL (juror Karen Irvine, Curator, MOCP
Harrington College Art Gallery, SPE Multicaucus Juried Show, Chicago, IL
2012
RoundHouse, Random Acts, Pride in Art invitational exhibition, Vancouver, BC
Kirkland Arts Center, Residue, curated invitational three-person exhibition, Kirkland, WA
Open to Interpretation: Intimate Landscapes, Juried Competition, Juror Karen Irvine, Curator, MOCP
Viking Union Gallery, Intersections: Interpretations and Reflections, invitational exhibition, Bellingham, WA
2011
RoundHouse, Games People Play, Pride in Art invitational exhibition, Vancouver, BC
Collins Art Gallery GRCC, Repercussions: Tides & Time, invitational exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
The Center, Queer Me, CAA/Queer Caucus juried exhibition, curator/exhibitor, NYC.
Social Enterprise UEC Eco Contemporary Arts, BIEAF2011, juried exhibition, Busan, South Korea
Northwest Museum of Art & Culture, NEED | WANT, national juried invitational exhibition, Spokane, WA Terrain 2011, national juried exhibition, Spokane, WA
2010
Gallery Gowoon, Penetrating Cuts, site-specific installation, Changwon, South Korea
Associated Artists, Cultural Crossroads, national juried exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
1212 Gallery, International Juried Photography Exhibition, juried invitational, received juror’s award, (Dr. Patrick Amsellem, Brooklyn Art Museum Curator of Photography), Richmond, VA
Whatcom Museum's Art Benefit Art + All That Jazz, juried invitational benefit auction, Bellingham, WA
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Crossroads II, group invitational exhibition, Ellensburg, WA
ArtsWest AMP Alternative Media Platform, Happy Happy Happy, site-specific installation, Seattle, WA
2009
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, Augusta, GA (Phillip Brookman, Chief Curator, Corcoran Gallery of Art)
Candyland/rum för samtidig konstupplevelse, Cut-It-Out, Stockholm, Sweden
GCSU Museum, re:Place, juried exhibition, Milledgeville, GA
RoundHouse, Faerie Tales; Telling Our Stories, juried exhibition, Vancouver, BC
G-Gallery, Sea-Shift, curated group exhibition, Houston, TX
2008
Seattle South Community College Art Gallery, Sub-divisions, Seattle, WA (Renée Rhodes, Curator)
SHIFT, Ghost-Written, exhibition of collaborative works, Tashiro-Kaplan, Seattle, WA
Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University of Chicago, Reforming US: Immigration through Art, Chicago, IL
SHIFT, Small Works, collaborative mixed media sound installation, Seattle, WA
2007
SHIFT, Sub-divisions, exhibition of collaborative works between Mexico - US, Tashiro-Kaplan, Seattle, WA
OUT–Write Exhibition Space, Committed to Paper: Queer Works on Paper, Atlanta, GA
Professional Papers, Lectures, and Research Presentations
2019
Sàn Art Center, Presentation and Workshop, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
SPENW Imagemakers Presentation “ Whipping-It-Up: Collaborative Alchemy” University of Fairbanks, AK
Skype Presentation, Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 AM PST, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
In Conversation: Artist Talk, Chris Vargas, Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour, Monday, May 6
2018
CAA National Conference Presenter, “Save Our Children! That Sweet, Sweet Pie in Anita Bryant’s Face” with Lorenzo Triburgo, Garth Amundson, and Raphael Soldi, Los Angeles, CA
Whipping It Up: Collaborative Alchemy Presentation, University of Idaho, College of Art & Architecture, Moscow, ID
2017
SPE Panel Presentation, SPE National Conference: Family Values, Save Our Children! That Sweet, Sweet Pie in Anita Bryant’s Face, with Lorenzo Triburgo, Garth Amundson, and Raphael Soldi, Orlando, FL
SPENW Panel Presentation, SPE Northwest Regional Conference: Illuminate & Provoke Presentation: Imagemaker: Mr. & Mr. / Continuous Joint Effort, Corvallis, OR
2016 SPE Residency Workshop Presentation, SPE Northwest Regional Conference: EVOLVING: Craft & Concept, Seattle, WA
Invited Lecturer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM [forthcoming] Native American and First Nations Focus Group, focus group discussion, Santa Fe, NM New Mexico
Senator Udall Symposium, Growing New Mexico’s Creative Economy, round-table discussion on the Create Act, Santa Fe, NM
Residence Showcase Presenter, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Invited Portfolio Reviewer, SPE National Conference, Las Vegas, NV Invited Queer Caucus Lecturer, SPE National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2015
Museum of Northwest Art, Pechakucha, co-presentation with Garth Amundson, La Conner, WA
2014
Roman Witt Visiting Artist, Dressing Up & Dressing Down workshop and lecture to painting students with individual critiques, The University of Michigan, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
Exhibition Co-Curator with Seiko Purdue, Transitions, Make.Shift Art Space, Bellingham, WA
Co-Presenter, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Presentation, Homo-Home: BiNational Queer Coupling, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy
Exhibition Curator, BITE ME Visual Constructions/Transformations, Gallery Gowoon, Changwon, South Korea
Juror, Beyond Borders, 19th Annual International Art Competition, Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA Workshop, Masterclass, Non-dark room photographic transfer processes, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Co-Presenter, ‘Double Whammy.’ More Collaborative Work, SPE National Conference Collaborative Exchange: Photography and Dialogue, Society for Photographic Education, Baltimore, MD
2013
Co-Presenter and Chair, Settling New Scores: Acquisition, Appropriation & Archive, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Oahu, HI
Invited Co-Presenter, Lecture Double Whammy SPEW, Society for Photographic Education West Conference On The Brink: Photography as Witness, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Visiting Artist/Co-Presenter, Gallery talk Materiality and Identity, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Visiting Artist/Co-Presenter, Mr. & Mr., Gallery Gowoon, Changwon, South Korea Co-Presenter, University of Changwon, Changwon, South Korea
2012
Visiting Artist/Lecture, Flagging, College of Arts Association National Conference, Los Angeles, CA Lecture/Panel Discussion, Residue, Co-curated group show, Kirkland, WA
2011
Invited Co-Presenter, Blasted Photography: From the Northwest (Location/Dislocation), Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI
2010
Invited Co-Presenter, Blasted Photography: From the Northwest (Location/Dislocation), Society for Photographic Education Northwest Conference, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist Lecture, Happy-Go-Lucky, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Visiting Artist Lecturer & Studio Critiques, BFA Seminar, The University of Michigan, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
Selected Collaborative Catalogues, Publications and Reviews
2019
Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies artist interview, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015
Ocio, Metáforas De La Construcción Social, by Omar Gomez, January, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014
Western Today, Amundson and Gour given Bellagio Center Residency, Bellingham, WA
The Western Front, Western professors earn…, by Rachel Loofburrow, June 3, Bellingham, WA
The Seattle Weekly News, The Fussy Eye: Stick a Pin in It, by Brian Miller, March 25, Seattle, WA
The Seattle Times, Photo Center NW’s ‘Process’ is…, by Michael Upchurch, March 28, Seattle, WA
2013
Residue, Essay by Gayle Glemans in conjunction with Kirkland Arts Center, Residue, Kirkland, WA
BeautifulDecay.com, Garth and Pierre’s Geometric Vintage Food, by Michelle Alexis Newman
The Shorthorn, International artists discuss influence of gallery, by Beaty Richardson, September 13, Arlington, TX
The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Materiality and Identity; Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour / Paho Mann, brochure and essay, curated by Bryan Florentine
2012
Advocate.com, Artist Spotlight: Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour, by Christopher Harrity
2011
Kapi’o Newspress, Revered art duo lectures aspiring artists by Alika Pfaltzgraff, Hawaii, January
2009
På Stan, Foton Från Forr, by Pernilla Ahlsen, Stockholm, Sweden, September
2007
Western Front, Sub-divisions on Display by Megan Harmon, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, Oct. 23
2006
Seattle PI, In the Galleries: April by Regina Hackett, Seattle, WA, April 6
2005
Afterimage, Who Wears the Pants? by Amanda Norenberg, Home Ec. Exhibition Review, Rochester, NY