Monika Proffitt   

P. O. Box 85255                                                        

Seattle, WA 98145

monika@monikaproffitt.com                                                                           

www.monikaproffitt.com                                                                                          

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2008                "Garden of Light", Sound Transit Public Art Program, Seattle, WA

2006                "The River Project," Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

2005                "The River Project," Art Patch Gallery, Seattle, WA

"New Ventures in Painting and Light," Dept. of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Edmonds, WA

2004                "Heaven and Hell," Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

2003                "Works in Oil," Synapse 206, Seattle, WA

"Selected Works in Oil," Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA

2002                "Some Paintings," Synapse 206, Seattle, WA

"New Works," Diner, Seattle, WA

2001                "Dialogue in Acrylic," Diner, Seattle, WA

 

Professional Experience

 

2008                City Artist Awards Jury Panelist, Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA

2007                Program Director and Curator, Art Patch, Seattle, WA

Special Projects Jury Panelist, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

Lighting Designer, Art Attack, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

Designer/Assistant to C. Davida Ingram – "Come Hungry" Installation, Bridge Motel, Seattle, WA

Artist Selection Jury Panelist – Northwest Artist Registry

2006                Assistant to Trimpin – Artist in Residence Program, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Curator, "Off the Pavement", Photography by clients of the Shisler Sobering Center, Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005                Project Manager and Curator of Visual Art

Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA

Assistant to Larry Calkins – Annual Education Department Installation, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA

Flat Glass Shop Monitor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2003                Curator of Visual Art, Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA

 

Grants and Awards

 

2008                Installation Honorarium, Sound Transit Public Art Program, Seattle, WA

2006                Artist Funds Award, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

2005                Educational Scholarship Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Healthy Funding Award, Art Patch, Seattle WA

 

Publications and Engagements

 

2006                Art and Technology, Microsoft Podcast Series, June

Dorkbot, April 25

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 20

Lighting Magazine, Cover, May

2005                Edmonds Arts Commission Newsletter, April 25

Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, April 25

2004                Three Imaginary Girls, TIG Visual Arts Heartbeat, Nov. 2

2001                Tablet Newspaper, Food for Art, Nov. 11

 

Education

 

2001                BA, Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA

 

Additional Study

 

2002-               Public Art in a Nutshell, Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA

2008                Experiential Surreality, Digital and Experimental ARTS

                        Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Glass Fusing and Kilncasting, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey

Interactive, Electronic, and Experimental Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Prescriptions for LED Lighting, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle WA

Figure and Still Life in Oil, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle WA