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Monika Proffitt is a installation artist and entrepreneur. In her former life she worked in arts administration as a grant maker and social services as a counselor to mentally ill homeless people. The two arenas were remarkably similar.
Proffitt’s installations have been exhibited throughout the Northwest and New Mexico. She has received awards and commissions from the King County, Washington, the City of Seattle, the City of Tacoma, and the Pilchuck School of Glass. Her work has been reviewed throughout the Northwest and has been featured on the cover of Lighting Magazine.
Proffitt is also the Founding Executive Director of Starry Night Programs, which offers an artist residencies in New Mexico, as well as exhibition and artist training programs. Starry Night Programs was created 4 years ago with the birth of the residency program, and is constantly expanding.
She currently resides part time in New York; otherwise, you can find her at the Starry Night Residency Program in New Mexico, living amongst the artists and the program staff.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 University Friends Meeting, Seattle, WA (forthcoming)
2010 “Forest of Souls,” Tollefson Plaza, Tacoma, WA
2009 “Lightscapes,” Rio Bravo Fine Art, Truth or Consequences, NM
2008 “Garden of Light,” STart Program, Seattle, WA
2006 “The River Project,” Consolidated Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 “The River Project,” Art Patch Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 “New Ventures in Painting and Light,” Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Edmonds, WA
2004 “Pulse: Heaven and Hell,” Consolidated Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Inaugural show, Estrella Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM
2010 Artist Roster, STart Program, Seattle, WA
2010 “Abstract,” Rio Bravo Fine Art, Truth or Consequences, NM
2008 “Self Portrait,” Rio Bravo Fine Art, Truth or Consequences, NM
2006 “Ask The Robot,” The Frying Pan Gallery, New York, NY
2006 “Still Beaming,” Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle WA
2006 “Eclipse,” Twilight Artist Collective, Seattle, WA
2004 “Flatfit: Painters and the Projected Surface,” Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Professional Experience
2011 Founder, Starry Night Residency Program, Truth or Consequences, NM
2011 Project Manager, “A Fine Mess,” Mosaic wall with Kate Jessup, Truth or Consequences, NM
2010 Downtown Storefront Installations Jury Panelist, Shunpike & 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2009 Designer & Managing Owner, The Living Room, Seattle, WA
2009 Art Director & installation contributor to the film, “Brain Cave”, Truth or Consequences, NM
2009 Neighborhood & Community Arts Jury Panelist, Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs (MOACA), Seattle, WA
2008 Neighborhood & Community Arts Jury Panelist, MOACA, Seattle, WA
2008 City Artist Awards Jury Panelist, MOACA, Seattle, WA
2007 Director of Programs, Art Patch, Seattle, WA
2007 Special Projects Jury Panelist, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2007 Lighting Designer, Art Attack, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2007 Designer/Assistant to C. Davida Ingram, “Come Hungry”, Bridge Motel, Seattle, WA
2006 Artist Selection Jury Panelist, Northwest Artist Registry
2006 Assistant to Trimpin, Artist in Residence Program, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2006 Curator, “Off the Pavement”, Benham Gallery
2005 Project Manager and Curator of Visual Art, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2005 Assistant to Larry Calkins, Education Department Installation, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2010 Installation Honorarium, Tacoma Artscapes, Tacoma, WA
2010 Artist in Residence, James and Janie Washington Foundation, Seattle, WA
2009 Artist in Residence, Rio Bravo Fine Art, Truth or Consequences, NM
2008 Installation Honorarium, STart Program, Seattle, WA
2006 Artist Funds Award, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
2005 Educational Scholarship Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2005 Healthy Funding Award, Art Patch, Seattle WA
Publications and Engagements
2011 The Herald, Cover, Truth or Consequences, NM, June 22nd
2011 The Ink, Las Cruces, NM, July
2011 Spaceworks Tacoma, “A Subtle Presence of Light,” Tacoma WA, Jan 8th
2010 The News Tribune, Critics Choice, Tacoma, WA, Dec, 24th
2010 Weekly Volcano, “Five things To Do Today,” Tacoma, Wa, Dec. 24th
2010 Spaceworks Tacoma, “Forest of Souls Comes to Tacoma,” Tacoma WA, Dec. 14th
2009 The Ink, Las Cruces, NM, July
2009 The Herald, Truth or Consequences, NM, June 17th
2006 Art and Technology, Microsoft Podcast Series, June
2006 Dorkbot, April 25
2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 20
2006 Lighting Magazine, Cover, May
2004 Three Imaginary Girls, TIG Visual Arts Heartbeat, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2
2001 Tablet Newspaper, “Food for Art”, Seattle, WA, Nov. 11
Education
2010 Lighting Design Certification, American Lighting Association
2001 BA, Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
Additional Study
2002- 2010
Public Art in a Nutshell, Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
Experiential Surreality, Digital and Experimental ARTS Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Glass Fusing and Kiln Casting, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey
Interactive, Electronic, and Experimental Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Figure and Still Life in Oil, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle WA
Prescriptions for LED Lighting, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle WA
Lighting for the Public Environment, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle, WA