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Royal Nebeker

(1945 -2014)

BORN 1945, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

DIED 2014, SEASIDE, OR

 

EDUCATION

1990, '89    SABBATICAL STUDIES IN JAPAN WITH PRINTMAKER YASHI ISHIBASHI

                   AND PAPERMAKER NAOAKI SAKAMOTO

1972           MASTERS DIPLOMA, NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS & CRAFTS,

                   OSLO, NORWAY

1969           M.F.A. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, PROVO, UTAH

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019       ROYAL NEBEKER; THE NIGHT WINDOW, AT LIBERTY ARTS COLLABORATIVE, BEND, OR

2016       RETROSPECTIVE: WORKS FROM THE ESTATE, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2016       ROYAL NEBEKER: DREAMS AND ALLUSIONS, HALLIE FORD MUSEUM OF ART, SALEM, OR

2014       ROYAL NEBEKER: AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY, SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART, ASHLAND, OR

2013       ROYAL NEBEKER: AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, PROVO, UT

2013       RECOLLECTIONS AND DREAMSCAPES, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2010        NEW WORKS ON PAPER, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2010        PERCHANCE TO DREAM, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2009        DANCE OF LIFE, GALERIE ANNE MOERCHEN, HAMBURG, GERMANY

2008        LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2007       AN INQUIRY INTO FREEDOM AND ORDER, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2006       AN AMERICAN’S DREAM, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2006        CLATSOP COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ASTORIA, OR

2006, ’04, ’02, ’99, ’96 LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2004       AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2004        TVERT IMOT, REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR OF IBSEN, NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM, SEATTLE, WA

2004        TVERT IMOT, REFELECTION IN THE MIRROR OF IBSEN, NATIONAL THEATRE, OSLO, NORWAY

2004, ’02, ’99, ’96 LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2003       SELF PORTRAITS, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2001-'84 AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR (EXHIBITION CATALOGS FOR 2001, 1996, 1995, 1989

2001       HAUNTED BY JANSSEN, A FRIEND RETURNS TO HAMBURG, GALLERI ANNE MOERCHENI, HAMBURG,

               GERMANY

2001        THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN, KNUD GROTH GALLERI, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

2001        PARIS ART FAIR, GALERIE ANNE MOERCHEN

1999        RONDO, CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, SEATTLE, WA

1997-'83  WHITE BIRD GALLERY, CANNON BEACH, OR

1996        AN AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITION CURATED BY DR. BORAS FOR 1996

                OLYMPICS, ATLANTA, GA

1994, '93 ROYAL NEBEKER’S JOURNEY: DREAMS OF TIME AND DISTANCE, RETROSPECTIVE, UNIVERSITY OF           

                OREGON MUSEUM OF ART, EUGENE, OR

1993        THE LOWE GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA

1991, 88  GALLERI GIMELE, MALMO, SWEDEN

1991, 89, 85 HIMOVITZ GALLERY, SACRAMENTO, CA

1991       ARTSPACE, BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN

1989, 87 FRANCINE SEDERS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

1988       GALLERIE LEVY, PARIS, FRANCE

1987, 86 BLUXOME GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

1985, 84, 82 GALLERIE LEVY, HAMBURG, GERMANY

1985, 84, 83 FROGNER GALLERIET, AALESUND, NORWAY

1984      GLOBAL GRAPHICS GALLERY, HELSINKI, FINLAND

1984      STRAND GALLERIETT, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

1984      STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND, NY

1984      METRO GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA

1982      JACKSON STREET GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

1981       FINNISH ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY, HELSINKI, FINLAND

1981       FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, DURANGO, CO

1980, 79 COURTYARD GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

1979        HENIE / ONSTAD KUNSTSENTER, HOVIKODDEN

1979       UNIVERSITY OF TROMSO, NORWAY

1977       BERGENS KUNSTFORENING, ULLENSAKKER, NORWAY

1976       ULLENSAKKER KUNSTFORENING, BERGEN, NORWAY

1975       MOLDE KUNSTFORENING, MOLDE, NORWAY

1973       NATIONAL GALLERY, KRAKOW, POLAND

1971       OSLO KUNSTNERFORBUNDET, OSLO, NORWAY

1971       DET BLAA GALLERI, OSLO, NORWAY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018        NW PRINTS FROM THE l980s AND 1990s, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2011        FIGURE, ABSTRACTION AND THE NARRATIVE IMPULSE, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2011        SAN FRANCISCO FINE ART FAIR, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2009        25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2008        PAINTING POLITICS, GAGE ACADEMY, SEATTLE, WA

2008        PRINTS AND OTHER SMALL WORKS, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2008        ART + POLITICS, GAGE ACADEMY STEELE GALLERY, CURATOR: RICHARD V. WEST, SEATTLE, WA

2006-07   BUILDING TRADITION: CONTEMPORARY NORTHWEST ART, WHATCOM MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART,

                BELLINGHAM, WA

2007, 03 GALERIE ANNE MOERCHEN, HAMBURG, GERMANY

2005       GALLERIE STEEN, OSLO, NORWAY

2004       GIFTS AND HONOR OF THE NORTHWEST ART COLLECTION, TACOMA ART MUSEUM, TACOMA, WA

2004       20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, LISA HARRIS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

2001       ART PARIS AT THE LOUVRE, PARIS, FRANCE

2000       GALERIE ANNE MOERCHEN, HAMBURG, GERMANY

2001       ART PARIS AT THE LOUVRE

1997, 95 NORTHWEST ANNUAL, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, BELLEVUE, WA

1997       INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OR

1993       AN AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, THE LOWE GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA

1992       THE LOWE GALLERY, SANTA MONICA, CA

1991       THE SCANDINAVIAN INFLUENCE, PORTLAND, STATE UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR

1991        REMBRANDT TO WARHOL, PORTLAND, ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OR

1991, 88  FRANCINE SEEDERS GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

1989        FIRST IMPRESSIONS: NORTHWEST MONOTYPES, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE, WA

1988        CAROLINE CORRE, PARIS, FRANCE

1988        GALERIE LEVY, MADRID, SPAIN

1988        BLUXOME GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

1987, 85, 83 OREGON BIENNIAL, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OR

1986        EXPO 86, OREGON PAVILLION, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA

1985        WESTERN STATES INVITATIONAL

1985        DAVIS LONG GALLERY, LOS ANGELES , CA

1985        TRAVER / SUTTON GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

1985        THE SPIRITUAL IN ART, THINKING EYE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA

1985        ART EXPO, COLOGNE, GERMANY

1985        GALLERY NORTH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

1984        WELDEN GRAPHICS, WORKSHOP EXHIBIT, BELGIUM

1984        TERRAIN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY

1983        INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, COLOGNE, GERMANY

1981        RICHARD NASH GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA

1981        AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS INVITATIONAL, PORTLAND, OR

1980        ART AND PROCESS, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, NY

1980        UNIVERSITY AT BRIDGEPORT, CT

1980        UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA, IA

1980, 79  IMAGES ALUMINUM, MACALESTER COLLEGE, ST. PAUL, MN

1979        MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OH

1978- 84  OREGON PRINTMAKERS ANNUAL

1976        GALLERY EIGHT, CLAREMONT, CA

1975        INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL, KRAKOW, POLAND

1974, 72  NORWEGIAN PRINTMAKING ASSOCIATION GALLERY, OSLO, NORWAY

1972        NATIONAL GALLERY TRAVELING SHOW, NORWAY

1969        EIGHT STATE TRAVELING EXHIBIT, WESTERN STATES ART FEDERATION

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2006-2013 OREGON ARTS COMMISSION, OR

2004          ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE, LOFOTEN ISLAND, NORWAY

1997          GOVERNORS AWARDS COMMISSION, OR

1989          GRANT FROM ART MATTERS, NY

1981          ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, DURANGO, CO

1979          GUEST EDITION, TAMARIND INSTITUTE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM

1975          ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, MOLDE, NORWAY

1972          ROYAL NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESIDENCE GRANT, OSLO, NORWA

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

CISCO SYSTEMS, SEATTLE, WA

HALLIE FORD MUSEUM, WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, SALEM, OR

HENIE/ONSTAD ART CENTER, NORWAY

I.B.M., OSLO, NORWAY

NATIONAL GALLERY, KRAKOW, POLAND

NORDSTROM, SEATTLE, WA

OREGON ARTS COMMISSION, PORTLAND, OR

OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OR

RUSSELL INVESTMENT GROUP, TACOMA, WA

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, SEATTLE, WA

S.U.N.Y., STONEYBROOK, NY

TACOMA ART MUSEUM, TACOMA, WA

TAMARIND INSTITUTE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM

TANBURG DATA, OSLO, NORWAY

UNIVERSITY OF CALiFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, PRINT COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES, CA

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ART MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE, NM

JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OR

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