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Angelita Surmon
- Born 1950 in Lebanon, Oregon
Education
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1998
Sitka Center: Fresco Painting
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1994
Sitka Center: Ideas Into Images
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1988
Papua, New Guinea: Man as Art
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1984
Vermont Studio School, Summer Session
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1977
B.F.A. Oregon State University
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1972
B.S. Oregon State University
One-person exhibitions
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2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Waterstone Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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2017
Rowboat Gallery, Gleneden Beach, Oregon
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2013
The Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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2013
The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, Oregon
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2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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2004, 2006
Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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1986, 1994, 1996
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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1987, 89, 91, 93, 95,
97, 1999, 2001
Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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1991
Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
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1990
Pierce College, Tacoma, Washington
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1986
The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California
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1983, 1985
Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, Oregon
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1983
Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
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1979
Newspace Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon
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1979
Campbell Hall Gallery, Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon
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1978
Honors Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
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1978
“Layers,” Arts Place, Portland, Oregon
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1978
Keller Gallery, Salem, Oregon
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1978
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
Group exhibitions
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2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Waterstone Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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2014, 2015
American Craft Council Art Fair, San Francisco, California
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2013
The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, Oregon
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2013
American Craft Council Art Fair, San Francisco, California
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2008
Elder Gallery Charlotte, North Carolina
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2006
Calyx 30th Anniversary Show, Corvallis, Oregon
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2006
New Artists Exhibition, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, Oregon
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2006
“Five Printmakers,” LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, Oregon
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2002
“Dog and Pony Show,” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
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2001
9.11 Artists Respond, Savage Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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2001
Art in Port Townsend, Peggy Weiss, Juror, Port Townsend, Washington
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2001
Calyx 25th Anniversary Exhibit, Corvallis Arts Center
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2000, 2001
Lake Oswego Visual Chronicle
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1996
Gallery 500, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
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1994, 1995
Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, Florida
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1994
“Lines of Correspondence,” with Nance O'Banion, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
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1990
“Two-sided Ricochet,” Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas
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1990
Western State College, Monmouth, Oregon
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1990
National Invitational Paper Show, Bergstrom-Wahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin
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1989
E.L. Wiegland Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
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1988
“The Cutting Edge,” Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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1985
“Borrowed Embellishments,” Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
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1985
“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
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1984
“Paper '84,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
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1983
“Paper Transformed,” Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
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1983
“The Painting Show,” Sonoma State University Art Gallery Rohnert Park, California
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1983
“West Coast Artists: Pattern and Color,” The Allrich Gallery, San FranciCalifornia
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1983
“Of, On, Oregon About Paper II,” USA Today, Arlington, VA; Bess Abell, Curator
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1982, 1983
All Oregon Art Annual, Salem, Oregon
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1980, 1982
ARTQUAKE, Portland, Oregon
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1982
“Works: Paper,” Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH; two year traveling exhibition sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council
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1982
“Artwave,” Portland, Oregon
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1982
“Northwest Women's Art Show,” Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon
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1979,1981
Willamette Valley Juried Show, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
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1981
“Handmade Paper,” Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon
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1981
Fountain Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, Washington
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1981
20th Anniversary Show, Fountain Gallery of Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
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1980
“Crafts Northwest Circa 1980,” Oregon School of Arts And Crafts, Portland
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1980
“Beginning Collectors,” Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
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1979
Spokane Annual, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington. Jacob Lawrence, juror
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1979
“Mixed Media,” Open Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
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1979
“Oregon Women Artists,” Hallie Brown Ford Gallery
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1978
“Paint on Paper,” Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California
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1978
“Celebration of Oregon Women Artists,” Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon
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1977
“Washington Art in Public Places,” Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington
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1976
Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Show, Bellevue, Washington
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1976
“11th November Annual,” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
Related experience
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2022
Artist in residence, Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, North Carolina
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2017
Artist in residence, Wilderness Workshop, Aspen, Colorado
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1997-2005
Artist-In-Residence Program, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Young Audiences, Portland, Oregon
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1995
Workshop Instructor, Sitka Center, Otis, Oregon
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1992, 2002
Workshop Instructor with Nance O'Banion, Oregon
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College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
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1990, 1995
Workshop Instructor, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts
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1989-Present
Collaboration with Nance O'Banion
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1988
Workshop instructor, Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, Texas
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1986, 1987
Workshop Instructor, Creative Arts Community, Portland, Oregon
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1984
Workshop Instructor, The Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
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1984
All Oregon Art Annual, Juror, Salem, Oregon
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1983
Artist in Education, Salem, Oregon
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1983
Attended International Paper Conference, Kyoto, Japan
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1980
Board of Directors, Artist's Support Chairman, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
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1980
Confabulation Panelist, “Craft Northwest Circa 1980,” Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
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1978-1980
Gallery Director, Newspace Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon
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1977
Collaborative printmaker for Miriam Schapiro's portfolio, “Anonymous Was a Woman”
Selected corporate collections
- Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon
- Tualatin Visual Chronicle, Tualatin, Oregon
- Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, Oregon
- Deloitte & Touche, Portland, Oregon
- Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Print Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
- State Printing Plant, Salem, Oregon
- Oregon Freeze Dry, Phillip Morris Collection, Albany, Oregon
- Nike Corporation, Beaverton, Oregon
- AT&T, New York
- Claremont Resort Hotel, Oakland, California
- IBM, San Jose, California
- Continental Bank, Chicago, Illinois
- Harsch Investment Corporation, Portland, Oregon
- Lake Oswego Library, Lake Oswego, Oregon
- 450 Sutter, San Francisco, California
- IBM, Jacksonville, Florida
- Richard Brown Baker, New York
- Nordstrom, California
- Americana Hotel, San Francisco, California
- Seattle Dental Building, Seattle, Washington
- University of Oregon, Sciences Complex, Eugene, Oregon
- Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, Portland, Oregon
- Princeton Group, San Francisco, California
- Ball, Janik & Novack, Portland, Oregon
- Oregon State University Valley Library, Corvallis, Oregon
- Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital, Portland, Oregon
- Westin Hotel, Portland, Oregon
- Washington State Public Art Collection
- Varian, Palo Alto, California
- Fidelity Investments, Seattle, Washington
- Nissho Iwai, Portland, Oregon
- Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, Portland, Oregon
- Oregon Health Sciences University, Kohler Pavilion, Portland, Oregon
- Davis Global Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Publications
- “Angelita Surmon's Art,” The Oregonian, February, 2001
- “Pick Hit: Angelita Surmon,” The Oregonian, February, 2001
- Row, D.K., “Tip Sheet,” The Oregonian, January, 2001
- “Angelita Surmon,” The Asian Reporter, January, 2001
- “Angelita Surmon,” Community Calendar, The Women's Journal, January, 1997
- “A&E 10 Day Planner,” The Oregonian, December, 1996
- Ross, Terry, “Top Of First Thursday,” The Oregonian, April 1995
- “Bali High,” The Oregonian, August, 1991
- Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, 1986
- Johnson, Barry, “Surmon Muses Amid Too Much,” The Oregonian, June 1987
- “WW Art Choice,” Willamette Week, June 1987
- Turner, Priscilla, “Zigs and Zags,” Alaska Airlines Magazine,” June, 1987
- Scarborough, Jessica, “Fluidity and Synthesis,” Artweek, May, 1986
- McMorran, Megan, “Making It is Passion of Handmade Paper Artist,” 1985
- Cowan, Ron, “Corvallis Woman Turns Paper Into A Work Of Art,” Statesman-Journal, September, 1981
Current gallery representation
- Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, Oregon
- Waterstone Gallery, Portland, Oregon
- Rowboat Gallery, Salishan Marketplace, Gleneden Beach, Oregon
- The Haen Gallery, Asheville and Brevard, North Carolina
- Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
- The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut
- The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- 301 Gallery, Hood River, Oregon