MARIE SIVAK
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Born Cleveland, Ohio
EDUCATION
1997 MFA
in Sculpture and Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
Virginia
1994 BFA in Sculpture, The University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SELECTED SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2014 Tenuous, Dan and Gail Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
2012 Smokescreen, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn,
New York
2008 Ephemera:
Recent Work in Video and Stone, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
2007 Mnemosyne's
Mnemonic, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2006 Cipher, The Art Shop, Abergavenny,
Wales, UK
2003
Lacing Atropos, Contemporary Crafts
Museum, Portland, OR
1998 Spire, for the Material World Exhibition, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
1997 The Comfort Food, Anderson Gallery,
Richmond, VA
RECENT GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Momentum: Women/Art/Technology, organized by the Institute for Women and Art, Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries, Rutgers Univesity, NJ
2013 Disjecta 7th Annual Art Auction, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Oracle, curated by Carson Legree, with Susie Lee & Patrick Kelly, Archer Gallery,Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2012 Selections from Portland 2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art,Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland OR
Portland 2012: A Biennial of Contemporary
Art curated by Prudence Roberts, organized by Disjecta, The Art Gym,
Portland,OR with catalog
Celebrating Kindred Spirits
& Strange Bedfellows, curated
by Catherine Morris A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY with
catalog
2011 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Exhibition,
Woollahra Council Chambers, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia
2010 I can't get you out of my mind, curated
by Hiro Sakaguchi, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
...and sweeps me away, curated by Barbara
O�Brien, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Your Documents Please curated by
Daniel Georges & Rumiko Tsuda, Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany;
Galeria Z Bratislava, Slovakia; Galeria Ajolote Arte Contemporaneo,
Guadalajara, Mexico; Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan, Galerie Paris, 2B
Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Humanism, curated by Rocio
Aranda-Alvarado, A.I.R. Gallery, New York
2008 Narrations, Nancy Margolis
Gallery, New York.
Structured Incidents, curated by Charlotta Kotik,
A.I.R. gallery, New York
2007 The London Art Fair, Panter and Hall
Gallery, London, UK.
Picture Journal Project, Woodmere Art
Museum, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.
2006 Third International Alabaster Symposium and
Exhibition, Palazzo Pretorio, Volterra, Italy with catalog
Drawing Improvisation, Tallinn Art Hall,
Tallinn, Estonia with catalog
Forty Artists, Forty Drawings, The
Drawing Gallery London, UK
SELECTED GRANTS
& AWARDS
2014 Career Opportunity Grants, Oregon Arts Commission & The Ford Family Foundation, Roseburg, OR
2013 Margo Harris Hammerschlag Award, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2012 Career Opportunity Grants Oregon Arts Commission & The Ford Family
Foundation, OR
2010
Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, Portland, OR
2009
Regional Arts and Culture Council Professional Development Grant, Portland, OR
2006
Residency Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, Wales, UK
2005
First Prize, Yeck National Young Sculptors Competition, Miami University,
Oxford, OH
1997
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, juror: Andrew Connors,
Richmond, VA
1996
The Ruth Chenven Grant for Visual Artists, New York
1995
Merit Award, Cleome Wadsworth/Olga Hirshorn Sculpture Competition, Washington
DC
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio
City of Volterra Italy
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
In the studio: PCC Instructor Marie Sivak describes her unique sculptures, Oregon Live, June 2014, online interview
Marie Sivak, Sculptor Documentary film by Michael Annus and the PCC Video Production Unit, anticipated release date Winter 2014. View the trailer here.
Marie Sivak, In the Make: Studio Visits with West Coast Artists, January 2014, online journal interview and photo spread
Marie Sivak, A Model Carver, Faculty Focus Series, Portland Community College Website, December 2012
Marie Sivak Smokescreen Essay by Charlotta Kotik, catalogue September
2012
Portland 2012: A Biennial of
Contemporary Art,
May 2012, Essays by Prudence Roberts, Lisa Radon, and Natilee Harren,
catalogue, forthcoming
Covering/Uncovering
the Portland2012 Biennial, Will Elder, Portland Mercury, March 29, 2012
Celebrating Kindred Spirits and Strange Bed
Fellows, Essay by Catherine Morris, catalogue, March 2012
Past Perfect, Edith Newhall, Philadelphia
Inquirer, Sunday, June 13, 2010. Review
Artist
Spotlight, Regional Arts and Culture Council website, July 2009
Barbara Hatfield Marie Sivak , Becky Brown, The Brooklyn Rail, May
2008, photo/review
Marie Sivak, Ephemera, The Brooklyn
Museum of Art Blog, April 2008
Narrations at Nancy Margolis Gallery, The New York Sun Monday, February 13, 2008, photo spread
Critics Picks, D.K. Row, The Oregonian,
November 1, 2007, review
DrawnWork:
Facets of Myth and Memory, Essay by Richard Torchia, Catalogue, June, 2007
Third International Alabaster Symposium,
Essay by Roberto Bianchi, Catalogue, September 2006
Tercero
simposio internazionale di alabastro. Artisti da
tutto il mondo per l�alabastro, Barbara Antoni.
Volterra
Valdicecina,Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Article
Marie Sivak at Blackfish Gallery, Lois Allan. Artweek,
April, 2004. review
The Craft of Construction, D.K.Row, The
Oregonian, A&E section Friday, August 22, 2003. review
Material World, Douglas Max Utter, The
New Art Examiner, June 1998.review
People
and Places,
American Craft. April/May 1997