Artist Resume
RESUME Lives and works in Gig Harbor, WA
Commissions
- 2009 Private Sculpture Commission, Rick & Debbie Oehmcke, Daughters, Candice & Jackie, Portrait Bust, Bronze, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2008 Life Size Sculpture Commission, St. Anthony & Child, St. Anthony Hospital Main Lobby, Franciscan Health System, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2007 Private Sculpture Commission, Don & Sharon Castle, Father & Sons, Sun Valley, ID
- 2005-2006 Sculpture Commission for City of Gig Harbor, Skansie Brothers Park Medallion, WA
Exhibitions
- 2010 12th Annual Portrait Society of America International Exhibition, Washington D.C.
- 2010 RISE: Fine Art Exhibit, Seattle Design Center, EDGE Graduates Group Show & Benefit, Seattle, WA
- 2010 CVG Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Washington State Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, WA
- 2009 St. Anthony Hospital Grand Opening Celebration, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2009 Portland International Airport, PNW Sculptors, Juried Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
- 2009 CVG Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Washington State Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, WA
- 2008 Sotto Voce, Fairhaven Mausoleum Art Exhibit, Juried LCAD Alumni, Santa Ana, CA
- 2008 Tacoma Art Museum Gala, Juried Art Sale, Tacoma, WA
- 2008 Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2008 Portral Party, Real Carriage Door Company Open House & Art Show, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2007 Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2006-07 Dawn to Dawn, Traveling Exhibit "Jacob's Struggle" Orange, Riverside, Capo Beach, Irvine, CA
- 2006 Showcase Tacoma, Live Sculpting, Tacoma, WA
- 2006 Pt. Defiance Flower & Garden Show, Juried Sculpture Garden, Tacoma, WA
- 2006 Pt. Defiance Flower & Garden Show, Juried Sculpture Garden, Tacoma, WA
- 2006 Skansie Brother's Park Medallion Dedication Ceremony, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2006 After the Edge, EDGE Group Show, Works Gallery, Bellingham, WA
- 2005 Best of Northwest, Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA
- 2005 Pacific Rim Miniature Show, Lakewood Gallery, WA
- 2005 Puyallup Art & Wine Walk, Puyallup, WA
- 2005 Lone Wolf Project, Fine Art Exhibition and Open House Design - Built by Don Rees, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2004 Seeing Red, Lynwood Arts Commission Juried Art Show, Lynwood, WA
- 2004 Coast Hills Community Church, Solo Exhibition, Aliso Viejo, CA
- 2003 Coast Hills Community Church, Annual Exhibition, Aliso Viejo, CA
- 2003 Richard MacDonald Gallery, First Thursdays Art Walk, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2003 Shards of Imagination, Saddleback Church Gallery, Lake Forest, CA
- 2003 War & Peace, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2003 Eckstrom Senior Show, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2000-03 Laguna College of Art & Design Gallery, Juried Show, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2002-03 Art Affair at Gallery 1951, Resident Artist, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2002 Person, Place or Thing, Open Studio Show, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2002 Laguna's Cliff Cottages, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2002 Laguna College of Art & Design Gallery, Juried Show, Best of Sculpture, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2000 Sculpture selected for NASAD Portfolio Day, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Awards & Honors
- 2010 Finalist in Sculpture, Art Renewal Center 2009/2010 Salon
- 2010 First Honor, Portrait Society of America International Exhibition, Washington D.C.
- 2009 Sculptural Pursuit, Sculpture Only Industry Award, Chavant Inc. for "Truth Beloved," Fall 2009
- 2008 Pierce County Arts Commission, Margaret K. Williams Award, for Excellence in the Arts "Career Category," Juried by Pierce County Arts Commission, Nominated by the Gig Harbor Rotary Club, Tacoma, WA
- 2000-2003 Portfolio Scholarship, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2002 President of Student Body, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
- 1998 Certificate of Merit, Art I, II, III, IV, Academia Alianza, Quito, Ecuador
Clubs
- 2010 National Sculpture Society, Associate Member
- 2010 Portrait Society of America, Tallahassee, Fl
- 2010 Allied Artist of America, New York, NY
- 2008-Current Pacific Northwest Sculptors (PNWS), Portland, OR
- 2009 Seattle Sculptors Guild, Seattle, WA
- 2005-Current Gig Harbor Rotary Club Member, Gig Harbor, WA
- 2005-Current Artist Trust Member, Seattle, WA
Collections
- Franciscan Health Systems, St. Anthony Hospital, Main Lobby, Gig Harbor, WA
- City of Gig Harbor, Skansie Brothers Park, Gig Harbor, WA
- Rick & Debbie Oehmcke, Gig Harbor, WA
- Don & Sharon Castle, Sun Valley, ID
- Peter & Janet Stanley, Tacoma, WA
- Floyd & Sandra Olsen, Gig Harbor, WA
Selected Bibliography
- Steve Meltzer, "Struggling Toward the Light: Gig Harbor Sculptress Mardie Rees," Westsound Home & Garden, Summer 2009.
- Gregg McClellan, "Sculptor Mardie Rees installing her sculpture at St. Anthony Hospital," C-RCC Pierce County News Channel 22, March 5, 2009
- Gregg McClellan, "Sculptor Mardie Rees doing her patina finish on St. Anthony & Child," C-RCC Pierce County News Channel 22, January 8, 2009
- Susan Schell, "St. Anthony Statue Comes Together," Peninsula Gateway, November 26, 2008.
- Gregg McClellan, "Sculptor Mardie Rees with her sculpture St. Anthony & Child at the Foundry," C-RCC Pierce County News Channel 22, November 20, 2008
- Gregg McClellan,"Margaret K. Williams Award Ceremony", C-RCC Pierce County News 22, November 13, 2008
- Susan Schell, "Sculptor Rees Wins Art Award," Peninsula Gateway, October 29, 2008.
- Susan Schell, "Mardie Has Created Life Size Statue of St. Anthony," Peninsula Gateway, October 15, 2008.
- Gale Robinette, "Original art to enhance Healing Environment at St. Anthony Hospital," Franciscan Health!, 2008
- "Laguna College Alumna Commissioned for Prestigious Hospital Sculpture," Mission Viejo News Weekly, August 22, 2008.
- Callie White, "Melding Art with History," Peninsula Gateway, April 19, 2006.
- Brent Champaco, "Is a Woman's Place in the Art?," Tacoma News Tribune, September 9, 2005.
- "Artist Profiles," Seattle Magazine, October 2005.
- Colleen McBrinn, "Designer Shares Passion for Modernistic Simplicity," Seattle Times, July 30, 2005.
- Kalyn Kelly, "House is Home to Unique Design", Peninsula Gateway, July, 2005.
Education
- 2005 EDGE Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
- 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA