SCOTT KOLBO Resume

 

EDUCATION

2000                       

M.F.A.  University of Wisconsin-Madison: Printmaking and Drawing

1996                       

B.F.A.  Boise State University: Painting and Printmaking

SELECTED SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • PASSAGES. Collaboration with musical group “Torch.” Triple Door Theatre. Seattle Washington

  • PASSAGES. Collaboration with musical group “Torch.” Kenworthy Performing Arts Center. Moscow Idaho

2017

  • ELEMENTS AND AETHER. Collaboration with musical group “Torch.” University of Puget Sound. Tacoma Washington

2016

  • ESCALATION DRONE PROJECT. Collaborative exhibit with Lance Sinnema. Saranac Art Projects. August 1-31, 2016. Spokane Washington.

  • ELEMENTS. Collaboration with musical group “Torch.” Velocity Dance Center and Soma Space. May 20 and 21. Seattle and Bellevue Washington.

2014                       

  • OUR ALLEY. Gallery4Culture. July 2014. Seattle Washington

  • ALLEY KIDS. Shoreline Community College Art Gallery. January 2014. Shoreline Washington

2013                       

  • ALLEY ARTIFACTS. Saranac Art Projects. May 2013. Spokane Washington

2012                       

  • YOUNG PUNKS, OLD FOOLS. Seattle Pacific Art Center Gallery. Seattle Pacific University. Oct.-Dec. 2012. Seattle Washington

  • ESCALATION. Collaborative exhibit with Lance Sinnema. Saranac Art Projects. Spokane Washington

  • THE SPOKANE YEARS. Tinman Gallery. Spokane Washington

2011                       

  • SONIC MEDICINE. Spokane Falls Community College Fine Arts Gallery. Spokane Washington

2010                       

  • ERICKSON/KOLBO – NEW WORKS. Saranac Art Projects. Spokane Washington

  • SMOKING RUIN. Washington State University Gallery II. Pullman Washington

  • SCOTT KOLBO – COMIC STORIES. Carr Gallery, Idaho Falls Arts Commission. Idaho Falls, Idaho

  • STORIES. Corban College. Salem Oregon

2009                       

  • CONFOUNDED. Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University. Monmouth Oregon

  • OVERRIPE APPLE PIE. Two Person Exhibition with Meagan Stirling. Saranac Art Projects. Spokane Washington

2007                       

  • WANDERING – SINKING – BURNING…. PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. Cone Center Gallery, University of North Carolina – Charlotte

  • A BUCK SHY. Two person exhibit with Howard Barlow. Lorinda Knight Gallery. Spokane, Washington

2005                 

  • THINGS BRIEFLY SEEN - SCOTT KOLBO AND KEVIN HAAS. Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane Washington

2004                  

  • MEAN TOWN. Huneke Gallery at the Spokane Art School, Spokane Washington

  • COLLABORATION. Two Person Exhibition with Gordon Wilson. Gallery 76, Wenatchee Valley Community College, Wenatchee Washington

  • COLLABORATIVE DRAWINGS. Two Person Exhibition with Gordon Wilson. Chase Gallery, Spokane City Hall, Spokane Washington

  • SCOTT KOLBO AND GORDON WILSON. Two person Exhibition. Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco Washington

2002                  

  • SEQUENTIAL NARRATIVES ABOUT STREET PREACHERS, HOMELESS WOMEN, SLAPSTICK COMEDY, STINKY FEET, AND A VERY LARGE TROJAN HORSE. Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane Washington

2000                  

  • COME SEE THE SHOW. M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Seventh Floor Gallery. Madison, Wisconsin

  • SEVEN TIMES IN THE RIVER. Solo Exhibition. Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

SELECTED GROUP/INVITATIONAL/JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2019     

  • MOVING PICTURES. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA

  • 20/20. School of Education Gallery. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison Wisconsin 

2018     

  • TEN YEARS OF TERRAIN. Terrain Gallery. Spokane Washington

2017

  • THE PERFORMANCE OF PLACE. The Gallery at Shoreline City Hall. Shoreline, Washington.

2016

  • ESCALATION: ELECTION YEAR BATTLE. Performance with Lance Sinnema. Soil Gallery. August 7, 2016. Seattle Washington.

  • SEATTLE PRINT ARTS - THE PRINT EXCHANGE DECADE. First Congregational United Church ArtReach Gallery. March 30th – April 1st , 2016. Portland Oregon.

  • TOURISTS FOLLY. Cascade Gallery. Southern Graphics International Portfolio Exchange. Portland Community College. March 1 – 31, 2016. Portland Oregon.

2015

  • PIGMENT+PAPER. Bellevue College. Bellevue Washington. Curator: Margaret Bullock

  • ANACORTES ARTS FESTIVAL FOCUS GALLERY. Anacortes Arts Festival. Anacortes Washington.

2014                       

  • INK THIS: CONTEMPORARY PRINT ARTS IN THE NORTHWEST. Tacoma Art Museum. Tacoma Washington. Curator: Margaret Bullock

  • PRESENTER EXHIBITION. Yuma Art Center. Yuma Arizona.

  • MONKEY BUSINESS. Seattle Community College. Seattle Washington.

2013                       

  • LATENT LIMINAL IMPROBABLE EXUBERANCE: FILMS BY GALA BENT, BRITTA JOHNSON, SCOTT KOLBO AND VIS-A-VISA SOCIETY. Rendezvous Jewlebox Theatre. Jan. 9, 2013. Seattle Washington

  • SEATTLE PRINT ARTS MINATURE PRINT EXHIBITION. Columbia City Gallery, Seattle Washington.

  • TAKE THREE: AN EVENING OF FILM, VIDEO,AND ANIMATION SHORTS. Northwest Film Forum. September 26th, 2013. Seattle Washington.

  • OTHER/SELF. Anchor Space Gallery. June 2013. Anacortes, Washington.

2012                       

  • BORDERS. Confluence Gallery. Twisp Washington

2011                       

  • Curiously Aligned:Contemporary Drawing Practices featuring Kris Hargis, Angela Katona-Batchelor, Scott Kolbo, MaLynda Poulsen, Cheryl Shurtleff, and Charles Timm-Ballard. Sheehan Gallery. Whitman College. Walla Walla Washington

  • TWENTY UNDER FOURTY. Tinman Gallery. Spokane Washington

  • FACULTY EXHBIT. Bryan Oliver Gallery. Whitworth University. Spokane Washington

2010                     

  • BLUEPRINTS. Saranac Art Projects. Spokane Washington

2009                     

  • NORTHWEST EMERGING ARTISTS: SEATTLE CITY LIGHT PORTABLE WORKS PART 1. Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. Seattle Washington

  • DWG: A LOOK AT CONTEMPORARY MARK MAKING. OHGE Ltd. Seattle Washington

  • FIT TO PRINT: A PRINTMAKING INVITATIONAL. Peggy Lewis Gallery, Allied Arts of Yakima Valley. Yakima Washington

  • EXHIBIT SPOKANE. Jundt Museum, Gonzaga University. Spokane Washington

  • UNDER THE WIRE: GROUP EXHIBITION. Saranac Art Projects. Spokane Washington

  • A HOUSE DIVIDED: THE LAGACY OF LINCOLN. Group invitational Exhibition. The Chase Gallery, Spokane City Hall, Spokane Washington

  • BROKE. Group Invitational Exhibit. Clearstory Gallery, Spokane Washington

  • ARE YOU WHAT YOU EAT? Print Portfolio exhibition.

  • John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Gallery, Reno, Nevada

2008                      

  • THE VANCOUVER PROJECT. Residency Exhibition. Fat Tiger Studio, 619 Ave. Western Arts Building. Seattle Washington

  • 19th NATIONAL DRAWING AND PRINT COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION. Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of Maryland

  • TERRAIN. Alternative Space Exhibition. The Vault, Spokane Washington

  • EMBRACING THE GIFT. CIVA 2005 juried Exhibition. Azusa pacific University, Azusa California. Juror: James Stambaugh.

  • ARE YOU WHAT YOU EAT? Print Portfolio exhibition. Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton Oregon. Stevens Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

  • LOCALS. Spokane Falls Community College Gallery. Spokane Washington

  • 40 ARTISTS/40 PORTRAITS. Gallery One Visual Arts Center. Ellensburg, Washington

  • ARE WE THERE YET? Print Exchange Portfolio Exhibition. Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference 2008, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia

  • PRINTMATTERS. 5ive & 40urty Gallery, Winston - Salem North Carolina

  • IN HOUSE. Whitworth University faculty Exhibit. Koehler Gallery. Spokane, Washington

2006                  

  • HONKY TONKS AND MNEMONIC: TO AID THE MEMORY. Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico

  • Rik Nelson, Annon Nesse, Choling Taha, Scott Kolbo. Chase Gallery, City Hall, Spokane Washington

  • BODY/BODY QUESTION PRINT EXCHANGE EXHIBITION.

                  Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference 2006, Madison Wisconsin                

  • CROSSING GENE: AMERICAN AND KOREAN PRINTMAKING EXCHANGE EXHIBITION. Humanities Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison Wisconsin. Sun Contemporary Gallery, Seoul Gallery, Korea

  • PRINTMAKING. Boswell Hall Corner Gallery, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

2005                  

  • NORTH BANK ARTISTS COMMUNITY PROJECT. North Bank Gallery, Vancouver Washington

  • LKG ARTISTS. Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow Idaho

  • FACULTY EXHIBIT. Whitworth University faculty Exhibit. Koehler Gallery. Spokane, Washington

2004                       

  • DRAWN TO THE WALL II. Jundt Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington

  • BEPPYU GALLERY EXHIBITION. Pacific City, Oregon

  • YMCA JACK, WILL, AND ROB CENTER EXHIBITION. Camas Oregon

2003                

  • NORTHWEST PRINT ARTISTS. Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla Washington

  • CANTINAS AND HONKEYTONKS PRINT EXCHANGE AND EXHIBITION. Taller Mestizarte Studios, Chicago Illinois.

  • BREAD UPON THE WATERS. Christians in the Visual Arts traveling Exhibition

  • VISUAL ARTS CENTER EXHIBITION. Newport Oregon

  • PRINT EXHIBITION. Southern Oregon University, Ashland Oregon.

  • 18TH ANNUAL WORKS FROM THE HEART CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION AND AUCTION. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane Washington

  • WHITWORTH COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION 2003. Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane Washington

  • PAST AND PRESENT NORTHWEST: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. Jundt Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington

  • GEORGE ROBERTS ALUMNI INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION. Boise State University, ID

  • INLAND NORTHWEST PRINTMAKERS. Lorinda Knight Gallery. Spokane, Washington

  • NORTHWEST PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION, WSU Vancouver, Vancouver Washington

  • *ART RAGEOUS 2002 JURIED EXHIBITION. Cornerstone Festival, Cornerstone Farm, Bushnell IL. Award: Second Place. Juror: Nancy Hughes, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art at St. Louis University

  • AMERICAS 2000 PAPER WORKS COMPETITION. Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota. Juror: Cynthia Osborne

  • 15TH PARKSIDE NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION. Juried Exhibition,University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Juror: Warrington Colescott and Frances Myers

  • SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL PORTFOLIO. American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition

  • 17TH ANNUAL WORKS FROM THE HEART CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION AND AUCTION. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane Washington

2001                  

  • NORTHWEST PRINT COUNCIL'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Oregon

  • 3rd ANNUAL SMALL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL. Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

  • * 28th BRADLEY NATIONAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION. Peoria, Illinois. Award: Best of Show, Printmaking, Juror: Mark Pascale

  • * PRINTS USA. Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri. Cash Award: Juror: Daniel Perisol, Curator of Prints and Drawings, New Orleans Museum of Art

  • 14TH PARKSIDE NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION. Juried Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Juror: Beauvais Lyons

  • NORTHWEST PRINT COUNCIL NEW MEMBERS 2001 EXHIBITION. Northwest Print Council Gallery, Portland Oregon

  • FACULTY EXHIBIT 2001. Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane Washington

  • RAW SPACE ARTIST ORGANIZED EXHIBITION. City Terminal Gallery, Spokane Washington

2000                  

  • 2nd ANNUAL SMALL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL. Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

  • PRINT PLAGUE. Graduate StudentPrintmaking Exhibition. 734 University Gallery, Madison Wisconsin

  • 2000 PACIFIC STATES BIENNIAL NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION. Juried Exhibit. University of Hawaii, Hilo

  • LAGRANGE NATIONAL XXI EXHIBITION. Biennial Juried Exhibition. Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange Georgia

  • WHAT IS DRAWING NOW? A National Exhibition. Weber State University, Ogden Utah

  • 21st ANNUAL PAPER IN PARTICULAR NATIONAL EXHIBITION. Columbia College, Columbia Missouri

  • 13TH PARKSIDE NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION. Juried Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Juror: Art Weger

1999                

  • PRE-MILLENNIUM CREATIONS. Student Art Show, Madison Wisconsin

  • 27th BRADLEY NATIONAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION

  • GRAPHICS: RECENT WORK BY U.W.-MADISON GRADUATE STUDENTS. Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota

  • FRAMELESS 99. Works On Paper National Juried Exhibition, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, North Carolina

  • PUSHING THE ENVELOPE. National Student Printmakers Portfolio Exchange, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

  • WORK IN PROGRESS, SOUTHERN GRAPHICS COUNCIL GRADUATE STUDENT EXHIBITION. Arizona State University

  • 2.0: SECOND YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT REVIEW. University of Wisconsin-Madison

1998                  

  • PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION. Tyler School of Art, Temple University

  • TRIAL SIZE. First year graduate review, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • LAGNIAPPE 2. PRINT PORTFOLIO EXCHANGE AND EXHIBITION. Louisiana State University

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  • Washington State Art Collection

  • City Lights Portable Works. City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs

  • Boise State University. Boise Idaho

  • University of Wisconsin Student Union. Madison Wisconsin

  • Jundt Museum. Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington

  • Whitman College, Walla Walla Washington

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2012 - Present  

  • PROFESSOR: Seattle Pacific University, Seattle Washington

2000 - 2012        

  • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Whitworth University, Spokane Washington

2004-2005            

  • ARTIST TEACHER: Union Institute and University Vermont College. MFA in Visual Art Program

1999-2000            

  • TEACHING ASSISTANT: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Drawing 2. Instructor of Record

1998-1999            

  • TEACHING ASSISTANT: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Drawing 1. Instructor of Record

AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS/ETC

2020

  • ARTIST WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATION. Tennessee Tech University. Cookeville Tennessee. March 1-5, 2020

2018

  • PANEL PRESENTATION. Community + Concept. Rock Mountain Printmaking Alliance Conference, Pullman Washington. April 20, 2018

  • JENTEL ARTISTS RESIDENCY. Jentel Foundation. Banner Wyoming.  

2014                            

  • VISITING ARTIST. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. September 2014. Collaborative drawing workshop and Lecture

  • WHAT MASK DO YOU WEAR? The J. Paul Getty Museum of Art. August 2014. Small linoleum relief used in public educational activities.

  • DOEL REED CENTER FOR THE ARTS VISITING ARTIST. June 2014. Public lecture and demonstration. Taos New Mexico.

  • SMESLER VALLION VISITING ARTIST RESIDENCY. Doel Reed Center for the Arts. Taos New Mexico.

  • ANIMATION WORKSHOP LEADER. Shoreline Community College. Shoreline Washington. January 25th, 2014

  • PRESENTER. Yuma Symposium. Yuma Arizona. February 20 - 23rd, 20142014                     

  • SMESLER VALLION VISITING ARTIST RESIDENCY. Doel Reed Center for the Arts. Taos New Mexico.

2013                            

  • VISITING ARTIST. University of Oregon. Eugene Oregon.

  • PANEL DISCUSSION. Visualizing Stories: A Conversation with Randy Bolton, Mita Mahato, and Scott Kolbo. University of Puget Sound. Tacoma Washington. November 4, 2013                     

2012                            

  • VISITING ARTIST. Sheehan Gallery. Whitman College. Walla Walla Washington

  • VISITING ARTIST AND PRINTMAKING PROGRAM REVIEWER. Kendall College. Grand Rapids Michigan.

2011                            

  • LECTURE. “Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction.” Society for Photographic Education Northwest Regional Conference 2011. Spokane Washington

  • WORKSHOP LEADER. Inland Northwest Craft Warnings. Spokane Washington

  • VISITING ARTIST. Spokane Falls Community College. Spokane Washington           

  • CONTEMPORARY NORTHWEST ART AWARDS SECOND ROUND FINALST: Portland Art Museum – Juror: Bonnie Laing Malcomson

2010                            

  • VISITING ARTIST. Western Oregon University. Monmouth Oregon

  • COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP LEADER. Corban College. Salem Oregon

  • WORKSHOP LEADER. Idaho Falls Arts Commission. Idaho Falls, Idaho

  • STATE OF THE VISUAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM LEADER. Saranac Art Projects, Spokane Washington2005                     

  • OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD FOR FACULTY: Whitworth University

2008                            

  • BY/FOR ARTISTS RESIDENCY CO-DIRECTOR. Vancouver B.C.

2007                            

  • VISITING ARTIST. University of North Carolina, Charlotte

2005-2011       

  • NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURE ART COMMITTEE MEMBER

2004                     

  • NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT: LOOP PRESS

2003                     

  • Dean’s Award for Junior Faculty Achievement: Whitworth University

2000                   

  • PEW YOUNGER SCHOLARS GRADUATE SUMMER FELLOWSHIP

1997                   

  • W.A.R.F. FELLOWSHIP: University of Wisconsin-Madison

1996                     

  • DEPARTMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP: Boise State University

1996                     

  • PURCHASE AWARD: Boise State University Permanent Collection

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

  • Photoshop and Illustrator

  • Quark Xpress and InDesign

  • Final Cut Pro, Premier, After Effects

  • Dreamweaver

  • Non-Toxic Printmaking (Including ImagOn Intaglio and Polyester Plate Lithography)

REVIEWS/ARTICLES/CATALOGS

2016

  • 10 YEAR anniversary ISSUE. Images and artist’s statements in Journal. Ruminate Magazine: Literary Arts Journal. Issue # 38.

2014

  • KAIROS. A JOURNAL OF RHETORIC, TECHNOLOGY, AND PEDAGOGY. “Perspicuous Objects.” Collaboration with primary author Fred Johnson. Fall 2014.

  • IMAGE JOURNAL. Review of artwork and images. “As Far as the Curse is Found” Written by Cameron Anderson.

2013                         

  • ROCK & SLING: A JOURNAL OF WITNESS. Images and artist’s statements in Journal. Rock and Sling Journal. Issue 8.1 Spring 2013.

  • CIVA SOURCEBOOK 2013-14. Christians in the Visual Arts publication. Images and Juror Statement. Spring 2013.

2012                         

  • REDNECK FASCIST HIPSTER PINKOS. Article and Image. By Leah Sottile. “The Pacific Northwest Inlander.” February 22, 2012.

2009                    

  • WITH EANEST JEST. Images and artist’s statements in Journal. Ruminate Magazine: Literary Arts Journal. Issue # 14.

2007                    

  • PRINTS PACK A PUNCH: EXHIBITION PUT TOGETHER BY SALEM PROFESSOR PRESENTS PROVOCATIVE COMMENTARIES ON A VARIETY OF HOT TOPICS. Winston-Salem Journal, July 29th, 2007

2004                   

  • DRAWN TO THE WALL II. Exhibition catalog essay. By Frances DeVuono

2003                   

  • ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE. Article and Image. By Sheri Boggs, “The Pacific Northwest Inlander”. January 31, 2002

  • AREA PRINTMAKERS SHOW OFF TECHNIQUES. By Julianne Crane, “The Spokesman Review”, Life Section, May 2, 2002.

  • POLYESTER PLATE LITHOGRAPHY. Back Cover Image and Contributing Information. Instructional Manual by George F. Roberts, Professor of Printmaking at Boise State University. 2001, Writers Press, Boise, Idaho