Curriculum Vitae
STEPHAN SOIHL
ONE, TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2010, 08, 06, 04, 02, 00, 1998, 96, 94, 93, 90, 89, 85, 82, 80, 79 Blackfish Gallery,
Portland, OR
2005 Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
2005 Governor’s Office – State Capitol, Salem, OR
2005 First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR
2005, 2003 American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2001 Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
1992 Multnomah Art Center Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Eat Your Heart Out Restaurant, Portland, OR
1987 Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
1981 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Portland State University, Portland, OR
1978 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
1977 Glisan Studio, Portland, OR
1975 24th Avenue Gallery, Portland, OR
1974 Image Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012-2013, 2010-2011, Mayor’s Invitational, Salem Conference Center, Salem, OR
2012, Time Variable Volumes, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
2012, Ray Trayle: Prints from the Legendary Presses, Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
Salem, OR
2010, Lyric II, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 Instructors Exhibition, Portland Community College,
Cascade Campus
2009 Winter Light Invitational, curated by Leo Michaelson, Beppu Wiarda Gallery,
Portland, OR
2008 Sitka Art Invitational, Portland, OR
2007 5th Round Oregon Annual, Corvallis, OR
2007 The Pacifist Potential, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR; Newport Visual Art
Center, Newport, OR
2006 Works On Paper from the Stephan Soihl Collection, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem,
OR
2005 Prints from Ray Trayle Presses, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
2004 A Passion for Plants: Before and After Lewis and Clark, Maryhill Museum of Art,
Goldendale, WA
2004 Prints from Ray Trayle Presses, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Time-Variable Art, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
2004, 2001, 1999, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 85 Instructor's Exhibition, Mt.
Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
2003 A Celebration of the Forest: Ten Years Later, Lower Columbia College, Long
view, WA
2003 Time Variable Art, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Landscape; Four Viewpoints, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
2000 Exhibition of Northwest Artists, Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University,
Salem, OR
1998 Us and Them: Breaking Down the Barriers, Blackfish artists at Orange County
Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Anna,CA
1997 The Pose, An exhibit of figurative works, Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham City Hall,
Gresham, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS cont.
1995 Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Juried Exhibition, Stevenson, WA
1995 Galerie bratri Capku, Prague, The Czech Republic
1995 Okresni Muzeum a Galerie, Jicin, The Czech Republic
1992 Environmental Alarm, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Clay and Canvas, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1987 3-person Instructors Show, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
1985 Oregon Invitational Small Sculpture Exhibition, Lane Community College,
Eugene, OR
1984 First Alumni Invitational MFA Exhibition, Littman Gallery, Portland State
University, Portland, OR
1984 Interaction Art and Science, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland,
OR
1983 Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1987, 86, 85, 84, 83 Instructor's Exhibition, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
1982 4-person Exhibition, Works on Paper,Oranges/Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
1981 6-person Exhibition, Williams-Johnson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1981 City of Portland Collection Exhibition, Littman Gallery, Portland State University
1981, 80, 79, 78 Artquake, Portland, OR
1978, 77, 75, 72 Oregon Artists' Annual, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1978, 77, 76 Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
1974 Northwest Annual, (Honorable Mention), Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
1992 Blackberries, Zinnias, and Cosmos, watercolor, (from the collection of Rebecca
and Preston Michie, Portland) Published as a calendar for the Broadway Coffee
Merchant.
1991 Blackberries, Hollyhocks and Clover, watercolor, (from the collection of S.
Wohlfeiler and G.L. Fuqua, Portland.) Details of painting published by Sullivan's
Gulch Blackberry Festival as set of five note cards.
1989 Oregon Grape Root and Japanese Quince, watercolor, (from the collection of
Walsh Construction Company ,Portland) Published as a poster by K / P Graphics for
the Sullivan's Gulch Blackberry Festival.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Southwest Washington Medical Center, Vancouver, WA
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Gresham City Hall, Gresham, OR
City of Portland, OR
Portland Community College, Sylvania, Portland, OR
GRANTS , AWARDS, HONORS
2006 Juror, Gresham Juried Exhibition, Gresham, OR
1992 Juror, Hail, Mid-Columbia! exhibition, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR,
1977 Oregon Artists' Annual, Portland Art Museum, Cash Award,
1976-77 Art in Public Places Grant, Metropolitan Arts Commission
1976 Statewide Services Competition, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Purchase
Award,
1976 Northwest Annual, Honorable Mention, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1981 - 2011 Instructor, Drawing, Watercolor, Printmaking (developed printmaking
class) Portland Community College, Portland, OR
1985 - 2007 Instructor, Drawing, Watercolor, Mt. Hood Community College;
Gresham, OR
1982-88 Instructor, Drawing, Watercolor, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Organizing committee: The Pacifist Potential, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Curated, Prints from Ray Trayle Presses, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Curated, Time-Variable Art exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 - Founder and President: Burdock/Burn Art Resource, Inc., a 509 (a)1
public charity in support of educational art projects
1997 - 2000 Member of Gresham Art Advisory Committee Curated Purely Abstract
exhibition, Gresham, OR
1978 - present Original member, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1979 - 1982 Board member, Alumni and Friends of the Museum Art School,
Portland, OR
1978 Installed First Alumni Invitational Exhibition
1977 Founded and operated with others a small scale temporary gallery,
The Glisan Studio, Portland, OR
1976 Member of the exhibition committee, Splash Art Festival, Northwest Portland
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Sculpture, Portland State University 1981
B.F.A. Sculpture and Painting, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1972
B.A. Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1965
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 1960-63
REFERENCES
John Olbrantz, The Maribeth Collins Director, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
97301 503.370.6855 museum-art@willamette.edu
-Several of my pieces are in the museum collection
Roger Hull, Willamette University Art Professor and Faculty Curator, Hallie Ford
Museum of Art, 1658 Court St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503.581.5701
rhull@willamette.edu
-Long-time friend, familiar with my artwork, and worked together on the Hallie
Ford collections.
Paul Missal, PNCA Professor of Painting, 30650 SW Boones Ferry Rd., Wilsonville, OR
97070 503.682.3778 pmissal@pnca.edu
-Long-time friend, fellow Blackfish Gallery member.