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Phyllis Trowbridge paints and draws outdoors in the landscape year-round. In 2008, D.K. Row of the Oregonian wrote of her work: "There's enchantment and enigma, quiet awe in these paintings of lifting fog, melting snow and placid lakes." Phyllis has exhibited her work in solo shows at Mark Woolley Gallery in Portland and has participated in numerous regional group shows, including at the Schneider Museum in Ashland and the Oregon Biennial at the Portland Art Museum. She has pursued painting residencies at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Red Cinder Creativity Center and the Vermont Studio Center. She received her B.A. from Hamilton College and her M.F.A. in painting from American University. Since 1996, Phyllis has taught painting and drawing at a variety of schools and programs in Oregon, including Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Sitka Center, Portland Community College, Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University.

Solo Exhibitions

  • Drawings, Pozzi Room, Gallery 114, Portland, OR; 2009
  • New Paintings, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR; 2008
  • Plein Air Paintings, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR; 2006
  • New Works, Houston's Fine Art, Ashland, OR; 2005
  • Drawings, Rock Creek Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR; 2002
  • Omni Gallery, Portland, OR; 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998
  • Redmill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center; 1992

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR; 2010
  • Distillation, Gallery 114, Portland, OR; 2010
  • Freeing the Waters, Madrona Arts exhibition, Studio Five, Ashland, OR; 2008
  • Bohemia Gallery, Ashland, OR; 2008
  • Nocturne, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA; 2007
  • All in the Family: A Juried Show of AU Alumni, American University Museum at the Katzen, Washington, DC; 2007
  • Contemporary Landscape, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR; 2007
  • Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA; 2006
  • Art About Agriculture (juried show), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; 2006, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1995
  • Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR; 2010, 2003-2006
  • PCC/Rock Creek Faculty Show, Portland, OR; 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
  • Painting Portland, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, West Linn, OR; 2003
  • National Small Oil Painting Exhibition (juried show), Wichita, KS; 2002
  • Bowery Gallery National Competition (juried show), New York, N.Y.; 2002
  • PNCA Faculty Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR; 2003, 2002
  • Willamette Valley Landscapes, River Gallery, Independence, OR; 2002
  • OCAC Faculty Show, Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, OR; 2002
  • Art Slate Biennial, Condon, OR; 2001
  • Six Women, Newport Fine Arts Gallery, Newport, OR; 2001
  • Workplace Gallery, Portland, OR; 1996
  • Oregon Biennial (juried show), Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; 1995
  • Recent Oils, Courtyard Gallery, Washington, D.C.; 1994

Residencies

  • Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Neskowin, OR: 2011
  • Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA; 2004
  • Red Cinder Creativity Center, Na'alehu, HI; 2003
  • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; 1991-1992

Awards & Honors

  • Juror, Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2009
  • Juror, Oregon Visions, Corvallis Art Guild, Artcentric Gallery, Corvallis, OR, 2007
  • Panelist, Recording Place, a panel discussion in conjunction with Painting Portland Exhibition, 2003

Publications

  • Core Sample: Portland Art Now, Clear Cut Press, Astoria, OR, 2004
  • Illustrations for Hokku – Writing Traditional Haiku in English by David Coomler, 2001
  • Illustration for The Bear Essential Magazine, Portland, OR; 1998

Selected Collections

  • Portland Community College
  • Beaverton Lodge, Beaverton, OR
  • Gamblin Artists' Oil Colors, Portland, OR.
  • E.R. Jackman Foundation, Corvallis, OR.

Teaching Experience

  • Painting Instructor, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, 2010
  • Painting Instructor, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Neskowin, OR; 2003 – present
  • Full-time Art Instructor, Rogue Community College, Medford, OR, 2008 – 2009
  • Drawing/ Painting Instructor, Portland Community College, Portland, OR; 2001 – 2008
  • Painting Workshop Instructor, Hummingbird Studios, Jacksonville, OR; 2005
  • Painting/Drawing Instructor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR; 1996 – 2003
  • Painting Instructor, Creative Arts Community, Corbett, OR; 2006, 2002, 2001
  • Drawing Instructor, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR; 2001 – 2004

Education

  • M.F.A., Painting, Graduate Fellowship, American University, Washington, DC; 1990
  • B.A., Studio Art, graduated cum laude with honors in Studio Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; 1987
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