Artist Statement
"There are moments in nature and in great paintings that are inexplicably beautiful. The way that Bonnard paints a foot can change the way everything else looks. Each of these paintings is inspired by moments like these. They grow from a particular instance into what, I hope, is a broader experience.

I strive for a union in which neither the painter nor the paint overwhelms the other. I have the sense of a canvas fitting around its subject. Sometimes, intimacy and distance, or density and dissolution occur at the same time. Things pass by and can leave an impression that lingers."

Vidors's Inventory
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Group Show - October 2001

Molly Vidor Resume

Born 1971 Portland, Oregon

Education

1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Vermont Studio Center

1992
Parson’s School of Design, Fall Semester Mobility Student, New York, New York

Exhibitions

2004
Summer Group Show, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2003
“Ulterior Motives, Current Northwest Abstraction,” The Art Gym, Portland, OR
“Pool of Mermaids,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“18 Women,” Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

2002
PNCA, Portland, OR. Curated by Nan Curtis

2001
“Paintings,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2000
Oregon State Capital, Governor’s Office, solo

1999
“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Paintings,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

1998
“Summer Group Show,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Solo Show, BICC Gallery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

1997
“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Gallery Artists,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

1996
“New Paintings,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition,” Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
“Fire and Ash,” PDX. Portland, OR.

1995
Solo Exhibition, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
“Fifteen Years,” Group Show, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

1994
“New work by Gallery Artists,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
“Senior Thesis Exhibition,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

1993
“Juried Student Show,” Western Oregon State College, Monmoth, OR
“Juried Student Show,” Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

1992
“Sex and Death,” Four Person Show, Boyd Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR

Bibliography

2003
The Oregonian, A& E, “Ulterior Motives: Current Northwest Abstraction,” D.K. Row, December 5
Portland Mercury, “Proof of Mermaids,” May 22
The Oregonian, “Transitions,” D.K. Row, May 23

1999
The Oregonian, “Glimpsing the Future,” February 26
The Willamette Week, “A Good Look Around,” Daniel Duford, August 11
The Willamette Week, “The New School: Molly Vidor,” Mac Montandon, September 22

1996
The Oregonian, “Finding the Meaning of Flowers,” Randy Gragg, December 13

Awards

1996
First Prize Juror’s Award, Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, MaryAnn Deffenbaugh, Juror

1994
Vermont Studio Center Scholarship
C.S. Price Award for Painting
Cary Award for Figure Drawing, first place

1993
William Jamison Scholarship
Cary Award for Figure Drawing, second place
Gamblin Paint Prize
Voorhis General Drawing Award

Public collections

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA