STORM THARP

EDUCATION

1992
 B.F.A. Cornell University
1991
 Roberto Einaudi Architecture Program / Palazzo Massimo, Rome, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008

"ARM & ARM", PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black,” Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland

2007 “WE APPEAL TO HEAVEN,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

2006 “DO, DON’T drawing + sculpture,” CCC, Astoria, OR

2005 
“The Black Show,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

2002
 “Drawing,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

2001
 “Calliope and the Clown,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

1999
 “The Answer is Nothing,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

1997
 “Peccadilloes,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
"Abandon," The work of Jim Hodges and Storm Tharp, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane,WA
Volta Basel, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Basel, Switzerland
“Works on Paper,” Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland

2007

“CENTENIAL” Crawl Space, Seattle. WA
Curated by Elizabeth Brown (Henry Art Museum) and Bruce Grenville
(VAC)
“Portland? Fuck Portland!” RocksBox, Portland, OR
Curated by Patrick Rock

2006

“2006 Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland OR.
Curated by Jennifer Gately

“The Portrait Show,” The Hall Gallery, Portland, OR.
Curated by Levi Hanes

2005

“2005 Artist Residency Exhibition,” OCAC, Portland, OR.

“War Drawings,” Mount Hood Community College, Portland, OR.
Curated by, Pat Barrett.

“Oregon Annual,” Artcentric, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR

2003

“Crafty,” for Core Sample, Portland, OR. Curated by Jon Raymond

“Draw,” for Core Sample, Portland, OR. Curated by Malia Jensen

2001

“Northwest Annual Exhibition,” Belleview Art Museum, Belleview, WA.
Curated by Sue Spaid

1999

“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
Curated by Kathryn Kanjo.

“Condon Biennial,” Condon, OR. Paul Arensmeyer Curator.

“Out of The Closet,” Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake, UT.
Curated by Emily Stauffer.

1998

“Northwest Contemporaries,” Vita Gallery, Portland, OR.

“Play Clothes, Theatre of Design,” OCAC, Portland, OR.
Curated by Victoria Ellison.


1997

“Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
Curated by Kathryn Kanjo.

“The Uncommon Book; I Thought Hope Was Home,”
Sun Valley Center For The Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID

“Art Slate ’97,” Condon, OR.
Curated by Jane Beebe.

“The Boy Mechanic,” Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR.
Curated by Paul Arensmeyer.

1996

“The Tool Show,” PICA, Portland, OR.
Curated by Paul Arensmeyer.

1995

“Fifteen Years,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR.

“The Dress, Form and Symbol,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR.
Curated by Jane Beebe.

1993

“Language Made Visible,” Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR.
Curated by Jane Beebe.

AWARDS

2008
Finalist, Ist Annual Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Curated by Jennifer Gately (PAM) and
James Rondeau (Art Inst. Of Chicago)

2006

Individual Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR.

1999

"Oregon Biennial,” Museum Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
Curated by Kathryn Kanjo.

1997

“Oregon Biennial,” Juror’s Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
Curated by Kathryn Kanjo.

1997
 Wieden and Kennedy Creative Grant, Portland, OR.

SPECIAL PROJECTS
2008

PSMNLS, Lecture: "Lonely People, Sensuous Pictures,"
Portland State University, Portland, OR
LOVELY PETALUMA FILM SERIES,
Presenting: "Elizabeth Taylor, 7 Performances," Small A Projects, Portland, OR

2002

Essay: “I Have Nothing To Say And I’m Saying It – Gerhard Richter at SF MoMA”
The Organ Review of Arts, Jan-Feb, 2002,

2001

Costume design for “Bambi,”Oregon Ballet Theatre. Collaboration: James Canfield, choreography, Thomas Lauderdale, composer, Malia Jensen, sets.

2001

History of Photography, adjunct instructor, PNCA, Portland, OR.
1998 – 2001

Special Projects, co-editor, Plazm Magazine.

RESIDENCIES
2005

Oregon College of Art and Craft

2002

Vermont Studio Center

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008

KPSU, Art Talk on the Radio, April
http://arttalkam.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
Phillips de Pury, Phillips Art Expert, Emerging Artists, January www.phillipsartexpert.com/forums/7/239/?list=1
Jeff Jahn, PORT, ‘Best of 2007,” January
http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2008/01/best_of_2007.html#comments
2007

Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Art Beat, “Storm Tharp,” October
http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/videos/view/29-Storm-Tharpe
Cover, Shift Magazine, Shift Japan, “Storm Tharp,” June
http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2007/08/storm_tharp.html
Jeff Jahn, “Virtuoso Vindicated,” PORT, January
http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2007/01/virtuoso_vindic.html
PLAZM, issue 29, “Storm Tharp”
Jon Raymond, “Storm Tharp,” Modern Painters, June
Jon Raymond, “Storm Tharp,” Artforum, March
Lois Allan, “Storm Tharp at PDX Contemporary Art,” Artweek, March
John Motley, “Storm Tharp, PDX Contemporary Art,” The Mercury, January

2006

Jon Raymond, “Schims: Less Gloom in Doom Town,” Modern Painters, November

Natascha Snellman, I Heart Darkness, 2nd Cannons Publication
Chas Bowie, and John Motley “Two Views on the 2006 Oregon Biennial,” The
Mercury, August 3


2005

Ryan Dirks, “James Lavadour and Storm Tharp,” The Mercury, March.
D.K. Row, “High Voltage Theatrics,” The Oregonian, March 18, A+E

2002
D. K. Row, “Reflections of an Artist,” The Oregonian, December 8
Phil Busse, “Storm Tharp,” The Mercury, December 28, 2002