Curriculum Vitae
Education
MFA 2003 Studio Art Merit Assistanceship Scholarship University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
BFA 1985 Painting and Printmaking Cum Laude Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Private Cello studies with Walter Gray, Seattle Symphony, 1993-2001, and Stephanie Vial, Professor of Music, Violincello, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2001-2003
Exhibitions
Eureka
Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November-December, 2015
Crave
jurors: Royal Alley-Barnes, Stefano Catalani, Trimpin
Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, October-November, 2015
first prize
SM 15
online exhibition, juror: Margaret Krug
Front Art Space, NYC, September, 2015, catalogue published
Cracked Emerald
curator: Robert Yoder. Prole Drift
Seattle, Washington, November, 2014
This is Where I Live
curator: Robert Yoder. Affordable Art Fair.
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
Seattle, Washington, November, 2012
Borders
curator: Michael Caldwell. Confluence Gallery
Twisp, Washington, February-April, 2012
Conversations with Messerschmidt solo show
Gallery 4Culture. Seattle, Washington, March, 2011
Seattle City Light Portable Works
Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. Seattle, Washington, October-December, 2009
Poncho 8th Annual Invitational Exhibition Western Bridge. Seattle, Washington, August, 2009
Send Me An Angel
curator: Robert Yoder. Howard House. Seattle, Washington, August 2009
Little Heads solo show
Corridor Gallery. Seattle, Washington, June 2008
Franklin & Madeline
Ouch My Eye Gallery. Seattle, Washington, November, December 2007
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Mnemonic Gallery, OK Gallery, Corridor Gallery Seattle, Washington, July 2007
Works on Paper solo show
Corridor Gallery. Seattle, Washington, September, 2006
Artist Trust Exhibition
Chase Gallery. Spokane, Washington, June-August, 2006
A Horse of a Different Color: PONCHO 5th Annual Invitational
Washington State Convention Center. Seattle, Washington, March, 2006. catalogue published
Affiliation
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, February, 2006
Little Monsters solo show
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, July, 2005
Art:Bite
Atelier 31. Seattle, Washington, December, 2004
Tra Est E Oevest (From East to West)
GAS Art Gallery. Torino, Italy, November-December 2004. catalogue published
Soho-Chelsea International
Agora Gallery. NYC, juror: Susan Cross, August 2004
Go West!
Richmond Art Center. Richmond, California, juror: Renny Pritikin, July-August 2004
The Face: Identity and Disguise
Atelier 31. Seattle, Washington, July, 2004
Body Politics
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, juror: Gene Gentry MacMahon, first prize, January 2004
Translations: Dialogues on Life
Remote Gallery. NYC, juror: Kathleen Wentrack, October 2003
Geweldig Geweld (Violent Violence)
Arti et Amicitiae. Amsterdam, Netherlands, July-August 2003
New Currents in Contemporary Art
Ackland Art Museum. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April-May 2003
Red
Mitten Gallery. Harrisonburg, Virginia, March 2003
All Too Human solo show
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2002
Doubles solo show
John and June Alcott Gallery. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 2002
2002 National Drawing Exhibition
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, juror: Leon Hicks, February 2002. catalogue published
Bad Touch
Space 1026. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 2002
8+1
John and June Alcott Gallery. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 2002
Bad Touch
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, North Carolina, December 2001
Works in Sound
Untitled
for electric auto-harp and musical toys 2011
collaboration with Kurt Thumlert
Breathe
composition of sound, under and on the water 2007.
Divining
for seven open strings 2005
Broken Suite
thirteen melodic fragments for piano, guitar, and cello 2003
Miracled Up
a sound and picture opera based upon the life and death of Daniel Paul Schreber for seven open strings, cello with loop, sound samples, and projected illustrations, 2003
Hymn to the Western World
for eleven open strings 2002
The Magnus Notebook
ten melodies for toy organ and guitar 2002
4/7/7/4
a deconstruction of Pachelbel's Canon for two cellos and two clarinets 2001
Seven Mixed Quartets
for alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, and cello 2001-2004
Six poems by Par Lagerkvist
for voice and instruments 2000
The Hammond Notebook
84 melodies for Hammond organ and guitar 1999-2000
Bibliography
"Making Cartoons with James Cicatko"
online Elearning project
York University, Toronto, Ontario, August, 2016
"Rethinking Modes, Making, and Composition"
online eLearning project
York University, Toronto, Ontario, August, 2016
Jen Graves "The Stranger Suggests"
The Stranger, Seattle, Washington, March 21, 2011
Robert Ayers "Pessimistic pictures, steeped in history"
Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, March 18, 2011
Ethan Murrow "Character Heads: James Cicatko on Franz Messerschmidt"
Huffington Post, February 23, 2011
Jen Graves “Currently Hanging”
SLOG, The Stranger, Seattle, Washington, August 27, 2009
Annet Lemaire “Wakker Worden!”
painting with poem, April 25, 2008
de Volkskrant, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Blogstitude
online music journal, review of The Vault, February 16, 2008
Indelible Kitchen
online arts journal, Richmond, Virginia, October, 2007
Ghost Whisperer Producer/Director John Gray
Touchstone Television Productions/CBS September, 2006 episode 251
Tusculum Review Mary Boyes and Richard Greenfield, editors
Greeneville, Tennessee Volume 2, 2006, 74-76.
Andrew Engelson “Visual Art Picks: James Cicatko”
Seattle Weekly Seattle, Washington July 20-26, 2005, 70.
Emanuele Rebuffini “ Atelier 31 a Torino”
Giovani Artisti Italiani
Torino, Italy November, 2004
William Butler Yeats Complete Poems
painting used for book cover
Indialog Publications, editor: Debasmita Majumdar
New Delhi, India September, 2004.
Fionne Meade editor “2004 GAP award recipients”
Artist Trust Journal Seattle, Washington volume XI, no. 2, summer 2004
Andrew Engelson “Visual Art Picks”
Seattle Weekly Seattle, Washington January 7-13, 2004, 60.
Florence Tonk “Amerika krijgt meer en meer een cultuur van censuur”
Extra! Amsterdam, Netherlands number 20-21, August 1, 2003
Lissa Brennan “Human Nature”
The Spectator Raleigh, North Carolina June 26-July 2, 2002, 30.
Mark Hornburg “Best Bets”
The Independent Raleigh, North Carolina June 12-18, 2002, 37.
Michael Marshall: catalogue editor
“2002 National Drawing Exhibition”
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii February 4, 2002, 19.
Grants
Innovative Arts Education Grant, Ministry of Ontario
York University, Toronto, Ontario, 2016
Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant 2004, 2013
Education
MFA 2003 Studio Art Merit Assistanceship Scholarship University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
BFA 1985 Painting and Printmaking Cum Laude Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Private Cello studies with Walter Gray, Seattle Symphony, 1993-2001, and Stephanie Vial, Professor of Music, Violincello, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2001-2003
Exhibitions
Eureka
Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November-December, 2015
Crave
jurors: Royal Alley-Barnes, Stefano Catalani, Trimpin
Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, October-November, 2015
first prize
SM 15
online exhibition, juror: Margaret Krug
Front Art Space, NYC, September, 2015, catalogue published
Cracked Emerald
curator: Robert Yoder. Prole Drift
Seattle, Washington, November, 2014
This is Where I Live
curator: Robert Yoder. Affordable Art Fair.
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
Seattle, Washington, November, 2012
Borders
curator: Michael Caldwell. Confluence Gallery
Twisp, Washington, February-April, 2012
Conversations with Messerschmidt solo show
Gallery 4Culture. Seattle, Washington, March, 2011
Seattle City Light Portable Works
Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. Seattle, Washington, October-December, 2009
Poncho 8th Annual Invitational Exhibition Western Bridge. Seattle, Washington, August, 2009
Send Me An Angel
curator: Robert Yoder. Howard House. Seattle, Washington, August 2009
Little Heads solo show
Corridor Gallery. Seattle, Washington, June 2008
Franklin & Madeline
Ouch My Eye Gallery. Seattle, Washington, November, December 2007
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Mnemonic Gallery, OK Gallery, Corridor Gallery Seattle, Washington, July 2007
Works on Paper solo show
Corridor Gallery. Seattle, Washington, September, 2006
Artist Trust Exhibition
Chase Gallery. Spokane, Washington, June-August, 2006
A Horse of a Different Color: PONCHO 5th Annual Invitational
Washington State Convention Center. Seattle, Washington, March, 2006. catalogue published
Affiliation
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, February, 2006
Little Monsters solo show
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, July, 2005
Art:Bite
Atelier 31. Seattle, Washington, December, 2004
Tra Est E Oevest (From East to West)
GAS Art Gallery. Torino, Italy, November-December 2004. catalogue published
Soho-Chelsea International
Agora Gallery. NYC, juror: Susan Cross, August 2004
Go West!
Richmond Art Center. Richmond, California, juror: Renny Pritikin, July-August 2004
The Face: Identity and Disguise
Atelier 31. Seattle, Washington, July, 2004
Body Politics
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, juror: Gene Gentry MacMahon, first prize, January 2004
Translations: Dialogues on Life
Remote Gallery. NYC, juror: Kathleen Wentrack, October 2003
Geweldig Geweld (Violent Violence)
Arti et Amicitiae. Amsterdam, Netherlands, July-August 2003
New Currents in Contemporary Art
Ackland Art Museum. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April-May 2003
Red
Mitten Gallery. Harrisonburg, Virginia, March 2003
All Too Human solo show
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2002
Doubles solo show
John and June Alcott Gallery. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 2002
2002 National Drawing Exhibition
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, juror: Leon Hicks, February 2002. catalogue published
Bad Touch
Space 1026. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 2002
8+1
John and June Alcott Gallery. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 2002
Bad Touch
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, North Carolina, December 2001
Works in Sound
Untitled
for electric auto-harp and musical toys 2011
collaboration with Kurt Thumlert
Breathe
composition of sound, under and on the water 2007.
Divining
for seven open strings 2005
Broken Suite
thirteen melodic fragments for piano, guitar, and cello 2003
Miracled Up
a sound and picture opera based upon the life and death of Daniel Paul Schreber for seven open strings, cello with loop, sound samples, and projected illustrations, 2003
Hymn to the Western World
for eleven open strings 2002
The Magnus Notebook
ten melodies for toy organ and guitar 2002
4/7/7/4
a deconstruction of Pachelbel's Canon for two cellos and two clarinets 2001
Seven Mixed Quartets
for alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, and cello 2001-2004
Six poems by Par Lagerkvist
for voice and instruments 2000
The Hammond Notebook
84 melodies for Hammond organ and guitar 1999-2000
Bibliography
"Making Cartoons with James Cicatko"
online Elearning project
York University, Toronto, Ontario, August, 2016
"Rethinking Modes, Making, and Composition"
online eLearning project
York University, Toronto, Ontario, August, 2016
Jen Graves "The Stranger Suggests"
The Stranger, Seattle, Washington, March 21, 2011
Robert Ayers "Pessimistic pictures, steeped in history"
Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, March 18, 2011
Ethan Murrow "Character Heads: James Cicatko on Franz Messerschmidt"
Huffington Post, February 23, 2011
Jen Graves “Currently Hanging”
SLOG, The Stranger, Seattle, Washington, August 27, 2009
Annet Lemaire “Wakker Worden!”
painting with poem, April 25, 2008
de Volkskrant, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Blogstitude
online music journal, review of The Vault, February 16, 2008
Indelible Kitchen
online arts journal, Richmond, Virginia, October, 2007
Ghost Whisperer Producer/Director John Gray
Touchstone Television Productions/CBS September, 2006 episode 251
Tusculum Review Mary Boyes and Richard Greenfield, editors
Greeneville, Tennessee Volume 2, 2006, 74-76.
Andrew Engelson “Visual Art Picks: James Cicatko”
Seattle Weekly Seattle, Washington July 20-26, 2005, 70.
Emanuele Rebuffini “ Atelier 31 a Torino”
Giovani Artisti Italiani
Torino, Italy November, 2004
William Butler Yeats Complete Poems
painting used for book cover
Indialog Publications, editor: Debasmita Majumdar
New Delhi, India September, 2004.
Fionne Meade editor “2004 GAP award recipients”
Artist Trust Journal Seattle, Washington volume XI, no. 2, summer 2004
Andrew Engelson “Visual Art Picks”
Seattle Weekly Seattle, Washington January 7-13, 2004, 60.
Florence Tonk “Amerika krijgt meer en meer een cultuur van censuur”
Extra! Amsterdam, Netherlands number 20-21, August 1, 2003
Lissa Brennan “Human Nature”
The Spectator Raleigh, North Carolina June 26-July 2, 2002, 30.
Mark Hornburg “Best Bets”
The Independent Raleigh, North Carolina June 12-18, 2002, 37.
Michael Marshall: catalogue editor
“2002 National Drawing Exhibition”
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii February 4, 2002, 19.
Grants
Innovative Arts Education Grant, Ministry of Ontario
York University, Toronto, Ontario, 2016
Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant 2004, 2013