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Artist Resume: Sandi Whetzel, Contemporary Fine Artist

EXHIBITIONS
2009 Solo Exhibit, "Succulence!", DIVA Center Membership Gallery, Eugene, OR (juried)

2009 Inaugural National Juried Exhibition of Art, GoldRush Center, Gold Beach, OR (juried)

2008 "CAM Biennial: A Public Hanging of Oregon Artists, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

2008 “An Oregon Crafted Sampler”, Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center, Eugene, OR, (juried)

2008 Expressions West 2008, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR (juried by Gary Faigin)

2008 Solo Exhibit, "Radiant Flora", Gallery II, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR (juried)

2008 “The Harvest and the Feast”, Red Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR

2006 Annual “Greatest of the Grape”, Umpqua Valley Chapter of the Oregon Winegrowers Assoc, Seven Feathers Convention Center, Canyonville, OR

2006 “Midsummer’s Night’s Dream", Ashland, OR (juried)

2006 37th Annual Umpqua Valley Art & Wine Festival, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR (juried)

2005 Solo Exhbit, "Feelings", Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, the Red Gallery, Roseburg, OR (juried)

2005 36th Annual Umpqua Valley Art & Wine Festival, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR (juried)

2005 “Showcase of Homes” Exhibit, Roseburg Builders Assoc, Roseburg, OR (juried)

2005 Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc “Palate to Palette” Dinner & Auction, UVAA, Roseburg, OR


2004 “Art About Wine”, Hallie Brown Ford Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR (juried)

2004 Home & Garden Show, “2nd Annual Botanical Art Show”, Expo Center, Portland, OR (juried)

2004 “Women in Art”, Douglas County Library, Roseburg, OR

2003 Two-person Exhibit, “Waterscapes”, Hallie Brown Ford Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR (juried)

AWARDS
2009 "My Oregon Grape" painting image selected to promote the 2009 Glide Wildflower Show

2009 "Wine on the Vine II" painting image selected for 400 wine bottle labes for DIVA, (Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts), Eugene, OR

2006 “Uplifting Spirits” signature painting selected to promote the 2006 Umpqua Valley Winegrowers “Greatest of the Grape”, Seven Feathers Convention Center, Canyonville, OR

2005 “Wine on the Vine” signature painting selected to promote the 36th Annual Umpqua Valley Art & Wine Festival, UVAA, Roseburg, OR

2004 “Wine on the Vine” signature painting selected to promote the “Art About Wine” Show, Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc, Roseburg, OR

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Northwest Artists: A Collection of Works by Notable Artists of the Northwest, released May 16, 2005, ISBN 0-97600170-5

“Wine on the Vine” signature painting featured on the cover of Currents: The News-Review’s Guide to Arts, Entertainment and Television, July 15, 2005, Roseburg, OR

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997 TO THE PRESENT, Art Instructor, Community Art Education, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR

COLLECTIONS
My works are in private collections in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Northwest Artists Association (NWA)
Umpqua Valley Arts Association, (UVAA), Roseburg, OR
Oregon Crafted, Douglas County Chapter, Roseburg, OR
Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, (DIVA), Eugene, OR


Sandi Whetzel, Contemporary Fine Artist
PO Box 22, Days Creek, OR 97429