Tara McDermott : Resume

Education

2015  Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists, Port Townsend, WA

2005  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, University of Washington


Solo Exhibitions

2024 PURE, WATER+ SALT, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2023 WATER+ SALT, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2008  Globe Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2007  Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA.


Group Exhibitions

2024

Iconoclast, Steve Gilbert Photography Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Twyla Sampaco.

BOLD VISIONS, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine, online exhibition.

2023

Joy - Floral and Botanical Studies, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2021

In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA.

Into the Landscape, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Reset: Flow, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Landscape 2021, F-Stop Magazine, online exhibition.

2020

Kent Summer Art Exhibit, City of Kent, Kent, WA.

The Pacific NorthWest 40, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, WA. (+ online)

Minimalism, Envision Arts, online exhibition.

Botanicals, Envision Arts, online exhibition.

Magical Realism, Analog Forever Magazine, online exhibition.

Contemporary Northwest Landscapes, Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, WA.

2-Person Exhibition, City of Kent, Centennial Center, Kent, WA.

2019

Studies in Nature: Photographic Views, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Unusual Views, Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CA.

Personal View, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

 

2018

Organic Forms, Aljoya Thornton Place, Seattle, WA. Curated by Anna Macrae.

Seattle Emerging Arts Fair, Seattle, WA. Juried by Judith Rinehart (Gallery Manager at Winston Wächter Fine Art).

Essence, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA. Juried by Michael Monroe. Winner: Wallie Funk Award.

Kent Summer Art Exhibit, City of Kent, Kent, WA.

Emerge, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Flourish, Chase Gallery, (3-person exhibit), Spokane, WA.

INTERSECTIONS: Natural, Intuitive, Intentional, (4-person Encaustic invitational), Blakely Hall, Issaquah, WA.

 

2017

Botanical Show (3-person exhibit), Koch Gallery, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA (June),

Color, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #83, June. Online.

Lynnwood City Hall, Lynnwood, WA (Oct/Nov).

Dreams of Being, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

2016

Alchemy, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.  

Expressions Northwest, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA. Juried by Patricia Watkinson. 

Wonder-Full, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #75, Online.

The Seven Seas, Don't Take Pictures Magazine. Online.  

Wonder-Full, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #75, February. Online.  

Rhythms of Nature, Aljoya, Mercer Island, WA. Juried by Anna Macrae and June Sekiguchi. 

 

2015

Multiple Facets, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Lines, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct, VT. Juried by Rebecca Senf (Norton Family Curator of Photography/Phoenix Art Museum).

Landscape, Plates to Pixels (online). Juried by Chris Bennett (prior Executive Director of Newspace Center for Photography 2002 to 2014).

CVG Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA. Juried by Greg Robinson (Executive Director of Brainbridge Island Museum of Art).

 

2014

Small Works, Big Presents: The Gift of Art, White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA. Juried by Margaret Bullock, Aaron Hartzell, and Colleen Maloney.

Color Space: Contemporary Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR. Juried by Todd Johnson.

Blue, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

 

2009

Artists of Artech, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA.

 

2007

Featured Exhibit, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

 

2006

Photographic Center NW Members’ Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA, Juror: Scott Wallin.

Apples to Zinfindel, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA.

Resonance, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Juror: Paul Kopeikin (Honorable Mention).

Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA, Juror: Stacey Green.

Juried Exhibition, City of Burien Art Gallery, Burien, WA, Juror: Greg Bell (Honorable Mention).

Featured Exhibit, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

 

2005

Featured Exhibit, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

BFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA.

School of Art Open, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA.

 

2004

Outsite, Capital Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA.

Works on Paper, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA.

 

2003

School of Art Open, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA.

16"x20" Invitational Student Exhibition, Regional SPE Conference, Seattle, WA.


Public Art

2011  City Panorama, Seattle, WA (photographic artworks installed on 2 separate Metro bus shelters across King County (Rainier Ave & Dexter Ave locations)


Galleries

2023 – now       CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA

2014 – now       Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005 – 2013     SAM Gallery, Art Sales and Rental, Seattle, WA

2006 - 2007     Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA


Collections

Group Health, Tacoma, WA (Imagined Places)

Island Hospital, Anacortes, WA (Coenosium)

Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA (Coenosium)

Private Collections, WA; OR; Southport, NC; CA; Vero Beach, FL (various).


Bibliography

2023 Plastic Perspective, Issue 5, p. 23. Print.

2022 Plastic Perspective, Issue 3, p. 39. Print.

2020 Murze, Issue 11 – Yugen, p. 35-36. Print.

2020 Seities, Theme Landscape, p. 50. Print.

2018  Pastiche, Issue #4, pp. 45-48. Print.

2015  The Hand Magazine, Issue #9, p. 34. Print.

2007  Visual Codec, “One Shot 2006” flipbook. Print.

2007  Renascent Volume 3 – Photography, pp. 40-47, and cover. Print.


Awards/Events

2008          Photolucida

2007          Review Santa Fe

2007          Critical Mass (finalist)