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
2023 WATER+ SALT, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2008 Globe Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2007 Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA.
Group Exhibitions
2021
In the Company of Crows and Ravens, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA.
Into the Landscape, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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)