Resume
Education
1979 M.F.A. Painting, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1975 B.F.A. Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2019 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (also 2014, 2010, 2007, 2002, 2001, 1998, 1996)
2012 Claudia Fitch, APEX Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Snow Globe: the Long View, Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2011 Claudia Fitch: Works 1987- 2010, Washington State University Museum of Art
2010 Floating Mechanism (nightshade), Suyama Space, Seattle, WA
2009 Interiors with Statuettes, Sorrento Hotel Fireside Room, Seattle, WA, curator: Michael Darling
1998 Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
1997 European Ceramic Work Centre, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
1993 Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
FUEL Gallery, Seattle (also 1992)
1990 Fuller Elwood Gallery, Seattle
1989 Munson Williams Proctor Institute, co-sponsored by Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1986 P.S. 122, New York; installation with performance by Lenora Champagne
Franklin Furnace, New York; collaboration with Lenora Champagne (also in 1981)
1983 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1982 Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York; installation with performance by Eric Schmidt
1981 Window Installation at New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 COCA Legacy Exhibition, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 The New Northwest, Tacoma Art Museum, curators: Rock Hushka, Matthew Kangas
2011 Marks, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA, curator: Vicki Halper
2009 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY (also 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996)
2006 Helicon, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading PA, curators: Jackie Schatz, Joel Carriero
2005 A Decade of Excellence: Celebrating the Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, WA, curator: Rock Hushka
Landscape: Theme and Variation, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, curator: Josine
Ionco-Starrells
2003 Clay Body, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA (catalog / video), curator: Miriam Sternberg
Crossroads, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle; curator: Michael Klein
Let 'er Rip, Edison Eye, Bow, WA
2000 4 x 4, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle
Eccentric Form and Structures, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, curator: Michael Klein
1999 Jennjoy Gallery, San Francisco
Metalcraft, Boise Art Museum, curator: Carole Fuller
1997 Pure Form: The Intensity of Process, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR, curator: Beth Sellars
1995 Garden of Delights, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, curator: Barbara Johnson
Documents Northwest: Nature Studies, Seattle Art Museum, curator: Vicki Halper
1994 Garden Variety, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 Chairs: Embodied Objects, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1991 Yard Art, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, curator: Sandy Harthorne
The Eye of the Garden, Art on the Beach, New York, NY; with Lenora Champagne + Glen Velez
If Culture Means Anything, Vox Populi Gallery, New York, NY, curator: Colin DeLand
1983 Selections from the Unaffiliated Artists File, Artists Space, New York, NY
Language, Drama, Source, Vision, The New Museum, New York, NY, curator: Marcia Tucker
Collections
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
City of Seattle Collection
Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Museum
Swedish Hospital, Seattle
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Washington State University Museum of Art, Pulland, WA
Zymogenetics, Seattle
Fellowships And Honors
2020 Nominated: Joan Mitchell Foundation 2020 Painters and Sculptors Grants (also 2015, 2010)
2015 Nominated: Louis Comfort Tiffany Award
2014 The Yvonne Twining Humbert Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 Virginia Center for the Arts, full scholarship through the National Endowment for the Arts
2006 Art + Architecture Program Fellowship, European Ceramics Work Center, Netherlands
2004 Americans for the Arts Public Art Network's (PAN) 2004 Year in Review
2000 Neddy Artist Fellowship (Sculpture), Behnke Foundation, Seattle
1998 Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1996 The MacDowell Colony Fellowship (also 1987)
1995 WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship in Visual Arts (Sculpture)
1992 Artist Trust Fellowship in Visual Arts, Seattle
1990 Seattle Artists, Seattle Arts Commission
1989 New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Sponsored Project, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1987 Socrates Sculpture Park Studio Program, Long Island City, NY
1986 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art supported by the Jerome Foundation
1984 NEA Fellowship in Visual Arts (Sculpture)
The New Museum of Contemporary Art Sambuca Romana Contemporary Artists Fellowship
1974 Yale Summer School of Music and Art Fellowship
Selected Commissions
2017 Broward Municipal Services District Median Project, Broward Cultural Division, FL
Maryland Transit Authority, Purple Line, Annapolis/ GlenRidge Station
2016-23 Sound Transit Art Program, Lynnwood Link Extension, Lynnwood Station
2011-14 First Hill Streetcar, Seattle Arts Commission and Department of Transportation
2010 Gresham Center for the Arts, Gresham OR, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Greenworks
Finalist Proposal, Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2005-07 Westlake Terry Venture LLC, Meta Arte Consulting, Callison Architects, Coughlin Porter Lundeen Engineers
2005 Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program, Pantages Apartments, Stichney, Murphy, Romine Architects
2003-04 Seattle Monorail project, Co-authored Guideways Study: Image Bank with artist Cris Bruch
2001-03 Eastgate Park and Ride, 4Culture, KPFF Consulting Engineers, MBT Architects
1999-03 Lynnwood Regional Express Transit Center, Sound Transit Art Program, INCA Engineers INC, Zimmer-Gunzel-Frasca Partnership
Qwest Field, Seattle, WA, First and Goal Inc., Vulcan NW, Inc., Ellerbe Beckett
1998 King Street Station RE-Development, Washington DOT, Sound Transit, Amtrak, OTAK
1995-96 Washington State Arts Commission, Public Schools, Correctional Industries, Limited Edition Design
1995-98 Seattle City Light North Service Center, Seattle Arts Commission, Arai/Jackson Architects
King County METRO Water Capital Project, Interurban Pump Station, 4Culture, HDR Engineers
Professional Affiliations
2007-12 Public Art Advisory Committee, 4Culture/ King County, Seattle, WA