Alisa A. Looney
Bend, Oregon, USA
OUTDOOR COLLECTIONS
June Key Delta Community Center, Portland OR
https://alisalooney.com/2015/11/
City of McCall, Public Art Collection, McCall, ID
https://alisalooney.com/2015/09/
Maryhill Museum of Art, Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Goldendale, WA
https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/outside/gardens-grounds-and-ranch/william-and-catherine-dickson-sculpture-park
City of Cannon Beach, Sculpture Without Walls, Cannon Beach, OR
http://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/community/publicart.html
City of Lake Oswego, Gallery Without Walls, Lake Oswego, OR https://www.flipsnack.com/AAC75CDEFB5/2023-gww-brochure.html
City of Puyallup, WA, Arts Downtown Outdoor Gallery, Puyallup, WA
http://www.artsdowntown.org/PEOPLE_S_CHOICE.php
GRANTS AWARDED
2022 – Artist Resilience Award, Oregon Arts Commission, The Artist Resilience Program is administered by the Oregon Arts Commission in partnership with Oregon Community Foundation and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation. The program provides funding to Oregon artists who have experienced financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SELECTED PUBLIC ART PLACEMENT, EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2021 – Permanent Placement at Private Residence, Heart Connection II, Gig Harbor, WA.
2018 – Permanent Placement at New Heights Physical Therapy, Father and Child Dancing, corner of NE Glisan and 58th, Portland, OR, 2018.
2015 – Commission Awarded and completed for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Contributed by Portland Development Commission. Chris Poole-Jones Memorial, sited at the June Key Delta Community Center, corner of N. Albina Ave. and N. Ainsworth St., Portland, OR, November, 2015.
2015 – Donor Gift Accepted by McCall City Council, McCall, ID, Taking Flight, sited near Payette Lake, corner of Railroad Ave. and Pine St, September, 2015.
2014 – Chosen to participate in the Palm Desert Public Art Contest, El Paseo Sculpture Invitational 2013/2014, Taking Flight, on loan Oct. 2012 – Nov. 2014.
2013 – Selected by Longview Outdoor Gallery, Longview, WA, Contact No. 2 (Bench), on loan August 2013 – September 2015.
2012 – Proposal Selected & Completed for El Paseo Sculpture Invitational 2013/2014, Palm Desert, CA, Taking Flight, on loan Oct. 2012 – Nov. 2014.
2012 – Selected by Ketchum Art Commission, Art on Fourth Outdoor Exhibit, Ketchum, ID, Contact No. 2 (Bench), on loan through June through Oct. 2012.
2012 – Chosen as Feature Sculpture, Maryhill Museum of Art – Cannon Power Plaza – Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing, Goldendale, WA, Roll & Play – Gift of the North Star Foundation, 2008.
2012 – Selected by Partner Network – Choosing From Within, Castlegar, BC, Canada – SculptureWalk 2012, on loan May 2012 – May 2013.
2011 – Proposal Selected and completed – Choosing From Within, Sioux Falls, SD, Outdoor SculptureWalk 2011, on loan May 2011 through May 2012. In Sister Exhibition- SculptureWalk Avera McKennan Awards: Received People’s Choice II Award: for Core Energy, Steel Sculpture by Alisa Looney, with Cast Glass by Teresa Krage.
SCULPTUREWALK AVERA MCKENNAN AWARDS
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
2011 – Peoples Choice II and Best of Show III – Indoor SculptureWalk Avera McKennan Hospital 2011, Core Energy, collaboration with Glass Artist Teresa Krage, on loan through May 2011 – May 2012.
2010 – Community Favorite Purchase Award – Puyallup, WA Arts Downtown Outdoor Gallery, Heart Connection. Proposal Originally Selected and Completed for Arts Downtown Outdoor Gallery 2008 & 2009.
2009 – People’s Choice Purchase Award – Contact No. 1 (Bench), City of Cannon Beach Sculpture Without Walls Permanent Collection.
2009 – Invitation to Exhibit, Contact No. 2 (Bench), Everett, WA, Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, installed and on loan through June 2011.
2006 – People’s Choice Purchase Award – City of Lake Oswego, Gallery Without Walls, Foundation for the Arts, Going for your Vision. Proposal Originally Selected for Gallery Without Walls 2004.
2002 – Proposal Selected and Completed for Arts Downtown 2002 Outdoor Exhibit, Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts, Support with Joy on loan through 2003.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 & 2023 –Enamelist Society’s International Biennial Exhibition, Alchemy 6, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, Traveling Exhibition to three cities: August 2 – September 2, 2022 – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Sandra Blain Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennesee, with the opening reception Aug 5, in conjunction with the Enamelist Sociey Conference; September 2022 – October 2022 – University of Arkansas, Little Rock; and February 4, 2023 – April 1, 2023 – Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
2023 – Red Chair Gallery, Enamel works and painted Steel Sculpture, Bend, OR (exhibiting since 2019)
2023 – Guardino Gallery, Enamel on Steel Jewelry, Portland, OR (exhibiting since 2016)
2023 – Hood Avenue Art Gallery, Enamel on Steel Jewelry, Sisters, OR (exhibiting since 2019)
2023 – Matzke Fine Art & Sculpture Park, by invitation, Sculpture: Choosing From Within, Camano Island, WA (exhibiting since 2013)
2022 – Creative Collaborations, A Pacific Northwest Sculptors Online Exhibit, Sept 1 – Oct 30, 2022
2019 & 2020 –Enamelist Society’s International Biennial Exhibition, Alchemy 5, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, Traveling Exhibition to two cities:
July 31 – August 7, 2019 – LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene;
November 2019 – October 2020 – Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA.
2019 – ISC’s 29th International Sculpture Conference / The Multi-Faceted Maker – littleSCULPTURE Show, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, PNCA, Portland, OR, October, 2019
2019 – Making Space Exhibition, Presented by Pacific Northwest Sculptors and Northwest Stone Sculptors Assn., presented in conjunction with ISC’s 29th International Sculpture Conference, Powder Coated Steel Sculpture, Juried Exhibition, Art Reach Gallery, Portland, OR, October, 2019
2019 – Bend Art Center, Enamel on Steel Wall Sculpture and Jewelry, Bend, OR, May – Aug 2019
2019 – ISC & PNWS Sculpture Now! International Sculpture Day Exhibit, Enamel and painted metal sculpture, at Solid Industries, Portland, OR, April 27, 2019
2019 – Bend WinterFest, Fire Sculpture Competition and Fire Gallery,
Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR, February 2019
2018 – Art at the CAVE, Experimental Art Space, International Sculpture Day PDX: sculpt: Alchemy in 3D, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, Juried Exhibition, Pacific Northwest Sculptors, April 2018, Vancouver, WA.
2017 & 2018 – Enamelist Society’s international biennial Exhibition, Alchemy 4, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, Traveling Exhibition to three cities:
July 29 – August 26, 2017 – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN;
September 10 – October 22, 2017 – Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH;
January 7 – April 29, 2018 – National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
2017 – Newport Visual Arts Center, Oregon Coast Council of the Arts, Variety of Visions, Juried Exhibition, PNWS, Sept – Nov, 2017, Newport, OR
2017 – Hawk Merlin Studios, 2nd Annual Columbia River Art Salon, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, June, 2017, Stevenson, WA
2017 – Roll Up Gallery, Exhibition for International Sculpture Day PDX: 3D ALCHEMY – Fusing intellect, intuition and magic into sculpture, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Portland, OR
2016 – A Visual Chronical of Lake Oswego, Gallery Without Walls, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Sculpture, Featuring the Work of Artists who represent the History of the Gallery Without Walls Program, June, 2016, Lake Oswego, OR
2016 – Guardino Gallery, Enamel on Steel Scupture, Wall Reliefs & Panels and Painted Steel Figurative Sculptures, Solo Exhibit, Portland, OR
2016 – Desert Art Collection, Enamel on Steel – Spirit Masks, El Paseo Art Walk, Palm Desert, CA (+ 2015)
2016 – Guardino Gallery, Enamel Jewelry, Portland, OR (+ 15)
2015 – UNDER FIRE, an international online exhibition sponsored by the Enamel Guild North East, Two Enamel Spirit Masks Selected, Juror Barbara Seidenath, Nov, 2015, egne.org
2015 – Sculptors Gallery, Sculpture and Enamels, Portland, OR, April through September, 2015
2015 – Northwest By Northwest Gallery, Sculpture and Enamels, Cannon Beach, OR (+ 2012, 13, 14)
2014 – Denizen Gallery, FACE re-imagining portrait, Curated by Counting Crows, Portland, OR
2014 – Love Art! Gallery, Enamel on Steel, Sculpture & Pendants, Sellwood, OR (+ 2011, 12, 13)
2014 – Ergo Depot Showroom, Life size sculptures on loan 2011 – 2014, Portland, OR
2013 – Gallery 114, Put A Bird On It, juried exhibition, Portland, OR
2013 – Art at the Allison, Juried by Art Elements Gallery, Pacific NW Sculptors Exhibit, Newberg, OR
2012 – Desert Art Collection, New Sculptor Introduction El Paseo Art Walk, Palm Desert, CA (+ 2013, 14, 15, 16, 17)
2012 – Bush Barn Art Center, Sculptural Conversations, Pacific NW Sculptors, Juried exhibition, Salem, OR
2012 – Portland International Airport, In Our Element, 8 NW Sculptors, Curator: Greta Blalock, Portland OR
2011 – Guardino Gallery, Little Things, Enamel Sculpture & Pendants, Portland, OR, (+ 2010, 09, 08, 07 & 06)
2011 – Golden Gallery, Beaverton Lodge, Radix Circle Group Show, Sculpture, Beaverton, OR
2011 – Art in the Pearl, Pacific NW Sculptors Exhibit & Public Sculpture, Portland, OR (+ 2010, 09, 08 & 07)
2011 – Launch Pad Gallery, Love Show, Enamel on Steel, Portland, OR (+ sculpture 2010, 09 & 07)
2010 – good: a gallery, The Cutting Edge Show, Sculpture, Choosing Wisely, Portland, OR
2010 – PDX Bridge Festival, Nuts, Bolts and Slabs of Steel, Group Show, Sculpture: Circle Dance Maquette, Portland, OR
2010 – Oregon College of Art & Craft, Art on the Vine Auction, by invitation, Sculpture, Portland, OR
2010 – Guardino Gallery “The Heart of the Matter 2”, Group show, Sculpture, Portland, OR
2009 – artOBJECTS Showcase, Portland International Airport, juried: RACC, Pacific NW Sculptors, Portland, OR
2009 – Art in the Pearl – Collaboration Invitational, Sculpture, Portland, OR
2009 – Street of Dreams, Waterfront Pearl–Ambassador, Sculpture, Design Collaboration
2009 – Coos Art Museum, Group Exhibit, Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Portland, OR
2009 – Onda Gallery – Lake Oswego, Two-person show, Sculpture, Lake Oswego, OR
2008 – Portland City Hall, Group Exhibit, Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Portland, OR
2008 – Monarch Sculpture Park – Indoor Gallery, Sculpture, Stillness of the Dance, Olympia, WA
2008 – Onda Gallery – Lake Oswego, Group Exhibit, Sculpture, Lake Oswego, OR
2008 – Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Community Showcase, Pacific NW Sculptors, Portland, OR
2007 – Guardino Gallery, Two-person show with Diane Archer, Sculpture, Portland, OR
2007 – Muse Talk, Radix Group Exhibit, Sculpture and Performance, Fat Straw Coffee House, Portland, OR
2006 – Art of Change Gallery, Solo show, Sculpture and Painting, United Way, Portland, OR
2005 – Women’s History Card Deck, Traveling Group Show, In Other Words, PNCA & Tribe Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 – The Urban Soul Gallery, Soul Narrative Group Show, Sculpture/Painting, Portland OR
2004 – St. John’s Window Project 2004, Urban Soul Gallery, Sculpture and Painting, Portland, OR
2003 – The PCAC Modern Zoo Exhibit, Sculpture, Peninsular Artist Exhibit, Portland, OR
2002 – Grants Pass Museum, Southern Oregon Sculpture Exhibit 2002, Grants Pass OR
2001 – Cracked Pots Garden Art Shows, Sculpture, McMenamins, Portland, OR (+1999 & 2000)
2000 – Celebration of Creativity, 22nd Annual Fine Art Exhibit, Sculpture, Southminster, Beaverton, OR
1999 – Two Woman Sculpture Exhibit, with Anne Hart, Boxcar Bertha’s, Portland, OR
EDUCATION
B.F.A., Boise State University, 1983 – Major: Graphic Design; Areas of study: Illustration, Art Metals, Sculpture, Painting, Dance
Sculpture, Michael Denté, University of Portland, Portland, OR, Fall 1996 & Spring 1997
Sculpture Welding, Michael Creger, PCC Sylvania, Portland, OR, Summer 1998 & 1999
TIG Welding, Kevin Moore, Indigo Metal Arts, private instruction, Portland, OR, 1999-2005
Metal Working, PCC, Portland, OR, Fall 1999 and Winter 2000
Regional Arts & Culture Council – Public Art & Artist Workshops, Portland, OR, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Clackamas County Arts Alliance – Grant writing for artists, Clackamas Comm. College, 2010
Radix, Circle of Women in the Arts, (Formerly: No Limits), Leadership Training 1998 to present
Everyday Dance / Movement, Susan Banyas – Physical Poetry & Independent Drawing, 1993 to present
Creative Dance Portland – Improvisational group focused on work of Barbara Mettler, 2008 to present
Porcelain Enamel on Steel, John Killmaster, private instruction, Middleton, ID, 2010 – 2013
Enamel Decals, Anne Dinan, online workshop, August, 2016
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS / DEMONSTRATIONS / TALKS
2022-23 – Board Member Pacific Northwest Sculptors, DEI Committee Chair, Portland, OR, https://pnwsculptors.org/board/
2022 – Wrote RACC – Make/Learn/Build Grant, which was Awarded to Pacific Northwest Sculptors for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board Training. This grant funded training for PNWS board and committee leads with Nicole Lee Consulting (NLC) and their partner organization, Inclusive Life (IL), combining group training and deeper course work, May – September, 2022. https://pnwsculptors.org/?s=RACC+grant,
2022 – Wrote RACC Make/Learn/Build Grant, Awarded to Pacific Northwest Sculptors for DEI Board Training, made possible training for PNWS board and committee leads with Nicole Lee Consulting (NLC) and their partner organization, Inclusive Life (IL), combining group training and deeper course work, May – September, 2022. https://pnwsculptors.org/?s=RACC+grant,
2019 – ISC & PNWS Sculpture Now! International Sculpture Day Exhibit, Enameling Demo, at Solid Industries, Portland, OR, April 27, 2019
2018 – International Sculpture Day PDX 2018: sculpt: Alchemy in 3D, Co-Organized this ISC & Pacific Northwest Sculptors’ event, Artist Talks, Exhibition, Sculpture Demos and interactive experience, April 21st, at Art at the CAVE and adjacent space, Vancouver, WA.
2017 – 2nd Annual Columbia River Art Salon, Artist Talk and Exhibition, Assistant to Organizer Anne Hart, June, 2017, Stevenson, WA.
2017 – Pollinator – living-lab & community workspace, Design Week Portland, loaned public sculpture, Pollinator @ The Crane, May, 2017, Portland, OR
2017 – International Sculpture Day PDX 2017: 3D ALCHEMY – Fusing intellect, intuition and magic into sculpture, Chaired and Co-Organized this Pacific Northwest Sculptors’ event, Artist Talks, Exhibition, Sculpture Demos, Dance Demo & Dance Party, April 22nd, at three locations: ROLL UP Photo Studio + Gallery, Julian Voss-Andreae Sculpture Studio and Dance with Joy Studio, all within a one block radius, Sellwood Neighborhood, Portland, OR.
2016 – 1st Annual Columbia River Art Salon, Artist Talk and Exhibition, Assistant to Organizer Anne Hart, June, 2016, Stevenson, WA.
2016 – International Sculpture Day PDX 2016: 3D ALCHEMY – Fusing intellect, intuition and magic into sculpture, Chaired and Co-Organized this Pacific Northwest Sculptors’ event, Artist Talks, Improvisational Movement & Dance Party, April 23rd, at ROLL UP Photo Studio + Gallery, Portland, OR.
2015 – Welding Demonstration, Art in the Pearl, PNWS, Flame cutting and welding, Portland, OR.
2014 – Maryhill Museum of Art, Adult Art Workshops: Summer Art Institute: Art in 3-D / Artist Alisa Looney, featured presenter on July 24, 2014, Goldendale, WA.
2013 – Sculpture Dedication & Introduction, El Paseo sculpture Invitational Exhibition 2013/2014, Palm Desert, CA, Introduced Taking Flight
2013 – Scultpure Design & Enameling Techniques Demo at Art in the Pearl – Portland Open Studios Booth – Portland, OR
2012 – Dance & Draw on the Beach – Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Plein Aire, Cannon Beach, OR 2012 – Art Walk & Talk, Maryhill Museum Roll & Play – placement on new Plaza with fellow Artists and Curator, Steve Graff, Maryhill Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, Goldendale, WA
2012 – Sculpture Design Demo – Northwest by Northwest Gallery, May, Cannon Beach, OR
2012 – Artist Talk, Process/Intent – Northwest By Northwest Gallery, Spring Unveiling, Cannon Beach, OR
2013 – Regional Coordinator, RADIX Circle of Women in the Arts 2011 – present; Group Leader 2006 – present; Workshop Leader March 2009 to present; Member 1998 to present, Portland, OR
2011 – Enameling Workshop, Assistant to John Killmaster, Classic Signs, Boise, ID
2011 – Enameling Demonstration, Art in the Pearl, PNWS, glass on steel process, Portland, OR
2011 – Artist Talk for The New Studio – Portland, Pubic sculpture design, intent and process, Blackbird, Portland, OR
2009 – Presentation: Dance & Drawing in Sculpture Design, community participation, dance /drawing experience & Talk on design process, Art at the Market, Puyallup, WA
2008 – Art Walk & Talk – with fellow Artists and Curator, Lee Musgrave, Maryhill Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, Goldendale, WA
2008 – Welding Demonstration, Art in the Pearl, PNWS, Flame cutting and welding, Portland, OR
2008 – Sculpture Demonstration with PNWS, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Design, and paperboard construction, Portland, OR
2007 to present – Member Pacific Northwest Sculptors, 2008 – 09 Board Member & Publicity Committee, Portland, OR
2007 & 08 – “Sculpture Build-Off”, Clackamas Community College Events, Built large scale sculptures, demonstrated and worked with Student participants, Oregon City, OR
2007 – Public Art Selection Committee Member, Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts, Co-Selected works and sites for Gallery Without Walls 2007 Outdoor Exhibit, Lake O, OR
2004 – Sculpture Tour and Artist Talk, Lake Oswego Gallery Without Walls Unveiling (+2002)
2002 – 2003 – Art Club Cofounder, Fernwood Middle School, 6th-8th grades, Portland, OR
1999-2002 – Volunteer Art Instructor, Holy Redeemer Area School, 3rd – 5th grades, Portland, OR
PERFORMANCE & COLLABORATIONS
2012 – Dance & Draw on the Beach – Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Plein Aire, Cannon Beach, OR
2009 – Art in the Pearl Collaboration Invitational, collaboration with Cast Glass Artist Teresa Krage of Denver, Colorado, metal sculpture Core Energy, glass piece was cast to fit steel belly
2008, June 21 – Maryhill Museum of Art, Family Fun Day–All About Loïe Fuller – Led children and adults in dance moves inspired by Loie Fuller, participants created art prints with printmaker Wade Womack, assistant dancer Kirsten Peterson, Goldendale, WA
2005, April 1 – “Fools in the Garden,” The Artfull Garden – Live Painting, poetry reading, dance, painting/sculpture exhibition, with Carla Nomaiia, music Otter Annason, Hillsboro, OR
2004, April 17 – “River of Light”– Traveling Twilight Dance Performance – Conception, Direction, Co-Choreography with Carla Nomaiia, Sculpture design, Fund-raising, City Permits and Promotion. Invited & Collaborated with 29 Portland artists – 20 dancers, 5 live musicians, 3 sculptors & a poet. Dance with handmade salmon lanterns and long streamers of fabric – Celebrating the human spirit, our connection to salmon and the rivers we share. Two performances on Earth Day, Kellogg Middle School, and Waterfront Park, Portland, OR.
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