Exhibitions and Residencies

FIONA MCGUIGAN

Born in Bern, Switzerland

ART EDUCATION

1993-1996 School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, WA

1988-1990 De Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, Netherlands

SELECT SHOWS/CURATORIAL 

2022/23 AMcE Arts: 80 Days in August: 10 Years Duwamish River Artist Residency, Seattle, WA

2021 Museum of Museums (MOM), Duwamish River Artist Residency, Seattle, WA

2019 Duwamish River VR Exhibit, Seattle Public Library, Curated by Traci Timmons, Head Librarian, 

Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library, Seattle Art Museum

2018 Invitational, Adobe Headquarters, Seattle, WA

2018 High Street Gallery, Volume Two Exhibition, Salem, OR

2017 Solo Show: Perry Carlson Gallery, Deconstructed Memories and Exploration of Place, Mount Vernon, WA

2017 V2, Artist Trust 30 Year Celebration, Seattle, WA

2016 Curatorial Project: Confluence; The Duwamish Project, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016 Occasional Gallery, Curated by Brian Cypher,  Burlington, WA

2016 COCA 35 Live, Seattle, WA

2015 Solo Show: Calypte Gallery, The Repeated Image, Seattle WA

2015 Gallery4Culture, The Duwamish River Artist Residency: Process and Artifacts, Seattle WA 

2013 North Seattle Community College Gallery, Duwamish River Artist Residency Exhibit, Seattle WA

2013 Seattle Art Museum Sales & Rental Gallery’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, Artist’s Choice 

2013 Solo Show: Gage Academy , The Constant Image (Solo Show), Seattle, WA

2012 Washington State Convention Center, A Celebration of WA Artists, Seattle, WA

2012 Buchanan Cntr. for the Arts, Art 64 (curated by Eric Fischl, America: Now & Here), Monmouth, IL  

2011 Werkschau, Koserow, Germany

2011 Solo Show: Eidelauer Picture Club, Moment of Impact, Seattle, WA  

2010 619 Western, Modifications, Seattle WA 

2009 Canoe Social Club, Home, Seattle, WA

2008 Gallery One, 40 Portraits/40 Artists,  Ellensburg WA 

2004 Gallery 500, New Works (Solo Show), Seattle WA

2001 The Stage Gallery, Face to Face, New York NY, Honorable Mention

1999/01 Gallery One, Paint Ellensburg, WA

2000 Gallery 500, Figurative Group Show, Seattle WA

1998 Whatcom Museum, 18th Annual NW Intl. Art Competition, Bellingham WA, 

1996 Gallery 500, In their own Space, Seattle WA

AWARDS / PROJECTS

2017-2018 Managing Director for SOLA (Support Old Lady Artists)

2018 Project Manager for Reforestation of the Imagination, a glass/augmented reality installation by Ginny Ruffner at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC

2012-22 Co-Founder, Organizer, Participant: Duwamish River Artist Residency, Seattle WA

2014 Artist Trust GAP Award Recipient

2002/03 Art Installer/Assistant Project Manager for Chihuly Glass Studios, Seattle, WA

RESIDENCIES 

2016 Freiraum, Artist in Residence, Zürich, Switzerland

2011 Artist Residency, Atelier Niemeyer-Holstein, Luettenort, Germany

2010 Artist Residency, Centrum Fort Warden, Port Townsend WA

1999 Artist in Residence, Children’s Museum, Seattle, WA

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & TEACHING

Museum of NW Art: Pecha Kucha: #no filter

Washington State University, Experimental Drawing Class: On Process

Cornish College for the Arts, Guest Lecture: Duwamish River Artist Residency

University of Washington, Capstone Client for Architectural studio class

AIGA Link Workshop: Iteration: Beyond Inspiration

PUBLICATIONS:

2019 Art & Industry: Roots that Clutch

2018 Art & Industry: LaFarge

2015 Catalog: Duwamish Residency at Gallery4Culture

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: 

University of Washington Art Library 

Seattle Art Museum Library

Seattle Public Library

2017