CURRICULUM VITA
EDUCATION
MFA 1988 CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont CA
BFA 1982 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls WI (Graduated with Honors)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA 2005-present
• ARTS CORPS, Seattle WA 2005-present
• POWERFUL ARTS, Seattle WA
2005-present
• RUTH DYKMANN CHILDREN'S CENTER, Burien, WA 2005
• WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION - ROSTERED ARTIST IN EDUCATION,
1999-present
• MUSEUM OF GLASS, TACOMA WA – Lead Artist, Remann Hall Women's
Project, 2001-04
• KING COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION and CULTURAL RESOURCES — Education
Grant Recipient
Arbor Heights Elementary School and White Center Community and Youth Center,
2002-03
• SALINA ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION , SALINA KS - ARTIST IN
RESIDENCE, 2000-01
• TEAM CHILD of WASHINGTON - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Youth Voices on
Violence
Yakima YMCA, The Children’s Museum of Seattle and WSAC AIE grant
funds, 2000-2001
• BOY'S AND GIRL'S CLUB OF ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER MN - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE,
2000
• THORNTON CREEK PROJECT, SEATTLE WA - 'CONFLUENCE' , ARTIST IN
RESIDENCE, 2000
• SPOKANE ART SCHOOL, SPOKANE WA - EXHIBITION AND ARTIST WORKSHOP,
2000
• TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TACOMA WA - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
(WSAC Community Consortia Grant Program),1999 - 2002
• EXPERIMENTAL GALLERY & THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, SEATTLE WA -
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Maple Lane High School- Maple Lane Youth Facility, Centralia, WA, 1996-98
• PORT OF SEATTLE, SEATTLE, WA - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Delridge Youth Group, Seattle WA, 1998
• KING COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, SEATTLE WA
- ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Bellevue High School and North Star Middle School, 1998
• WA STATE CAPITAL MUSEUM - EXPERIMENTAL GALLERY, OLYMPIA WA - ARTIST
IN RESIDENCE
Indian Ridge Youth Facility, Arlington WA, 1995-96
SCHOOL RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
(abbreviated list) • ST.THERESE SCHOOL, Seattle WA , 2006 (Artscorps)
• BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY, Seattle WA, 2006 (Powerful Arts)
• ARBOR HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, SEATTLE WA, 2003, 2005,2006
• WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, YAKIMA WA – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE,
2001–2004
• CARL SANDBURG ELEMENTARY, KIRKLAND WA - ARTIST IN RESIDEDNCE, 2001–2006
• LINCOLN HEIGHTS AND WILSON ELEM. SPOKANE WA - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE,
2000
• BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TACOMA WA - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, 2000
• BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL, BELLEVUE WA - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, 1998-99
• CHARLES WRIGHT ACADEMY, TACOMA WA - ARTIST IN RSIDENCE, 1998
• PETER KIRK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KIRKLAND WA - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE,
1995
• SEATTLE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, SEATTLE WA, 1990-2000
- King County Detention Center - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE('Flight's
of Fantasy'), 2000
- Imagination Station - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, 1989-90, 1998,2000
- Bumbershoot Fine Arts Festival - GUEST ARTIST, 1998, 97, 93, 92, 90
• SEATTLE CENTER ACADEMY - INSTRUCTOR,1992-93
• SEATTLE ART MUSEUM- 'CHAIRS' Workshop in conj. /w FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT EXHIBIT, 1990
• NEO ART SCHOOL, SEATTLE WA - ART INSTRUCTOR, 1989-90
• ROCHESTER ART CENTER, ROCHESTER MN, 1981-1986
-Lead Instructor Total Arts Daycamp Program (4 years), Instructor- various
adult classes(5 years)
• ROCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ROCHESTER MN 1983-86
-Instructor:Drawing, Painting, 3-D Design and Art Appreciation , Guest
Artist — Papermaking
INSTALLATIONS - EXHIBIT DESIGNS - CURATORIAL INVOLVEMENT
‘THE BOTTOM OF HEAVEN ’, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA, 2003
'NAVIGATING SHADOW AND LIGHT', Education Studio Installation, Museum
of Glass, Tacoma WA, 2003
AIE Visual Arts Roster, Panelist, Washington State Arts Commission, 2003
'REMORSE RECONSTRUCTED', RHWP Installation, Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA,
2002
'YOUTH VOICES: Speaking Out on School Violence ' - WA State Capital Rotunda, Olympia WA, 2001
AIE Residency and Curriculum, Grant Panelist, Washington State Arts Commission,
2000
THORTON CREEK WATER SHED 'Confluence' Thornton Creek Project, Seattle
WA, 2000
'THROUGH THE FOREST: Enchanted Folktales of Germany'- The Children's Museum
Seattle WA, 1999
Performance Studio Focus Group/Steering Committee - The Children's Museum
Seattle WA, 1999
'EXPRESS LANES' - The Children's Museum, Seattle WA, 1998
'A CHANGED WORLD' - The Children's Museum, Seattle WA, 1996
Juror, Visual Art Competition - Seattle High Schools, Seattle WA, 1990
CHAIRS BY CHILDREN', Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 1986
'MIRROR OF A PERMEABLE DAY’ - The Malt-O-Meal Corp. Minneapolis
MN, 1986
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
CATENA (solo exhibition), Hay Gallery, Portland Maine, 2002
CURRENT PAINTINGS, Moses Lake Art Center, Moses Lake WA, 2001
LEAP , The Spokane Art School, Spokane WA, 2000
SOLO EXHIBITION, DMF Fine Arts, Rochester MN, 1992
INTERSTICE, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont CA, 1988
FEATURE ARTIST, Neaton & Broussard Architects, Minneapolis MN, 1987
CURRENTS, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 1984
TRANSMOGRIFICATION, Rochester Community College, Rochester MN, 1983
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
OF NATURE AND NOTIONS, Arts West Gallery, Seattle WA, 2006
GROUP SHOW, Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood WA, 2006
NATURAL WONDERS: ARTISTIC IMPRESSIONS, University House, Issaquah WA, 2006
ON SITE, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art & Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison WI, 2004
BOTANICALS, Hay Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2004
GROUP SHOW, Winona State University, Winona MN, 2000
BIG BANG, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 2000
BAIT AND SWITCH, Robert Clements Gallery, Portland Maine, 1998
SCULPTURE GARDEN, Seattle Children's Museum, Seattle WA 1998
NATIONAL COLORED PENCIL EXHIBITION, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis OR,
1998
50TH BIRTHDAY EXHIBITION, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 1996
GROUP EXHIBITION, DMF Fine Arts, Rochester MN, 1995
GET BACK, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1994
GROUP EXHIBITION , MWC Design, Rochester MN, 1990
DECADE OF ART, Pumphouse Art Center, La Crosse WI, 1989
ON THE LINE, St. Paul Companies, St. Paul MN, 1988
INSTALLED, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont CA, 1987
FIBER SYNTHESIS, Brea Civic Cultural Center, Brea CA, 1987
TENTH ANNIV. EXHIBITION, Century Gallery, Sylmar CA, 1987
ARTISTS IN SPACES, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont CA, 1986
EARLYNEOPOSTISM, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont CA, 1986
FLOATING ART SHOW, Behind the Brewery Gallery, La Crosse WI, 1986
VESSEL AS METAPHOR, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 1986
MAEP TENTH ANNIV. EXHIBITION, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis MN,1986
IMAGES: DREAMS/ MEMORY/MEANING, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield MN,
1985
MINNESOTA ARTISTS INVITATIONAL, CG Rein Galleries, Edina MN, 1985
YARD ART, Behind the Brewery Gallery, La Crosse WI, 1984
INTUITIVES: MYSTIC NARRATIVES, University of Wisconsin, River Falls WI, 1982
FIVE ARTISTS, FISH AND OTHER WET OBJECTS, Pumphouse, La Crosse WI, 1982
PAPER, Llama Gallery, Madison WI, 1980
AWARDS AND HONORS
AIE Residency and Curriculum, Grant Panelist, Washington State Arts Commission,
2000, 2003
Performance Studio Focus Group/Steering Committee - The Children's Museum
Seattle WA, 1999
Juror, Visual Art Competition - Seattle High Schools, Seattle WA, 1990
Los Angeles area Arts Council, Armand Hammer Award for Drawing, 1988
Exhibition and Education Committee - Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN,
1984 - 85
Rochester Art Center, All City Art Award, 1983
Skrupky Memorial Art Award, 1978
BOOKS/ PUBLICATIONS / WEBSITES
• University House Features 11 Local Artists, ‘ The Issaquah Press, Wednesday March 23, 2005
•
‘So Much Beauty’ art for CD by Janeanne Houston and Robert Jorgensen. Elmgrove Productions 2004
•‘The Muse in the Mirror: A Way of Unfolding the Truth,' co-authored by Darwin Nordin and Judith Roche, to be published by The Museum of Glass Tacoma WA.
• 'Outdoor Art: Contemporary Art Finds a Place at Olbrich Gardens,‘ Capital Times, Madison WI June 2,2004
•'The Bottom of Heaven–Artwork and Poetry of The Remann Hall
Women's Project'
Edited by Judith Roche and Darwin Nordin, ©Museum of Glass 2003
•‘Glass
Eats Light in the Education Studio’ Fuse (Winter – Spring 2003)
a publication of
The Museum of Glass / International Center for Contemporary Art
•‘Remorse
Reconstructed’— Remann Hall Women’s Project . Museum Catalog
and CD published by
The Museum of Glass / International Center for contemporary Art
•‘Education
Projects Connects Museum with At-Risk Youth’ Fuse (Fall 2001) a publication
of
The Museum of Glass / International Center for contemporary Art
• Team Child, Yakima Youth Voices Project. www.teamchild.org/voice/pages/13.htm
• ‘Artist Wants to Change Lives’ Yakima Herald Republic,
Yakima WA - Oct. 4, 2002
• 'That Daring Young Man and His Flying
Machines' - Salina Journal, Salina KS - June 10, 2001
• 'Nordin
Show Opens Tonight at the MAC' -Columbia Basin Herald- April 27, 2001
• 'Artist Brings Gizmo Paintings…', - Columbia Basin Herald-
April 27, 2001
• 'Active Artists' - Salina Journal - June 4,
2000
• 'Time Traveling' - Salina Journal - June 10, 2000
• 'Teen-ager’s folk-tale murals reflect Rochester’s Diversity.’ Rochester Post Bulletin, October 5, 2000
• 'Kids from Juvie
and Dancers from Cornish meet at Chagall - Seattle PI- Friday April 14,
2000
• 'Wild Crafts Convey Global Theme' - Spokane Spokesman
Review March 19, 2000
• Network News, Arts Network of WA State
Spring 2000
• Casco Bay Weekly, Aug. 13 1998
• NorEaster
Magazine, July - Aug. 1998
• APL Website, http://WWW apl.com/boomerangbox/d.92298htm,
Fall 1998
• 'Artists Don't Contain Their Creativity in Vessel
Exhibit' - Rochester Post Bulletin 1986
• 'The Show Within the
Show' - Art Paper 1986
• 'Hearts and Minds..' - Rochester Post
Bulletin- Feb. 11, 1985
• 'Creative Spontaneity Encouraged...
- Rochester Post Bulletin- 1984
• 'Glimpsed But Still Not Captured'
- Rochester Post Bulletin -March 10, 1984
• 'Water is the Key
to Nordin's Works of Art' - Washburn County Register- March 13, 1984
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