Resume

Theodora Jonsson

www.ofmethodandmeaning.com

www.theodorajonsson.com

206-612-9446

Resume

Education: Degrees:

2022. MA Candidate Archaeology. Worldwide Survey of Paint Binders. Simon Fraser University, B.C. Canada

2003 BFA Painting, University of Washington BA General Arts and sculpture, UW

Minor Art History, UW
1998 Apprenticeship Printmaking with Mario Teleri, Rome, Italy.

Exhibitions:

2022 Equinox, Canopy Art Space, Blanchard, WA

2021 Perry Carlson Gallery, Solo Exhibition. Arroyas. February

2020 Perry Carlson Gallery, A delicate Balance:Life in the Skagit. March 2020

2019 Winter Electricity Series, Cygnus Gallery Online, April, 2019

2017 Resident Artist, University of Hawaii Manoa. Honalulu, HI. Collaboration with Marine Biology Dept. with printmaking whale calls.

2017 Resident Artist, Gurreneasig Irish School, Ballenspittle IR. Directed Film “Water at my Doorstep.” Mural painted, “Traditional Currachs and Shark Whale Harvest.”

2017 “Resist,” Perry Carlson Gallery. Mount Vernon WA. “History Repeats Itself.” Anti-War Posters, Vitreography Printmaking. August 017

2017 “Peace In Peace Out,” 16 large scale paintings with at risk youth in Skagit County. Barns across Skagit County.

2017 Perry Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon Wa. Exhibiting Whale Call prints with Skagit Women Print. March 2017

2017 OMAI International Exhibition, Mendoza, Argentina. November 2017.

2016 “SURGE,” Museum of Northwest Art. September. Partnership with scientists and artists. Jonsson and Oceanographer Tarang khangaonkar

2016 “From the Heart,” Cygnus Gallery. August through September. 2016

2016 “Skagit Women Print/Guy Anderson: Painter as Printmaker,” Shack Art Center. Everett WA. Jan-Feb 2016

2015 “Paul Heald Retrospective and Friends,” The Barn Show. Mount Vernon WA. August

2015 “Friends of Fish,” Edison Eye Gallery. Edison Wa. May 2015

2015 “Skagit Women Print,” Shoreline Community College. January 2015

2014 “Excellence Award in Painting”, Anacortes Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition. August 2014

2014 Anchor Art Space, “Skagit Women Print,” Collective Exhibition. Introduction by Sheila Farr. July-August 2014.

2014 Smith and Valee, “Atmospheres” Edison Wa. March 2014

2013 Solo Presentation, “Arts Alive,” La Conner WA. November 1,2,3 2013.

2013 Glasplastik und Garten, International Exhibition and outdoor sculpture Garden. Munster, Germany. August 17-Sept. 8th 2013.

2013 “Nature in the Balance.” Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA. July 6-Sept 22, 2013

2013 “From Here to There.” Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA. June1-30, 2013 Skagit Valley College Gallery Exhibition of blown and etched glass and

Vitreography.Jan. 15, 2013- March 3, 2013

2012 COCA Seattle, Alive/Dead Exhibition, COCA Gallery, November-Dec. 2012 Arts Alive, La Conner City Council Arts Exhibition, Opening Nov. 2nd,

2012 Pilchuck Glass School Gallery. Printshop Coordinator, cast glass and print. August 2012

2012 “Deep Listening,” Five Skagit Women artists. Cygnus Gallery, La Conner, WA. July-Aug. 26th.

2012 “On to the Next One,” NW Printmakers. Exhibition and demonstration. Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA. June 2-30th.

2011 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle. 19th Annual Art Marathon 2011 Arts Alive: Juried Northwest Arts Exhibition. Nov. 4-6, 2011 La Conner

2011 Museum of Northwest Art, Permanent Collection. The First Thirty Years: Mona Collects. Oct 8-Jan 1, 2011

2011 10x10x10 Tieton. Juried Exhibition of Art, Craft, Print & Photography. Mighty Tieton Gallery, Wa

2011 Cygnus Gallery Exhibition Solo with Maggie Wilder: Seeking Source, video installation, cast and printed glass. September/October 2011

2011 Whatcom Museum of History and Art. Fate of the Forest Exhibition. June 4 - September 18, 2011. Bellingham, WA.

2011 Finding Source: Video/Blown Glass Installation. Pilchuck Glass School. July 2011

2011 Pilchuck Glass School Gallery. Printshop Coordinator, vitreography. July 2011 Salish Sea Exhibition. Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA. June, 2011 2011 Skagit County Historical Museum: Paint Me A River, Sept. 23-Dec 31 2011 Glass Whale Bones exhibited at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA

2011 National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, Generation to Generation Glass Show. Pennsylvania. March 24 - April 24, 2011. Selected ten artists

including Paul Marioni and Keke Cribbs.

2011 Museum of Northwest Art, Solo Exhibition, Benaroya Gallery. Mindful Waters: Life in the Salish Sea. La Conner WA January/March

2011 Glass Whale Bones with Lanny Bergner, Anchor Art Space Anacortes WA. Febuary 2011

2010 Arts Alive Exhibition, Artist Invitational, La Conner WA, November

2010 Kinsale Arts Festival, Studio One, Group Show, July, Kinsale Ireland EU

2010 River Landscapes, Water Shapes: Jonsson/ Wilder, Sept/Nov. Cygnus Gallery, La Conner

2010 Morris Graves Invitational Exhibition with Charlie Kraft, August, Tashiro Kaplan Space, Seattle WA

2010 Birds, August, Smith Valee Gallery, Edison WA

2010 Anacortes Arts Festival, July, Northwest Image Gallery Commission

2010 In The Hall of Light, Video editor, production assistant and music debut with Maggie Wilder at the Poetry Festival, May, La Conner WA

2010 Texture Gallery, May, Selected Group Show, Anacortes WA
2009 Cygnus Gallery, Febuary, selected show, Honoring Poetry Festival
2009 Texture Gallery, Pollination, Solo show. Anacortes Wa. Dec/Febuary 2009 Marc’s On Pine, Holographica, Solo Show. Mount Vernon Wa. November 2009 Kinsale Art Festival, Studio One, Intaglio prints group show. July. Kinsale,

Ireland

2009 Glass House Project, etched glass, printmaking, Recovery Cafe Seattle May 2008-April 2009, glasshouseproject.blogspot.com

2009 Arts Alive Group show, November. La Conner, Wa.
2009 Paint Me a River, La Conner Historical Museum, Ocober-January 2009 Seaside Gallery Group Painting show, August. La Conner Wa. 2009 Skagit Valley Studio Tour July 2009

2009 Edison Eye, Edison Wa. Decay, group show. August

2009 Rexville Gallery, Solo show, May, Skagit Valley WA.

2008 Skagit Valley Hospital Collective show, May, Mt Vernon, WA

2008 Insights Gallery, Anacortes, Washington. June/July.

2008 Sandpiper Gallery, Polson, Montana. Selected Group Show, June-July.

2008 Insights Gallery, Anacortes, Washington. USA. January-Febuary.

2005 Art Not Terminal, Seattle, WA. Selected Group Show, July 2005

2004 Pilchuck Selected Glass Show, Pilchuck WA

2003 Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Painting Exhibition and Installation Seattle, WA.

2002 Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Juried Group Exhibition Seattle, WA.

2002 Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes WA.
Selected group exhibition. Juror Alden Mason.

2001 Parnassus Gallery, Seattle, WA Solo Exhibition.

2001 ForceMassVolume, Art Drill, Sandpoint Naval Base, Seattle. Selected group exhibition.

2000 Café Culture, Wellington International Arts Festival, 2000

1998 Arte Contemporanea, Mostra Di Pittura. Rome, Italy.

1998 Campo di Fiori, Installation and Performance Show Rome, Italy.

Bibliography: 

 2019   The Barn Shows, “Theodora’s work inspired from working with mentors William Slater and John Simon.

 2018   La Conner Weekly, “Northwest Visionary Contemporaries.” March 14.

  2017   In the Valley of Mystic Light, “An oral history of Skagit Valley artists.” Published in October 2017.

 2017    “Voices of the Children Mural,” Mount vernon WA. Skagit Herald, July . 

 2017  Faces of the Skagit, “Artist Theodora Jonsson works with youth and Voices of the Children...”April 2017. Skagit Valley Herald.

 2011 “The Great, Chilly Outdoors: artists lead a class of landscape and light drawing,” The Argus: Skagit Valley Publishing Co. Nov. 1, 2011.

2011 “Gathering Inspiration,” The Natural Enquirer: Skagit Valley Co-op/Augus.              

 2011  The Seattle Times, Forest Groves and Mountain Vistas, Fate of the forest  exhibition at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham. Theodora Jonsson’s work is highlighted as one worth seeing.

 2011  La Conner Weekly News by Amy Lynn Richards. Hard-court press rolls into La Conner: Steam Roller Art Project by Artist Theodora Jonsson and local artists and Swinomish Youth. June 8, 2011.

 2011  The Argus: Skagit Publishing, The Great chilly Outdoors! Artists Theodora   Jonsson and Sarah Detzer led a class on landscape and light drawing that captivated students’ attention...Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011.

  2011 Kee Yoks Swinomish Tribal Newspaper. Theodora is new face and teacher. Robin Carneen, Vol 45 Issue 6. June 2011

 2011 La Conner Weekly News. Kathy Stevens Photo-documentation of   Theodora Jonsson as the next generation of Skagit Artist at Cygnus Gallery, La COnner WA. Febuary 23,2011. Susan McKeehan.

2011  Wild/Life, When nature isn’t natural. Cascdia Weekly News, Jan 8, 2011. Amy Kepferle

2010   Remembering John Simon, Friend and Mentor, Theodora Jonsson, Skagit Valley Artists Together Review, July 2010.

2010  In The Hall of Light, Skagit Vally Film, The Skagit Herald, Anna Fernandes, May.  

2008 “Artist Wins Film Award,” The La Conner Weekly News, WA. Nov. 19th                        

2005  Cronin, Olga.  “Campaign kicks off to raise funds for making of documentary: M.E.P. Kathy Sinnott backs film on autism.”  The Echo, Cork Ireland, February 22, 2005

 2004 Bargreen, Melinda.  “Twelve area Artists put their colorful variations on violins,”  The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA July 26, 2004.

2003  Brook McKean.  “Perception Construct installation at Parnassus Gallery.”  The Daily Newspaper, Seattle, WA  May 2003

2002 Walbeck, Nancy.  “Juried Fine Art Show....”  Theodora selected artist. The Anacortes Review, September, 2002.

 Residencies/Further Work Experience:
2011 Pilchuck Glass School Glass Workshop with Charlie Cohen 2004 Pilchuck Glass School Glass Workshop with John Reyntein 2004 Vermont Studio Center Residency
2000 Work with independent artists. Auckland, New Zealand. 1998 Printmaking, Mario Teleri. Temple University, Rome. 1997 UW Studio Arts Program, Rome.

Honors /Awards/Grants:

2012 Paul Allen Grant for La Conner Art Glass research and business dev. 2011 Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship
2011 La Conner Arts Counsel grant for teaching block printing, Journeys

Project. 2008 Best Short Documentary Award, Waterford Film Festival, November

2005 Irish Member of Parliament funding for Autism Film Documentary, Kathy

Sinnott
2004 Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship
2004 Vermont Sutdio Center Full Fellowship
2004 Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra’s Ten Northwest Artists, Auction. 2002 Milnor Roberts Scholarship in Art

1997 Lambda Rho Scholarship to study in Rome.
2002, 2001, 1997, 1996 Honors in Academics, University of Washington, Seattle

Instruction Presentation/Workshops

2023  Elements in Creating an Archaeological Landscape in the Ancestral Lands of the Indigenous Peoples in the San Juan Islands, Washington. Talk given by Theodora J. Macrae at Simon Fraser University Seminar Series, September 14, 2023

2019  Stylistic Abstraction and Gesture in Pecos River Style Pictographs, Lower  Pecos Region, Texas. Presentation for 2019 90th Annual Texas Archaeology Society, Amarillo TX. James Burr Harrison Macrae, M.A. and Theodora Jonsson-Macrae M.A. Candidate Simon Fraser University.

2015 Pilchuck Glass School, “The Glass Matrix,” Rayzist and Vitreography workshop. TA for Charlie Cohan. May 21-29th 2015

2015 Pilchuck Glass School, Printmaking Instructor. “The Glass PLate,” Vitreography Workshop. Feb 21-22nd.

2014-2015 Printmaking Instruction from Aeden Studios, La Conner WA

2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 

Vitreo Studios, Vitreography workshop. Printmaking from the glass plate. March 2012.

Vitreo Studios, Color History and mixing colors from earth in the skagit valley. Fieldtrip March 2012.

Vitreo Studios, Authentic Abstraction/Drawing: the structure of painting. March-April

Vitreo Studios, Expressive Printmaking. Monotype, the gesture of moving water. March- April.

Pilchuck Glass School. Printshop Coordinator, Vitreography. August/Sept Pilchuck Glass School. Printshop Coordinator, Vitreography. June-July

Journeys Printmaking Event Director. Gathering Northwest and Native Artists forthreeexhibitionsincludingtheCanoeJourneyandAnacortes ArtsFestival.

Journeys Printmaking. Instructor for relief printing and linoleum carving. Adults and Teens. April -June 2011SwinomishYouthCenter.

Instructor for “Expand your Horizons” with Watercolor on Vellum paper. Museum of Northwest Art, Family Art Day, April 23

Instructor for “Cycle of Artmaking,” Art and Discussion, Febuary-march, The Red Barn, La Conner WA

2011 2010 2010 

Co-Instructor for “Expect the Unexpected,” with Maggie Wilder. Seeing art making in a new ways. Cygnus Gallery, La Conner WA

Instructor for “Ceramics for the Abstract Mind,” Aeden studios, La Conner Wa, June-July

Instructor for “Outdoor Art Expereinces,” Aeden Studios, La Conner WA, January-July

2008/9 Recovery Cafe Etching Circle. Art Club and Final Installation of works completed by individuals in recovery. Recovery Cafe Building, Belltown

Seattle WA.

2006 Instructor for Adult Figure Drawing Instruction. Aloha ArtsCenter, Kauai, Hawaii. c/o Carol Yotsuda

2006 Production Assistant of “Kauai’s Great Weigh Out” Documentary, Hoola, Kauai

2006-7 Producer of Film Documentaries, “Autism: A Call to Action,” and A Lion In the Room, Ireland

2004-5 Art Director for art and sensory workshops with OT Linda Baker. Cork, Ireland

2003-4 Instructor for Drawing and Painting, Aeden Studios, Fremont, Seattle

2003-4 Glass Beading assemblage for artists Sabrina Knowles and Jenny Pohlman.

2002Sounds Underwater, Lake Union, Seattle WA.
with visual artist Trimpin, 206-323-3471

2001/2002 Rockwood Enterprises, Seattle WA. City of Kirkland and UW Public Sculpture Restoration. Linda Rockwood

1998 Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle WA.
Sales, Promotion, Gallery Installation, glass handling and packing.

Kate Elliott.

Private and Permanent Collections
2011 Museum of Northwest Art, "Night Mother,” permanent collection. 2010 Northwest Image Gallery, Comission, opening Anacorters Arts Festival.

2006 Coglan Summer House, Myrtleville, Ireland.

2004 Janusz Walentynowicz private collection.

2002 Springboard Productions, Corvallis, OR
9’ X 9’ Installation Commissioned by Jean Bonifas

2002 Caroline Trindle, London, England Private Collection

2002 George Sale & Joan Sutliff, Bainbridge Is., WA. Private Collection

2001 Lauren Kramer & Rion Dudley, Seattle, WA. Private Collection

2000 Brigitte and Hughe Setter Auckland New Zealand