Sherri Bails

 

GALLERIES:
Ebb Tide Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA
The Art Studio, South Hill, WA

RECENT JURIED SHOWS AND EXHIBITS:
Feb.7-Mar 28 2010    Inaugural Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center Fallbrook, CA
June 11-Oct17 2009   NWWS Signature Members Exhibition, University House , 22975 Black Nugget Road, Issaquah, WA
June 2009                   Seattle CoArts Annual Show HONORABLE MENTION for 'Gondola Serenade'
October 2008             NWWS Waterworks Show, Bellevue, WA   Catalog Cover and Golden Award
September 2008          WCPC Art Exhibition, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA
April 2008                   NWWS Open Show, Seattle Center           
October 2006             NWWS Waterworks Show, Bothell, WA
December 2005          Painting purchased for Pierce County Arts and Cultural Commission Collection
June-July 2005            Tall Ships Exhibition at the WA State History Museum-Honorable Mention
November 2004          Solo Invitational Show, Olympic College, Bremerton
March 2004                The Gallery, TCC Faculty Show, Tacoma Com. College
March 2003-06           Peninsula Art League Juried Show, Harbor Gallery, Gig Harbor
June-Aug 2003-04      The Gallery, Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Tacoma Com. College
Sept. 1999-09             Western Washington Fair Art Exhibit
2001-06, 08                Seattle CoArts Annual Show
June 2001-03              Edmonds Art Festival, Juried Show
September 2000          Western Washington Fair Art Exhibit-2nd Place
May 2000                   Seattle CoArts Annual Show, Issaquah, WA-painting  Award of Merit
September 1999          NWWS Waterworks Show, Issaquah, WA
August 1999                Lacey Street of Dreams, Featured Artist, Lacey, WA
September 1998         NWWS Waterworks Show, Mercer Island, WA, painting chosen for press release
September 1998          Western Washington Fair Exhibit-4th Place
July 1998&1999          Kirkland Summer Festival
August 1993-98           Sumner Summer Festival-City Purchase Award-97

RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Museum of Glass, Center for         December 2003, August, Sept. 2004-Artist/Teacher in Residence
Contemporary Art, Tacoma:
Tacoma Community College:        1993-Present: Beginning, Intermediate Watercolor
(Tacoma, Gig Harbor Campus)               
Home Studio:                                1994-Present: adult, children's art classes
Saturday Workshops:                    2006-Present-South Hill, Gig Harbor                                 
Artists Workshop/Retreat:             February 2000- Maui
                                                     September 2001, 2004, 2008-Kauai

RECENT JUROR EXPERIENCE:
Puyallup School District, "Reflections" Art Contest, held at Karsner Museum, Puyallup, WA Decmber 2008,2009
TCC 3rd Annual Open Exhibit      Juror--2005
Western Washington Fair 2004     Juror for the Watercolor Exhibit

MAJOR ARTISTS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED HER WORK:
Irving Shapiro, Edgar Whitney, Tony Couch, Jeanne Dobie

MEMBERSHIPS:
Northwest Watercolor Society, 1993 to present. Signature membership-2008-2010
Seattle CoArts, 1997-2010
American Watercolor Society, 2004-2010