Sherri Bails
GALLERIES:
WPW Gallery at Colulmbia Center
The Art Studio, South Hill, WA
RECENT JURIED SHOWS AND EXHIBITS:
Aug 2 - Oct 29 2010 WPW Gallery at Colulmbia Center
April17-July 17 2010
NWWS Open Show, Seattle Convention Center
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
Women Painters of Washington, 2010