“Not in My Backyard, But Maybe in My Basement….” reclaimed wood sculpture, 2023

Studio Display., 2023

one time I wrote a paper on Maurtizio Catalan

I just learned how to screen print

and my favorite color is pink

 

CV

Gia Whitlock
info@giawhitlockart.com

Education

2002 Bachelor of Arts: Art & Communications
Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah

2023, MFA Candidate, Pacific Northwest College of Art

Group Shows

2023, Portland Open Studios
2023, Hot Pink Justice, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2023, Drawing the Line, Blackfish Gallery Member Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2022, New Member Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2022 Robin Becic Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2022 “Hearts and Flowers” Group Show, Sidestreet Arts, Portland Oregon

2021 Sidestreet Arts Gallery Feature Show - Dawn Pantaja and Gia Whitlock,

Portland, Oregon

2018 Sidestreet Arts, Small Works Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2017 ”Big500 Show,” Pioneer Place Mall, Portland, Oregon

2017 "Fire on the Water, Dragon Boat Art Show", Portland5, Portland, Oregon

2017 "PSA" Ford Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2016 "Big500 Show," Ford Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2014 Laguna Beach Art Walk, Laguna Beach, California

2012 Spring Show -­‐ Alpine Art. Salt Lake City, Utah

2011 “FUSE Utah Artists Working in Encaustic,” Kimball Art Center, Park City,

Utah

2011 87th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, Utah

2010 “Small Works Group Show,” Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

2010 Top 20 Finalist in DailyPainters.com Competition, online

2009 Westminster College Alumni Art Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah

Solo Shows

2018 First Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon

2018 “A Fragmented Reality,” University of Portland, Portland, Oregon

2018 First Cup Coffeehouse, Portland, Oregon

2017 "Bits & Pieces, When No Plan Comes Together," Powell's Books,

Portland, Oregon

2017 First Cup Coffeehouse, Portland, Oregon

2015 RiverSea Gallery Alcove, Astoria, Oregon

2010 Westminster College Alumni Art Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah

2010 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

2010 Caffe Niche, Salt Lake City, Utah

2009 Caffe Niche, Salt Lake City, Utah

Festivals and Events

2022 Buckman Art Show & Sell, Portland, Oregon

2022 Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Portland, Oregon

2021 Portland Open Studios

2021 Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Portland, Oregon

2021 Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts

2020 Portland Open Studios

2019 Holiday Sale @ Square Inch Arts. Portland, Oregon

2019 Holiday Sale @ Clay Circle Studio, West Linn, Oregon

2019 Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Portland, Oregon

2018 Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Portland, Oregon

2018 Buckman Art Show & Sell, Buckman Elementary, Portland, Oregon

2017 Duniway Holiday Home Tour & Boutique, Portland, Oregon

2017 Wild Arts Festival, Montgomery Park, Portland, Oregon

2017 Local 14 Art Show & Sale, Portland, Oregon

2017 Art in the Pearl, North Park Blocks, Portland, Oregon

2016 Portland Open Studios, Portland, Oregon

2016 Local 14 Art Show & Sale, Portland, Oregon

2015 Local 14 Art Show & Sale, Portland, Oregon

2015 Art in the Park, Lake Oswego, Oregon

2015 Salem Art Fair, Salem, Oregon

2015 BAM Artsfair, Bellevue, Washington

2014 Art in the Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Portland, Oregon

2014 Local 14 Art Show & Sale, Portland, Oregon

2012 Utah Arts Festival. Salt Lake City, Utah

2011 Art & Soup, Salt Lake City, Utah

2009 Downtown Art & Craft Market, Salt Lake City, Utah

2009 Park Silly Sunday Market, Salt Lake City, Utah

2008 Sugarhouse Art Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah

2007 Park Silly Sunday Market, Park City, Utah

2007 Downtown Art & Craft Market. Salt Lake City, Utah

Workshops & Teaching

2022 Released a series of still life painting videos on my YouTube Channel

2017 After School Art Camp, Puddletown School, Portland, Oregon

2017 Grace Art Camp, Grace Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon

2016 "Art Camp for Mammas," Monaco Family Vineyard, Klickitat, Washington

2016 Grace Art Camp, Grace Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon

2015 Grace Art Camp, Grace Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon

2009 Alumni Mentor, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah

Awards & Publications

2020 2nd Place, Rose Category, Oregon Society of Artists Rose Festival Show

Portland, Oregon

2014 “Incite2: Color Passions,” North Light Books

2013 “Incite: Dreams Realized,” North Light Books January

2013 Studio Visit Magazine -­‐ Volume 19

2012 “Honorable Mention,” Artist’s Magazine Acrylic Competition - online

2012 City Weekly -­‐ Gavin’s Underground

2012 City Weekly A&E Blog-­‐ Utah Arts Festival

2011 15 Bytes “Some Like it Hot, Working with Encaustic”

Corporate Collections

2011 Questar Gas, Salt Lake City, Utah