Shannon Amidon

Troutdale, OR , USA
shannon@shannonamidon.com
www.shannonamidon.com
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Gallery Representation
Ugallery.com
Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Spring, VA
Secession Art and Design, San Francisco, CA

Awards and Grants
2022 - Regional Arts and Culture Council, Make, Learn, Build Grant
2021 - All She Makes Grant
2021 - International Encaustic Artists Project Grant
2021 - Regional Arts and Culture Council, Make, Learn, Build Grant
2017 - Awesome Foundation Grant
2015 - Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Award
2014 - People’s Choice Award, Painted Chair Project, Pacific Art League
2012  - 3rd Place, Triton Museum of Art, Statewide Art Exhibition
2011 - Artist Laureate - Silicon Valley Creates, Artist Fellowship Grant
2011 -  Healthy Art Program Grant,  Zero1 Art & Technology

Residencies
2023 - Zymolgiphic Museum, Portland, OR
2021 - Sou’ Wester Arts, Seaview, WA
2019 - Ayatana Artistic Research Program, Quebec, Canada
2017 - Ayatana Artistic Research Program, Swarm, Quebec, Canada
2016 - Ayatana Artistic Research Program, Nocturne, Quebec, Canada
2015 - TechShop, San Jose, CA
2011  - Herhúsid  House Artist Residency, Siglufjördur, Iceland
2010 - Julia and David White Artist Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica

Corporate and Public Collections
Google, San Jose, CA
Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, CA
Imagery Estates Winery, Glen Ellen, CA
Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA
Genentech,  Switzerland
City of South San Francisco
Santa Clara County

Professional Experience
Founder and Director of The Verdancy Project
2023 - Curator - Terra Incognita Land Art Exhibition
2022 - Curator, Borrowed Time, Roaring Artist Virtual Gallery
2021 - The Beauty of Bugs, Artist panel talk, Bernheim Arboretum
2021 - Building an environmentally sustainable art practice, Artist Talk for Thrive Art Studio
2020 - Tree Talk: Artists Speak for Trees, Artist Talk for Ecoartspace
2020 - What’s Next for Earth, Artist Talk for Montalvo Arts Center and Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere
2019/2020 - Art of Leadership, board training program presented by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
2019 - Thrive Art Studio Mastermind Group Leader
2018 - International Encaustic Artists Retreat, Presentation - Creating in an Environmentally Safe and Sustainable Way
2018 - Curator, Arousing Biophilia, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose
2017 & 2019 - Ayatana Artists' Research Program - Residency Expedition Leader
2016 - De Sassiet Museum – Family Day Project Facilitator
2015 - Palo Alto Art Center – Teen Arts Program Instructor
2015 – Present - Co-Founder/Creator -My Art Resources - Artist resource organization and website
2013 - SPARK – Middle School Mentoring Program
2011 – Present - Writer and Interviewer - Content Magazine, San Jose
2006 – Present - Independent art instructor providing a variety of art workshops and classes

Press and Publications Page

Solo Exhibitions
2024
New Works, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR

2023
Florilegium, Brumfield Gallery, Astoria, OR

2022
New Works, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR
Agents of Nature, Vashon Center for the Art, Vashon Island, WA

2021
Portland Insectarium, Portland, OR

2020
Where the Wild Things Grow, Blind Insect Gallery, Portland, OR
The PDX Red Wall Project, Portland, OR

2019
All is Creation - All is Change, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA

2017
stARTup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA

2015
Diary of a Naturalist, TechShop, San Jose, CA
In the End We All Return to the Earth, KALEID Gallery, San Jose, CA

2014
Selcouth, The Nathaniel Hughson Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2012
Selcouth, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA

2011
Efflorescence Series, Saratoga Library, Saratoga, CA
Kanji Garden, Phantom Galleries, San Jose, CA
Phosphene Series, Good Karma, San Jose, CA
Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA

2010 Efflorescence Series, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Efflorescence Series, Earth & Sky Urban Oasis, San Francisco, CA
Cats Night Out, The Museum of Los Gatos & Black Swan Boutique, Los Gatos, CA

2007
Into Pieces, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA

2006
Subtle Meditations - Saratoga Library, Saratoga, CA
Subtle Meditations - SFSU Cesar Chavez Art Gallery, San Francisco CA

2005
Inner Sunset Art Walk - Cybelle’s  Frontroom, San Francisco, CA
Arts Alive - Cottage Green, Los Altos, CA
Hot Latin Nights, The Red Dragonfly Gallery, San Jose, CA
Lucid Series - Paddy's, Union City, CA

2003
Lucid Series - Amber, San Francisco, CA
Therapy - Phantom Galleries, San Jose, CA

2002
Prelude to Chaos - The Victoria Theater, San Francisco, CA
The Emotions of Color, Made to Match Gallery, San Jose, CA
Formication Blues - The Victoria Theater, San Francisco, CA

Silicon Valley Open Studios – 2004 - 2017

Group Exhibitions
2023
Pollinators, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA
Museum as Muse, Experiment PDX, Portland, OR
Montage, Lolo Pass Gallery, Portland, OR
Terra Incognita Land Art Exhibition, The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR

2022
Ecolibrium, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Second Nature, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
ReClaimed, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2021
Flutter and Flight, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
29th Street Women, Walters Cultural Center, Hillsboro, OR
Bugs Aplenty, The Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR
Flourish, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2020
29th Street Women, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA
31 Women, Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
BYE 2020, Blind Insect Gallery, Portland, OR
Pollinators, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2019
Fragile Blue Marble, Artik Art and Architecture, San Jose, CA
Red List: Moths and Butterflies, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sitka Art Invitations, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR

2018
Arousing Biophilia, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
Heat Force of Nature, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Patterns, Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chasing Ghosts, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
Surroundings, Secession Art and Design, San Francisco, CA

2017
+2 Show, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA
A Series of Fragments of Moments, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Reclamation, Secession Art and Design, San Francisco, CA
Hark, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA

2016
Rock Paper Scissors, Art Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
Creation, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
50|50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

2015
Another Way of Keeping a Diary, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
Hark, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
50 and Looking Forward, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Viewing Nature Through Art, JCO'S Place, Los Gatos, CA
Global Innovation Summit, The Glass House, San Jose, CA

2014
Hark, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Holiday Group Exhibit, The Nathaniel Hughson Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Wanderlust, Petite Galleria, San Jose, CA
What I see when I see me, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
ReThinkIt, Gallery 85, San Jose, CA
Home, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
(Anti)Valentines Exhibit, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Blink, Gallery 2905, San Jose, CA
Painted Chair Project, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA

2013
Wanderlust, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hark, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Curiosities, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gone Postal, The Usuals, San Jose, CA
Vanitas, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
The Language of Flowers, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vital, The Usuals, San Jose, CA
Edwardian Ball, San Francisco, CA

2012
Nevermore, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hark, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
Healthy Art Program – Energy Smart Exhibition, San Jose City Hall, San Jose, CA
Avant Garden, The Foundry, San Jose, CA
EnDanger, On the Corner Music, Campbell, CA

2011
Woodland, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
South First Fridays Street Mrkt, San Jose, CA
Memento Mori, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Made, Pop-Up Art & Vendor Show, San Jose, CA
SubZERO Festival, San Jose, CA
The Sketchbook Project Tour, Madrone Studios, San Francisco, CA

2010
My Favorite Nightmares, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Resolutions and Dissolutions, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Gallery, San Jose, CA
Landfill Art Project, Traveling Exhibit
Anti-Valentine's Show , Works Gallery, San Jose CA
Axis Art Gallery, San Jose, CA

2009
The Puzzle Show, Black and Brown, San Jose, CA
Halloween and Day of the Dead, Phantom Galleries, Redwood City, CA
All for One - Members Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Gods Good Earth, L. Frank James Gallery, Roseville, CA

2008
Got Art Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
Art - Math - Science - A Different Day Gallery, Solano, CA
Intersections - San Jose State University, College of Business, San Jose, CA
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Show - Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA

2007
Members Exhibition - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
50 - Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
XOXO - Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
The Absence of Presence - Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
Blue - San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, CA
Flux - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA

2005
pureAbstraction, Flash Gallery, Lakewood, CO
About-From-For-Nature, Korean Nature Artists Association, South Korea
The Human Form - A Story, Impromptu - A Gallery For Fine Art , Huntington, NY
Peek - San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA
Translation - Fly Trap Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2004
Postcards from the Edge - Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, NY
Autumn, Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos - Art of the Sun Gallery, San Jose, CA
SVOS Collection 2004 - San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

2002
Ladyfest Los Angeles -The Spring Tower Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
New Art From a Renewed Movement - Spanganga gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ag: Works 25 - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Just Bazaar - 66 Balmy Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001 Silent Night - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
Heaven and Hell - Made to Match Gallery, San Jose, CA
Masquerade - Made to Match Gallery, San Jose, CA

Public Art and Community Contributions
2017
Hearts in San Francisco, Benefiting the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Created a large 5ft x 6ft public art heart sculpture purchased by Wells Fargo. Currently installed at a Wells Fargo branch in SF.

2016
Hearts in San Francisco, Benefiting the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Created a large 5ft x 6ft public art heart sculpture purchased by Genentech.  Currently installed on the Roche campus in Switzerland

2015
The Commons Presents  - Harvest Collaborated on the set design for this city pop up music and dance event

2014
Painted Chair Project, Benefiting the Woman's Club of Palo Alto and Pacific Art League Created a book art chair

2013
Hearts in San Francisco, Benefiting the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Created a large 5ft x 6ft public art heart sculpture purchased by Genentech. Currently installed at South San Francisco Convention Center.

2010
Touch my HeART - Benefiting the Museums of Los Gatos Created Native American themed cat sculpture

2008 - 2010
Biennial Art in The Air exhibit, Santa Clara City Council, Santa Clara, CA Created banner displayed on lamp posts