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JACQUELINE EHLIS 

ehlis@jacquelineehlis.com

3424 NE 25th Ave., Portland OR 503-753-3015 jacquelineehlis.com

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CURRICULUM VITA

EDUCATION

2000 MFA, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

1991 BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

1986 AA, Portland Community College, Portland, OR

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-2023  Full-time Faculty (Chair of Art Department 

                      2010-2015), Portland Community College, 

                      Portland, OR                      

2000-2006 Part-time Faculty, Portland Community 

                      College, Portland, OR

2003-2006 Part-time Faculty, Art Institute of Portland,

                      Portland, OR                                               

2004-2005 Sabbatical Replacement Instructor, Lewis and 

        Clark College, Portland, OR

2000- 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Pacific University, Forest 

                      Grove, OR

1997-2000 Teaching Assistant (Sculpture, Drawing 

                      [instructor of record]), University of Nevada 

                      Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

EXHIBITIONS (solo/group)

2024 RENDEZVOUS XXVII, Hidden Gallery, Sheridan,  

               OR, (Curator Monica Setzoil-Phillips)           

2018 Plural, UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s, Las 

               Vegas, NV

2017 Nawader, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR

EXHIBITIONS solo/group continued

2016 Mentors, North Bank Artists Community Project 

               (NBACP), Vancouver, WA (curated by Kaite 

               Thompson, President, NBACP)

2015 Breathe Onto The Mirror, the Studio, Sahara West 

               Library, Las Vegas, NV (catalogue)

2013 Some Fine Women, VAST Space Projects, Las Vegas, NV (curated by Shannon McMackin; catalogue)         

Off the Plain: Contemporary Northwest Photography, Place Gallery, Portland, OR (curated by TJ Norris)

2011  Guest Artist, Haya Gil-Lubin Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

foreGround, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR (curated by Jeff Jahn)

2008  Serenade: NAAU Couture ’08:3, Stipend Series Award, New American Art Union, Portland, OR  (Juror: Ruth Ann Brown, Director, New American Art Union, Portland, OR)

2007  Las Vegas Diaspora, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV (curated by Dave Hickey; catalogue)

The Hook Up, New American Art Union, Portland, OR (curated by Jesse Hayward) 

2006 inclover, Mt. Scott Park, Portland, OR, (curated by 

              Scott Wayne Indiana)

              Out of the Shadows, Epilepsy Foundation 

              Northwest, Portland, OR

         18 Independent Artists, Portland Art Center, 

               Portland, OR

2005  Vigor, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR

            Fresh Trouble, 4246 Belmont, Portland, OR

           Art Slate 2003 Invitational, Co Arts Gallery, 

              Condon, OR

EXHIBITIONS solo/group continued

2003  Ulterior Motive: Current Northwest Abstraction

Art Gym,                                                                                                      

Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, (curated by Terri Hopkins, Director, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR)

           Battle of the Artist Curators, Haze Gallery, 

Portland, OR

Core Sample- Symbiont/Synthetic, Jacobs Gallery, Portland, OR, (curated by Jeff Jahn and Randy Gragg; catalogue)

           “Vegas, Baby!”, Elevation Gallery, Atlanta, GA

           The Best Coast, Eastbank Commerce Center, 

Portland, OR (catalogue)

Florescence, brighter than white, Field Gallery, Portland, OR, (curated by Muriel Bartol)

2002  Lost and Found, SAVAGE Gallery, Portland, OR

           Play, Littman Gallery, Portland State University 

Portland, OR (catalogue)

90 MHP, SAVAGE Gallery, Portland, OR

           New American Talent: The 17th Exhibition, The 

               Jones Center For Contemporary Art-TFAA, Austin,

               TX (Juror: Kathryn Kanjo, Director, The Jones

Center For Contemporary art-TFAA, Austin, TX; 

catalogue)                                                                  

2002 Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (Juror: Linda Ferris)

2001  Surreal Reality: An Altered State of Art, Newport 

Fine Art Gallery,Newport, OR

           Portland Independent Salon 2001, Bollenbach Art 

Labs, Portland, OR

           Shine, Nil Contemporary Art Gallery, Portland, OR

Drive, Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art, Pacific University, 

Forest Grove, OR

EXHIBITIONS solo/group continued

2000  Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle, Lakewood Center For The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR (Invitational)           

Juried Student Art Exhibit, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV   Honourable Mention  (Juror: Kim Dingle) 

10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas NV Honourable Mention  (Juror: Anita Jung) 

Master of Fine Arts Thesis, Donna Beam Fine Art 

Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

1999  Graduate Student Exhibition, Marjorie Barrick 

Museum, Las Vegas, NV

1999 OR Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (curated by Katherine Kanjo Contemporary Arts Curator, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; catalogue)

Juried Student Art Exhibit, Donna Beam Fine Art 

Gallery, Las Vegas, NV (Juror: Ingrid Calame)

MOCA at NICA, Nevada Institute Of Art, Las Vegas, NV  (Curated by Reverend Ethan Acres)

Visual Addiction, Grant Hall Gallery, (Midway Thesis Exhibition) University of NV Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, Solo                                             

Unctious Youth, Action: Space, Los Angeles, CA, (curated by Steve Criqui)

           Naked Lunch, Contemporary Arts Collective 

Gallery, Las Vegas, NV (Juror: Nancy Doll)

1999  Different Looks III, Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las 

Vegas, NV (Juror: Dr. Cathie Kelly)

EXHIBITIONS solo/group continued

1998  Playing With A Full Deck, Sierra Arts Center, Reno, NV  (Juror: D.R. Wagner)

           Starving In The Midst Of  Plenty, Littman Gallery,

Portland State University, Portland, OR, Solo                 

Subversive Souvenirs, Contemporary Arts Collective Gallery, 

Las Vegas, NV  (curated by John DeFazio; catalogue )

1997  Quickening of Blue, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR, Solo

Gaiasphere Juried Exhibition, Littman Gallery, Portland State University Portland, OR (Juror: OR Women’s Caucus for the Arts)

           A Public Hanging, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR                

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2015 Career Opportunity Grants from both the Oregon Art Commission and The Ford Family Foundation

2013 PCC Staff Development Grant: College Association Conference, 

Chicago, IL

2011 PCC Staff Development Grant: College Association Conference, New York, NY 

2009 PCC Staff Development Grant: Foundations in Art: Theory & Education (FATE) Biennial Conference, Portland, OR

2008 Stipend Series Award: Serenade: NAAU Couture’08:3, New American Art Union, Portland, OR (Juror: Ruth Ann Brown)

2007 Nominee: Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR       

2006 PCC Staff Development Grant: CAA, 95th Conference, New York, NY 

1997- 2000 UNLV Graduate Assistantship Grant

BIBLIOGRAPY

2015 Dawn-Michelle Baude, “What are you Looking At?,” Las Vegas Weekly, September 10-16, 2015. 46.

Jenessa Kenway, “Visiting the Mirror World of Jacqueline Ehlis,” Las Vegas Seven, September 24-30, 2015. 63.

2008 Richard Speer, “Portland Jacqueline Ehlis at New America Art Union,” Art Ltd., Sept/Oct 2008. 24. 

Jeff Jahn, “Jacqueline Ehlis at NAAU,” August 9, 2008.  http://www.portlandart.net 

John Motley, “Jacqueline Ehlis Serenade,” Portland Mercury

July 31, 2008. 38.  

Brian Libby, “A ‘Serenade’ to Light, Space,” The The Oregonian

July 25, 2008. A&E 32. 

Richard Speer, “A Summer Serenade,” Willamette Week, July 16, 2008. 49. 

2007 Arcy Douglass, “Off the Plane and Into Space: THE HOOK UP at the New American Art Union,” June 15, 2007.  http://www.portlandart.net     

Brian Libby, “Divide Entices Interation,” The Oregonian

February 9, 2007.  A&E 36 and 39.

John Motley, “Visual Art, “ Portland Mercury, February 15, 2007.  37. 

2005 D. K. Row, “’Vigor’and the future of painting,” The Oregonian, 

July 1, 2005.  A&E 20.

Richard Speer, “The Rigor of Vigor,” Willamette Week, June 22-28, 2005. 86. 

Joseph Gallivan, “The Accidental Collector,” Portland Tribune

June 21, 2005. B 1 and 4.  

BIBLIOGRAPY continued

2005 Richard Speer, “Art Wars,” Willamette Week, June  

8-14, 2005. 29 ff.

Katherine Bovee, “Jacqueline Ehlis at Savage,” June 7, 2005.  http://www.portlandart.net 

2003 Douglas Bullis.  100 Artist’s of the West Coast 

(Schiffer Publishing, 2003)

Harvest Henderson, “Beyond Regional Art,” The Oregonian

May 16, 2003. A&E 56 and 57. 

D. K. Row, “Out But Not Down,” The Oregonian, May 11, 2003. D1 and D10. 

Jeff Jahn, “Something to Prove,” Modern Painters, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2003. 44.   

2003 D. K. Row, “Beyond the Pearl,” The Oregonian

April 11, 2003. A&E 61.

Richard Speer, “First (Thursday) Impressions,” Willamette Week

January 15, 2003. 49.  

2002 Richard Speer, “One Review: SAVAGE,” Willamette Week

December 4, 2002. 63. 

Stuart Horodner, “Paint Things: Sculptural Trends in Abstract Painting,” The Organ: Review Of Art, September-October 2002. 2. 

Pat Boas, Oregon: Michelle Ross and Jacqueline Ehlis at SAVAGE,” Artweek, September 2002. 22. 

Richard Speer, “Toying with Play,” Willamette Week, 

September 11, 2002. 60. 

Michaela Bancud, “Game Plan,” Portland Tribune, September 6, 2002.  4. 

D. K. Row, “Pushing Play’,” The Oregonian, September 5, 2002. E1. 

Michael Stewart.  “New American Talent,” Glasstire: Visual Art Texas, August 2002. 

BIBLIOGRAPY continued

2002 D. K. Row, “Art Trek: A New Generation,” The Oregonian

August 11, 2002. F1. 

Richard Speer, “One Review,” Willamette Week, July 24, 2002. 100. 

Kathryn Kanjo.  New American Talent: The 17th Exhibition, Catalogue

D. K. Row, “CAP’s Art Auction Gets Spiffier,” The Oregonian

May 10, 2002. A&E 63.   

D. K. Row, “Eight Artists Emerging,” The Oregonian, May 10, 2002.

A&E 60.

D. K. Row, “Subscribing to Success,” The Oregonian, March 29, 2002. A&E 57.  

D. K. Row, “Alberta’s Livery Scene,” The Oregonian, March 8, 2002. A&E 52.

2001 “Surreal Reality: An Altered State of Art,” News-Times, August 31, 2001. B2. 

“’Surreal Reality’ Exhibit Opens Sept. 1,” News-Times, August 24, 2001. B3. 

Randy Gragg, “Salon Highlights Indie Artists,” The Oregonian

May 26, 2001. D13. 

J. Hyland Williams, “Part I: The Search for Modern Vital-48 Hours of Fine Art,” The Daily Barometer, April 13, 2001. B8. 

Aubrey Tatmer, “Exhibit “Drive” Onto Campus,” Pacific Index

February 9, 2001. 8. 

2000 Scott Dickensheets, “Guerilla Art,” Las Vegas Weekly, April 6-12, 2000. 39. 

1999 Randy Gragg and Sue Taylor, “Oregon Biennial: Two Views,” The Oregonian, August 1,1999. 1 and 4.   

Kathryn Kanjo.  1999 Oregon Biennial Catalogue. 

BIBLIOGRAPY continued

1998  John DeFazio.  Subversive Souvenirs Catalogue.  

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2017 Oregon College of Art and Craft, MFA/BFA Candidate Critique, Portland, OR

2016 Blackfish, Artist’s Talk, Beauty Panel, Moderator: Merridawn Duckler, Portland, OR

Oregon College of Art and Craft, MFA Candidate Critique, Portland, OR

2009 Portland Art Museum, Artist’s Talk Series, Portland, OR

Portland Community College, ASPCC Grant, Cascade Gallery, 

Portland, OR

2008 John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA

2003  Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR.  Linda Brady Tesner

2002       Astoria Visual Arts Gallery, Astoria, OR Agnes Seal

COLLECTIONS

2018              UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s, Las 

                      Vegas, NV

2015 Elizabeth (Betsy) Fretwell, Las Vegas, NV

2011 Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA

2008  Will Emery and Bonnie Serkin, Portland, OR

2007  Heather Spiegel, Las Vegas, NV

           Ruth Ann Brown, Detroit, MI

           Chris Brown, Portland, OR

2005  Craig Hartzman, Sun Valley, ID

           Tracy and Peter Mollenholt, Camus, WA

2003  Linda Farris, Seattle, WA

COLLECTIONS continued

2002  John and Marilyn Lindgren, Portland, OR

           Katherine Abraham, Portland, OR

           Muriel Bartol, Los Angeles, CA

           Sylvia Engelman, Vancouver, WA

2001  Ellen Fader, Portland, OR

2000  Maureen Barrett, Las Vegas, NV