| JAQ CHARTIER |
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| Lives and works in Seattle, WA |
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EDUCATION |
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1994
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA
MFA in Painting
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| 1984 | University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA BFA in Painting |
| 1980-81 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2018 | In Solution, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2016 | Hunting Color, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2015 | A Fever in Matter, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2014 | Testing, Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Ultra Marine: New Paintings & Drawings About the Sea, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
| SubOptic, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 2011 | Slow Color, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 | SuperNatural, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2009 | Downtime, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Color Charts, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2008 | Full Spectrum, Elizabeth Leach, Portland, OR |
| Testing, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2007 | Color Tests, Schroeder Romero, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Testing, University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities, Ann Arbor MI |
| Blindsight, Platform Gallery, Seattle. WA | |
| 2005 | Testing, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Testing, Elizabeth Leach, Portland, OR | |
| 2004 | Testing, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY |
| Testing, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2003 | Testing, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NA |
| New Work, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA | |
| 2002 | Testing, Frumkin/Duval, Santa Monica, CA |
| Testing, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| Testing, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale. AZ | |
| 2001 | Testing, William Traver Gallery, Seattle. WA |
| 2000 | Testing, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 1998 | Testing, William Traver Gallery, Seattle. WA |
| 1997 | New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| New Work, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 1996 | New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1995 | Introductions, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2018 | Making Life Visible: Art, Biology and Visualization, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, IA |
| Here and Now, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2017 | Dealer's Choice, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Artist as Subject: 20th Anniversary Celebration, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2016 | Pairings: 16 Artists Creatively Combined, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA |
| The Color of Memory, Jeffrey Thomas Fine Art, Portland, OR | |
| American Painting Today, the old Value Village on Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA | |
| 2015 | Diphthong, Fiterman Gallery at Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY |
| Thought Patterns, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA | |
| 2014 | Real Abstract, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2013 | Chamber Music, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
| Materialized, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO | |
| Atmospheric Weather: Artwork from Seattle Public Utilities' Collection, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA | |
| 2012 | Elles @SAM Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
| 2011 | One Thing Leads to Another: process and repetition in contemporary print and drawings, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
| Seattle As Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40, 40th Anniversary Exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA | |
| 2010 | Default State Network, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Expansion, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO | |
| The Power of Selection, part 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL | |
| Opening Ceremony, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Non-Objective, William Baczek Gallery, Northampton, MA | |
| Northwest Mid-Career Artists, Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 2009 | Genipulation: Genetic Engineering and Manipulation in Contemporary Art, Centre PasqueArt, Kunsthaus Centre d'art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Genesis - Die Kunst der Schopfung (The Art of Creation), Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland |
| Does DNA Define You? Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID | |
| 2007 | Diagnose [Art]: Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Wurzburg, Germany |
| Human Nature II: Future Worlds, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN | |
| A Gathering of Friends, inaugural exhibition, Golden Foundation for the Arts Gallery, New Berlin, NY | |
| Beneath the Skin, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2006 | Diagnose [Art]: Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Kunst-Museum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany |
| Potentially Mighty, p|m Gallery, Toronto, Canada | |
| Building Tradition, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA | |
| 2005 | 5 Painters, Platform, Seattle, WA |
| Head Over Hand: pushing the limits of paint, Denise Bibro, New York, NY | |
| Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA | |
| 2003 | Portals, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI |
| Components, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 2002 | Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 2001 | Theory or Faith, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | 4x4: Four Decades of School of Art Alumni, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 1999 | Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Seafirst Bank Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1998 | Hands On Color, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA |
| Pattern, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 1997 | They Came Here First! CoCA (Center on Comtemporary Art), and Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA |
| Beeswax, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Drawings...A Bi-Coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 1991 | The Figure: Personal Views and Collaborations, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Common Past, Recent Work, Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA | |
| 1990 | Viewing Ourselves, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA |
| 1989 | Art and Soul, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
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ART FAIRS
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| 2018 | PULSE Miami, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL |
| 2017 | PULSE Miami, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL |
| 2016 | PULSE New York, William Baczek Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| PULSE Miami, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL | |
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AWARDS and RESIDENCIES |
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| 2013 | Purchase Award - Portable Works Collection, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA |
| 2011 | Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Finalist, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
| 2006 | Neddy Fellowship Award nominee, Behnke Foundation, Seattle (also 2005, 1999), Seattle, WA |
| 2004 | Special Projects Grant, 4Culture (Cultural Development Authority of King County), Seattle, WA |
| Visual Arts Grant finalist, Creative Capital Foundation, New York, NY | |
| 2003 | Purchase Award - Portable Works Collection, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA |
| 2002 | Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle, WA |
| PONCHO Special Recognition Award, administered by the Betty Bowan Award Committee, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA | |
| Joan Mitchell Foundation Award nominee, New York, NY | |
| 2001 | Artist Trust GAP Grant (Grant for Artists' Projects), Seattle, WA |
| Centrum Residency, Port Townsend, WA | |
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COLLECTIONS
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| The Allen Institute, Seattle, WA | |
| Amgen | |
| Chambers Hotel, New York, NY | |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | |
| City of Seattle, Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA | |
| Microsoft | |
| Oregon State University, Corvallis, Corvallis, OR | |
| The Progressive Art Collection | |
| Rosetta Inpharmatics (Merck), Seattle, WA | |
| Charles Schwab, San Francisco, CA | |
| Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA | |
| Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA | |
| TA Associates, Boston, MA | |
| Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA | |
| USAA | |
| Wellington Management | |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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| 2018 | Making Life Visible: Art, Biology and Visualization, exhibition catalog, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, IA, pp 44, 52 |
| Morris, Barbara, “Jaq Chartier @ Dolby Chadwick,” SquareCylinder.com, May 23. | |
| Park, Jiyun, “Seaweed unlike you’ve ever seen it…,” LittleVillageMag.com, June 7. | |
| Shick, J. Malcolm. Where Corals Lie: A Natural and Cultural History, London: Reaktion Books, p. 132–3. | |
| 2017 | Schmidt, Carley, “Chance and Chaos: In the Studio with Jaq Chartier,” Medium.com, August 1 |
| 2016 | Bright, Richard. "Drawing Thoughts," Interalia Magazine, Issue 20, January. |
| 2015 | Kordic, Angie. "Jaq Chartier at Dolby Chadwick Gallery," Widewalls.ch, March. |
| Mendelsohn, John. "The Ghost in the Machine: Diphthong at the Fiterman," artcritical.com, Oct 5. | |
| 2014 | Geijutsu Shincho Magazine, July. |
| ST 37, I'm Not Good, Cleopatra Records. Painting featured on album cover. | |
| 2013 | Harper's magazine, image reproduced in New Books section, December issue. |
| Langner, Erin. "Disappearing Act: Jaq Chartier's Climate-Changing Paintings," New American Paintings (blog), September 30. | |
| Speer, Richard. "Jaq Chartier: Ultra Marine," Willamette Week, May 17. | |
| Weibel, Peter, and Ljiljana Fruk. "Molecular Aesthetics", MIT. | |
| 2012 | Beal, Suzanne. "Seattle: A Celebration of Elles," art ltd, November/December. |
| 2011 | artcritical: Review Panel #44 - Carrier, Diaz, and Welish with moderator David Cohen, discuss Alison Knowles at James Fuentes, Jaq Chartier at Morgan Lehman, Ivan Navarro at Paul Kasmin, and Rirkrit Tiravanija at Gavin Brown's enterprise, mp3 - 1 hr, 38 min, April 1st. |
| Baker, R.C. "Best in Show:...Jaq Chartier at Morgan Lehman," The Village Voice, March 30. | |
| Haber, John. "Color As Obsession," haberarts.com, March 18. | |
| Heinrich, Will. "On Display: Maya Block at Thierry Goldberg Projects; Jaq Chartier at Morgan Lehman," The New York Observer, March 8. | |
| "Seattle As Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40", catalog for 40th Anniversary Exhibition at Seattle Art Museum. | |
| 2010 | "Studio Visit, Volume 10", juried by Steven Zevitas, Open Studio Press. |
| Wilson, Stephen. Art+Science Now | |
| 2009 | Battenfield, Jackie. The Artist's Guide |
| Battenfield, Jackie. "Reality Check Interview with Jaq Chartier," ArtistCareerGuide.com | |
| "Genipulation", exhibition catalog, CentrePasqueArt, Biel Bienne, (Switzerland) | |
| Hackett, Regina. "Jaq Chartier and the memento mori of a color field," Another Bouncing Ball, May 1. | |
| Mattera, Joanne. "Fair and Fair Alike: Miami 2009," Joanne Mattera Art Blog, December 15. | |
| Ingeborg. "Art in the Age of Technoscience: Genetic Engineering, Robotics, and Artificial Life in Contemporary Art", Austria: Springer Wien | |
| 2008 | Baker, Kenneth. "Wauson remembered at Haines," San Francisco Chronicle, July 5. |
| Brady, Patti. "Rethinking Acrylic", North Light Books | |
| "Genesis - Die Kunst der Schopfung (The Art of Creation)", exhibition catalog, Zentrum Paul Klee, (Bern, Switzerland) | |
| Speer, Richard. "Profile: Jaq Chartier", art ltd, September. | |
| "Studio Visit, Volume 4", juried by Carl Belz, Open Studio Press. | |
| 2007 | "Human Nature", catalog for the exhibition, SoFA Gallery |
| 2006 | Cantu, John Carlos, "Disintegration at the core...," Ann Arbor News, February 5. |
| Diagnose [Kunst], catalog for the exhibition, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, (Germany) | |
| Faigin, Gary. "Jaq Chartier at Platform Gallery," artdish.com, September 23. | |
| Grant, Adriana. "Ink that makes you think," Seattle Weekly, October 4. | |
| Graves, Jen. "Profanity, Testing, Explosion," The Stranger, September 14. | |
| Hackett, Regina. "Jaq Chartier breaks down decay...," Seattle P.I., September 8. | |
| Hackett, Regina. "Serial in Seattle," Visual Codec, March. | |
| Scott, Carrie E.A., "State of the Art," Seattle Magazine, June. | |
| Neddy Artist Fellowship, catalog for the exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. | |
| 'Testing' by Jaq Chartier, catalog for the exhibition, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. | |
| 2005 | Engelson, Andrew. "Visual Arts Pick: Five Painters," Seattle Weekly, July 13. |
| Kangas, Matthew. "Abstraction and revelations," Seattle Times, July 8. | |
| Koplos, Janet. "Report from Seattle: Plugged In and Caffeinated", Art in America, September. | |
| Neddy Artist Fellowship, catalog for exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. | |
| "New American Paintings. Vol. 61". Pacific West Coast edition. Open Studios Press. | |
| Perry, Vicky. "Abstract Painting Concepts and Techniques," Watson-Guptill | |
| Kunst aus dem Labor: Zum Verhltnis von Kunst und Wissenschaft im Zeitalter der Technoscience. (Germany) | |
| Austria: Springer WienNewYork. Reproductions on book cover and pp. 225-229. | |
| Wiggin, Ashley. 'The Art of Science", Seattle Magazine, May, 2004, p. 30, (reproduction). | |
| 2004 | Berry, Colin. "Jaq Chartier and Elizabeth Scheidl at LIMN Gallery," Artweek, June, pp. 12-13, (reproduction). |
| Baker, Kenneth, "Art grapples with science and politics," San Francisco Chronicle, 3/27/04, p. E-1, (reproduction). | |
| Jaq Chartier, Testing. Seattle: Marquand Books | |
| Maine, Stephen, "Dateline Brooklyn," Artnet.com, 9/30/04, (reproduction). | |
| Pepper, Keane A. "The October Art Crawl," FREEwilliamsburg.com, October. | |
| Shaviro, Steven, "Genetic Disorder," Artforum, Januray, 2004, p. 42, (reproduction). | |
| Stillman, Nick, "Jaq Chartier: Sun Tests at Schroeder Romero," MinusSpace.com, November, (reproductions). | |
| 2003 | Bullis, Douglas. 100 Artists of the West Coast. Atglen, PA.: Schiffer Books, pp. 172-173. |
| Conner, Jill. "Jaq Chartier: Testing," Contemporary, issue 53/54, p. 117-118, (reproduction). | |
| Lovejoy, Bess. "Weird Science: Art and Chemistry Collide in the Lab of Jaq Chartier," Resonance, issue #38, p. 32-33, (reproductions). | |
| Pepper, Keane A. "The April Crawl," FREEwilliamsburg.com, April, 2003. | |
| 2002 | DeVuono, Frances. " 'Gene(sis)' at the Henry Art Gallery," Artweek, July/Aug 2002, p. 22. |
| Engelson, Andrew. ?Dot Matrix: Jaq Chartier smears the line between art and science with her DNA-inspired blobs," Seattle Weekly, 3/28/02, p. 63, (reproduction). | |
| Failing, Patricia. "Seizing the Moment," ARTnews, march, jp. 76. | |
| Hackett, Regina. "Messing with Mother Nature," Seattle P-I, April 6, p. E-1. | |
| Hall, Emily. "Haunted Houses," The Stranger, April 4, p. 30. | |
| Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Bioethics and the Book of Life. New York: Thirteen/WNET. Reproduction on video box and booklet covers. | |
| Roth, Charlene. "Jaq Chartier and Amy Ellingson at Frumkin/Duval Gallery," Artweek, March, 2002, p. 17-18, (reproduction). | |
| Staiger, Alex. "At the Crossroads where Science and Art Meet," Art Access, May, pp. 10-11., (reproduction). | |
| Uehling, Mark D. "Designer Genes on Display," bio-itworld.com, 6/2/02. | |
| Welles, Elenore. "Amy Ellingson and Jaq Chartier," ArtScene (preview), January, 2002, p. 12-13, (reproduction). | |
| 2001 | Cullum, Jerry. "Seductive changes," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/28/01. |
| New American Paintings, Vol. 31, Pacific West Coast edition. Needham Heights, MA: Open Studio Press. (also 1997, Vol. 13) | |
| Westbrook, Lindsey. "Theory or Faith," San Francisco Bay Guardian, 8/15/01. | |
| 1998 | Farr, Sheila. "Hands on Color at BAM...," Seattle Times, 11/17/98, p. E1. |
| Hackett, Regina. "Color hits the big time...," Seattle P-I, 11/27/98. | |
| McTaggart, Tom. "Leaving a paper trail," Seattle Weekly, 8/20/98, p. 32, (reproduction). | |
| 1997 | Burkman, Greg. "Digging in Deeper," Art Access (Seattle), 3/97. |
| Farr, Sheila. "Drawing on inspiration," Seattle Weekly, 7/16/97, p.33. | |
| Knode, Marilu. "Dehesive," Aorta (Seattle), Summer-1997, p. 14. | |
| McTaggart, Tom. "Biology Lessons," The Stranger (Seattle), 5/22/97, p. 56, (reproduction). | |
| Smith, Cary. "Intergalactic Interpretations," News Tribune (Seattle), 7/6/97, p. F1. | |
| Walker, Emily. "Loving the Aliens: UFO Art," The Daily of the Univ. of Washington, 6/2/97, p. 8. | |
| 1995 | Foo Fighters, Capitol Records/Roswell Records. Reproduction on CD booklet, record album cover, and cassette J-card. |
