Lorna Nakell

b. Carriacou, Grenada 1970

EDUCATION
1990-1994 B.F.A., Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Otis/Parsons Art Institute, L.A, CA: Foundation Year, Design

UPCOMING SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 February & March - Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
July - Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR
October & November – Grants Pass Art Museum, Grants Pass, OR

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 Backspace Gallery, Portland, OR: “Blabstraction”.
2006 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: window project.
2005 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: exhibition with Clark Tuthill.
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: exhibition with Kim Hamblin.
Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland, OR
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR: exhibition with Rick Bartow.
P:EAR, Portland, OR
2002 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: exhibition with Scott Foster.
Gallery at Stevenson Union, Ashland, OR: “Consumed”. Exhibition with
Bernadette Vielbieg.
2001 Broadway Market Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Victrola, Seattle, WA: exhibition with Matthew Porter.
1998 Robbie Mildred Gallery, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR: New artist exhibition
2007 Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR: “Confluence”.
Portland Art Center, Portland, OR: “It takes a Village to Raise an Art Center”.
Portland Art Center – Open Space Gallery, Portland, OR: “The Family Dynamic”.
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: featured artist.
Abstract Exposure, Online venue: April juried exhibition.
Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR: “25th Annual Visual Arts Showcase”.
2006 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: “Little Things”.
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA: “Inherent Nature”.
2005 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: “Little Things”.
Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR: “IFCC Summer Selections”.
Blue Bottle Gallery, Seattle, WA
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: “Little Things”.
2002 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: “Little Things”.
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Seattle, WA: “Pound”.
P:EAR, Portland, OR: art benefit for Portland’s homeless youth.
2001 Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: “Little Things”.
Limner Gallery, NY, NY: “Recent Work Showcase”.
St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, MO: “In Your Face Portraits”.
1997 Milky World Gallery, Seattle, WA: “Playdoh Show”.
1994 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA: Thesis exhibition.

AUCTIONS/FUNDRAISERS
2008 COCA, Seattle, WA: “They Shoot Painters, Don’t they?” 16th Annual Art Marathon
2007 Portland Art Center, Portland, OR: “PDX Panels”
2006 Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, Portland, OR: “Art and the Environment”
2003 Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR

OTHER EVENTS
2007 Portland Open Studios, Portland, OR: “See Artists at Work”

COLLECTIONS
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 Port, First Thursday Pick,
Megan Driscoll, January 1
2007 The Asian Reporter, “Family Dynamic” reveals subtle connections and overwhelming support of individual artistic visions”,
Toni Tabora-Roberts, September 18
2006 The Oregonian, “Table-Top Art”,
Lee Williams, July 7
2004 The Oregonian, “Talent Comes in Small Packages”,
Joe Fitzgibbon, December 9th
2003 Cascade Aids Project Catalogue, painting
The Portland Mercury, Featured Visual Arts Listing,
Vol 4, #20, October 16

BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTINUED
The Portland Observer, “Art Talks and Walks”,
September 24
The Portland Mercury, Featured Visual Arts Listing,
Vol 4, #4, June 26
The Oregonian, “Of Art’s Variety”,
D.K. Row, May 30
The Portland Mercury, Featured Visual Arts Listing,
Vol 3, #42, March 20
2002 The Oregonian, “Critic’s Picks”, May 30
The Mail Tribune (Ashland, OR), “Show Features Lorna Nakell’s Food Art”,
January 12, 2002
2001 Seattle Weekly, Featured Review, Anna Fahey, September 27
2000 Daniel Smith Catalogue, pastel painting
1998 Seattle Weekly, “The Hit List”, Soyon Im, April 16
1994 The Stranger, “In the Absence of Pimps and Panders…”
Greg Burkman and Eric Fredrickson, November 1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 DIY Lounge, Portland, OR: teacher
2002 Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR: artist talk
2000 Daniel Smith, Seattle, WA: teacher
Wonder School, Seattle, WA: teacher

AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 RACC Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council
Weir Farm Artist Residency, Wilton, CT
1994 Who’s Who among Colleges and Universities
Merit Grant, Cornish College of the Arts
1993 Trustee Grant, Cornish College of the Arts
Criswell Scholarship