Exhibition history

2008
Portraits: Six Degrees and Seven Generations
Greg Kucera Gallery
Seattle, Washington

Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Travelling group exhibition from the Tamarind Institute.

Blanket Stories: Homestead
Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole Art Association
Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon
Curated by Jennifer Gately

Exhibition of five regional artists; the inauguration of the replacement to the Oregon Biennial.

Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit
Bennington Museum, others
Traveling show originating in Bennington, Vermont
Curated by Rickie Solinger

Traveling group exhibition in which each work of art has at its visible core a tool important for women's domestic labor from the 18th century through World War II.

Women’s Work: Contemporary Women Printmakers
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
Marylhurst, Oregon
Curated by Terri M. Hopkins (The Art Gym)
and John Olbrantz (Director, Hallie Ford Museum of Art)

Group show drawn from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer
and his Family Foundation.

Tradition and Change
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Spokane, Washington

A group show of contemporary American Indian Art.

2007
Blanket Stories: Compass
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College
Beloit, Wisconsin

Custodian
Think Tank, Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, Washington

A summer-long installation and community sewing event celebrating the Seattle Art Museum's acquisition of Blanket stories: Sky Woman, Three Sisters, Four Pelts, Cousin Rose and Relations.

Oh So Iroquois
The Ottawa Art Gallery
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Curated by Ryan Rice

A survey of contemporary Iroquois artists.

The 8th Northwest Biennial
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington

Tread Lightly
PDX Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

2006
Building Tradition
Whatcom Museum of History & Art
Bellingham, Washington

Group show drawn from the permanent collection of the Tacoma Art Museum.

Crow’s Shadow Institute Print Biennial
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University
Salem, Oregon

Survey of artists who have printed at Crow's Shadow Institute in Pendleton, Oregon.

Blanket Stories: Album
Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Ketchum, Idaho
Curated by Jennifer Gately

Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art
University Gallery, University of New Mexico
Traveling show originating in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Curated by Marge Devon (Director, The Tamarind Institute)

Survey of graphic work by six ermerging Native American artists who work from a contemporary vocabulary.

No Reservations
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Curated by RIchard Klein

A large-scale group exhibition of artists whose work deals with both the deep cultural legacies and complex histories of Native peoples in the United States.

Blanket Stories: Almanac
Nicolaysen Art Museum and Boise Art Museum
Casper, Wyoming; and Boise, Idaho
Curated by Ben Mitchell (Wyoming) and Sandy Harthorn (Idaho)

Neo-Sincerity
ApexArt
New York, New York
Curated by Amei Wallach

Group show examining the use of humor in contemporary art.

2005
Blanket Stories: Ladder
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Curated by Margaret Archuleta

Blanket Stories: Receiving
Ronna & Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Curated by Linda Brady Tesner

Everything is Drawing
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Curated by Rebecca Dobkins

2004
Sewing Bee
Interstate FIrehouse Cultural Center
Portland, Oregon

Community-based sewing project concurrent with Ms. Watt's 2004 show at PDX Contemporary Art.

Blanket Stories
PDX Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

Continuum: Blanket Stories
National Museum of the American Indian
New York, New York
Curated by Truman Lowe

Part of the Smithsonian Institution's Continuum series of exhibitions by contemporary Native American artists.

Letter Ghosts and Recent Work
Clatsop Community College Gallery
Astoria, Oregon

Artists Select
Cumberland Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee

Invitational group show. Ms. Watt was selected for inclusion by the painter James Lavadour.

2003
Artists in Residence
Oregon College of Art & Craft
Portland, Oregon

Group show featuring recent artists in residence at the college.

Craft Biennial
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Portland, Oregon

Juried exhibition of recent work by artists working in the craft tradition.

Building Tradition
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington

Group show featuring recent acquisitions to the museum's permanent collection.

Form to Function
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Group show curated by the plumbing fixture manufacturer.

18 Women Artists
Clatsop Community College Gallery
Astoria, Oregon

Group show featuring prominent local women artists.

Stack
Evergreen Galleries, The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington

2002
Sitka Center Invitational
The World Forestry Center
Portland, Oregon

Group show featuring artists who have worked at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.

Graphic Work
The Governor's Gallery, Oregon State Capitol
Salem, Oregon
Coordinated by the Oregon Arts Commission

Sitka Collaborations
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, Oregon

Group show featuring the results of collaborations between local and visiting artists at the Sitka Center.

PDX Window Project
PDX Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

Faculty Exhibition
The North View Gallery, Portland Community College
Sylvania Campus, Portland, Oregon

Group exhibition of work by the institution's arts faculty.

Slowness
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
Marylhurst, Oregon

Group show featuring five women artists who work with time-consuming processes.

Sleep and Sleeplessness
PDX Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

Inaugural Exhibition
Open Studios Press Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts

Group exhibition.

New American Paintings
Juried Exhibition-in-print
Curated by Lisa Dennison (Chief Curator, Solomon Guggenheim Museum)

Each issue of publication features the work of emerging artists, selected by a guest curator. Ms. Watt's work appeared in Volume #37.

2001
Horse Tales: American Images and Icons, 1800-2000
The Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah, New York
Curated by Ezra Shales

A collection of objects from fine art and popular culture that demonstrate the varied ways in which the image of the horse has infused American culture.

Bellevue Annual
Bellevue Art Museum
Bellevue, Washington

Annual exhibition of regional contemporary art.

PDX at CCC
Clatsop Community College
Astoria, Oregon

An exhibition of artists represented by PDX Contemporary Art.

Courier
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon, Washington

2000
Pedestrian
Installation, River Overlook Park
Portland, Oregon

An In Situ Portland Project, executed through the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Traditional & Contemporary Native Women Artists
Museum of Anthropology, Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

Circle of Friends
The Bush Barn Gallery
Salem, Oregon
Curated by Lillian Pitt

Group show of local contemporary Native American artists.

Open Walls
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

Unjuried, salon-style show of local contemporary art.

1999
Courier
PDX Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

Introductory Show
PDX Contemporary Art
Portland, Oregon

Exhibition of two artists added in 1999 to PDX's stable.

Navigation
Installation, Friendly House
Portland, Oregon

1998
Time and Materials
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
Marylhurst, Oregon

1997
The Oregon Biennial
Portland Art Museum
Traveling show originating in Portland, Oregon
Curated by Katherine Kanjo

Statewide survey of contemporary art; since supplanted by the more tightly-focused Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.

State of the Nations
Plan B Evolving Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Group show of young Native American artists.

The Uncommon Book
Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Ketchum, Idaho

Group exhibition of work involving books.

1996
Traditions and Transitions
Brattleboro Museum of Art
Brattleboro, Vermont

Group show of traditional and contemporary Native American artists.

MFA Thesis Exhibition
Yale University Art and Architecture Gallery
New Haven, Connecticut

Residencies, awards and fellowships

2008
Fabric Workshop + Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lower East Side Printshop Residency
Lower East Side Printshop
New York, New York

Patron Print
Gilkey Center, Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon

2007
Printmaking Residency
Tamarind Institute
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Art in Embassies
National Museum of the American Indian
Tamarind Print Project
Washington, D.C., and embassy locations worldwide

Artist in Residence
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College
Beloit, Wisconsin

Anonymous Was A Woman Award
Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation
New York, New York

2006
Betty Bowen Memorial Award
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, Washington

Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship
Joan Mitchell Foundation
New York, New York

2005
Artist Fellowship
Eiteljorg Museum of Western and American Indian Art
Indianapolis, Indiana
Juried fellowship, curated by Jennifer Campo McNutt

2004
Project & Professional Development Grant
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, Oregon

Visual Artist Fellowship
Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, Oregon

2003
Senior Residency and Fellowship
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Portland, Oregon

Printmaking Residency
Crow's Shadow Institute
Pendleton, Oregon

Full-year Professional Sabbatical
Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

2002
Printmaking Residency
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Otis, Oregon

Printmaking Residency
Crow's Shadow Institute
Pendleton, Oregon

2001
Individual Artist Project Grant
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, Oregon

Full Fellowship
Vermont Studio Center
Johnson, Vermonth

2000
In Situ Portland Project Grant
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, Oregon

1996
Graduate Fellowship
American Indian Graduate Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Graduate Fellowship
Philip Morris Foundation
New York, New York

Professional Development Fellowship
College Art Association
New York, New York

Elizabeth Cranfield Hicks Award for Drawing
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

1995
Graduate Fellowship
American Indian Graduate Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Graduate Fellowship
Philip Morris Foundation
New York, New York

Academic Scholarship
Seneca Nation of Indians
Irving, New York

Academic Scholarship
Seneca Nation of Indians
Irving, New York

Profesional Development Fellowship
College Art Association
New York, New York

1994
Ambassador and Kellogg Fellow
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Graduate Fellowship
American Indian Graduate Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Graduate Fellowship
Philip Morris Foundation
New York, New York

Academic Scholarship
Seneca Nation of Indians
Irving, New York

1991
Internship: Design & Installation and Education Departments
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.

Collections

2007
Museum of Fine Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, Washington

Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington

Montclair Art Museum
Montclair, New Jersey

Microsoft Collection
Redmond, Washington

Seattle City Light
Seattle, Washington

2006
National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.

2005
Art 4 Culture
Seattle, Washington

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Indianapolis, Indiana

Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon

2004
Wright Museum of Art
Beloit College
Beloit, Wisconsin

2003
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington

Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

2002
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Otis, Oregon

Crow’s Shadow Press
Pendleton, Oregon

Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Willamette University
Salem, Oregon

2001
Ecotrust
Portland, Oregon

1999
The Friendly House
Portland, Oregon

Reviews and publications

2009
Building with Cloth Blocks
A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum
Exhibition catalogue
Pamela McClusky

Seattle City Light sponsors seven art installations
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle, WA
Adriana Grant

2008
Lowbrow Writ Large
Willamette Week
18 June 2008, p. 51
by Richard Speer

Review: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards at PAM
The Oregonian
15 June 2008
by Brian Libby

The First Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
Port
by Jeff Jahn

Marie Watt’s Sewing Circle
The Oregonian
04 April 2008
by Inara Verzemnieks

2007
The 8th Northwest Biennial
Tacoma Art Museum
by Rock Huschka and David Kiehl

Tribal Hybrids
ArtNews
June 2007, pp. 122-127
by Cynthia Nadelman

2006
A Pile of Blankets, with Personal History Woven into the Fabric
The New York Times
Friday, 25 August 2006
by Alison Cowan

Cover yourself in Blanket Stories at the NIC
The Casper Journal
No. 27, p. 27
by Holly Strother

Woven Wonders
The Casper Star-Tribune
by Kathleen St. John

Oopuh: “Come In.”
The Nicolaysen Art Museum
Exhibition catalogue
by Simon J. Ortiz

American Indian Painting and Sculpture in Santa Fe
Review Magazine
March 2006, pp. 54-59
by Andrea S. Norris

Blanket Stories: Ladder
Art in America
January 2006
by Sue Taylor

2005
Into the Fray: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, 2005
Eiteljorg Museum of Western and American Indian Art
Exhibition catalogue
Edited by James H. Nottage

Marie Watt: The Blanket Project at NMAI
Art on Paper
Vol. 9, No. 3; p. 80
by Matt Ferranto

2004
Building Tradition
Tacoma Art Museum
Exhibition catalogue
Essays by Ivan Doig and Rock Huschka

Blanket Coverage
The Oregonian
April 4, 2007; section E, pp. 1, 8.
by Inara Verzemnieks

2003
Slowness
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University
Exhibition catalogue
by Stuart Horodner

The Next Generation
Southwest Art
August 2003
by Bonnie Gangelhoff

2002
Slowness
Art Papers
July/August 2002
by Lois Allen

Well-Rounded
The Oregonian
05 June 2000
by Bob Hicks

Marie Watt at PDX
Artweek
Vol. 30, No. 12
by Pat Boas

Slowness
The Oregonian
by D.K. Row

Sleep and Sleeplessness
WIllamette Week
16 January 2002, p. 56

2000
Of Myth and Personal Histories
The Oregonian
08 January 2000
by D.K. Row

1999
The Oregon Biennial
Portland Art Museum
Exhibition catalogue
Essay by Katherine Kanjo

Of Cornhusk and Cedar
The Oregonian
29 January 1999
by D.K. Row

1998
Art for Biennial: A Fresh Look
The Oregonian
27 July 1998
by Randy Gragg

July Jems: Marie Watt and Julie Swan
Willamette Week
22 July 1998
by Kate Bonasinga

Community

2008
Lecturer and visiting artist
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Symposium and Panel Discussion
Pitzer College
Claremont, California

Presenter, MFA Monday Night Lecture Series
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

2007
Ferrall Artist-in-residence
Beloit College
Beloit, Wisconsin

Lecturer
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, Washington

2006
Panelist, Diverse Voices/Diverse Media
Montclair Art Museum
Montclair, New Jersey
Moderated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado

Visiting Artist
Montclair University
Montclair, New Jersey

Lecturer and Community Collaboration
Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Ketchum, Idaho

Juror, Professional Development Fellowships
College Art Association
New York, New York

Visiting Artist
Visual Arts Center, Boise State University
Boise, Idaho

Instructor, Journeys in Creativity
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Portland, Oregon

2005
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Portland, Oregon

2004
Session Chair, Annual Conference
College Art Association
New York, New York

2003
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington

Visiting Artist/Panelist
Clatsop Community College
Astoria, Oregon

Donator and Catalogue Participant
Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life
Portland, Oregon

2002
Youth Mentor and Lecturer
Crow's Shadow Institute
Pendleton, Oregon

Volunteer Instructor
Native American Youth Association
Portland, Oregon

Taught 8-week art and stone-carving workshop.

Lecturer
Native American Youth Association
Portland, Oregon

Presented Pedestrian to summer camp students.

Juror, Wapato Corrections Facility
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, Oregon

2001
Lecturer
Native American Art Studies Association Biennial Conference
Portland, Oregon

Chair, Welcoming Pole Project
Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

Commissioned and raised 30-foot totem pole by Kwaguilth carver Richard Hunt. Involved fundraising, educational programs, and community outreach.

Lecturer
Metropolitan Learning Center
Portland, Oregon

Guest speaker on public art with hight school students.

Visiting Artist, Lecturer and Guest Critic
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, Oregon

Education

1996
MFA, Painting and Printmaking
Yale University School of Art
New Haven, Connecticut

1992
AFA, Museum Studies
Institute of American Indian Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico

1990
BS, Speech/Communications and Art
Willamette University
Salem, Oregon