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Exhibitions at the Schneider Museum of Art:   from 1986 to the Present

 

 1986   

September /            Selections from the Portland Art Museum  

 December           Northwest Artists 

 

1987

January                        Commitment to Vision 

 

February            Peter DeLory- Photographs 

 

March                        Will Martin                                        

 

April / May            New Directions Northwest

 

June                        Marie Louise Feldenheimer and Francisco Amighetti

 

July                        Structured Vision (photography)

 

August                        Chinese Prints           

 

September/            Contemporary Cups           

October

 

November/            M. Sjogren and C. Bustamante

December                       


1988

January                       Luminous Impressions: Prints from Glass           

Waldo Peirce: Works on Paper

 

February            Romanticism

Ed Keinholtz: Seven T.V.'s

Marsha & Michael Burns: Berlin Photographs

 

March / April            Christo: Prints and Lithographs

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

June                        Oregon Biennial

 

July                        Prints from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts

 

August                      Rod Kagen: New Sculpture

Contemporary Prints and Drawings                       

 

October                     Northwest Ceramics 

 

November            Rogue Valley Collections

 

December            Zundel Collection

 

1989

January                        Zundel Collection (continues)           

 

February            Paul Soldner: Raku Ceramics                         

 

April                        Naturalism- Janss Collection 

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

June                        Suzanne Klotz- Sculpture

 

August                        The Candy Store

 

October               Northwest Print Council

   David Giese: The Rise and Fall of Taste

 

December            David Goines: Posters

Robert DeVoe: Recent Work                                                                 

  

1990

January                        African Mask Collection

 

February            Richard Shaw: Ceramics

March                African Collection

 

April                        The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

June/July            Fritz Scholder, Recent Work

 

August/                       Fiber Directions: West Coast

September

 

October/              Susan Rankaitis-(photography)

November           Robert Heinecken (photography)

 

December            Oregon Biennial


1991

 

January                        Strong Tea: Richard Notkin

Selections from the Permanent Collection

 

April                        Land of Morning Calm (Contemporary Korean Metal and Fiber)

 

May                         SOSC Art Faculty

 

July                        Peirce and Hemingway Connection

 

September            Selections from the Rene and Veronica diRosa Collection

 

November            European Art of the 19th Century

 

December            The Era of Mozart      

 

 

1992

 

January                        Intimate Views: Still life Selections from the Janss Collection

 

March                       Photojournalism Since Vietnam

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

July                            Oregon Biennial

 

August                         Selections from the Permanent Collection

 

September               Contemporary Soviet Art

 

October                Africa: Between Myth and Reality   (Betty LaDuke)

 

December                 The Sporting Woman

 

  

1993

January                        The Prints of Wayne Thiebaud

 

March                        Jacob Lawrence: An American Master

 

April                          Keith Boyle: Painting and Constructions

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

July                        Selections from the Permanent Collection

 

September            Measure 5” Show

Ritual Spirits: Art of New Guinea

 

November            The Submuloc Show / Columbus Wohs

December                       

 


1994

 

January                        Natural Voices: The Northwest Landscape

 

February            Photographs from the diRosa Collection

 

April                        Rogue Valley Collections: Contemporary Work

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

July                        Eugene Bennett: A Retrospective

 

September            Mark Bornowski and Margarita Léon

 

Bob Smith: Drawings from The Lion King

 

November            Terry Allen: Bronzes and Drawings

 

December            D.R. Wagner: Living in the Mouth of the World


1995

 

January                        Sheri Simons: Listening Devices

 

February           Juggernaut (Installation by local artists- Bruce Bayard & John Collins)

 

March                       Carrie Mae Weems: Sea Island Series/ Africa Series

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty

 

June                        Durango Collection: Navajo Textiles

 

September            Alberto Rey: Recent Paintings

Selections from the Permanent Collection

 

November            Miracles of Mexican Folk Art: Retablos & Ex-votos

December                                   

 

1996

 

January                        David Furman: Virtual Reality- Trompe L'oeil Work in Clay

   Community Mural Project

Waldo Peirce: Treehaven Years

 

February`            James Luna: Tribal Identity

            March

 

April                        Miné Okubo:  Evacuation Work

May                        Terry Toedtemeier: Basalt Exposures

 

June                        Chihuly Baskets

            July & August

 

September            Andy Goldsworthy: Stonework in America

October

 

December        (museum closed for construction - Heiter and Treehaven galleries and office spaces.)


1997

 

January                        Will Martin: Seed Systems

                  February                Philip McCracken: Beyond the Sun   (sculpture)

Kay French: Around the Curve   (paintings)

Selections from the Bud Knapp Collection

Waldo Peirce: Treehaven School           

 

March                       Robert Alston: Retrospective

April                        Nata Piaskowski: Photographs

Selections from the Bud Knapp Collection

Keith Boyle: Paintings

 

May                        SOSC Art Faculty Show

       Martin Baer: Early Drawings and Works on Paper

       Nata Piaskowski: Photographs

 

June -                     Kurt Wold: DADA rode a Bicycle/ MOMA was a Peddler

            September                John Slawta: Landshark (bicycles)

                                        Scott Greene: Paintings

 

October -               Trashformations

December                       


1998

            January          Two in Montana: Deborah Butterfield and John Buck                                                                                      - Fabrications: Photography in the United States (Pipo and friends)

 

March                  1997 Oregon Biennial          

                          Contemporary European Photography

 

May                       Hung Lui: Recent Work      

                       Contemporary European Photography                    

 

June                       Quilt National '97  

                              Silver Servers: Collection of Seymour Rabinovitch

                    Waldo Peirce: Treehaven

 

September              Across the Continents (Permanent Collection)   

December              Waldo Peirce: Treehaven

                       


1999

 

January                   Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints

                         Art Nouveau Glass and Pottery

 

February                  Romare Bearden: Black & White Photomontage

        Carolyn Speranza: The Listening Project (two gallery installations)

The Opportunity for Misunderstanding is Clear

  Shabad: Listen to the Body

 

April                   Southern Oregon University Art Faculty                                  

Pipo Nguyen-Duy: AnOther Western

 

June                       Andy Warhol: Endangered Species

Soup to Nuts: Pop Art and Its Legacy

 

October                     Wild Beasts:  Roy De Forest and Gaylen Hansen

December                       

 

2000

 

January                       Sisters of the Light - Myra Wiggins, Lily White and Sarah Ladd:

Photo Secessionists

 

 

March                      Lillian Pitt: Spirits Keep Whistling Me Home (sculpture)

  Rick Bartow: Stories   (pastels, prints, paintings and sculpture)

 

 

April / May              Lyle Matoush: Recent Work

       Selected Pieces from the Matoush Collection

 

 

June -                        Sheen of Silver, Weight of Air (Contemporary Aluminum)                       

September                        Guest Curator: Lloyd Herman

 

October -                  Judy Pfaff: Transforming Traditions

January


2001

 

January                        Judy Pfaff (continues)

 

February              What’s A Girl To Do?

March                     Mary Snowden: Paintings   

       Helen Cohen: Domestic Constructions

 

April                          SOU Art Faculty

May

June

 

June                        Scenic Design of Richard L. Hay - Oregon Shakespeare Festival

July

August

September

 

October            Contemporary Animation and Comic Book Art

November           (curated by Miles Inada)

December

 

2002

 

January               Nathan Oliveira: Figure Studies: Works on Paper, 1989 - 2001

February

 

March                        The Heart Mountain Story: Photographs by Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel

April                                    (The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.)

       Digital Frontiers: Photography’s Future at Nash Editions

 

May/ June             Regional Perspectives (art from southern Oregon and northern California)

 

June -                         Crater Lake Centennial Exhibition

September

 

October -             Kazuo Kadonaga: Wood, Paper, Bamboo, Glass

December


2003                       

 

January                        International Prints: Ernest F. de Soto Workshop

February

 

March                        Pressure Points: Recent Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer

April                        and the Jordan & Mina Schnitzer Foundation

 

May                          Art Faculty Biennial- 2003

June

 

June -                        Fire in the Heart: The Creative Process

September                Society of Layerists in Multi-Media

 

September -            Challenge VI – Roots: Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned                         November                        Objects

 

December            Contemporary Silver Servers:  The Rabinovitch Collection

 

 

2004

 

January /            A Taste of Raymond Saunders

February

 

March /                    4 Artists / 4 Installations

April                        (Marlene Alt, Mineko Grimmer, Yuriko Yamaguchi and Connie Zehr)

 

May /                        Mark Making 

June                        (drawing show)

 

July -                        Shakespeare as Muse

September

 

October -            Eloquent Objects: Portrait of a Community

December

 

 

2005

 

             January /                   SOU Art Faculty

               February

 

            March /                      Keys to the Koop: Humor and Satire in Contemporary Printmaking

            April                        (Selections from the Jordon Schnitzer Foundation)

 

            May /                        Northwest Matriarchs: 12 Proto-feminists from Oregon and Washington

            June

 

            July -                        Robert Emory Johnson: Retrospective

            September

 

            September -            Landscape Exhibition

            December

 

2006 

 

            January                         The Vanishing: Re-Presenting the Chinese in the American West

            February            Sojourners in a Golden Land: The Chinese Presence in Southern Oregon

 

            March                        International Women’s Exhibition

            April

 

            April                        Soaring Spirits / Feet of Clay   (ceramics)

            May                  (Ron Nagle, Luis Burmudez, Stephen De Staebler, Philip Cornelius, Sana Krusoe, Danae Mattes.)

 

            June -                        Objects of Desire: Selections from the Crowell Collection      

            September        (Northwest Coast Native American sculpture and contemporary glass by William Morris)

 

            September -            (20th Anniversary)             

            December         Emblems, Effigies and Enigmas: The Art of John Buck (wood carvings and prints)

 


2007           

 

January                         Measures of Time: David Burnett                  (Photo-journalism)

            February            The Light Becomes Us: Dennis Dunleavy

 

            March                        Selections from the Permanent Collection

            April                       

 

            May                        SOU- Art Faculty Show with Emeriti and Alumni

            June

 

            July -                        Zundel Collection: From the Ancient World to the Silk Road

            September

 

            September -            Elegantly Frugal, Deceptively Simple   (Minimalist art)

            December

 


2008

           

            January /            SKIN: Walter Jule, selected works 1968-2008   (prints)

           February            Cross-currents: International prints from the University of Alberta  (prints)

 

            March /                        Idea, Text and Image:

            April                                      - Chavez Ravine 1949: Don Normark  (photographs)

                                                   - Kim Abele  (mixed media)

                                                           - Charles Gaines  (photography, prints and drawings)

          

            April -                        Artist as Social Critic:  Enrique Chagoya, Betye Saar, Roger Shimomura

            June                        and Ben Sakoguchi

           

            July -                        James Lavadour: The Properties of Paint

            September            Selections from Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts

 

            September -             Sherry Markowitz: Shimmer, Paintings and Sculpture 1979 - 2006

            December

 

2009

           

January -             Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

             March

 

            April –                       Southern Oregon University Art Faculty Show

            June

 

            July –                         Gee’s Bend Quilts

            September

 

September –     Harmonie Universelle: Four Continents of Musical Instruments from the

 December           Southern Oregon University Schuman Collection     and

Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection of the Schneider Museum of Art

 

2010

            January -             Zhi Lin: From Tiananmen Square to Promontory Summit

            February

 

            March -             Disparate Spirits: Wood Sculpture and Installation

            April                     (the work of Mike Rathbun, W. Scott Trimble and Alison Saar)

 

            May                       The Mythical State of Jefferson

            June

 

            July                        Ashland in Love: 75 years of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

            August

           

September            Unintended Consequences and the Digital Age:

            December            The Art of Invention: Sculpture by Daniel A. Henderson

                            The Lost Museum by Shaura Kumar

                            Undercast: works by Brett Phares

          

2011    

 

            January            Third Views, Second Sights: a rephotographic survey of the American West

            March                        By Mark Klett, Byron Wolfe and others

                                    Andries Fourie: The Indigenous Tourist

                                    Kevin Haas: Accumulaion/Dissipation