MB Condon | Artist Bio

MB Condon | paintings + politics

CONTACT INFORMATION

email me: mbcondon@gmail.com
website: http://w3.gorge.net/mbcondon

EDUCATION
1984 San Francisco Art Institute / BFA Printmaking and Drawing
1978 Minneapolis College of Art & Design
1976 California College of Arts & Crafts

RECENT SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO SHOWS
2007 The Red Thread [phase 3] Archer Gallery, Clark College
         Vancouver WA
2006 The Red Thread [phase 2] Littman Gallery,
         Portland State University, Portland OR
2006 The Red Thread [phase 1] WA State University/Vancouver
2004 Women’s Work Optic Nerve Arts, Portland OR
2004 and they will welcome us with flowers…
         Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland OR
2003 [Re]Embedded News Planet Gallery, Portland OR
         [Re]Embedded News Goldendale Community Library, WA
2003 War Studies Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center,
         Portland OR

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Terror? Intersection for the Arts. San Francisco CA
2006 The State of Art in the Columbia Valley WSU/TriCities
2005 First Person Froelick Gallery, Portland OR
2003 48th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition
Larson Gallery, Yakima WA
2002 Heart to Heart: Women in Conversation About War
Dahl Art Center, Rapid City SD

GROUP SHOWS
2007 Social Justice Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River OR
         Social Justice White Salmon Community Library, WA
2006 Reasonable/UnReasonable OuchMyEye Gallery, Seattle WA
         Reasonable/Unreasonable WA State University/TriCities
2003 The Language of Terror: Enteractive Language Festival
         ONA Gallery, Portland OR
2003 Art & Politics Columbia Gallery, Hood River OR
2001 Making War, Waging Peace Indian Creek Community Center,
         Hood River OR
2000 International World AIDS DAY 2000 Expo
         Coatepeque, Guatemala

ARTIST TALKS
2007 The Red Thread: Women & Militarism
Archer Gallery, Clark College
2006 War and Media Washington State University/Vancouver
2006/05 Invited Artist Lecture/Community Treasures Program
Hood River High School OR

AWARDS
2006 Puffin Foundation Ltd. | project grant award
2003 CWAE 48 | Honors Circle Award

a brief biographical sketch...

I have worked for the last 18 years as a graphic designer, focusing on the area of health education. Working with feminist collectives and public health organizations, I have designed advertising, educational materials and publicity campaigns on the issues of public health access, sexual health, gender identity, breast cancer awareness, and AIDS/HIV education.

Upon moving to a rural setting in SE Washington State 16 years ago, I found the same themes of social, economic and environmental concerns that I had encountered in urban settings. I’ve combined art with activism to address the Washington State prison siting process, the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and as an advocate for rural access to public transportation, adult educational resources, progressive candidate campaigns and antiwar organizing.

The crucial mix of professional design and political activism has deeply informed my painting.