Lorna Nakell. b.1970, Carriacou, Grenada
EDUCATION
1990-1994
B.F.A., Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1988-1989
Otis/Parsons Art Institute, L.A, CA: Foundation Year, Design
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007
Backspace Gallery, Portland, OR: “Blabstraction: Paintings of Nothing”
2006
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: window project.
2005
Urban Wineworks, Portland, OR: “Fragile: Time and Place”.
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: exhibition with Clark Tuthill.
2003
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 introduction.
2007
Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR: “Confluence.”
Portland Art Center - Open Space Gallery, 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”.
Collage, Portland, OR: “Trade Show”.
2005
Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR: “Little Things”.
Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
2004
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”.
1999
Noodleworks Studio, Seattle, WA: “Seattle Musician Portrait Show”.
1997
Milky World Gallery, Seattle, WA: “Playdoh Show”.
1994
Daniel Smith Art Store, Seattle, WA
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA: Thesis exhibition.
AUCTIONS
2008
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR: “Art on the Vine”
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
Concordia Coffee House, Portland, Oregon
Alberta Street Oyster Bar, Portland, Oregon
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon
Urban Wineworks, 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
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
TEACHING AND LECTURE EXPERIENCE
2008
DIY Lounge, Portland, OR: Teacher
2002
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR: lecturer
2000
Daniel Smith, Seattle, WA: teacher
Wonder School, Seattle, WA: teacher
AWARDS AND HONORS
1994
Who’s Who among Colleges and Universities
Merit Grant, Cornish College of the Arts
1993
Trustee Grant, Cornish College of the Arts
1988
Criswell Scholarship
Represented by Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR