Artist Claudia Pettis: sculpture, paintings, drawings, installation art

About the Artist

Vitae

Claudia PettisBorn in Seattle 1948

B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from University of Washington, Dartmouth College, and Occidental College.

Masters Summer Program at Dartmouth College. Scholarship Award.

Cornish School of Allied Arts. Scholarship Merit Student. Assistant teacher in life drawing. Scholarship competition Award, Art Department.

Accounts Receivable at G. Raden and Sons, Wine Importer. Designed product labels for wine companies.

President of the Bakery Idea, Inc. Roosevelt Bakery and Espresso Bar President and Designer of Bakery. Business Manager Touchstone Wholesale Bakery.

Studied Authentic Movement and Dance Therapy at the Institute of Transformational Movement. Traveled to Japan and to pursue Buddhist studies. Practiced Tibetan Buddhism and Vipassana.

Owner Casa Claudia, Inc, floral design services.

Studied sculpture and life drawing at Pratt Art, Seattle.

Dan Adelaide Sculpture Scholarship Award. Pratt Art. Artist in Residence at Pratt Art.

Board of Directors, PTA Art Program, Medina Middle School. Bellevue School District Grant Recipient in Art.

Medina School Education Grant: "Renaissance Materials and the Renaissance Workshop."

Featured as the Artist in Healthy Home Episode #113 Omni Film Productions.

Raise rare and endangered Sheep at Mutiny Bay Farm, Whidbey Island Washington. On Board of Directors of the American Black Welsh Sheep Association.

Sculpting and Oil Painting at private art studios in Ballard and Medina, WA. Ceramic Sculpture at Seward Park Studios. Seattle.

Exhibitions and Shows

2010 The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, ID. June 2010. Solo Show.
Museo, Langley, WA. June 2010.
2009 Clymer Art Museum, Ellensburg, WA. March 2009. Solo Show.
2008 Edmonds Juried Art Show, Edmonds, WA. First Prize Painting, Second Prize Sculpture, Best of Show.
Essential Baking Company, Seattle. Solo Show, Sold out.
EAFA  32nd Annual Juried Exhibition. Redmond WA. Second Prize.
2007 Edmonds Juried Art Show, Edmonds, WA
Wachovia Securities LLC, Seattle. Five Artists.
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, May Issue. Photo of painting in featured home.
Gage Academy of Art, Invitational Faculty and Artist Show. Sculpture.
2006 WASHINGTON TRADE & CONVENTION CENTER, Group Show Open July 1 - October 1 . Sculpture. Seattle WA.
EDMONDS ARTS JURIED SHOW Group Show, Edmonds WA.
First Prize Award Painting and Third Prize Award Sculpture.
SEATTLE ACADEMY OF FINE ART Group Show, Juried. First
Prize 500.00 Award. February.
ESSENTIAL BAKING COMPANY Solo Show "Sheep Dreams"
March, Seattle (Sold Out Show).
2005 49TH STREET STUDIO SHOW. November, Seattle
EAFA Juried Show, April, Seattle. Award Honorable Mention.
WACHOVIA SECURITIES, LLC. Group Show, March - June, Seattle.
SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY. Solo Show, May, Seattle.
ESSENTIAL BAKING CO. Solo Show, "Paintings", February, Seattle.
EPILOGUE BOOKS. Group Show, January, "Paintings", Seattle.
EPILOGUE BOOKS. Group Show. February: Drawings and Landscapes, Seattle.
2004 SEATTLE ACADEMY OF FINE ART (SAFA), "Emerging Voices", Group Show. Sculpture and Paintings, November. Seattle.
EAFA 29th Annual Juried Show, Seattle.
49th Street Studio. Group Show, Seattle.
AROSA "Harlequin Sheep Paintings", Seattle.
SAFA. Curators Choice and Honorable Mention Awards, Seattle.
D'Adamo / Woltz Gallery. Group Show, Seattle.
2003 SAFA, Third Prize Figurative Painting, Seattle.
Epilogue Books, "50 Works in Progress" Solo Show. Seattle.
SAFA, Student Faculty Show, Award in Sculpture, Seattle.
Town Hall. Group Show. Award Sculpture. Seattle.
2002 Bayview Gallery, Group Show Painting, Langley.
Bayview Gallery, Group Portrait Juried Show, Langley.
SAFA Group Show, Award Honorable Mention Sculpture.
2001 SAFA Group Show, Seattle.
Pratt Auction Show, Juried Selection.
Bayview Gallery, Group Show.
1998 16th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, Bayview Studios. Gate as Sculpture, Two Awards including People's Choice Award and Solo Show Award, Langley.
Invitational COCA Show. "Figure It Out". 50 Works derived from the human figure. Kickoff 1998 Gallery Season.
1996 Fine Arts Exhibition Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. Juried Show, Bronze Torso #2. Langley.
Bayview Gallery Invitational. Juried Show. Langley.
COCA, Juried Show. Seattle.
Bayview Gallery, Figurative Sculpture Show, Langley.
Invitational Sculpture Show, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle.
Pratt Fine Arts, Group Show," Life Drawing", Seattle.

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