Love is Round

A Painting in the Seattle P-I. Oh My!

To my surprise, my ocean painting was featured in the Seattle P-I article October 25 "SPU puts classes on hold for a little hope." Click on title above to go to the P-I article.

Eye of the Soul
Spread (hands)

Remember Me

New Paintings by Christen Mattix

Click on the image for a larger view.

Ascending Blue (sold)
Fly Heavenward (sold)
Leaves (sold)

Heartbreakthrough

Resume

Christen Mattix

born 1977, grew up in Thailand

christen_joy_mattix@yahoo.com

Education

2005 MFA Painting San Francisco Art Institute
2001 BFA Drawing Western Washington University


Solo and Two Person Shows

2007 “Blue Sky Paintings,” Art Center, Seattle Pacific University
2003 “Tram Bui and + Christen Ru Mattix,” Nico Gallery, Seattle

Selected Exhibitions

2007 “New Members Show,” Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle
2007 “Hope,” Faculty Show, Art Center, Seattle Pacific University
2005 “Master of Fine Arts Exhibition,” San Francisco Art Institute,
Herbst Pavillion, Fort Mason
“The Post Card Show,” The Lab, San Francisco
“Haunted,” Cellspace, San Francisco
2004 “Tyrannical Norm,” Mnemonic Gallery, Seattle
“Small Works,” Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
“Continuing MFA Show,” Diego Rivera Gallery,
San Francisco Art Institute
2003 “No Lifeguard on Duty,” Lucia Douglas Gallery,
Bellingham, WA
2002 “Forgotten Works Challenge,” Forgotten Works Gallery, Seattle
2001 “Minding the Body,” Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
“See-Saw,” 734 Gallery, University of Wisconsin
2000 “Almost Nothing,” Dynamite Project Gallery, Grand Rapids
Curator: Tim Lowly
“The Second Annual Realism International Juried Art
Exhibition,” Period Gallery, Leavenworth, NE
“Beyond Borders,” Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington
University
Assistant Curator: Jena Scott, Greg Kucera Gallery

Honors

2001 Faculty Nominee, “Outstanding Graduate Award,” Art
Department, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA
2000 First Prize, Beyond Borders International College Art
Competition, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Juror: Jena Scott, Assistant Curator, Greg Kucera Gallery
2000 Studio Art Scholarship, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA

Professional Experience

2007 Shift Collaborative Studio Member, Seattle, WA
2007 Gallery Assistant, Art Center, Seattle Pacific University
2007 Edge Participant, Artist Trust, Seattle
2006- Painting & Drawing Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific
University, Seattle
2004 Panelist, “The Painting Looks Back: The Disconcerting Reality of
Vija Celmins” Symposium: “The Status of Painting in the 21st Century,”
Moderator: Mark Van Proyen, San Francisco Art Institute
1999 Studio Assistant, Tim Lowly, Chicago

Bibliography

Burrit, Jenny. “Two Birds, One Stone, One Exhibit.” The Western Front,
February 23, 2001, p. 13.
Crumpacker, Erin. “Beyond Borders Crossed Physical, Cultural Lines,”
The Western Front, February 23, 2001, p. 13.
Millan, Courtney. “With her own two hands.” Falcon, February 21, '07, pg. 7.

Theo Jansen - A New Nature

"Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives." from strandbeest website

The film clip shows the artist Theo Jansen at the moment when his creation comes alive. This guy is truly a mad scientist. It fills me with wonder. And it seemed fitting to begin a blog dedicated to Vermeer with a Dutch artist named Theo.

Click on the title above and scroll down to "3 Mai 07" to view the trailer.

Haircuts by Children: A Performance

For Immediate Release (New York, NY, October 30, 2007)
Art in General presents Haircuts by Children, a performance developed by artist in residence Darren O’Donnell of Toronto’s Mammalian Diving Reflex as part of PERFORMA07. Haircuts by Children features Ms. Moulinos and Ms. Hodges’ students from Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School 131 in Manhattan, who will offer the public free haircuts on weekends in November.
(click title above for more information.)

Visual Artists and the Spiritual

Visual Artists and the Spiritual Life:A Conversation
by Suzanne Fowler Palmer

In October 2004, Art Editor Suzanne Fowler Palmer interviewed the six artists whose works are featured in this issue. Since a meeting wasn't possible at the time, Suzanne emailed a series of questions to each artist, asking how art and spirituality intersect in his or her life and work.

Sandra Bowden
Olivia Kuser
Gloria Lamson
Michael Mallard
Michael Markowitz
Christen Mattix