EDUCATION
1981 Master of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1979 Bachelor of Fine Art, Fiber and Painting
Minor – Art History
Minor – Creative Writing / Poetry
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
COLLECTIONS
Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
American Family Insurance, Denver, Colorado
Karen and Robert Duncan, Duncan Aviation, Lincoln, Nebraska
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Nordstrom Corporate Collection: Scottsdale, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; Overland Park, Kansas
Scottsdale Public Art Program, at Nordstrom, Scottsdale, Arizona
O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
State of Utah Fine Art Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Private Collections: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Peru, New Zealand
AWARDS
2012 Best of Exhibition, 36th Annual Juried Members,
Bloomington Theatre and Arts Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
Juror, Yesomi Umolu, Curatorial Fellow for the Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1995 Purchase Award, Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Arizona Artists Materials Grant, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum,Phoenix, Arizona
1990 First Place, La Phoeniquera X, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1985 Purchase Award, Flights of Fancy, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, Utah
1979 Painting, Anacortes Arts and Crafts, Anacortes, Washington
1978 Northwest Space and Time, The Magnolia Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
REPRESENTATION
2003-06 Studio Aiello, Denver, Colorado
2002 A Little More Red, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1997-01 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, California `
1994-98 Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1996 Art Communication International, The Curated Collection CD-ROM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996 Arizona Artists On-line, Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
http://asuam.fa.asu.edu/azonline/gilmore.html
1990-95 Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado (MARS) Art-space, Phoenix. Arizona
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2015 Another bend on the river, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2013 Boats will float and bumble bees will sting, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
2005 It's a world, for brothers, dogs, and many other gods, Studio Aiello, Denver, Colorado
2003 Life is Grand! a mid-career retrospective, Studio Aiello, Denver, Colorado
1997 Paintings, University Club, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 Dogs and other self-made Gods, Paintings/Works on Paper, Graythorne Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1994 Art Forms Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1989 Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon
1985 Works on paper, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Art-space, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1985 Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, Oregon
1984 New Work, Fiber / Paintings / Drawings, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1981 Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
1981 Everett Community College, Everett, Washington
1980 Lewis and Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho
1980 Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1980 Fiber, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
COLLABORATIONS
1995 Set design commissioned by Ballet Arizona and David Rubin, Curator of 20th Century Art,
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona in collaboration with choreographer
Neta Pulvermacher and Dancers, New York, New York, * denotes actual performance
1995 * To Bite an Orange with its Peel, DANSPACE Project, St. Mark’s Church, New York, New York
1995 * Young Green/Fresh Grass, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 DOGS GODS BOATS GOATS, with Bryan Andrews,
Pirate Contemporary Art Space, Denver, Colorado
2000 Drawings - Paintings, with Christopher Nitsche, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1992 Carnal Barking, with Joe Ray, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1991 A Sense of Humor, Maybe, with Brendan Ludgate, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1979 Paintings - Drawings, with Jennifer McLerran, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1978 Fiber - Graphics, with Art Chantry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 45th Parallel Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2013 Artistic Duluth, Art Auction for Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
2013 $99 Sale, 8th Annual Invitational, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013 Papyri, Prove Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota
2013 Water Works, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
2012 Saint Paul Art Crawl, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2012 36th Annual Juried Members, Bloomington Theatre and Arts Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
Juror, Yesomi Umolu, Curatorial Fellow for the Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2012 $99 Sale, 7th Annual Invitational, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Juror, Ben Heywood, Executive Director, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2012 North of the 45th, Juried, DeVos Art Museum of Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan
Juror, Wally Mason, Director of Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2012 14th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2012 Saint Paul Winter Carnival Annual Art Exhibition,
Black Dog Cafe and Exhibition Space, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2011 Juried, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota
2011 $99 Sale, 6th Annual Invitational, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011 13th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2011 6x6x2011 Global, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York
2011 Members, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota
2010 12th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2009 Biographic, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2009 11th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2008 10th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2007 Carnival do Rio!, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe Arizona
2006 8th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2005 Small Gems, Small Scale Works, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2005 Art Happens…Here!, VSA Arts of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
2005 Naked: An Invitational, Sliding Door Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2005 5, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2005 99 pieces of art on the wall, VSA Arts of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
2005 COMETOGETHER, Studio Aiello, Denver, Colorado
2004 3rd Annual Contemporary Art Auction, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2004 6th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2004 Scene Colorado/Sin Colorado, Vance Kirkland Close Range Gallery,
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
2003 2nd Annual Contemporary Art Auction, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2003 5th Annual Art Auction, Bemis Sustaining Fund,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2002 Death and Memory, La Casa de la Cultura Qaxquena, Qaxaca, Mexico
2002 Synapse, Gallarie Corriente Alterna, Lima, Peru
2001 Self Portrait, Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College, Denver, Colorado
2000 Contemporary Colorado: Transformations of Tradition,
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2000 Human Form: An artistic Survey of the Figure,
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
1999 Colorado Art Open, The Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
1999 A School House Show, P.S. 26, Fort Collins, Colorado
1999 A School House Show, Gallery 251 / The Garage, Fort Collins, Colorado
1999 It’s RED, SPARK Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1999 Annual Juried Show, SPARK Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1998 Building a Collection, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1997 Drawing, 14th Biennial Members’ Invitational, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1997 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1996 Illuminations, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1996 Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection,
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1996 Nine Holes, site-specific installation, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1996 Summer, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1995 ArTABLES, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1995 Here and Now: Arizona Contemporary Artists, Part 1,
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1995 Morality, Art at the Powerhouse / E.I.O. Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1995 20 Works/100 Shirts, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Art-space, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1995 MARS at IAO, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Art-space, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1995 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1995 Sinners, Saints, and Somewhere Between, Dos Estrellas, Phoenix, Arizona
1995 Use Alternative Route, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1995 Small Works, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 Chairizma, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 20 Works/100 Shirts, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Art-space, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1994 MARS at 1708, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
1994 Legacy of the Psalms II, Plotkin Judaica Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 A Survey Exhibition: 8 Years of CF Artists Material Grant Winners,
Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 Art Detour ’94 Juried Exhibition, Artlink Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 Works on Paper, with David Ortega and J.K. Winters,
Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1993 Dia de Los Muertos, Alwun House Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 Not Just Miniatures, Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 MARS at Dinnerware, Dinnerware Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Surreal Invitational, Alwun House Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 Art Detour ’93 Juried Exhibition, Artlink Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 MARS Group Exhibition ’93.,MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 Arizona Artists Materials Grant Exhibition,
Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 10th Annual Exotic Art Invitational, Alwun House Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona
1993 Expressions of Faith VI, A.P. Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona
1992 Public Hanging, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1992 Seeing Red, White, and Blue: Censored in the U.S.A.,
The Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
1992 Art Plate Gala II, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1992 Inspirations from Art, Phoenix Art Museum League, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1991 Art for Life ’91, Live Auction, The Phoenix Shanti Group, Phoenix, Arizona
1990 Dinner Party, Contemporary Forum of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1990 Lollapalooza, National Art and Music Festival, Phoenix, Arizona
1990 Redefining a Shrine, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1990 Dogs: Mystical, Magical, Inspirational, Old Pueblo Museum, Tucson, Arizona
1990 Mars Artists Detour ’90, Fina Cocina, MARS Art-space Satellite, Phoenix, Arizona
1989 Act Up, 11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1989 La Phoeniquera X, MARS Art-space, Phoenix, Arizona
1989 Group Exhibition, The Norine Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1988 Humor in Art, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
1986 Cultural Images, Fine Arts Center of Tempe, Tempe, Arizona
1985 Utah ’85, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
1985 Flights of Fancy, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, Utah
1984 Since Vietnam: The War and its Aftermath, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, California
1983 Northwest Juried Art ’83, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington
1982 Designer Craftsman, Allied Arts Association, Richland, Washington
1981 33rd Spokane Annual, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington
1981 Arts 1981, Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla, Washington
1981 Four to Go, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1979 Fibers Unlimited, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington
1979 Nine Young Artists, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington
1979 Painting, Anacortes Arts and Crafts, Anacortes, Washington
1979 Painting, Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts, Bellevue, Washington
1979 5th Annual, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1979 New Directions, The Magnolia Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
1978 Northwest Space and Time, The Magnolia Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
1978 Fibers Unlimited, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington
1978 Art-Selected Works, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
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