Elysium Artists

Katy McFadden: Resume

Selected and Juried Shows:

Regional and International

  • Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, Oregon, Annually, May 1996 through present
  • Hughes Water Garden Invitational, Water Lily Festival
    Tualatin, Oregon, Summer 2006 & 2007
  • Oregon Potters Association Showcase, Garden Display Exhibition
    Portland, Oregon, May 2007
  • City of Portland, City Hall Exhibition, Large Works
    Oregon Potters Association, Portland, Oregon, April 2007
  • Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Clackamas Community College
    Oregon City, Oregon, Spring 2007
  • Guenda Exhibition, Personal Geographies, Alexander Gallery
    Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon, Winter 2007
  • Guenda Exhibition, Ten International Women Artists
    Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2006
  • Guenda Exhibition, Crossroads, Newport Visual Arts Center
    Newport, Oregon, August 2006
  • Oswego Lake Gallery, Featured Artist, Lake Oswego, Oregon, June 2006
    Portland Justice Center, The Political Voice,Wood fired ceramic exhibit
    Portland, Oregon, January 2006
  • Guenda Exhibition, Ten International Women Artists
    Quetzalli Gallería, Oaxaca, Mexico, June 2005
  • Guenda Exhibition, Ten International Women Artists, Macay Museum
    Merida, Mexico, May 2005
  • Private Exhibition, Garden Sculpture, Marja Van Pietersom’s residence
    Seattle, Washington, May 2005
  • Annual Faculty Art Show, Clackamas Community College
    Oregon City, Oregon, March 2005
  • Columbia Art Center, Ceramics Collaboration with Calligraphers
    Hood River, Oregon, March 2005
  • Guenda Traveling Exhibit, Ten International Women Artists
    Year long tour throughout Germany, 2004
  • Sitka Art Center Invitational,World Forestry Center,
    Portland, Oregon, September 2002
  • Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Garden Sculpture Exhibition
    Portland, Oregon, June 1998, July 2001
  • Maryhill Museum, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
    Goldendale, Washington, May through October 2000
  • Gardens of Art, Bellingham, Washington, Group Show
    April 1989, August 1995, June 1999
  • Museum of Art, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1984

Public Collections and Commissions

  • Arts Alliance Installation Large Monoprint Silk Hanging
    Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, October 2006
  • Public Art Competition Installation Just the Two of Us
    Beaverton, Oregon, 2005
  • Public Art Competition Installation The Generals
    Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2004, Private Purchase
  • Public Art Installation The Family
    Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2005
  • Tryon Creek State Park Installation The Light and Dark
    Portland, Oregon, 2003
  • West Linn Library Public Art Installation The Pursuit
    West Linn, Oregon, 2002
  • Oregon Education Association Headquarters Installation The Vision
    Tigard, Oregon, 2000
  • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Installation The Three Sisters
    Portland, Oregon, 1996
  • Provincetown Public Library Installation
    Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1988
  • Numerous Private Commissions

Grants, Scholarships and Awards

  • Mini Grant, Continuation of Word and Form Project
    Collaborative Art and Literature Project
    Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon, 2004
  • Americans for the Arts Public Arts Conference
    Portland, Oregon, 2003
  • Grant Award National Ceramics Educational Association
    San Diego, California, 2003 and Portland, Oregon, 2006
  • Word and Form Project Collaborative Art and Literature Project
    Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon, 2002 and 2003
  • Juried Competition Nuclear Visions
    Newport Art Center, Newport, Oregon, 1999
  • First Place Award Ceramic Sculpture
    Beaverton Arts Showcase, Beaverton, Oregon, 1997
  • Travel and Study Grant Sculpture and Religious Paintings of China and Tibet
    1992
  • Travel and Study Grant Sculpture and Ceramic Techniques
    Oaxaca, Mexico, 1990
  • Juried Competition Northwest Art, Architects and Engineers Award
    Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington, 1986
  • Public Sculpture Competition Massachusetts State Art Lottery
    Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1985
  • Artist-in-Residence Award Sculpture Department
    Millersville State College, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 1984
  • Full Scholarship Penland School of Crafts
    Penland, North Carolina, 1980
  • Two Year Apprenticeship Award Bronze Casting
    Johnson’s Atelier, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1979