Geraldine Ondrizek

• 1994
  • MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
• 1985
  • BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• 2006-2022
  • Professor of Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
• 1998-2006
  • Associate Professor of Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
• 1994-98
  • Assistant Professor of Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Current Projects

• 2023
  • Germination/Gestation, Bio Art Studio Residency, The School of Visual Art, New York .
• 2022-24
  • Curated, Transitions and Transformations: The Constant Flux of Our Personal Structures, featured in the exhibition, Personal Structures at the European Cultural Center during the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Italy.
• 2019-24
  • Becoming You, A book showing the process of human egg fertilization, gestation and genetic testing. Written by Shizuko Takahashi '95 M.D. Ph.D The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Ethics, Obstetrics and Gynecology with images by Geraldine Ondrizek, Professor of Art Reed College. Forthcoming, Shougakukan Publishers, Japan 2022.

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Commissions

• 2022
  • The First 100 Hours, Featured in the exhibition, Personal Structures at the European Cultural Center during the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Italy.
• 2019
  • Becoming You, A book showing the process of human egg fertilization, gestation and genetic testing. Written by Shizuko Takahashi '95 M.D. Ph.D The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Ethics, Obstetrics and Gynecology with images by Geraldine Ondrizek, Professor of Art Reed College. Forthcoming, Shougakukan Publishers, Japan 2022.
• 2017
  • Geraldine Ondrizek, Chromosome Painting Edition II and Gene Chips, BAM, The Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.
• 2016
  • The Origins of Bio Metric Data, Cornish College, Presidents Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
  • Tracing Genetic Inheritance: Recent Work By Geraldine Ondrizek, Evergreen College Gallery, Olympia, Washington.
  • Translocations, Cellular and Chromosome Painting, Musrara Mix Festival, Nassir School of Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel 2016, Jerusalem, Israel.
• 2015
  • Open Studio, Momentum AIR, Berlin, Germany.
  • Chromosome Painting Edition II, Fi2 Gallery ZGF Architects, Portland, Oregon.
• 2014
  • Shades of White, Artist Project Space, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
• 2013
  • Inner Space Global Matters, University of Houston, NASA at the Johnson Space, Florida International University, Miami Urban Studios Gallery, Miami, Florida.
• 2012
  • Chromosome Painting, and works from 2009-12, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, Washington.
• 2011
  • Cellular, Sound Wall and Case Study, Portland Art Museum Apex Award Exhibition, Portland, Oregon.
• 2009
  • Sounds of Cells Dividing, The Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
• 2008
  • Sound Wall, CAMAC Art Center, Marnay Sur Seine, France.
  • DNA Fingerprints, The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Illinois.
• 2007
  • Geraldine Ondrizek: M 168/ Repairing RNA, Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington .
• 2006
  • M168: Tracing the Y Chromosome, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.
  • DNA Fingerprints, Portland Building, Portland, Oregon.
• 2005
  • Repairing RNA, Mooney Exhibition Center, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.
• 2004
  • Repairing RNA, The Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
• 2003
  • RNA, DNA, Gasworks, London, England.
• 2002
  • Family Photos, Kunstseminar, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
• 2001
  • Recording Bird Songs, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
  • Stem Cells and Cellular Tissues, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
• 1999
  • Thin Sections, West Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Recent Work, Stem Cells and Cellular Tissues, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
• 1998
  • De Viscerum Structura, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
• 1997
  • Springs Eternal, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
  • Libri, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon.
  • Vera Icona, Frauenkirche, State Gallery for Contemporary Art, Erding, Germany.
  • Vera Icona, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana.
• 1996
  • Vera Icona, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California.
• 1995
  • Collectors Chamber, Art Gym, Marylhurst College [now Marylhurst University], Marylhurst, Oregon.
• 1994
  • Collectors Chamber, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
• 1989
  • Osage Orange and Sumac, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Three Forms, AIR Gallery, New York, New York.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2023
  • Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY.
  • Hand Me Down, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA.
• 2022-24
  • Curated, Transitions and Transformations: The Constant Flux of Our Personal Structures, featured in the exhibition, Personal Structures at the European Cultural Center during the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Italy.
• 2021
  • Unseen, form and concept Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• 2019-22
  • WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID, Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts, Salem, Oregon; Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseberg, Oregon; Disjecta, Portland, Oregon; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon.
• 2019
  • ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, Universidad Catolica de la Santísima Concepción, CIBAS, Chile, .
  • Bienal Concepción, Arte & Ciencia, Universidad Catolica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile.
• 2018
  • Quartett, Lex Experimental Art and Literature, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin Germany.
• 2017
  • Plant Cure a Collaborative project with The New York Academy of Medicine, curated by Madeline Rosenberg , Haber Space, New York, New York.
  • Natura Mathmatica, Central Booking, Haber Space, New York, New York .
• 2016
  • Quartet, Lex Experimental Art and Literature, Museum Schloss Burgk, Burgk, Germany.
  • 9e2 Nine More Evenings - Fifty More Years, King Street Station, Seattle, Washington.
  • Technology And The Evolution Of The Artist’s Book, The Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, England.
• 2015
  • Exo Global, ZKM | Center for Media, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • Sculpture in Two Dimensions, The College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, , Williamsburg, Virginia.
• 2013
  • Screening of Cellular, Fourth Annual Feminist Art History Conference, American University and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
• 2010
  • Mind and Matter: Technology, Science, Nature and Culture, Shelton Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska.
• 2009
  • Book Ends, Pyramid Atlantic, Alexandria, Virginia.
• 2008
  • The Mattress Factory 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Speaking In Codes, Form + Content Gallery, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• 2007
  • Fiber, Linfield Art Gallery, Linfield College, Linfield, Oregon.
• 2006
  • Body of Art: An Exhibition Exploring Biotechnology, Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Words to Live By, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, Washington.
  • 100% Centennial: Wall-to-Wall CFA, Miller Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, College of Fine Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 2005
  • AFFAIR at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, Oregon.
• 2004
  • Drawing Conclusions 2004, Museum of Fine Arts, Baltimore, Maryland.
• 2000
  • Anniversary Exhibition, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Triennial of Prints, Association Mouvement d’Art Contemporain, Chamalières, France.
• 1999
  • Portland Printmakers, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
• 1997
  • 1997 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. The exhibition traveled in Oregon to the Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland; University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene; Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem..
  • Group Exhibition, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Lifelines, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus,, Brookville, New York.

• 2023
  • Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York.
• 2022
  • Personal Structures, The European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy.
• 2021
  • The Biogenetic Gaze, Works by Geraldine Ondrizek: Jane Chin Davidson, The Ford Family Foundation.
• 2019
  • What Needs to Be Said, Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts: Diana Nawi.
  • APEX Exhibitions 2007– 2017, Grace Cook Anderson and Bonnie Lange Malcolmson, Northwest Curators of Art, The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
• 2018
  • Art Lex Encyclopedia for Literature and Art, Edited and assembled by Gerhild Ebel / Cover and box fabrication Helmut Löhr, Berlin & Halle, Germany.
• 2017
  • Quartett, Lex Experimental Art and Literature, Artist book, Published by the Ford Family Foundation and the University of Oregon, Berlin, Germany: Published by Gerhild Ebel.
  • Plant Cure a Collaborative project with The New York Academy of Medicine, curated by Madeline Rosenberg, Haber Space a Gallery for Art and Science, New York, New York.
• 2016
  • Natural Mathematica, curated by Madeline Rosenberg, Haber Space a Gallery for Art and Science, New York, New York.
  • Technology and Evolution of the Book, design by Anna Jones and Patrick Burnier, The Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, England.
• 2015
  • Cover Design: Eugenic Nation, Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America, Dr. Alexander Stern, University of California Press.
  • Twisted Data, curated by Madeline Rosenberg, Haber Space a Gallery for Art and Science, New York, New York.
  • Global Exo-Evolution, curated by Peter Weibel, ZKM | Center for Media, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.
• 2013
  • Inner Space Global Matter; Recording the Structures Within, Geraldine Ondrizek works from 2009-2012, with essays by curator and Art Historian, Jane Chin Davidson, and Art Historian Alpesh Patel.
• 2012
  • Chromosome Painting, and work from 2009-12, The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington.
• 2007
  • M168 Works by Geraldine Ondrizek, Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.
• 2006
  • Body of Art: An Exhibition Exploring Biotechnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts.
• 2000
  • Triennial of Prints 2000, Chamalières, France:  Association Mouvement d’Art Contemporain.
• 1998
  • Springs Eternal, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
• 1997
  • Libri, with an essay by Patricia Failing, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon.
  • The 1997 Oregon Biennial, with an essay by Kathryn Kanjo, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
• 1990
  • Mattress Factory: Installation and Performance, 1982–1989, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Points of View: A Survey of Women’s Art, Westminster College, Westminster, Pennsylvania.

• Allen, Lois. "M168 at OCAC," Artweek, November 2006.
• Bjornstand, Randi. "Opening the Gates An Artist’s Take On Infamous Racial Test Sheds Light On Prejudice," Eugene Register Guard, Thursday September 4, 2014.
• Boas, Pat. "Geraldine Ondrizek at Autzen Gallery," Artweek, February 2000.
• Bryan, Staint. "Brush with Lynch Syndrome," Evening Magazine , King 5 Seattle, Aired June 27, 2012.
• Calder, Jamie. "Geraldine Ondrizek: Profile of the Artist ," NEW CITY (Chicago), August 2008.
• Cantor, Allyn. "Obscured Elements," Preview (Seattle), February 2004.
• Cantor, Allyn. "The Sounds of Cells Dividing," Preview (Seattle), November 2009.
• Davidson, Jane Chin. "Geraldine Ondrizek: Chromosome Paintings," Surface Design, Spring 2013.
• Davidson, Jane Chin. "Microscopic Visions: Geraldine Ondrizek: Recording from the Structures With In," Art Historians of Southern California Symposium, "Somaesthetics", Chapman University, 2012.
• Davidson, Jane Chin. "The New Reproductive Power: Biogenetic Imagery and the Transformation of Nature/Culture," Annual Feminist Art History Conference, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, 2013.
• Diggs, Taye. "Geraldine Ondrizek at the International Museum of Surgical Science," Chicago Tribune, September 23, 2008.
• Ellertson, Karin. "A Sense of Awe," The Oregonian, July 21, 2000.
• Failing, Patricia. "City Focus: Portland Oregon, Necessity Is the Mother of Reinvention," Artweek, December 1997.
• Flannery, Maura. "Repairing RNA," Surface Design, Summer 2008.
• Flock, T.S.. "9e2 Brings Tech and Art Together Again," The Seattle Weekly, Seattle Washington, August 31, 201.
• Graves, Jenn. "Experimental Festival 9e2 Lands at the intersection of Art and Tech, Past and Future," The Stranger, Seattle, Washington, October 19, 2016.
• Gregg, Randy. "Out on a Limb, The Portland Art Museum Offers a Surprising View of the State's Best Art in the Oregon Biennial," The Oregonian, August 22, 1997.
• Haber, John. "Twisting Art and Math, Art Reviews in New York City," January 2016, http://www.haberarts.com/sciart5.htm.
• Harrison, Helen. ""Lifelines" at the Hilwood Art Museum," New York Times (Long Island Edition), December 7, 1997.
• Jackson, Grace. "Aural Art the Sounds of Cells Dividing," Cascadia Weekly (Bellingham), October 14, 2009.
• Johnson, Raymond. "The Secret Death of Plants," The Oregonian, September 12, 1997.
• Jurecic, Ann. "The Art of Medicine, Life Writing in the Genomic New Age," Lancet Medical Journal, London, March 2014.
• Kenton, Mary Jean. "Three New Installations," New Art Examiner, October 1989.
• LaFond, Clare. "Chromosome Painting: Discovering Beauty in DNA," UW Today, June 28, 2012.
• Lieberman, Amy. "Speaking in Code," City Pages (Minneapolis), April 23, 2008.
• Lotter, Rod. "Cell Exhibition Fuses Art and Science," Western Front, October 19, 2009.
• Motley, John. "Geraldine Ondrizek at Portland Art Museum," The Oregonian, February 2011.
• Motley, John. "Portland Public Art," Metroscape, Summer 2006.
• Radon, Lisa. "APEX: Geraldine Ondrizek at the Portland Art Museum," art ltd., May 2011.
• Raymond, John. "The 1997 Oregon Biennial, curated by Kathryn Kanjo, May be the Ultimate Reminder That Our Region's Artists Are Among Its Richest Teasures," Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, August 27,1997.
• Roberts, Prudence. "DNA at the Portland Building," Artweek, May 2006.
• Rosen, M. "Secret Histories / Twisted Data," CraveOnline, December 8, 2015.
• Ross, Terry. "Various Shades of Green," The Oregonian, May 9, 1995.
• Row, D.K.. "Geraldine Ondrizek M168," The Oregonian, September 22, 2006.
• Rubenstein, Doris. "Speaking in Code: Artworks Reflect Our Mystical DNA," The American Jewish World, May 16, 2008.
• Temple, Florian. "Geopferte Bäume und die wahren Ikonen," Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 3, 1997.
• Temple, Florian. "Frauenkirche als heiliger Hain," Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 28, 1997.
• Thakery, Amanda. "The Medicine Show, Interview with Geraldine Ondrizek, Professor of Art at Reed College and Patrica Olynk Professor of art at Washington University in St. Louis," Central Booking Magazine, November 2013.

• 2021-22
  • Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
    
  • The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant
    
  • Personal Structures, The European Cultural Center, Venice Italy
    
• 2018-19
  • US Embassy Santiago Chile Public Affairs Grant
    ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century
    Santiago, Chile
    
• 2018
  • USA Artist Award 2018, one of 500 American Artist Nominated
    
• 2016
  • Mellon Foundation, For the American Association of Liberal Art Colleges; Swathmore, Vasser, Reed, Grinnell, Oberlin
    Designing Curriculum and Exhibitions on Art and Science from 2016-2018
    
• 2015
  • Momentum The Global Platform for Time-Based-Art: Film/ Video, New Media, Performance and Sound Kunstquartier Bethanien, Marianplatz, Berlin
    
• 2014
  • The Hallie Ford Individual Artist Fellowship
    The Ford Family Foundation
    
• 2013
  • The Oregon Arts Commission and The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant
    
• 2012
  • NASA and the Houston Endowment, Exhibition Support
    
• 2009-10
  • Genetic Medicine Clinic Art Commission
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    
• 2008
  • CAMAC Art Center
    UNESCO International Artist in Residency Program Marnay sur Seine, France
    
• 2006
  • Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
    Salem, Oregon
    
• 2005
  • Project Artist, Regional Arts and Culture Council
    Portland, Oregon
    
• 2003
  • Artist in Residence
    Gasworks, London, England
    
• 1998
  • Artist in Residence
    Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
    
• 1995-22
  • Stillman-Drake Fund for Faculty Research
    Reed College, Portland, Oregon
    
  • Dean’s Summer Research Grant
    Reed College, Portland, Oregon
    

• 2023
  • The School of Visual Art, New York, New York
• 2022
  • The European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy
• 2021
  • Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon
  • University of Nevada School of Art, Reno, Nevada
• 2020
  • Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Art, Phoenix, Arizona
• 2019
  • Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
  • DXARTS, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
• 2018
  • ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, US Embassy Santiago Public Affairs Grant, Santiago, Chile.
  • Art and Science Residency and Lecture, Friday Harbor Marine Biology Research Station, Friday Harbor, Washington.
• 2017
  • Ecological Society of America, Presentation with Thesis student Leila Pyle, I'm a salmon: the role of Oncorhynchus spp. in storytelling and place-making the Pacific Northwest and implications in a changing climate. Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
  • BAM, The Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.
• 2016
  • The Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington.
  • Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington.
  • Evergreen College, Olympia, Washington.
• 2015
  • Oregon Health Science University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon.
  • Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington.
  • Open Studios, Geraldine Ondrizek’s work at the Max Plank Archive, Momentum The Global Platform for Time-Based-Art, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz, Berlin, Germany.
• 2014
  • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
  • Third International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2013
  • The International Conference on Art and Society, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.
  • Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.
• 2012
  • CalArts, Los Angeles, California.
  • The University of Houston, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
• 2011
  • The Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
  • Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
• 2010
  • Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium at the Shelton Museum, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
• 2009
  • University of Washington 50th Anniversary of Medical Genetics, Seattle, Washington.
  • Western Washington University Department of Art, Bellingham, Washington.
  • The Conference on Art and Society, Venice, Italy.
  • Goldsmith College, The University of London, London, England.
  • Royal College of Art, London, England.
• 2008
  • Columbia College of Art, Chicago, Illinois.
• 2007
  • Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.
• 2006
  • Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.
• 2005
  • College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.
• 2003
  • Hochschule für Kunst, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
  • Winchester School of Art, The University of South Hampton, England.

• • WVU Cancer Institute, Berkeley Medical Center
• • Sanofi-Genzyme
• • Johns Hopkins University
• • MIT, The Massachusetts institute of Technology
• • Florida International University
• • The Portland Art Museum
• • Reed College
• • University of Washington Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics
• • Lafayette College
• • Selected Private Collections: Dr. Robin Bennett, Nicola Stewart Cadenas, Jane Chin Davidson, Amelia Jones, The Lipkin Family, Dr. Arno Motulsky, Eric Payson, Diane Samuels and Henry Reise, The Trembley Family

• Emergent Art Space, an International Art Organization Hosting Exhibitions and Serving Young Artists World Wide.
  http://emergentartspace.org/about/

• Textile, The Journal for Cloth and Culture, Bloomsbury Group, London, England.

• 1994-Present

  • Professor of Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon. Work includes: Building the sculpture program including a wood, metal, glass and ceramic facility, starting a book arts program and setting up two letterpresses and book binding studio, curating and collection development for the Artist Book Collection.

• 1992-94
  • Graduate School Instructor, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
• 1990-92

  • Artist in Residence and Director of Residency Program, The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado.

• 1985-90
  • Art Instructor and Department Chair, The Winchester School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.