Kiki MacInnis

BIO

Born 1951 New Haven Connecticut
1953-66 Lived in Taiwan
1966 Moved to New Jersey
1970 Attended Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
1971 Apprenticed to Nakazato Taroemon master potter, Karatsu, Japan
1976 BFA Art History Beloit College, Wisconsin
1981 MFA Painting Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Moved from L.A. to Seattle
2001 Joined SOIL Artist Run Gallery, Seattle
2004 Began studying Chinese calligraphy
2004 Artist in Residence, Centrum, WA
2005 6 Week Residence in Shanghai
2008 Drawing Center Viewing Program NYC
2010 Joined Puget Sound Beekeepers Association

Selected Exhibition History:

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 SOIL in Residence at the Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
2010 "Then and Now" Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of WA, Seattle, WA
2010 A Contemporary Theatre Window Installations, Seattle, WA 2008 EXPO SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 "A Fine Line" Pratt Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007"More Dirt, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 "We are Nature" Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA
2006 "Soil at Aqua, Miami" Miami Beach, FLA
2006 "Coupling" CoCA, Seattle, WA
2005 "Soil Ten Year Retrospective," Seattle, WA
2004 "Masquerade," SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 "Flashpoint," SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 "The Painting Group Ten Year Anniversary Show," Phinney Ridge Community Center Gallery, Seattle WA
2003 "SOIL Collections and Creations," Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibit, Seattle, WA
2002 "Tiny Universe," SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 "SOIL does Houston," Houston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 "Switch," SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 "The Gun Show," SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Faculty Show, University of Puget Sound Kittridge Gallery, Tacoma WA
2001 "DrawingÑAn Intimate Dialog," SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 "Noodleworks Invitational Show", Noodleworks, Seattle, WA
1999 "Loaded," juried them show, Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 "Earth, Air, Fire, Water," Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
1996 "Self Portraits," Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
1994 "Artists in Residence," Gallery IV, Traction Ave., Los Angeles, CA
1983 "Ladies of the Night," Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Inaugural Show, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982 City Hall Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982 "New, Now Narrative," Cal. State University, Northridge, CA
1982 "Four From L.A.," University of San Diego Mandeville Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA

SOLO/ TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009 "MicroStories", SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 "Shorelines," Kirkland Art Center , Kirkland, WA
2002 "Hearts and Minds," King County Art Gallery, Seattle WA
1995 "Portraits," Workshop 3-D, Seattle, WA
1992 "Through the Surface Plane", Cal. State University Northridge, North Gallery, Northridge, CA1988
1992 "So Cal Landscapes," mixed media window installation, IXIZ, Beverly Hills, CA
1981 "Urban Landscapes," Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

2002 The Gun Show, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA