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Frehse
Becky Frehse, Visual Artist and Arts Educator
E-mail: abqa64@r.postjobfree.com
M.F.A. Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. 1984
B.F.A. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. 1980
Magna cum Laude, Painting and Drawing
ONE PERSON SHOWS
2012 Making Music, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
2010 Learning to Read Music, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington
2010 Adaptations, Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
sponsored in part by a Tacoma Artists Initiative Project (TAIP) grant
2008 Collected Stories, Pierce College Gallery, Steilacoom, Washington
2008 Like the Edges of Water, Cafe Trios, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2007 Mixed Media Mostly, University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
2006 Scroll Down; The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington)
2005 New Work; The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2001 Small Scrutinies; mixed media collages,The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
1999 Field Notes, mixed media collage-installation at the Sam and Nathalie Brown
Center for the Visual Arts at Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, Washington
1996 These Eight Became My Children; acrylic and prismacolor portraits at Charles
Wright Academy, Tacoma, Washington
1994 Being Translated, Commencement Gallery-Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, Washington
1987 My Tunisia; the University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
1985 Collected Stories; one-person exhibit at the Women s Cultural Center, University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1984 Recent Drawings, Art Gallery at Tarrant County Jr. College, Fort Worth, Texas
1984 Mortal Landscapes, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central
Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington.
TWO-PERSON and GROUP SHOWS
2012 ReConfigured- Collaboration with Jane Kelsey-Mapel at Gallery 301, Tacoma, Washington
2012 ReConfigured A Collaboration with Jane Kelsey-Mapel at Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington
2011 Women With Passports, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington
2010 Mighty Tacoma, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
2010 present: Artist-Member of Gallery 110, Cooperative Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Shows included: New Members, Returning Members, Literary, Food for the Soul, WSCTC-2nd floor north
hallways, Women With Passports, White, Boxism
2010 Crossroads and Connections, Central Washington University Alumi Exhibit, Gallery One,
Ellensburg, Washington
2010 Literary, Gallery 110 Co-operative Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2009- The Seven Deadly Sins, Gallery 301, Tacoma, Washington (Curated)
2009 Feminist Art Exhibit, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, Washington. (Juried)
2008-2009 Member of Grand Impromptu Co-operative Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2007 Yangzhou Art Gallery, Yangzhou, China with the Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA
2006 Larson Gallery 34th Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA
*Award-Honorable Mention Juried by Alan Berner, Seattle, Washington
2004 Northwest Biennial: BuildingWise, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Juried by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
2003 O Human Child, installation with Louise Williams for Window Dressing in F.W. Woolworth Windows,
Tacoma, WA. Sponsored by the Tacoma Arts Commission.
2003 Collected Stories, collaboration with Louise Williams, The Sandpiper Gallery,Tacoma, Washington
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2002 East West Horizons, four artists influenced by Asia The Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 Larson Gallery 29th Annual Photo Exhibition, Yakima Valley Community College,Yakima, Washington
Juried by Herb Blissard and Drex Brooks.
*Award of Excellence.
1998 Five Landscape Artists, The University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
1997 Beijing and Beyond, ARTSpace Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996-97 Beijing and Beyond, National Touring Exhibit with Women s Caucus for Art-United States
1995 Tell Me a Story, Women s Caucus for Art Exhibit at the 4th United Nations NGO Forum on Women,
Huairou, People s Republic of China
1995 Tacoma Now, Penelope Loucas Gallery, Tacoma, Washington (Curated)
1995 Becky Frehse and Elizabeth C. Otto; Continuous Spectrum Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1993 Going Far and Returning; a 2-person exhibit at The Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley College,
Yakima, Washington
1993 Chinese Perspectives; University Gallery at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma Washington
1993 Old Friends-New Voices; Tacoma Little Theater Gallery, Tacoma, W ashington
curated by Penelope Loucas
1993 Reconstructing Identity; Seattle Women s Caucus for Art National Conference,
Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
1990 Washington State Art Faculty Invitational; the Esvelt Gallery at Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington
1987 & 1988 Northwest Women in the Arts Invitational Exhibition, University Gallery,
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
1987 Cats, Tacoma Art Museum s ArtWorks-children s interactive space, Tacoma, Washington
1986-92 Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University,
Tacoma, Washington
1984 29th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition, The Larson Gallery at Yakima Community College,
Yakima, Washington Juried. *Pioneer Back Award
1985 Pacific Northwest Figure Drawing Competition; the Visual Arts Center of
Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska. Juror: Alfred Leslie
1984 Kansas Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Wichita Art Association. Wichita, Kansas .
Juror: Albert Handell
1983 First Alcoa/Gallery 76 Exhibition, Gallery 76, Wentachee Valley Community College, Wenatchee,
Washington. Juried. *First Prize Award
AWARDS and HONORS
Grant Recipient, Tacoma Artists Initiative Project (TAIP Award), 2009/2010
The Annual KAthe Kollwitz Award The Northwest Women s Caucus for Art, 2004
Excellence in Photography Award, 2001, The Larson Gallery 29th Annual Photo
Exhibition.YakimaValley Community College, Yakima, Washington. Juried by Herb Blissard
and Drex Brooks.
1995 Artist Trust GAP Grant for Personal Journals project at the NGO Women s
Forum in Huairou, People s Republic of China.
First Prize Alcoa/Gallery 76 Exhibition, 1984; First Prize and Honorable Mention, 1983 Annual Exhibition of the
Community Art Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Excellence in Painting to a B.F.A. candidate at Arizona State University, May, 1980.
COLLECTIONS
Pierce County Permanent Collection, Tacoma, Washington
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Washington
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Private Collections in U.S.A., Canada, Italy, Norway, Switzerland
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007-present Adjunct Professor/Art, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
2009-2011 Adjunct Professor/Art Education, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
2001-2009 Artist in Residence and Teacher Trainer ; Washington State Arts Commission
2000-2005 Teaching Artist-Mentor; Arts Impact in Education, PS-ESD Fife, Washington
2002-2003 Teaching Artist- Mentor; Arts Education Tacoma Public School Dist. #10-
Community Consortia Project
2001-2003 Art Instructor; Life Drawing, Summer Sessions- The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
1993-2004 Guest Lecturer-Integrated Arts for Classroom Teachers; Pacific Lutheran University
1995-2000 Art Instructor; Middle and Upper School, Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA
2000-2001 Art Instructor; Art After School Program, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1986-1993 Artist In Residence & Lecturer; Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. WA.
1985-1986 Peace Corps Volunteer, Special Education, Tunisia.
1984-1985 Artist-In-Residence, Washington State Arts Commission.
1982 1984 Graduate Teaching Assistant; Drawing and Art Appreciation, Art Dept. Central Washington
University, Ellensburg, Washington.
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