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Geraldine Ondrizek

Professor of Art, Emeritus Reed Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ
3203 SE Woodstock
Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
ondrizeg@reed.edu

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Education

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

Professional Experience

  • 1994-2025
    • Professor of Art, Reed Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ, Portland, Oregon

Selected Exhibitions (Solo*)

  • 2027-2028
    • BECOMING YOU, A JOURNEY FROM A SINGLE CELL ¤¢¤Ê¤¿¤Ë¤Ê¤ë¤Þ¤Ç ¤Ò¤È¤Ä¤Î¼š°û¤«¤é¤ÎÎïÕZ, Tokai University School of Medicine, Hachioji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.*
  • 2026
    • Becoming You, A Journey From A Single Cell ¤¢¤Ê¤¿¤Ë¤Ê¤ë¤Þ¤Ç: , Palazzo Mora, European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy.*
  • 2024
    • Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia, Public Arts, Chicago, Illinois.
  • 2023
    • Germination/Gestation, Bio Art Studio Residency, The School of Visual Art, New York.*
    • Dis/Belief: skeptical realities and the power of interrogating assumptions, The Morland Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky.
    • Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, 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.
  • 2021
    • Chromosome 2, Genes Controlling Our Proteins, A public art commission for WVU Cancer Institute, Berkeley Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia.
    • 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, Roseburg, Oregon; Disjecta, Portland, Oregon; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon.
  • 2019
    • Chromosome 1-11, Sanofi ¨CGenzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, Universidad Catolica de la Sant¨ªsima Concepci¨®n, CIBAS,?Chile.
  • 2018
    • Quartett, Lex Experimental Art and Literature, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • 2017
    • Geraldine Ondrizek, Chromosome Painting Edition II and Gene Chips, BAM, The Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.*
  • 2016
    • 9e2 Nine More Evenings - Fifty More Years, King Street Station, Seattle, Washington.
    • The Origins of Bio Metric Data, Cornish Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ, Presidents Gallery, Seattle, Washington.*
    • Tracing Genetic Inheritance: Recent Work By Geraldine Ondrizek, Evergreen Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ Gallery, Olympia, Washington.*
    • Technology And The Evolution Of The Artist¡¯s Book, The Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, England.
    • 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.*
    • Exo Global, ZKM | Center for Media, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.
    • Sculpture in Two Dimensions, The Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia.
    • 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.*
  • 2013-2014
    • Inner Space Global Matters, University of Houston, NASA at the Johnson Space, Florida International University, Miami Urban Studios Gallery, Miami, Florida.*
    • Screening of Cellular, Fourth Annual Feminist Art History Conference, American University and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
  • 2012
    • Chromosome Painting, and works from 2009-12, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, Washington.*
    • Case Study, the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
  • 2011
    • Cellular, Sound Wall and Case Study, Portland Art Museum Apex Award Exhibition, Portland, Oregon.*
    • Chromosome 17, Commission for The University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Medical Genetics, Seattle, Washington.
  • 2010
    • Mind and Matter: Technology, Science, Nature and Culture, Shelton Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • 2009
    • Sounds of Cells Dividing, The Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.*
    • Book Ends, Pyramid Atlantic, Alexandria, Virginia.
  • 2008
    • Sound Wall, CAMAC Art Center, Marnay Sur Seine, France.*
    • DNA Fingerprints, The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Illinois.*
    • The Mattress Factory 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 2007
    • Geraldine Ondrizek: M 168/ Repairing RNA, Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ, Walla Walla, Washington.*
  • 2006
    • M168: Tracing the Y Chromosome, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.*
    • DNA Fingerprints, Portland Building, Portland, Oregon.*
  • 2005
    • Repairing RNA, Mooney Exhibition Center, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.*
  • 2004
    • Repairing RNA, The Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon.*
  • 2003
    • RNA, DNA, Gasworks, London, England.*

Public Art Commissions

  • 2021
    • Chromosome 2, Genes Controlling Our Proteins, A public art commission for WVU Cancer Institute, Berkeley Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia.
  • 2019
    • Chromosome 1-11, Sanofi ¨CGenzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • 2012
    • Case Study, the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
  • 2011
    • Chromosome 17, Commission for The University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Medical Genetics, Seattle, Washington.

Books/Catalogs

  • 2026
    • Convergence, Personal Structures, Lucia Pendrana, Venice, Italy: The European Cultural Center.
    • Multiple and One: Writing Queer Global Art Histories, Alpesh Kantilal Patel, England: Manchester University Press.
  • 2025
    • Becoming You, A Journey From A Single Cell ¤¢¤Ê¤¿¤Ë¤Ê¤ë¤Þ¤Ç ¤Ò¤È¤Ä¤Î¼š°û¤«¤é¤ÎÎïÕZ, Author: Dr. Shizuko Takahashi ¡¯95 M.D. Ph.D.; Illustrations: Geraldine Ondrizek, Tokyo, Japan: FUSOSHA Publishing Inc, Fuji Media.
    • SOILS TURN: A Field Guide to Artistic Earthly Engagements, Alexandra R. Toland and Patricia L. Watts,, Weimar, Germany: Eco Art Space and Bauhaus Universit?t.
  • 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¨C 2017, Grace Cook Anderson and Bonnie Lange Malcolmson, Northwest Curators of Art, The Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
  • 2018
    • Art Lex Encyclopedia for Literature and Art, Edited and assembled by Gerhild Ebel / Cover and box fabrication Helmut L?hr, 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.
  • 2015
    • Cover Design: Eugenic Nation, Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America, Dr. Alexander Stern, University of California Press.
    • 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.
  • 2007
    • M168 Works by Geraldine Ondrizek, Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ, Walla Walla, Washington.
  • 1997
    • Libri, with an essay by Patricia Failing, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ, Portland, Oregon.
  • 1990
    • Mattress Factory: Installation and Performance, 1982¨C1989, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

  • 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.
  • Bryan, Staint. "Brush with Lynch Syndrome," Evening Magazine, King 5 Seattle, Aired June 27, 2012.
  • 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.
  • Flannery, Maura. "Repairing RNA," Surface Design, Summer 2008.
  • Jurecic, Ann. "The Art of Medicine, Life Writing in the Genomic New Age," Lancet Medical Journal, London, March 2014.
  • LaFond, Clare. "Chromosome Painting: Discovering Beauty in DNA," UW Today, June 28, 2012.
  • Motley, John. "Geraldine Ondrizek at Portland Art Museum," The Oregonian, February 2011.
  • Radon, Lisa. "APEX: Geraldine Ondrizek at the Portland Art Museum," art ltd., May 2011.
  • Roberts, Prudence. "DNA at the Portland Building," Artweek, May 2006.

Awards and Residencies

  • 2026
    • Pollinator, International Platform
  • 2025-26
    • The Ford Family Foundation Exhibition Support
  • 1995-24
    • Stillman Drake Fund for Faculty Research, Reed Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ
    • Dean’s Summer Research Grant, Reed Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ
  • 2023
    • The School of Visual Art, Bio Art Residency, New York
  • 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 Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØs; 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, Germany
    • The Max Plank Archive, Berlin, Germany
  • 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
  • 2011
    • The Oregon Arts Commission and The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant Portland Art Museum Apex Award and Exhibition
  • 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
  • 2003
    • Artist in Residence
      Gasworks, London, England
  • 2002
    • Darat al Funun UNESCO International Artist in Residency Program, Amman, Jordan (Declined) Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall Artist in Residence, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
  • 1998
    • Artist in Residence
      Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
  • 1990-1992
    • The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
      Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
  • 1989
    • The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Collections

    • 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 Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ
    • University of Washington Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics
    • Lafayette Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµÏÂÔØ
    • 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