Born Turku Finland

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Ryan James Fine art, Kirkland. Washington
2017 Ryan James fine art, Kirkland. Washington
2015 Ryan James fine art, Kirkland. Washington
2013 Ryan James Gallery, Bellevue, Washington
2012 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2009 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2007 Nordic Heritage Museum, Ballard, Washington
2005 Kimsey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2004 Kimsey Miller Gallery
2003 Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington
2002 Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington
2001 Capolavori Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1994 Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
1993 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington and Sun Valley, Idaho
1992 Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1991 Augen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1989 Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1988 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
The American Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1987 Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
Augen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1986 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
The American Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is Washington
2018 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is, Washington
2018 Ryan James Gallery, Kirkland, Washington
2017 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is, Washington
2016 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is, Washington
2011 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is, Washington
2010 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is, Washington
2009 Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Is, Washington
American Art Company, Tacoma, Washington
2008 American Art Company, Tacoma, Washington
2004 Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2003 Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington
Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2000 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1999 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1997 Artword For Aids, Seattle, Washington
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Washington
1996 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington and Sun Valley, Idaho
1994 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1993 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Artwork for Aids, Seattle, Washington
1992 Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
1991 Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
1991 Artwork For Aids, Seattle, Washington

Awards and Honors
1994 Selected for Northwest Aids Artists and Aids Calendar
1989 Visual Arts award, Painting, Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts
1987 First Place, Painting, Washington Painting and Sculpture, Tacoma Art Museum
Curated by Howard Fox, curator at Los Angeles County Museum
1987 Selected for Anniversary Show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
curated by LaMar Harrington, Director Bellevue Art Museum
1986 Selected for Exhibition Series for Emerging Artists, Galveston Fine Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
1985 Best of Show Award, Northwest Juried Art Exhibition, Juror Mary Beebe, Curator of Art, University of California, San Diego
1983 Recipient of 2001 Cultural Grant for Painting
1977 Artists in The City Program, Seattle Arts Commission

Selected Private and Public Collections
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Arts Commission
Washington State Arts Commission
Bellevue Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum
Boeing Company
Perkins Coie, Seattle
Dellen Publishing, San Francisco, California
Seattle City Light
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington
Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle
Wyatt Stapper Architects, Seattle
Marvin Stein and Associates, Seattle
Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan, Seattle
Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis and Holman, Seattle
Ludwig and Fitch, Seattle
Arthur Anderson and Co., Seattle
Bumgardner Architectx, Seattle
Active Voice Corporation, Seattle
Hyatt Hotels, Deerfield, Illinois
Hillis, Clack, Martin and Peterson, Seattle
Abjk Engineers, Seattle
Leimer/Cross Design, Seattle
Stanley Simson, Inc. Seattle
Talmadge and Cutler, Seattle
Roosevelt Hotel, Seattle
Lampria Restuarant, Seattle
Belltown Billiards, Seattle

Selected Publications
Art in America, September, 1986
Bellevue Journal American, September 1986
Mary Kelley: Magnolia artist reflects on color and light in nature.
Magnolia News, September 17th, 1986
Reflex, July, 1988
Seattle Times, Drawing is the lifeblood of art, April 16th, 1991
Seattle Times, March 20th, 1988
Seattle Weekly, October/December, 1992

Cover painting for:
Topic in Contemporary Mathematics, Macmillan Publishing
Tacoma News Tribune, May 30th, 1988
Tacoma News Tribune, February 22nd, 1987
Tacoma News Tribune, June 22nd, 1986.