Serrah Russell
b.1986
serrah@serrahrussell.com

Education
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Photography, University of Washington, Seattle WA

Solo Exhibitions and Collaborations*
2011
(Upcoming)
OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle WA

(Upcoming) Gasping Breaths for Beating Hearts
Corridor Gallery, Seattle WA

(Upcoming) Vignettes with Julia Salamonik*
Vignettes Gallery, Seattle WA

2010
Glint of the Broken – Face Time
Fort Club, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle WA

Watching For Transport
Café Racer, Seattle WA

Time-Proof
Gallery 40, Seattle WA

As Bugs in Amber
The Palm Room, Seattle, WA

2009
Now and Eternally
Quiet Floor gallery, Highline Community College, Burien WA

Pining* - with Lindsey Schoneman
Skinny Gallery, Seattle WA

We were old: We are new
Parnassus Cafe and Gallery, Seattle WA

2008
Everything is sweet, Everything is tragic
Chocolati Cafe, Seattle WA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Gallery (206)
Seattle, WA

Postcards from the Edge
Visual Aids, New York, NY

2010
Vs the Matador - Gift Shop
SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

Femme Fatalle
1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

(un)wrapped
Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juried by Jen Graves, Sam Davidson, and Marita Dingus

Kirkland Artist Members Show
Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
Juried by Gunnar Nordstrom

10x10x10xTieton
Tieton WA
Juried by Ed Marquand, Gail Gibson and Greg Kucera

Breast
Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle WA

Air, Water, Fire (We Will Leave the Earth Behind)
NEPO House, Seattle WA

Home_page Project
NEPO House, Seattle WA

2009
The Critical Eye
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Juried by Robert Yoder

Photomedia Center’s 2009 Open Juried Exhibition
Bruce Gallery, Edinboro PA
Juried by LaToya Ruby Frazier

Big Ideas, Small Packages
Motherlode Group, Fort Wayne, IN

Normandy Parks Arts Festival – 1st Place Award in Photography –Normandy Park, WA
Juried by Rock Hushka and Esther Luttikhuizen

Staged – The Constructed Photograph
Gallery RFD, Swainsboro GA
Juried by Harvey Stein

Alter Ego
The Nave Gallery, Somerville MA

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition I – Photography + 3D4M
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA

2008
University of Washington Studio Art Program XIV
Campo Di Fiori Center, Rome Italy

Small and Flat
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Juried by Greg Bell

2006
Works on Paper
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Juried by Greg Bell

Bibliography
2011
Bricolage, Seattle WA, July 2011

2010
City Arts Magazine – Seattle, December
SMALLS, November 2010
Ghost, &Review, Portland OR, November
Gallery 40: Space as Medium, Art Dish, September
Dan Cameron, Seattle, and a Few Buildings, ARTslant – NEW YORK, July
Blanket Magazine – Cosmos, Isssue 22

2009
W.I.P. Magazine, Issue 6
CMYK magazine, Top 100 New Creatives Vol 45 Selected by Sarah Wilmer
Bricolage – University of Washington Literary and Arts Journal, Seattle WA

2007
Showcase Intermission, The Daily Newspaper, University of Washington, Seattle WA,

2005
The Arcturus, Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA

Professional Experience
2011 –Present
Founder and Curator of Violet Strays

2010
Artist Install Manager, Redux 2010, Kirkland Art Center
Betty Bowen Award Intern with Marisa Sanchez, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
Speaker for EDGE program, Re: Curation, Edmonds Community College, Edmonds WA
Artist Salon Participant, SAM Remix, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
2009
Satellite Exhibitions Manager, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
Artist Resource Intern, Artist Trust, Seattle WA
Gallery Intern, Cairo Gallery, Seattle WA – Curator of Our Family
Teaching Intern, Basic Photography (Honors), University of Washington, Seattle WA

2008
Visual Display Intern, Anthropologie, Seattle WA

Grants and Awards

2009- Harold and Sylvia Tacker Award