SHARON GRADER
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Lynn Hanson Gallery, Synergy...a collaboration, Sharon & Bill Grader, Seattle, WA (November)
2018
The Gallery at Town Center, Lake Forest Park, WA (September)
Lynn Hanson Gallery, Words & Tides, Sharon & Bill Grader, Seattle, WA (May)
2016
Art Walk Edmonds, Edmonds, WA (September)
Art Walk Edmonds, Edmonds, WA (March)
Mountlake Terrace Library, Mountlake Terrace, WA (February)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Juried Invitational, Edmonds Waterfront Center, Women Painters of Washington, (July)
Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
Creative Paradigm, Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Camano Island, WA (March)
2021
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, 6x6NW Art Show (October)
Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
This is Me, Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, WA (September)
Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (August)
Art to Lift Our Hearts,Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, WA (June)
Spring Juried Show, Women Painters of Washington, Seattle, WA (April)
Winter 2021 Online Juried Show, Winslow Art Center, Winslow, WA (January)
2020
Present Tense, Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Camano Island, WA (March)
Capture the Moment, ERA Living at University House (February - June)
Outside In, Women Painters of Washington, Seattle, WA (January - March)
2019
Evergreen Hospital Show, Kirkland, WA (November - January)
Small Works, Women Painters of Washington, Seattle, WA (October - December)
Elemental Rhapsody, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA (September - November) Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show, Mountlake Terrace, WA (September)
Wax on Washington (WOW), Arts Festival Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June - August)
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
2018
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
2017
Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON 5th Annual Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
2016
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, 6x6NW Art Show
Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON 4th Annual Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show, Mountlake Terrace, WA (September)
Lynn Hanson Gallery, Taking a Leap, EDGE 2016 Graduation Exhibition, Featured Artist, Seattle, WA (June)
Parklane Gallery, Around the Block—Colors of Summer, Juried Show, Kirkland, WA
Shoreline Arts Festival, Shoreline, WA (June)
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
EDGE Professional Development Program Group Exhibition
Shack Art Center Juried Exhibit, Everett, WA (April)
2015
Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show, Mountlake Terrace, WA (September)
Shoreline Arts Festival, Shoreline, WA (June)
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
TEACHING & DEMONSTRATIONS
2022
Mark Making, Online Zoom Class, Seattle Co-Arts (April)
2021
Above Board, Paperbags and Cardboard, Online Zoom Class, Winslow Art Center
(September)
Mark Your Words 201, Asemic and Mark Making, Online Zoom class, Winslow Art Center (April)
Art Chat, Zoom Online Chat, Winslow Art Center (April)
Let’s Have Fun with Cardboard, Online Zoom Class, Cascadia Art Museum (April)
Studio Tour, Zoom Online tour, Winslow Art Center (March)
Technique Take Away, Mark Your Words 101, Mark Making, Online Zoom class, Winslow Art Center (March)
AWARDS
2021 Arts Council Staff Choice, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, 6x6NW Art Show
Shoreline, WA
2020 Honorable Mentioned Award, ERA Living at University House, Capture the Moment,
Seattle, WA
2018 ArtSpot, Paint a Series, Painter's Challenge, Display Award
2016 Arts Council Staff Choice, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, 6x6NW Art Show Shoreline, WA
2016 Creative Spirit Award, ArtSpot, Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
2008 How Magazine “Business-to Business” In-Howse Design Merit National Award
2008 FlexoTech International Print and Innovations Award, Gold Award, London, UK
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Current member, Women Painters of Washington (2019)
Current member, Edmonds Waterfront Center Art Committee (2019)
Current member, Seattle Co~Arts (2019)
Current member, Wax on Washington, Encaustics Group (2019)
Current Vice Chair, Citizens Oversight Panel, Sound Transit (2017)
Current member, Artist Trust (2016)
2018-2019 Citizens Advisory Committee Member, City of Edmonds Gateway Sign Project
2017-2018 Board Member, Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation
2016-2017 First Vice President, Edmonds Arts Festival
2013-2017 Director, Artist Booths, Edmonds Arts Festival
2013 Citizens Advisory Committee Member, City of Edmonds Cultural Plan Update
2012 Citizens Advisory Committee Member, City of Edmonds Hazel Miller Garden Design
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005-2014 Principal Technical Associate, Graphic Design, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Seattle, WA
EDUCATION
2016 EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists
1994 Graphic Design, Shoreline Community College
BILL GRADER
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Synergy…a collaboration, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA (November)
2017
Words & Tides, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA (May
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
2021
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, 6x6NW Art Show (October)
Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (August)
2019
Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
Arts of the Terrace, Juried Art Show, Mountlake Terrace, WA (September)
2018
Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Gallery, Edmonds, WA (June)
Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
Arts of the Terrace, Juried Art Show, Mountlake Terrace, WA (September)
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, 6x6NW Art Show (October)
2017
Lynn Hanson Gallery, ICON Juried Show, Seattle, WA (September)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Restoration projects for the City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Department at Seattle’s Japanese and Kubota Gardens. Includes bridges, signs, fences, arbors, tea houses, gates, and viewing platforms. Design of three custom homes on Bainbridge Island, and one custom home on Hood Canal.
AWARDS
1978 NW Con, First Place, Paintings
1976 Bellevue Art Fair, Honorable Mention, Non-professional Painting
EDUCATION
1975 BA Art, Seattle Pacific University