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Selected Public and Private Commissions

Los Angeles County Department of Coroner,  Los Angeles, CA 

Cumulus Facta  (Accumulation of Deeds),  East County Courthouse, Rockwood, OR  (2011-2012)

Paene Insula,  Ilwaco Middle/High School.  Ilwaco, WA  (2009-2010)

Letter Cloud,  Wing Luke Museum,  Seattle, WA  (2007-2008)  Collaborator: Susie Kozawa, sound artist. 

Echoing Home,  Wing Luke Museum,  Seattle, WA  (2007-2008)  Collaborator: Susie Kozawa, sound artist.

Clearing,  SeattleTacoma International Airport,  Seattle, WA  (2002-2004)  

Umidori,  Private yacht   (2003)  

Puyallup Public Library,  Puyallup, WA  (2001-2002)  

Light Pylons, Tacoma Dome Area Streetscape Improvements,  Tacoma, WA  (2000)

Portolani (Pilot Book),  Bainbridge  Island City Hall,  Bainbridge Island, WA  (1999-2000)  

Heartstring,  Harborview Medical Center,  Seattle, WA  (1998) 

Temple of Music,  Seattle Symphony Hall Transit Tunnel Entrance,  Seattle, WA  (1995-1998)


Installations / Solo Exhibitions

1999    Salt:  a distant hunger.   Mixed media installation. Bellevue Art Museum.  Bellevue, WA

1999    Intimate Topography.  Mixed media installation.  Here and There Exhibition.  CoCA.  Seattle, WA 

1996    Salt:  a distant hunger.  Mixed media  installation.  King County Art Gallery.  Seattle, WA

1996    Hand Held.  Collaborative installation with Ruth Marie Tomlinson.  Seafirst Gallery.  Seattle, WA 

1995    Longing.  Mixed media installation.  Sense of Place Exhibition.  Pauahi Gallery.  Honolulu, HI

1995    Reading with a Fawnlike Elephant. Collaboration with Ruth Marie Tomlinson.  Bellevue Art Museum. 

1994    Object Not Sighted.  Collaboration w/Ruth Marie Tomlinson. Green River Comm College. Auburn, WA

1992    Utsuroi.  Mixed media installation.  Security Pacific Gallery.  Seattle, WA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2013    Matchbox Plus IX. Cedar Street Galleries.  Honolulu, HI

2008    HotHouse – Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook.  Reading Public Museum.  Reading, PA

2007    HotHouse – Redefining Fiber at Cranbrook 1970-2007.  Cranbrook Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, MI

2006    Arts Parts.  Gallery4Culture.  Seattle, WA

             8.5x5.5x7256.  Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Design.  Ann Arbor, MI

2001    Kustom Purse.  Kuhlman.  Seattle, WA

            Debashery.  Henry Art Gallery.  Seattle, WA

2000    Millenium Art Project.  Seattle Center.  Seattle, WA

            East of Eden.  Henry Art Gallery.  Seattle, WA

1999    Within.  ArtSpace Gallery.  Seattle, WA

            Art 2 Go.  Henry Art Gallery.  Seattle, WA

1998    A Celebration of Women.  A Women’s Gallery.  Seattle, WA

1997    More Than Words Can Say.  Soil Gallery.  Seattle, WA

             Five Artists / Five Works.  The Contemporary Museum.  Honolulu, HI

            Alterations: Relationship Between Material and Memory.  El dorado Gallery.  Kansas City, MO

            Art Works for AIDS.  Seattle Center Pavilion.   Seattle, WA

1996    Beyond the Rock Garden.  Wing Luke Asian Museum.  Seattle, WA

1995    New Directions.  Hoffman Gallery.  Portland, OR

            West / Line / East / Space.  Textile Arts Centre.  Chicago, IL

            Pacific Northwest Annual.  Bellevue Art Museum.  Bellevue, WA

            Northwest International Art Competition.  Whatcom Museum of Art.  Bellingham, WA

1994    Pacific Northwest Annual.  Bellevue Art Museum.  Bellevue, WA

            Fiber Exhibition.  Curated by Yvonne Banks.  Gateway Tower.  Seattle, WA

1993    Summer Exhibition.  Cranbrook Art Museum,  Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Degree Show II.  Cranbrook Art Museum,  Bloomfield Hills, MI

            Cranbrook Fiber at University of the Arts.  University of the Arts.  Philadelphia, PA

            The Body of Work.  Pontiac Center for Creative Arts.  Pontiac, MI                      

1992    Paper/Fiber XV.  The Arts Center.  Iowa City, IA 

            Michigan Fine Arts Competition.  Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association.  Birmingham, MI

1991    Perspectives from the Rim - the Next Generation.  Jacob Lawrence Gallery.  Univ of WA. Seattle, WA

            Northwest International Art Competition.  Whatcom Museum of Art.  Bellingham, WA

            Fiber Invitational.  Parnasus Gallery.  Seattle, WA

            Group Show.  Art Center Gallery,  Seattle Pacific University,  Seattle, WA

1990    Octagon Annual.  Octagon Center for the Arts.  Ames, IA


Art Planning / Curating / Consulting

2012-present Public Art Consultant.  Honolulu, HI

2008-2009    Los Angeles County Department of Coroner. Design Team Artist.  Los Angeles County Arts Commission

1999-2000     Tacoma Dome Area Streetscape Improvements.  Arts Planner and Design Team Artist.

                           Cascade Design Collaborative for Pierce County Transit.  Tacoma, WA

1999                 Co-curator and grant writer.  Here and There,  Center on Contemporary Art,  Seattle, WA. 

1998-1999       Bainbridge  Island City Hall. Design Team Artist.   Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council. 

                            Bainbridge Island, WA

1995-1996       Benaroya Hall.  Design Team Artist.  Seattle Arts Commission.  Seattle, WA


Architecture

Erin Shie Palmer is an artist and licensed architect.  Her background in architecture, textiles, and theatre design combine in her explorations of space and objects in public artworks ranging from intimate to architectural scale.


Education

MFA   Cranbrook Academy of Art

MArch   University of Michigan

BS Arch  University of Michigan


Awards/Honors

2008    Jack Straw Artist Support Program  (collaborative project with Susie Kozawa, sound artist)

2000    Artist Trust GAP Grant

1999    King County Arts Commission Special Projects Grant  (collaborative project with AC Peterson)

1998    King County Arts Commission Special Projects Grant

1996    Artist Trust GAP Grant

1995    King County Arts Commission Special Projects Grant

1994    Allied Arts Foundation Grant

1994    Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant

1994    Pacific Northwest Annual Award

1992    Jack Lenor Larsen Scholarship

1992    Michigan Fine Arts Competition Award

1991    Perspectives from the Rim - the Next Generation.  Award

1990    Octagon Annual.  Best of Paper-as-Medium

1989    Commercial Real Estate Women Educational Research Grant

1987    Artists' Housing National Design Competition Award

1986    American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Austin Hall Renovation

            American Stone Institute Award for Austin Hall Renovation

            American Woodworking Institute Award for Austin Hall Renovation

1983    Massachusetts Energy Efficient Home Design Competition Award

 

Selected Publications   

Andrews, Pat.  “‘Pilot Book’ Plots City Hall Course.”  Bainbridge Island Review.  September 4, 1999.

Anderson, Grace.  "Salomon Center for Teaching-Brown University."  Architectural Record.  August 1990.

“Austin Hall Renovation - Harvard Law School.”  Design Solutions.  Spring  1986.

Berson, Misha.  "The Tempest."  Seattle Times.  November 10, 1993.

Best, Sherry L.  “Where This Becomes That.”  The Pitch Weekly.  May 29, 1997.

Boylan, John.  "Bellevue Art Museum:  Plenty of Latitude."  Reflex.  October/November 1995.

Brown, Betty J.  "Perspectives from the Rim."  FiberArts.  January/February 1992.

Conner, Jill.  “Land/Use/Action.”  Art Access.  July/August 1999

Crosbie, Michael J.  "Austin Hall Renovation - Harvard Law School"  Architecture.  November 1986.

Culture Now:  "Cumulus Facta"  2012

DeVuono, Frances.  “‘Here and There’ at CoCA.”  Artweek.  September 1999.

Goodnow, Cecelia.  "Kids - Book Artists Get Their Due."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer.  December 16, 1994.

Goss, Lee.  "Great Books."  Eastside Week.  January 4, 1995.  

Grant, Adriana.  “Letters Aloud: Susie Kozawa and Erin Shie Palmer at Wing Luke.”  Seattle Weekly.  March 3, 2009.

Hackett, Regina.  “1999 Northwest Annual: a Very Good Year at Bellevue Museum.”  Seattle P-I.  July 12, 1999. 

Hushka, Rock.  “When Our Protection Poisons Us.”  FiberArts.  Summer 1998.

Kangas, Matthew.  “Trying to Get a Handle on Public Art.”  Seattle Times.  November 17, 2006.

Keely, Pam. "Ruth Marie Tomlinson and Erin Shie Palmer at Green River Community College" Visions. Winter 1994

Klemic, Mary.  "Michigan Fine Arts Competition."  Birmingham Eccentric.  April 9, 1992.

Kofoed, Kristian F.  “Art for Our Sake.”  Seattle Weekly.  September 24, 1998.

Margeson, Doug.  "Illustrious Art."  Journal American.  December 9, 1994.

Melkisethian, Angela.  “Public Art Projects in the Seattle Region.”  Sculpture.  December 2004.

Michigan Burn Center.  National Institute for Burn Medicine.  1980.

Miro, Marsha.  "Michigan Fine Arts Competition."  Detroit Free Press/News.  April 5, 1992.

Palmer, Erin Shie.  "Art and the Urban Fabric."  Reflex.  December 1995/January 1996.

Rose, Joan.  "A 'Sense of Place' in Downtown Honolulu."  Honolulu Advertiser.  September 3, 1995.

Rose, Joan.  "Artists Transform the Invisible into Visual Form."  Honolulu Advertiser.  March 2, 1997.

Rothstein, Edward. “Seattle Asian Museum Move Around the Corner & Into Its Identity” New York Times June1, 2008

“Seattle Public Commissions.”  Artweek.  January 1996.

Staackmann, Gloria.  "Summer Update"  Artbeat.   Fall 1995.

Talley, Charles.  "Reunion at Cranbrook."  American Craft.  October/November 1992.

Thorson, Alice.  “Patterns, Prints, Fabrications.”  Kansas City Star.  May 30, 1997.

Tue, Adrianne Grant.  "I Saw This: Letter Aloud.  Susie Kozawa and Erin Shie Palmer at Wing Luke."  Seattle Weekly. March 3, 2009.

Updike, Robin.  “An Artist’s Symphony of Images.”  Seattle Times.  September 15,1998.

Updike, Robin.  “Here, There and Everywhere.”  Seattle Times.  July 1, 1999.

Updike, Robin.  "No 'Men at Work'."  Seattle Times.  June 6, 1996.

Wilner, Lucy.  "Walking the Line."  Reflex.  October/November 1994.


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