b. 1981 San Francisco, CA
Lives and works in Portland, OR
Education
2015 MFA in Craft, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Award of Distinction
2006 Post Baccalaureate Metals Concentration. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2004 BA in Studio Art, Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Cum Laude, Distinction in Studio Art
Exhibitions
2022 Smart Objects/Flattened Images, Well Well Projects, Portland, OR (group. c Kelda Van Patten)
On The Verge of Recognition, Well Well Projects, Portland, OR (group. c Kelda Van Patten, Jeremy Le Grand)
Art First Artists' Auction, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
GLEAN 10yr Retrospective, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR (group)
GLEAN Residency Showcase, Maddox Building, Portland, OR (group)
2021 2021 OCAC Bienniale. Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR. (Juried by Ashley Stull Meyers)
Lane Departure. Clark College Faculty Biennial, Vancouver, WA
Cloth Topographies. Albina Press, Portland, OR (c. Emily Wise)
Disjecta's 14th Annual Art Auction, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2020 Domestic Landscapes, Parrish Gallery, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR (c. Carissa Burkett)
Falsework, Nine Gallery, Portland, OR (Solo)
2019 On The Tip of My Tongue, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR (group, c Katherine Spinella and Kristin Hough)
Disjecta's 13th Annual Art Auction, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Art Faculty Show, Helzer Gallery, PCC Rock Creek, Portland, OR
Sublime Banality, Here/There Gallery, Portland, OR (group)
2018 Disjecta's 12th Annual Art Auction, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Art Faculty Show, Helzer Gallery, PCC Rock Creek, Portland, OR
The Things We Sit On, Furthermore, Portland, OR (group)
Can Touch This, Paragon Gallery, PCC Cascade, Portland, OR (group, c. Dominic Amorin)
Heat of the Moment, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA (group, juried by Adam Miller)
Artphemisms. Dakota Art Gallery, Bellingham, WA. (group, c. Lee Plested)
Antithesis, OCAC Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR (group)
Shape Shifters. Nine Gallery, Portland, OR (group, c. Christine Clark)
Simple Moves, Helzer Gallery, PCC Rock Creek, Portland, OR (group, c. Prudence Roberts)
2017 OCAC Faculty Biennial, OCAC Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
Art Faculty Show, Helzer Gallery, PCC Rock Creek, Portland, OR
Disjecta's 11th Annual Art Auction, Disjecta, Portland, OR
At Hand, OCAC Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR. (invitational, two person)
2016 Disjecta’s 10th Annual Art Auction, Disjecta Gallery, Portland, OR.
Portland2016: A Biennial of Contemporary Art, Disjecta Gallery, Portland, OR. Curated by Michelle Grabner
Indices, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR. (Solo)
Re:Surface, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA. (Group)
2015 Juried Alumni Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Jurors: Ari Brice and Jeannine Shinoda
Cross Section, Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC), Portland, OR (invitational)
With/And, (MFA Exhibition). PDX Contemporary and Upfor Gallery, Portland, OR
Lasting Impressions. Surplus Space, Portland, OR (Group)
2014 Half Full. MFA 1st Year Show. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2013 Teapots, a Twenty Year Retrospective. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR (Invitational)
Bibliography
2022 Bader, Amy, “PCC instructor Colin Kippen creates art out of other people’s trash and scrap” PCC News, September 2022
2021 Bates, David, "Domestic Landscapes: Exploring the Residue of Lives Lived" OR Arts Watch, January 4, 2021
2020 Kemp, Courtney, “Indexing the Unwanted: A Conversation with Colin Kippen.” Drain Magazine. Volume 16:1 February, 2020.
2019 “Into the World of Art,” Interviewed by 5th Graders at River Grove Elementary in Lake Oswego, OR. May 22, 2019
“Sublime Banality at Here/There Gallery,” Try Harder PDX, February 15, 2019
2017 Studio Visit Radio Show. Interviewed by Abigail Susik. KFFP 90.3 FM Portland. August 6, 2017
Portland2016, Exhibition Catalog, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR, June 2017
2016-2017 Duplex Exhibition Catalog, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR, March 2017
2016 Johnson, Barry, "Responding to crisis: Artists will do what artists do," OR Arts Watch, November 17, 2016
Donoghue, Katy, “Curator of the 2016 Portland Biennial, Michelle Grabner,” Whitewall, August 25, 2016 (Photo)
Van Houten Maldonado, Devon, "Spectacular Geography and Studios in the Kitchen: Michelle Grabner on Curating the Portland Biennial, Hyperallergic, July 29, 2016 (Photo)
Cohen, Alina, "10 Picks from Portland2016," Interview Magazine, July 22, 2016
Indrisik, Scott, "Engaging the State: The Portland Biennial’s Sprawling Joys," Blouin Art Info, July 20, 2016
Stangel, Matt, "Portland2016: Disjecta goes gigantic," Oregon Artswatch, July 19, 2016
Sumpter, Helen, "The Biennial Questionnaire: Michelle Grabner," Art Review, July 13, 2016
Williams, Maxwell, "Punk Rock Spirit Gives the Sprawling Portland Biennial a Much-Needed Edge," Artnet, July 12, 2016.
Grants and Scholarships
2013 Commitment to Excellence. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2013 Graduate Teaching Assistantship. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Residencies
2021 GLEAN Artist Residency, Recology/Portland Metro/Cracked Pots, Portland, OR
2018 Bullseye Artist Residency, Bullseye Glass Factory, Portland, OR