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Nine Lives Studio
www.nine-lives-studio.com

Ellen

Miffitt

Exhibition History:
2010 Exhibits
CCS Artist for March and April 2010, Catholic Community Services, Tacoma, WA
2010 Chair Affair at Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA

2009 Exhibits
Whimsical Sumi-e, Pediatric Ward, Harrison Hospital, BAC Rental Program, Bremerton, WA Environmental Art Exhibition, The Gallery - Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA
New Beginnings, WA State Dept. of Health, Tumwater, WA
The Velvet Show - Lowell Art Works, Everett, WA
Artist of the Month, BareFoot Studios, Tacoma, WA
8th Annual Rocky Mountain Art Show and Sale Wyoming Cares, Casper, WY
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
Metal Urge at TAP [Tacoma Art Place] Gallery, Tacoma, WA
5th Annual Colors of Compassion, Blowing Sands Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Fireplace Gallery, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
Artist of the Month, City Public Arts Advisory Committee, Woodinville, WA
Cannon Beach Arts Association Annual Miniature Exhibit, Cannon Beach, OR
Enso Center's Family Art Exhibit, Enso Center for International Arts, Redmond, WA
“Miniature Art Extravaganza VI: The Holiday Show” Gossamer Collective, Seattle, WA
Banned Book Exhibit 2009, Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA

2008
Poppin’ Pills Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Solo Exhibit, Edmonds Art Commission, Edmonds Public Library Gallery, Edmonds, WA
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
All Mixed Up, exPRESSIVE Arts Studio & Gallery, Everett, WA
EnviroHouse # 3, Tacoma EnviroHouse, Tacoma, WA
Equine Art 2008, The Horse…and a Whole Lot More, Washington Thoroughbred Association & Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
Circles in Square Holes, Arts West Gallery, West Seattle, WA
2008 Maritime Fest Juried Art Exhibit, Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
Apple Art, Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, Wenatchee, WA
Two Person Exhibit, Auburn City Hall Gallery, Auburn Arts Commission, Auburn, WA
One More Time! Recycled Art Show, Everett, WA
Episode 4 "Haste Management", Leave No Plastic Behind, Visage, Portland, OR
Holiday Small Works Show and Sale, C Gallery, Seattle, WA
Enso Center's Family Art Exhibit, Enso Center for International Arts, Redmond, WA 98053

2008 – Awards and Special Recognition
Minstrel, 3rd Place, Mixed Media, Equine Art 2008, The Horse…and a Whole Lot More, Washington Thoroughbred Association & Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
Panacea, Honorable Mention – Mixed Media, Fine Art Exhibit, Puyallup Fair, Puyallup, WA
2007
Surreal and Organic, Gallery at the Shoreline Center, Shoreline WA
Helen Norris 36th Annual Art Competition, Sidney Art Gallery, Pt Orchard, WA
PSSA Group Exhibit, Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, Federal Way, WA
Sumi-e Spring, Exhibiting Artists at Macy’s 6th floor Gallery, Seattle, WA
Puget Sound Sumi Artists Exhibit, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia WA
Cherry Blossom Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Brush and Ink, Capturing the Spirit, PSSA Exhibit, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle WA
Sumi Rhythms, PSSA Exhibit, Arts Council Show, Community Center, Mercer Island, WA
Convergence, EDGE Group Art Exhibit, Burien Arts Commission Gallery, Burien, WA

2007 - Special Exhibits
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
Around The World of Nests - The Gallery – Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA

2006 – Selected Exhibits
Maritime Fest Art Show, Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown PA
Capitol City Visual Arts Exhibit 2006, Side Door Studio, Olympia WA
Helen Norris Open Art Competition, Sidney Art Gallery, Pt Orchard, WA

2006 – Special Exhibits
Solo Exhibit – City of Lynnwood, Lynnwood Library Gallery, Lynwood WA
Comic Relief – The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Islan

2006 – Awards and Special Recognition:
Fine Art Exhibit, Puyallup Fair, Puyallup, WA
Fourth Place Miniature – Fall Equinox #2, Mixed Media Collage
Maritime Fest Art Show, Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
Honorable Mention – Crab Face Off, Mixed Media Painting
Thurston County Fair, Open Class Fine Arts Exhibit - Professional Level, Lacey WA
Second Place Mixed Media – Four Directions , South – Collage
Honorable Mention – Water Media – What Did You Say? - Sumi-e
Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program recipient, Seattle WA
Capitol City Visual Arts Exhibit 2006, Side Door Studio, Olympia WA
Honorable Mention – Veracity – Collage

2005 –Selected Exhibitions – Juried
6th International Open Juried Exhibition - First Frontier Collage Society, Austin TX
2005 Fine Art Show Puyallup Fair, Western WA Fair, Puyallup WA
Landscapes in Wood and Ink: Bonsai and Sumi-e Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Federal Way, WA
7th Annual Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA
12th Annual International Miniature Art Show 2005, West Wind Gallery, Casper WA
46th Annual Juried Show, Kitsap Arts & Crafts, Port Gamble, WA
9th Annual Sacred Art Exhibition, Box heart Gallery, Pittsburg PA
Edmonds Art Festival 2005 Juried Exhibit, Frances Anderson Cultural Center, Edmonds WA
PSSA Member Invitational at Kyoto International Cultural House, Kyoto Japan
Capitol City Visual Arts Exhibit, Side Door Gallery, Olympia WA
15th Annual Spring Art Show, Peninsula Art Association – Reed Library, Shelton WA
Helen Norris 35th Annual Art Competition Sidney Art Gallery, Pt Orchard, WA
Cherry Blossom Festival at Seattle Center, PSSA Group Exhibit, Seattle WA
36th Annual Associated Arts of Ocean Shore Fine Art Show, Ocean Shores, WA

2005 Special Exhibits:
Feature Artist, The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge IS, WA
Auburn City Hall Gallery, two person exhibit, Auburn WA
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, two person exhibit, Redmond, WA
White Dove Gallery, three person exhibit, Lakewood, WA
Arts Alive Gallery Feature Artist, Enumclaw, WA

2005 Awards and Special Recognition:
Feature Artist Arts Walk, The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge IS WA
2005 Thurston County Fair, Lacey WA Open Class Art – Professional Level
Miniature – Third Place –“Cosmic Dual Forces” – assemblage mixed media
Helen Norris 35th Annual Art Competition Sidney Art Gallery, Pt Orchard, WA
Watercolor - Honorable mention – “Bring it On” – sumi-e
Peninsula Art Association Spring Art Show 2004 – Shelton, WA
Watercolor/Gouache - First Place – “Out Crop Falls” – sumi-e and watercolor

2004- Juried
2nd National Restore America’s Estuaries Juried Conference Exhibit, WA State Convention Center, Seattle WA
Autumn in America, State of the Arts Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2004 Fish Follies, Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova AK
8th Annual Sacred Art Exhibit, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
11th Annual International Miniature Art Show 2004, West Wind Gallery, Casper WY
2004 Art at the Port Juried Art Show, Anacortes WA
WY Governor’s Invitational Wild Horse Art Show & Sale, juried, Sweetwater County Events Complex, Rock Springs, WY
Equine Art 2004, WA Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc/Emerald Downs, Auburn WA
It’s Raining Cats & Dogs, The Kotinsky Gallery, Pompton Lakes, NJ
Edmonds Arts Festival Gallery Exhibition, Anderson Center, Edmonds WA
Five County Juried Art Show, Olympia Art League, Art House Gallery, Olympia WA
Peninsula Art Association Spring Art Show 2004 – Shelton, WA
Celebration of the Arts National Juried Exhibition The Montpelier Center for Arts & Education, Montpelier, VA
Drawings from Women Virginia Commonwealth U, School of the Arts, Doha, Qatar
35th Annual Fine Arts Show, Associated Arts of Ocean Shores, Ocean Shores WA
2004 Small Works, Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
Puppy Love and Sex Kittens, How Original Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
Small, Smaller, Smallest - Rockaway Artists Alliance, Studio 6 Gallery, Fort Tilden NY
Faces of Woman 14th Annual National Exhibit The Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas NM Second Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Peninsula Art League, Gig Harbor, WA
It’s a Small World, Lankershim Art Gallery, N Hollywood CA
National Drawing 2004 The College of New Jersey, Dept of Art, Ewing NJ
ECACA National Juried Art Show 2004, Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood CO
Violence Against Women, Women Against Violence, N CA Women’s Caucus for Art & Domestic Violence Prevention Council, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco CA
Dishman Competition 2004, The Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont TX
3rd Annual Inter/National: Here & Abroad, Box Heart Expressions, Pittsburgh PA

2004- Invitational
15th Annual Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown PA
2004 Rocky Mountain Art Show and Auction, Wyoming CARES, Cheyenne WY
The State of the Arts Gallery, 500 Washington St. SE, Olympia

2004 Awards
Fine Art Show, 2004 The Puyallup Fair, Miniature – second Place “Revelation”, Puyallup WA
6th Annual Maritime Fest Art Show 2004, Honorable Mention, “Crab Flamenco”, Tacoma WA

Women In the Middle, Borders, Barriers, Intersections, an electronic exhibition of feminist art, in conjunction with the National Women's Studies Conference, Union Art Gallery, and Midwest Express Center, June, 2004.
Peninsula Art Association Spring Art Show 2004 – Shelton, WA : Pencil/Ink/Charcoal - Second Place – “Goldfish” & Watercolor/Gouache - Third Place – “The Way”
Best 2D Faces of Woman 14th Annual National Exhibit Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas NM


2003 – Juried
Snowflakes on My Tongue, How Original Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
28th Annual Exhibition & Benefit, Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Bellevue WA
Systematic, Cade Fine Art Center Gallery, AACC, Arnold MD
Sequim Arts 2003 Annual Juried Exhibition, Sequim WA
Violence Against Women, Women Against Violence, N CA Women’s Caucus for Art with Berkeley Domestic Violence Prevention Council – Nexus Gallery, Berkeley CA
Lost Mountain Juried Art Show, Sequim WA
2003 Fine Art Show Puyallup Fair, Puyallup WA
WY Governor’s Invitational Wild Horse Art Show & Sale, juried, Sweetwater County Events Complex, Rock Springs, WY
Equine Art 2003, WA Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc/Emerald Downs, Auburn WA
2003 Spring Art Show, Peninsula Art Association, Shelton, WA

2003 – Non-Juried
Autumn Ink, Mercer Island Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
10th Annual International Miniature Art Show West Wind Gallery-Casper WY
Magnolia Summer Festival Art Show 2003, Magnolia WA
Cherry Blossom Festival, Fisher Pavilion at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, PSSA
“Nature’s Journey” Handforth Gallery, Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, WA – PSSA
“Images of Spring” Amy Burnett Gallery Puget Sound Sumi Group Show, Bremerton WA

Awards 2003 and Special Recognition:
Sequim Arts 2003 Annual Juried Exhibition, juried, Award of Merit, “Mad Dash”, Sequim WA
Equine Art 2003, juried, Honorable Mention – “Moonlight Run” Mixed Media-WA Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc, & Emerald Downs, Auburn WA,
2003 Spring Art Show, juried, Painting Honorable Mention, “Frog’s Breakfast”, Peninsula Art Association, Shelton, WA
Invitation to Lt Governor’s Artist Registry, Olympia WA
Documentation of artwork & artist statement included in Women, Trauma & Visual Expression exhibition - October 17 - November 13, 2003 at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Special Collections:
Spokane Arts Commission – Per Cent for Art – Communications Building, Spokane WA
Regional Arts & Culture Council - Portable Works – Central City Concern – Art for 8 NW 8th -
232 NW Sixth Avenue Small Works, Portland, OR 97209
Avi, author, purchased at PSSA "Nature's Journey" Handforth Gallery, Tacoma Library, Tacoma WA

Related Experience:
Related Experience:
Artist Member on the Selection Panel for the City of Auburn 2009 Galleries
Co-Judge, adult amateur, semi and professional levels, Thurston County Fair Fine Art Department, Lacey WA
Art Instructor: Olympia Parks & Recreation, Olympia, WA; South Puget Sound Community College Community Ed, Olympia WA; Tacoma Community College Enrichment Program; The Evergreen Community College Extended Education, Olympia WA; Seniors Making Art;
Kent Kid’s Art Day Presenter [2004-current], Enamel Pendant, Kent WA
President of the Olympia Art League 2005, Olympia WA
Public Relations Chair Olympia Art League 2002-2004, Olympia, WA
Chair 2006 & 2007 Capitol City Visual Arts Exhibit – Olympia Art League
Exhibit Committee for Capital City Visual Arts Exhibit 2005, Olympia WA
Publicity Chair for the OAL 5 County Juried Art Show 2004, Olympia, WA
Recording Secretary 2005-2007 for Puget Sound Sumi Artists
Artist in Residence Art Education Studio 3/2005, Tacoma Museum of Glass Tacoma WA
Artist in Residence – Sumi-e (one Saturday) – Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, WA
Artist in Residence – Sumi-e (weekends 4/2004), Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Presenter Spring 2004 Olympia Arts Walk Family Activity, Enamel Pendant, Olympia, WA

Affiliations:
Artist Trust, Puget Sound Sumi Artists, National Collage Society, PMC Guild
Education:
1976 MS Art Education - Central Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT
1969 BS Art Education - Southern Connecticut State College, New Britain, CT

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