Ariana Page Russell

Education

2005   MFA Photography, University of Washington, Seattle
2003   BFA Photography and BA Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno

 

Solo Exhibitions

2015 Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

2014 Broad Channels, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY

 

2011 Blouse, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY

 

2010 Save Face, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA 

Dressing, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ                                                                                     
 

2009 Dressing, Magnan Projects, New York, NY
 

2008 Dressing, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA

 

2007  Leather and Lace, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle WA (Two-person exhibition) 

 

2006 Axial Bloom, Magnan Projects, New York, NY 
Patterns' Faction, The Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College,  Incline Village, NV 

 

2003 Have you ever seen a firefly before?, McNamara Gallery, Reno, NV

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 Fixation, Town Hall Gallery, Victoria, Australia

Terrible Beauty, TBA, Brooklyn, NY

Up, Cloase & Personal, Fuchs Projects, Brooklyn, NY

 

2013 Correlate, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

Skin, an artistic atlas, Royal Hibernaian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

Photography and the Body, SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacfic University, Seattle, WA

Ephemeral, Adelphhi University, Garden City, NY

Smack Mellon Kentuck Derby Benefit, Brooklyn, NY

 

2012 Elles: Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

XVIII Bienal de Arte de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Museo de Arte Conemporaneo, Boliva

Ariana Page Russell: Blouse and Jesse Burke: Blinda, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

Heavy Rotation, curated by Anthony William Thorton, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT

Magnan Metz at Art Wynwood, Miami, FL

No Strings Attached, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV

 

2011 Sexto Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal, Caracas Venezuela

Magnan Metz at Art Miami, Miami, FL

The Myth and the Mountain, COHORT at 143 Richardson, Brooklyn, NY

Other Life Forms, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY 
New York Per4mances #1, MEME Space, Cambridge, MA
Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of NV, Reno, NV
lets be...Friends, Residence Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper, Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA

 

2010 Announcing Magnan Metz, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
Magnan Projects at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
Lisa Sette Gallery at Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Platform Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Inside Out, SHOWstudio SHOP, London, UK
Drawing Show, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Lisa Sette Gallery at The AIPAD Photography Show, New York, NY
Meet Greet Rinse Repeat (in collaboration with Troy Gua) Monarch Contemporary, Seattle, WA

 

2009 Deviate, Schroeder Romero, New York, NY 
Magnan Projects at Pulse, New York, NY
Introductions, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA (Two person exhibition)

 

2008 Editioned, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA 
Photograpghers Showcase, Curated by Shaun Kardinal, Some Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Platform Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
               
2007 A Spectral Glimpse, Curated by Jim O’ Donnell, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Photography, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China 
Magnan Projects at Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY 
Magnan Projects at Art 212 Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY 

 

2006 Magnan Projects at Pulse Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL 
Faculty Show, University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 

 

2005 Catalog, Curated by Adriana Grant, Kristen Ramirez and Dan Rhoads, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Meditating America, Curated by Ernesto Pujol, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 
University of Washington MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalogue) 
MFA Photo Show, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle, WA 
Works on Paper/Small 3D, Juried by Sara Krajewski, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA 
 Xchange, Western Washington University Gallery B, Bellingham, WA

 

2004 Coupling II: Love Fests and Fist Fights, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA 
Work In Progress: 1st Year MFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA 

 

2003 Bemis Building Fall Art Show, Juried by Robert Brunz, Bemis Artist Studios, Seattle, WA 
Shift: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV 
Annual Student Art Show, Juried by James Gobel,  Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV 
Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon, Traveling Smithsonian Institution Exhibition (catalogue) 

 

2002 The Pussy Show, Ruprecht Gallery, Reno, NV 
Photographic Abstraction Show, Blue Lyon Studio and Gallery, Reno, NV 
Annual Student Art Show, Juried by Beryl Graham, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV 

 

2001 Art in Public Spaces, Jot Travis Student Union, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 
Photography Show, Gallery Qui-ui, Reno, NV 
Annual Student Art Show, Juried by Marc Burns, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV 

 

Curatorial

2005 Becoming Strangers: Exhibition for Summer Institute, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle, WA
Coupling III: Closest Point of Union, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
4 x 4 Auction Exhibition, Strange Co Fundraiser, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

Grants/Awards

2008 Artist Trust Grant for Artist Projects
Artist Trust Fellowship Recipient
Recipient, King County Gallery 4Culture Solo Exhibition

 

2004 Marsh Scholarship in Art, University of Washington

 

2003 International Photography Awards, Honorable mention for “We Met That Day” 
College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Grant, University of Nevada, Reno 

 

2001-03 Art Department and General Academic Scholarships, University of Nevada, Reno

 

Publications/Bibliography                                                   

Nonie Wainwright, "Faces show character and culture," Nevada News, January 07, 2011
ARam Kim, "Dressing," Photo+ magazine, Korea, June 2010
Rachel Shimp, "Artist's Face is her canvas in 'Save Face,'" Seattle Times, June 3, 2010
Tricia Parker, "Skinside Out," Phoenix New Times, March 4-10, 2010
Kim Holcomb, "Skin as Canvas," Evening Magazine, January 25, 2010
John Jenkins III and Ariana Page Russell, Dressing, Decode Books, 2009 
Regina Hackett, "Ariana Page Russell: Just in Time for Tut," Another Bouncing Ball, June 28, 2009 
Belisa Silva, “My Body, My Art,” Women's Wear Daily, April 2009 
Regina Hackett, "Works at three galleries display the threads of an art movement," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 
February 19, 2009
Freya Zang, "Skin Keeps Us Alive," <VISION> magazine, China, January/February 2009
 

Professional Experience 

2008 Visiting Lecturer, Basic Photography, University of Washington, Seattle. WA
Instructor, Everyone Is a Photographer: Performance of the Image, 911 Media Center, Seattle, WA

 

2007 Visiting Lecturer, Basic Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

2006 Visiting Lecturer, Basic Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
Visiting Lecturer, Photography: Theory and Criticism, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Visiting Faculty, Black and White Photography, Color Photography, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

 

2005 Visiting Lecturer, Summer Institute: Becoming Strangers, Trust, Travel and Collaboration, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Visiting Lecturer, Basic Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
Visiting Faculty, Black and White Photography, Color Photography, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

 

2004 Graduate Student Instructor of Record, Beginning Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

2004/5 Co-director and Co-curator, The Strange Company, Arts organization dedicated to bridging the gap between UW school of art students and working Seattle artists

Press

Artist: 'I Use My Skin as a Canvas'
Artist Turns Her Rare Skin Condition Into An Inspirational Art Project
Empty Kingdom Interview: Ariana Page Russell
Ariana Page Russell Turns Her Skin Condition Into Art
Ariana Page Russell: The Human Etch A Sketch
A Conversation with Ariana Page Russell