R. Keaney Rathbun

As I get older I find myself seeking tranquility. I am less likely to squander my energy in turmoil.  I am following my loves and interests, distractions and travels. I am comfortable in my skin.  The making of my work - the incorporation of beauty and humor into my life’s subject matter - allows me to express personal feeling that I could not broach in words.

My bas relief carvings and screenprints are autobiographical narratives. The images are figurative and gestural, and are deceptively simple metaphors of human experience. They are joyous and whimsical, emotional and poignant. They represent an optimistic and naïve spirit embracing the moments that make up my life.

I live in Portland, Oregon with my husband David.

R. Keaney Rathbun: Resume

EDUCATION:UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS:

2012- PRESENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PORTLAND ART DEALERS' ASSOCIATION

1991-92 PRESIDENT, FRIENDS OF THE GILKEY CENTER, PORTLAND ART

MUSEUM

1988-90 PRESIDENT, NORTHWEST PRINT COUNCIL "NWPC"

1987 VICE PRESIDENT, NWPC

1985-PRESENTNWPC (JURIED MEMBERSHIP)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2018"REGENERATION" ,ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY

2016"MEMORY AND STONE",ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY

2014"GARDENS OF PARIS", ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY

2012"A CONTINUEOUS AND UNBROKEN THREAD", ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY

2011“NORTHWEST PRINTMAKERS”, UC SANTA ROSA, SANTA ROSA, CA

2010“SACRED MOMENTS”, ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY,

PORTLAND, OR

“BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ TWO PERSON SHOW, CANNON BEACH ART

ASSOCIATION, CANNON BEACH , OR

“THE BOOK OF HOURS”, PRINT ARTS NORTHWEST, ONE PERSON

SHOW, WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM,

BEAVERTON, OR

“LOVE IN PRINT”, BITE STUDIO, PORTLAND, OR

2009“ST. JOHNS + ART”, INSTALLATION, ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OR

“THE RECYCLED ART SHOW”, SCRAP, PORTLAND,OR

“SHRINES AND ALTARS”, CORVALLIS ART CENTER, CORVALLIS, OR

2008 “TRAVELOGUE” ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY,

PORTLAND, OR

2007“THE BIRD SHOW” B.ROGERS GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2006“A PEACEABLE KINGDOM” ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE

GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

“LEARNING TO FLY’, ARTSPACE, BAY CITY, OR

“PRINTMAKING”, WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, MONMOUTH, OR

“FIVE PRINTMAKERS”, LA SALLE STEWART CENTER, OREGON

STATE UNIVERSITY, CORVALLIS, OR

2005“ANIMALS IN ART”, LUCIA DOUGLAS GALLERY, BELLINGHAM, WA

“R. KEANEY RATHBUN/ THOMAS RUDE”, GEORGE FOX COLLEGE,

NEWBURG, OR

2004“THIS PARADE I AM”, ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY,

PORTLAND, OR

“LIVING ROUTES AND ROUTES”, INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE

CULTURAL CENTER, PORTLAND, OR

2003                                 “THE ST. JOHNS WINDOW PROJECT”, ST. JOHNS, OR

“ART SLATE INVITATIONAL”, CONDON, OR

“THE BOOK, PRINT, AND TIME’, PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, FOREST

GROVE, OR

2002 PRINT ARTS NORTHWEST, CENTRAL PRINT COUNCIL, WANGANUI,

NEW ZEALAND

“CIRCLE GAMES”, ONE PERSON SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY,

PORTLAND, OR

“THE ANIMAL SHOW”, CORVALLIS ART CENTER, CORVALLIS, OR

BEAVERTON SHOWCASE, 1ST PLACE SCULPTURE, BEAVERTON, OR

                                                    HOLY ART BY HUMAN HANDS, PURCHASE AWARD, SALEM ART

ASSOCIATION, SALEM, OR

BIRDS OF A FEATHER, AVIAN PRINTS AND BRAZILIAN FEATHER

BODY ART”, JUNDT MUSEUM, GONZAGA UNIVERSITY,

SPOKANE, WA

“15 X 15: PRINTS FROM THE VISUAL CHRONICLE OF PORTLAND”,

THE COLLINS GALLERY, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY,

PORTLAND, OR

“ROSE CITY ZEITGEIST”, CENTRAL LIBRARY, PORTLAND, OR

                                                “THE CULT OF CHAC MOOL, AND OTHER STORIES”, ONE PERSON

SHOW, WATERSTONE GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

NORTHWEST PRINT INVITATIONAL, DAVIDSON GALLERIES,

SEATTLE, WA

“OPEN WALLS’, PORTLAND INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART,

PORTLAND, OR

“OUTSIDER ART”, LUCIA DOUGLAS GALLERY, BELLINGHAM, WA

“SPF 30”, KIRKLAND ART CENTER, KIRKLAND, WA

                                                           “THE NOTEBOOK:  THE ART OF THE IDEA”, L&B VIEWING ROOM, PORTLAND, OR

FIN DE SIECLE PRINT EXHIBITION, LUCIA DOUGLAS GALLERY, BELLINGHAM, WA

1998“HOPES AND PRAYERS”, ONE PERSON SHOW, ARMADILLO ARTS,    PORTLAND, OR

1995MULTI-CULTURAL MASK EXHIBITION, THE SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART, ASHLAND, OR

EXPOSICAO DE GRAVURAS DE ARTISTAS DE OREGON, MUSEO DA

GRAVURA CIDADE DE CURITIBA, CURITIBA, BRAZIL

ONE PERSON SHOW, GALLERY AT SALISHAN, GLENEDEN BEACH, OR

“LOVE SONGS”, ONE PERSON SHOW, RICCIARDI GALLERY, ASTORIA, OR

1994“NATURAL VOICES”, THE SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART, ASHLAND, OR

“SAINTS AND ANGELS”, ONE PERSON SHOW, COMUS GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

1993OUTSIDE ART, LANE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, EUGENE, OR

“PARADISE ENDANGERED”, THE AMERICAN PRINT ALLIANCE,

BALTIMORE, MD

“MAN WITH WINGS”,ONE PERSON SHOW, IMAGE GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

ONE PERSON SHOW, SALISHAN LODGE, GLENEDEN BEACH, OR

1992OREGON ART ANNUAL, FIRST PLACE-SCULPTURE, SALEM, OR

1991THE OREGON BIENNIAL, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND, OR

“GERMAN AND AMERICAN ART IN THE POST UNIFICATION PERIOD”, HAMBURG, GERMANY

NWPC 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM,

PORTLAND, OR

1990OREGON ART ANNUAL, HONORABLE MENTION-SCULPTURE, SALEM, OR

PRINT INVITATIONAL, RICCIARDI GALLERY, ASTORIA, OR

ONE PERSON SHOW, MAVEETY GALLERY, GLENEDEN BEACH, OR

ONE PERSON SHOW, SALEM ART ASSOCIATION, SALEM, OR

1989NORTHWEST REGIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL, PORTLAND STATE

UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR

NORTHWEST PRINT COMPETITION, MAUDE KERNS ART CENTER,

EUGENE, OR

MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRINT INVITATIONAL, GRESHAM, OR

40 OREGON PRINTMAKERS ONE YEAR LATER, BLACKFISH GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

NWPC SHOW, CHICAGO CENTER FOR THE PRINT, CHICAGO, IL

“ATTEMPTS AT FLIGHT’, IMAGE GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

198840 OREGON PRINTMAKERS, IMAGE GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

SMALL FORMAT PRINTS FROM THE USA, USIS LIBRARY, BUENOS

AIRES, ARGENTINA

OREGON 2D, SALEM, OR

1987-848TH-11TH OREGON PRINTMAKERS' ANNUAL, MHCC, GRESHAM, OR

1986PRINTS OREGON INVITATIONAL, PUBLIC GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

AND SIMON FRASER GALLERY, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA

ONE PERSON SHOW, CAROLE SMITH GALLERY, SALEM, OR

ONE PERSON SHOW, LAWRENCE GALLERY, GLENEDEN BEACH, OR

1985NWPC SHOW, CENTRAL FINE ARTS ACADEMY, BEIJING, PEOPLES

REPUBLIC OF CHINA

NWPC SHOW, NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON MUSEUM OF ART,

WENATCHEE, WA

1984OREGON COAST I, LAWRENCE GALLERY, GLENEDEN BEACH, OR

1980OHIO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 13TH ANNUAL, CANTON ART

INSTITUTE, CANTON, OH

ACTIVITIES:

2001                                                 GUEST LECTURER, WESTERN OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY,

MONMOUTH, OR

‘KOWS ON PARADE” SCULPTURE COMMISSION, PORTLAND,

OR

“HOOKED ON BEAVERTON SCHOOLS -SALMON PROJECT”,

SCULPTURE COMMISSION, BEAVERTON, OR

CURATOR, “PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY’, WATERSTONE GALLERY, PORTLAND, OR

2000GUEST LECTURER, PORTLAND ARTIST LECTURES, PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PORTLAND,

                                                                         OR

1996GUEST LECTURER, "THE CREATIVE PROCESS", MARYLHURST COLLEGE,

                                                                                                       LAKE OSWEGO, OR

1995GUEST LECTURER, "TRAVELS IN MEXICO", CLARK COLLEGE,

VANCOUVER, WA

1993JUROR, SALEM ART FESTIVAL, SALEM, OR

1991PERCENT FOR ART SELECTION COMMITTEE, BEAVERTON CITY

HALL, BEAVERTON, OR

1990GUEST LECTURER, "ON PRINTS AND PRINTMAKING", SALEM ART

ASSOCIATION, SALEM, OR

1989GUEST LECTURER, "PRINTS, PRINTMAKING AND THE NORTHWEST

PRINT COUNCIL", WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, SALEM, OR

1987-89SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOPS, SITKA CENTER FOR ART AND

ECOLOGY, NESKOWIN, OR

COLLECTIONS:ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY, ANCHORAGE, AK

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTATION, PORTLAND, OR

EPITOPE, INC., BEAVERTON, OR

JUNDT MUSEUM, GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, SPOKANE, WA

HILTON HOTEL, PORTLAND, OR

INTEL, INC., BEAVERTON, OR

JORDAN AND MINA SCHNITZER COLLECTION, PORTLAND, OR

KAISER PERMANENTE, PORTLAND, OR

MENTOR GRAPHICS, INC., WILSONVILLE, OR

MOVEABLE COLLECTION, CITY OF PORTLAND, OR

MURDOCK TRUST, PORTLAND, OR

MUSEO DA GRAVURA CIDADE DE CURITIBA, CURITIBA, BRAZIL

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, GORDON AND VIVIAN GILKEY

COLLECTION, PORTLAND, OR

OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND, OR

PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PORTLAND, OR

PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PORTLAND, OR

SEQUENT COMPUTERS, BEAVERTON, OR

SUTRO & CO, PORTLAND, OR

USBANK, PORTLAND, OR

VISUAL CHRONICLE OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OR

WASHINGTON COUNTY JUVENILE DEPARTMENT, HILLSBORO, OR

WESTERN OREGON STATE COLLEGE, MONMOUTH, OR

PUBLICATIONS:"CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING IN THE NORTHWEST", LOIS ALLAN, CRAFTSMAN HOUSE G & B ARTS INTERNATIONAL 1997.

COVER ILLUSTRATION, "NIGHTMARKS", LYNX HOUSE PRESS, 1990

VISUAL CHRONICLE OF PORTLAND, VOLUME 1, ACQUISITIONS

1985-1989, METROPOLITAN ARTS COMMISSION, 1989

NWPC BOARD OF DIRECTORS PORTFOLIO, 1989

40 OREGON PRINTMAKERS, 1988

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:BERNARD, JULIE.  "ART TALK."  KBOO, PORTLAND, OR,

     OCTOBER 27, 1994

NIXON, BRUCE.  "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE."  ARTWEEK, SAN

JOSE, CA, JUNE 3, 1993

ALLAN, LOIS.  "INTIMATE STRUCTURES."  REFLEX, SEATTLE, WA,

JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1990

COWAN, RON.  "NATURE COMES TO LIFE."  STATESMAN JOURNAL,

SALEM, OR, FEBRUARY 26, 1990

MORRIS, REBECCA.  "DEFINITELY READY FOR TAKEOFF."  THE

OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OR, NOVEMBER 10, 1989