Storm Tharp Born in 1970, Ontario, Oregon, USA Lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA Edcucation 1992 B.F.A. Cornell University, USA 1991 Roberto Einaudi Architecture Program / Palazzo Massimo, Rome, Italy Solo and two person exhibitions 2008 Abandon, The work of Jim Hodges and Storm Tharp, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane,USA Ben Durham and Storm Tharp, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland Arm & Arm, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA 2007 We appeal to Heaven, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA 2006 Do, Don’t drawing + sculpture, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, USA 2005 The Black Show, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA 2002 Drawing, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA 2001 Calliope and the Clown, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA 1999 The Answer is Nothing, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA Group exhibitions 2010 The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA 2009 20 Years, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, New York, USA Summer group show, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, USA 2008 Volta Basel, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Basel, Switzerland Works on Paper, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland 2007 CENTENNIAL, Crawl Space, Seattle, USA, curated by Elizabeth Brown (Henry Art Museum) and Bruce Grenville (VAC) Portland? Fuck Portland!, RocksBox, Portland, USA, curated by Patrick Rock 2006 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR, USA, curated by Jennifer Gately The Portrait Show, The Hall Gallery, Portland, OR, USA, curated by Levi Hanes 2005 Artist Residency Exhibition, OCAC, Portland, USA War Drawings, Mount Hood Community College, Portland, USA, curated by Pat Barrett Oregon Annual, Artcentric, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, USA 2004 24th Annual Gender Symposium, Gender in Conflict, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, USA, curated by Barbara Bartholomew Summer Group Show, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, USA 2003 Crafty, for Core Sample, Portland, USA curated by Jon Raymond Draw, for Core Sample, Portland, USA curated by Malia Jensen 2001 Northwest Annual Exhibition, Belleview Art Museum, Belleview, USA, curated by Sue Spaid Bibliography 2008 Stephanie Snyder, Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black, Geneva, Switzerland (Ed: galerie bertrand & gruner) Philae Knight, “Emerging Artist Profile: Storm Tharp”, Phillips Art Expert 2007 Jon Raymond, “Storm Tharp”, Modern Painters Jon Raymond, “Storm Tharp”, Artforum Lois Allan, “Storm Tharp at PDX Contemporary Art”, Artweek Cover, Shift Magazine, Shift Japan Jeff Jahn, “Virtuoso Vindicated”, PORT John Motley, “Storm Tharp, PDX Contemporary Art”, The Portland Mercury 2006 Jon Raymond, “Schims: Less Gloom in Doom Town”, Modern Painters Natascha Snellman, “I Heart Darkness”, 2nd Cannons Publication 002 Chas Bowie and John Motley, “Two Views on the 2006 Oregon Biennial”, The Mercury 2005 Ryan Dirks, “James Lavadour and Storm Tharp”, The Mercury D.K. Row, “High Voltage Theatrics”, The Oregonian 2002 D.K. Row, “Reflections of an Artist”, The Oregonian, Artsweek Phil Busse, “Storm Tharp”, The Mercury
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR, USA, curated by Jennifer Gately
Jeff Jahn, “Virtuoso Vindicated”, PORT
John Motley, “Storm Tharp, PDX Contemporary Art”, The Portland Mercury