© Owen Premore

Owen Premore

Portland, OR

 

 

           

Education:

        2004-2007    M.F.A., Spatial Art, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

        2003             Portland Community College, Portland, OR

        2000-2001    B.A., with emphasis in Sculpture and Painting, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

        1997-2000    Portland State University, Portland, OR

 

Teaching Experience:

        Spring 2006, Spring 2007    Instructor, 3-D Concepts, San Jose State University

        Spring 2006, Fall 2006        Instructor, Children’s Fine Arts at Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

        Fall 2005    Teaching Assistant, Industrial Design, Professor John McClusky, San Jose State University

        Fall 2004    Teaching Assistant, 3-D Concepts, Professor Shannon Wright, San Jose State University

        2003-2007  Individual instruction and consultations to artists in electronics, metals fabrication, wood working,

                           and mold-making practices, Portland and San Jose

 

Related Experience:

        2007-Present    Traveling Exhibits Repair and Maintenance Technician, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland

        2005-2007        Gallery Preparator, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University

        2006    Fabricator and Consultant, “Karaoke Ice,” project by Nancy Nowacek, Katie Salen, and Marina Zurkow,

                    Commissioned for ISEA/ ZeroOne Festival, San Jose.  www.karaokeice.com

        2006    Scenic Carpenter, California Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley, CA

        2005    Graduate Assistant, Art and Design Woodshop, San Jose State University

 

Solo Exhibitions:

        2007    Storage Closet and Shooting Gallery, MFA Thesis, Gallery 3, San Jose State University

        2006    An Ancient and Tribal Art, Gallery 5, San Jose State University

        2006    Dear Tammy, I Fixed Your Bike.  Love, Owen, Ambush Gallery, San Francisco, CA

        2006    Dear Tammy, I Fixed Your Bike.  Love, Owen, Gallery 2, San Jose State University

        2005    Just in Case, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University

 

Group Exhibitions:

        2008    Keep Portland Weird, juried exhibition, City Hall, Portland, OR

        2007    LiftOff, MFA Exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

        2006    Scrapyard Challenge: DIY Urban Challenge, ISEA/ ZeroOne Festival, San Jose

        2005    Artists as Catalysts for Change: Revisioning the Museum, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

        2004    Inside the Bemis: Art Exhibition, juried exhibition, The Bemis Building, Seattle, WA

        2003    Nine O’ Nine, D ½ Space, Portland, OR

        2002    A Pixel Explodes, Pushdot Studio, Portland, OR

 

Public Art Projects:

        2005-2008    “Umbrella”, group project, Padre Mateo Sheedy Park, San Jose

        2006    Volunteer Preparator, “Interversiones: 3rd Assault,” San Jose

        2005    Interventions at Border Field State Park, “inSite_05,” San Diego/ Tijuana Border

 

Reviews:

        Liu, Marian.  “Follow the Bouncing Squirrel,” San Jose Mercury News, August 9, 2006: 1E.

        De La Vina, Mark.  “ZeroOne Goes Down as a Hit,” San Jose Mercury News, August 15, 2006: 1A.

        Bowie, Chas.  “Visual Review:  Nine O’ Nine,” Portland Mercury, Vol. 3, No. 49 (May 8-14, 2003): 29.

                www.portlandmercury.com/2003-05-08/art.htm

        Brunner, Bob.  “Inside the Bemis – Seattle’s Premiere Cutting Edge Art Show. June 19-20,” PRweb, June 4, 2004.

                www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prweb131057.htm

 

Awards and Honors:

        2005    Elizabeth Heil Scholarship, San Jose State University

        2004    3rd Place.  “Inside the Bemis: Art Exhibition,” Seattle, WA

 

Organizations:

        2007    Member, College Art Association, New York

        2006    Member, ProArts, Oakland, CA