Resume and Bio > M.J. Anderson
M.J. ANDERSON – Sculptor PO Box 400, Nehalem, OR 97131
mjsculpture@gmail.com tel.503.801.1928 www.mjandersonsculpture.com Instagram #mjsculpture
BORN: 1953 EDUCATION: Portland State University, B.A. with honors 1977
PROJECTS & AFFILIATIONS
2025 Interview with Carol Newman on Oregon’s public KMUN radio
2023 Interview with Dave Miller on OPB radio THINK OUT LOUD
2019-present Oregon Arts Commission Public Art & Acquisitions Advisory Committee
2016 Presenter at SEEING RED, Assisi Institute, Stonington,Connecticut
2016 Clackamas Community College, Outdoor Sculpture Show & Acquisition
2017- 2013 Lake Oswego & McMinnville Oregon Art Downtown, Outdoor Sculpture.
2016-2021 Oregon Public Artist Roster: RACC & Oregon Arts Commission
2005 Invited Artist, International Sculpture Symposium, Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, Queensland, Australia Sept23 - Oct 9
1999, 2000 Presenter/Sculptor for ARTBEAT, Portland Community College, 3 campuses
2002-2006 Sound Transit Artist Roster, Seattle, WA
1994 Arts Alive! Residency, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
AWARDS
2021 Artist Relief Award from the Oregon Arts Commission
2018 & 2011 Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission
and The Ford Family Foundation
2011 Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Award/Residency, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology
2007 All Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Second Award Professional
2006 Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Oregon Arts Commission
Bene Award & Best of Show for from Ministry & Liturgy Magazine
2003 Two month Fellowship Award in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy through NIAUSI --- the NW Institute of Architecture & Urban Studies in Italy
1996 Bene Award for Liturgical Art, Altar, St. James Cathedral, Seattle
1993 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant & Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025,2023, 2021,2019 Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2024 Perry & Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
2022 San Juan Islands Museum of Art, WA Sept 23- Dec 6
2022 Cannon Beach Arts Association, August 2022
2022 Oregon Coastal Artist Showcase, Newport Visual Arts Center, OR
“Convergence: Figurative work by MJ Anderson,” Feb-March
2012 to 2024 Ongoing Exhibition at Coast Gallery, Coast Cabins, Manzanita, OR
2019 Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR (August)
2018 Murdoch Collections, Portland, OR (April-August)
2015 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Acqua Pietricata, Portland, OR
2013 Davidson Galleries, Ancient Atmosphere, Seattle, WA
2012 Rowboat Gallery, Recent work, Pacific City, OR
2012 Davis and Cline Gallery, Figurative, Ashland, OR
2011 Laboratorio SGF, Ut Scultura Poesi, Torano, Italy
2009 Davidson Galleries, The Probability of Resemblance, Seattle, WA
2007, 2005 Davidson Galleries, Seeking Equilibrium & Recent Sculpture
2005, 2003 Alysia Duckler Gallery, Geology of Gender, Duet Between Figure & Form Portland, OR
2003 Northwest Museum of Art, Five Part Invention, La Conner, WA
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, The Skin of the Stone, Marylhurst, OR
2002 Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Passion & Penance, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Figures & Faces, Cannon Beach Art Assn. Cannon Beach, OR
2022 Hallie Ford Museum, Bill Rhoades Collection, January 4 -April 23
2022 Murdoch Collections, Northwest ReFresh, February – April
2015 to 2020 Ongoing Exhibition of Sculpture at 375 Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2013-2017 McMinnville Oregon, Art Downtown, Outdoor Sculpture.
2014-2016 Arts Downtown, outdoor sculpture exhibit, Lake Oswego, Oregon
(& 2005, 2001)
2014 to 2020 Ongoing Exhibition of Sculpture at Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, OR
2016, 2012 Clackamas Community College Sculpture Invitational, Oregon City, OR
2012 Stone Sculpture, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2011 Velocity, Museum of Northwest Art, Summer Group Exhibition
Il Linguaggio della Materia, Carrara Marble Week, Carrara, Italy
Life Still Life, show with painter John VanDreal, Cannon Gallery of Art,
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Or
2004 Survey in Stone, Portland Community College, Sylvan campus, Oregon
2000 Millennium show, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Frauensicht:Mannsbilder, Babenhausen, Darmstaadt, Germany
TEACHING
2024 Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR (Learning to See/Life Drawing)
2024, 2023, 2018 Northwest Stone Sculptors Summer Symposium, Suttle Lake, OR
2015,2012,2005 Northwest Stone Sculptors Summer Symposium,
Camp Brotherhood, Mount Vernon, WA
2003-2005 Marylhurst University, Art Faculty, Sculpture and 3-D Design, Oregon
1999 -2012 Summer Sculpture Workshops, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Oregon
1998, 1999 Haystack Summer Session, Portland State University, Cannon Beach, OR
1995-1996 Oregon Stone Sculptors Symposium, Silver Falls, OR
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
-Portland Art Museum, OR -Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
-Veterans Administration Women’s Clinic, Portland, OR
-Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
-Jordan Schnitzer, Portland, OR
-Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
-Caesar’s Palace, La Vegas, NV
-Nordstroms, Administration Offices, Seattle, WA
-Maroochydore Bushland Botanic Gardens, QLD. Australia
-Noosa Botanic Gardens, QLD. Australia
-Town of La Conner, WA
-Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR - Providence Hospital
mjsculpture@gmail.com tel.503.801.1928 www.mjandersonsculpture.com Instagram #mjsculpture
BORN: 1953 EDUCATION: Portland State University, B.A. with honors 1977
PROJECTS & AFFILIATIONS
2025 Interview with Carol Newman on Oregon’s public KMUN radio
2023 Interview with Dave Miller on OPB radio THINK OUT LOUD
2019-present Oregon Arts Commission Public Art & Acquisitions Advisory Committee
2016 Presenter at SEEING RED, Assisi Institute, Stonington,Connecticut
2016 Clackamas Community College, Outdoor Sculpture Show & Acquisition
2017- 2013 Lake Oswego & McMinnville Oregon Art Downtown, Outdoor Sculpture.
2016-2021 Oregon Public Artist Roster: RACC & Oregon Arts Commission
2005 Invited Artist, International Sculpture Symposium, Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, Queensland, Australia Sept23 - Oct 9
1999, 2000 Presenter/Sculptor for ARTBEAT, Portland Community College, 3 campuses
2002-2006 Sound Transit Artist Roster, Seattle, WA
1994 Arts Alive! Residency, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
AWARDS
2021 Artist Relief Award from the Oregon Arts Commission
2018 & 2011 Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission
and The Ford Family Foundation
2011 Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Award/Residency, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology
2007 All Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Second Award Professional
2006 Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Oregon Arts Commission
Bene Award & Best of Show for from Ministry & Liturgy Magazine
2003 Two month Fellowship Award in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy through NIAUSI --- the NW Institute of Architecture & Urban Studies in Italy
1996 Bene Award for Liturgical Art, Altar, St. James Cathedral, Seattle
1993 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant & Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025,2023, 2021,2019 Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2024 Perry & Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
2022 San Juan Islands Museum of Art, WA Sept 23- Dec 6
2022 Cannon Beach Arts Association, August 2022
2022 Oregon Coastal Artist Showcase, Newport Visual Arts Center, OR
“Convergence: Figurative work by MJ Anderson,” Feb-March
2012 to 2024 Ongoing Exhibition at Coast Gallery, Coast Cabins, Manzanita, OR
2019 Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR (August)
2018 Murdoch Collections, Portland, OR (April-August)
2015 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Acqua Pietricata, Portland, OR
2013 Davidson Galleries, Ancient Atmosphere, Seattle, WA
2012 Rowboat Gallery, Recent work, Pacific City, OR
2012 Davis and Cline Gallery, Figurative, Ashland, OR
2011 Laboratorio SGF, Ut Scultura Poesi, Torano, Italy
2009 Davidson Galleries, The Probability of Resemblance, Seattle, WA
2007, 2005 Davidson Galleries, Seeking Equilibrium & Recent Sculpture
2005, 2003 Alysia Duckler Gallery, Geology of Gender, Duet Between Figure & Form Portland, OR
2003 Northwest Museum of Art, Five Part Invention, La Conner, WA
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, The Skin of the Stone, Marylhurst, OR
2002 Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Passion & Penance, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Figures & Faces, Cannon Beach Art Assn. Cannon Beach, OR
2022 Hallie Ford Museum, Bill Rhoades Collection, January 4 -April 23
2022 Murdoch Collections, Northwest ReFresh, February – April
2015 to 2020 Ongoing Exhibition of Sculpture at 375 Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2013-2017 McMinnville Oregon, Art Downtown, Outdoor Sculpture.
2014-2016 Arts Downtown, outdoor sculpture exhibit, Lake Oswego, Oregon
(& 2005, 2001)
2014 to 2020 Ongoing Exhibition of Sculpture at Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, OR
2016, 2012 Clackamas Community College Sculpture Invitational, Oregon City, OR
2012 Stone Sculpture, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2011 Velocity, Museum of Northwest Art, Summer Group Exhibition
Il Linguaggio della Materia, Carrara Marble Week, Carrara, Italy
Life Still Life, show with painter John VanDreal, Cannon Gallery of Art,
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Or
2004 Survey in Stone, Portland Community College, Sylvan campus, Oregon
2000 Millennium show, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Frauensicht:Mannsbilder, Babenhausen, Darmstaadt, Germany
TEACHING
2024 Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR (Learning to See/Life Drawing)
2024, 2023, 2018 Northwest Stone Sculptors Summer Symposium, Suttle Lake, OR
2015,2012,2005 Northwest Stone Sculptors Summer Symposium,
Camp Brotherhood, Mount Vernon, WA
2003-2005 Marylhurst University, Art Faculty, Sculpture and 3-D Design, Oregon
1999 -2012 Summer Sculpture Workshops, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Oregon
1998, 1999 Haystack Summer Session, Portland State University, Cannon Beach, OR
1995-1996 Oregon Stone Sculptors Symposium, Silver Falls, OR
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
-Portland Art Museum, OR -Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
-Veterans Administration Women’s Clinic, Portland, OR
-Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
-Jordan Schnitzer, Portland, OR
-Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
-Caesar’s Palace, La Vegas, NV
-Nordstroms, Administration Offices, Seattle, WA
-Maroochydore Bushland Botanic Gardens, QLD. Australia
-Noosa Botanic Gardens, QLD. Australia
-Town of La Conner, WA
-Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR - Providence Hospital
