Rita Gesinger Studio
425-652-0702
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EDUCATION
Studied Art three years at Fort Wright College of the Holy Names, and one year at Whitworth College, both Spokane, Washington

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2007-2008

  • Columbia Towers Gallery, Seattle, WA May 2007-Feb 2008
2006
  • Columbia Towers Gallery, Seattle, WA - May to July
  • Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery, Mar
  • Columbia Towers Gallery, Seattle, WA - Feb to May
2005
  • Edmonds Art Festival, booth
  • Kenmore Art Show - 2nd Place and Honorable Mention
2004
  • WPW Show, Depot Gallery, Anacortes, WA
  • Solo Show, Bon Macy Gallery, Seattle
  • Solo Show, Carillon Point Office Bldg, Bellevue
  • Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA
  • WPW Members Show, Flamingo Gallery, Renton, WA
2003
  • WPW Member Show, Harbor Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA
  • Juried Open Show, Key Bank Center, Bellevue, WA
  • Art In the Barn, Issaquah, WA
  • WPW Show, Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA
  • Solo Exhibit, Bellevue Public Library, Bellevue, WA
  • Unitarian Church Gallery, Painted Ladies Exhibit, Bellevue, WA
  • Bellevue Art Museum Special Exhibit, Bellevue, WA
2002
  • EAFA Juried Open Show, Key Bank Center, Bellevue, WA
  • Two Person Show, Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA
  • Solo Exhibit, Winter House - Parks Department, Bellevue, WA
 
AWARDS
2005
  • Daniel Smith Material Award, Key Bank Exhibition
  • Second Place & Honorable Mention, Kenmore Art Show

2004
  • Best of Show, Eastside Association of Fine Arts Spring Show, Bellevue, WA

2003
  • Poster Contest Winner, Art In The Barn, Parks & Recreation Dept., City of Issaquah, WA

2000
  • Honorable Mention, Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah, WA

1991
  • First Place and Honorable Mention, Spring Into Monroe, Monroe, WA

1987
  • Second Place, Mothers Art of Alaska, Egan Convention Center, Anchorage, AK


GALLERIES
  • Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA
  • The Artists Space Gallery, Monroe, WA
  • Harbor Gallery, WA
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Co-Chair, Issaquah Arts Festival, Issaquah, WA 2002 and 2003
  • Juror of Puget Sound area art competitions, 2000 through present
  • Producer and set designer of the musical "Godspell" to benefit Kirkland Transitional Housing, Kirkland, WA 1992
  • Edited the book Art and Illusion, in conjunction with exhibition for children at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK 1987
  • Four years teaching developmental art at Bright Horizons Child Development Center, Bellevue, WA 1997 - 2000
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • Women Painters of Washington, 2nd Vice President 2004-2007
  • Past President - Eastside Association of Fine Arts (EAFA) 2001-2003; currently Secretary


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