Jeff Day
Artist’s Statement
2010
Jeff Day is spending the year in Nanjing, China with his wife Nadean Curtiss who is teaching in an International School. Jeff made some wonderful contacts with two significant Chinese artists who have taken him under their wings and acclimated him to Nanjing. One man is a watercolor artist in his 80’s and the other man is a young woodblock artist. They have both had a positive influence on Jeff’s work in Nanjing.
Nanjing is in the southeastern part of China. It’s the old capital of China in Jiangsu Province. A very ancient city with one of the most well preserved ancient city walls in the world.
Jeff has been made a Cultural Ambassador to Nanjing from Seattle! He was interviewed on T.V. In his official capacity he is to bring art programs to Chin and take Chinese artists to the U.S. Lately he has been thinking it would be great to bring the Rural Characters to Nanjing!
Jeff has become an artist in residence at Nadean’s school, The Nanjing International School. He is working with students casting porcelain pieces and teaching a general sculpture.
As Jeff goes about his daily life in Nanjing he is amassing a massive collection of images of China. From there he will put together 2 dimensional works that depict what China is like now. He was working with a foundry in Nanjing for a while but was very unhappy with the quality of the bronzes that were cast. This was a difficult challenge given the language barrier and differing standards. Jeff’s new work, organic, abstract forms, will be cast in porcelain instead of bronze. We hope to see some of those pieces here at Brackenwood in the near future!
Porcelain is a great option since the bronze was not working out. The world renown, Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, is where Jeff is taking his sculptures to be cast. He is excited about working in this new medium and thinks his abstract pieces will work out beautifully. The Jingdezhen Institute ships work all over the world and has a fantastic reputation.
Jeff Day continues to grow as an artist, being other countries has helped him stretch and learn new techniques as well as be inspired by a new worlds and cultures.
Resume
One and Two Person Shows
2005 One man show, Sade Kahve Gallery, Rumeli Rissari, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, Michael Stadler Gallery, Langley, Washington
2003 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, University House Gallery, Issaquah, Washington
2003 Marion Meyer Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2003 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, Enka Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 Marion Meyer Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2000 Recent Work, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1999 Works from Rialto, Desert Art Source, Palm Desert, California
1998 Pacific Forms and Other Worlds, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon
1997 Pacific Forms, Woodside/Braseth Gallery Seattle, Washington
1996 Day Meets Eve, Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery Kirkland, Washington
1992 Pacific Forms, with Guy Anderson, 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, Seattle, WA
1990 Pacific Forms, 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, Seattle, Washington
1989 Sculpture, 1927-1989, Seattle Center, Matthew Kangas, Curator
1985 Black Arts Festival, Invitational, Seattle Center, Seattle,
Washington Peacemaker, Invitational, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1984 Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington
1981 New Work, Gallery Whidbey, Langley, Washington
1979 Exploration of Form, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1976 Figurative Forms, University Fine Arts Gallery, Two-person show with Alfredo Arreguin, Seattle, WA
1974 Figures in Action, Ryder Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Family of Man, French Consulate, Toluca, Mexico
1973 Capturing Universals, Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1972 Moving Forms, University Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Group Shows
1993 Group Show, Riverhouse Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
Group Show, Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
1991 Sculpture Show, Burien Arts Gallery, Burien Washington
Vision, Myth and Magic III, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1989 Group Show, Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
1988 International Gardens of Art, Bellingham, Washington
Nagatani Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
1987 Invited to participate in Northwest Sculpture in 1927-1917, Mathew Kangas, curator
Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington “Outdoor Sculpture”
Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
1986 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1983 King County Executive Invitational, Seattle, Washington
1978 Moody Gallery, Pasadena, California
1974 The Gallery, Palm Springs, California
Collections, Installations and Private Shows
ACT Theater
Paul Allen Collection
Curtis Beattie and Associates
Anne Gould Hauberg Collection
Milliman and Robertson, lnc.
John Moga Collection
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Oppenheimer and Company, Inc.
Plum Creek Timber Corporation
George Poccock Foundation
Pacific Car and Foundry Corporation
Pay N’ Save Corporation
SAFECO Insurance Corporation
Seattle Public Schools
Security Pacific Bank of Washington
State of Washington, Capitol Building
University of Washington, Seattle
Public Installations
1999 Bob Marley Sculpture, Bob Marley Museum, Kingston Jamaica
1986 Martin Luther King Sculpture, Mount Zion Baptist Church Seattle, Washington
1986 Martin Luther King Sculpture, Washington State Capitol Building, Olympia, Washington
19B8 Martin Lather King Sculpture, Schmitz Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1984 Jimi Hendrix Sculpture, Garfield High School, Seattle, Washington
1983 Moses Sculpture, Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, Washington
Media Recognition
1999 Jean McKig, Review of Palm Desert Show
1992 Seattle Times, Arts Review, Delores Torzan
1982 Lost Wax Concert, documentary for television, Video West. San Francisco, California
Sculpture Honors Jimi Hendrix, Random Notes,
Rolling Stone Magazine (January 21, 1982)
1979 Up Close, Public Television Feature, KCPO, Tacoma Washington
1978 King County Originals, Public Television Documentary. King County Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
1973 Seattle Times Arts Review, Delores Tarzan.
1972 Seattle Times Arts Review, John Vorhees.
Recent Honors
1991 Award for Excellence, 24th Annual Show, Mercer Island Visual Arts League, Mercer Island, WA