Artists

Gary Groves

Education & Formation

1938
Born Decatur, Illinois
1960–63
University of Oregon — Architecture of Fine Arts Program
1963–64
Traveled and studied in Japan
1968
Kamakura, Japan — Apprentice to printmaker Kozo Kotake
1969
Oregon State University — Fine Arts Program
1975
Studied in Kyoto, Japan · BFA San Francisco Art Institute

Exhibitions (Selected)

2024
"Gary Groves: Making Things" — Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Retrospective. Conversation with Chief Curator Greg Robinson.
2014
New Prints 2014/Autumn — International Print Center, New York
Touring: University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
2010
"The Color of Black and White" — Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago/Berlin
2009
New Prints 2009 — International Print Center of New York
2008
"A Look Back 1978–2008" — Arts Gallery, Bainbridge Island
Retrospective — nearly 70 works spanning 30 years
2007
Woodcut Prints — Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

International Print Center New York

2014
New Prints 2014/Autumn
2010
New Prints 2010/Autumn
2009
New Prints 2009/Summer
2006
New Prints 2000–2006 · Prints 2006
Two concurrent programs
2001
New Prints 2001
Six inclusions across 13 years
One of the most significant venues for contemporary printmaking in the US

Collections

Public
Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection — Seattle, WA
Public
Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection — Seattle, WA
Public
Kitsap County Administration Building — Port Orchard, WA
Kitsap County Art Board 1% for Art program

Practice

Tool
Dremel — not the traditional woodcut gouge
Allows fine tonal gradation and near-photographic detail
Time
A single block can take a week or more to carve
Depending on degree of detail required
Subjects
Concrete bunkers — rock formations — Columbia River gorge
Highway 14, Rocky Flat — places most people pass without stopping
Background
Sculpture — ceramics — photography — painting
All accumulated knowledge flows into the carving

Awards & Works at JG

1988
First Place — Sixth Annual Juried Printmakers' Show
Fine Impressions Gallery, Seattle
Works
4 prints — limited editions — woodcut on paper
Central Park · Perch #4/20 · Shadows and Leaves · Togetherness #3/15

Selected Works

Togetherness # 3/15 by Gary Groves
Togetherness # 3/15 by Gary Groves
Shadows and Leaves by Gary Groves
Shadows and Leaves by Gary Groves
Perch #4/20 by Gary Groves
Perch #4/20 by Gary Groves
Central Park by Gary Groves
Central Park by Gary Groves
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