Curriculum Vitae
Education
MFA 1999 University of Washington, Seattle
BFA 1997 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Lawrimore Project Exhibitions
2007 Perfect Landscape: Painting Broken Down
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Work Song, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, (Collaboration)
2009 Deep, Dark, Lawrimore Project, Seattle
2008 Sited, Lee Center, Seattle
2005 New Worlds, Howard House, Seattle
Part and Parcel, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles
2003 Living Room Proposal for Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2002 Surveying, Howard House, Seattle
2000 Introductions, Howard House, Seattle
1999 New Works, Little Theatre, Seattle
Group Exhibitions
2011 TOPO/GRAPHY, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles
2010 Depattern, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo, Norway
Work Song, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
2009 Elusive Elements, Museum of Northwest Art
2008 Gimme, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle
Terrible Twos, Lawrimore Project, Seattle
2007 Perfect Landscape, Lawrimore Project, Seattle
Charting Maps, Lee Center, Seattle University
2006 Swallow Harder: Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection, Frye Art Museum, Seattle
2005 Construction Sight, Three person exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle
Woods, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Summer Group Show, cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles
Remodeling, California State University Art Museum, Long Beach (catalogue)
Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Race, Place and Memory, Tacoma Art Museum (catalogue)
2003 Ulterior Motives, Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Portland
2002 Multiplex, Bumbershoot, Seattle, Curated by Michael van Horn
LAVA, Noodleworks Studio, Seattle (catalogue)
2001 Lineformcolor, Howard House, Seattle
2000 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
Air Hockey, Howard House, Seattle
Grants and Awards
2010 Arts Innovator Award, Dale Chihuly endowed through Artist Trust
2009 Individual Artist Project Grant, 4Culture, Seattle
2006 Grants for Artist Projects Award, Artist Trust, Seattle
2005 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Washington, Seattle
2002 Artist Trust Fellowship, Seattle
Seattle Collects, Purchase Award, Seattle Arts Commission
2001 Grants for Artist Projects Award, Artist Trust, Seattle
Bibliography
Harmon, Katherine, The Map as Art, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009, 226-227.
Graves, Jen, “Ace in the Hole: Leo Saul Berk and the Obscenity of Data,” The Stranger, September 29th, 2009.
Kangas, Matthew, “Leo Saul Berk: ‘Deep, Dark’ at Lawrimore Project,” Art ltd., January, 2010.
Faigin, Gary, “Exploring Perspectives,” KUOW, August 21st, 2008.
Clemans, Gayle, “Notions of Place and Space,” Seattle Times, March 9th, 2007.
Mandorino, Grant, “Swallowing Seattle,” Artnet Magazine, March 2006.
Beal, Suzanne, “Leo Saul Berk at Howard House,” Art in America, vol. 5, May, 2006, 197.
Hackett, Regina, “Flat Objects gain fresh dimensions in Berk’s ‘New Worlds’,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 16th, 2005, 20.
Koplos, Janet, “Report from Seattle,” Art in America, September, 2005, 63-71.
Hushka, Rock, "Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory". Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004.
Noriyuki, Duane, “Perception, Deception: Beyond Model Homes,” Los Angeles Times, March 18th, 2004, E16-17.
Hackett, Regina, “Exploring the Legacy of Discovery,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 20th, 2004, 18.
Harmon, Katherine, You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, Princeton Architectural Press, 2003, 184-185.
Hall, Emily, “Empty Nest: A Model Living Room,” The Stranger, August 1st, 2003, 34.
Elizabeth Brown and Lisa Corrin, “The Mountain is Out,” Modern Painters, Autumn 2002, 47.
Kangas, Matthew, “Berk, Casis Tackle Different Angles on Abstract Art,” Seattle Times, August 23rd, 2002, 43H.
Hackett, Regina, “Berk Deconstructs Trees to Examine Their Roles,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 9th, 2002, 19.
Howard, Rhonda, LAVA 2002, (Catalog) Thread, May 2002, 23, 26-29.
Hall, Emily, “Minimal Materials,” The Stranger, August 31st, 2000, 45.
Lincoln, Joan, “Emerging Artists Competition,” Ceramics Monthly, February, 1997, 39-40.
Collections
King County, Washington
Tacoma Art Museum
Amgen Corporation
City of Seattle
Ben and Aileen Krohn
United States Department of Navy
University of Washington, Seattle
Commissions
2016 Sound Transit, University Link Light Rail Station, Architectural installation, Seattle, $550,000 budget. Design completed.
2010 King County, Short span bridge design, $60,000 budget. Design in process.
2010 King County Library System, Federal Way Library, Design completed.
2009 City of Shoreline, WA, Suspended sculpture for city hall lobby, $60,000 budget.
2009 Vulcan Inc., Sculptural installation for condominium lobby, Seattle, undisclosed budget.
2007 4Culture, Suspended sculpture, Seattle, $10,000 budget
2005 University of Washington, Residence hall sculpture, Seattle, $30,000 budget.
