Resume

Born:

Wallace, Idaho – 1958

Resides:

Everett, Washington

Education:

Everett Community College – AA Degree in Arts & Sciences

Exhibitions:

2008

Songs of the Siren, Everett Center for the Arts

Karlson/Gray, Langley

2007

Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle

Gallery by the Bay, Stanwood

Dorothy S. O'Brien Cancer Center, Seattle

2006

Impressed, Everett Center for the Arts

Red, Gaskill/Olson Gallery, Langley

Built Gallery, Everett

Max Grover Gallery, Port Townsend

2005

Pets on Parade, Everett Center for the Arts

Three Women, Green River Community College

Unclad, David Maritz Gallery, Camano Island

2004

Lieutenant Governors Office, Olympia

The Goddess, Jeffrey Moose Gallery

Edmonds Arts Commission

Library Dolls and Puppets, The Stanwood House

2003

Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle

David Maritz Gallery, Camano Island

The Great Wu Wu Show, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

Redmond Community Center

2002

Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle

Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

The Art of Change for UNICEF, Bainbridge Island Arts and Crafts

The Art of the Palouse, Everett Center for the Arts

David Maritz Gallery, Camano Island

Shadows and Reflections, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison

2001

Cambium Layers, Everett Center for the Arts

DeBashery, Henry Art Museum, Seattle

Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham

Toy Memories, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

Artworks for AIDS, Northwest AIDS Foundation

2000

SPK 30, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland

White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon

Gaskill/Olson Gallery, Langley

The Art of Gardening, Everett Center for the Arts

Art That Works, Northwest AIDS Foundation

Splendor in the Bash, Henry Art Museum, Seattle

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

1999

They Shoot Painter’s Don’t They?,COCA, Seattle

Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle

The Magnificent Seven, Everett Center for the Arts

Woof: The Dog in Art, Bainbridge Island Arts and Crafts

Art Works for AIDS, Northwest AIDS Foundation

Like Cats and Dogs, Pratt Art Gallery, Seattle

Y2 Bash, Henry Art Museum, Seattle

Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

1998

Alexis Hotel, Seattle

Art That Works, Northwest AIDS Foundation, Seattle

Paper Bash, Henry Art Museum, Seattle

Everett Center for the Arts – Solo exhibit

Honored as Snohomish County Artist of the Year

Virginia Inn, Seattle

Still Life Café, Seattle

1997

Art in Education, Everett Center for the Arts

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

1996

Art That Works, Northwest AIDS Foundation, Seattle

For the Birds, Everett Center for the Arts

Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World IV, Camano Island

1995

Visionaries: Present & Future, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle

Domestic Bliss, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle

Dreams/Visions, Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery

Still Life Café, Seattle

Aesthetics Fine Art Gallery, Tacoma

Everett Community College & Edmonds Community College Group Show

Everett Center for the Arts

1994

Water Visions, Everett Center for the Arts

There She Goes, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor

Honey, I Shrunk the Art Once More, History of the World III Gallery, Camano Island

Flora and Fauna, Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

Pacific Arts Center, Seattle

1993

Honey, I Shrunk the Art Again, History of the World III Gallery, Stanwood

Setting the Table: Food and Art, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle

Artworks Gallery, Seattle

And She Said, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor

Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

1992

El Día de los Muertos, Seattle

Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Every Picture Tells A Story, Artworks Gallery, Seattle

Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Stanwood

Still Life Café, Seattle

Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

Blue Heron Arts Center, Vashon Island

1991

King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle

Self-Portraits: The Artist in the Art, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle

Childers/Proctor Gallery, Langley

1990

Snohomish County Arts Center, Everett

Never Before Funded, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle

PRIMA Gallery, Edmonds Community College

1989

Phinney Arts Gallery, Seattle

Marjorie Neill Gallery, Stanwood

1988

History of the World Gallery, Stanwood

Collections:

Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places: Thirteen Paintings

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle

Everett Cultural Commission

Pacific Coast Feather Co., Seattle

Internet Entertainment Group, Seattle

Lombardi’s Cucina, Everett

Max and Sherry Grover

Artist Residency:

Edge Program, October 2007, Artist Trust

Centrum, November 2002, Port Townsend

Commissions:

Poster Paintings, 1994, 1995 and 2004, Seattle Men’s Chorus

Book cover, Washington State Almanac, Alaska N.W. Books, 1999

Book illustrations: ¿Qué color es? (Houghton-Mifflin, 1997)

One illustration in Naranya Dulce, an anthology of children’s songs & poems Houghton-Mifflin, 1997)

Book cover, The Five Thousand and One Nights, published by Fjord Press, 1997

Poster painting: Northwest BookFest (Bibliomania), 1995

Cartoons for Orbit Records ads, published in The Rocket, 1994

Book cover: The Faces, published by Fjord Press, 1991

Book cover: Katinka, published by Fjord Press, 1990

Public Art Commissions:

WSAC 1% for Arts, North Hill Elementary, Des Moines

King County Public Arts Commission, Metro Transit

Pigs on Parade, Pike Place Market Foundation, Seattle

Finalist, 2002 Auburn Library Public Art Project

Awards:

Grand Prize, Everett Center for the Arts, 1997 & 1994

Redmond Artsplash, 1991, 1992, 1995

Anacortes Art Festival Award, 1988,1990 & 2001

Cover of the Northwest Artists and Poets Calendar, 1990

Third Prize in Painting, Mercer Island Art Festival, 1989

Juried Art Shows:

Animals in Art 2003-2004, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Art Show at the Dog Show 2004, Witchita, Kansas

Culture and Agriculture 2003, Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin

Everett Center for the Arts, 1986, 1989, 1991-1997, 2003

Redmond Artsplash, 1990-1995

Anacortes Art Festival, 1986-1992, 2001

Mercer Island Art Festival, 1987, 1989, 1991

Bellevue Art Festival, 1987, 1989

New York Oil Pastel Association, 4th Annual Show, 1987

Bibliography:

Arney, Sarah. “Oh Oh” Cheri O’Brien and Shari Osti offer art show for cancer research, The Arlington Times, Feb. 2005

Murray, Mike. “Old Building Gets Artful New Use”, Everett Herald, Feb. 2005

Wright, Diane. “Womans Work Tells the Story of Family Growth”, The Herald, March 1998

Heim, Joe. “At the Virginia Inn, Pull up a Chair for ‘Art Theatre’, Seattle Times, January 1998

Glowen, Ron. “Artist of the Year, O’Brien Captures Daily Life, People, Surroundings”, The Herald, March 1998

Bartmess, Patrick. “The Art of Dining”, The Marysville Weekender, Sept. 1997

Bryant, Linda. “Like Offbeat Art? This Spud’s for You”, The Herald, Jan. 1995

O’Harran, Kristi. Artist to View Everett in Centennial Show, The Herald, November 1992

Snow, Erin. “Cheri O’Brien at the Still Life Café”, Reflex, November 1992

Foye-Bollen, Colleen. “The Work of Art”, Parent to Parent, November 1991

Wright, Diane. “Paint in Her Blood Flowing Free at Last”, The Herald, December 1989

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