Clarissa Callesen
Sculptor, installation artist, instructor
CV / RESUME
Clarissa Callesen
Born 1971
Solo Exhibitions
2024 To Discard: To Cherish, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2018 Fertile Remnants, two site-specific textiles and found object installations, Surel’s Place, Boise, ID
2017 Pliable Ore, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2016 Parts of the Whole, Social Fabric, Bellingham, WA
2016 O Horizon, Creative Spaces, Bellingham, WA
2013 Odd Birds, Tasty Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Gathering and Looking Forward, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
2010 Rust and Heartache, Covet Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2008 Oddities, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
Installations
2024 Taking Over, Found object installation in Folk art environment, East Jesus, Niland, CA
2024 To Discard: To Cherish, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2021 Unbalanced Trails, Temporary outdoor installation, Bellingham, WA
2020 Knotted: Tying the Common and the Profound, ongoing multiple platforms
2019 Fertile Remnants, Shunpike Window Series, Seattle, WA
2018 Unbalanced Trails, Surge exhibit, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2018 Fertile Remnants I and II, two site-specific textile and found object installations, Surel’s Place, Boise, ID
2017 Perceived Value, site-specific found object installation, Brush Creek Artist Residency, Saratoga, WY
2017 Leave Your Burdens, Found object installation in Folk art environment, East Jesus, Niland, CA
2017 Our Lady, Found object installation in Folk art environment, East Jesus, Niland, CA
2013 What do you Believe? 8’x22’ mixed media installation, Burning Man, Gerlach, NV
2010 Sagrado, Interactive Installation, Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA (Viewers’ Choice Award)
Group Exhibitions
2024 Women Rising, Cascadia International Film Festival, Bellingham, WA
2023 Art at the Port, Anacortes, WA
2021 Common Threads: Textiles past and present, Greenwood SC
2020 Fibre Art Textile Biennale, Sydney, AU
2020 RARE, Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2019 Main Gallery Feature, two-person show, Guardino Gallery, Portland OR
2019 Curator’s Choice, i.e. Gallery, Edison, WA
2018 Indra’s Net, two-person show, i.e. Gallery, Edison, WA
2018 Fresh, i.e. Gallery, Edison, WA
2018 Art at the Port, Anacortes, WA
2017 O Horizon, i.e. Gallery, Edison, WA
2017 Organic Reaction, Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2016 Art at the Port, Anacortes, WA
2013 Rare, Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2011 Juried Art Series, Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2010 Cabinet of Curiosities, Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA (Invited Artist)
2009 Indulge Your Senses, Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA
2008 Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
Residencies
2021 Xochi Quetzal , Chapala Mexico
2019 North Street Collective, Willits, CA
2018 Surel’s Place, Boise, ID
2017 Artist in Resident East Jesus Art Garden, Niland, CA
2017 Playa Residency Program, Summer Lake, OR
2017 Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts, Saratoga, WY
Awards
2020 Artist Up Mentorly Scholarship recipient
2019 WA State Artist Trust Grants for Artists' Projects
Publications
2023 Book contributor, Threads of Treasure by Sarah Barnes
2014 Article, Chaos Journaling by Clarissa Callesen, Art Journaling Quarterly spring issue
2014 Book contributor, Art Without Waste by Patty Wongpakdee
2012 Article, Art Doll Makeover by Clarissa Callesen, Art Doll Quarterly Spring issue
2012 Article, Bride Challenge, Art Doll Quarterly Summer issue
2011 Article, Don’t Box Me In by Clarissa Callesen, Art Doll Quarterly fall issue
2009 Book contributor, Who’s Your DADA by Linda and Opie O’Brien
Teaching
2021 Creating with Courage, International online course, Fibre Arts Take Two
2020 Textile Artists Workshop, London, England
2019 Fiber Arts Australia, Melbourne, AUS
2018 Art and Soul Retreat, Portland, OR
2017 Art and Soul Retreat, Portland, OR
2016 Art and Soul Retreat, Portland, OR
2015 Art and Soul Retreat, Virginia Beach, VA