Artists Registry

INGRID LAHTI www.ingridlahti.com
ingrid@ingridlahti.com 3641 88th Ave SE
(206) 232-3543 Mercer Island, WA 98040-3614

EDUCATION
2000 Certificate in Public Art, Bellevue College Art-Zones, Bellevue, WA
1990 MFA Sculpture, University of Washington, Seattle
1983 BFA Magna Cum Laude, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle
1965 BA Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR
AWARDS
2003 Tacoma Arts Commission Award, as a participant of Sound Transit's artworks at Tacoma Link light rail stations, Tacoma, WA.
1999 King County Special Projects Grant, King County Arts Commission, as a participant of Here and There, art installations at alternative sites in King County.
1998 Finalist, Seattle Arts Commission, Five Sites - The Sand Point Installation Program, 1999.
1997 Seattle Artist Grant, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle. WA.
1996 CoCA Artist's Project Grant, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
1993 First Place, Betty Bowen Memorial Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
1990 Award, Sculpture, Bellevue Art Museum, Pacific Arts and Crafts, Bellevue, WA.
1984 Award, Sculpture, Mercer Island Visual Arts League Festival, Juror: Ray Jensen
1982 Mark Tobey Scholarship Award, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1981 Mark Tobey Scholarship Award, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS / COLLECTIONS
2011 Undulating Doubt, installation of neon signs, Storefronts Seattle, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Shunpike, Seattle, WA. Scheduled Nov. 2011-Jan. 2012.
The Sketchbook Project, art house co-op. Brooklyn NY. Traveling national exhibition: nine cities, including Seattle. http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject/exhibitions
2010 Forget, neon signage installation, Storefronts Seattle, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Shunpike, Seattle, WA.
2009 Curator, ArtsSparks Westlake Park Public Art Initiative, City of Seattle Parks
and Recreation Department, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural
Affairs, and 4Culture, Seattle, WA. http://westlakepark.wordpress.com/
2008 Please Lie, Start on Broadway: neon signage installation, Sound Transit, Seattle
Finalist, 4Culture, Brightwater Environmental/Education Community Center.
2006 Les Gove Community Campus, integrated public artwork and landscape treatment
for the campus entrance, City of Auburn, Auburn, WA.
2005 Chandelier, NW Film Forum, Theater lobby, Seattle, WA.
2004 Proposal #350480, International World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, NY, NY.
2003 Cairns, Convention Center Station, Sound Transit Light Rail, Tacoma, WA.
2002 9/11 Memorial, Community Partners of Bellevue, with the City of Bellevue, Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue College, and in kind contributions from the local business community. Fabricated and installed by volunteers.
2002 The Elwood Collection, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
DO NOT/REMEMBER, neon installation for the storefront windows of the former Woolworth Building, City of Tacoma's Commencement Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2001 Native Species of the Slough, Mercer Slough Bus Shelter, Studio Project, Public Art & Design Program, BCC Art-Zones and Bellevue Arts Commission
1997 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (Modern & Contemporary Collection).
1996 University Hospital Collection, Internal Medicine Clinic, UW, Seattle.

INSTALLATIONS AND SCULPTURES
2011 Homage to the Square,kinetic sculpture, Art Outside, 2011. Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA.
SQUEEZE, Interactive sculpture/installation with video performance, DUAL, the private life of sculpture, Traver Gallery Seattle, WA. Exhibition in conjunction with the 2011 SNAG (Society of North America Goldsmiths) conference held in Seattle. May 26-29, 2011. Curator, Catherine Grisez. Catalog.
2010 Feeling Flight, kinetic installation, Heaven and Earth II, Outdoor Sculpture
Exhibition at Carkeek Park, Center on Contemporary Art, in collaboration with the
Carkeek Advisory Council, the Associated Recreational Council, and Seattle
Parks and Recreation, Seattle, WA. Catalog.
2009 Sonogram: Hisselly Song of an American Robin, 2007-2009, kinetic installation,
Resident Alien, CoCA, Seattle, WA. Curator, David Francis. Catalog.
2008 Endless Flower, sculpture, Art Outside, 2008. Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA.
2006 Rocksuit, Installation, Art Outside, 2006. Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA.
2005 SQUEEZE, Video performance and 3D interactive neoprene installation, SKIN, Barefoot Studios, Tacoma, WA. Re:Collaborations:SKIN/SQUEEZE/SUBCUTANEOUS
Hisselly Songs of an American Robin, Art Outside, 2005. PAFAC. Port Angeles
2004 Projection (pyramid), sculpture, Art Outside, 2004. PAFAC, Port Angeles, WA
2003 Why, neon signage, Cosmopolitan Building storefront windows, Tacoma, WA
1999 HEAVY/light, Interactive installation and video (Chandelier Crash), Fisher Gallery and Video Annex, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA.
Mosaic (Considering Columbine), LAND/USE/ACTION, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1998 Refuge II, METALCRAFT, Western Gallery, WWU, Bellingham, WA. Curator, Carole Fuller . Catalog.
Refuge II, METALCRAFT, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID. Curator, Carole Fuller. .
Water Thinking, in Springs Eternal: Artists Reflections, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle.
Curator, Barbara Brady.
1997 Refuge, installation, Objects in Hangar 2, former Sand Point Naval Station, Seattle Arts Commission Exhibition, Seattle, WA. Curator, Sean Elwood.
1996 The Detritus of Anxiety, The Project Room, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
Footprints in the Vacuum, FUEL Gallery at CoCA, Seattle, WA.
With co-curators, E. Carlson, H. Sanderson, and R.M. Tomlinson. OK Girls Project.
Footprints in the Vacuum, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR.
With co-curators, E. Carlson, H. Sanderson, and R.M. Tomlinson. OK Girls Project.
1995 Shelter & Shadow, Installation, RAW SPACE, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1994 Oneric Shelter, (Part 1 of Back & Forth), installation, FUEL Gallery, Seattle
Hideout, (Part 2 of Back & Forth), installation, THE BRIDGE, Peter Kirk Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1993 REPRESSION, King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA.
HOT/COLD, The Good, The Bad, and The Other, Wonderful World of Art, Seattle
With co-curators: E. Carlson, H. Sanderson, & R.M. Tomlinson. OK Girls Project.
1991 WET/DRY, COUNTER/positions, paired installations, O.K. Gallery, O.K. Hotel, Seattle, WA. With co-curators H. Sanderson and R.M. Tomlinson. OK Girls Project.
1986 FEAR, Underground Seattle, Center on Contemporary Art. Curator, Larry Reid.

SELECTED MEDIA ART/VIDEO SCREENINGS
2004 9/11 Memorial, video of 9/11 Memorial (2002). Wiggly World's 7th Annual Local Sightings
Program, NW Film Forum, Seattle WA. Directed and edited by Leo Daedalus/HELSINQI.
Filmed by Lars Larson and Peter J. Vogt. Pianist: Robert Eisenman. Piano score: Für Alina,
Arvo Pärt, 1976, Universal Editions. http://ingridlahti.com/911/video.html
2002 Refuge, Seattle Cine-Visions, Seattle Arts Commission & The Seattle Channel, Robin
Oppenheimer, Program Producer. Documentary video of Refuge installation, 1997.
Videographer and Director, Leo Daedalus.
1999 Essays, City of Tacoma's Commencement Art Gallery Video Room, Tacoma, WA.
Videographer and director, Ingrid Lahti. Edited at Hansek AV, Seattle, WA.
2000 32 feet per second per second: Chandelier Falling, BAM Film and Video Festival,
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA. Jurors: Brian Wallace and Joel Bachar.
With co-videographers Pete Remine and Rob Witmer. Edited at Hansek AV, Seattle, WA.
1997 Refuge, ARTS II, TV Sea, ongoing airing of projects funded by the SAC. (Re: Refuge,
installation,1997.) http://www.ingridlahti.com/portfolio/refuge/?p=video

SELECTED COLLABORATIONS
2005 SKIN/SQUEEZE/SUBCUTANEOUS, interdisciplinary project: 3-D interactive sculpture, video performance, and digital prints, accompanied by dance theatre exhibition/performance event. With Harriet Sanderson & Paul & Josephine Zmolek at Barefoot Studios,Tacoma WA.
2004 9/11 Memorial, video of 9/11 Memorial ,2002. Producer, Ingrid Lahti.
Filmed by Lars Larson and Peter J. Vogt. Director and editor, Leo Daedalus/HELSINQI. Pianist, Robert Eisenman. Piano score: Für Alina, Arvo Pärt, 1976, Universal Editions.
2003 Lead Artist, Proposal #350480, International World Trade Center Site Memorial
Competition, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, New York, NY. With Harriet Sanderson, landscape designer, Seattle; Mark Millett, architect, Seattle; and Peter Marks, evolutionary biologist, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2002 9/11 Memorial, Downtown Bellevue Park, Bellevue, WA. Community Partners of Bellevue. Constructed with volunteer labor, with in kind donations from community businesses, and with the support the City of Bellevue, Bellevue Arts Commission, and Bellevue Parks Dept
2001 Native Species of the Slough, Mercer Slough Bus Shelter, Studio Project, Public Art and Design Program, BCC Art-Zones and Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue
1999 HERE and THERE (20 installations/10 artists), LAND/USE/ACTION, Center on
Contemporary Art and ten alternative sites, Seattle, WA.
1996 Footprints in the Vacuum, Hoffman Gallery, OSAC, Portland, OR and FUEL Gallery, Seattle, WA. Co-Curated with Edie Carlson, Harriet Sanderson, and Ruth Marie Tomlinson. Soundtrack composed and produced by Leo Daedalus.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 The Big Bang Birthday Bash, Henry Art Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA.
The Seed, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA.
2002 Best of Show Category, Bellevue Art Museum Annual Art Auction, Bellevue, WA .
2001 Bellevue Art Museum Annual Art Auction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA.
Juried by Michael Klein, Ellie Sprague, Judith Kindler, and Billy Howard.
DeBASHery, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
2000 Betty Bowen Award 20th Anniversary Exhibition, WA State Convention Center,
Seattle, WA
Northwest Annual, CoCA, Seattle Juror: Mike Bidlo

SELECTED PRESS: articles, reviews, books, media
Teagarden, Rebecca. "Seattle artist Judith Kindler surrounds herself with creativity": feature photo,full article; Seattle Times online, December 4, 2010. Photo.
Davison, Dave R. "Know your public art: Ingrid Lahtiʼs ʻCairnsʼ", Tacoma Weekly online, 10/12/10
"Q&A with Storefronts installation artist Ingrid Lahti," Storefronts Seattle blog, Sept. 22, 2010. Photo.
Walk the Talk, Public Art in Auburn, Artist panel discussion, Sept. 24, 2009. City of Auburn, Auburn Arts Commission and 4Culture. Video.
Gabriel Campanario, Art in the parks sparks some thoughts, Seattle Times, August 15,2009. Sketch
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seattlesketcher/2009651600_art_in…
30th Anniversary Betty Bowen Memorial Award Catalogue, Marquand Press, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2009. Photo.
Hackett, Regina. "NW glass art outside the Seattle glass mainstream," Art To Go blog, Seattle Post-Intelligencer online, Nov. 24, 2008. Photos.
True, Kathryn. "In tune with art and nature in Port Angeles," Seattle Times, March 30, 2006. Photo.
Graves, Jen. "Dance project honors body," The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, Nov. 6, 2005. Photo
Graves, Jen. "A cultural journey: Artwork paves way for…," The News Tribune, July 1, 2003.
KOMO TV. 9/11 Memorial, Bellevue's 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, Sept. 11, 2002.
Bellevue City Cable Channel. 9/11 Memorial, Bellevue's 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, 9/11/02.
Ho, Vanessa, "A day in September: Downtown Bellevue Park, noon," Seattle P-I, 9/11/02. Photo.
Cornwall, Warren. "Twin towers in Bellevue…," Seattle Times, August 2, 2002. Photo.
Bennett, Sam. "Artist will recreate twin towers in pond," Daily Journal of Commerce, 7/31/02. Photo.
Hartl, John. "Late, great Bellevue fest resurrected," Seattle Times, July 28,2000.
DeVuono, Frances. "'Springs Eternal: Artists' Reflections' at Seafirst Gallery," Artweek, March 1998.
Glowen, Ron. "'The Objects in Hangar 2' at the former Sand Pt Naval Base," Artweek, 11/97.
"Water: Subject, substance, symbol, site — Ingrid Lahti: Visceral Sensations," Artweek, 4/97.
Glowen, Ron. "'Footprints in the Vacuum' at Fuel Gallery," Artweek, June 1996. Photo.
Farr, Sheila. "Re-Fueling an Exhibition Space," Seattle Weekly, April 24, 1996. Photo.
Bennett, Laura Lee. "Domestic disturbance," The Oregonian, March 29, 1996. Photo.
Museums & Galleries, Section 2, Chicago READER, July 7, 1995. Photo.
Keeley, Pam. "Roundups: Ingrid Lahti at Fuel Gallery," Reflex, Aug/Sept 1994.
Kangas, Matthew. “Reviews:Seattle,” Sculpture, Vol.13, No.1, pp.56-7, Jan/Feb 1994
"News: Bowen award winners," Artweek, Vol. 24, No. 24, p.2, Dec. 16, 1993. Photo.