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Selected Individual Exhibits

2011
“Totems,” Rose Center for The Arts, Lower Columbia College, Longview, Washington (forthcoming)
“Totems,” Angst Gallery, Vancouver, Washington (forthcoming)
2010
Galeria H2O, Barcelona, Spain (forthcoming; also 2003, 1992)
2008 
Portland Art Open, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon
Office of Mayor Tom Potter, Portland City Hall, Portland, Oregon
2005 
Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington
2004 
“Morocco,” Gallery 500, Portland
2003 
Portland Open Studios, Portland, Oregon (also 2002)
2001 
Galeria 57, Madrid
Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
2000 
Omni Gallery, Portland (also, 1999, 1998)
Doctor Vigari Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1996 
Poster Gallery, Portland
1992 
"Industrial Districts," Morrison-Rink Gallery, Portland
Stonington Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1991 
Blackfish Gallery, Portland
White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland
1990 
Grant Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon
1989 
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
1987 
Blue Sky Gallery, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland
1985 
"Found Images," New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

Selected Group Exhibits


2010
“ Unconditionally Us: A Reflection,” Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro,
Oregon
“Six Feet Six Inch,” Splendorporium, Portland
Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York
“Command – Option – Escape,” Arts at Marks Garage, Honolulu
"Tracing Territories," Tribute Gallery, Portland
"The Portland Project," Splendorporium,, Portland
"The Portland Project," Alberta Art Hop/Art on Alberta, Portland
21st Annual Cascade Aids Project Benefit Art Auction, Portland
Crystal Ballroom, Portland
“Underwater,” Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver
“Love Show,” Olympic Mills/Launchpad Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2009
"Light Sensitive Materials,” Launchpad Gallery, Portland
"Family,” Launchpad Gallery, Portland
“3rd Annual Treasures of the Surreal Madre Art Show,” Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria, Oregon
MK Gallery, Portland State University, Portland    
“Love Show,” Olympic Mills/Launch Pad Gallery, Portland
Q Center, Portland
2008 
“New on the Wall, Recent Acquisitions in Photography,” Portland Art Museum
“Cirque,” CAP Benefit Auction Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
2007  
Quality Pictures Contemporary Art, Portland
2006 
“The Trade Show,” Collage, Portland
City Commissioner Sam Adams’ Office, City Hall, Portland
“The Art of Surprise,” Studio 1627, Portland
2006  
“4 x 4,” Collage, Portland
2005  
DaDa Ball, The Works, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland
2004  
“One Foot Square,” Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland
2003  
“150th Anniversary of the Birth of Vincent VanGogh,” Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus        
“Summer International Exhibition,” Latin American Art Museum, Miami
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon (also 2001)
2003
“10th National Biennial Exhibit,” Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
(juror: Julie Sasse, Curator of Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Art)
“Sorta,” Consolidated Works, Seattle
2002  
Wieden and Kennedy, Cascade Aids Project Art Auction Exhibit, Portland (catalog, color reproduction)
2001 
“Oregon’s 20th Century in Photography,” Portland Art Museum, Portland (invitational)
“Elements of Light,” Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon (juror: Mark Woolley, Mark Woolley Gallery)
“Bridges,” Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
Omni Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2000 
“30th Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition,” Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon (Award; juror:  Rita Robillard, Chair, Art Department, Portland State University)
1999 
"Northwest Biennial: The End," Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington (Honorable 
Mention Award; juror: Fred Wilson, artist, New York City; catalog)
“2x2x2000,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland (catalog with color reproduction)
“The Color of Dreams," Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland
“All Oregon Art Annual,” Oregon State Fair, Salem, Oregon
Ceramica, Portland (ceramic plates painted at invitation of Portland Institute of Contemporary Art for DaDa Ball benefit; 1998, 1997 also)
Peripheral Produce Festival of Experimental Films, Portland (Super 8 film)
“Eternal Screens, “ Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland
1998 
Tule Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1997 
Lee Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, Oregon
1996 
"20th Anniversary of Blue Sky Gallery Exhibit," Obscura Gallery, Portland
1994 
“18th Annual Small Works Exhibit," 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University,
New York (Juror: Stephen Haller, Director, Stephen Haller Gallery, NY)
Sunriver Art Festival, Sunriver, Oregon        
1993 
Morrison-Rink Gallery, Portland       
Gallery 114, Portland
1992 
"El Ojo de la Cerradura," Galeria Marchand Arte Nuevo, Torreon, Mexico       
Threshold Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada       
“New Blood," G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington        
 "Art Over the Edge," Vancouver, Washington        
Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco        
Artspace, Bay City, Oregon        
New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon       
"Environmental Alarm," Blackfish Gallery, Portland (also, co-curator)
1991 
Show N Tell, San Francisco       
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago       
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon        
Photographic Image Gallery, Portland       
"Eleventh Anniversary Exhibit," Stonington Gallery, Seattle
1990 
"Shelters and Structures," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco        
"Introductions 1990, A New Decade," William Traver Gallery, Seattle
Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.  
"Oregon Photographers," Vilnius Photography Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (traveled to other cities in Lithuania)        
"Focus on Paper," Blackfish Gallery, Portland        
"Gold Show," Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland
1989
"La Ronda del Silencio," Galeria Marchand Arte Contemporaneo, Torreon, Mexico
Artquake, Portland Center for the Performing Arts,  Portland (Juror: Mary Beebee, Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland)
"Established and Emerging," Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland (invitational)                 
Art AIDS, benefit exhibit, Portland Center for the Performing Arts
"Mother," Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland (installation; collaborator)
"Oregon 2-D," A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon         
"Oregon Washington Biennial Exhibit," Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington (also 1987)
Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland
1988  
Artquake, Portland Center for the Performing Arts (Juror:  Patterson Sims, Curator of Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum)         
"Home Show," Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, Wash.         
"Animal Show," New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
1987 
"Oregon Biennial," Portland Art Museum, Portland; traveled to State Capitol Building, Salem Or.,
Schneider Art Museum, Ashland, Oregon, and galleries/museums in Bend, Coos Bay, Eugene, and
Salem, Oregon. LaGrande, Oregon (Juror:  James Demetrion, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; catalog)         
"Forbidden," New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon         
"On the Job," Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland         
"Eleventh Annual Small Works," 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York University, New York
"In Between Time," New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon        
Artquake, Visual Arts Gallery, Portland
1986 
Invitational Photographic Exchange, Exhibit", Shanghai Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
"Library Show," Beyond Reason Gallery, Portland "Chairs in Art," New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
"Eighteen/Two Hundred," Capitol Hill Arts, Seattle
1985 
Lewis and Clark College, Art Department, Portland (purchase award; Juror: Jay Backstrand)

Selected Reviews and Publications

2010  
The Archive, Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York (color reproduction)
“The Portland Project,”  Deck of Artist Cards by Portland Artists, Portland (3 of Clubs card)
2009 
“Larry Cwik Unveils The Visitor: 25 Years Photographing Mexico,” Just Out, Portland, Oregon, November 20, 2009, page 24 (color reproduction)
2008
D.K. Row, “On View: Portland Art Open,” Oregonian, Portland, September 25, 2008
Richard Speer, “Live Review: Cap Auction Saturday, April 5, “ Willamette Week Online, April 9, 2008
2007
Backstage.com, October 2007 (reproduction for Actorfest)
2005
“Cwik Study,” WSU Today, Washington State University, January 21, 2005, page 7 (reproductions)
2004
“Cwik Photos Include Mexico and Morocco,” Oregonian, December 23, 2004, page E5
D.K. Row, “Critic’s Picks,” the Oregonian, Portland, June 3, 2004, page E-1
Justin Oswald, “Portland Art Exhibit to Address U.S. Militarism,” Oregon Peaceworker, Salem, Oregon, June 2004
Meg Daly, “In the Footsteps of Bowles,” Just Out, Portland, May 21, 2004, page 43 (Interview, with color reproduction)
2003
Matthew Kangas, “Two Exhibits Affirm ConWorks’ Rise in Art World,” Seattle Times, February 28, 2003
Paula Lifschey, “Artists Open Working Studios for Annual Tour,” Northwest Examiner, Portland, volume 18, number 2, October 2003, pages 4-5
Timothy Krause, “Artists at Work,” Just Out, Portland, volume 20, number 23, October 3, 2003, page 41
Calendar, Portland Open Studios, Portland (color reproduction; also, 2002) 
2002 
“Art for Life,” catalog for CAP Art Auction, Portland, OR (color reproduction)
2000
Jane Fudge, “Photophilia,” Our Town, volume 4, number 263, October 2, 2000, pages 4-5          
"Eyes of a City, A City of Eyes, 20 Years of Photography," Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon (CD Rom, color reproductions)
Endsound.com/Wooley Bugger Magazine (reproductions)
1999
Oregonian, Arts and Entertainment Section, Portland, Oregon, November 5, 1999, page 35 (color reproduction)
Charles Bermant, "Artists Show Wares in a Global Gallery," Oregonian, Portland, March 15, 1999 (reproduction)
1998
Portland State University Vanguard, Portland, volume 53, no. 21, October 30, 1998 (reproduction)
Alt.Finance Magazine, November/December 1998, Portland (color reproduction, cover)
1992
Gregg Morris, “WW Art Choice,” Willamette Week, Portland, vol. 18, no. 20, March 12, 1992
Merce Planella, "Larry Cwik: El Autor,” La Fotografia, no. 24, pp. 12-13, Barcelona (color reproductions)        
Merce Planella, "Larry Cwik: Para Fotografiar Mexico Hay que Vagar Antes Por Sus Calles,"
ABC, Madrid, Spain, Cataluna edition, Barcelona, Feb 1, 1992 p. 11 (reproduction)
David Bentley & Amy Davenport, "Larry Cwik," interview, Face Value Magazine, Portland, January 1992, pages 27-29 (reproductions)
1992
Downtowner, volume 19, number 2, Jan. 6, 1992, p. 5 (also vol. 18, number 45 November 4, 1991 page 22) (reproductions)
Earth Trauma, Earth Hope, artist book, Jan. 1992, 29 pages
www.h2o.es/press/cwik.html
1991
Greg Smiley, “Cwik Brings Mexico to Portland," Vanguard, Portland State University, Portland, vol. 47, no. 34, November 7, 1991, p. 8 (reproduction)
Joseph Wachs, "Talent Abounds," Vanguard, Portland State University, vol. 46, number 6, July 24, 1991, page 4
1990
Joan Murray, "Diversity Under One Roof, Shelters and Structures at Rena Bransten Gallery," Artweek, volume 21, number 22, June 21, 1990
Portland Review, Portland State University, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring-Summer 1991, pp. 56, 59 (also vol. 37, no. 1, Nov. 1990, p. 4; vol. 34, 1988, pages 38, 45, 96)
"Photo Opportunity," Northwest Magazine, The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, vol. 26, no. 43, May 19, 1991, p. 6) (color reproductions)
Interview, where's the Art cable television program, Portland, October 31, 1990 (also 1986,1988)
Co-presenter, copyright, Business of Being an Artist Workshop, Oregon School of Art and Crafts, Portland, October 20, 1990        
Roger Hayden, "Artist's Oils May Prove Disquieting," Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Oregon, June 7, 1990, page D-1
1989
"Inauguron Hoy Una Exposicion Collectiva en Galeria Marchand," El Siglo de Torreon, Torreon, Mexico, Dec. 5, 1989, p 5-D
Club Satyricon, Portland, Or., calendar, June (reproduction)
1988
Susan Kluss, "Index Gallery's Show Features Unusual Items," The Independent, Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, Feb. 1, 1988, p. 9
1987
Elizabeth Brinton, "Exhibit Challenges Ideas on Art," What's Happening, Eugene, Oregon, volume 6, number 36, October 8, 1987
Oregon Biennial 1987, Contemporary Works by Oregon Artists, catalog, Portland Art Museum, page 10 (reproduction)
The Free Agent, Portland, volume 2, number 7, October 1987, back cover
1981
Impulse Magazine, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 1981, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 37 (reproduction)

Awards and Honors

Selected Collections

Commissions

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