Education
2005 University of Washington, MFA photography
2003 University of Nevada, Reno, BFA photography, University of Nevada, Reno, BA psychology
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Dermatographia, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York NY
2015
Interior Optics, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
2014
Broad Channels, MagnanMetz, New York NY
2011
Blouse, MagnanMetz, New York NY
2010
Save Face, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
Dressing, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2009
Dressing, Magnan Projects, New York NY
2008
Dressing, Gallery4Culture, Seattle WA
2007
Leather and Lace, (collaboration with Allison Manch), SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
2006
Axial Bloom, Magnan Projects, New York NY
Patterns’ Faction, The Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village NV
2003
Have you ever seen a firefly before?, McNamara Gallery, University of NV, Reno NV
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Caressing History, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi India
2017
Cheap Suitcase, Invisible Exports, New York NY
Haunted Memories, Center for Art Eagle Rock, Los Angeles CA
2016
Encircling the World: Contemporary Art, Science, and the Sublime, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
Art + Science, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas NV
2015
Art in Transit, Luminato Festival, Toronto Canada
2014
Fixation, Town Hall Gallery, Victoria Australia
Up, Close & Personal, Fuchs Projects, Brooklyn NY
MagnanMetz at Art Miami, Miami FL
2013
Photography and the Body, SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA
Skin, an artistic atlas, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Correlate, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
Ephemeral, Adelphi University, Garden City NY
2012
Elles: Platform, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
XVIII Bienal de Arte de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Jesse Burke Blind and Ariana Page Russell Blouse, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
Heavy Rotation, curated by Anthony William Thornton, Franklin Street Works, Stamford CT
MagnanMetz at Art Wynwood, Miami FL
No Strings Attached, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
2011
Sexto Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal, Caracas, Venezuela
MagnanMetz at Art Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Beach FL
New York Per4mances #1, MEME Space, Cambridge MA
Other Life Forms, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn NY
Myself, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of NV, Reno NV
lets be…Friends, Residence Gallery, Long Beach CA
Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper, Dan Graham, Los Angeles CA
2010
Magnan Projects at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Beach FL
Lisa Sette Gallery at Art Miami, Miami Beach FL
Platform Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach FL
Inside Out, SHOWstudio SHOP, London UK
Drawing Show, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn NY
Lisa Sette Gallery at The AIPAD Photography Show, New York NY
Meet Greet Rinse Repeat (in collaboration with Troy Gua), Monarch Contemporary, Seattle WA
Announcing Magnan Metz, Magnan Metz (formerly Magnan Projects), New York NY
2009
Deviate, Schroeder Romero, New York NY
Introductions, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA (Two person exhibition)
Magnan Projects at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York NY
2008
Editioned, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
Platform Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach FL
Photographers’ Showcase, Some Space Gallery, Seattle WA
Curated by Shaun Kardinal
2007
A Spectral Glimpse, Platform Gallery, Seattle WA
Curated by Jim O’Donnell
Photography, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, Pingyao International
Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China
Magnan Projects at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York NY
Magnan Projects at Art 212 Contemporary Art Fair, New York NY
2006
Magnan Projects at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Beach FL
Faculty Show, University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA
2005
Catalog, SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Curated by Adriana Grant, Kristen Ramirez and Dan Rhoads
Meditating America, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
Curated by Ernesto Pujol
University of Washington MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA (catalogue)
MFA Photo Show, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle WA
Works on Paper/Small 3D, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
Juried by Sara Krajewski
Xchange, Western Washington University Gallery B, Bellingham WA
2004
Coupling II: Love Fests and Fist Fights, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle WA
Work In Progress: 1st Year MFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
2003
Bemis Building Fall Art Show, Bemis Artist Studios, Seattle WA
Juried by Robert Brunz
Shift: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
Annual Student Art Show, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
Juried by James Gobel
Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon, Traveling Smithsonian Institution
Exhibition funded by the Nevada Humanities Committee (catalogue)
2002
Photographic Abstraction Show, Blue Lyon Studio and Gallery, Reno NV
Annual Student Art Show, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
Juried by Beryl Graham
2001
Art in Public Spaces, Jot Travis Student Union, University of Nevada, Reno NV
Photography Show, Gallery Qui-ui, Reno NV
Annual Student Art Show, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
Juried by Marc Burns
Grants/Awards
2008
Recipient, King County Gallery 4Culture Solo Exhibition
Artist Trust Fellowship Recipient
Artist Trust Grant for Artist Projects (GAP)
2004
Marsh Scholarship in Art, University of Washington
2003
International Photography Awards, Honorable mention for “We Met That Day”
College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Grant, University of Nevada, Reno
2001-03
Art Department and General Academic Scholarships, University of Nevada, Reno
Curatorial
2005
Becoming Strangers Exhibition for Summer Institute, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle WA
Coupling III: Closest Point of Union, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA
4 x 4 Auction Exhibition, Strange Co Fundraiser, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle WA
Ariana Page Russell is a visual artist with dermatographia. She creates images that explore the skin as a document of human experience, using her own hypersensitive flesh to illustrate the ways we expose, express, adorn and articulate ourselves. You can find out more about Ariana and dermatographia at Skintome.
Russell has exhibited internationally and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Recent exhibitions include Shrine Empire Gallery in New Dehli, India; the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin; Magnan Metz in New York City; Platform Gallery in Seattle; Town Hall Gallery in Australia; the Luminato Festival in Toronto; and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Bolivia. Her work has appeared in Art in America, the Huffington Post, Wired, The Atlantic, VISION Magazine: China, and the monograph ‘Dressing’ published by Decode Books. She was featured on ABC News 20/20 and was a recent participant in the Sexto Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal in Caracas, Venezuela. She received her MFA from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2005.
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