Interview with Norman Lundin. Eight minute video: Produced by Seattle Public Art, Mayor's Office of Art & Cultural Affairs. Producer / Director: John Forsen, Fidgit TV.
Just as
one cannot have something “long” without having something “short” for comparision, one cannot have an “object” without a “void”. It is the void interests me. With this kind of priority I find that I must use objects that have little or no emotional association. Negative space is fragile if one wants to use it as the primary “subjetct matter” of a painting.
Any object depicted that has significant emotional assosiations will tend to dominate (which is exactly what i don’t want to happen). The objects are not there to be described; they are there to explain the space.
I don’t limit myself all the time, though, and, once in a while, I do use loaded subject matter.
NORMAN LUNDIN
Born in Los Angeles, CA, in 1938; lives and works in Seattle.
EDUCATION
- 1963-64 University of Oslo, Oslo,
- 1961-63 MFA, University of Cincinnati
- 1958-61 BA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1957-58 Miami University, Oxford, OH
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- 2004-present Professor of Art, Emeritus
- 1976-2004 Professor
- 1969-76 Associate Professor
- 1965-69 Assistant Professor
- 1964-65 Instructor
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2010- 2019 Director, Prographica Gallery, Seattle
- 2000-02 Curator: Perceptual Experience: A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing, Frye Art Museum, Seattle (catalogue)
- 1988 & 2005 Set Design, Dark Elegies, by Anthony Tudor, Pacific Northwest Ballet: Seattle Opera House & Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago
- 1962-63 Assistant to the Director, Cincinnati Art Museum
AWARDS
- 1997 Royalty Research Fund Scholar, University of Washington
- 1989 Arts and Humanities Research Professorship, University of Washington
- 1986 Washington State Visual Artist Fellowship
- 1983 National Endowment for the Arts: Visual Artist Fellowship
- 1978-79 Ford Foundation Grant for Travel to Russia and Eastern Europe
- 1967 Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant for Painting
- 1963-64 Fulbright Grant for Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2023 Norman Lundin: The Space Between Things, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2019 Remembered Detail, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2018 Femme, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2017 Norman Lundin: Selected Works, 1970 – 2017, Sara Sliurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
- 2016 Spaces, Inside and Outside, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
- 2013 Recent Paintings, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2012 Works on Paper, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2011-12 Norman Lundin: Inside/Out, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
- 2010 Norman Lundin: Interiors, Landscape & Figure Drawings, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA
- Gray Light, Four Years of Painting, 2007-10, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2009 New Work, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2007 Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Fine Arts Gallery, Pierce College, Lakewood, WA
- 2006 Norman Lundin, About Landscape, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2005 Norman Lundin, Views Out a Window & Other Paintings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- Collection of Works by Norman Lundin, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
- 2004 New Paintings & Drawings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2003 Norman Lundin Drawings and Paintings, Kittredge Gallery, The University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
- 2002 Norman Lundin, Recent Work: Figures, Landscapes, Still Lifes, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2001 Recent Work, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1999-2000 At 60: Norman Lundin, Landscapes and Still Lifes, Frye Art Museum, Seattle; The Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman
- 1999 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle (also 1992, 1989, 1986, 1981, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1972, 1971, 1967)
- 1997 Light Observations, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
- Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York
- Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco (also 1991)
- Recent Work, Fine Arts Gallery, Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
- 1996 New Paintings and Pastels, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- Figure Drawings & Studies from the ‘60s & ‘70s, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 1994 Recent Work, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York
- 1992 Sliace Gallery, Los Angeles (also 1989, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980, 1976)
- 1990-92 Norman Lundin: A Decade of Drawing and Painting, exhibition curated by Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, opening at Long Beach Museum of Art and thereafter traveling to Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL; Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; Newcomb College Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans; Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
- 1990 Stelihen Haller Fine Art, New York
- 1989 Norman Lundin: Figures and Interiors, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
- 1988 New Work, Stelihen Haller Fine Art, New York
- Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
- The Allport Gallery, San Francisco (also 1985, 1984)
- 1987 Stelihen Haller Fine Art, New York
- Adams & Middleton Gallery, Dallas (also 1984)
- Cabrillo College, Alitos, CA
- 1985 Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT 1984
- Documents NW: Norman Lundin, Seattle Art Museum, San Jose Museum of Art
- 1983 Saddleback College Art Gallery, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
- 1982 University of Texas San Antonio, Art Gallery, San Antonio
- 1981 Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington DC
- 1980 University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND
- Western Gallery, Western Washington State University, Bellingham (also 1973)
- 1976 Allan Stone Gallery, New York
- 1975 Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI
- Ohio State University, Columbus
- Oregon State University, Corvallis
- Rockford College, Rockford, IL
- 1974 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- Studio School, Spokane, WA
- 1968 Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR
- 1966 Atrium Gallery, Seattle
- 1964 American Embassy, Oslo, Norway
- Diedrich Anderson Gallery, Bergen, Norway
- 1963 Gilman Gallery, Chicago
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2021 Color into Line: Pastels from the Renaissance to the Present, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. Book accompanied the exhibition, written by Furio Rinaldi and published by Schiffer Publishing.
- 2015 Stilleven: Contemporary Still Life, curated by John Olbrantz, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
- 2013 Bright Lines and the Void, curated by Michael Kate, Michael Kate Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
- Artists from Prographica, Bellevue College Gallery, Bellevue, WA
- Creating the New Northwest, curated by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- Chamber Music, curated by Scott Lawrimore, Frye Art Museum, Seattle
- Wunderkammer, curated by Ron De Angelis, Koplin Del Rio, Los Angeles
- I-5 Connects, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2012 Best of the Northwest, curated by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- 2012 Rarely Seen Contemporary, curated by Mark Pasquale, Art Institute of Chicago
- Between Truth and Fiction: Pictorial Narratives, curated by Eleana Del Rio, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2011 The Value of Water, curated by Frederika Foster, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, New York
- Seattle as Collector, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40, exhibition organized by the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Art Museum
- 2010 Kink, curated by Eleana Del Rio, Koplin, Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- A Continuing Cultural Legacy: Selections from the Safeco Insurance Collection Donation to the Washington Art Consortium, curated by Beth Sellars, Wright Exhibition Sliace, Seattle
- Happy Birthday, Francine, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2009 On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY; Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
- Landscape Visions, Evergreen Gallery, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
- West Coast Drawing Show, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- Cinema Sources, curated by Derrick Cartwright, Seattle Art Museum
- 2008 A View from Here: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Landscape, Judson Gallery, Los Angeles
- Works on Paper Invitational, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- Seattle Public Utilities Northwest Masters Portable Works, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
- Sliace Gallery: A Tribute Survey, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
- 2007-08 An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art
- 2006 Retrospective I 1986-1996, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
- 2004 Drawings West, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
- Drawings VII, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
- Seattle Collects, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle
- Exploring NW Realism, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA
- 2003 Collectors’ Choice, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 2002 Northwest Masters, Selections from the City of Seattle One Percent for Art Portable Works Collection, curated by Beth Sellars, City Sliace, Seattle
- The Perception of Appearance, A Decade of Contemporary American Figure Drawing, co-curated by Norman Lundin and Richard West, Frye Art Museum, Seattle
- The Figure, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
- 2001 Northwest Views, Selections from the SAFECO Collection, curated by Debra Byrne and Jim McDonald, Frye Art Museum, Seattle
- Landscape and Life, Cancer Lifeline, Seattle
- 2000-01 Inside Outside, Verizon Wireless, Bellevue, WA
- 2000 Interiors and Figures, Art Gallery, North Seattle Community College, Seattle
- Invitational, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
- Bumberbiennale: Painting 2000, curated by Matthew Kangas, Olympic Room, Northwest Court, Seattle Center, Seattle
- 1999-2000 Drawings from the Davidson Collection, curated by Mark Pasquale, Art Institute of Chicago
- 1999 From Here to the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
- En Plein Air, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 1998-99 Seattle to San Diego, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco
- 1998 Drawings IV, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles
- Verdue, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco
- 1997 Art from the American West, American Ambassador’s Residence, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia
- Working Papers, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 1996 New Location Inaugural Exhibition, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles,
- 1995-96 Celebration Especially for Children: The Art of Theater, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
- 1995 Quotidian Sublime, City Without Walls, curated by Jon Berzinski, Newark, NJ
- New to the Northwest Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- Common Ground, curated by Andrew Connors, Albuquerque Museum
- Folie a Deux, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
- One Vision 1975/1995, Sliace, Los Angeles
- Ed Musante, Norman Lundin, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Washington: 100 Years, 100 Paintings, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
- Art Works for Aids, Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle (also 1993)
- 1994 Imaginary Landscapes, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco
- New Art of the West, Eiteljorg Invitational, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis
- Languages of Landscape, Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA
- Dialogues: On and Off the Wall, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York
- 1993 The Northwest Art Collection, Junior League of Seattle, Kinsey Gallery, Seattle University
- Rooms with a View, SOMA Gallery, San Diego
- 1991 Faculty Show, School of Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- Focus Northwest, Old Pueblo Museum, Tucson
- Professor's Choice, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
- 1991 National Governors Association Annual Meeting Exhibition, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle
- Northern Lights, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
- 25th Anniversary Exhibitions: The Early Years 1966-1972, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- On Paper, Sliace Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1990 Silent Interiors, curated by Chase Rynd, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle
- Academy-Institute Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York1989 41st Annual Purchase Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
- Two-Person Show, Norman Lundin and Wes Christensen, Sliace, Gallery, Los Angeles (also 1984, 1978,1988)
- School of Art 1975-1988, curated by Matthew Kangas, Safeco Corporation, Seattle
- School of Art 1960-1975, curated by Matthew Kangas, Safeco Corporation, Seattle
- Paper Works, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle
- Drawings, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- A Trip Through the U.S.A, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- Contemporary Survey: A Visible Presence in the Northwest, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
- 1987 Focus: Seattle, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- 1986 Art Expo, Chicago (featured by Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas)
- 38th Annual Purchase Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
- 10/40 Anniversary Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
- Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- 1985 American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors, San Francisco Art Museum (traveling show)
- Landscapes, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- Sources of Light: Contemporary American Luminism, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- 1984 American Seen: Contemporary American Artists View America, Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas
- Figurative Works by Artists of the Francine Seders Gallery, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle
- Contemporary Drawings, The Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
- 1983 West Coast Realism, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (traveling exhibition)
- Figurative Works, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 1982 Drawing: Personal Definitions, San Diego State University
- Contemporary Seattle Art of the 1980's, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
- Pacific Northwest Drawing Invitational, Eastern Washington University (also Kent State University, University of Wisconsin; Lawrence University, University of Maine; Atlanta College of Art, University of Tennessee)
- An Urban Vernacular: Narrative American Art, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- 1981 Portopia '81, Washington Artists Exhibition, Kobe, Japan
- Governor's Invitational, State Capital Museum, Olympia, WA (also 1972)
- Seattle Drawings Invitational, Seattle Pacific University
- 1980-81 Illusionism: Handmade, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- 1980 Northwest Artists: A Review, Seattle Art Museum
- Invitational Drawing and Watercolor Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
- Invitational Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
- Annual Invitational Drawing Show, Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University
- 1979 Washington Open, Seattle Art Museum
- Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Lee Hall Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette
- Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Seattle Selects, Seattle Arts Commission 1% for Art Program, Seattle
- Western States Biennial, Denver Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Seattle Art Museum, Washington State Capitol Museum, Olympia
- 1978 The Object Observed, Los Angeles Municipal Museum
- Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum
- Allan Stone Gallery, New York
- 1977 Northwest '77, Seattle Art Museum
- Figurative Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- Invitational Show of College Art Instructors University of Illinois, Urbana
- Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin
- Olin Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
- 1976 Northwest Masters, Seattle Art Museum
- Figurative Works, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
- 1975 Davidson Annual Exhibition, Davidson College, NC
- Rutgers National Drawing Show, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
- 4th Annual National Art Competition, The Cascade Gallery, Seattle Center, Seattle
- Northwest Painters Invitational, Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman
- Northwest Painters and Sculptors, Seattle Art Museum
- Art of the Figure, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- 1974 Drawings '74, Wheaton National Drawing Show, Norton, MA
- Images on Paper, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
- The 1974 Western Washington State Fair Art Show, Allied Arts of Tacoma, Inc., Tacoma
- New Talent, Forum Gallery, New York
- 1973 From Life: Richard Diebenkorn and Norman Lundin, Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman
- Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1972)
- National Drawing and Print Competition, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
- 1972 Grand Galleria National Competition, Seattle
- Prospect Northwest, Seattle Art Museum
- 1971 Les Editions de la Tortue, Invitational Exhibition, Paris, France
- Centennial Exhibition, San Francisco Art Museum
- Invitational to Western Artists, Denver Art Museum
- Drawing Biennial, St. Paul, MN
- 1970 National Drawing Invitational, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Invitational Exhibition, Judith Weingarten Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Invitational Exhibition, New Grafton Gallery, London, England
- 1969-70 Human Concern, curated by Robert Doty, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and University of California, Berkeley
- 1969 Northwest Annual, Seattle Art Museum (also 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
- Piccadilly Gallery, London, England
- Northwest Watercolor Annual, Seattle Art Museum (also 1968 and 1967)
- 1968 Drawings U.S.A., St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
- Pro-Grafica Gallery, Chicago
- New Directions, Nordness Gallery, New York
- Bradley Print Invitational, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
- 1966 Art of Washington, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- American Printmakers, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
- National Drawing Competition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
- Faculty Exhibition, School of Art, University of Washington, Henry Gallery, Seattle
- 1963 American Drawings and Small Sculpture, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
- Cincinnati Art Museum
COLLECTIONS
- Amoco, Denver, CO
- Arco Foundation, Los Angeles
- Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
- Arnot Museum in Elmira, NY
- Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
- Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
- Cairncross & Hempelmann, Seattle
- Cargill Corlioration, Minneapolis
- Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
- Davidson College, Davidson, NC
- Detroit Insitute of Arts, Detroit, MI
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle and San Francisco
- Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, The Achenbach Foundation, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
- Foster, Pepper, Seattle, WA
- Four Seasons Hotel, Seattle
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
- Hall Zanzig Widell, Seattle
- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
- Honolulu Academy of Art
- Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
- Janss Collection of American Art, San Francisco
- Junior League of Seattle
- Piper, Jaffray, Holiwood, Inc., Minneapolis
- The Polyclinic, Seattle
- Microsoft Corlioration, Redmond, WA
- Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul
- Mundt, MacGregor, Seattle
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Portland Art Museum,. Portland OR
- Reed, McClure, Seattle
- Rockford College, Rockford, IL
- Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
- Seattle Art Museum
- Seattle Arts Commission
- Southland Corporation, Dallas
- Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
- Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection
- Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- University of Illinois, Urbana
- University of Texas, San Antonio
- University of Washington, Seattle
- University Hospital, Seattle
- Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI
- Washington Art Consortium, Bellingham
- Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
VISITING ARTIST
- 2017 Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
- 2013 California State University, Long Beach
- 2009 Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2007 University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- University of Kentucky, Bowling Green
- 2006 Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
- 2003 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Arizona State University, Temlie
University of Utah, Salt Lake City - 2001 Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
- 1999 Washington State University, Pullman
- 1997 Hamlishire College, Amherst, MA
- 1996 Chelsea College of Art, London, England
- Falmouth College of Art, Falmouth, England
- 1992 Utah State University, Logan
- 1991 Tulane University, New Orleans
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston - 1990 Cornish Institute, Seattle
- 1987 Florida State University, Gainesville
- 1983 Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
- 1982 University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Texas, Austin
Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Cornish Institute, Seattle - 1981 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1980 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Middlesex Polytechnic, London, England - 1979 Brighton College of Art, Brighton, England
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- Western Washington University, Bellingham
- 1978 San Diego State University
- 1975 Viterbo College, La Cross, WI
Rockford College, Rockford, IL
Ohio State University, Columbus - 1974 Studio School, Spokane, WA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 1973 Western Washington University, Bellingham
Washington State University, Pullman - 1969-70 Hornsey College of Art, London, England