SANDRA ZEISET RICHARDSON


I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
-KurtVonnegut, Jr.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Spaces and Stories, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gathering of Spirits, mini-retrospective, Grunewald Guild - St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA
2006 Seed, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Shadow, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Windows, Regent College, Vancouver B.C., Canada
2001 Alone, Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1999 Marks, Foster/White Gallery, Krkland, WA
Clay Sculpture and Tiles, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Crossing, Seattle Pacific University Art Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Stations, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Works in Clay, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Print Series, Grunewald Guild Gallery, Leavenworth, WA
1994 The Long Year, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 Obstacles, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 Recent Work, The People's Place Gallery, Intercourse, PA
1990 Some Have Entertained Angels Unawares, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989 Paintings, Ceramic Reliefs, Ceramic Vessels, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987Urban Urgency, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 Seeing Stories, University House, Issaquah, WA
Figurative Ceramics Invitational, Cervini Haas Galley, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
Print Collection of Elizabeth Tapper, Museum of Northwest Art, Laconner, WA
2003 Garden Art Show, Phinney Center, Seattle WA
2001 From Paper to Form, Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Nashville Art Exhibit, Mennonite General Assembly, Nashville TN
A Garden of Belonging-Art in the Garden Ballard P-Patch, Seattle WA
2000 Hearth and Soul, Association of Professional Landscape Designers, Seattle Garden Show, Seattle, WA
1999 High Style / Low Fire, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Annual Cup Show, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland OR
Drawing on Clay Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Teapots, Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1997 Lambda Rho Member's Biennial Art Exhibition, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA
So Long Salon, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Introductions: Teapots and Other Forms, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
SOFA Miami, Ferrin Gallery, Miami, FL
Annual Cup Show, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland OR
1996Self Portraits - Beyond Reflection, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
The Last Hurrah, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995National Teapot Invitational, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Print Show, Elizabeth Tapper Studio, Seattle, WA
Six Mennonite Women Artists, People's Place Gallery, Intercourse, PA
Visual Arts Wichita `95, Century II Convention Center, Wichita, KS
1994Gallery artists group exhibit, People's Place Gallery, Intercourse, PA
Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Washington State University, Pullman,WA and the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Canterbury Faire, Kent, WA
1993On the Wing, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
Cups, National Invitational, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992Every Picture Tells A Story, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
Traditions & Transitions: Amish and Mennonite Expression in Visual Art, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
Mennonite Tradition: Present Day Expression, Carnegie Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1991Oregon '91, Mennonite Artists, Eugene, OR
1990For the Birds: Artists Examine Aviary Abodes, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1989New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL
1988Celebration: Especially for Children, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Third Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Mercer Island Art Festival, Mercer Island WA, First Place Award
Columns, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987Seventh Annual Northwest International Art Competition, Allied Arts of Whatcom County and the Whatcom Museum Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA Juror's Award.
The Art of American Craft, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
Painting/Sculpture '87, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1986The Gift Is The Giving, Pacific Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Open House, Bumbershoot, Seattle WA
Crafts '86, Tacoma Arts Museum, Tacoma, WA
Festival Bay the Bay, Kirkland Creative Arts, Kirkland WA, Honorable Mention Award
1985Salty Dog Erotic Art Show, Seattle, WA
1984Peace Art Show, Spokane Peace and Justice Center, Spokane, WA

COMMISSIONS:
2000 Bowl of Tears - the Jesuit Martyrs Memorial, Seattle University, WA
1999 Seasons - Gates, The Bertschi School, Seattle, WA

PUBLICATIONS:
Book Features
The Spirituality of Art 2006, by Lois Huey-Heck and Jim Kalnin, Northstone Publishing , an imprint of WOOD LAKE BOOKS INC. Kelowna, B.C. CANADA
500 Figures in Clay 2004, edited by Veronika Alice Gunter, published by Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY
Book Covers
Silk and Steel - Stories of Strong Women, 2005, by Jan Sparkman, Wind Publications, Nicholasville KY
Shared Burdens: Stories of Caring Practices Among Mennonites,1993, by Sue V. Schlabach, Good Books,
Intercourse, PA
Perioidical Inteviews and Articles
Art/Faith The Grunewald Guild, Sandy Richardson, Summer 2005
The Mennonite
The Wall, Sept 12, 1995
Mennonite ceramist works to make meaning through art, July 1994
Festival Quarterly
Landmark Show Opens at The People's Place Gallery,Winter 1995
Creating Art in Seattle,Winter 1992
The World & I, Sandy Richardson, 1996
Periodical Photographic Illustrations
Anglican Encounter, newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, NSW Australia, 2005
Seasons of the Spirit, 2005
Behold, Arts for the Church Year, 2004
The Mennonite, 2002
Presbyterian Survey/Presbyterians Today, 1995,1997
The Other Side, 1993 - 2002
Bill Speidel's Seattle Guide, 1990 -1993
Art Access, 1992
Festival Quarterly, 1989

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
2003 Seattle Mennonite Church, Seattle WA
2001 Professional Women's Fellowship, Seattle WA
1994 Eastern Mennonite University, Spring Arts Festival, Harrisonburg VA
1991 Recent Work, The People's Place Gallery, Intercourse, PA

WRITING:
2005 Seasons of the Spirit, The Hole, poem
2002 What Mennonites Are Thinking-2002, Transformation, reflection, reprinted 2003 in Our Faith magazine

EDUCATION:
1985 University of Washington, Seattle WA, B.A. Art Education



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