EXHIBITIONS

2006-2009

Internal Guidance Systems, The show represents a critical cross section from the

vanguard of a new modern movement in visionary art, curated by Anne Grgich, Colin Rhodes.

I.G.S. April 2008 at Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.


Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR May 2006

N4th Gallery Albuquerque, NM June 2006

Outsiders and Others, Minneapolis, MI Fall 2006

Tag Gallery, Nashville TN. February 2007

AOT Gallery, Port Townsend, WA 2007

Track 16, Santa, Monica, CA 2008


April 2008 I.G.S. Hartmut Eing, Germany at Track 16

Courtesy of Galerie Hamer, Amsterdam

Georgetown Tileworks, Seattle WA: Selections of I.G.S and Anne Grgich Collection April 2008


Mark Schomberg visiting the I.G.S. exhibition at the Arnold Gallery, Portland, Oregon at Lewis and Clark College, left-Alison O'Donoghue, Chris Roberts Antieau, and Nils Benson

Lewis and Clark College: Selections of I.G.S and Anne Grgich Collection lecture and workshop



Annie Brule, hanging the exhibition at Lewis and Clark College

large painting by Eric Wright, UK/USA God Hath Delivered me unto the Un Good

The Arnold Gallery, March 2008, Portland, Oregon, Curated by Anne Grgich

Gallery Bellage I.G.S./Outsider Art in the Hampstons July/August 2008

Outsider Folk Art Gallery, Redding PA. July/August 2008 Lectures and Workshops at Goggleworks

Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, 2009

Additional Venues to be announced through 2009


Jay Schuette, "Desert Child" April 2008 I.G.S. at Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.


Find venue listings and a selection of the artists on the Internal Guidance Systems website at Internal Guidance Systems.com


2008

AOT Gallery Women in Art

Outsider folk Art Gallery, Reading, PA Strong Women, October

The Intuit Show, Chicago, represented by Garde Rail, Marcia Weber, The Checkered House Galleries

40 Portraits/ 40 Artists Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA

The Walker Arts Center, Group Show, relationships, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Milwaukee, WI.

International Outsider Art Fair, NYC Gallery Bourbon Lally, Haiti, January 2008

International Outsider Art in Vienna, Austria Represented by Phil Demise Smith

2006-2007

Mark Woolley Gallery, Small Wonders, Group Exhibition, Portand, OR

Art Singulier Festival, Incarceration, Summer, France

Art Haus, Month Long Group Show, Nashville, TN.

The Outsider Art Fair, NYC Henry Boxer Gallery, London, UK. 2006-2007

The Outsider Art Fair, NYC Gallery Bourbon Lally, Canada

2005

Museum Création Franche, Créations Dissidente, 6 Artists, Bègles, France

Gallery Herenplaats, Rotterdam, The (U.S.) of the Unconscious, Group Show, curated by Phil Smith

Art Singulier International Festival, Aubagne, France

Create/Fixate, Taylor Spring Arts Tower, Gallery Row, Los Angeles, CA

Fantazious, Taylor Spring Arts Tower, Gallery Row, Los Angeles, CA

International Outsider Art Fair, NYC, Represented by Gallery Bourbon Lally, NYC, Canada

Simply Red, The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Kentuck Arts Festival, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle, WA. The New of Ree Brown, Anne Grgich, Tim Fowler

The Outsiders Gallery, 2 Person Exhibition, Anne Grgich / Mr. Imagination, Conneticut

Marcia Weber Gallery, at Broome St. Gallery, NYC, 12th Annual Self-Taught Artist Exhibition

Harmony Gallery, Hollywood, CA “Divine Messages”, 12 week exhibition PDF

2004

AAF Gallery, NYC, Represented by Gallery Bourbon Lally, Montreal, BC

The Kentuck Arts Center, The Kentuck Arts Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL

The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR “Miniatures”, 25 international artists, curated by Anne Grgich. PDF

ART HAUS/Harmony Books Gallery, Hollywood, Thornton Dial/Anne Grgich

The Walker Gallery, Milwaukee WI. “Sister Stories” curated by Della Wells / David Smith

International Outsider Art Fair, NYC Represented by Henry Boxer Gallery

2003

Artesian, Edinburgh, Scotland UK “Symptom & Symbol: Art/Healing Process”

James Coleman/Pauline Flach Production, London, UK The Outlaws, “Wanted” Cuidado! Armandos Y Peligrosos, Vivos O Muertos, “Exhibition of the European group of Art”

Inspired Art Fair, London, England, UK,

Intuit Art Fair, Chicago, IL, “Yard Dog Gallery

Cobalt Design, Marietta, GA “The World of Anne Grgich & Norbert H. Kox”

Atlanta Folk Festival, Norcross, GA, Garde Rail, TAG Gallery

2002

Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle, WA “The Method of Annie - 12 Years of Anne Grgich” (solo exhibition)

Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle, WA”Scattered, Smothered & Covered, Southern American Outsider & Folk”

Three Gallery, San Pedro, CA “Held Ransom”, Dysfunctional Relationships

Yard Dog Folk Gallery, Austin TX Magic Seven, Group Show

TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN, Recent Grgich & Apocalyptic Art

Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle, WA, Blocks & Totems: The Toy Show

2002-2003

American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD “HIGH on LIFE”

2002-2005

Exhibits USA Curated & toured by a subdivision of the Mid-America Arts Alliance, “Revelations and Reflections of American Self-Taught Artists

Selected Tour Dates

The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR. September 01, 02 - October 20, 02

Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ November 10, 2002 - January 07, 2003

Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH January 28, 2003 - March 16, 2003

Union College, Schenectady, NY June 16, 2003 - August 11, 2003

UNLV Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10, 2003 December 14, 2003

Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT February 20, 2004-March 20, 2004

The Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury April 06, 2004- August 04

Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA September 01, 2004 - October 20, 2004

Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, CO. November 10, 2004 – February,05

The Art Museum of SE Texas in Beaumont, TX June, 2005 - August,14, 2005

The Museum of the Southwest in Midland, TX April, 6, 2005 - May, 25, 2005

2001

Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR “Anne Grgich 2001” (solo exhibition)

Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, and TX “Anne Grgich, Paintings” (solo exhibition)

Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle, WA “Paintings/Books”(solo exhibition)

2001-2002

TAG Gallery, Nashville, TN “Sibling Rivalry: The Art of Brother and Sister”

Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Anne Grgich/Terry Turrel

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA “Smithsonian Folk Art Collection”

Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France “Noir Sur Blanc: Mondes Intérieur, “8” International Artists

2000

Elisa Pritzker Gallery, New Paltz, NY “Self-Taught Masters” (group exhibition)

American Pie Art, Wilmington, NC “ Group Exhibition”

MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA “Straight from the Heart” (group exhibition)

Katonah Library, Katonah, NY “The Hand Connected to the I”

1999

America, Oh Yes! Washington, DC, “American Folk Artists” (group exhibition)

1998

Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA “Recent Paintings” (solo exhibition)

Sailors Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA “ Recent Paintings” (two person exhibition)

1997

Fassbinder Gallery, Chicago, IL (group exhibition)

Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA “Ex Libris” (group exhibition)

MIA Gallery, Seattle WA “So Long Salon” Mia McEldowney, closing gallery exhibition

1996

MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA “In Search of Absence” (solo exhibition)

American Primitive Gallery, NYC “NW Visions” Anne Grgich, Terry Turrel, Calkins

Sheppard Art Gallery, Reno, NV “Memories and Visions” (group exhibition)

1995

Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR “Tough Love” (solo exhibition)

Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA The “Illustrious Art of Books”

Society of Contemporary Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA “Social Fiber, Unraveling the Message”

Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA “Folie ? Deux: Collaborative Teams” (group exhibition)

1993

MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA “Heads or Tails” (group exhibition)

MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA “Northwest and Beyond” (group exhibition)

Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR “Mind Screens” (two person exhibition)

1990

Gallery A, NYC “Curated by Rachel Kind” (group exhibition)

1989

Gallery 163, Seattle WA “Female Figures of the Ages” (solo exhibition)

1987-1988

Whatcom County Art Museum, Bellingham, WA “NW Annual Competition”

Alonso/Sullivan Gallery, Seattle WA “Two Artists” (Anne Grgich & Jose Isquierdo”

1981

Friction Gallery, Group Book Show, Portland, Oregon, ‘8’ Books

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Internal Guidance Systems, Published in conjunction with IGS, May 2006. A 96 page color catalog. An overview of the visionary process that will cover the reception of consciousness in relation to outsider art and its potential in art history and healing. The writers are Colin Rhodes, Jenifer P. Borum and Tom Patterson, with Photographs by Raw Vision Photo Editor, Ted Degener, and artworks by 28 different artists selected for the exhibition "Internal Guidance Systems", co-curated by Anne Grgich and Colin Rhodes. IGS Cover Art by Cathy Ward, UK Tressure Rise, 2001,

Museum Creation Franche, March 2005, Issue #24 Life pulsating, troubled, exalting - work by Anne Marie Grgich, by Colin Rhodes

American Visionary Art Museum, “High on Life/Transcending Addiction” Virtual Tour Bridge to Compassion-2005

American Visionary Art Museum, “High on Life/Transcending Addiction” Magazine 2003-2004

Preview, The Gallery Guide, (magazine/Online) Alberta-British Columbia-Oregon-Washington, June/July/August 2004 Full Page review on “Miniatures”

Tom Patterson, “Art Along the Boundaries” An appraisal of the liminal artists working on the boundaries of Outsider Art, (color image from “The Palimpsest Book” ) 1998 Raw Vision Magazine issue 46 2004

Raw News, “The Red Odessa at Garde Rail Gallery” Raw Vision Magazine issue

”Self Portrait”, written by Anne Grgich Artesian Arts, Edinburgh Scotland, UK 04

Internal Guidance Systems, (USA Tour 2006-2008) Forthcoming International touring exhibition of Outsider Art Initiated and organized by Anne Grgich, Co-Curator and writer for IGS, by Paul Gasoi/Anne Grgich Artesian Arts, 2004

The Goddessa Variety, illustrated by Anne Grgich, Artesian Arts, 2004

Revelations and Reflections of American Self-Taught Artists, Exhibits USA Catalogue. 2002-2005

Albert Jen: Toys as Art at Garde Rail, South Seattle Star. 2002.

Noir Sur Blanc Catalogue 2001-2002 Damian Michaels, Martine Lusardy, Director/Curator, Halle Saint Pierre, Noir sur Blanc: Mondes Intérieurs. Paris: Travioles/Halle Saint-Pierre, 2001

Still Life Giving, 2001, A Journey into outsider Art, 24 Minute Video Interviews airs on Canadian Bravo TV, Yuri Arajas

Raw Vision Outsider Art Source Book, The Essential Guide to Outsider Art, Art Brut, Contemporary Folk Art

Sellen, Betty-Carol, with Cynthia J. Johanson. Self-Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources. Jefferson: McFarland & Co., 2000.

Gonnella, Rose. “The Books of Anne Grgich.” Raw Vision [cover story]. No. 22, Spring, 1998.

Cohen, Lita Solis: “New York City, The Outsider Art Fair” Maine Antique Digest. 1998

Gonnella, Rose. “A Connection with Faces.” Arts Net. Spring 1997.

Smith, Roberta. “Outsider Art Review.” New York Times. January 24, 1997

Patterson, Tom. Catalogue MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996.

DeForest, Chase. “Anne Grgich.” Folk Art Finder, Vol. 17. No.3, July-September, 96.

Gillis, Cydney. “Outsider Looking In.” The Stranger. September 12, 1996.

Grossman, Bonnie. Memories and Visions: Self-Taught and Outsider Artists West of the Rockies, Reno Univ. of Nevada, 1996.

Rosenak, Chuck & Jan. Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collectors Guide. NYC: Abbeville Press, 1996

Patterson, Tom. “Bandwagon Reactionaries and Barricade Defenders.” New Art Examiner. September 1994.

 

GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS

2004

Slotkin Folk Art Auction, GA. Book from the Rosenak Collection

Office of Cultural Affairs, Grant with SPACE Sand Point Way/Teen Art Project: Sculptural Puzzle /Book Arts

COCA/Garde Rail Gallery/airport art/globe & hand carved & painted wood totem

2003

Office of Cultural Affairs, Grant with SPACE Sand Point Way/Teen Art Project: Sculptural Puzzle /Book Arts

Rawvisions, List Creator and moderator, List has grown to over 344 members

2002-2005

Selected for the Inclusion in the Washington State Arts Commission Competition for the “Artists Resource Bank” Art in Public Places Program, Truman High School.

2001

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Emergency Assistance Grant, NYC

Artists Fellowship Inc. Emergency Assistance Grant, USA

1987

Cornish College of the Arts, One Semester, Scholarship, Seattle, WA

 

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Max Amann, Switzerland

Museum Création Franche, Begles, France

Patricia Baum, USA

Katherine Dunn, Portland, Oregon

Manuel Isquierdo Estate, Portland, Oregon.

Micheal Francis Brophy, Portland, Oregon

Gordon Gilkey, Portland, Oregon

William Jamison, Portland, Oregon

Jenny Stanley, Portland, Oregon

Mark Woolley, Portland, Oregon

Carolyn & Robert Doughton, Portland, Oregon

Steve Doughton, Portland, Oregon

Rachel Kind, NYC

Phil & Bitty O’Sullivan Smith, NYC

Dave Seehausen, NYC

Mia McEldowney, Seattle, Washington

Tom Patterson, Winston, Salem, North Carolina

David Smith, Vermont

Steve & Dolly Hessler, Washington, DC

Randall & Nancy Lott, Marrieta, Georgia

Mark Karlson, Atlanta, Georgia

Smithsonian Folk Art Registry. Virginia

The Chuck and Jan Rosenak Collection, Florida

Terry Turrell, Seattle, Washington

The Anthony Petullo Collection, Milwaukee,Wisconsin

The Lois Zetter Collection, Carlsbad, NV

Dick Goerig, NV

Mark Rosenthal, NYC

Elaine Johansen, American Pie Gallery, Wilmington, NC

Damian Micheals, Melbourne, Austrailia

Kevin Sampson, New Jersey

Cathy Ward, UK

Charles Benefiel, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Jonathon Demme, Director of Silence of the Lambs

London Art Museum, Outsider Archives, UK.

Halle Saint Pierre, Museum, Paris, France.

Martine Lusardy, Paris France

Eileen Doman, Chicago, IL

Kimberly Carlsen, Chicago, IL.

Corrine Riley, Chicago, IL.

Sandra Robishaw, USA

Robert Collison, San Fransisco, CA

SELECT ART DONATIONS

American Folk Art Museum, NY, NY

The American Folk Art Society, Katrina Benefit, Virginia

Cascade Aids Project, Portland, Oregon

Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington