Resume
Michael Orwick Arts
16115 SW Autumn Dr, Beaverton, Oregon 97007 • 503.329.2167
orwickillustration@comcast.net • www.michaelorwick.com

Education
Illustration – pacific northwest college of art, portland, or, may 2000
Art Courses and Business Studies – University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1995-96

Entrepreneurial History 2000-2017
Orwick ARTS, LLC, Beaverton, OR, 2007- Present
Oregon Children’s Theatre Illustrator, 2007-2009
Orwick Illustration, Hillsboro, OR: Freelance Artist, 2001-2007
Will Vinton Studios, Portland, OR: Storyboard Artist, Intern, 1999

Teaching
Painting Teacher, Oregon Society of Artist 2014, 2015 and 2017
Ongoing Yearly 2008-2017 Three and five day workshops in Cannon Beach Oregon and beyond
Art Instructor at Clark College, Oil Painting, Vancouver, WA, 2008-2013
Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR, 2003-2011
Hillsboro Parks and Recreation Arts Teacher, kindergarten through adult, Hillsboro, OR, 2000-2003
Heritage Arts Studio, North Plains, OR, 2002-2003
Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR, 2002

Shows and awards

2017

Group Show, Miller Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio
Travel Show, Cole Gallery Edmonds Washington
Stormy Weather Arts Festival, DragonFire Gallery, Cannon Beach
Spring Unveiling, DragonFire Gallery, Cannon Beach
Plein Air and More, DragonFire Gallery, Cannon Beach

September 2015- September 2016
Travel the world with my family, Painting with over 500 kids around the globe as part of Studio Everywhere.

2014
2 paintings selected as Finalists, January Raymar 9th annual Fine Art Competition
Judge, Gateway to Sedona Fine Art Competition
3rd Place, Gamblin Oil paints award, Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Hood River
New Gallery representation Brian Marki Fine Art – Palm Springs, CA
New Gallery representation Angel Gallery Fine Art Coeur d'Alene, ID
First Place Cannon Beach Plein Air and More Art Competition Judged by SW Art Magazine
DragonFire Studios & Gallery Stormy Weather Winter Unveiling Art Festival, Cannon Beach, OR with permanent exhibit
Rip Caswell Gallery, Featured Artist
Dragonfire Gallery, Featured Artist
Spring Unveiling and Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Cole Gallery Group Show, Edmonds, WA January 1 - 30, with permanent exhibit
Anniversary Group Show The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene OR

2013
Judge, Raymar 8th annual Fine Art Competition
SouthWest Art Award Cannon Beach Plein Air and more.
First Place, Cannon Beach Plein Air and more.
New Gallery representation Gallery 903 – Portland, OR
Rip Caswell Gallery, Featured Artist
DragonFire Studios & Gallery Stormy Weather Winter Unveiling Art Festival, Cannon Beach, OR with permanent exhibit
Spring Unveiling and Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Cole Gallery, Featured Artist, Edmonds WA
Cole Gallery Group Show, Edmonds, WA January 1 - 30, with permanent exhibit
Oil Painters of America, National 2013 Juried Salon, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Two person show, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene OR
Group Show, Plein Air Art Elements Gallery, Newberg Gallery
Best Mountain, Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Hood River Sept

2012
New Gallery representation, Tetons Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
3rd Place Hillsboro Plein Air June
DragonFire Studios & Gallery Stormy Weather Winter Unveiling Art Festival, Cannon Beach, OR with permanent exhibit
Cannon Beach Plein air June
Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Hood River Sept
Rip Caswell Gallery Plein Air invitational
Rip Caswell Gallery, Featured Artist
Dragonfire Gallery, Featured Artist
Spring Unveiling and Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Cole Gallery, Featured Artist
Freed Gallery
Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery
Art On Broadway, Special Guest
Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Hood River Sept

2011
New Gallery representation, Art Elements Gallery, Newberg, OR
Pinot & Palette: Art of Michael Orwick | Art of Pinot Noir, May 20 – June 18, 2011
Art Elements Gallery, Newberg, OR
DragonFire Studios & Gallery Stormy Weather Winter Unveiling Art Festival, Cannon Beach, OR with permanent exhibit
with exhibits at Sokol Blosser, Anne Amie Vineyard & Vista Hills Vineyard
Cole Gallery Group Show, Edmonds, WA January 1 - 30, with permanent exhibit
Terpin Gallery Jackson Hole Wyoming
Jackson Fall Arts Festival, Jackson Hole Wyoming
Hillsboro Plein Air June
Cannon Beach Plein air June
Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Hood River Sept
Rip Caswell Gallery Plein Air invitational
Rip Caswell Gallery, Featured Artist
Dragonfire Gallery, Featured Artist
Spring Unveiling and Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Cole Gallery, Featured Artist
Freed Gallery
Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery

2010
New Gallery representaionTerpin Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
New Gallery representaion, Rip Caswell Gallery, Troutdale, OR
Oil Painters of America (OPA) National Exhibition, Legacy Gallery, AZ
Rip Caswell Gallery, Featured Artist: It’s A Woman’s World
Works added to Caswell Permanent Collection
Newberg Gallery, Newberg OR — ongoing exhibit
Art On Broadway Gallery, April Featured Artist, Beaverton, OR
DragonFire Studios & Gallery Spring Unveiling Art Festival, Cannon Beach, OR with permanent exhibit
Featured Artist, Cole Gallery group show, Edmonds, WA, April 1 – 30 with permanent exhibit
Whimsy, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR, March 5 - 28
Cole Gallery Group Show, Edmonds, WA January 1 - 30, with permanent exhibit
Hillsboro Plein Air June
Cannon Beach Plein air June
Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Hood River Sept

2009
Two-person show, Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR
December – January
January Group Show, Studio West, Eugene OR
Unveiling of Lebanon Oregon Public Library Commission (three 4x6 foot landscape paintings), Lebanon, OR, December
Quick Draw Event, Tolovana Inn, Cannon Beach, OR, November
Stormy Weather Festival & Unveiling, DragonFire Studios & Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, November
Three-person show, Newberg Gallery, Newberg OR, November
Invitational QuickDraw at the Allison Hotel, Newberg, OR, October
Two-person show, Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA
Pacific Northwest Plein Air Show, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR, August
Lake Oswego Art Festival, Lake Oswego, OR, Award: Awakening, Fishhawk Lake, August
The Allison Hotel, 6 paintings permanent collection, Newberg, OR, July
Solo show at Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR
Plein Air in Cannon Beach, Cannon Beach, OR, June
Spring Unveiling, DragonFire Studios and Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR (permanent)
2008 - 2006
2008 – Featured Artist at Valley Arts, Forest Grove, OR
2008 – New artist show at Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA (on permanent display)
2008 – Freed Gallery Landscape show (on permanent display), Lincoln City, OR
2008 – Kingstad Gallery, Beaverton, OR (Guest artist)
2007 – Salon International, Green House Galley, TX
2007 – Featured Artist at City Arts, Portland OR
2007 – Beaverton Arts Show Case, Beaverton, OR
2007 – Cube Gallery, Beaverton, OR
2007 – Studio 2 Gallery, Tigard, OR
2007 – Ann Amie Vineyard, Dundee, OR
2007 – Urban Wine works, McMinnville, OR
2006 – Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro OR
2006 – Mount Hood Hospital – Art Commissions – Gresham, OR
2006 – Oregon Plein Air Show, Beaverton, OR
2006 – Hood River Plein Air Show, Hood River, OR
2006 – Oswego Lake Gallery Landscape Show, Lake Oswego, OR
2006 – Beaverton Arts Show Case, Beaverton, OR
2006 –1st Place & Best in Show, Newberg Harvest Festival Art Show, Newberg, OR
2005 - 03
2005 – DragonFire Studio and Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2005 – Beaverton Arts Show Case, Beaverton, OR
2004 – Mythic Journeys Show, Atlanta, GA
2005 – Best in Show– Newberg Harvest Festival, Newberg, OR
2005 – Lebanon Clinic commission painting, Lebanon, OR
2004 – North Plains Public Library art commission, North Plains, OR
2004-2006 – Modern Masters of Fantasy, San Diego, CA
2004 – 1st place at the Newberg Harvest Festival Art Show, Newberg, OR
2004 – Yoshida’s Fine Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 – North Beach Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 – Art Work Gallery, New York, NY
2003 – PNCA Alumni Show, Portland, OR
2003 – Studio 2 Gallery, Sherwood, OR
2002 - 1999
2002 – First Place, Emerging Artist Competition, GA
2002 – Duirwaigh Gallery, GA 2002-2006
2002 – Yoshida’s Fine Art Gallery, Portland, OR 2002
2002 – Solo Show at Billy Reeds, Portland, OR 2002
2002 – Hillsboro Festival of the Arts, Hillsboro, OR 2001
2001 – 1st Thursday in the Pearl “Street Show,” Portland, OR
2001 – Fine Arts and Wine Festival, Beaverton, OR
2001 – Beaverton Mall Gallery, Beaverton, OR
2001 – Beaverton City Hall, America, Beaverton, OR
2001 – Lebanon Hospital, Lebanon, OR
2001 – 1st Thursday in the Pearl, Portland, OR
2000 – PNCA Juried Painters Show, Portland, OR
2000 – PNCA Illustrators, Portland, OR
2000 – PNCA Thesis Show, Portland, OR
1999 – Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) Student Show, Portland, OR
Workshops (Oil Painting | Plein Air)
Cannon Beach Oil Painting Workshop, March 2011 and 2012
Painting Coastal Color & Light, June 2011 and 2013
Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce – 3-day Workshop, March 2010
** Landscape Techniques in Oil Emerald Art Center, Springfield, [month] 2010
** Firesign Oil Painting Workshop, Quadra Island, BC, [month] 2010

Publications & Media
SW Art magaine 2014
Plein Air magazine 2014
Outdoor Painter “Father and Daughter Teach Each Other about Art” 2014
Outdoor Painter “Why it Works” 2013
American Art Collector Magazine 2013 two times.
American Art Collector Magazine 2012
Color and Aroma, May 2010
American Art Collector Magazine, May 2010
Article in the Cannon Beach Gazette
Cannon Beach Citizen, March, 2010, “Love at First Sight,” Cannon Beach, OR
American Art Collector Magazine, February 2009
Cannon Beach Gazette, Cannon Beach, OR, November, 2009
KOIN Local 6, Portland, OR, November 19, 2009
Albany Democrat Herald, Albany, OR, December 6, 2009
Eugene Register Guard, Eugene, OR, December 11, 2009
Oregon Children’s Theatre posters and promotional materials, 2007-2009
Tori Amos Rainn Calendar and Auction, 2008
Cannon Beach Gazette, Cannon Beach, OR, November, 2008
Aphrodisia: Art of the Female Form, 2006
Enter the Duir, Film and book for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, 2005
Oregonian, Interview, Portland Open Studios, Beaverton, OR, 2005
Breathe a Great Fire, Hopper Press, Portland, OR (publication pending), 2005
Modern Masters of Fantasy Epilogue press and CD, 2004
Blue Beads, a Story of Friendship, published April 2004 and reprinted 2005
Hillsboro Argus, Interview, Hillsboro, OR, 2003
Crystal and Glass in the Irish Forest, Laura Boitano Productions, 2003
Society of Children’s Book Writes and Illustrators, Interview, Bob Griggs, 2003
Fairies (book), Bastion Press, 2003
The Oregonian, Interview, Portland, OR, 2002
Hillsboro Argus, Interview, Hillsboro, OR, 2002

Memberships & Affiliations
LAPAPA, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Oil Painters of America
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Oregon Plein Air Society
Oregon Society of Artists
Hillsboro Community of Arts, Hillsboro, OR
Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR

Charitable Events
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Sarcoma Research at Dana-Faber
Friends of the Children, Portland Branch
The SMART program
The Catlin Gable School
St. Mary’s Home for Boys, Beaverton
Beaverton Arts Commission
The Audubon Society of Oregon
The Glenn and Viola Walters Art Center, Hillsboro
Artist against hunger, Oregon Food Bank
Rotary Club in Bend, OR

References
Eeva Lantela, DragonFire Gallery Owner
123 South Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR 97110
www.dragonfirestudio.com
Phone: 503-436-1533
E-mail: DINTERACTIVES@QWESTOFFICE.NET
Relationship: Gallery Owner where Orwick has been successfully showing since 2002
Sean Morgan, Cultural Arts Program Manager for the City of Hillsboro
527 East Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123
www.ci.hillsboro.or.us
Phone: 503-681-5381
E-mail: seanm@ci.hillsboro.or.us
Arts Program Manager for Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, where Orwick has been teaching art classes and showing since 2003
Stan Foote, Artistic Director for the Oregon Children’s Theatre
600 SW 10th Avenue, Suite 313, Portland, Or 97205-2793
www.oct.org
Phone: 503-228-9571
E-mail: stan@octc.org
Artistic Director for the Oregon Children’s Theatre, where Orwick illustrated all promotional materials for Seasons 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

Michael Orwick creates compelling views of our world that move beyond time and place –full environments for your mind to explore, your senses to imagine. Places as mysterious as Oregon’s craggy coast, as unpredictable as a glacial view of Mount Hood, or as serene as an Oregon waterfall. His skill as a landscape artist can remind us of Remington in his most enamored moments with the majestic American West, or of the Impressionists as he paints a dance of light on a pond or snow.
-Mari Rockett, DragonFire Studios and Gallery Curator, 2008