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Klara Glosova
Lives and works in Seattle, WA.
klara@pictureband.com

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013
Chamber Music, Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA
In Watermelon Sugar, ONN/OF "a light festival", Seattle WA

2012
Visual Arts Happy Hour, Gage Academy of Arts, Seattle, WA
Food for Thought Cafe, Culture Hub, City Arts Fest, Seattle WA (in collaboration with Rodrigo Valenzuela)
MegaBodega (Sun Worshipers book release), Family Business Gallery, New York, NY
Red Current (sweet fruit), Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
ONN/OF "a light festival", The sweater Factory, Seattle, WA

2011
11 Most Dangerous Toys of 2011, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Visual Art Happy Hour, City Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
Show and Tell, pop-up gallery, New York, NY
Memes, Vignettes (off site), Seattle WA
Strange Coupling, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
Breadth: A Cross-Examination of Seattle Portraits, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA

2010
Vs. The Matador, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Benefit Exhibition, International Print Center New York, NY
Xanadu, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle WA
New Prints 2010/Winter, International Print Center New York, NY
Philagrafika 2010, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Trust Annual Auction, Seattle Center, WA

2009
The Gift Shop Presents: Presents, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008
Benefit Exhibition, International Print Center NY, New York, NY
Immigrants to USA, NSCC Art Gallery, Seatle, WA

2007
PRINT!, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Seattle City Hall Galleries, Seattle, WA
Inkorporation, AOC Gallery, Tacoma, WA
New Prints 2007/Winter, International Print Center New York, NY
Ink and Clay 33, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

2007
5th Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
Juror's Top Picks Exhibition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
Gallery 4culture, Seattle, WA (upcoming)

2012
How to Hide an Elephant, Vignettes, Seattle, WA

2011
Cocooned, Aedas LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hot n' Cool and Bittersweet, The Living Room, Seattle, WA
Repetition of Dreams, Violet Strays, violetstrays.com

2010
Kresby a Tisky, Galerie z Ruky, Czech Republic

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2012
Grant from Washington State Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
4Culture Group grant
NCA Program grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs

2011
4Culture Group Grant
smARTventures Grant from The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Beacon Hill Merchants Mini Grant
SPROUT Seattle Grant, May 2011

2010
Best of Artwalk Award, August 2010, City Arts Magazine

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2012
NEPO 5k DON'T RUN, Seattle, WA
NEPO Little Treats, NEPO House, Seattle, WA
Visual Art Happy Hour @ ONN/OF, The Sweater Factory, Seattle WA

2011
11 Most Dangerous Toys of 2011, SOILGallery, Seattle, WA
Visual Arts Happy Hour, Gage Academy, Seattle WA
City Arts Fest, Visual Arts Happy Hour, FRED Wildlife Refuge, Seattle WA
NEPO 5k DON'T RUN, Seattle WA (5k artwalk and a large curatorial project)
NEPO Little Treats, NEPO House, Seattle WA (a series of bite-size shows)
NEPO 4: Back to School, Back to Earth Special!, NEPO House, Seattle, WA (large multimedia event)

2010
NEPO 3 : Air, Water, Fire (We Will Leave the Earth Behind), NEPO House, Seattle, WA (large multimedia event)
Open Hou?e: Nepo, NEPO House, Seattle, WA (multimedia show)

2009
Fast Acting Formulas, NEPO House (home_page.project), Seattle, WA

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012
Art Interruptions, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, selection panelist
University of Washington, art120, guest lecturer
La Norda Specialo, Czech Cubism from a Vantage Point of a Blind Spot, contributing writer, http://thenorthernspecial.org/

2011
University of Washington, photomedia department, guest lecturer
Temporary Cities, Imaginary Cities, guest speaker, Vermillion Gallery
ArtTable, guest speaker
Curating Space, Cornish College of the Arts, guest speaker
Free 1993 with Liquid Quality, Hedreen Gallery, storytelling/lecture
Gage Academy 2010/11 Artist Tool Kit Program, guest speaker

2009 - present
Founder and director of NEPO House, an alternative project space/gallery
nepohouse.org

2002 - 2011
Art Instructor, Kimball Elementary School, Seattle, WA

2007 - 2009
Steering Committee Chair, After School Enrichment Program, Kimball Elementary School, Seattle, WA

2000 - present
Illustrator and Designer, pictureband.com

EDUCATION

Hunter College, New York, NY
NY Studio School for Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York City, NY
Brno University of Technology, School of Architecture, Czech Republic

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jen Graves: A Million Photos of A Light Art Festival for You, The Stranger Slog

Amanda Manitach: Klara Glosova: How to Hide an Elephant, City Arts Magazine

Jen Graves: Currently Hanging: Pots and Thongs, The Stranger Slog

Nancy Guppy: Artzone with Nancy Guppy, Seattle Channel and KCTS 9

Jessica Powers: These Are Not To Be Toyed, ArtSlant

Adriana Grant: 11 Most Dangerous Toys of 2011, Visual Art Source

Jen Graves: Two Seattle Artists Flagged by Safety Watchdog, The Stranger Slog

Kelly Igoe: Don't Run, City Arts Magazine

Michael Upchurch: NEPO 5k Don't Run' takes art walking to great lengths, The Seattle Times

Jen Graves: Hobble, Trek, Stumble, Trot, The Stranger

Florangela Davila: On Beacon Hill, a house is both home and public art gallery, NPR (KPLU)