(b. 1963 in Salt Lake City, UT)
EDUCATION
1993 MFA, Printmaking, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1990 BFA, Painting, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Recent Work, Pop Up Exhibition, Salem, OR
2019 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2018 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2011 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
2009 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
2008 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2007 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
2005 In Between Dreams: Oil Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Waiting for Tomorrow, Solo Exhibition, Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR
Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
2002 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
2001 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Newport Visual Art Center, Newport, OR
Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 The Human Condition, Two-Person Juried Exhibition, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
1995 Mind of the Beholder, Solo Exhibition, Tamara Gallery, Salem, OR
1993 Fragments of Sanity, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1990 Jed Thomas Paintings, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1987 Two-Person Exhibition of Paintings and Works on Paper, Wilkinson Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Group Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2019 2019 Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for the Arts, Portland, OR
2018 Group Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2018 Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for the Arts at World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2016 Uncorked, Featured Painting for Family Building Blocks Art Auction, Salem, OR
2014 Pulse, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Every Polished Grace, Group Exhibition, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2013 Art of Figuration, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
2012 2012 International Juried Art Competition, Museum of Church History, Salt Lake City, UT
2011 The Door Show No. 5, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
State of Art Today, Group Exhibition- Oil Paintings, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
2011 Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for the Arts at World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2010 Two of a Kind, Group Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Fourth Annual Oregon Artist Series, Salem Conference Center, Salem, OR
2010 Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for the Arts at World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Art on the Vine, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
2009 Group Exhibition, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
The Door Show No. 4, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Eighth Annual International Juried Art Competition, Museum of Church History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Art on the Vine, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
Introductions 4, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2009 Sitka Art Invitational, Sitka Center for the Arts at World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2008 Group Exhibition, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
What’s Inside?, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Face the Public, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Group Exhibition, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
Art on the Vine, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
2006. Peace, Peace to the Far and to the Near, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR
Seventh Annual Juried Art Competition, Museum of church History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Cascade Aids Project Group Exhibition and Fundraiser, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR
2005. Letters and Numbers, Juried Exhibition, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Door Show No. 2, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Cascade Aids Project Group Exhibition and Fundraiser, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR
2004 Art on the Vine, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
Cascade Aids Project Group Exhibition and Fundraiser, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR (Featured Work)
The Game Show, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Northwest Biennial Juried Exhibition of Figurative Work, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
2003 Print Arts Northwest Regional Exhibition, Beppu Gallery, Pacific City, OR
The Book, Print and Time, Print Exhibition, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Sixth Annual International Juried Art Competition, Church Museum of History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT
The Door Show, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
2002 Formation and Deformation of the Human Body, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Go Figure-Human Form in Contemporary Art, National Juried Art Exhibition, Bush Art Center, Salem, OR
Holy Art by Human Hands, National Juried Exhibition, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
Northwest Print Council Exhibition, Deschutes Library, Bend, OR
Crossing Boundaries, Print Exhibition, Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
Print Exhibition, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
2000 Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibition, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
New Millennium, Printmaking Exhibition, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
Mortal and Immortal, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
1999 Newport Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
Northwest Print Council Exhibition, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Rock Creek Exhibition of Prints, Governor’s Office, Salem, OR
1998 Group Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Northwest Printmaker’s Exhibition, Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
1997 Group Exhibition, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
The Pose-an Exhibition of Figurative Works, Gresham City Hall, Gresham, OR
International Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Faculty Exhibition, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
Group Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Printmakers of the Northwest, Northwest Print Council Exhibition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Massachusetts Traveling Exhibition, Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
Northwest Print Council Exhibition, Bellingham Public Library Visual Arts Center, Bellingham, WA
1996 Printmaking, Northwest Print Council Exhibition, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
New Member Exhibition, Northwest Print Council, Northwest Print Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Eighth National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (Purchase Award)
Chemeketa Art Faculty Exhibition, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
Achromatics- An Exhibition of Works in Black and White, Juried Exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
The Human Form, Juried Exhibition, Newport Visual Art Center, Newport, OR
Group Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Winter Group Exhibition, Artisans Cooperative Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Dakotas International-Exhibition of Artwork on or of Paper, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Drawings Coast to Coast, Rockville, Arts Place, Rockville, MD
35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (Purchase Award)
Sixth Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Purchase Award)
24th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Exhaustion, Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ
Six-person Exhibition of Prints, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1992 34th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Haggis Museum, Stockton, CA
1990 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin at Parkside, Kenosha, WI (Purchase Award)
Spring Salon-Works by Utah Artists, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1989 Drawing 1989, National Exhibition, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Utah ’89 Works on Paper, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Purchase Award)
Group Exhibition, Lithographs, Dolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
AWARDS
2003 Merit Award, Sixth Annual Art Competition, Church Museum of History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT
1995 Purchase Award, Eighth National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1993 Purchase Award, 35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Purchase Award, 6th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese StateUniversity, Lake Charles, LA
1992 Outstanding Printmaker Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1990-1993
Merit Based Teaching Appointments and Scholarships, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1989 Purchase Award, Utah ’89 Works on Paper, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Juror’s Choice Award, Student Exhibition, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Boshard Scholarship for Excellence in Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Barbara Curtin, “Doors to Downtown,” Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, May 8, 2011. 1D & 5D.
Statesman Journal, “Oil Show opens First Wednesday at Zeek Gallery,” Salem, OR, March 29, 2009. 3D.
100 Artists Show 2008: ““What’s Inside” Artists Exploring Potential for Change,” Mary Lou Zeek, 2008. 98-99.
Statesman Journal, “Jed Thomas paintings at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery,” Salem, OR, September 2, 2007. 7D
Ron Cowan, “Door Show #3,” Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, April 29, 2007. 7D
Oregonian, “Peace and Justice- Artists and Poets Respond,” Arts and Entertainment, March, 24, 2006.
Oregon Psychoanalytic Center Catalog of Services, cover painting, Portland, OR. 2005-2006
Ron Cowan, “Salem Area Artist Debuts Show,” re: Margo Jacobsen show, Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, February, 1, 2001. 15
Ron Cowan, “Eye on a Disturbed World,” Statesman Journal, Salem, OR. March 3, 1994. 1D & 6D.
Marion Polk Yamhill Artsnews, “”Mind of the Beholder” featured at Tambra Gallery,” March 4, 1994. 16
Inscape Magazine, Brigham Young University Print, 1988. 72-73
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Chase Special Collection Center, Collum-Davis Library, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Corcoran, Washington D.C.
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Maricopa Community College Department of Art, Phoenix, AZ
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Mid-Western State University, Corpus Christi, TX
Mission Oaks Building, Salem, OR
Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
Ohio University, Athens, OH
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Tamarind Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Scottsdale, AZ
University of Alberta-Department of Art and Design, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
University of Tennessee, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN
University of Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah State Art Collection, Salt Lake, City, UT
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Willamette Valley Physicians Health Authority, Salem, OR
Willamette University, Salem, OR
GUEST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Guest Lecturer, Printmaking Past and Present, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
2022 Monoprint Workshop, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
2012 Guest Lecturer, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2011 Guest Artist and Lecture Panel participant for The State of Art Today, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
2009 Monoprint Workshop, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, AZ
2001 Guest Lecturer, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
1994 Introduction to Printmaking Processes Four-week Workshop, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR