CABLE GRIFFITH

EDUCATION

MFA Painting, University of Washington
BFA Painting, with Minor in Art History, Boston University

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2023 – Present         Cornish College of the Arts, Associate Professor
2016 – 2023              Cornish College of the Arts, Assistant Professor
2014 – 2016              Cornish College of the Arts, Interim Core Faculty, Senior Year
                                  Coordinator
2013 – 2014               Cornish College of the Arts, Adjunct Art Faculty
2003 – 2007             Kirkland Arts Center, Instructor
2004 – 2007             Pratt Fine Arts Center, Instructor
2002 – 2003             University of Washington, Lecturer


PROFESSIONAL EXPIRENCE

2022 – Present         Cornish College of the Arts, Department Co-chair
2016                           Peoples’ Institute NW: Undoing Racism Workshop
2010- 2014                 Cornish College of the Arts, Exhibitions Curator 2016
2011 – 2014                Neddy at Cornish Artist Fellowship Program, Associate Program Director
2010 – 2014               SOIL Artist-run Gallery, Member
2007 – 2010              Kirkland Arts Center (KAC), Exhibitions Director


SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022   We followed the trail until we disappeared (solo), Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020  Precarious Utopias (solo), Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019    Seattle Art Fair (Linda Hodges Gallery) , Seattle, WA
2019    Cable Griffith: A Review, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017    Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
2017    This, That, and Everything (solo), G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle
2015    Sightings (solo), G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015    Dispose( );, Brent Watanabe with Cable Griffith, Spokane Falls Community College
2015    Coded Landscapes (with Sarah Teasdale), Vermillon, Seattle
2014    Domestic Landscapes (solo), Two Shelves, Seattle, WA
2014    Brad Ewing & Cable Griffith, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014    Quest (solo), G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013    Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start (solo) Kittredge Gallery, UPS, Tacoma, WA
2013    FlotsamJetsamLagan: The Oneness (solo), SOIL Gallery
2011     Islands (with Susanna Bluhm), SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011     Drawings and Paintings, OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008   Cable Griffith/Garek Druss, Some Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005  New Works, MPSR Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023   Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2022   Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2022   Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2021    Goodwitch/Badwitch, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
2020  Organic, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2020  40th Anniversary Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019    Seattle Art Fair, (Linda Hodges Gallery), Seattle, WA
2019    Bellingham National 2019, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2019    Escapism from L.A., SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018    Bellwether Exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA 
2018    Thick as Thieves, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018    Seattle Art Fair (G. GIbson Gallery), Seattle, WA
2018    Painters Who Fucking Know How to Paint, CoCA, Seattle, WA
2017    Making Our Mark, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2017    Here’s to the Future, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017    Push Play, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016    Digital Soft, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2016    NEoN Digital Arts Festival, Dundee, Scotland
2016    The Future is Now, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2016    American Painting Today, V2, Seattle, WA
2016    Winter Gymnastics, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016    ENVIRONS, Occasional Gallery, Burlington, WA
2015    Observing Observing (a White Cup), Prographica Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015    Slow Enhancers, Season Gallery, Seattle WA
2015    DWELL, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015    Game: Art: Architecture, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015    Bellingham National 2015, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
2014    NEPO 5K Don’t Run 2014
2013    Affordable Art Fair, Seattle (with G. Gibson Gallery)
2013    A Selection of Gallery Artists, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013    Chamber Music, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2013    Zwischerliecht, LxWxH Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013    BlackGreyWhite, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA
2013    Cascadia, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2012    Aqua Art Fair,(SOIL Gallery), Miami Beach, FL
2012    Obstructed Views, Prudential Building, Seattle, WA
2011     Aqua Art Fair,(SOIL Gallery), Miami Beach, FL
2011     Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2011     Skattershot: The Artists of SOIL, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2010    Materializing Nature, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA
2010    Vs. The Matador, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2010    Stories, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle
2010    Xanadu: A Stately Pleasure Dome, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2010    SOIL: Then/Now, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle New Members’ Show, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2010    SOIL at ACT, ACT Theater, Seattle
2010    Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle
2010    Meet Greet Rinse Repeat, Monarch Contemporary, Seattle
2010    SOIL in Residence, Seattle Design Center, Seattle
2009  Land(e)scape, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2009  Dualities, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle
2008   Introductions, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle
2007   The Blogger Show, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh
2007   The Blogger Show, Agni Gallery, New York City
2007   NW Annual Art Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle
2007   Faculty Exhibit, Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle
2006  On the Edge, Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2006  Group Show: 2006, Gallery on the Green, Pawling, NY
2004   Faculty Exhibit, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA


SELECT COLLECTIONS

PORT OF SEATTLE
CITY OF SEATTLE
LUCAS COUNTY, OH
SOUND TRANSIT
WEYERHAEUSER
VULCAN, INC
ONE REEL
MICROSOFT
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER

AWARDS, COMMISSIONS, & RESIDENCIES

2023   Viewlands Elementary Mural Commission, Seattle, WA
2022   Seattle City Light - Temporary Art Installation Commission, Seattle, WA
2022   Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass Architectural Award (first place)
2021    Glass City Convention Center Commission (Toledo, OH)
2020  Downtown Redmond Station Commission (Redmond, WA)
2019    U-District Target Entry Murals (Seattle, WA)
2016    City Arts Winter Art Walk Award (Seattle, WA)
2016    Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Concourse C Transit Station Commission
2014    Contemporary Northwest Art Award Nominee, Portland Art Museum
2009  PONCHO Merit Award
2008   Brink Award Nominee, Henry Art Gallery
2008   4Culture Individual Project Award
2007   Runner-up Best in Show, NW Annual Art Competition, Phinney Neighborhood Center, Seattle, WA
1999    Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT

 

CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2012    Susan Robb: SKYPE SKUPLT STUDIO, Cornish Main Gallery
2012    Old ghost ranges, sunken rivers come again, Cornish Main Gallery,
2012    Jon Gierlich: Currents, Cornish Main Gallery
2011     SuttonBeresCuller: Work in Progress, Cornish Main Gallery
2011     Game Theory, Cornish Main Gallery
2011     Show and Tell, Cornish Main Gallery
2010    Vs. The Matador, SOIL Gallery, 2010
2010    STEAMBOT (with Genevieve Tremblay), Kirkland Arts Center
2010    Brian Gillis: NO!, Kirkland Arts Center
2010    KAC Links Invitational, Kirkland Arts Center
2009  False Proof, Kirkland Arts Center
2009  Dimensional Invention, Kirkland Arts Center

SELECT LECTURES

2017    Painters Who Fucking Know How to Paint (Panel Discussion), CoCA, Seattle, WA
2017    The Northwest Five Painting Colloquium, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA,
2015    Cable Griffith & Brent Watanabe, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA,
2015    The Digital Age Landscapes of Cable Griffith, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA,
2015     5Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
2014    Art & Science Salon, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2014    Contemporary Landscape, Yard Work, Portland, OR
2013    Keene State College, Keene, NH
2013    University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2013    Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2012    Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2012    Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2010    Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2010    Contained Space, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2010    Projections, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009  Dimensional Invention, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009  Inglemoor High School, Kirkland, WA
1999    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS / PRESS

Matthew Kangas, “Bellingham National Juror Bruce Guenther Sees Nature In Peril”, Preview, February 2019

Gayle Clemans, “CoCA’s group show demonstrates the continued power of painting”, The Seattle Times, June 2018

Gary Faigin, “Two very different painters show that abstractionism isn’t dead yet”, The Seattle Times, September 2017

Cable Griffith, “Artist’s Talk”, Two Coats of Paint, September 2017

Cable Griffith, “Landscape in Seattle: Cable Griffith talks to Peter Scherrer”, Two Coats of Paint, May 2017

Amanda Manitach, Cable Griffith: “Sightings” at G. Gibson Gallery, Art Ltd. Magazine, March, 2016

Ben Gannon, “Cable Griffith’s Sightings: On Hope and the New Frontier”, Dimensions Variable, January 2016

Tamar Benzikry-Stern “Grade and Griffith to Create Art for Sea-Tac”, 4Culture, December 2015

Jim Demetre, “Painter Cable Griffith Unveils New Works at G. Gibson Gallery”, Seattle Magazine, December 2015

Elissa Favero, “Home is Where I Want to Be: Dwell at G. Gibson Gallery”, July 2015

Matthew Kangas, “Critic’s Picks: 2014 Top Ten Lists”, Art Ltd. Magazine, January 2015

Jake Uitti, “An Interview with Cable Griffith”, The Monarch Review (themonarchreview.org), 3/11/14

Erin Langer, “The Quest of a Painterly World: Q and A with Cable Griffith”, New American Paintings (newamericanpaintings.com/blog), February 2014

Matthew Kangas, “Cable Griffith @ G. Gibson”, Visual Art Source (visualartsource.com), February, 2014

Jen Graves, “The Stiff Shadows of Cable Griffith”, The Stranger’s Slog (slog.thestanger.com), 2/7/14