SHAUN KARDINAL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 This is How We Learn @ J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Present Tense @ J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Harbinger @ Calypte Gallery, Seattle WA
2015 Shaun Kardinal’s Turn @ Joe Bar, Seattle WA
2014 Left to your own devices @ Two Shelves, Seattle WA
flying formation @shaunkardinal, Instagram
2013 Inertia @ LxWxH, Seattle WA
2012 Reiterations @ Cairo, Seattle WA
Connotations @ Joe Bar, Seattle WA
2011 Further Alterations @ Snowden Flood, London UK
Heptaparaparshinokh @ VioletStrays.com
2009 Progression @ SOIL, Seattle WA
2008 Go On, I’m Listening @ Joe Bar, Seattle WA
2007 Directors’ Cut @ Some Space, Seattle WA
Buildings @ Clarabella, New York NY
2006 Buildings, 2006 @ Some Space, Seattle WA

CONCEPTUAL EXHIBITIONS, DIRECTED

2020–2022 Living Room, Shaun Kardinal Art Museum, Museum of Museums, Seattle WA
2019 Forward: Part 3 @ Glass Box Gallery, Seattle WA
2018 Forward: Dislocation @ LoveCityLove, Seattle WA
2017 Forward: Origin Stories @ The Factory, Seattle WA
2015-16 Turn @ Joe Bar, Seattle WA
2014 'waste not, want not.' @ Facebook Events

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022   J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle WA
2021    OFF THE WALL, J. Rinehart Gallery. Seattle WA
2019    Introductions, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 Cadence: Video Poetry Festival @ Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA
2018 Homework @ Non-Breaking Space, Seattle WA
2016 Tuf Luv @ King Street Station, Seattle WA
Giant Steps @ King Street Station, Seattle WA
2015 NEPO 5k Don't Run, Seattle WA
2013 Found and Unbound, curated by Shane Montgomery @ Bumbershoot, Seattle WA
Stitchery @ SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
New Members’ Show @ SOIL, Seattle WA
Chamber Music @ Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA
2012 Visual Art Happy Hour @ ONN/OF, Seattle WA
2011 Seattle Weekly’s Artopia
Alterations, in collaboration with Erin Frost @ Vignettes, Seattle WA
Bloom & Collapse with Troy Gua@ SOIL, Seattle WA
2010 Seattle Erotic Art Festival @ Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle WA
2009 Human Canvas, juried by Suzette Troche-Stapp @ The Center for Fine Art
Photography, Fort Collins CO
Dearly Madly, curated by Robert Yoder @ Howard House, Seattle WA
2008 Carrillo & Kardinal @ Some Space, Seattle WA
Autobiography @ SAM Gallery, Seattle WA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2021–Present: Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) Public Artist Roster
Jul 2019 – Present: Director, Shaun Kardinal Art Museum
Jul 2017 – Jul 2020: Founder and Director, Forward
Jul 2015 – Jun 2016: Founder and Director, Turn
Dec 2014: Panelist, Social Media and the Internet as a Medium, Frye Art Museum
Jun 2013 – Dec 2014: Digital Media Manager, Frye Art Museum
Jul – Sep 2014: Judge, City Arts Art Walk Awards
Sep 2012 – Jan 2014: Member, SOIL Gallery
Sep 2007 – Dec 2010: Designer & Web Developer, Davidson Galleries
Sep 2008 – Dec 2009: Organizational Member, Crawl Space Gallery
Jun 2006 – Dec 2008: Co-Founder & -Director, Some Space

COMMISSIONS & REPRODUCTIONS

2020   Hyatt Tampa, Alterations series (12-piece commission with Eaton Fine Art)
2018 LMR Hotel, Riyadh, Energy series (14 piece commission with Atelier27 Paris)
2018 FB AIR Program,, I (underpinning no. 1) (permanent installation @ Facebook
Westlake Seattle)
2015 Slow Year, II (album cover art)
2014 Wishbeard, Ally Sheedy 7″ (album cover art)
2013 Starbucks University Village III Location (permanent installation)
2013 Vaudeville Etiquette, Debutantes EP (album cover art)
2013 Soft Metals, Lenses LP, Tell Me single (album cover art series, music video)
2012 LxWxH Gallery (permanent installation)

AWARDS

2021 ArtsWA Purchase
2019 Artist Trust GAP Grant
2013 4Culture Portable Works Purchase Award
2010 4Culture Individual Artist Projects Grant

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Margo Vansyngel, "So you want to support Seattle art? Here's how" Crosscut, Dec 14, 2022
Megan Burbank, “There’s a new museum in Seattle…” Seattle Times, October 29, 2020
Mark Van Streefkerk, “...First Hill’s Museum of Museums set to open in November” Capitol Hill Blog, October 5, 2020
Sharon Arnold, “Syntactic Logic” J Rinehart Gallery catalog essay, December 2019
Jasmyne Keimig, “J. Rinehart Gallery Has a Physical Space, Baby!” The Stranger, Sep 3, 2019
Jasmyne Keimig, “Currently Hanging: Casey Curran at Glass Box Gallery” The Stranger, Aug 6, 2019
Brendan Kiley, “...Seattle artist aims to unlock the city’s cultural potential” Seattle Times, Jun 19, 2019
Paulette Perhach, “Show Us Your Wall: Creating Community by Collecting Art and Artists” New York Times, Jan 9, 2019
T.s. Flock, “The Finale of Shaun Kardinal's Turn Series” Vanguard Seattle, Jun 28, 2016
Jen Graves, “The Best Art Shows in Seattle this Summer” The Stranger, Jun 8, 2016
Amanda Manitach, “See it this week!” City Arts Blog, May 23, 2016
Carolyn Eckert, “Your Idea Starts Here: 77 Mind-Expanding Ways to Unleash Your Creativity” Storey Publishing, May 2016
“The 43 Best Things To Do In Seattle This Week” The Stranger, March 21, 2016
Jen Graves, “The Best Art Shows in Seattle this Spring” The Stranger, Mar 2, 2016
“An Interview with Shaun Kardinal” Dirty Laundry Magazine, Feb 1, 2016
Jen Graves, “The Best Art Shows in Seattle this Winter” The Stranger, Dec 9, 2015
Amanda Manitach, “See it this week!” City Arts Blog, Jul 27, 2015
Jakob Schiller, “Photoshop Magic Turns Flocks of Birds Into Perfect Patterns” WIRED Raw File, Sep 9 2014
Emma Kisiel “Collages of Birds in Unbelievable Formations” Feature Shoot, Aug 31 2014
Leigh Riibe and Olivia McCausland, BLOOD MOON, Aug 2014
Caroline Kurze, “Flying Formation” Ignant, Jun 19 2014
T.s. Flock, “What’s Good in Seattle: The Photo Opp” Vanguard Seattle, Jun 12 2014
Danielle Krysa, “Creative Block: Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists” Chronicle Books, Feb 2014
Sophie Gerardeau “Shaun Kardinal’s Embroidered Postcards” Interview, Common Thread, October 13, 2013
Knock Magazine (featured work), Issue #16, June 2013
Olivia Zeitline, “Shaun Kardinal – La broderie dans l’art revient en force” Réécrire Magazine, March 2013
Jonathan Zwickel, “The Act of Love: Shaun Kardinal & Erin Frost” City Arts Magazine, February 2012
Ranessa Allen, “Shaun Kardinal: Unstrung” FIXE Mag, July 2012
Mala Bajaj, “A Stich in Time” Home Review Magazine, July 2012
Vivian Hua, “Entangled in Embroidery: Shaun Kardinal & Erin Frost Joint Interview” Redefine Mag, June 2, 2012
Sierra Stinson, Sun Worshipers, June 2012
Vivian Hua, “Embroidered Works: Shaun Kardinal, Erin Frost, Stacey Page…” Redefine Mag, May 9, 2012
Commissioned piece for Yen Mag’s Travel Issue, April 25, 2012
City Arts (featured work), April 2012
Modern Ink Magazine (featured work), April/May 2012
“Shaun Kardinal – Creations/Alterations” Kinki Magazine, March 30, 2012
Seo, Jae Woo “Another Beautiful Scene” J.J. Magazine no 80, March 2012
Margherita Dessanay, ”Art & Craft: An Embroidered Web” Elephant Magazine, Winter 2011/12
Charlotte Rivers, “A Stitch in Time: The Art of Found Imagery and Embroidery” Blanket Magazine, September 2011
Emily Pothast, “Gifts for No One in Particular” Translinguistic Other, February 19, 2010
Regina Hackett, “Dearly, Madly – Romance as the end of the road” Arts Journal Online, March 25, 2009
Valentina Vitols, “Shaun Kardinal turns the camera toward himself…” ArtVoices, February 2009, Issue 12
Regina Hackett, “Shaun Kardinal’s Intimate Mundane” Seattle Weekly Art to Go, May 8, 2008
Carrie E.A. Scott, “Masters in Miniature” Seattle Weekly, June 05, 2007