Born in 1970, Salem, Oregon, USA.
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Education
1992
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
1991
Roberto Einaudi Architecture Program, Palazzo Massimo, Rome, Italy.
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Ma’at Mons, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
TBD, The Case Works at Reed College, The Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
2017
Fierce Last Stand, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2015
Pilgrims, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
2014
Tiger, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Turn, FELDBUSCHWIESNER, Berlin, Germany
2013
Storm Tharp/Third Person, The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Curated by Andrea Inselmann
2012
Holding a Peach / PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2011
It’s You / April / Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
2010
High House / October / PICA Time Based Arts Festival, Portland, OR
Asbhy Lee Collinson / November / Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York City, NY
Hercules / June / PDX Contemporary Art, Portland , OR
2008
Arm & Arm, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Arrangement In Flesh Color and Black, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
2007
WE APPEAL TO HEAVEN, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2006
DO, DON’T drawing + sculpture, CCC, Astoria, OR
2005
The Black Show, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2002
Drawing, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2001
Calliope and the Clown, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
1999
The Answer is Nothing, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
1997
Peccadiloes, PDX Conteéporary Art, Portland, OR
Select Group Exhibitions
2020
Portraits & Some Standing Figures, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
2019
Still Life: An Ongoing Story, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, CH
Works On Paper, Atlas Gallery, Newburgh, NY
IT’S SUMMER!, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
Downward Flower, FOURTEEN30 CONTEMPORARY, Portland, OR
What Needs to Be Said: Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
What Needs to Be Said: Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
What Needs to Be Said: Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts, Whipple Fine Arts Gallery, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2018
Encounters, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
Along the Edge, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
2017
Doomtown, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
TOMORROW TOMORROW, Canada, New York City, NY, Curated by Stephanie Snyder and Wallace Whitney
American Genre: Contemporary Painting, ICA at MECA, Portland, Maine. Curated by Michelle Grabner
Converge 45, PNCA, Portland, OR. Curated by Mack McFarland
Dorian, The Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR. Curated by Stephanie Snyder & Jay Dickson
Dislocation, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
Functionally United, White Box, University of Oregon, Portland, OR. Curated by Cris Moss Truth, Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University. Ashland, OR. Curated by Scott Malbaurn
2016
Love is a Pink Cake, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
Portland Biennial 2016, curated by Michelle Grabner, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR
Portland Biennial 2016, DISJECTA, The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR.
I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Summer show, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
A Stand of Pine in a Tilled Field: 21 Years at PDX, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
2015
Works on paper, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
E.O: Hoppé : Studio, Society and Street Photography, 1909-1945, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
2014
Miami Project 2014: Midtown Miami, Wynwood District, Miami
About Desire, White Box, University of Oregon, Portland, OR. Curated by Meagan Atiyeh
I Never Complained About the Past: New Work / New Year, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2013
The Power of Paper, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2012
Spill, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Portraits: Cabinet de curiosités, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland
Storm Tharp and Megan Murphy, Ochi Fine Art, SunValley, Idaho
2011
Oomph, PDX Contemporary Art, Porltand, OR
I am who I am – The Portrait Reconsidered, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Sarah Awad and Storm Tharp, James Harris Gallery , Seattle, WA
2010
Human Being, TBA Festival , Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“2010 ”The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2009
20 Years, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA. Curated by Stephanie Snyder
2008
Works on Paper, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ben Durham and Storm Tharp, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery (project space), New York, NY
Abandon: The work of Jim Hodges and Storm Tharp, Saranac Art projects, Spokane, WA
2007
CENTENNIAL, Crawl Space, Seattle. WA. Curated by Elizabeth Brown and Bruce Grenville.
Portland? Fuck Portland!, RocksBox, Portland, OR, curated by Patrick Rock.
2006
Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR. Curated by Jennifer Gately.
The Portrait Show, The Hall Gallery, Portland, OR. Curated by Levi Hanes.
Awards
2016 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2015 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado.
Golden Spot Invitation for Visual Artists, Caldera, Sisters, OR.
2014 Hallie Ford Fellowship, Ford Family Foundation, Salem, OR
2008 Finalist, Ist Annual Contemporary Northwest Art Award, Portland Art Museum.
Curated by Jennifer Gately and James Rondeau.
2006 Individual Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
1999 Museum Award, Oregon Biennial, PAM , Portland, OR. Curated by Kathryn Kanjo.
1997 Juror’s Award, Oregon Biennial, PAM, Portland, OR. Curated by Kathryn Kanjo.
Special Projects
2016
Disjecta Dialogues: Jon Raymond & Storm Tharp in Conversation, Portland, OR
2015
Lecture - “Work“, Creative Mornings, Portland, OR
Juror - “The Neddy Award“, Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Symposium Lecture - “Late Bloomer“, Reed College, Portland, OR
2013
Advocate Print Maker – Graphic Arts Council, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Lecture - Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, University, Ithaca, NY
2011
Recipient / Invitational – “Connective Conversations / Inside Oregon Art 2011 and 2012
Curator – “Reader on a Black Background,” The Lumber Room, Portland, OR
Essay: “Reader on a Black Background”, The Lumber Room, Portland, OR
Essay: “Equivalents,” The Lumber Room, Portland, OR
Lecture - Evergreen Collage, Olympia, WA
2010
Discussion - “TBA Noontime Chat / Storm Tharp, Jessica Jackson Hutchins «It’s Too Personal»“, PICA, Portland, OR.
2009
Reading - “«From My Sketchbook», As an extension of, «Suddenly : Where W Live Now», The Mandrake Bar, Culver City, CA
2008
Lecture PSMNLS - “Lonely People, Sensuous Pictures,” PSU, Portland, OR.Presenter - “Elizabeth Taylor, 7 Performances”, LOVELY PETALUMA FILM SERIES, Small A Projects, Portland, OR
2002
Essay - “I Have Nothing To Say And I’m Saying It – Gerhard Richter at SF MoMA”, The Organ Review of Arts, Jan-Feb, 2002
2001
Instructor - “History of Photography“, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Costume Design - “Bambi“, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Collaboration : James Canfield, choregraphy, Thomas Lauderdale, composer, Malia Jensen, set design.
Selected Bibliography
2019
Idaho Press Staff, “New exhibition coming to Boise Art Museum in March.” February 24, 2019
2016
Cohen, Alina, “10 Picks from Portland” Interview Magazine Online, July 22, 2016
2014
John Motley, The Oregonian, “Storm Tharp Embraces Hos Identity as a Painter“, October 7
Gattan & McKennon, In the Make, On-line, Spring 2014
2012
Emilie Seldon, Bomb Magazine, “It’s a Peach”, September 27, online
Steven Zevitas, New American Paintings, “12 Must –See Painting Shows”, Sept
Eva Lake, Art Focus, KBOO Community Radio, Sept
2011
Erin Langner, New American Paintings , “The Atmosphere of Painted Spaces”, Sept
Sarah S. King, Art In America, “Storm Tharp: Nicole Klagsbrun”, March
Daniel Kunitz, Modern Painters, “Brush in the Water”, April.
OPB, The Speakeasy, Episode 2 , “Studio Soundtrack”
IdN, IdN Extra 04: Most Wanted Volume 1, “Storm Tharp”
2010
Katherine Bovee, Art Papers, “Storm Tharp, Hercules”, Sept-Oct
Stephanie Snyder, Artforum, “Critics Picks: Storm Tharp” August
Sarah Douglas, Modern Painters, “Whitney Biennial: 2010”, May
Bean Gilsdorf, Daily Serving, “Interview with Storm Tharp”, January 4
2008
Eva Lake, Art Focus, KBOO Community Radio, Nov
John Motley, The Mercury, “Storm Tharp: Arm & Arm”, Nov
Ryan Pierce, PORT,” Interview with Storm Tharp,” Nov. 5
Josh Berger, Plazm.com,”Storm Tharp: Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black”
KPSU, Art Talk AM on the Radio, April
Phillips de Pury, Phillips Art Expert, Emerging Artists, January
Jeff Jahn, PORT, “Best of 2007”, January
2007
OPB, Oregon Art Beat, “Storm Tharp”, October
Shift Magazine, Shift Japan, “Storm Tharp”, June
Jeff Jahn, PORT, “Virtuoso Vindicated”, January
Jon Raymond, PLAZM, issue 29, “Storm Tharp”
Jon Raymond, Modern Painters, Introducing: “Storm Tharp”, June
Jon Raymond, Artforum, “Storm Tharp”, March
Lois Allan, Artweek, “Storm Tharp at PDX Contemporary Art”, March
John Motley, The Mercury, “Storm Tharp, PDX Contemporary Art”, January
2006
Jon Raymond, Modern Painters, “Schisms: Less Gloom in Doom Town”, November
Natascha Snellman, I Heart Darkness, 2nd Cannons Publication
C. Bowie & J. Motley, The Mercury, “Two Views on the 2006 Oregon Biennial”, August 3
Catalog
2019
“What Needs to Be Said: Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts,” Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, Salem, OR and The Ford Family Foundation, Roseburg, OR
2017
“American Genre: Contemporary Painting,” Michelle Grabner, The Institute of Contemporary Art at The Maine College of Art, Portland, METBD, Storm Tharp & Stephanie Snyder, The Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
“Storm Tharp / Third Person,” Andrea Inselman, Jon Raymond, Stephanie Snyder, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
2016
“Portland 2016, The Portland Biennial,” Michelle Grabner, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR
2014
“Storm Tharp / Third Person”, Andrea Inselmann / Essay by Jon Raymond, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2013
“PAPER”, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2010
“2010” Whitney Biennial, Francesco Bonami / Gary Carrion Murayari, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Yale Press, New Haven
2008
“Storm Tharp: Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black”, Essay by Stephanie Snyder, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
Public Collections
The Whitney Museum of American Art – New York, NY.
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Fine Art , Cornell University – Ithaca, NY.The Cleveland Art Museum – Cleveland, Ohio.
The Saatchi Gallery – London, England.
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery – Buffalo, NY.
The Portland Art Museum – Portland, OR.
Reed College – Portland, OR.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art – Portland, OR.
Museum of Contemporary Craft – Portland, OR.
Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, CA