William E. Elston

• 2012
• Group Exhibition, "Contemporary Works" (continuing from December 2011,) December/January, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

• 2011
• Group Exhibition, "Contemporary Works", December/January, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• Ongoing exhibition, Irimi Fine Art, Spokane, WA

• 2010
• Group Exhibition, "Small Works", December, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• Fragments From a Larger Narrative, August, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• Celebrating Realism, group show, June, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA

• 2009
• June Group Show, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• Works On Paper, Borealis Art, Tucson, AZ

• 2008
• American Embassy in Moldova, Selected Work, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
  (work on extended loan to Art In Embassies Program, U.S. Department
  of State) link to American Embassy in Moldova w/art catalogue in pdf format.
• Century 21: Dealers' Choice, The Wright Space, Seattle, WA
• Solo Exhibition – "Town & Country", Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• Group Exhibitions, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

• 2007
• Group Exhibitions, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

• 2006
• Group Exhibitions, Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2005
• Group Exhibitions, Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2004
• Elizabeth Leach Gallery Pearl District Grand Opening, Portland, OR

• 2004
• Group Exhibitions, Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2003
• Group Exhibitions, Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2002
• Water's Edge, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA

• 2002
• Group Exhibitions, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2001
• Group Exhibitions, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2000
• Group Show, "The Male Figure", Martin/Zambito Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 1999
• Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
• Solo Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

• 1998
• Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

• 1997
• Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

• 1996
• 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,Portland, OR
• Group Exhibition, El Waco Museum, El Waco, WA

• 1995
• 100 Years of Northwest Painting, Bellevue Art Museum
• Recent Paintings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle

• 1994
• Landscape Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland

• 1993
• Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle

• 1992
• Camera to Canvas, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue

• 1991
• Solo Exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland

• 1990
• Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle

• 1990 – 91
• Barcelona Artists' Exchange Exhibition, Artist Equity Washington Chapter, Seattle, Vancouver, and Barcelona, Spain

• 1989
• Seattle – Tashkent Print Exchange Exhibition, Stone Press Gallery,
  Seattle and Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries' Seattle

• 1988
• Contemporary Northwest Landscape, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland
• Contemporary Landscape, Litchfield Library, Litchfield CT

• 1985
• The Figure in the Landscape, Artists' Choice Museum, curated by Jack Beal and Judd Tully, New York
• A Sense of Place, Pentagram Corp. w/ Metropolitan Life, Bank of California Center, Seattle

• 1983
• Northwest Juried Annual, Cheney Cowles Museum

• 1982
• Boston Painters, Parkman House Mayoral Residence, Boston

• 1981
• Eight from Fenway Studios, Tichnor Library at Harvard

• 1979
• Artists and Friends, First Street Gallery, New York

• 2002
• REPRESENTING WASHINGTON, by Gussie Fauntleroy, Southwest Art Magazine, November 2002, Houston.

• 2001
• ARTISTS EXPRESS, SCCTV cable channel, Interview by Billy King, produced and directed by Scott Morrison, archived on the SCCTV website, at http://www.scctv.net/arts/ae_20_Bill_Elston.asx, requires Windows Media Player.

• 2001
• THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPE: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, edited by Kitty Harmon, with an introduction by Jonathan Raban, Susquatch Books, Seattle.

• 1999
• REVIEW, ELIZABETH LEACH EXHIBITION, Southwest Art Magazine, Houston.

• 1994
• STUDIO VIEW – SEATTLE, by Bruce Barcott, THE NEW ART EXAMINER, January issue, Chicago.

• 1995
• THE CAPTURED CITY, by Tom McTaggart, Seattle Weekly, Seattle.
• IMAGES SO REAL…, by Robin Updike, Seattle Times, Seattle.

• 1993
• William Elston: Aesthetics of Subversion, by Elizabeth Bryant, Reflex Magazine, Seattle.

• 1992
• MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION: CAMERA TO CANVAS AT THE BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, reviewed by David Berger, Reflex Magazine, Seattle

• 1991
• ELSTON'S WORK PORTRAYS…, by Suzanne Gladych Pate, The Spokesman Review, Spokane.

• 1988
• REVIEW, by Charles Krafft, Reflex Magazine, Seattle.

• 2009
• Founder/owner, Suzumebachi Design Services.

• 1993 – 2008
• Owner webxdesign, consult and design for arts related websites

• 1993 – 95
• President and founding member, Northwest Figurative Artists' Alliance

• 1990 – 95
• Writer for REFLEX, a Northwest art journal

• 1986 – 88
• Editor and writer for Northwest Artpaper Illustrated

• 1985 – 86
• Writer for Vision Magazine, a Journal for the Visual Arts

• 1984 – 85
• Consultant, Cheney Cowles Museum Docent Program

• 1985
• Member of Board of Directors, Spokane Art School

• 1982 – 85
• Chairperson of Program Committee, Touchstone Center for the Visual Arts, Spokane

• 1995 – present
• Private instruction

• 2007 – 2008
• Occasional lectures, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

• 2001
• The Frye Art Museum

• 1995
• Instructor, Venetian Painting Techniques, Seattle Art Museum (in conjunction with the exhibition "Treasures of Venice: Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest")
• Guest lecturer, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane WA

• 1994 – 96
• Instructor of painting and drawing, Seattle Academy of Fine Art

• 1994
• Guest lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• 1983
• Guest lecturer Whitworth College, Spokane, Eastern Washington University.

• 1982 – 1985
• Instructor, Spokane Art School, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane

• 1979
• Guest lecturer, Marymount Manhattan College, New York

• 1973 – 75
• Instructor of painting, drawing and design, Fort Wright College of the Holy Names, Spokane

• 1978 – 82
• Additional private study in New York and Boston
• 1969 – 75
• Fort Wright College of the Holy Names, Spokane
• 1971
• California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
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• Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fort Wright College, 1975
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• Additional informal study in fine art lithography, at The Evergreen State College, 1975 - 76
• extensive reading in the fields of art history, cultural studies, fine art conservation, Japanese printmaking and other subjects.
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• Over the past decade I've become deeply interested in Japanese and Asian culture. I've studied Japanese language, traveled to Japan, and become involved, with my martial arts group (the Seattle Branch of the World Seido Karate Organization,) in the regional Japanese community. I've become especially interested in the history of Japanese film, and have viewed over 500 films, both classic and contemporary. This interest has had a profound influence on my work, especially the Japanese printmakers of the shin hanga, the ukiyo-e revival of the first half of the Twentieth Century.

• MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
• Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, gift of Lee and Jody Sahlin

• PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
• Mr. Matt O'Meara / Ms. Lisa Belden, Mercer Island, WA
• Mr. Tom McQuaid, Seattle, WA
• Mr. Wm. Dubin, Tucson, AZ
• Mr. & Mrs. James Steiwer
• Mr. & Mrs. James Baum, New York, NY
• Mr. and Mrs. William Gates
• Ms. M. Daly, Fairfield, CT
• Mr. Patrick Duffy, Los Angeles, CA
• Ms. Lois Foraker, Los Angeles, CA
• Mr. & Mrs. Neal Fosseen, Spokane, WA
• Ms. Judy Grollmus, Spokane, WA
• Mrs. Bernard Kopcynski, Spokane, WA
• Mr & Mrs Michael Moore, New York, NY
• Mr. & Mrs. Lee Sahlin, Spokane, WA
• Mr & Mrs Donald Thulean, Wash. DC, (presented by The Spokane
  Symphony Society)

• PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
• Seattle Collects 2000, City of Seattle, WA
• The City of Portland, OR
• Art in Public Places, Washington State Arts Commission

• CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
• Miller Nash LLP, Portland , OR
• Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
• The Seattle Tennis Club, Seattle, WA
• McGraw Hill, Inc., New York, NY
• Microsoft, Redmond, WA
• Hewlett – Packard, Vancouver, WA
• American Express, Seattle, WA
• Chicago Title Insurance Co., Seattle, WA
• Columbia Club, Seattle, WA
• Washington Trust Bank, Spokane, WA
• Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
• University Hospital, Seattle, WA
• Ashforth Pacific Inc., Portland, WA
• Seattle University Law School, Seattle, WA
• Frank Russell Inc., Tacoma, WA