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Education
2008    Masters of Fine Art, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2005    B.A. Art Studio & Global Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, Graduate High Honors
2005    Filologia y Bellas Artes, Universitat de Barcelona, España​


Artist Residencies
2014    Guest Artist and Residency, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, OK
2008    Self-directed Artist Residency, Banff Centre, AB Canada​
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Public Art Installation Projects
TBD      Rock Stack, Lake City 33rd Ave. NE park, Seattle, WA   
2019     Octagon, Burien Arts-A-Glow Festival, Dottie-Harper Park, WA
             The Wave, mobile art on view at Tukwila Community Center lobby or select public                         events, Tukwila, WA
             30, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, on view for 2019, Bellevue, WA

2018     Geode, Washington Elementary School, Washington State Arts Commission,                                 Wenatchee, WA 
2017      Silver Compass, Safeco Field, Seattle, WA
              Urban Garden, Art On Main, Main St & Division St, Auburn, WA
              Synthetic Blossoms, "Heaven & Earth: Cultivated," Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
              Cosmic Interference, Chromatopia: Collaboration Elizabeth Gahan & Liz Tran, Dottie-                    Harper Park, Burien Arts-A-Glow Festival, WA
              Pop Shapes, Bellevue Square Mall, Bellevue, WA

2016      Street Lanterns, City of Spokane, WA
              Bioluminescent, Chromatopia: Collaboration Elizabeth Gahan & Liz Tran, SAM Lights                    festival, Seattle Art Museum Sculpture Park, WA
              Bombogenesis, Chromatopia: Collaboration Elizabeth Gahan & Liz Tran, Shoreline                       Community College, WA
             Vertical Garden, Seattle Center Poetry Garden, Seattle, WA
             Cohesive Fragments, Tacoma, Woolworth Window #4&5, downtown Tacoma, WA
             Checked, "TACOMA FOOD FOREST: Art, Edibles + Sustainable Culture," Swan Creek                 Park, Tacoma, WA
             Home Grown, Burien Community Center Atrium, Burien, WA
             Bioluminescent Pods, "EVOLUTION: Art, Science & Adaptation," Seymour                                     Conservatory,Tacoma, WA  

2015      Abundance, Tacoma Arts Month Exhibition, Tacoma Armory, WA
             Phosphorescence Canopy, Burien Arts-A-Glow, Dottie Harper Park, Burien, WA
             Urban Trail, Bellevue Art Museum Fair, Bellevue, WA
             Passage, Pedestrian Corridor, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
             Dreamscape, King County Public Health Clinic Window, Kent, WA

2014/15 Fracturing Crystals, Window Space, Renton, WA
              Kingfisher Landing, Winterfest, on Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center, WA
              Urban Snowflakes, One Main (& N Division St), Auburn Streetscapes, Auburn, WA

2014      Chromatic Encounters, NEPO 5k Don’t Run, Daejeon Park, Seattle, WA
              Bellwether Connect Bellevue 2014, Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue Galleria and Bellevue                  Way NE, WA
              Color Utopia, Window Installation at Finerie CoLAB, Seattle WA
              Catching the Holy Spirit, First Presbyterian Church, Alva, OK
              Graphic Plume, Storefronts, Seattle, WA

2013      Color Wave, Spaceworks Tacoma, Woolworth Window #2, downtown Tacoma, WA
              Chromatic Crystallization (Seattle), Westlake Park, Seattle, WA
              Tree Pods, “Acclimatized 5: Heaven and Earth,” COCA at Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
              Climbing Crystals, Art Interruptions in Beacon Hill, Maplewood Playfield, Seattle, WA
2012      Honeycomb, South Park Community Center, Main Entrance, Seattle, WA
              Metamorphosis, University of Washington 150th Celebration, Art & Music Pavilion,                        Seattle, WA
2011      Seattle Storefronts Installation, Seattle, WA 
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Solo Exhibitions
2019     Re-constructing the View, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 
2018     Elizabeth Gahan, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015     Boom: From Wonder to Whiplash, Zinc Art + Object, Edmunds, WA
              Magic Portal, Chromatopia: Collaboration Elizabeth Gahan & Liz Tran, PUNCH Gallery,                Seattle, WA
              Ebe & Flow, Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Granys Pass, OR
2014/15 The Urban Garden, Gallery 2312, Seattle, WA
              Alva Architectural Narratives, Historic Runnymede Hotel, Alva, OK
2013      Urban Ecosystems, Adobe Waterfront Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009     Material Concerns, JK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008     Shifting Solid Ground, East Gallery, Claremont, CA 
2005     Exchanging Perspectives, Departamento Bellas Artes, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain 
2004     The Global City, Gallery 1434, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
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Select Group Exhibitions
2019    Escapism from LA, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
            Seattle Art Fair, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018    Bellwether Biennial, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 
            Seattle Art Fair, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
            The Cityscape Show VIII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, WA 
2017     Structural Configurations, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
             Northwest Nature, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
             The Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016    Chromatic Crystallization (Burien) & Synthetic Growth II, "Colorfast: Vivid Installations                     Make Their Mark," Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
             Group Show at Aqua Art Fair with Phylogeny Contemporary, Miami, FL
             The Cityscape Show VI, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Knock Out: 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Chromatopia: Collaboration Elizabeth                        Gahan & Liz Tran, PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015     Neighborhoods, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
             PUNCH Gallery at the Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
             Westward Bound, PUNCH Gallery at Clymer Museum & Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
2014     New Members, PUNCH Gallery, Liz Tran & Elizabeth Gahan Collaboration, Seattle, WA
             A Selection of New Paintings, Finerie CoLAB, Seattle, WA
             Contemporary Views, Graceful Arts, Alva, OK
2013     World/City, SAF Annual Model Exhibit, 1201 2nd Avenue at Seneca St., Seattle, WA
2012     Oasis, 3rd Annual Shangrila Art Show, Joshua Tree, CA
2011      Synthetic, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 
2008    Mindful Navigation of Synthetic Spaces, Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, AB Canada
              Envisioning A Future, South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
             Some Young Los Angeles Artists, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Culver City,                   CA
             eyeCAndy,  Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA   
             Political Disco, Santee Plaza, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2007    Exceedingly Way Too Overhung, Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
             Exhibitionists, East & Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
             The Media, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2006   BUZZ, East & Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
             Peace & Anti-War Exhibition, San Diego Artist Guild, San Diego, CA.
             San Diego Regional Artist’s Show, SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA
             One Foot Show, SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA
2005   Southern California Regional Exhibition, SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego,                  CA
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Grants, Fellowships & Awards
2017     City of Seattle 1% for Arts Fund
2016     Washington State Arts Commission
2014     Americans for the Arts 2014 Public Art Network Year in Review
2013     GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
2013     City of Seattle 1% for Arts Fund
2013     City Public Arts Grant, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
2012     City Artist Projects Grant, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
2012     Art Grant, University of Washington, Husky Fest, 150th Anniversary
2008    Helen B. Dooley Art Fellowship
2007     Macuire Teaching Assistant Fellowship
2007     Museum and Cultural Management Academic Fellowship
2006    Claremont Graduate University Faculty Selected Art Fellowship
2005    Jeanie Anderson Memorial Fund Grant
2004    Art Department Faculty Award of Distinction, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2001     William Dole Memorial Award

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