Geraldine Ondrizek
Professor of Art, Emeritus ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College
3203 SE Woodstock
Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
ondrizeg@reed.edu
Education
- 1985
- BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1994
- MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Professional Experience
- 1994-2025
- Professor of Art, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College, Portland, Oregon
Selected Exhibitions (Solo*)
- 2027-2028
- Becoming You, A Journey From A Single Cell ¤¢¤Ê¤¿¤Ë¤Ê¤ë¤Þ¤Ç: , Tokai University School of Medicine, Hachioji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.*
- 2026
- Becoming You, A Journey From A Single Cell ¤¢¤Ê¤¿¤Ë¤Ê¤ë¤Þ¤Ç: , Palazzo Mora, European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy.*
- 2024
- Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia, Public Arts, Chicago, Illinois.
- 2023
- Germination/Gestation, Bio Art Studio Residency, The School of Visual Art, New York.*
- Dis/Belief: skeptical realities and the power of interrogating assumptions, The Morland Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky.
- Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York.
- 2022-24
- Curated, Transitions and Transformations: The Constant Flux of Our Personal Structures, featured in the exhibition, Personal Structures at the European Cultural Center during the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy.
- 2021
- Unseen, form and concept Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- 2019-22
- What Needs to be Said, Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts, Salem, Oregon; Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, Oregon; Disjecta, Portland, Oregon; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon.
- 2019
- ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century, Universidad Catolica de la Sant¨ªsima Concepci¨®n, CIBAS,?Chile.
- 2018
- Quartett, Lex Experimental Art and Literature, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- 2017
- Geraldine Ondrizek, Chromosome Painting Edition II and Gene Chips, BAM, The Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.*
- 2016
- 9e2 Nine More Evenings - Fifty More Years, King Street Station, Seattle, Washington.
- The Origins of Bio Metric Data, Cornish College, Presidents Gallery, Seattle, Washington.*
- Tracing Genetic Inheritance: Recent Work By Geraldine Ondrizek, Evergreen College Gallery, Olympia, Washington.*
- Technology And The Evolution Of The Artist¡¯s Book, The Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, England.
- Translocations, Cellular and Chromosome Painting, Musrara Mix Festival, Nassir School of Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel 2016, Jerusalem, Israel.*
- 2015
- Open Studio, Momentum AIR, Berlin, Germany.*
- Exo Global, ZKM | Center for Media, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Sculpture in Two Dimensions, The College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Chromosome Painting Edition II, Fi2 Gallery ZGF Architects, Portland, Oregon.*
- 2014
- Shades of White, Artist Project Space, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.*
- 2013-2014
- Inner Space Global Matters, University of Houston, NASA at the Johnson Space, Florida International University, Miami Urban Studios Gallery, Miami, Florida.*
- Screening of Cellular, Fourth Annual Feminist Art History Conference, American University and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
- 2012
- Chromosome Painting, and works from 2009-12, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, Washington.*
- 2011
- Cellular, Sound Wall and Case Study, Portland Art Museum Apex Award Exhibition, Portland, Oregon.*
- 2010
- Mind and Matter: Technology, Science, Nature and Culture, Shelton Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- 2009
- Sounds of Cells Dividing, The Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.*
- Book Ends, Pyramid Atlantic, Alexandria, Virginia.
- 2008
- Sound Wall, CAMAC Art Center, Marnay Sur Seine, France.*
- DNA Fingerprints, The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, Illinois.*
- The Mattress Factory 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 2007
- Geraldine Ondrizek: M 168/ Repairing RNA, Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.*
- 2006
- M168: Tracing the Y Chromosome, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.*
- DNA Fingerprints, Portland Building, Portland, Oregon.*
- 2005
- Repairing RNA, Mooney Exhibition Center, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.*
- 2004
- Repairing RNA, The Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon.*
- 2003
- RNA, DNA, Gasworks, London, England.*
Public Art Commissions
Books/Catalogs
- 2026
- Convergence, Personal Structures, Lucia Pendrana, Venice, Italy: The European Cultural Center.
- Multiple and One: Writing Queer Global Art Histories, Alpesh Kantilal Patel, England: Manchester University Press.
- 2025
- Becoming You, You A Journey From A Single Cell ¤¢¤Ê¤¿¤Ë¤Ê¤ë¤Þ¤Ç ¤Ò¤È¤Ä¤Î¼š°û¤«¤é¤ÎÎïÕZ, Author: Dr. Shizuko Takahashi ¡¯95 M.D. Ph.D.; Illustrations: Geraldine Ondrizek, Tokyo, Japan: FUSOSHA Publishing Inc, Fuji Media.
- SOILS TURN: A Field Guide to Artistic Earthly Engagements, Alexandra R. Toland and Patricia L. Watts,, Weimar, Germany: Eco Art Space and Bauhaus Universit?t.
- 2021
- The Biogenetic Gaze, Works by Geraldine Ondrizek: Jane Chin Davidson, The Ford Family Foundation.
- 2019
- What Needs to Be Said, Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts: Diana Nawi.
- APEX Exhibitions 2007¨C 2017, Grace Cook Anderson and Bonnie Lange Malcolmson, Northwest Curators of Art, The Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
- 2018
- Art Lex Encyclopedia for Literature and Art, Edited and assembled by Gerhild Ebel / Cover and box fabrication Helmut L?hr, Berlin & Halle, Germany.
- 2017
- Quartett, Lex Experimental Art and Literature, Artist book, Published by the Ford Family Foundation and the University of Oregon, Berlin, Germany: Published by Gerhild Ebel.
- 2015
- Cover Design: Eugenic Nation, Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America, Dr. Alexander Stern, University of California Press.
- Global Exo-Evolution, curated by Peter Weibel, ZKM | Center for Media, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 2013
- Inner Space Global Matter; Recording the Structures Within, Geraldine Ondrizek works from 2009-2012, with essays by curator and Art Historian, Jane Chin Davidson, and Art Historian Alpesh Patel.
- 2007
- M168 Works by Geraldine Ondrizek, Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.
- 1997
- Libri, with an essay by Patricia Failing, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College, Portland, Oregon.
- 1990
- Mattress Factory: Installation and Performance, 1982¨C1989, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Reviews
- Allen, Lois. "M168 at OCAC," Artweek, November 2006 .
- Bjornstand, Randi. "Opening the Gates An Artist¡¯s Take On Infamous Racial Test Sheds Light On Prejudice," Eugene Register Guard, Thursday September 4, 2014 .
- Bryan, Staint. "Brush with Lynch Syndrome," Evening Magazine, King 5 Seattle, Aired June 27, 2012 .
- Davidson, Jane Chin. "Geraldine Ondrizek: Chromosome Paintings," Surface Design, Spring 2013 .
- Davidson, Jane Chin. "Microscopic Visions: Geraldine Ondrizek: Recording from the Structures With In," Art Historians of Southern California Symposium, "Somaesthetics", Chapman University, 2012 .
- Flannery, Maura. "Repairing RNA," Surface Design, Summer 2008 .
- Jurecic, Ann. "The Art of Medicine, Life Writing in the Genomic New Age," Lancet Medical Journal, London, March 2014 .
- LaFond, Clare. "Chromosome Painting: Discovering Beauty in DNA," UW Today, June 28, 2012 .
- Motley, John. "Geraldine Ondrizek at Portland Art Museum," The Oregonian, February 2011 .
- Radon, Lisa. "APEX: Geraldine Ondrizek at the Portland Art Museum," art ltd., May 2011 .
- Roberts, Prudence. "DNA at the Portland Building," Artweek, May 2006 .
Awards and Residencies
- 2026
- Pollinator, International Platform
- Pollinator, International Platform
- 2025-26
- The Ford Family Foundation Exhibition Support
- The Ford Family Foundation Exhibition Support
- 1995-24
- Stillman Drake Fund for Faculty Research, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College
- Dean’s Summer Research Grant, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College
- Stillman Drake Fund for Faculty Research, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College
- 2023
- The School of Visual Art, Bio Art Residency, New York
- The School of Visual Art, Bio Art Residency, New York
- 2021-22
- Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
- The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant
- Personal Structures, The European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy
- Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
- 2018-19
- US Embassy Santiago Chile Public Affairs Grant ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century
Santiago, Chile
- US Embassy Santiago Chile Public Affairs Grant ASKXXI: Arts and Science Knowledge Building in the XXI Century
- 2018
- USA Artist Award 2018, one of 500 American Artist Nominated
- USA Artist Award 2018, one of 500 American Artist Nominated
- 2016
- Mellon Foundation, For the American Association of Liberal Art Colleges; Swathmore, Vasser, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó, Grinnell, Oberlin Designing Curriculum and Exhibitions on Art and Science from 2016-2018
- Mellon Foundation, For the American Association of Liberal Art Colleges; Swathmore, Vasser, ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó, Grinnell, Oberlin Designing Curriculum and Exhibitions on Art and Science from 2016-2018
- 2015
- Momentum The Global Platform for Time-Based-Art: Film/ Video, New Media, Performance and Sound Kunstquartier Bethanien, Marianplatz, Berlin, Germany
- The Max Plank Archive, Berlin, Germany
- Momentum The Global Platform for Time-Based-Art: Film/ Video, New Media, Performance and Sound Kunstquartier Bethanien, Marianplatz, Berlin, Germany
- 2014
- The Hallie Ford Individual Artist Fellowship
The Ford Family Foundation
- The Hallie Ford Individual Artist Fellowship
- 2013
- The Oregon Arts Commission and The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant
- The Oregon Arts Commission and The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant
- 2012
- NASA and the Houston Endowment, Exhibition Support
- NASA and the Houston Endowment, Exhibition Support
- 2011
- The Oregon Arts Commission and The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant Portland Art Museum Apex Award and Exhibition
- The Oregon Arts Commission and The Hallie Ford Career Development Grant Portland Art Museum Apex Award and Exhibition
- 2009-10
- Genetic Medicine Clinic Art Commission
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Genetic Medicine Clinic Art Commission
- 2008
- CAMAC Art Center
UNESCO International Artist in Residency Program Marnay sur Seine, France
- CAMAC Art Center
- 2006
- Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
Salem, Oregon
- Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
- 2003
- Artist in Residence
Gasworks, London, England
- Artist in Residence
- 2002
- Darat al Funun UNESCO International Artist in Residency Program, Amman, Jordan (Declined) Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall Artist in Residence, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Gasworks, London, England
- Darat al Funun UNESCO International Artist in Residency Program, Amman, Jordan (Declined) Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall Artist in Residence, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
- 1998
- Artist in Residence
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
- Artist in Residence
- 1990-1992
- The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
- The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
- 1989
- The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pa
- The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pa
Collections
- WVU Cancer Institute, Berkeley Medical Center
- Sanofi-Genzyme
- Johns Hopkins University
- MIT, The Massachusetts institute of Technology
- Florida International University
- The Portland Art Museum
- ÈËÆÞÓÕ»ó College
- University of Washington Hospital, Department of Medical Genetics
- Lafayette College
- Selected Private Collections: Dr. Robin Bennett, Nicola Stewart Cadenas, Jane Chin Davidson, Amelia Jones, The Lipkin Family, Dr. Arno Motulsky, Eric Payson, Diane Samuels and Henry Reise, The Trembley Family