EDUCATION
1980 B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1984 M.A. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1985 M.F.A. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
OVERSEAS STUDIES
2012 Independent Study: Addis Abba, Lalibela, Bahir Dar, ETHIOPIA
1995 Delegate to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, CHINA
1987 Independent Study, Ibadan, NIGERIA
1981 New York Visual Art Institute, Summer in Morocco Program, Tangier, MOROCCO
1978 Independent Study, Panama City, PANAMA
1977 Temple University Abroad, Rome, ITALY
AWARDS/GRANTS
2005 Morrie and Joan Alhadeff PONCHO Artist of the Year Award, Seattle, WA
1999 John S. Guggenheim Fellowship in Sculpture, New York, NY
1994 Visual Art Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
1992-93 NEA Travel Grant - National Council for Black Studies, First International Conference, Accra, GHANA
COMMISSIONS:
2014 Kruckeberg Botanical Garden, Seattle WA: “Garden of Creativity” - education through temporary art
2013 4Culture – Brightwater, Seattle WA: “Mini Toilets” – education through temporary art; recovered materials
2012 Bellewether, Bellevue, WA: “Circus Wagon” – education through temporary art; recovered materials
2010 Seattle Central Community College, Seattle WA: “Recycled Child” - PC components, wire, oil on canvas
2009 Asian Counseling Referral Center, Seattle WA: “Community Quilt” – Fabric and telephone wire; collaboration with Asian community
2009 Shoreline City Hall, Shoreline, WA: “Doll quilt” - wire, fabric, and recovered materials; collaboration with children and adults
2007 Douglass Truth Library, Seattle WA:“Children of the Sea” - recycle copper. Collaboration with head librarians
2003 Seattle Justice Center, Seattle Washington:“Contradictory Vibrations” - recycled copper, brass, and leather
2001 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Care Center, Seattle WA: “Flowers” - fabric and wire. Collaboration with staff and preschool children
1997 Meadow Brook Community Center, Seattle WA: “Fish Children” – frozen orange juice can lids, plywood, paint, and cable. Collaboration with staff and children.
1997 Bitter Lake Community Center, Seattle WA: “Fish” - 35mm film negatives, tin cans painted with fingernail polish. Collaboration with staff and children.
1996 Rainier Community Center, Seattle WA: “Bottlecap Children” – bottlecaps, fabric, and chicken wire. Collaboration with staff and children.
1996 Edwin T. Pratt and Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park, Seattle WA: lane bumps, cement, recycled glass. Collaboration with staff and children.
1994 Delridge Community Center, Seattle Washington: “88 Children” – bottlecaps, eyeglass lenses, and various recycled materials. Collaboration with staff and children.
1994 Garfield Community Center, Seattle Washington: “Oshun & Shango Shrines” – wood, paint, frozen orange juice can lids. Collaboration with staff and children.
1992 Bailey-Boushay House, Seattle, WA
1990 Franklin High School, Seattle Washington: “Four Ancestors” – electrical outlet covers, fire alarm box covers, chemistry lab doors, and various materials.
RESIDENCIES:
2013 University Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2010-14 Race & Pedagogy Conferences, University Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2009 Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2009 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Island, ME
2008 Oysterville Arts, Long Beach, WA
2008 Confluence Gallery & Art Center, Twisp, WA
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2003 Hot Shop, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 The Girls: Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Marita Dingus – Fashion Free For All: Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA
2009 Marita Dingus - Buddha As An African Enslaved: Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WA
2008 Bending Life: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Works by Marita Dingus: Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, Frances Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA
2006 Look Again: The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
2005 We Don’t Come Back Brand New: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Marita Dingus: About Face: Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
2003 Talking to the Dead: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Holding Mojo Hands: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Marita Dingus: Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
1998 When Spirits Were Moved: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Marita Dingus: Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Caught, Captured, Caged: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Marita Dingus Sculpture: Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1994 Ancestors of African Descent: Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Boundless Spirits: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 Recent Work by Marita Dingus: Foundation Gallery, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA
1990 Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
1989 Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Shaiman Contemporary Crafts, Seattle, WA (also 1987, 1986)
1986 Voodoo Art, Bechtel International Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1985 Afro-American Cultural Museum, San Francisco, CA
Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1984 Masters of Arts Exhibition: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1980 Bachelors of Fine Arts Exhibition: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 Marita Dingus and Mar Goman: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
LADIES’ CHOICE: Works by Women Artists chosen by Women Artists, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Elles: SAM Gallery, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Material Calls: Artists-in-Residence at the James and Janie Washington Cultural Center, Hedreen Gallery, Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Traditions, M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle Center Community College, Seattle, WA
The Art of Recycling, Lightcatcher, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2011 Seattle as Collector, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Transformation(s), SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fine Threads, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA
2010 Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1890-2010, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Happy Birthday, Francine!, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juan Alonso and Marita Dingus: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Eco Art, Sammamish City Hall Commons Gallery, Sammamish, WA
Lasting Impressions, University House, Wallingford, Seattle, WA
Featured Artists: Artwork Selections from Regional Workplace Collections, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
Viable Resources, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2008 Sitka Art Invitational: Western Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Dualities: A Collaboration: Cornish College of the Arts/SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
RE-Purposed to Art: Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
Century 21: Dealer’s Choice: Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
Look Again…the art of recycling: City Windows Gallery, San José City Hall, San José, CA
Black/African Heritage Exhibition: Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle, WA
Recycled and Restructured: Art from Discard:, Confluence Gallery & Art Center, Twisp, WA
Another View, Artists Beyond the Methow: Confluence Gallery & Art Center, Twisp, WA
2007 The Seafair Ball Invitational: CoCA, Beach Club Shilshole, Seattle, WA
SAM at 75, Building a Collection for Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Glass Exhibition: William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006-08 21st Century American Women Artists: Truman Hall, Residence of the United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium
2006-07 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
2006-09 Nature/Culture - Artists Respond to Their Environment: Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ; Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH; Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Peoria, IL
2006 Recycled Art: Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2005 Private Art by Public Artist:, Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
4th Annual Invitational Recycled Art Show: sponsored by Arts Ballard and RE-store, New York Fashion Academy, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Fiber Walk: organized by the Association of Northwest Weaver’s Guild and the City of Tacoma, Window Installation, School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA
Black History Month 2005: Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City Hall, Seattle, WA
The Other Mainstream: Selections from the Collection of Mikki and Stanley Weithorn, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2004-05 Africa in America: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2004 recycle recreate renew, City of Kirkland City Hall, Kirkland, WA
African American Artists in Los Angeles, A Survey Exhibition: Fade 1990-2003: Luckman Gallery University Fine Arts Gallery, California State, Los Angeles, CA
Traditional and Contemporary Folk Art, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA
2003-04 12th Annual Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibition: Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2003 Under Construction, Art Transforms Umbrellas: Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Impregnable Direction: Rush Arts Gallery and Resource Center, New York, NY
Art & Justice: City Space, Bank of America Tower, Seattle, WA
Memory: Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Collectors’ Choice: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 A Doll’s House: Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
Imaging Cosmologies: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Traditional Contemporary Ethnic Textiles: The Gallery Space, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
What a Doll:, Sarah Spurgeon Art Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
New Power Generation: Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA
2001 Northwest Views, Selections from the SAFECO Collection: Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
From the Ground Up: A Snoqualmie Valley Sculpture Performance, Duvall, WA
Endless Regeneration: Found Object in Art and Design:, Nike Design Library, Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR
Pigs on Parade: a benefit for the Pike Place Market Foundation, Seattle, WA
The Healing Spirit: United States Embassy Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
The Thread that Binds, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2000 The Elwood Collection: Washington State University Museum of Art, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA
African American Experience: Edmonds Community College Art Gallery, Lynnwood, WA
1998-01 Stop Asking/We Exist: 25 African-American Craft Artists: The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA; American Craft Museum, New York, NY; New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, The Courthouse, Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, VA; Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Weaving Washington: State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA
1998 Miscellany: Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Africa Possessed: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2nd Annual National Black Fine Arts Show: Tuck Building, Soho, New York, NY
1997-00 Trashformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design: Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA; Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Anchorage Museum of History and Art; Anchorage, AK; Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA; Yellowstone Museum of Art, Billings, MT; The Center for the Visual Arts, The Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
1997/98 Passion for Possession: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1997 Black and White: Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1996 Flaming Desires: Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
The Flexible Line: Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Second Sight: Seattle Central Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Matter of Colors V: Generations: Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995/96 Celebration Especially for Children: The Art of Theater: Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1995 World Vision: Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Kunstkabinett: Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women: Beijing, CHINA
Everyday: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art Works for AIDS: Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, WA (also 1993, 1990
The Painted Table: Seattle, WA
Multicultural Exhibit: North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
A Matter of Colors IV: Heritage Links, Pacific Arts Center's Anne Gould Hauberg Gallery, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Figurative Art: Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Agents of Change: New Views by Northwest Women: Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA
Richness in Diversity: SAFECO, Seattle, WA
Women of Color Exhibition: Women's Caucus for Art Conference, San Antonio, TX
Endowment: Refittings II: The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
1994 Recycling with Imagination: Art from Detritus: Metro Regional Center, Portland, OR
A Matter of Colors III, The African Connection: Pacific Arts Center, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Artistry From Her Soul: Art Gallery, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA
Edwin T. Pratt Memorial Exhibition: Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA (also 1992)
Contemporary African American Artists: The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
1993 Photo Manipulations: Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
National Council for Black Studies, First International Conference Exhibit: Accra, GHANA
Off Course: Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Endowment: Refittings: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA; Italia Restaurant, Seattle, WA
African American Eclectic: Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA
XX: An Exhibition on the Occasion of the Women's Caucus for Art National Conference: Francine Seders Gallery II, Seattle, WA
1992 El Dia De Los Muertos:, Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS: Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
The Art to the People Project: Garfield High School, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Rainier Beach High School, Seattle Central Community College
Carnival Art: Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Four Points of View: Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
1991 Illuminations: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA
Come to Your Senses: Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Symbolic Selections: North Central Washington Museum and Gallery 76 at Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
25th Anniversary Exhibitions: The Later Years 1986-1990: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Artist in the Art: Self-Portraits: Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Spirit Catchers: Mercer Island Art Gallery, Community Center at Mercer View, Mercer Island, WA
Collaborators: Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Seattle Women Artists: Seattle Central Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Matter of Colors: Pacific Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1990 Dreaming the Earth Whole: Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts Festival Seattle, WA
Work Using Recycled Materials: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sculpture: curated by Francine Seders, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Four Artists from the Northwest: Selected Works from the Francine Seders Gallery: The Carver Community Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX
Ancestors Known and Unknown: organized by Coast to Coast, Art In General, New York, NY
From Another Side/Five Artists from the Northwest: Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
Ancestral Sources: Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
Visual Arts Exhibition: Festival Sundiata, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (also 1989, 1988, 1986)
1989 Fine Arts Faculty Show: North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
Some Assembly Required: Bumbershoot '89, curated by Ruth Askey, Seattle, Center, Seattle, WA
Puget Sound Black Artists, Art Gallery, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
Black History Month: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
After Africa, Two Seattle Artists-Two Installations, Spokane Arts School, Center for the Visual Arts, Spokane, WA
Hallie Brown Ford Gallery Invitational: Willamette University, Salem, OR
The Masque, The Face of Woman: Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1988 Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Artists Liaison: Evanston, IL
Sommerstown Gallery, Somers, NY
Art Phase I Chicago, IL
Living to the Rhythm of a Dream: Overeact Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Fifth Alcoa Juried Art Exhibition: Wenatchee, WA
Dimension '88 National: Lenexa, KS
Paintings and Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Atlanta Life Eighth Annual Art Competition: Atlanta, GA
Selected Works - In Celebration of Black History Month: Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seattle Urban League Competition: Seattle, WA (also 1987, 1986, 1982, 1981)
1987 Spirits in Common: Western Washington State University, Bellingham, WA
Northwest '87: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Seventh Northwest International Art Competition: Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Alonso/Sullivan Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986 Gift Wrap Competition: Pacific Art Center, Seattle, WA
Mask Show: Portland School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
Furniture and Mask Show: Hundred Waters Gallery, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot: Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (also 1985)
The Tallahassee National: University of Florida, Tallahassee, FL
Weird and Witty Constructions: Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
Salute to the Arts: Capitol Hill Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
1985 The Women's Building Exhibition: Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA
Grand Oak Gallery, Oakland, CA
San Jose State University Faculty Art Exhibition: San Jose, CA
Small Sculpture Exhibition: Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Bay Net '85 Art Exhibition: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Bay Arts '85: Belmont, CA
Sculpture Exhibition: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1984 San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Art League 3 Dimensional Exhibition, San Jose, CA
1978 Balboa Circle Exhibition, Panama City, PANAMA
1977 Student Show, Rome, ITALY
INSTALLATIONS:
2002 A Gift from Home: African Traditions: Rental Sales Gallery Window, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1992 Marita Dingus, Recent Works: Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
1991 Our Bill of Rights: a Benefit Show and Art Auction for Washington NARAL and Washington Campaign for Freedom of Expression, 10th Amendment, Artist's Products Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 Sculpture at Franklin High School library, Seattle, WA
1987 Wrapped: Seattle Center, Imagination Celebration, Seattle, WA
Wrapped Parking Meters, Capitol Hill Salute to the Arts, Seattle, WA
1985 Wrapped Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
DESIGN
1996 Book Cover, Frontiers, A Journal of Women Studies, Volume XVII, Number 3, University Press of Colorado, Niwot, CO
1994 Poster image for NW Coalition Against Malicious Harassment
COLLECTIONS:
Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
Embassy of the United States, Youndé, Cameroon,
Harborview Hospital, Seattle, WA
John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY
Junior League of Seattle, Seattle, WA
King County Arts Commission, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Mundt MacGregor, Seattle, WA
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
Oregon Arts Commission, Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Orrick, Herrington, Sutcliffe, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (Winterfest)
Solid Waste Department, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Town Hall, Seattle, WA
Washington Art Consortium, Bellingham, WA
Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program: Pioneer Elementary, Evergreen School District, Vancouver, WA; North Tapps Middle School, Dieringer School District, Sumner, WA; Meadow Ridge Elementary, Kent School District, Kent, WA; Davis High School, Yakima School District, Yakima, WA;
RELEVANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001-Present Artist-in-residence teaching assignments in art instruction, K-12, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle WA
2010 Artist-in-residence teaching assignment: Northwest African American Museum, Seattle WA
2008-2009 Artist-in-residence teaching assignments: Methow Valley Arts Association, Methow WA; Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa Hawaii; Oysterville Arts Center, Oysterville WA; Haystack, Deer Island Maine
2004-2005 Mixed Media Sculpture teaching assignments: Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
2006 Artist-in-residence teaching assignment, Yesler Terrace Community Center: Arts Corps, Seattle WA
1990-2005 Mixed Media Sculpture instructor, Pratt Art Center, Seattle WA
2001-2001 Associate Professor: Mixed Media, Clothing Cnstruction, and African Art History; Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
1999-2000 Associate Professor: Mixed Media Sculpture and African Art History; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
1990-present Docent: African Art specialty, Seattle Art Musuem, Seattle, WA
1990-Present Periodic art instruction assignments Seattle Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, and Gage Academy
1990-1997 King County Arts Commissioner: Seattle, WA
1990-1997 Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle WA
1991-1994 Associate Professor: Painting, Drawing, and Modern Art, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA
1990-1990 Associate Professor: Painting and Drawing; Green River Community College, Auburn WA
1987-1990 Artist in residence: art instruction K-12 state-wide, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
1985-1985 Associate Professor: Design:San Jose State University, San Jose California
1983-1985 Art Instructor at K-12 schools: San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose California
1976-1977 Advocate Community Development, Philadelphia Pennsylvania Art Instructor: Art instruction K-12
1975-1976 Arts & Craft Program Director: Central Area Boys Club, Seattle WA
