EDUCATION
1994 MFA, painting, University of Washington, Seattle
1984 BFA, painting (Cum Laude), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1980-81 Syracuse University, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Color Charts, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Full Spectrum, Elizabeth Leach, Portland, OR
2007 Schroeder Romero, New York
2006 University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities, Ann Arbor
Platform, Seattle
2005 Elizabeth Leach, Portland
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco (also 2004, 2002)
2004 Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn (also 2003)
2003 William Traver, Tacoma, WA
2002 Frumkin/Duval, Santa Monica
2001
William Traver, Seattle (also 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Genesis – The Art of Creation, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
2007
Diagnose [Art]: Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Human Nature II: Future Worlds, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington
Beneath the Skin, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco
2006
Diagnosis [Art]: Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Germany
Potentially Mighty, p|m Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005
Head Over Hand: Pushing the limits of paint, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York
5 Painters, Platform, Seattle
2003
Portals, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Components, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Travelled through 2004: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley; Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1999
Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Seafirst Bank Gallery, Seattle
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA (also 1998, 1997, 1994)
1998
Hands On Color, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1997
Drawings...A Bi-Coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery, Seattle
They Came Here First! Center on Contemporary Art, and Bumbershoot: The Seattle Arts Festival
1996
Combined Talents: Florida National, Museum of Fine Arts of Florida State University, Tallahassee
Artists Council Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
1995
September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
1993
Dehesive, University of Washington, Seattle
Faber Birren Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
1990
Viewing Ourselves, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1989
Art and Soul, Hampshire College, Amherst
AWARDS
2006 Neddy Fellowship Award nominee, Behnke Foundation, Seattle (also nominated 2005 & 1999)
2004 Visual Arts Grant finalist, Creative Capital Foundation, NY
Special Projects Grant, 4 Culture (Cultural Development Authority of King County), Seattle
2002 Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle
2001 PONCHO Special Recognition Award, Betty Bowan Committee/Seattle Art Museum
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award nominee, New York
1999 Artist Trust GAP Grant (Grants for Artists’ Projects), Seattle
Centrum Residency, Port Townsend, WA
1991 Massachusetts Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant, Northampton, MA
COLLECTIONS
Amgen
City of Seattle/Portable Works Collection
Microsoft
The Progressive Art Collection
Rosetta Inpharmatics
Swedish Medical Center
Tacoma Art Museum/Tacoma, WA
USAA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Baker, Kenneth. “Jaq Chartier: Color Charts,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 5, 2008
Wilson, Stephen. Border Patrol: Artists Working at the Frontiers of Science and Technology, New York: Thames & Hudson (Release date 2008 / 2009)
2007
Human Nature, catalog for the exhibition, SoFA Gallery, Indiana Univ. Bloomington, p. 63.
2006
Cantú, John Carlos. “Disintegration at the core...” Ann Arbor News, Feb. 5, p. C2, (reproduction).
Diagnose [Kunst], catalog for the exhibition, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Germany, p. 133.
Faigin, Gary. “Jaq Chartier at Platform Gallery,” artdish.com, 9/23/06, (reproduction).
Grant, Adriana. “Ink that makes you think,” Seattle Weekly, 10/4/06, (reproduction).
Graves, Jen. “Profanity, Testing, Explosion,” The Stranger, 9/14/06, (reproduction).
Hackett, Regina. “Jaq Chartier breaks down decay...,” Seattle P.I., 9/8/06, p. 29, (reproduction).
Pence, Elizabeth. “Jaq Chartier at Platform Gallery,” Artweek, November, pp. 22-23 (reproduction).
Scott, Carrie E. A. “State of the Art,” Seattle Magazine, June, p. 123-124, (reproduction).
'Testing' by Jaq Chartier, catalog for exhibition, Inst. for the Humanities, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2005
Koplos, Janet. “Report from Seattle: Plugged In and Caffeinated,” Art in America, September, p.69, (reproduction).
New American Paintings. Vol. 61. Pacific West Coast edition. Needham Heights, Mass.: Open Studios Press. (also Vol. 31, 2001, and Vol. 13, 1997)
Perry, Vicky. Abstract Painting Concepts and Techniques, New York: Watson-Guptill. p. 125.
Wiggin, Ashley. “The Art of Science,” Seattle Magazine, May, p. 30, (reproduction).
2004
Berry, Colin. “Jaq Chartier and Elizabeth Scheidl at LIMN Gallery,” Artweek, June, pp. 12-13.
Baker, Kenneth. “Art grapples with science and politics,” San Francisco Chronicle, 3/27/04, (reproduction).
Jaq Chartier: Testing. Seattle: Marquand Books.
Reichle, I. Kunst aus dem Labor: Zum Verhältnis von Kunst und Wissenschaft im Zeitalter der Technoscience. Austria: Springer WienNewYork. Reproductions on book cover & pp. 225-229.
Shaviro, Steven. “Genetic Disorder,” Artforum, January, p. 42, (reproduction).
2003
Bullis, Douglas. 100 Artists of the West Coast. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Books. Reproductions pp. 172-173.
Connor, Jill. “Jaq Chartier: Testing,” Contemporary, no. 53/54, pp. 117-118, (reproduction).
Lovejoy, Bess. “Weird Science...,” Resonance, no. 38, pp. 32-33, (reproductions).
2002
Engelson, Andrew. “Dot Matrix...,” Seattle Weekly, March 28, p. 63, (reproduction).
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Bioethics and the Book of Life. New York: Thirteen/WNET. Reproduction on video box and booklet covers.
Roth, Charlene. “Jaq Chartier and Amy Ellingson...,” Artweek, March, p. 17, (reproduction).
2001
Cullum, Jerry. “Seductive Changes,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 28, p. Q5.
1997
McTaggart, Tom. “Biology Lessons,” The Stranger (Seattle), May 22, p. 56, (reproduction).
1995
Foo Fighters. Capitol Records/Roswell Records. Reproductions on CD booklet, album & cassette.
