Carl T. Chew
Born: 1948, Urbana, IL
Married, two daughters (31 and 13 years old)
Education
2000 Teaching Certificate, Pacific Oaks NW
Endorsements: PreK, K-8, K-12 (Science, Art, Math)
1975 MFA Printmaking and Video, University of Washington
1969 BS Zoology, University of Washington
Employment History
2004 – 2006 Seattle Public Schools substitute teacher
2001 – 2004 Seattle Public Schools 4-5 teacher, Graham Hill Elementary School
2000 – 2001 Seattle Public Schools substitute teacher
1985 – 2000 Founded and directed The Contemporary Carpet Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
1989 – 1990 Public Schools/Public Art, Washington State Arts Commission
1988 Artists Unlimited, Artist in Residence, Edmonds Community College,
Edmonds, WA
1984 – 1986 State of Washington Dept. of Transportation, City of Seattle,
I-90 Design Team
Skill Sets
Professional and Community Affiliations
2002 – 2004 Graham Hill Elementary Building Representative,
Seattle Education Association
1995 Founding Member of Rugmark Nepal, working to end child labor
1989 – 1992 Commissioner, City of Seattle Arts Commission
1991 – 1993 AIDS Housing of Washington/Bailey-Boushay House Art Committee
Seattle, WA
1988 The Orcas Conference: Creative Support for the Creative Artist,
Orcas Island, WA
1983 – 1986 and/or, Board of Directors, Seattle
1980 Seattle Early Education Center, Board President
Honors and Awards
1997 Best of Show Award, National Marketing Communications Awards Program,
The Society for Marketing Professional Services
1993 Distinguished Speaker, Entrepreneur Program, University of Southern
California, School of Business
1992 Distinguished Lecturer, Georgetown University, School of Business,
Washington D.C.
1988 Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1986 "Award of Merit", American Landscape Architects,
Co-design of I-90 Water Basin Artworks
1976 20th National Print Award, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Selected One Person Exhibitions
Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA, June 1994
"Too Live Chew", Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA, January, 1991
"C.T. 'C'elects", Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA,
September-October, 1990
"Documents Northwest", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, March 3-April 24,
1988
"Le Extinction des Artes", Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham,
WA, 1983
"Medieval Massage Parlor", Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, September, 1980
"Prehistoric Post Office", Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, September, 1979
"Stamps", The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, May, 1978
"Video Dig", and/or, Seattle, WA, 1977
Selected Group and Invitational Exhibitions
"Lasting Impressions: Eight Seattle Print Artists", Fisher Gallery, Cornish
College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, July-August 1995
"Raven Brings Light to this House of Stories", permanent installation of artwork
by Carl Chew, Mare Blocker, Ron Hilbert Coy, and J.T. Stewart in the Allen
Library, University of Washington, Dedication November 17, 1994. funded
through the State of Washington Arts Commission
"The Art of Microsoft", Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle,
1993
"Watercolor, Watercolor", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, Summer 1990
"One Hundred Years of Washington Art", The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma,
WA, 1989-1990
"High Tech/High Touch: Computer Graphics in Printmaking", Pratt Institute,
Manhattan Gallery, NYC, NY, Nov.16-Dec30, 1987, then traveling show
"Gene Baro Collects", The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1983
"Ralph Doid City Planner", Seattle Municipal Bldg., Seattle, WA, 1981
"Electroworks", International Museum of Modern Photography, George
Eastman House, Rochester, NY, and The Cooper Hewitt Museum, 1979,
1980
"Eight West Coast Printmakers", The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1978.
"Thirty-four Prints from Seattle- Six Triangle Artists", Center for the Visual Arts,
Anchorage, AK, 1977
"Thirty Years of American Printmaking", The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1976
"Los Angeles Printmaking Society Exhibition", Los Angeles, CA, 1975
Selected Bibliography
"Computers & Weaving", Kenneth O'Connell, School Arts, p.p. 24-25, April
1995
"Shopping for Art and Antiques with Jean Jongeward", Michael Frank,
Architectural Digest, p.p.104-131, November, 1994
timbres d' artistes, Musee de la Poste, p.p. 54-55, 1993
"Into the Whirlpool (Filter) with Stamp Maker C.T. Chew", Eileen Gunn,
Aldus Magazine, p.p. 27-31 and cover, September, 1993
"Rug Maker to the Planets", Robin Fields, Metropolis, December 1992,
pp. 26-27
"Carl T. Chew, Seattle Artist", Interview with Noah Adams, All Things
Considered, NPR, December 1, 1992.
"Computerized Marks of the Hand", Michael Haggerty, Computer Graphics
and Applications, November 1991, p. 9
"Dialog", Chew, Ritchie, Sato, Visions, Spring 1991, pp.18-24
Postmodern Currents, Margot Lovejoy, UMI Press, 1989
The Complete Printmaker, John Ross, Clare Romano, Tim Ross, The Free
Press, 1989
50 Northwest Artists, Bruce Guenther, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1983,
pp.36-37
"Studio: Fine View", Kay Larson, Village Voice, September 17, 1980
"New Techniques", Akira Kurosaki, Bijutso Techo, Japan, November 1979
"Notes from the Underground", Diana Loevy, Audio-Visual Communications,
November, 1977
"Video Art in the Northwest", Victor Ancona, Videography, October, 1977