b. 1959, Hampton, VA
Lives and works in Seattle, WA
Education
1984 BFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Provincetown Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Provincetown Drawings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021
Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR
2019
2019, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Whiting Tennis: Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2014
Quilts and Monsters, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Whiting Tennis: My Side of the Mountain, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2013
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2012
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Opener 22, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2010
Walleyed, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings and Works on Paper, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Bovine: The Oregon Trail Reversed, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2002
Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Pictures, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Pulliam Defenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
White Columns, New York, NY
Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998
Pulliam Defenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1997
Arcadia, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995
New England Prospect, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle WA
1993
Americana, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991
Civil War Portraits, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989
500 B.C., Traver Sutten Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987
Viking Union Gallery, Western WA University, Bellingham, WA
1985
Galleria Amagototis, Barcelona, Spain
Group Exhibitions
2022
Indie Folk, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, WSU
2021
Light and Graphite, Studio e, Seattle, WA
Sidle Up, Alberta Abbey, Portland, OR
2017
Bellingham National, Seattle Art Museum, WA
2016
Makeshift Shelter, Bolinas Museum, CA
2013
California-Pacific Triennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2012
Old Ghosts, Ranges, Sunken Rivers, Come Again, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2011
Reclaimed: Nature and Place through Contemporary Eyes, Seattle Art Museum, WA
2010
Summer at The Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Made in USA, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Common Jive, Elizabeth Foundation Project Space, New York, NY
2009
Supramundane, Ambach and Rice, Seattle, WA
Finds Refined, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Dimensional Invention, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2008
The Secret Language of Things, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Deep Space Punctuated by Planets, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
dialogue: flat/form, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Traces and Accumulations, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
2007
Neddy Artist Fellowship Award Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Chauney Peck + Whiting Tennis, The Helm, Tacoma, WA
Ulrich Painters and Poets, Wichita State University, Indianapolis, IN
A House is Not a Home, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
2002
I Just Can’t Pretend, curated by Dan Torop, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Landscape, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Postmodern Pastoral, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
1994
Contrariwise Painting, Artists Space, Chicago, IL
1993
Limner Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Thicket Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Modern Madonnas II, raison d’etre, Seattle, WA
1988
Rooms 75 Cents, OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
1987
Modern Madonnas I, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
Sensualists, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986
Enterart Gallery, Seattle, WA
Traver Sutten Gallery, Seattle, WA
Awards
2011
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2008
Arlene Schnitzer Prize, Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum
2007
12th Annual Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum
1993
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, American Series
Selected Biblography
2022
Whitaker, Cassandra. "Wolf in Dark Elms and Other Poems." evergreenreview.com. Web.
2011
Janairo, Michael. "Whiting Tennis at Tang Museum.” timesunion.com 2 Sep. 2011. Web.
Veltkamp, Joey. "Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda: Joey Veltkamp in the Studio With Whiting Tennis.” New American Paintings Blog 9 May 2011. Web.
2010
Beal, Suzanne. "Whiting Tennis.” art ltd. Jul. 2010. Print.
Graves, Jen. "Trashed, Burned, Abandoned: The Olympic Sculpture Park Finally Comes Alive.” thestranger.com 15 Jun. 2010. Web.
Faigin, Gary. "Whiting Tennis at Greg Kucera." artdish.com 18 Jun. 2010. Web.
Veltkamp, Joey. "Whiting Tennis/Greg Kucera Gallery.” joeyveltkamp.blogspot.com May. 2010. Web.
Burnham, D.W. "Whiting Tennis' ‘Walleyed'." joeyveltkamp.blogspot.com May. 2010. Web.
2009
Boucher, Brian. "Whiting Tennis.” Art in America Jan. 2009: 114. Print.
2008
Sorkin, Jenni. "Whiting Tennis.” frieze Sep. 2008. Print.
Motley, John. “Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.” The Portland Mercury 19-25 Jun. 2008. Print.
Barton, Randall. "Museum's showcase turns spotlight on five NW artists.” Portland Tribune 18 Jun. 2008. Print.
Libby, Brian. “Art currents, narrower but deeper.” The Oregonian 16 Jun. 2008. Print.
McAdams, Shane. "Whiting Tennis.” The Brooklyn Rail May 2008. Print.
2006
Graves, Jen. “ The Door is Ajar.” The Stranger 17 Oct. 2006. Print.
2004
McQuaid, Cate. “House of Plenty.” The Boston Globe 7 May 2004. Print.
2002
Levin, Kim. “I Just Can’t Pretend.” The Village Voice 30 Jul. 2002: 95. Print.
Mahoney, Robert. “Landscape.” Time Out New York 21-28 Feb. 2002: 51. Print.
McQuaid, Cate. “Postmodern Pastoral.” The Boston Globe 19 Jan. 2002. Print.
2001
Kunitz, Daniel. “Gallery Chronicle.” The New Criterion Nov. 2001: 54. Print.
Johnson, Ken. “Whiting Tennis.” The New York Times 28 Sep. 2001. Print.
2000
Hackett, Regina. “Whiting Tennis.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2 Jun. 2000. Print.
1999
Milne, Victoria. “Whiting Tennis.” Art in America Jul. 1999: 105. Print.
Fredericksen, Eric. “Colonial Chic.” The Stranger 4 Feb. 1999: 17. Print.
Updike, Robin. “Whiting Tennis’ 1999.” The Seattle Times 15 Jan. 1999. Print.
Selected Collections
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, NY
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Penn David McFarland, Inc., Dallas , TX
Nordstrom’s, Seattle, WA
Vulcan Ventures Inc., Bellevue, WA
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY