JIM RISWOLD
BORN 1957, Seattle, WA
RESIDES Portland, OR
EDUCATION
1983 BA Philosophy, History, Communications, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Riswold for Dogs and Children
4 Oceans 1 Family Gallery, Portland, OR
2023
Two Wars in One
Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2020
American Death, Pt. 1 (Cowboys & Indians)
Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2019
Stalin is the Fairest Dictator of Then All! Oranj Studio, Portland OR
2018
Undignified, Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem OR
2017
How to Make Fun of Nazis (According to the NYT and a Book), Augen Gallery, Portland OR
Life and Death and a Bunch of Other Words, Wieden +Kennedy Gallery, Portland OR
2016
The People’s Liberation Army Goes Shopping, Treason Gallery, Seattle, WA
The People’s Liberation Army Goes Shopping, Oranj Studio, Portland, OR
2015
Tips for Artists Who Don’t Want to Sell, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2013
Art for Oncologists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2012
Philosophy Is Not Funny, Wieden+Kennedy Gallery, Portland, OR
2011
The War to End All Wars That Fucked Up and Didn’t End All Wars, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2010
Ham Sandwich and Mao and Other Menu Items, The Gallery at 72andSunny, Los Angeles, CA
Marie Antoinette’s Head and Others, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
2009
Art People and a Cow, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2008
Selling Jesus, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Make Believe Artist, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
Mao Home and Garden, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Mao Home and Garden, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Bad People Have to Eat Too, Vermillion Gallery (in conjunction with OnePot Supper Club), Seattle, WA,
2006
44 Last Suppers, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Göring’s Lunch, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2005
Napoléon 1769 a 2005, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
Göring’s Lunch, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
CURATORIAL
2008
War! Guestroom Gallery, Portland, Oregon
COMMISSIONS
2014
Kim Jong-un is a Big Fat Sucker!, 72andSunny, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Jeff Koons Gets Sued, Holland & Knight, Portland, OR
2009
Philosophy Is Not Funny, University of Washington Philosophy Department, Seattle, WA
10 Make-Believe Andy Warhol Flowers, Carbon Audio, Portland, OR
Frank Lloyd Wrong, ORANGEWALL studios, Portland, OR
2007
Frida’s Owies for exhibition Frida Kahlo: Images of an Icon, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2006
Marie Antoinette, Bastille Day celebration, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Bastide Restaurant, Los Angeles: The Great Wall of Small Maos
Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Jordan Schnitzer Collection
Gordon Sondland Collection
Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Asuncion Biennial, Asuncion, Paraguay
2014
A Big Bowl of Chemotherapies (and One Zofran), NW Collection, Portland Art Museum
The War to End All Wars: WWI through Recent Acquisitions, Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Skulls, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2013
Celebrating Oregon Artists, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2012
Artists on Artists, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Undressing Room, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Birds and Flowers, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2011
The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2010
Two of a Kind, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, Curated by Leo Michelson
The Secret Language of Animals, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
The Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisitions from the Tacoma Art Museum Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, September 6, 2008–May 10, 2009
War, Guestroom Gallery, Portland, OR
Speaking Volumes, Transforming Hate, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2007
Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Gadzooks! Amazing Books by Northwest Artists, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Frida Kahlo: Images of an Icon, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2006
Work from the Permanent Collection, Portland Art Museum, Photography Collection, Portland, OR
2004
Decade 1994–2004, S.K. Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED LECTURES
2018
“45 Minutes with Adolf Hitler, Kim Jong-un, and My Mom,” Hallie Ford Museum of Arts, Willamette University, Salem OR
2014
“Art for Oncologists with Oncologist Brian Druker,” Porltand Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Oops! I Invented LSD,” Commencement Speech, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2011
“WARNING: This Speech Makes Jokes about Cancer, Hitler, the Reign of Terror, Mao, Kim Jong Il and Millard Fillmore and Features Full-Frontal Nude Photographs of an Unattractive Man,” Do Lectures, Campovida, Hopland, CA
“WARNING: This Speech Makes Jokes about Cancer, Hitler, the Reign of Terror, Mao, Kim Jong Il and Millard Fillmore and Features Full-Frontal Nude Photographs of an Unattractive Man,” TEDxPortland, Portland, OR (with Dr. Brian Druker)
2008
“Enter at Own Risk: An Evening with Jim Riswold,” University of Washington, Seattle WA
2006
“Hitler Saved My Life,” MC2 conference, San Francisco, CA
“Hitler Saved My Life,” Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA
“What’s So Funny about Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, World War II and All Its Unpleasantness, Napoleon, Mao, the Cultural Revolution, the Crusades, the Reign of Terror, the Guillotine, Hubris and Some Really Adorable Dollhouse Furniture?,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
OTHER
2019
Hitler Saved My Life, published by Reagan Arts, NYC
2014
Honorary Doctorate, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2013
Inductee, One Club Creative Hall of Fame, New York, New York
2012
Timeless Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA