BIO
Guy Palmer Merrill is a visual artist and musician. Using digital photography, Merrill samples his surroundings, deconstructing elements of the built and natural environment which are then recombined with his own interventions and abstractions in collage and painting. He has exhibited at J. Rinehart Gallery, Tacoma Art Museum, AMCE Creative Arts, and Threshold Gallery at Mithun. His work is included in the collection of St. Michael Medical Center/ Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Silverdale, WA. Merrill received his art degree from Western Washington University and lives in Seattle, WA.
GUY PALMER MERRILL
guy@gpmerrill.com
guypalmermerrill.com
Born: Logan, UT
Lives: Seattle, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
BEAUTIFUL POLLUTION, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
INTERIOR HUNTER, Threshold Gallery at Mithun, Seattle, WA (originally scheduled for 2020)
2018
POTENTIAL MUTANTS, Vulcan Weller Art Window, Seattle, WA
ON STRANGE LAND, The Racket, Bellingham, WA
2015
REMOTE FORMATIONS, Good Neighbor Gallery, Seattle, WA
OBSCURED OBJECTS, Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA
2014
ALTERED SURFACES, Osprey Letterpress, Seattle, WA
2013
LANDFORMS, Iron Door Gallery, Inscape, Seattle, WA
2011
ROOM OF SWAMPS, Café Allegro, Seattle, WA
2006
UNDER MAR, Hovercraft Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
STATES OF BEING, AMcE Creative Arts, Seattle, WA
2022
SCALE, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
SALON STYLE, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
INTRODUCTIONS, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
BLOW UP’, group show curated by Mount Analogue, The Factory, Seattle, WA
2016
HEPTADECAGON, SOIL INVITATIONAL, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
BRIDGE PRODUCTIONS APRIL BOX SET, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2015
ALL IN, The Alice, Seattle, WA
NOVEMBER ART WALK, Cairo, Seattle, WA
I COME TO YOU IN PIECES, The Alice, Seattle, Wa
A WORKING THEORY, Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA
INKY SPOKES, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; The Vera Project, Seattle, WA; Giant Bicycle Festival, Snoqualmie, WA
2013
THE WHOLE IS THE PART as DAY OF THE MACHINE), Interstitial, Seattle, WA
INNER CADENCES, the inevitable and unconscious tactics to achieve a status and secure a place in the pecking order, Coop Art Review, Seattle, WA
2012
SOUVENIRS, All City Art Space, Seattle, WA
2010
SELECTED DRAWINGS, Art Farm, Seattle, WA
YELLOW SHOW, Artech, Seattle, WA
2009
ARTISTS OF ARTECH, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
ART FOR THE AMAZON BENEFIT, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
ART AT THE AIRPORT, Over The Bridge Studios, Seattle, WA
DAY DREAM BELIEVERS, City Center Cafe, Bellevue, WA
2005
DELAYED GRATIFICATION, Bellingham Athletic Club, Bellingham, WA
SPECIAL DELIVERY, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2004
ANIMAL/MONSTER/CREATURE, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL ART PAVILION, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA
COLLECTIONS
2019
St. Michael Medical Center/ Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Silverdale, WA.
RESIDENCIES
2016
Artist in residence, Vermont Studio Center
EDUCATION
2005
Bachelor of Arts in Mixed Media, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-Present Public Art Collections Manager, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2017-2021 Public Art Collections Preparator, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2012-2017 Gallery Preparator, Greg Kucera Gallery Inc., Seattle, WA
2009-2015 Contract Preparator, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2012 Contract Preparator, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2011-2012 Art Handler, Art Work Fine Art Services, Seattle, WA
2010-2012 Art Handler, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2007-2010 Art Handler, Artech Fine Art Services, Seattle, WA