IAN H. BOYDEN
BORN: Albuquerque, New Mexico


EDUCATION
1998 M.A. ART HISTORY, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1995 B.A. Art History and East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

EXHIBITIONS
2007 "Shorelines," Augen gallery, portland, or
2006 Davidson Galleries, SEattle, WA
2006 "Alchemical Feathers", Foundry Gallery, Walla Walla, WA
2006 "Standing on the shores of chaos: dialogs with the zhuangzi
2006 roger w. rogers gallery, willamette university, salem, or
2006 "Scapes: environments interpreted", irvine fine arts center, irvine, ca
2005 "Tunguska," Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 "Ochre Filter," Pendleton Art Center, Pendleton, OR
2005 "Azurite Angels," Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
2004 "Road Through Sleep," Woodward Canyon Winery, Lowden WA
2004 "Virga and the Synaesthesia of Spheres," Seven Hills Winery, Walla Walla, WA
2004 "Art of Ink in America," Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2004 "Primordia and Other Fancies," Grapefields Restaurant and Wine Bar, Walla Walla, WA
2003 "Art of Ink," Traveling group exhibition of East Asian calligraphy. Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi’an, P.R. China
2003 Art Walla Art Promenade, "Woven and Unwoven Light: New Paintings," Crab Quill Press, Walla Walla, WA
2002 "Art of Ink," Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 "ArtWalla," Walla Walla, WA
2000 "Art of Ink," National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Taiwan and Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1999 "Visible Poetry: The Word as Abstraction," Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
1999 "Art of Ink," Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
1998 "Book Arts at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology," Newport Visual Art Center, Newport, OR
1998 "Art of Ink," Moolpha Goup, Seoul, South Korea
1998 "A Carousel at Birth," Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA
1997 "A Carousel at Birth," Laura Ruso Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 "The Drum Tower," Gulou Exhibition Hall, Nanjing, Jiangsu Provice, P.R. China

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
1996-97 Richard J. Franke Fellowship, Yale University
1995-96 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, China
1995 Freeman Prize for Excellence in East Asian Studies, Wesleyan
1995 Beulah Friedman Prize for Excellence in Art History, Wesleyan

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Chu-Griffis Collection, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, OR
The Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Hallie Ford Museum of art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
University of Michigan, Music Library, Ann Arbor, MI
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Mansfield Freeman Center, Wesleyan University, CT
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA Suzhou Public Library, Suzhou, P.R. China
Suzhou University, Suzhou, P.R. China
City of Walla Walla, WA
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA

WEBOGRAPHY
Cowan, Ron. "inspired by Chinese history, painter delves into chaos," Statesman Journal, Thursday October 5, 2006, statesmanjournal.com
Walsh, Daniella. "Scapes: Environments Interpreted in Irvine presents intriguing Perspecitve" Sunday, October 1, 2006, ocregister.com