Christopher B. Mooney Portrait and Urban Landscape Paintings

BIOGRAPHY
Lake Oswego, Oregon
email....503-320-0518

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BIOGRAPHY

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Christopher B. Mooney 2009-2012

Christopher B. Mooney's
paintings are currently available for both rental and purchase at the
Portland Art Museum
Rental Sales Gallery
.

Portland Open Studios
October 13, 14, 20, and 21

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Memberships
The Portrait Society of America
Oregon Society of Artists
Gallery 114


CHRISTOPHER B. MOONEY
Lake Oswego, Oregon
503-320-0518
mooneycb12@gmail.com...www.christopherbmooney.com


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon, August 2012
Annie Meyers Gallery, Portland, Oregon, November 2010
Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, Oregon, May 2009
Aveda Institute, Portland, Oregon, June 2009 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, group exhibition every quarter 1993 - present

Portland Open Studios, Portland, Oregon 2007, 2009, 2010

Portland Bridge Festival, Trusses Gallery, Pioneer Place Mall, Portland, OR 2010

The Powerhouse Project: River Mill Dam. Presented by the Estacada Area Arts Commission
.....Estacada Public Library, Estacada, Oregon 2010
.....Clackamas County Development Services Building, Oregon City, Oregon 2011

Benefit Art Auction, Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, Oregon, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Hawthorne Bridge, 2010 Calendar, Celebrating 100 Years in Art and Words. Gallery exhibition and kick off party calendar featuring works of 12 artists, including Mooney, celebrating and supporting the Hawthorne Bridge Centennial Celebration, Multnomah County Bridge Maintenance Building, Portland, Oregon. September 2009

The Bull Run Hydroelectric Plant Art Jam’s “Art Contemplates Industry” conceived and coordinated by Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation:
.....Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum, Government Camp, Oregon 2009
.....Sandy Public Library, Sandy, Oregon 2010
.....West Linn Public Library, West Linn, Oregon 2010
.....Portland General Electric, Portland, Oregon 2010

Art & Labor and The Labor of Art, Olympic Mills Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2009

Lake Owego Visual Chronicles, Lake Owego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon 2009

The T.W Sullivan Hydroelectric Plant Art Jam’s “Art Contemplates Industry”, conceived and coordinated by Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation:

  • West Linn Public Library, West Linn, Oregon 2007
  • Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Milwaukie, Oregon 2007
  • Portland General Electric, Portland, Oregon 2008

Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Arts Action Alliance of Clackamas County, Oregon City, Oregon 2007

Clackamas County Public Service Building, Arts Action Alliance of Clackamas County, Oregon City, Oregon 2006

Wallflower Framing and Gallery, Canby, Oregon, 2006 – Present

Lake Oswego Festival Of The Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon 2004, 2005, 2006

Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2004

Broderick Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2003

Attic Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2002

Millennium Arts Exhibition, Arts in Oregon Council, Salem, Oregon 2000

1st Annual Happy Canyon Northwest Regional Arts Show, The Arts Center of Pendleton, Pendleton, Oregon 1999

Square Foot of Art, Silent Auction, 40th anniversary for the Rental and Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon 1999

National Multiple Scleroses Society Spring Auction, Oregon Chapter, Portland, Oregon,1998, 1999

Celebration of the Arts, Arts in Oregon Council, Salem, Oregon 1991, 1992, 1997, 1999

Beaverton Showcase Juried Exhibitions, Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, Oregon 1992, 1996, 1998

New Beginnings,Reach Community Development, Portland, Oregon 1997

Benefit Art Auction, Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, Oregon, 1996

Human Form,”Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, Newport, Oregon, 1996

Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 1995

Beaverton Arts Commission Gallery, Beaverton, Oregon, 1994

Gallery in The Woods, The Grotto, Rose Festival, Portland, Oregon, 1992, 1993
  
COMMISSIONS
Chris Pero, perodesign, www.chrisperodesign.com
Richard Gottfried, Odium Inc., Portland, Oregon
One Percent for Art Project, Oregon Institute of Technology’s Metro Center, Clackamas, Oregon, Oregon Arts Commission,1999

AWARDS
Grand Prize for oil on canvas, Rental Sales Gallery 50th Anniversary Poster, Portland, OR 2009
Blue Ribbon Award for oil on canvas, Lake Oswego Festival of The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, 2009
Blue Ribbon Award for oil on canvas, Lake Oswego Festival of The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, 2005
Blue Ribbon and Honorable Mention Awards for oil on canvas, Lake Oswego Festival of The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, 2004
Third Place for Painting, “Celebration of the Arts”, Arts in Oregon Council, Salem, OR, 1999
First Place for Oils and Acrylics, “Showcase 1996”, Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR, 1996
Honorable Mentions
12th and 13th “Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Sun River, OR, 1991, 1992
Celebration of the Arts, Salem, OR, 1992
18th “Annual Pendleton Arts Festival”, Pendleton, OR, 1991

PUBLICATIONS

Mooney presented to the board of the Rental Sales Gallery at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, an idea for a coffee table book, Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, The First 50 Years, with a collection of works that have been represented by the Rental Sales Gallery. The resulting publication featured Mooney's work. His cityscape "Rental Sales Gallery", was used on the cover and on the poster publicizing the book, November 2009.

Hawthorne Bridge, 2010 Calendar, Celebrating 100 Years in Art and Words.
Mooney was one of the artists in the 12-month calendar which features artworks that have used the 1910 Hawthorne Bridge as the subject to celebrate and supporting the Hawthorne Bridge Centennial Celebration, September 2009

Artists of the West, A collection of images of Northwest artists, Skamania Mines Publishing, 2008.

Southwest insert in The Oregonian, An article with Mooney as a featured Artist in the West Linn Library Show, “Art Contemplates Industry”, September 5, 2007.

Metro Section in The Oregonian. An article titled: “Confluence of Art and Industry” an artist’s tour of the T.W. Sullivan Power Plant. May 23rd, 2007.

Clackamas Review, an article about Mooney's painting at the Providence / Milwaukie Hospital. Jan 25, 2007

BrainstormNW, An article about the Portland Open Studios, Mooney painting featured, October 2007.

Portrait of Portland, An article about the Rental and Sales Gallery, Mooney painting featured, volume 13, summer of 2007. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aaron Brothers Art and Framing, Lake Oswego, Oregon 2002 -2006
Picture Framing Sales Associate / design specialist / Certified Framer
  
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon 1997 - 2000
Gallery Preparatory for special exhibitions
 
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon 1990 - 2000
Security Officer

MEMBERSHIPS
Oregon Society of Artists
Portrait Society of America
 

EDUCATION
Parson’s School of Design, New York, New York,  Bachelor of Fine Arts:
Illustration, Minor in Photography 1983
Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, Oregon,  Internship: Gallery Management, 1988