Curriculum Vitae
Maria Wickwire
Skagit Valley, WA | Ceramic & Bronze Sculpture
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Hope in High Branches, Solo Show, MUSEO Gallery, Langley, WA
2024 Once Upon a Time When Women Were Birds, Solo Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2022 Solo Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2020 Solo Show, Perry & Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
2018 Two-Person Show, The Lincoln Theatre Art Bar, Mount Vernon, WA
2018 Two-Person Show, Hadrian Stone Design, Edison, WA
2014–2015 Solo Show, Healing Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Solo Show, Springbox Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Solo Show, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Solo Show, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
Public Commissions & Permanent Installations
2024 Anillos (Bronze with Kintsugi effects), Permanent Public Installation, Price Sculpture Forest, Coupeville, WA
2007 Anillos, Public Purchase Award & Installation, Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Selected Group & Juried Exhibitions
2026 Women Painters of Washington (3D Guest Featured Artist), Matzke Art and Design Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2026 Skagit Valley Bird Show, The Depot Art Center, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA
2025–2026 Honey I Shrunk the Art Invitational, Matzke Fine Art and Design Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2025 Years in Review, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2025 Anacortes Arts Festival Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Anacortes, WA
2025 Summer Stock Exhibit, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2025 Cambium Layers II, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2024 The Art of Migration / Annual Invitational Bird Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA (sculpture spotlight)
2024 Holiday Show, MUSEO Gallery, Langley, WA
2024 Holiday Show, Rick Leonard Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
2024 Honey I Shrunk the Art Invitational, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2024 Puget Sound Group Show, Matzke Fine Art and Design Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2024 Seattle Art Fair, Smith and Vallee Gallery Booth, Seattle, WA
2024 Fowl Play / Annual Invitational Bird Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA (sculpture spotlight)
2023–2024 Vessels Speak Volumes Juried Exhibition, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA
2023 Year in Review, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2023 Anacortes Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Anacortes, WA
2023 26th Annual Juried Exhibit, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2023 FL#CK / Annual Invitational Bird Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2022 The Birds / Annual Invitational Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2021–2022 Art in the Time of Covid Invitational, Skagit Valley College Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
2020 Sheltered: Artists Respond to Covid-19 Invitational, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2020 Birds’ Eye View Annual Invitational Show, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2019 River Gallery Fall Invitational Show, Mount Vernon, WA
2019 Empact All-Women Invitational Show, Hadrian Gallery, Edison, WA
2019 3D Guest Featured Artist, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2018 SKIN: The Nude Figure, Hadrian Stone Design, Edison, WA
2018 River Gallery Spring Invitational Show, Mount Vernon, WA
2018 21st Annual Juried Exhibit, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2018 Unfold: Nude Form & Concept, Gallery Pegasus, Bellingham, WA
2017 Winter Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2017 OMAI – Organización Mundial de Artistas Integrados, Lima, Peru
2017 Small Works Invitational Show, Karla Matzke Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2017 Juried 3-D Works (in conjunction with NWWS), Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2017 Art’s Alive! Juried Exhibit, Skagit Artists, La Conner, WA
2017 River Gallery Fall Invitational Show, Mount Vernon, WA
2017 Fall Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2017 Summer Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2017 River Gallery Spring Invitational Show, Mount Vernon, WA
2017 Children of the Valley Charity Art Show, Mount Vernon, WA
2006 Art in the Heart Invitational Show, Lake Oswego, OR
2006 Gallery Without Walls, Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2006 Chronicle Invitational Exhibit, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2005 XX: A Show of Women’s Art, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2005 Up Close in Pink, Susan G. Komen Exhibit, Portland, OR
2005 Southern Oregon Sculpture Exhibit, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2005 Northwest Artist Showcase, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2003–2006 Pacific Northwest Sculptors Continuing Exhibit, Portland’s Center for the Arts, Portland, OR
2003 Art in the Pearl (PNWS Exhibit), Portland, OR
Awards & Honors
2023 Third Place Award (3-D), Schack Art Center 26th Annual Juried Exhibit, Everett, WA
2018 Third Place Award (3-D), Schack Art Center 21st Annual Juried Exhibit, Everett, WA
2017 Second Place Award, Skagit Artists’ Art’s Alive Juried Exhibit, La Conner, WA
2017 Honorable Mention, Jansen Art Center Fall Exhibit, Lynden, WA
2007 People’s Choice Winner, Gallery Without Walls, Lake Oswego, OR (for Anillos)
2005 Best in Show / First Place Award, Southern Oregon Sculpture Exhibit, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
2000 First Place Purchase Award, Georgie’s Ceramics, Portland, OR
Professional Service & Media
2025–present Skagit Valley Studio Tour, Participating Artist and Social Media Chair
2026 Juror, Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA
2023–present Cascade Clay Artists, Board Member, Communications and Social Media Chair
2025 Juror, Snohomish Artist Studio Tour, Snohomish County, WA
2024 Skagit Valley Studio Tour, Participating Artist and Social Media Chair
2018–2023 NW Art Beat Open Studios Tour, Skagit Valley, WA, Participating Artist and Social Media Chair
2017 14th Annual NW Art Beat Open Studios Tour, Skagit Valley, WA, Chair and Participating Artist
2017 Juror, Whatcom Artist Studio Tour, Whatcom County, WA
2011 Featured Artist, Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
2004 Portland Open Studios Tour, Portland, OR, Participating Artist