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