Jason Berlin Thomas
10480 SW Eastridge St. #92 Portland, OR 97225
360-431-0941 — — jasonberlinart@gmail.com
http://jasonberlinthomas.com
Education
Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Studies Pacific Northwest College of Art – Portland, OR
spring 2016
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon 2013
Associates of Applied Science, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington 1994
Teaching Experience
Teaching
Drawing, Vintage illustration, beginning painting, alternative mark making.
Art Adventures middle school art camp grades 6th, 7th, and 8th. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. June 19th to august 19th 2017.
Mark Making workshop, Continuing Ed .Oregon College of Art and Craft,
Portland, OR – 1 day class 2017
Sketchbook intensive, Beginning acrylic painting Pre-college, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR – 1 week 2017
Teaching Assistant
Teaching assistant pre-college summer 2016 Pacific Northwest College of Art
Teaching Assistant fall 2015 Pacific Northwest College of Art – Portland, OR – 16 weeks ( 2 times weekly) Basic Drawing #2 – Roy Tomlison
Light Teaching Assistant spring 2015
Pacific Northwest College of Art – Portland, OR – 12 weeks (2 times weekly)
Observational Painting – Paul Missal
Teaching Assistant
Oregon College of Art and Craft – Portland, OR – 6/2013 and 6/2012
Painting from the Intuitive – Pat Wheeler
Teaching Assistant
Oregon College of Art and Craft – Portland, OR – 3/2013
Photo transferee techniques – Jeffery Barker
Accolades & Affiliations
Visiting Graduate Student Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany June 2015
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Merit scholarship recipient 2016
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Merit scholarship recipient 2015
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Merit scholarship recipient 2014
Judge: Scholastic Art Awards Oregon 2016
Judge: Scholastic Art Awards Oregon 2014
Judge: Starlight Parade Portland, OR 2014
The Brannon – Boekleheide Award for the most outstanding graduating thesis student Oregon College of Art and Craft Portland, OR May 6 2013
Winner Oak Knoll Winery wine bottle design for the Portland Rose Festival 2013
Judge: Starlight Parade Portland, OR 2013
Gallery Advisory Committee Lower Columbia College Longview, WA 2008 -present
Member of Broadway Gallery Longview, WA 2001 to 2007
Publications
Ric Kasini Kadour, “Mail Art Show,” Kolaj no. 18 (2017) : 20.
Jeff Jahn “Jason Berlin + Alanna Risse at Rainmaker: Portlands best cultural cards”PORT:Portland art. January 4, 2017, .http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2017/01/alanna_risse_at.html .
Pacific Northwest College of Art “Museum, Gallery, Studio, A Field Study” 2015
Longview Daily News, Inside, “Heart in Art” July 14, 2013
Longview Daily News, This Day Connecting; section C, June 17, 2003
Longview Daily News, This Day Entertainment October 4, 2001
Photography published in “Hold Me Close” by Barry Thuma, ISBN#0-965838-1-9 March 2000
Artist in Residence
Rainmaker Artist Residency, Portland, OR. August 2016 – January 2017.
Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR. October. 2015
Lecture / Panels
“Queer / Failure”. Critical Theory, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Nov, 3, 2016
“Getting Started”. Senior Seminar, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland,OR. Sept, 28, 2016
“La Vie En Rose: Queer Aesthetic, Color Codes, Bundling, and Glitter”. MFA in Visual Studies Thesis Oral Defense, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR. May 18th, 2016
Curatorial
Dispersal mail art show at Rainmaker Artist residence 2016
Stall Gallery Tokyo – Popup 2016
Stall Gallery Portland, OR founder 2016 – present
Strange Meat, The Lodge Gallery @ Allied Works Portland, 2015 OR