EDUCATION
Yellow Chair Salon, Brooklyn, Critical Thinking Art Education Series, 2020-2022
University of Washington, Seattle, Summer School 1989-90, Oil Painting 1992, Jewelry Design 1993
Seward Park Art Studio, Seattle, Ceramics 1992-1993
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Creative Writing Major, Studio Art Minor, BA 1990
Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Liberal Arts 1986-88
SOLO SHOWS
2025 Midnight Zone: Transparency, Bioluminescence, Adaptation, Workshop AD/Lair Design, Sept.
2022     The New York Work:  Covid-based Sculpture, Painting, Works on Paper (2020-2022), Juan Alonso Studio, Seattle, WA, October
2019 Light & Dark, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, July-August
2019 Semantic Drift, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, July
2018 Obeisance / Derision, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, February
2017 Biota, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, September
2017 Biota, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, January
2016 Biology & Botany, Capers, Seattle, WA, March-April
2016 Organella, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, January
2015 Aggregate / Odonata, Studio 103, Seattle, WA, September
2015 Aggregate / Dissupare, Studio 103, Seattle, WA, June
2015 New Work in Encaustic, Capers, Seattle, WA, January-February
2014 Inflorescence, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA, September-November
2014 Proliferous, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, January
2012 Rubia, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, November
2011 New Works in Encaustic, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, July
2010 Variations, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, July
2009 Opine / Rescind, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, July
2008 New Works in Encaustic, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, August
2008 Chrysanthemum, A Series, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA, January
2007 New Works in Encaustic, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA, August
2006 Seeds, Pods, Blooms, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA, October
2-3 PERSON SHOWS
2025 Relational Space, Tashiro Kaplan with Noa Piper & Zeynep Banu Alev, Seattle, July-August
2024 Art Walk Exhibitions, Stephanie Hargrave Studio with Rosalie Frankel & Zeynep Banu Alev, Seattle, WA, Monthly
2023 Art Walk Exhibitions, Stephanie Hargrave Studio with Rosalie Frankel & Zeynep Banu Alev, Seattle, WA, Monthly August-December
2023 A Few Good Years in New York, Soda Arts Gallery with Iris Guy Sofer, Jan. 5 – Feb. 28
2022 NARS / J&M Open Studios with Carole d’Inverno, Brooklyn, NY, June 3-4
2020 Conjurings & Concoctions, M.David & Co. with Andrew Cornel Robinson & Ben Pritchard, Brooklyn, NY, Nov.14 – Dec.13
2017 Collaborative Work with Frances Smersh, Click Design, Seattle, WA, September
2016 Collaborative Work with Frances Smersh, Click Design, Seattle, WA, September
2015 chalmers | hargrave collaborative & individual work, Viscon Wine Cellars, Seattle, WA, April
2014 chalmers | hargrave collaborative & individual work, Sassafras, Seattle, WA, December-January
2014 Immix & Unrestricted Swarm (chalmers | hargrave), NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, October
2013 Torn Through, chalmers | hargrave collaborative wall sculpture, Wallflower, Seattle, WA, October
2013 Coursing; fluid, torn, melded with RobRoy Chalmers, ArtEAST, Issaquah, WA, March
2010 Architectural Structures with Juan Alonso, TASTE at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Sept.-Dec.
2008 Floating, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, March
2007 New Work in Encaustic, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, March-April
GROUP SHOWS
2025Â Â Â Â Â Resilience, Kirkland Arts Center, Guest Curator Anna Macrae, Kirkland, WA, November
2025     Art Walk Exhibitions, Stephanie Hargrave Studio with Dawn Endean, Rosalie Frankel & Zeynep Banu Alev, Seattle, WA, MonthlyÂ
2025Â Â Â Â Â Like Mother, (Kelly Lyles Curator), The Lakeshore, Renton, WA, October-December
2025 16th Annual Auction, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, September
2025 Who What When . . . CLUSTER Collective, Aurora Loop Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA, September
2025     Like Mother (Kelly Lyles Curator), Fogue Gallery, Seattle, WA, June
2025 Around the Square, Studio 103, Seattle, WA, March
2024 15th Annual Auction, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, September
2024 Visual Biographies, University House, Seattle, WA, Oct. 22 – Feb. 14, 2025
2024 Shift at 20, Anniversary Show (with Alumni), Seattle, WA, July
2024 Urban Garage: An Artistic Assembly, SAF Satellite Exhibit, Seattle, WA, July 26-28
2024 Supermarket Art Fair, CLUSTER (Art Collective), Stockholm, Sweden, April 23-28
2024 ICON, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA, April 4-27
2024 The Process of Making, Curator Anna Macrae, Aljoya, Mercer Island, WA, April 14 – Aug. 11
2024 Like Mother, Curate by Kelly Lyles, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, March 22 – April 26
2023 Small Works Show, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, Nov. – Jan.
2023 Petite, Stephanie Hargrave Studio, Seattle, WA, December
2023 Blackout, Art on 30th, San Diego, CA, Nov. 4 – Dec. 1
2023 14th Annual Auction, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, September
2023 Two by Two, Soda Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA, March – April
2022 Small Works Show, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, Nov. – Jan. 2023
2022 ICON, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA, Sept. 1 – Oct. 15
2022 13th Annual Auction, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, September
2022 Connections VI, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, July 12-30
2022 CLUSTER, Ida Culver House, Seattle, WA, June 26 – Oct. 23
2022 Bidden/Unbidden, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, June 22 – Aug. 7
2022 Monochromatic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Spring (online)
2021 Once in a Lifetime, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 11 – Oct. 3
2021 Yellow Chair Salon, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June (Artsy)
2021 Paper, Rock, Scissors, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA, May (Artsy)
2021 Wax Applications, University Gallery Texas A&M, College Station, TX, March 23 – April 16
2020 Masterworks from the Lowe Collection, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, October
2020 Selections from Shift Gallery, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, May 16 – June 15 (Artsy)
2020 Paper Dolls, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, April 15 – May 15, (Artsy)
2020 Symphony House Exhibition, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March
2020 Benefit Group Show, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, February 21-27
2019 Holiday Show, Capers, Seattle, WA, December
2019 Benefit Group Show, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, December 20-21
2019 Instructors’ Show, NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, Nov. – Dec.
2019 Small Works Show, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, November
2019 Layers, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, Oct. 12 – Nov. 10
2019 10th Annual Auction, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island, WA, October
2019 Slash & Burn, Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA, Sept. – Oct.
2019 Frozen Gesture II, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, September
2019 SEATTLE ART FAIR, Shift Gallery Booth, Seattle, WA, Aug. 1-4
2019 Metamorphic Alchemy, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, July
2019 Group Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA, May
2019 Hurt, M.David & Co., Brooklyn, NY, March
2019 Slash & Burn, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College, Auburn, WA, Jan-March
2018 Instructors’ Show, NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, December
2018 10th Anniversary Group Show, NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, November
2018 SEATTLE ART FAIR, Shift Gallery Booth, Seattle, WA, August 3-6
2018 Creativity Persists, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, April 28 – May 28
2018 Pratt Teaching Artists, Gardens at Town Square, Bellevue, WA, Feb. 28 – June 20
2018 Intersections, Blakely Hall, Issaquah, WA, January 18 – March 10
2017 Apotheosis, Shift Gallery Artists at Axis Gallery, Seattle, WA, Dec. – Feb. 1, 2018
2017 Making our Mark, Bellevue Art Museum, Pratt Instructors’ Exhibit, Bellevue, WA, Nov. – April 2018
2017 Vision En Rouge, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, Nov. – Jan. 2018
2017 Holiday Show, Capers, Seattle, WA, Nov. – Dec.
2017 Instructors’ Show, NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, Nov. – Dec.
2017 Apotheosis 1, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, October
2017 Shift Gallery Artists, Aljoya, Mercer Island, WA, Sept. – Jan. 7, 2018
2017 SEATTLE ART FAIR, Shift Gallery Booth, Seattle, WA, August 3-6
2017 West Side Artists’ Studio Tour, Seattle, WA, June 9-10
2016 Then and Now, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, August
2016 Back to the Garden, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, June-July
2016 Shift Gallery Pop-Up, 1941 First Avenue, Seattle, WA, May
2015 Another Way of Keeping a Diary, San Louis Obispo Museum of Art, CA, Nov. – Jan. 2016
2015 Holiday Show, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA, Nov. – Dec.
2015 5th Annual National Juried Encaustic Exhibition, Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, CA, October
2015 Take 3 – Looking for my True Love (short film), NW Film Forum, Seattle, WA, September
2015 NW Encaustic Instructors’ Show, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, July-Aug.
2015 Poetry of the Surface, Aljoya, Seattle, WA, March 18 – July 11
2014 Instructors’ Show, NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, November
2014 Take 3 – Vessel of Origin (short film), NW Film Forum, Seattle, WA, September
2014 The White Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, March 28 – April 26
2013 Instructors’ Show, NW Encaustic, Seattle, WA, December
2013 Equipollent (featuring the Inside Art Panelists), Curated by Juan Alonso, Seattle, WA, December
2013 Celebrate Art, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2013 Enthuse: Instructor Exhibit, Art EAST, Issaquah, WA, June 21 – July 21
2013 Instructors’ Show, ArtEAST, Issaquah, WA, Jan. – Feb.
2012 Winter Gathering, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, CA, December
2012 Small Works Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, December
2012 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2012 Who Does She Think She Is? Curated by Ellen Hochberg, TK Studio, Seattle, WA, April
2012 Group Exhibition, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Summer
2012 WAX, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY, Summer
2011 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2011 Art Marathon/Auction/Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, November
2011 Best in Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, September
2010 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2010 Small Works Show, Anne Irwin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November
2009 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2009 Small Works Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, November
2009 Group Exhibition, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Summer
2008 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2007 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA, December
2006 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA, December
2005 Holiday Exhibition, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA, December
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
2017 University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, Purchased Anemone & Pollinia (40×72 in.)
2015 Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, CA, juried into permanent collection: Capra Hircus 3 (36×36 in.)
2014 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Purchased Petalous 3 & 4, (28×28 in. ea.)
2013 Kaiser Permanente, Baltimore, MD, Commissioned 3 Paintings (24×48 in. each)
2011 Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA, Purchased 7 Digital Photographs
2010 Swedish Hospital, Mill Creek, WA, Commissioned Anemone 1.1 (30×24 in.)
2010 Swedish Hospital, Redmond, WA, Commissioned Anemone 1.2 (24×24 in.)
2009 Hotel Abri, San Francisco, CA, Purchased Painting (24×48 in.)
2009 Barclays International, Houston, TX, Commissioned Diaphanous Series (10×40 in.)
2008 The Woodmark Hotel, Kirkland, WA, Purchased 2 Paintings (24×48 in. each)
COMMISSIONS
2025 Arizona Residents, Encaustic Painting (36 x 48 in.)
2022 C. Romero, Sculpture (7x7x4.25 in.)
2020 C. Hibbard, 2 Sculptures (24x16x8 in. each)
2018 D. Baird, 3 Paintings (32×32 in. each) / 2 Sculptures (20×48 in each)
2015 S. Fallon, Work on Paper, chalmers | hargrave collaboration (44×30 in.)
2014 J. Hickey, Painting: Celedonna (18×26 in.)
2014 Patricia Rovzar Gallery for Lopez Island Residence, Painting (Diptych 12×12 in. & 12×36 in.)
2013 J. Toll, Painting (18×18 in.)
2012 Patricia Rovzar Gallery for Lopez Island Residence, Painting (Diptych 36×36 in. & 36×70 in.)
2012 A. Schiffman, Painting (24×40 in.)
2009 Dr. M. Russell, Painting (16×16 in.) & C. Marion, Painting (24×30 in.)
2008 F. & J. Grisez, Painting (48×66 in.)
2007 S. Meyer, Painting (30×30 in.)
2006 L. Rickey, Painting (24×24 in.)
2005 Hotel Max, Seattle, 11 Paintings (various sizes) & L. Hunter, Painting (24×24 in.)
2004 Patricia Cameron Fine Art, 5 Paintings (various sizes)
2003 Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Painting (20×20 in.)
2003 D. Caywood, Painting (12×12 in.)
IN PRINT
Out and About: CLUSTER, Fiber Art Now Interview, Blog Post Published Sept. 2025
Urban Garage, SlipStitch Magazine, Curatorial Article, Published July 2024
Supermarket 2024, Article on CLUSTER, Magazine Published May 2024
Navigating your Artist Money Path, Artists Up Close, Published October 20
Stephanie Hargrave on Surviving the Covid Pivot, Artists Up Close, Published June 2023
Nature as Muse, God, and Nourishment: A Conversation with Seattle Artist Stephanie Hargrave,
Artists Up Close, Interview Published February 2023
Wax Applications, University Gallery Texas A&M Dept. of Art, Catalog Published 2021
Cascadia Weekly, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Article Published January 2021
2019 Shift Annual, Catalog Published June 2020
Cascadia Weekly, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Article Published July 2019
2018 Shift Annual, Catalog Published March 2019
EncaustiZINE, Article + Cover Image, Magazine Published June 2018
CoCA Members’ Exhibition, Creativity Persists, Catalog Published 2018
2017 Shift Annual, Catalog Published March 2018
CoCA Members’ Exhibition, Make America Create Again, Catalog Published 2017
2016 Shift Annual, Catalog Published March 2017
Posters/Postcards featuring Theol 1, West Seattle Art Walk Committee, 2nd Quarter 2016
Another Way of Keeping a Diary, San Luis Obispo Museum, Catalog Published 2015
Art Baby, Visual/Vocabulary Children’s Book by Jennifer Gibson Hatters, Published November 2015
Seattle Times, Museum of Flight Astronaut Sculptures, Article Published June 2015
Unrestricted Energy! Featuring the collaborative work by chalmers | hargrave – Art Voices Magazine, NY,
Interview Published 2014
Encaustic Art, Author Jennifer Margell, Book Published 2014
PremierVision’s Influences 15, Indigo – Paris Fashion Edition, Spring/Summer, 2014
PremierVision’s Influences 15, Indigo – New York Fashion Edition, Summer, 2014
Issaquah Press, 150 Feet of Art, Article Published 2012
Mystery Book, Featured Artists for ArtEast Auction, Published 2012
Cambria Style, Painting Series, Magazine Published 2010
Anne Irwin Fine Art, Coffee Table Book, Published 2009
West Seattle Blog, Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser Article, Published February 2010
The Seattle Times, Art Walk Feature, Photo/Exhibition Information, Published August 2008
American Art Collector, Full Page Ad, Published August 2008
Kirkland Courier, Arts and Entertainment Article, Featured Artist, Published October 2006
Maximalism, The Commissioned Artists at Hotel Max, Booklet Published 2005
Kitchen & Bath Ideas, Better Homes & Gardens Special Issue, Magazine Published 1998 (ceramic work)
Coffee Journal, Full Page Gift Guide Feature, Magazine Published November 1997 (ceramic work)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 Judy Pfaff 3-Month Residency, Tivoli, NY, Summer
2019 M.David & Co., Frozen Gesture, Residency, Brooklyn, NY, September 5-15
2019 M.David & Co., Hurt, Residency, Brooklyn, NY, February 28-March 10
GRANTS | AWARDS
2017 William Radcliffe Studio Challenge Award, October
2017 Project Grant, International Encaustic Artists, July
2016 Grant / Artist in Residence, Einstein Elementary, Project: Botany & Biology
Permanent Collaborative (Hargrave/Students) Artwork installed at the school, June.
This project was supported by a Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Arts Council Artists in Schools Award
& an Award from The Shoreline School District with materials costs covered by the Einstein
Elementary PTA
ARTIST TALKS | PRESENTATIONS
2025 Like Mother, Artist Talk, Lakeshore, September
2025 Who What When . . . , CLUSTER Collective Artist Talk, Aurora Loop Gallery, September
2024 The Ancient Encaustic Process & Contemporary Artists’ Work, Seattle Academy of Arts & Science, May 14
2024 The Ancient Encaustic Process & Contemporary Artists’ Work, Seattle Academy of Arts & Science, May 14
2023 Panelist, Navigating your Artist Money Path, Facilitated by Beverly Aarons / Artists Up Close with Ellen Hochberg, Blue Cone Studios, Seattle, WA, October 20
2023 Artist Talk, Who’s Afraid of the Pivot? The Power of Artistic Reinvention, Facilitated by
Beverly Aarons / Artists Up Close, Juan Alonso Studio, Seattle, WA, June 23
2023 Presentation, Assemblage Techniques, International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June
2022 Presentation, Encaustic on Clay, International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June
2021 Presentation via Zoom, Encaustic on Clay, International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June
2019 Presentation, 20+ Years of Painting, Women Painters of Washington, Seattle, WA
2018 Artist Talk, Obeisance / Derision, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA, February
2018 Artist Talk, Intersections, Blakely Hall, Issaquah, WA, February
2013 Panelist, Town Hall’s ‘Inside Art’ Series, Seattle, WA
Program developed by Juan Alonso-Rodriguez
2013 Panelist, Art & Business, Professor Layne Goldsmith, University of Washington
CURATORIAL
2025 Conversations, Aljoya Thornton Place, Seattle, WA, Curator, Sept. – December
2024 Urban Garage: An Artistic Assembly, Curated Seattle Art Fair Satellite Exhibit (35 artists), July
2024 What’s Already There, Curated Exhibit by Diane Kane, Stephanie Hargrave Studio, July
2020 Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA, Juror for ICON Show
2015 Mercer Island Arts Council, Wa, Juror for Annual Art Show
2012-13 ArtEast, Issaquah, WA, Juror for Auction,’150 Feet of Art’
TEACHING | ART CRITIQUES
2007-2025 Studio Workshops & Private Lessons, Seattle, WA & Brooklyn, NY
2025 Encaustic & Clay, 2-day Workshop, International Encaustic Conference, Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June
2023 Assemblage, 3-day Workshop, International Encaustic Conference, Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June
2022 Encaustic on Clay, 3-day Workshop, International Encaustic Conference, Castle Hill, Truro, MA, June
2020-2022 Yellow Chair Salon, Co-facilitated Online Critical Thinking Program with founder Michael David
2016 Introduction to Encaustic, 1-day Workshop, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA, Summer
2015 Creating a Modular Painting, Online Class, 8 sessions.
Filmed/Produced by Sonheim Creative
2015 Narrative and Visual Art, Presentation, Seattle Lutheran High School 2015
2014 Collaborative Collage with Rickie Wolfe, Co-Taught Online Class, 3 sessions.
Filmed/Produced by Sonheim Creative 2014
2014 Intro to Encaustic Painting, Online Class, 12 sessions.
Filmed/Produced by Sonheim Creative 2014
2014-2016 Sculptural Collage, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Workshops Co-Taught with Rickie Wolfe
2013-2020 Encaustic on Clay, 2-day Workshops, NW Encaustic
2013 Encaustic Workshops / Critique Sessions, Mark Miller School of Art
2009-2014 Facilitated Art Critiques, Various Artist Groups
2011-2014 Encaustic Workshops / Facilitated Art Critiques, ArtEAST
ART COLLECTIVES
2022 – Present ConvergenceArt3D7 – International collective founded by Anna Wagner Ott (website)
2019 – Present CLUSTER – Seattle based collective (founding member, website)
2016 – 2020 Shift Gallery Member (website updates, monthly blog posts, treasurer)
AUCTION DONATIONS
ArtEast (2012, 2013), Artist Trust (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023), Bellevue Art Museum (2016), Breakthrough Type One Diabetes PNW Gala (2025), Children’s Hospital (2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), Center on Contemporary Art (2012, 2017), Kirkland Arts Center (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019), Matzke Fine Art (2019, 2022, 2023), Museum of History & Industry (2018), PONCHO (2006, 2007, 2009), Pratt Fine Arts Center (Yearly 2005 – 2023), Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill (2021), Woodland Park Zoo Auction (2019)
*Complete donation list available upon request (includes personal fundraising for Haiti after the earthquake and OSO after the mudslide)
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