Born 1963

Zervas has work in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum and Portland Art Museum. He lives and works in Bellingham, WA.

Artist website

EDUCATION

Attended Western Washington University

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2014

Quasicrystals, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

2012

Blocks, Olsen Kundig Architects, Seattle, WA

2011

Skagit, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009

Embodiments, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008

Motonic, Seminal Projects, San Diego, CA

2007

3L, James Harris Gallery - Project Room, Seattle, WA

2006

Forest 3.x, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

2005

The County, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003

The Big Blue Room, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

Tomorrowland, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002

Green Fish, Commencement Gallery, Tacoma, WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013

Northwest Artists - permanent collection, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

Enigma Machine, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

Parallel Processing, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2012

The distant relative who calls at midnight, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

Onn/Of, Sweater Factory, Seattle, WA

2011

Wild Kingdom, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

2010

It's My World, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA

2009

A Concise History of Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

From Whence the Rainbow Came, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA

Landscape Visions, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

Elusive Elements, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

New Beginnings, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2008

In The Diagram Below, Or Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada

Fathom, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

New Views: Nature Captured, DCCA, Wilmington, DE

40 Portraits, 40 Artists, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA

Century 21: Dealer's Choice, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA

2007

Sparkle Then Fade, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

Lucky Day, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006

Into Black, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA

Contemporary Art: Made in Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

Façade, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Contrasting Objectives, Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA

In Focus: Seattle Galleries at SAM Gallery, SAM Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005

The Artist's Touch, The Slight of Hand, Linc Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004

Pseudononymous, 1506 Projects, Seattle, WA

2003

Ulterior Motives: Current Northwest Abstraction, Art Gym, Marylhurst, OR

Edge of Science, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID

Parallax View, Western Front Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Collections, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

2002

Multiplex, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

LAVA 2002, Noodleworks, Seattle, WA

Group Show, Howard House Gallery, Seattle, WA

Artist Trust Invitational Exhibition, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA

Soil Does Houston, Houston Gallery, Seattle, WA

Three, King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA

Mania, Fuzzy Engine, Seattle, WA

2001

Privacy Show, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Noodleworks Invitional, Noodleworks, Seattle, WA

AWARDS

2002

Artist Trust/King County Arts Commission Fellowship Award

COLLECTIONS

Whitney Museum of American Art

Seattle Art Museum

Portland Art Museum

Tacoma Art Museum

King County, WA

City of Seattle, WA

Apr 6 2022
Seattle Art Museum: samblog
Our Blue Planet: Five Quick Questions with Claude Zerva
by Lily Hansen

January 12, 2016
The Bellingham Herald
New public art by Claude Zervas at WWU
by Margaret Bikman

January 31, 2012
City Artist Magazine
Turned Onn: A New Festival Brings Light, Warmth and Art to a Ballard Warehouse
by Nate Watters