Born in 1952 in Puyallup, WA., lives in Seattle

Wicklander has received numerous awards and honors including, Art Matters Fellowship Award, New York (1996); GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle (1993); Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Seattle (1990); and the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist's Fellowship Grant in Sculpture (1988). The artist’s work is included in the collections of, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Seattle Arts Commission; Swedish Hospital, Seattle; University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Washington State Arts Commission; Frederick R. Weisman Museum, New Orleans, LA, as well as others.

Education

1980

M.F.A., University of Illinois, Champaign

1977

M.A., Central Washington University, Ellensburg

1975

B.A., Central Washington University, Ellensburg

Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2019

Mostly Cats, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (also 2013, 2009, 2005, 2001, 1998, 1994, 1992, 1988, 1987, 1985)

2003

Gallery 4, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

1998

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago (also 1993)

1985

9-1-1, Installation, Seattle

1982

Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

1981

Northlight Gallery, Everett Community College, Everett, WA

1979

Louisville School of Art, Louisville, KY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014-15

BAM Biennial 2014: Knock on Wood, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2013

Group Show, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner

2010

INSPIRED BY Fashion and Finance: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Center for the Arts, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

2009

Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

2008

Heads (dis)Embodied, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA

Fathom, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Wiesman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Crossroads and Connections, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA

Artist Trust Fellowship Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum Rental Gallery, Seattle, WA

Eclectic Eye: Works from the Collection of Fred Wiseman, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

NW Coast Invasion, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago

2002

Northwest Documenta I, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem OR

Sweet & Wild, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

2001

Pleasure Craft, Tacoma Art Museum, WA

2000

Decoys, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

1999

A Good Eye: Artists at the Ball Park, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle

1998

18th Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA

1997

Alumni Exhibition: Traver/Sutton and William Traver Gallery, Two Bells, Seattle

A Tribute to Frederick R. Weisman: Selections from the New Orleans Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA

Celebrity: Fame, Fortune, Heroism, and Infamy, Olympic Room, Seattle Center

1996

Family Matters, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

1995

Off The Wall, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago

The Traditional Impulse, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (catalog)

The Land, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1994

Fallen Timber, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

Musical Variations: Contemporary Sound and Vision, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, WA

Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

1993

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Group show, Chicago

ABOUT FACE, Portraits and Self Portraits, Biennial Competition, Tacoma Art Museum, WA

1992

Games, Pacific Arts Center, Seattle

1991-92

From the Woods: Washington Wood Artists, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham; traveled to the Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman and the Bellevue Art Museum (catalog)

War in the Gulf, William Traver Gallery, Seattle

View From the Edge, Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA

1990

Wood, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, WA (catalog)

Diversity in Form, Gallery Nine, Urbana, IL

1989

Taboo, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle (catalog)

History of Lighting, San Francisco Airports Commission, San Francisco International Airport (catalog)

1988

In the Folk Tradition: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL (catalog)

Contemporary Survey - A Visible Presence in the Northwest, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA

1987

Seattle Sculpture 1927-1987, Bumberbiennale, Seattle, curated by Matthew Kangas (catalog)

Alumni Exhibit, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

Artists Choose Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro

1986

Northwest Now, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

Weird and Witty Constructions by Northwest Artists, Art Gym, Marylhurst College, OR

Underground Seattle, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle

Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA

Contemporary Glass, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY

Art Quake, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

1986

Off the Beaten Path, Limbo Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Pilchuck Glass Exhibit, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle

1985

Neo-York/Seattle, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle

Painting and Sculpture 1985, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

Glass America, 11th Anniversary Exhibition, Heller Gallery, New York

1984

Glass America, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Heller Gallery, New York

18th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

A Little Erotic '84, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY

1983

Invitational Exhibition, Glass Eye Gallery, Seattle

1982

Big Sky Biennial II, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

Shavings of Mind, A Group Invitation Exhibition, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle

1981

Painting and Sculpture 1981, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

Marietta National, Grover M. Hermann Fine Arts Gallery, Marietta College, OH

1980

6/6, Six over Six, Fifth Annual Invitational Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Fourteenth Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

La Grange National V, C.V.A.A. Gallery, La Grange, GA

Awards

1996

Art Matters Fellowship Award, New York

1993

GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle

1990

Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Seattle

1988

National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist's Fellowship Grant in Sculpture

Just Plain Folk, panel member with William Burroughs, COCA, Seattle

1986

Artist in Residence, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA

1984

The Vampires, stage set, The Empty Space Theater, Seattle

1981

Plaque of Distinction, Marietta National, Grover M. Hermann Fine Arts Gallery, Marietta College, OH

Third Place Award, Sculpture and Painting 1981, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1980

Purchase Award, Fourteenth Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

1979-80

University Fellowship for the Creative and Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Selected Collections

Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

Oliver & Company, Berkeley, CA

Sage Corporation, Minneapolis, MN

Seattle Arts Commission

Sharpe/Hartwig, Seattle

Swedish Hospital, Seattle

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Valley National Bank, Phoenix, AZ

Washington State Arts Commission

Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc., Seattle

Frederick R. Weisman Foundation of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Press

The Seattle Times

High jinks and mysteries from Seattle sculptors Takamori, Wicklander

by Michael Upchurch

The Stranger Slog

Currently Hanging: Ed Wicklander's Piles of Kittens

March 11, 2013 | by Jen Graves

CityArts

(f)art jokes and courtesans

March 11, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

March 14, 2019
the Stranger: EverOut
The Best Art Shows in Seattle: Spring 2019
by EverOut Staff

Mar 11, 2013
the Stranger
Currently Hanging: Ed Wicklander's Piles of Kittens
by Jen Graves

December 1, 2013
Sculpture Magazine
Dan Webb and Edward Wicklander at Greg Kucera
by Matthew Kangas

November 1, 2010
City Artist Magazine
Art Walk Awards: Art with Nine Lives
by the editors

December 17, 2009
The Seattle Times
Wicklander show: elegant, playful, funny, like many of his subjects
by Nancy Worssam

September 9, 2005
Seattle Post Intelligencer
WICKLANDER’S METICULOUS SCULPTURES ELUDE EASY CLASSIFICATION
by Judy Wagonfeld

Jan. 12, 1984
The New York Times
IN A SHOW OF STUDIO GLASS, MULTITUDE OF FORMS AND IDEAS
by Lisa Hammel