Whiting Tennis has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA; Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR; and the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY. The artist had several works in the 2014 California-Pacific Triennial at Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA. He was the 2008 recipient of the Arlene Schnitzer prize given as part of Portland Art Museum’s Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Exhibition. The artist was also the winner of the 2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship for Painting awarded by Seattle’s Behnke Foundation. Major works by Whiting Tennis are in the collections of Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Orange County Museum of Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, and the Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY.

The artist received his BFA from the University of Washington. He currently lives and works in Seattle.

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October 17, 2025
Impulse Magazine
Next to Something Wonderful: Whiting Tennis’s “Refuge”
by M. Sullivan

October 1, 2025
King 5 News, New Day Northwest
Grunge, Grit and Gallery Gold: 5 must-see art events
by Nancy Guppy

September 18, 2025
The Seattle Channel
Artist Whiting Tennis lets the creative process lead the way
video produced by Vincent Pierce

Volume 4, Print Issue 4, September-October 2025
Public Display Art
Don’t Miss It! Our Picks for September-October 2025
Whiting Tennis: Refuge
by PDA staff

January 4, 2017
Seattle Artists League
Whiting Tennis on Automatic Drawing
by Ruthie V
Edited from the original 2014 post by Lindsey Rae Gjording

June 11, 2014
The Stranger

"Strong Leasing Velocity" Means More Public Art in South Lake Union (with 
photo of Hampers sculpture installation by Whiting Tennis)
by Jen Graves

September 3 - December 30, 2011
Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Opener 22, with video interview

September 2, 2011
Times Union

Opening: Whiting Tennis at Tang Museum
by Michael Janairo