Artist Resume
Christie Tirado | christietirado.art@gmail.com | www.christietiradoarte.com| Instagram: @christietirado_arte | Yakima, WA
Education
2023-Present MFA Printmaking, University of Wisconsin Madison-Madison, WI
2016 MIT Elementary Education K-8, Visual Arts Endorsement K-12, Heritage University- Toppenish, WA
2013 BA Interdisciplinary Visual Arts (Printmaking, and Ceramics), University of Washington-Seattle, WA
Minor-Art History
2011 University of Washington Rome Center- Studio Art Study Abroad-Rome, Italy
Selected Exhibition List
2023
Essential, group Exhibition. San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA.
Essential, Solo Exhibition. Elisabeth C. Miller Library. University of Washington School of Horticulture. Seattle, WA.
Empoderamiento Grafico. Group show. La Productora Grafica del Bosque, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Impressions: A Printmaking Exhibition. Group show. Bainbridge Arts and Crafts. Bainbridge, WA.
2022
Mark of Empowerment. Emily Davis Gallery, Meyers School of Art, Akron, Ohio.
Viva la Comunidad! Group Exhibition. M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle Central College. Seattle, WA.
Arte de Lúpulo:Christie Tirado. Solo exhibit. Dry Dock Brewing. Denver, CO.
Farmworkers: Photographs, Prints and Paintings. Group Exhibit. Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Rohnert Park, CA.
Women Painters of Washington: A Matter of Perspective. Group show. Moses Lake Museum and Art Center. Moses Lake, WA
Lo Sagrado, Nuestros Cuentos. Group exhibition. SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA
Essential/Esencial. Solo show, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA
Printmaking and the Political: The Mexican Graphic Tradition. Artist in Residency show, Sun Valley Museum of Art. Ketchum, Idaho
2021
Printmaker Women, group show, La Productora Gráfica del Bosque, Oaxaca, Mexico
Boxx Gallery Holiday Show, group show, Boxx Gallery, Tieton, WA
2021 Holiday Show, group show, Oak Hollow Custom Framing and Gallery, Yakima, WA
El Zodiaco Familiar, Collaborative traveling exhibit led by George Rodriguez. Whatcom Museum, Lightcatcher Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Día de Muertos Exhibition, group show, Mighty Tieton Warehouse gallery, Tieton, WA
Christie Tirado Gráfica Del Campo: Cultivating the Yakima Valley, Solo Show, Central Gallery, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
Essential. Group Show. Banbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery, Bainbridge, WA
Christie Tirado Gráfica Del Campo: Cultivating the Yakima Valley, Solo Show, Box Gallery, Tieton, WA
Essential Art Exhibition, group show, Nepantla Cultural Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Way We Worked: Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition. Mighty Tieton Gallery, Tieton, WA
Mad World, Group Show, Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA
2020
Fall introductions, Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA
Images of the Shrub Steppe, Boxx Gallery Virtual Show, Tieton, WA
Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational 2020, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Claiming Space, group show, Collaboration Coffee, Yakima, WA.
2019
Sesiones Del Migrante, Solo show, Bale Breakers, Moxee, WA
A Sense of Place, Larson Gallery, -Yakima, WA
5 golden Rings, Group Show, Boxx Gallery, -Tieton, WA
Holiday Print Show, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Art on the Wall, Capitol Theatre, Yakima, WA
2018
Ode to the Feminine, Yakima Maker Space, Yakima, WA
Summer Solstice, Basalt Roasters, Yakima, WA
Salon Des 50th Celebration Show, Gallery One, Ellensburg WA
Central Washington’s 63rd Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, -Yakima, WA
2017
Print Solo Show, Essencia Bakery, Yakima, WA
Christie Tirado, Gayle Scholl and Karen Quint, Boxx Gallery, Tieton WA
2016
Inaugural Group Show, Boxx Gallery, -Tieton, WA
Offering, George Rodriguez, Stacy Rozich and Christie Tirado. Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Goathead Press Group Show, Gilbert Cellars- Yakima, WA
2015
Goathead Press Group Show, Wilridge Winery- Naches Heights, WA
In Print, Gallery One, National Printmaking Exhibition- Ellensburg, WA
Nuestras Historias, Latin Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Centro Latino-Tacoma, WA
2014
Windows Alive, JEM Building-Yakima, WA
Fremont Art Walk. Solo Show, Fremont Health Club-Seattle, WA
2013
Senior IVA Show, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA
Christie Tirado Solo Show, Barriga Llena- Seattle, WA
Honors track and Juried Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA
First Thursday, Collins Pub, Seattle, WA
2012 Show us Your Mugshot, Parnassus Café-Seattle, WA
2011 Studio Art Exhibition- University of Washington Rome Center-Rome, Italy
2010 Colored, Evergreen State College-Tacoma WA
Publications and reviews
2023
Made There: A Yakima printmaker crafts impressions of unsung labor. Sarah Hall. KCTS 9. Crosscut. 2023.
2022
Emerging Artist Highlights Social Justice. Yakima School teacher and artist Christie Tirado helps migrant workers and their children see themselves reflected in the community. Ellen Hiatt. 1889 Washington’s Magazine. 2022
Artist of the Week: Christie Tirado. Seattle Refined. 2022
GABF: Catch the amazing block print art exhibit at Dry Dock Brewing’s booth, featuring essential workers in hop yards. Mary Jones. Craft Brewing Business. 2022.
Dry Dock Brewery Celebrates Hop Workers Through Art. Scott Grossman. Porch Drinking. 2022
Q&A:Christie Tirado is Bringing Hop Art to Dry Dock. Ryan Pachmayer. Westword News Room. 2022.
Stan Hieronymus Hop Queries – August 2022. Stan Hieronymus. Brews news. Australia. 2022.
“The beauty and complexity of farm work in Washington.” Sarah Sax. High Country News. 2022.
2021 “Artist’s New Website Helps her Exhibit Work in Galleries,” Meghan Moss. Yakima Valley Business Times. 2021
“Artist Christie Tirado celebrates Mexican Tradition, Gratitude for Essential Workers” Joey Thyne. Idaho Mountain Express. Sun Valley, Idaho. 2021
“The Arts Scene: Christie Tirado mixes aesthetics and politics” David Lynx. Yakima Herald. 2021
“Exhibición de arte ilustra labor de trabajadores agrícolas”, Lorena Cervantes. El Sol de Yakima. 2021.
“La Casa Hogar termina construcción de La Escuelita para educación temprana,” America Barcelo-Feldman. El Sol de Yakima. 2021
2020 “Art Pulse: A Yakima artist shows why farmworkers are essential,” Agueda Pacheco Flores. Crosscut. 2020.
“Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories,” Melissa Sanchez. ProPublica. 2020
“Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories,” Melisa Sanchez. ProPublica. Co-published by Mother Jones Magazine. 2020.
“El mundo secreto de los adolescentes inmigrantes que trabajan en peligrosos turnos nocturnos en fábricas suburbanas en EE UU,” Melissa Sanchez. ProPublica, Co-published by El País. 2020.
“Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories,” Melissa Sanchez. ProPublica, republished by Borderless Magazine. 2020.
2019 “A Sense of Place, Artistically Rendered,” David Lynx. Yakima Herald, September 2019
“Se Dedica al Arte, Enseña a los Niños que ‘no hay Límites,” Lorena Cervantes Zepeda, El Sol de Yakima,
June 2019
“Forte: Art, Science and Cross Pollination,” Yakima Symphony Orchestra. Yakima Herald. January 2019
“Seven Artists to Watch in 2019,” Pat Muir. Yakima Herald. January 2019.
2018 “39 Under 39, The Yong Professionals that are Energizing the Yakima Valley,” Pat Muir. Yakima Herald. February 2018.
“Art in the Park in Tieton-Inspiring Kids to Create,” Bridget Turrell. Yakima Herald. May 2018.
2017 “The Arts Scene: La Loteria! Silkscreen game Cards part of three-artist Exhibit.” David Lynx. Yakima Herald. August 2017.
“La Colibri.” NW Denizen Magazine. July, 2017.
2013 -Christie Tirado, Art Access. Volume 22, July, August, September. pp 31.
Permanent collections/Commissions
2022 -
Ongoing- Commission Public Art installation for the new Medical Science Building in Washington State University, Spokane, WA.
Ongoing- 2 Commission Public Art Installations for Tieton Arts and Humanites, Mosaic Studio and Catholic Charities. Tieton, WA
Farmworkers Clinic Mural, 5’x18’- Permanent installation, Yakima, Washington
2021 Washington State Arts Commission- Permanent installation - Bonny Lake. Washington
2020 ProPublica, Lead image for the article, “Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories,” written by Melissa Sanchez. Chicago, IL
La Casa Hogar, La Escuelita Community Mural. Yakima, WA
Washington State Arts Commission-permanent installation- Ridgeview Elementary. Yakima, WA.
Washington State Arts Commission-permanent installation-Olympia, WA
Artist in Residencies
2021 Sun Valley Museum of Art. Led a community printmaking workshops, followed by an exhibition.
Recognitions and Awards
2022
Lead image for the cover of High Country News Volume 54- The beauty and Complexity of Farm work in Washington State
2021
Peter Lisagor Award, 2020 best illustration for ProPublica Article “Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories,” Chicago Headline Club.
Golden Apple Award Honoree, innovative teaching in WA state
2020
Larry Sommers Fellowship recipient, Seattle Print Arts, Seattle, WA
2018
Heritage University Award, Juried Art show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
2015
2nd place, Latin Arts festival Juried Art Show- Tacoma, WA
Teaching/Art Lectures
2023
Artist Talk. Pratt Fine Arts Center. Seattle, WA.
3-Day Intensive reduction printmaking workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA.
Intro to relief printmaking workshop. Boxx Gallery, Tieton, WA.
2022
Artist talk for intro to relief printmaking. University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI.
Relief printing workshop. Spokane Falls College. Spokane, WA
Spokane Falls Community College Artist Talk. Solo Show. Esencial/Essential. Spokane, WA
2021
Guest artist lecture, Virtual, University of Washington Printmaking department
Relief printing workshop for the ESD 105 student migrant program. Virtual. Yakima, WA.
Relief printing workshop, Sun Valley Art Museum. Sun Valley, Idaho.
2020
Designed and lead the Casa Hogar community Mural, Casa Hogar, Yakima, WA
2019
Relief Printing Workshop, Goathead Press, Tieton, WA
Children’s Art Making Workshop, Yakima Symphony Collaboration, Yakima WA
2018
Voyage of the Monarch, Children’s Art-Making Event, Yakima Symphony Collaboration, Yakima WA
-2nd place, Latin Arts festival Juried Art Show- Tacoma, WA
2017
Sagebrush Film Festival, Children’s Art-making Event. Yakima, WA