Ed kamuda
A tree, a house, just a couple of lines for the land and the sea. A moon or sun—elemental forces–like a river to the sea, we carry these with us. It has always been this way.
- Ed Kamuda, 2001
BORN
1943 New York, NY
EDUCATION Self-taught
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Above and Below, Three Decades of Work, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Cabin and a Dream, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Moving Through Autumn, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Autumn Gleaning, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Music in the Wood, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Long Calling in the Hills, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Glacier Series and Other New Work, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 New Paintings, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 New Oils and Gouaches, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Paintings, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Paintings, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Paintings, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Oil Paintings, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
1996 New Paintings, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 The Intimate Universe: Paintings by Ed Kamuda, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Paintings, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
group exhibitions
2020 The Barn Show Exhibition, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Especially Special: A Celebration of Betty Black and Her Collection of Art, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2019 Summer Reflections, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Fall Focus, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Messengers from the North, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 In the Valley of Mystic Light, Skagit County Historical Museum, La Conner, WA
2016 Winter’s Offering, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
31 for 32: Summer Salon, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2015 Rear View, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Masters, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2012 Plein Air Invitational, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 25th Anniversary Show, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Water Falling, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Summer Group Show, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 20th Anniversary Show, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Clayton James, Ed Kamuda, Dederick Ward, Gallery at the Depot, Anacortes, WA
1999 Celebrate Skagit Harvest V: Valley Artists, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA
From Here to the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Without Boundaries: Elemental Landscapes, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA
En Plein Air, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
group exhibitions (Continued)
1998 Clayton James, Ed Kamuda, Louise Kikiuchi, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA
1997 Wood, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 Clayton James, John Cole, Ed Kamuda, Thomas Wood, Robert Finnigan, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Languages of Landscape, Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA
1992 Landscapes, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 25th Anniversary Exhibition: The Middle Years I 1973-1980, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 A Trip Through the USA, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985 Landscapes, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1984 Kamuda and Marron, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1981 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Northwest/New York, Bayard Gallery, New York, NY (also 1980)
1978 Gordon Woodside Gallery, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
The Barn Shows Book 1987 – 2003, Lavone Newell-Reim, Mount Vernon, WA
Crosscut Magazine, “8 Things To Do In Seattle,” Michael Upchurch, September 13, 2018, Seattle, WA
In the Valley of the Mystic Light, Rita Hupy and Claire Swedberg, Good Deed Rain Press, Bellingham, WA
Seattle Times, “September Gallery Highlights: From Antarctic Ice to Apocalyptic Flames,” September 13, 2017
Seattle Times, “Nature Rules in Lisa Harris Show” and “Weekend Plus Best Bets,” January 24, 2014
Seattle Magazine, October 2005, p. 128
Seattle Times, January 11, 2002
collections
iNiS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Daniel Smith, Seattle, WA
Puget Sound Personnel Services
SAFECO Insurance Companies, Seattle, WA
Cairncross & Hempelmann, Seattle, WA
Horizons Elementary, North Thurston School District, WA, through Washington State’s Art in Public
Places Program
Chelan Senior High, Lake Chelan School District, Chelan, WA, through Washington State’s Art
in Public Places Program
Zymogenetics, Seattle, WA
Paul and Debbie Brainerd, Seattle, WA
Susan Ball, Renton, Washington
Michael Kinsley and Patty Stonesifer, Washington, D.C.
Laurie and Scott Oki, Bellevue, Washington