Scott Benjamin Sutton
Born
Corvallis, OR June 7, 1976
Education
The Dalles Highschool The Dalles, OR. 1990 - 1994.
Oregon State Univeristy Corvallis, OR. Bachelors of Fine Art. (Painting) 1994 - 1998.
Work Experience
Arterialist. Founder of Arterialist - A creative experience integrating past, present, and future.
The main purpose of Arterialist is to create an educational experience through the use of
a variety of mediums in which can be used for creative explorations. By understanding the
roots of creativity where culture and histroy are at the center, Arterialist hopes to bridge the
gap between knowledge that has been loss over time due to technological advance and
cultural assimilation. 2006. Portland, OR
Visit www.arterialist.com to find out more.
Artist. Working as an artist professionally since 1999. Scott's art has been primarily that of oil
painting and drawing, but currently he is working on a public art project at an Marysville
Elementary school called the Marysville Pictograph Project. Portland, OR.
Hand made oil paints. Scott began making oil paints by hand for personal use in 1997 and
has continued making paints for the past nine years. Over the last couple of years Scott
has been gathering different minerals from around the Northwest for use in his art and for
eduacational purposes. Scott has explored a variety of binders from egg tempra, hide glue,
linseed oil, and gum arabic in which can be mixed with the variety of pigments.
Natural Paints Workshop. Scott teaches workshops on gathering earth minerals and how to
prepare them for use as a paint. During the Village Building Convergence of May 2006
Scott taught a workshop on where and how to gather minerals for use as a coloring agent
in art supplies such as paint. Over the course of the workshop, Scott presented materials
and resources for the creation of oil paint and egg tempra from the minerals that were
ground by hand a sifted with a sieve. Portland, OR.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. "Life Ways of the Lower Columbia River" Art Instructor.
Scott has been working with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to help preserve
and create traditional art of the Columbia River through the use of traditional mineral paints.
Tribal members have been learning elements of design and ways to integrate and preserve
traditional stories through visual art such as drawing, painting, and printmaking. As part of a
series of classes, Scott taught tribal members how and where to collect and prepare native
earth pigments for use as paints to be applied to wood carvings, drums, parfleche, and
stone in the traditional manner. Portland, OR. May 2005 - Ongoing.
Marysville Pictograph Project. This art project is still under construction as the developmental
stages are still in the process and will be completed in the summer of 2007. Scott started
teaching after school art in the winter of 2005 at an afterschool art class (Schools Uniting
Neighborhoods) at Marysville Elementary. In the spring of 2005, Scott found out about the
Confluence Project's art in public schools and he presented a proposal to create art at
Marysville Elementary with three different classes of 4th and 5th grade students. In April of
2006 Scott began working with the three different classes individually for two hours a week
until the end of school in June of 2006. The art that was created by the students will be
incorporated into the playground remodel with his own designs based on Columbia River
style art which interperates a story from the Clackamas Chinook Texts titled "Tongue".
Marysville Elementary: 7733 SE Raymond, Portland, OR. April 2005 - Ongoing
(Completion date at the end of the summer of 2007.)
Visit www.marysvillepictographproject.com to find out more.
Marysville Elementary School. SUN - Art Instructor for 4th and 5th grade students during the
months of October, November, and December of 2005. Portland, OR.
Oregon College of Art and Craft. Painting Instructor at summer art (Art On the Hill) camp for
children ranging from 6-14 years of age. June - August 1999. Portland, OR.
Oregon College of Art and Craft. Workshop on making printmaking inks for a printmaking
class. March 2000. Portland, OR.
Oregon State University. Assistant Art Instructor. "Jumpstart" Summer art camp for high
school students. Corvallis, OR. 1998
Exhibitions
VBC6 "Village Building Convergence 2006" Group Show at Disjecta. Portland, OR. 2006
Launchpad Gallery "Love" Group Show. Portland, OR. 2006
River Sea Gallery Group Show. Astoria, OR. 2005
Mark Wolley Gallery "One Foot After Another" Group Show. Portland, OR. 2004
Bret Hostetler Gallery Group Show. Portland, OR. 2005
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Solo Exhibition. Portland, OR. 2005
Cascade Aids Project "Art Auction Fundraiser" Group Show. Portland, OR. 2004
Ogle Gallery "Awareness for Peace" Art Auction. Group Show. Portland, OR. 2002
JKS Gallery Group Exhibit. Portland, OR. 2002
All Points Gallery Group Show. El Prado, NM. 2002
Bareiss Gallery "Fly Swatter" Group Show. Taos, NM. 2001
Taos Artists Invitational Group Exhibit. Taos, NM. 2001
Artist Repretory Theatre Solo Exhibit. Curated by Mark Wolley Gallery. Portland, OR. 2000
Tsunami Gallery Group Show. Newport, OR. 2000
Corvallis Art Center Willamette Valley Juried Art Exhibition. "Award". Corvallis, OR. 1999
Oregon State University Fairbanks Hall Senior Thesis. Solo Exhibit. 1998
The Dalles Art Center Group Show. The Dalles, OR. 1997
Projects
Arterialist www.arterialist.com
"Art and culture website focused on the influence of colors of the earth within human history."
Marysville Pictograph Project www.marysvillepictographproject.com
www.marysvillepictographproject.blogspot.com
"Incorporating art, culture, history, science, stories, and traditions into a project that
learns about our past as a way to experience the future by way of the creative process.".
Resume
www.scottsuttonart.com