Mardie Rees

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2003

Commissions
Over life size sculpture, Saint Elizabeth, Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Enumclaw, Wa. 2022
Northwest Sarcoma Foundation, Medallion Medal, Seattle, Wa. 2023
Saint Michael, Saint Michael Medical Center, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Silverdale, Wa. 2021
Over life size sculpture, Saint Anne, Saint Anne Hospital, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Burien, Wa. 2021
Charcoal Drawing, Four Generations, Kae Davis, Gig Harbor, Wa. 2020

Bas-relief, Headmaster David & Lynn Robertson, Shawnigan Lake School, B.C. Canada, 2018
Bas-relief medallion, The Guardian, Saint Joseph Virtual Heart Clinic, Catholic Health Initiatives, Tacoma, Wa. 2016

Over life size sculpture, St. Anthony’s Guiding Hand, St. Anthony North Health Campus, lobby, Westminster, Co., 2015

WWII U.S. Marine Raider Memorial, U.S. Marine Raider Foundation, Nat’l Museum of Marine Corps., Quantico, Va., 2014

Over life size sculpture, Founder: C.W. Lonsdale, Bronze, Shawnigan Lake School, B.C. Canada, 2013

Portrait bust, Rick & Debbie Oehmcke, Daughters: Candice & Jackie, Bronze, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2009

Life size sculpture, St. Anthony & Child, St. Anthony Hospital main lobby, Franciscan Health, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2009

Don & Sharon Castle, Father & Sons, Bronze, Sun Valley, ID, 2007

Bas-relief medallion, City of Gig Harbor, Skansie Brothers Park Medallion, WA, 2006

Galleries
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New M., 2019-Present
T.H. Brennen Fine Art, Scottsdale, Az., 2024

Teaching and Professional Experience
Faculty, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Wa., 2015 – 2019
Founder/Director of Apprentice Academy, Gig Harbor, Wa. 2015-Present
Face Off sculpting demonstration, Faculty Member, Art of the Portrait, PSOA Annual Conference, 2022
Child portrait sculpting demonstration, Art of the Portrait, Virtual PSOA Annual Conference, 2021
Portrait sculpting demonstration, Art of the Portrait, PSOA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Ga., 2019
Faculty member and sculpting demonstration, main stage, Figurative Art Convention and Expo (FACE), Miami, Fl., 2018

Portrait sculpting demonstration, Art of the Portrait, PSOA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Ga., 2015
Portrait sculpting demonstration, Art of the Portrait, PSOA Annual Conference, Washington D.C., 2014

Solo Unveilings & Exhibitions
Public Unveiling & Exhibition, Saint Anne, Saint Anne Hospital, Burien, Wa., 2023
Solo Museum Exhibition, “The Early Years,” Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2016
Public Unveiling & Exhibition, Saint Anthony’s Guiding Hand, Saint Anthony North Health Campus, Westminster, Co., 2015
Sculpture Entrustment Ceremony, WWII U.S. Marine Raider Mem, Nat’l Museum of Marine Corps, Quantico, Va., 2014
Public Unveiling & Exhibition, WWII U.S. Marine Raider Memorial, San Diego Air & Space Museum, Ca., 2014
Private Unveiling, WWII U.S. Marine Raider Memorial, Raider Reunion, San Diego, Ca., 2014
Public Unveiling & Exhibition, WWII U.S. Marine Raider Memorial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wa., 2014
Founder’s Day Sculpture Unveiling, Shawnigan Lake School, C.W. Lonsdale, Shawnigan Lake, B.C., Canada, 2013
Sculpture Unveiling Party, Solo Show & Unveiling of C.W. Lonsdale, Real Carriage Door Co., Gig Harbor, Wa., 2013
St. Anthony Hospital Grand Opening Celebration, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2009
Skansie Brother’s Park Medallion Dedication, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2006
Person, Place or Thing, collection of paintings, Solo Studio Show, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2002

Selected Group Exhibitions
Elected Members Online Invitational, National Sculpture Society, Online Exhibition, 2023

Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New M., 2019-Present
50th Anniversary Show, Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New M., 2022
New York Figurative Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 2022

Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists, AWA National Online Juried Show, 2021

California Art Club, Rebirth & Renewal, Renewal and Rebirth: Excel.in Trad Fine Art Competition, Virtual Exhibition, 2021
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 123rd Annual Virtual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, Ny., 2020
The National Sculpture Society, Visions of Spring, New York, Ny., 2020
California Art Club, 109th Annual Gold Medal Juried Virtual Exhibition, 2020

2020 Visions: Gage Academy of Art at 30, Washington State Convention, Seattle, Wa., 2019 

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 123rd Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, Ny., 2019

The National Sculpture Society’s Award Winners Exhibition, New York, Ny., 2019

The National Sculpture Society’s 86th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island, Sc., 2019
Bellevue Art Museum Arts Fair, Juried Exhibition, Bellevue, Wa., 2019

Laguna College of Art and Design’s Alumni Exhibition, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2019

Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, Atlanta, Ga., 2019

California Art Club, 107th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Ca., 2018
California Art Club, 106th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum of the American West, Ca., 2017
California Art Club, 105th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum of the American West, Ca., 2016

25th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, Co., 2015
The National Sculpture Society’s 81st Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island, Sc., 2014

Essence Portrait Exhibit, Juried PSOA Exhibition, Fountainhead Galley, Seattle, Wa., 2014

The National Sculpture Society’s 80th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island, Sc., 2013

California Art Club, 102nd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Ca., 2013

The National Sculpture Society’s 80th Annual Awards Exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fl., 2013

Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, Atlanta, Ga., 2013

Classically L.A., California Art Club, Sculpture Only Juried Show, Los Angeles, Ca., 2013

Allied Artists of America, Inc. – 99^th Annual Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, Ny., 2012

The American Artists Professional League – 83^rd National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, Ny., 2011

LCAD 50^th Anniversary Juried Alumni Show, Seven-Degrees, Laguna Beach, CA, 2011

Language of Sculpture, Juried Show, PNW Sculptors, Lake Oswego, Or., 2011

Allied Artists of America, Inc. – 97^th Annual Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, Ny.,2010

12^th Annual Portrait Society of America International Exhibition, Washington D.C. , 2010

RISE: Fine Art Exhibit, Seattle Design Center, EDGE Graduates Group Show, Seattle, Wa. 2010

CVG Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Washington State Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, Wa., 2009, 2010 

Portland International Airport, PNW Sculptors, Juried Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, Or., 2009

Sotto Voce, Fairhaven Mausoleum Art Exhibit, Juried LCAD Alumni, Santa Ana, Ca., 2008

Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour, Gig Harbor, Wa., 2008, 2007

Dawn to Dawn, Traveling Exhibit “Jacob’s Struggle” Orange, Riverside, Capo Beach, Irvine, Ca., 2006-07

After the Edge, EDGE Group Show, Works Gallery, Bellingham, Wa., 2006

Best of Northwest, Magnuson Park, Seattle, Wa., 2005

Puyallup Art & Wine Walk, Puyallup, Wa., 2005

Richard MacDonald Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2003

Eckstrom Senior Show, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2003

Laguna College of Art & Design Gallery, Juried Show, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Art Affair at Gallery 1951, Resident Artist, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2002, 2003

Sculpture selected for NASAD Portfolio Day, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2000

Awards & Honors
“First Place, Commissioned Portrait” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Saint Anne, 2023
“10th Place, Outside the Box” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Saint Michael’s Wing, 2022
“Chateau d’Orquevaux Artist Residency,” Chateau d’Orquevaux, France, 2022
“Finalist, Outside the Box” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Up We Go, 2020
“Edward Jonas Memorial Grant,” Portrait Society of America, 2020

“Beverly Hoyt Robertson Memorial Award,” National Sculpture Society’s 86th Annual Awards, Wholehearted, 2019

“Gloria Medal,” National Sculpture Society’s 86th Annual Awards, Wholehearted, Cast Glass, 2019

“Finalist, Sculpture”, Art Renewal Center Int’l Salon Competition, Wholehearted, 2019

“Exceptional Merit”, Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, Wholehearted, Atlanta, Ga., 2019 “Elected Member”, National Sculpture Society of America, 2019 

“Signature Status”, Excellence in Portraiture, Portrait Society of America, 2017
“Finalist, Commissioned Portrait” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Saint Anthony, 2017
“Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr. Award”, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Soul of the Forward & Faithful, 2016

“2nd Place, Sculpture”, Art Renewal Center Int’l Salon Competition, Soul of the Forward & Faithful, 2015
“2nd Place, Sculpture”, Portrait Society of America’s Members Only Competition, Soul of the Forward & Faithful, 2014
“Beverly Hoyt Robertson Memorial Award,” National Sculpture Society’s 81st Annual Awards, La Petite Fleur, 2014 

“Honorable Mention, Sculpture”  Art Renewal Center Int’ l Salon Competition, Soul of the Forward & Faithful, 2014 

“4th Place”  Commissioned Portrait in Sculpture, Portrait Society of America’s Members Only Competition, 2013 

“Finalist in Sculpture”  Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition, La Petite Fleur, 2013

“Exceptional Merit”  Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, La Petite Fleur, Atlanta, Ga., 2013

“1st Honorable Mention”  Portrait Society of America, Member’s Only Competition, Commissioned Portrait, 2012

“President’s Award”  The American Artists Professional League – 83^rd Grand National Exhibition, New York, Ny., 2011
“Honorable Mention”  Portrait Society of America, Member’s Only Competition, 2011

“Gold Medal of Honor”  Allied Artists of America, Inc. – 97^th Annual Exhibition, New York, Ny., 2010

“Finalist in Sculpture”  Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition, Truth Beloved, 2010

“First Honor”  Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, Truth Beloved, Washington D.C., 2010 

“Sculpture Only Industry Award”  Sculptural Pursuit Magazine, Truth Beloved, 2009

“Margaret K. Williams Award”  Excellence in the Arts, Juried by Pierce County Arts Commission, Tacoma, Wa., 2008
“Best of Sculpture”  Laguna College of Art & Design Gallery, Juried Show, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2002

Portfolio Scholarship, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2000-03

President of Student Body, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, Ca., 2002

“Certificate of Merit”, Art I, II, III, IV, Academia Alianza, Quito, Ecuador, 1998

Selected Publications
WestSound, Home & Garden, “Celebrating Community & Healing,” Saint Anne Statue Unveiling, Feb. 2024
Key Peninsula News, “Wauna Artist Mardie Rees Unveils Bronze Sculpture,” Nov, 2023
Fine Art Connoisseur, Off the Walls: Artists & Galleries, Jan-Feb 2024
American Art Collector, “Mardie Rees: A Contemporary Master in American Art:” Vanessa Rothe , Nov 2023
American Art Collector, “Motherhood: Voices from the studio,” Vanessa Rothe, Aug 2022
Western Art & Architecture, “Illuminations: Mardie Rees” Aug/Sep  2020
South Sound Magazine, “Internationally Known Sculptor Mardie Rees” March/April  2018
Fox 31 Denver News Exclusive, “Saint Anthony North Statue Dedication.” Dec 11, 2015
Leatherneck Magazine of the Marines, “Soul of the Forward and Faithful,” April 2015
Peninsula Gateway, “Sculpture by Gig Harbor Artist installed in Museum,” Dec 10, 2014
Fredericksburg, “Marine Raiders’ legacy captured in bronze,” front page, Nov 12, 2014
Peninsula Gateway, “Artist’s sculpture honors Marines in Pacific Theater,” front page, July 16, 2014
Tacoma News Tribune, “Gig Harbor sculptor unveils new work at Tacoma Art Museum’s Northwest Festival,” July 9, 2014

Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, Founder’s Statue unveiled at Shawnigan,” Nov. 2013
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, “Making a living making monuments,” Feb., 2013

Peninsula Gateway, “Sculptor unveils monumental work,” front page, Jan. 23, 2013

International Artist, “Portrait Society of America’s – 12^th Annual Award Winners Showcase,” First Honor, Aug/Sept 2010.

Peninsula Gateway, “Sculptor makes an impression back east”, June 2, 2010.

Gig Harbor Life, “Local sculptor wins prestigious portrait award”, May 28, 2010.

Westsound Home & Garden, “Struggling toward the light: Gig Harbor sculptress Mardie Rees,” Summer 2009.

Peninsula Gateway, “St. Anthony statue comes together,” Nov. 26, 2008.

C-RCC Pierce County News Channel 22, “Sculptor Mardie Rees with her sculpture St. Anthony & Child,” November 2008

C-RCC Pierce County News 22, “Margaret K. Williams Award Ceremony,” November 2008

Peninsula Gateway, “Sculptor Rees wins art award,” October 29, 2008.

Peninsula Gateway, “Mardie has created life size statue of St. Anthony,” October 15, 2008.

Mission Viejo Weekly, “Laguna College alumna Mardie Rees commissioned for prestigious hospital sculpture” Aug.  2008.

Seattle Magazine, Artist Profiles, October 2005.

Clubs
Elected Member of National Sculpture Society, New York, Ny.
Signature Member of Portrait Society of America, Tallahassee, Fl. 

California Arts Club, Pasadena, Ca.

Collections
Northwest Sarcoma Foundation, Seattle, Wa.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Saint Anne Hospital, Burien, Wa.
David & Lynn Robertson, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Laura Birrell, Hood River, Or.
Saint Joseph CHI Franciscan, Virtual Heart Monitoring Clinic, Tacoma, Wa.
Chappie & Marjolyn Conrad, Seattle, Wa.
Richard Chatfield-Taylor, Ca
John Schenden, Denver, Co
Darren & Jordan Schuldheiss, Boise, Id
St. Anthony North Health Campus, Centura Health, Westminster, Co. 

National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Va.
Shawnigan Lake School, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. Canada
Franciscan Health Systems, St. Anthony Hospital, Main Lobby, Gig Harbor, Wa.

City of Gig Harbor, Skansie Brothers Park, Gig Harbor, Wa.

Rick & Debbie Oehmcke, Gig Harbor, Wa.

Don & Sharon Castle, Sun Valley, Id.
Peter & Janet Stanley, Tacoma, Wa.
Floyd & Sandra Olsen, Gig Harbor, Wa.