EDUCATION
M.F.A. 2006 Art (Fiber) University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
B.F.A. 2000 (Sculpture) Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
2004 Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri, Florence, Italy
2004 University of Florence, Italy
2003 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine
AWARDS AND HONORS AND ACQUISITIONS
2023 Acquired by the Art in Public Places Program of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (HSFCA)
2015 Catherine E. B. Cox Award of Excellence in the Arts, Honolulu Museum of Art
2012 Award of Excellence in Honor of Jean Charlot, Honolulu Printmakers’ 84th Annual Juried Exhibition
2010 Pegge Hopper Gallery Award of Excellence, Honolulu Printmakers’ 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition
2009 Teaching Asisstant Scholarship, Hawaii Craftsmen “Aha Hana Lima” Spring Workshop Series. Assistant to Annet Couwenberg. Honolulu
2006 Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
2005 Laila Art Teaching Fellowship, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
“Urbanophila/Urbanophobia: Love and Fear of the City”, Catherine E. B. Cox Award Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu Hawai‘i
“Villes Invisibles”, Galèrie Éthiopiques, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2013
“A Poem of Geographic Coordinates”, Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, Kaneohe, HI
2012
“Investigations”, CHHAAP Studio for Printmaking Trust, Baroda, Gujarat, India
2009
“ +/- , Selected Works with Paper”, The Contemporary Museum Café, Honolulu, Hawaii
“La Fonte/The Source”, Museo di Storia Naturale ‘La Specola,’ Florence, Italy
2006 “Anatomize”, Commons Gallery, UH Manoa, Honolulu, HI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Accession: Recent Additions to the Art in Public Places Collection, Capitol Modern, Honolulu, HI
2021
Hawaii Craftsmen Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition, Downtown Art Center, Honolulu HI (Invited Artist)
2020
8x8, Doris Duke Museum of Islamic Art and Design, Honolulu HI
2019
Attribute: Edwards, Portner, Soliven, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2018
Tropical Disturbance: a guide to place making and contemporary art in Hawai‘i, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
Within/Without, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI The Ontology of Influence, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2016
Contact: Foreign /Famliiar, Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2015
Maangi Fi, Galèrie Éthiopiques, Saint-Louis Senegal
2014
Contact, Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2013
PaperWork In, On and Of Paper VI, The Foundry, St. Charles, MO
2012
Negotiating Dystopia, (in collaboration with Reem Bassous), Honolulu Museum of Art School Mezzanine Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2011
AlternApec*, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI
Commitment to Excellence, Academy Art Center at Linekona, Honolulu, HI
Wide Open 2, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, NY (Juror: Nathan Trotman)
2010
Honolulu Printmakers’ 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI (Juror: Helen Fredrick)
2009
Hawaii Craftsmen Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition (Juror: Helen Drutt), Honolulu, HI
2008
Holland Paper Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Mapped, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI
PUBLICATIONS
Goldberg, David. “Cities of Wonder” Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 28 June, 2015; F7. Print.
Nash, Catherine. “Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper and Encaustic”. Nash/Renfrow Productions, 2013.
Portner, Maya Lea.“Artistic Dissection: A Map of Internal Geography.” Jacquard Pagine di Cultura Tessile. July-December 2009: 48-9, 72-3. (selection from masters thesis published).
Jan Sint, Erik, and Arne Westerhof, ed. Pure Papier/Pure Paper. Leiden, NL : Joint initiative publication by Uitgeverij Compres and the Foundation, Holland Papier Biennale, 2008. (Exhibition Catalogue)
COMMISSIONS
2023 Laser-cut metal design, Private Commission, Dana Point, CA
2021 Ceramic tile mural, Private Commission, Honolulu, HI
2020 Private Commission, Honolulu Hawaii
2019 Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
2016-2018 Mosaic murals, Private Commission, Honolulu, Hawaii
2014 Sculpture, Private Commission, Honolulu, Hawaii
2009 Book cover and centerfold design, Issue 19, Tinfish Press, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005 Ceramic tile mural, Private Commission, Honolulu, HI
1999 “An Outdoor Celebration”, Commission for the University City Site-Specific Public Sculpture Program, St. Louis, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Institute for Teacher Education, College of Education 2018
Course taught: Arts Methods (K-6)Lecturer,
Leeward Community College, Department of Humanities, 2011; 2017-present
Course taught: Beginning Drawing,Introduction to Visual Art
Elementary Art Specialist, Montessori Community School, Honolulu HI, 2018 - present
Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Art and Art History, 2005 - 2008, 2012 -2017
Courses taught: Introduction to Fiber Art, Applied Fiber History, Designing Surface, Introduction to Visual Art
Adjunct Faculty, Hawaii Pacific University 2008 - 2021
Course taught: Photography, Design, Introduction to Visual Art; Sculpture
Instructor, Surface Design Screen-printing Workshop, University of the Pacific, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, 2013
Lecturer, Kapiolani Community College, Department of Arts and Humanities, 2007, 2009
Course taught: Introduction to Visual Art