Biography

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Geraldine Ondrizek is a Professor of Art and artist at Reed College in Portland Oregon.

For the last thirty years she has created architectural installations and artists books based on medical and genetic information to explore personal and political issues. Each piece results from a lengthy collaboration with scientists and medical researchers with the goal of producing work that incorporates and comments on medicine, genetics and ethics. She has had over fifty solo exhibitions internationally and is the recipient of several grants and residencies including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ford Family Foundation, the Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, University of Washington Genetic Medicine Commission, NASA at the Johnson Space Center, the Houston Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and a NEA exhibition support grant. Residencies include UNESCO Artist in Residence Amman Jordon and Marnay sur Seine France, Gasworks London, Momentum AIR and the Max Plank Archive, Berlin.  Her recent exhibition include, The Hallie Ford Museum at Willamette University, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción Chile, Bienal Concepción, Arte & Ciencia, Chile Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin Germany,  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art Karlsruhe, Germany, The Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, England, Momentum Berlin, the Nassir School of Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Haber Space, New York, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, King Street Station, Seattle, Evergreen College Gallery, Olympia, The Boise Art Museum, Florida International University and The University of Houston.

Her work has been collected by The Portland Art Museum, John Hopkins University, MIT, Sanofi-Genzyme, The University of Washington Department of Medical Genetics, Florida International University and WVU Cancer Institute, Berkeley Medical Center

Current  Projects:

The First 100 Hours  is featured in the exhibition, Personal Structures at the European Cultural Center during the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Italy,  April 2022-Novemeber 2022

Curated, Transitions and Transformations: The Constant Flux of Our Personal Structures, is featured in the exhibition, Personal Structures at the European Cultural Center during the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Italy,April 2022-Novemeber 2022.

Becoming You, A book showing the process of human egg fertilization, gestation and genetic testing. Written by Shizuko Takahashi ‘95

M.D. Ph.D. The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Ethics, Obstetrics and Gynecology with

images by Geraldine Ondrizek, Professor of Art Reed College. Forthcoming Shougakukan Publishers, Japan.2022

Ondrizek received her BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA from the University of Washington.

website, https://www.reed.edu/art/ondrizek/