{"id":26,"date":"2023-10-22T21:43:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-09-24T02:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:30:22","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>I started taking evening art classes at <a href=\"https:\/\/pratt.org\">Pratt Fine Arts Center<\/a> in Seattle in 1996. I was a founding member in 1999 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiacitygallery.com\">Columbia City Gallery<\/a>\u00a0and of <a href=\"https:\/\/seattleprintarts.org\">Seattle Print Arts<\/a>, an organization for print artists and others interested in printmaking.<\/h6>\n<h6>In 2005 I wrapped up a long career in linguistics and language software development and enrolled in the drawing program at Seattle&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gageacademy.org\">Gage Academy of Art<\/a>. In 2011 two of my drawings were included in Gage instructor Margaret Davidson\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/37149\/contemporary-drawing-by-margaret-davidson\/\"><em>Contemporary Drawing: Key Concepts and Techniques<\/em><\/a>.<\/h6>\n<h6>My drawings are in many private collections.<\/h6>\n<h6>Selected solo exhibitions<br \/>\n2018 <em>Finger Painting<\/em>, Shift Gallery, Seattle, Washington<br \/>\n2016 <em>Pen Pencil Paper<\/em>, Shift Gallery, Seattle, Washington<br \/>\n2012 <em>Enclosures<\/em>, Northwest Woodworkers Gallery, Seattle, Washington<br \/>\n2011 <em>Crossings<\/em>, Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington<br \/>\n2009 <em>Unrequited<\/em>, Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington<br \/>\n2008 <em>New Drawings<\/em>, Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington<br \/>\n2006 <em>Stacks and Towers<\/em>, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Washington<\/h6>\n<h6>Selected group exhibitions<br \/>\n2015 <em>Bellingham National Art Exhibition<\/em>, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington<br \/>\n2015 <em>Thought Patterns<\/em>, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, Washington<br \/>\n2014 <em>New Directions &#8217;14<\/em>, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York<br \/>\n2014 <em>Tessellated Language<\/em>, Seattle City Hall Galleries, Seattle, Washington<br \/>\n2011 <em>Contemporary Drawing in the Northwest<\/em>, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Washington<br \/>\n2009 <em>High Line<\/em>, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, Washington<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started taking evening art classes at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle in 1996. I was a founding member in 1999 of the Columbia City Gallery\u00a0and of Seattle Print Arts, an organization for print artists and others interested in printmaking. In 2005 I wrapped up a long career in linguistics and language software development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpentheroudakis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}