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Consu Tolosa Mixed Media Painter  
​🌐 www.consutolosa.com        ✉ consu@consutolosa.com    ☎ 971- 570-4650

EXHIBITS

2017
July - Crossroads + Pivots (Solo Show)
Basil Hallward Gallery
        Powell's Books on Burnside, Portland Oregon
June - Recycled Rain Project     (Juried Group Show)
    Ford Gallery, Portland, Oregon
June - Fire on the Water: A Dragon Boat Inspired Show (Juried Group Show)
         Antoinette Hatfield Hall - P5 Centers for the Arts, Portland OR
May - Black Wagon on Mississippi Avenue, Portland OR (Group Show)
February- Featured artist at First Thursday Pop-Up
The Gallery Loft at the Hairy Lobster, Portland, Oregon
February - Anna Bannannas Cafe in St. John’s (Solo Show) - Portland, Oregon
January - Divided we stand: Portland artists react to post-election America (Group show)
Ford Gallery, Portland, Oregon
January - La vida Veggie (Solo Show) - Hillsboro, Oregon

Scheduled Show for later in 2017:
September - Equilibrium - Portland, Oregon
October - Insomnia - Hillsboro, Oregon
November - Powell's Books on Burnside (Juried Group Show)
        Basil Hallward Gallery
November - Siren Nation Festival Presents: Reflections (Juried Group Show)
Albina Press on Hawthorne - Portland, Oregon
November - Anna Bannannas Cafe in St. John’s (Group Show) - Portland, Oregon
December - Big 500 Show - (Group Show by Invite)    
Ford Building Main Floor Gallery, Portland OR



    2016
December - Big 500 Show - (Group Show by Invite)    
Ford Building Main Floor Gallery, Portland OR
November - Siren Nation Festival Presents: Celebration, A 10-year Anniversary Show
Albina Press on Hawthorne - (Juried Group Show)
July- August - Laminae: Working in Layers - Red Dot, Artists at Work Collective
Second Story Gallery. Camas WA (Group Show)
July -People’s Art of Portland Presents: 88 Strong
Goodfoot, Portland OR (Group Show by Invite)
June-July - Recycled Rain Project    
    Ford Gallery, Portland (Juried Group Show)
June - Symphony of Wings,  Cactus Gallery
    Los Angeles, CA (Juried Group Show)
May-June- Woodland Wonders, A Personita Show
Black Wagon on Mississippi Avenue, Portland OR (Solo Show)
May- Siren Nation’s Paint Your Art Out
Salvageworks, Portland OR (Group Show)
April-May - Collections - Red Dot, Artists at Work Collective.
Lake Oswego Library, Lake Oswego  (Group Show)
April-May - Brother’s Grimm Fairy Tale Art Show
    Portland’5 Center for the Arts- Portland (Juried Group Show)
March-April - Loteria II! - Cactus Gallery
        Los Angeles, CA (Juried Group Show)
    February-March- Love of Portland - People’s Art of Portland Gallery
        Pioneer Place Mall, Portland, OR (Group Show)
    

    2015
    February- March- Love of Portland - People’s Art of Portland Gallery
        Pioneer Place Mall, Portland, OR (Group Show)
    March - Black Wagon on Mississippi Avenue, Portland OR (Solo Show)
    April-May - LOOKING IN - Red Dot, Artists at Work Collective.
Eastside Exchange Building, Portland  (Group Show)
    May - Personitas RAW - Blendily
1627 Studios, NE Alberta, Portland (Solo Show)
    May- June - Recycled Rain Project
Olympic Mills, Portland (Juried Group Show)
    June- Fire on the Water: A Dragon Boat Inspired Show (Juried Group Show)
         Antoinette Hatfield Hall - P5 Centers for the Arts, Portland OR
    July - Siren Nation’s Paint Your Art Out
Olympic Mills, Portland OR (Group Show)
    July - People’s Art of Portland Presents: 88 Strong
Goodfoot, Portland OR (Group Show by Invite)
    September- Verum Ultimum Gallery: Abstract Catalyst
        Juried Group Show (Portland Oregon)
October - So Many Days, So Many Dead
People’s Art of Portland Gallery
Pioneer Place Mall, Portland, OR (Group Show)
    November - PDXtraordinaire - Red Dot, Artists at Work Collective.
Architectural Heritage Center, Portland  (Group Show)
        
    November- Pathways to the Pacific Northwest - Siren Nation

2014
    September- LOOKING UP - Artists’ Bootcamp Group Show
Muse Art & Design, Portland OR
September - October Siren Nation’s Paint Your Art Out
Olympic Mills, Portland OR (Group Show)
October-November - Things that go Bump in the Night
    People’s Art of Portland Gallery
Pioneer Place Mall, Portland, OR (Group Show)
    November- Siren Nation Festival Presents: Natural Wonders
Albina Press on Hawthorne - (Juried Group Show)
December- January - Big 500 Show - (Group Show by Invite)    
Pioneer Place Mall Galleries, 3rd Floor: Peoples Art of Portland Gallery, Mark Woolley Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, Portland OR

ART FAIRS & SALES
    2016
October 2016 Joined Artistic Portland Gallery and Retail Space
Downtown Portland, OR (318 SW Taylor Street)
    May -- St. John’s Bizarre (Juried)

    2015
    March 7 & 8 - The Buckman Sale,
Buckman Elementary School, Portland OR (Juried)
    June 14 - Small Works, Big Cause
Basic Space Gallery, Portland OR
November - Siren Nation Festival
Holiday Art Sale at Kennedy School , Portland OR
December - Handmade NW Presents: Formal Holiday Artisan’s Fair
Red Rose Ballroom, NE Alberta St. Portland, OR
    
    2014
November 1 & 2 - Siren Nation Festival
Holiday Art Sale at Kennedy School , Portland OR
November 22nd -  Artrageous Holiday Art & Craft Extravaganza
Alberta Abbey, Portland OR
December 12 & 13 - Alberta Studios Holiday Open Studios
1627 Studios, NE Alberta, Portland OR

    2013
    November 30- Gray Saturday - Holiday Art Sale, Portland, OR
    November 7-10 - Call of Wild Soul - Artist’s Bazaar
Sacred Art Retreat - Earthrise, the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Petaluma, CA
COMMISSIONS
• Baby Portraits - Private Collections 2013-2017
(Portland, OR - Athens, GA - Nashville, TN - Montevideo, Uruguay - Portland, ME)
• Wedding Celebration- Painting printed on a water bottle, June 2015
• Process Work Institute
Winter Intensive Promotional Materials (2014 & 2015)
2013 Video Illustrating basic Process Work concepts- Illustrations
2013 Anxiety - Video illustrating a process-oriented treatment
approach of anxiety featuring Art Dolls & other artwork.
• Siren Nation
2015 PYAO Images for promotional/Marketing Materials
2014 Official Festival Poster

LIVE PAINTING EVENTS
June 27, 2015 and September 6, 2014 - Participated in a live painting & auction fundraiser for Siren Nation (www.sirennation.org) during the opening of the show Paint Your Art Out. Both times a pieces had to be created from start to finish in the span of 3 hours while being auctioned live (silent auction). Both events were a success: Consu completed each painting and they were both Sold.

MEDIA
    June 30, 2017 - XRAY FM radio interview about “Crossroads + Pivots,”
the solo show at Powell’s Books running in July.

    November 2016 - UWC Impact Stories about the Arts
    Online http://www.uwc.org/news/?pid=37&nid=3&storyid=370

May 2015 - Interview on A Global Walk
Online http://aglobalwalk.com/interview-with-consu-tolosa/

MEMBERSHIPS - Member at Red Dot, Artists at Work - Art Collective - 2012-2016
            Juried Member at Artistic Portland, Artist’s Cooperative -
www.artisticportland.com - October 2016 - February 2017

EDUCATION
    All foundational art courses completed as prerequisites to entering a Master’s Program in Art Therapy at Marylhurst University (MA obtained in May 2000) were part of undergraduate coursework.

Recent Art Development Under the following Mentors:
    Jennifer Mercede            Joan Fullerton
Tracy Verdugo            Jesse Reno
Erin Faith Allen            Mindy M. Lacefield
Teesha Moore                Lilla Rogers


TEACHING
Consu Tolosa also teaches an online course here.
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