List of University of Oregon alumni
Fine arts and entertainment -- Visual arts
Table:
Name

Degree(s)

Year(s)

Notability

Reference

Gordon Gilkey

M.F.A.

1936

Art preservationist and promoter, awarded the Meritorious Service Medal

[112]

LaVerne Krause

B.A.

1946

Painter and printmaker (also see List of University of Oregon faculty and staff)

[113]

Suzie Liles

M.F.A.

2006

Master weaver, owner of Eugene Textile Center and Glimakra USA

[114]

Susan Lowdermilk

M.F.A.

1991

Artist and Printmaker

[115]

Eric Norstad

M.F.A.

1957

Architect, ceramist, sculptor

[116]

Joe Sacco

B.A.

1981

Comic artist and journalist

[117]

Heidi Schwegler

M.F.A.

Artist

[118]

Charles Stokes

M.F.A.

1968

Painter and sculptor

[119]

Ron Wigginton

M.F.A.

1968

Painter, sculptor and landscape architect

[120]

Russel Wong

B.S.

1984

Photographer

[121]

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Gordon Waverly Gilkey ( March 10 , 1912 - October 28 , 2000 ) was an American artist , educator , and promoter of the arts from Oregon . A native Oregonian , he served during World War II in Europe collecting art stolen by the Nazis for which he was award the Meritorious Service Medal and other accolades . He later served in the administration at Oregon State University and worked for the Portland Art Museum .
The Meritorious Service Medal ( MSM ) is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16 , 1969 . The MSM was previously awarded as a decoration for achievement during peacetime , but effective 11 September 2001 , this decoration may also be bestowed in lieu of the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in a designated combat theater . Normally , the acts or services rendered must be comparable to that required for the Legion of Merit but in a duty of lesser , though considerable , responsibility . Within the U.S. Army , according to AR 600-8-22 , Paragraph 3-16 , the MSM may not be upgraded to or downgraded from a recommended Bronze Star Medal . In the Army , an MSM recommendation that is downgraded will be approved as an Army Commendation Medal ( ARCOM ) . A higher award and decoration known as the Defense Meritorious Service Medal ( DMSM ) is intended for similar services performed under joint duty within the United States Department of Defense , to include the Joint Staff , the Unified Combatant Commands , and joint task forces under their cognizance .
LaVerne Erickson Krause ( 1924-1987 ) was an American artist . She founded the University of Oregon printmaking program and taught there for twenty years , creating more than ten thousand paintings and prints in her lifetime . An advocate for artists ' economic and working conditions , she was instrumental in founding the Oregon chapter of the Artists Equity Association and served as president of the national Artists Equity . She is recognized for her outstanding contributions as an educator , studio artist , and arts activist .
Painting is the practice of applying paint , pigment , color or other medium to a solid surface ( called the matrix or support ) . The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush , but other implements , such as knives , sponges , and airbrushes , can be used . The final work is also called a painting . Painting is an important form in the visual arts , bringing in elements such as drawing , gesture ( as in gestural painting ) , composition , narration ( as in narrative art ) , or abstraction ( as in abstract art ) . Paintings can be naturalistic and representational ( as in a still life or landscape painting ) , photographic , abstract , narrative , symbolistic ( as in Symbolist art ) , emotive ( as in Expressionism ) , or political in nature ( as in Artivism ) . A portion of the history of painting in both Eastern and Western art is dominated by religious art . Examples of this kind of painting range from artwork depicting mythological figures on pottery , to Biblical scenes Sistine Chapel ceiling , to scenes from the life of Buddha or other images of Eastern religious origin . In art , the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action . The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls , paper , canvas , wood , glass , lacquer , pottery , leaf , copper and concrete , and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials including sand , clay , paper , plaster , gold leaf , as well as objects .
Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing , normally on paper . Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality , rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting . Except in the case of monotyping , the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece , which is called a print . Each print produced is considered an original work of art , and is correctly referred to as an impression , not a copy ( that means a different print copying the first , common in early printmaking ) . Often impressions vary considerably , whether intentionally or not . The images on most prints are created for that purpose , perhaps with a preparatory study such as a drawing . A print that copies another work of art , especially a painting , is known as a reproductive print . Prints are created by transferring ink from a matrix to a sheet of paper or other material , by a variety of techniques . Common types of matrices include : metal plates , usually copper or zinc , or polymer plates and other thicker plastic sheets for engraving or etching ; stone , aluminum , or polymer for lithography ; blocks of wood for woodcuts and wood engravings ; and linoleum for linocuts . Screens made of silk or synthetic fabrics are used for the screen printing process . Other types of matrix substrates and related processes are discussed below . Multiple impressions printed from the same matrix form an edition .
This List of University of Oregon faculty and staff includes presidents , staff , and faculty of the University of Oregon .
Suzie Liles ( born 1956 ) is an American fiber artist , master weaver , the owner of the Eugene Textile Center and co-owner of Glimakra USA , in Eugene , Oregon .
Eugene Textile Center ( ETC ) was founded by Suzie Liles and Marilyn Robert in 2008 in Eugene , Oregon , USA , as a regional source of fiber arts materials and equipment for weaving , spinning , dyeing , and felting . ETC offers classes and studio space for weaving and surface design , as well as meeting space for the Eugene Weavers ' Guild . The Center also maintains a gallery showing rotating exhibits of fiber arts . The Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene , a project supported by the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts , described ETC in 2013 as the only combination studio/retail outlet/educational center of its kind in the Pacific Northwest .
Susan Lowdermilk ( born 1963 ) is a contemporary book artist and print maker who works primarily in woodcut , wood engraving and etching . She also teaches graphic design and studio art classes at Lane Community College .
Eric Norstad was an American potter and architect who worked primarily on the west coast of the United States .
Joe Sacco ( /ˈsækoʊ/ ; born October 2 , 1960 ) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist . He is best known for his comics journalism , in particular in the books Palestine ( 1996 ) and Footnotes in Gaza ( 2009 ) , on Israeli-Palestinian relations ; and Safe Area Goražde ( 2000 ) and The Fixer ( 2003 ) on the Bosnian War .
Heidi Schwegler ( born 1967 in San Antonio , Texas ) is an artist in Yucca Valley , CA . She is the founder of the Yucca Valley Material Lab , a space for thinking and making . From 2015-2018 she was the Chair of the Masters in Fine Arts Program in Applied Craft and Design , a program jointly offered by Pacific Northwest College of Art and Oregon College of Art and Craft . Schwegler has been included in the 2018 Bellevue Art Museum Biennial , Portland2016 Biennial , the Portland2010 Biennial , and the Oregon Biennial in 1999 . In interviews , Schwegler has expressed an affinity for the ruin , non-sites and discarded objects . Schwegler calls herself an urban archaeologist who prefers to mine the peripheral ruin , the discarded stuff that is ignored and considered worthless . By reassigning the value and purpose of something recognizable , I emphasize the perforation between what it was and what it has now become . Pulling from the traditions of craft and conceptual art , Schwegler uses a variety of mediums , including glass , metal , sculpture , photography , and installation . Schwegler is represented by UPFOR Gallery in Portland , Oregon and Asphodel in New York , NY .
Charles Stokes ( 1944-2008 ) was a painter and sculptor and a prominent member of the last generation of artists identified with the Northwest School . He was the first winner of the prestigious Betty Bowen Award in concert with the Seattle Art Museum in 1979 . His works are held by Northwest museums and institutions , most prominently the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner , Washington , and by numerous private collectors . Revered as an energetic , charismatic , original , and meticulous artist and teacher , he spent his final two decades in self-imposed isolation from the art world producing works seen only by intimates . Stokes was born in Tacoma , Washington . He lived and worked in the Northwest until the early 1990s , when he settled in Manhattan , New York City .
Ron Wigginton ( born October 1 , 1944 in Oakland , California ) is an American artist and landscape architect . His paintings and sculptures are found in West Coast museums and many private collections . His landscapes are known for their narrative and aesthetic qualities , and his artwork typically involves and explores human perceptions of natural and built landscapes . Wigginton is considered to be one of the first Landscape Architects to approach the design of a landscape as a conceptual work of art , for which he has received international recognition through publication and awards .
Russel Wong ( Chinese : 黄国基 ; pinyin : Huáng Guójī , born 1961 ) is a Singapore-born Hollywood celebrity photographer .