Born
1965 Fitchburg MA.
Education
1999-2000 Sev Shoon Art Center, Seattle, WA.
1985-1989 Otis/Parsons, L.A. CA.
1983-1985 Bellevue Community College. Bellevue, WA
1975 Kirkland Art Center. Kirkland, WA
Selected One Person Exhibitions:
2023
CoCA: Walls. @ Poco Bar & Lounge, Seattle, WA.
2021
Water Sines Studio, Seattle, WA.
Jeff Mihalyo pop-up, Seattle, WA.
2019
Collins Pub, 30 years of painting, Seattle, WA.
2018
TedX, Paul Allen Room at McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA.
Abstractions – Gilbert Studio, Seattle, WA.
Rogue – NightJar, Seattle, WA.
2017
Rogue – NightJar, Seattle, WA.
Abstract Extensions – Dendrloica Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Paintings by Jeff Mihalyo – Black Lab Gallery, Everett, WA.
2016
“East is West” – RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, OR.
“Abstract Alternatives” – Dendroica Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2015
“Remnants” – Ida Culver, Seattle, WA.
2014
“Twenty-Seven/Fifty” a retrospective. – Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2013-2014
“Amazon / Victrola” Amazon.com Headquarters – Seattle, WA.
2010
“Constructing Ruins” Left handed paintings, Rock/DeMent gallery – Seattle, WA.
“Freeways” a drive-by video installation, Rock/DeMent gallery – Seattle, WA.
2008
“Spanish Steps” Gallery 63 Eleven- Seattle, WA.
2007
Capitol Building – Olympia, WA.
“OK Hotel Mural” Displayed at Rainer Square Tower – Seattle, WA.
2006
“French Connection” Gallery 63 Eleven- Seattle, WA.
“Floating” D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery- Seattle, WA.
2005
“Italian Influence” Gallery 63 Eleven- Seattle, WA.
2003
“New and Forgotten Works” Gallery 63 Eleven – Seattle, WA.
2001
“New Works” Black Lab Gallery – Seattle, WA.
1999
“Mural Unveiling “ OK Hotel – Seattle, WA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
All That Jazz, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA.
OK Hotel Family Reunion, Royal Room, Seattle, WA.
Urban Garage: Artist of the TK, Seattle, WA.
2021
Open Sesame Inaugural Exhibition, Tacoma, WA.
Artists of the Pub Reunion, Seattle, WA.
Sulamith Wülfing the forgotten daughter of the town, Solingen, Germany
Spring Group Show, Steve Gilbert Studio, Seattle WA.
2019
Solingen Lichterfest, Nautilus Studio, Solingen, Germany
Traumtafel, Nautilus Studio, Wuppertal, Germany
2018
TedX 2018: McCaw Hall lobby installation, Seattle WA.
Soil Auction 2018: Annual fundraiser, Seattle WA.
Borealis : a festival of light, Downtown Urban Projections, Seattle WA.
Lusio : A Night to Awaken – Volunteer Park, Seattle WA
Dimensions : Room with a View – Magnuson Gallery, Seattle WA
Illuminart : Light Up the Night – Downtown Urban Projections, Astoria OR
“Pixels & Projections : Portals into Digital Art” – Axis Gallery, Seattle WA
2017
“CoCA Legacy Auction” – Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA.
“Summer Collection” – Chelan Modern, Chelan WA.
Pop-up (AR)t, Seattle Trans-media Festival. Seattle WA.
Pop-up (AR)t, Shoreline City hall. Shoreline WA.
“Make America Create Again” – Center on Contemporary Art -. Seattle WA.
2016
“Tremendum Fascinans” – True Love Gallery – Seattle WA.
“Ornithology” – Dendroica Gallery – Seattle WA.
“Chance of Rain” – Artifax Gallery. Seattle WA.
“CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t” – Seattle mini maker’s faire, EMP – Seattle WA.
“Im’ago Primordialis” – Crab Jab Gallery. Seattle WA.
“Seattle Squared” – Axis Gallery. Seattle WA.
STIFF Animation Festival – various locations. Seattle WA.
“Archeology of the Everyday” – Black Lab Gallery. Everett WA.
“CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t” – Center on Contemporary art – Seattle WA.
Black Lab Gallery – Inaugural Opening. Everett WA.
Giant Steps – An artist residency on the Moon. Seattle WA.
Center on Contemporary Art 35Live. Beard Video, 3-locations. Seattle WA.
OK Hotel Family Reunion. Bar Mural & music calendar presentation. Seattle WA.
2015
Inspired by the Column, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR.
12 Seconds Max, The Factory, Seattle, WA.
Inaugural exhibit, Dendroica Gallery, Seattle, WA.
“On The Road” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Art of the City, Tashiro / Kaplan, Seattle, WA.
“First Impressions” Aljoya Mercer Island. Mercer Island, WA.
“Sur | Real” Jeff Mihalyo & Kellie Talbot at Axis Galelry, Seattle, WA.
“Falling into place” Shoreline City Hall, Shoreline, WA.
2014
“Making and Breaking,” Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
CONSTELLATION an Ouverture to the Zodiac II- Tacoma, WA.
CONSTELLATION an Ouverture to the Zodiac – Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2013
“The 6th Street Bridge Show” ES Studios – L.A. CA.
“COCA: Collusion” – Center on Contemporary Art – Seattle WA.
“ICON” LA Street Artists, – L.A. CA.
2012
“9th anual – Snap to Grid” LA Center for Digitral Art – L.A. CA.
“Scannography” Gallery “Airplane” – Moscow, Russia
“Elvistravaganza” Bumbershoot. – Seattle, WA
1st international Sanorinin Biennale – Santorini, Greece
2011
Bumber-By-Numbers, Bumbershoot 2011 Art Exhibit – Seattle, WA
Seattle Design Center / Patricia Cameron Gallery – Seattle, WA
2010
“Frippery, Gibelot” Rock | DeMent Gallery – Seattle, WA
4th International Beijing Biennale 2010. – Beijing, China
“Collaboration 1 : Legend” Rock DeMent Gallery. – Seattle, WA
2009
“Poncho Annual Auction” – Seattle WA.
“Altered Association” ArtsWest Gallery– Seattle WA.
“Print for Life” Georgetown Art Center – Seattle WA.
2007
“Art In The Pearl” art fiar – Portland, OR.
“Contemporary Tapestries” D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery- Seattle, WA.
“PONCHO Annual Auction” Seattle, WA.
“Ballard Contemporary” Gallery 63 Eleven- Seattle, WA.
2006
“group photography exhibit” D’Adamo/Woltz Gallery- Seattle, WA.
Carla Schmidt Gallery – San Francisco CA.
2005
Henry Art Gallery Bash – Seattle WA.
Real Networks – Seattle WA.
Artist Trust auction – Seattle, WA.
2004
“A boatload of Art in Ballard” Gallery 63 Eleven – Seattle, WA.
2002
Black Lab Gallery – Seattle, WA.
Jeffrey Moose Gallery – Seattle, WA.
“Sick” Black Lab Gallery – Seattle WA.
Jeffrey Moose Gallery – Seattle WA.
Vital 5 – Seattle WA.
“New Works Salon” – Nico Gallery – Seattle WA.
2001
Black lab Gallery – Seattle WA.
“Art Swap” (Bumbershoot 2001) – Seattle, WA.
“Surreal in Seattle” Jeffrey Moose Gallery – Seattle, WA
2000
Noodleworks Invitational – Seattle, WA.
1999
Milstone Exotics – Public Art Event – Seattle, WA.
1994
OK Hotel – Seattle, WA.
DOT North West – Portland OR.
1993
OK Hotel – Seattle, WA.
1992
“Angel” Second Story Gallery – Seattle, WA.
OK Hotel – Seattle, WA.
1990
Chandler Fine Art – Seattle, WA.
Gallery 502 – Seattle, WA.
1987
Otis/Parsons Gallery –Los Angeles CA.
1984
Pacific NW, Arts, & Craft Fair –Bellevue WA.
1983
Pacific NW, Arts, & Craft Fair –Bellevue WA.
Public Art
2023
Clatsop-Nehalam Mural restoration. Seaside OR
2018
Illuminart. projection & Augmented Reality. Astoria OR
Sub Pop 30th anniversary mural & KEXP, Seattle WA
2017
Amazon – Six story mural. – Seattle, WA.
Broadcast – fabrication/installation. – Seattle, WA.
2015
Astoria Column – mural preservation / art conservation. – Astoria, OR.
2001
Pigs on Parade – Pike Place Market/Public Art Event – Seattle, WA.
1999
Milstone Exotics – Public Art Event – Seattle, WA.
1991
Petco Cow – Crossroads Shopping Center. – Bellevue, WA.
1987 Heads; 6th Street Bridge mural, L.A., CA.
Publications
2023
Book Cover “Unique, Like Everyone” by Nicole La Follette
Seaside mural honoring Clatsop-Nehalem repaired. Seaside Signal, Seaside, Oregon
Seaside mural honoring Clatsop-Nehalem repaired. Daily Astorian, Astoria, Oregon
2021
Katalog Sulamith Wülfing Ausstellung, Wuppertal, Germany
2018
City Arts Magazine – online, Jeff Mihalyo’s Fantastic Realms
2017
CoCA Member catalog, 2017,
2016
Seattle Squared, 2016,
CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t, 2016,
AEQAI, April, 23, 2016, The Formal Behind the Surreal: “Abstract Alternatives,” Jeff Mihalyo, Dendroica Gallery. -by Elisa Madder
CoCA Member catalog, 2016,
City Arts, April, 2016, pp21 fullpage reproduciton of Worm Guts (graphite on paper)
Seattle Times,March 29, 2016, Center on Contemporary Art pops up again with whack-a-mole vitality -by Michael Upchurch
Enzyme Arts: February, 2016, pp15
The Art Game Well Played -By Kree Arvanitas
Enzyme Arts: February, 2016, Cover Art
2015
City Arts: August, 2015, pp12
A new gallery opens on Capitol HIll. -By Amanda Manitach
VAS: Visual Art Source – online
This Month in Seattle, August 2015
City Arts: June, 2015, pp8
-By Amanda Manitach and Miguel Edwards
The Stranger: Why You Still Can’t See the 20-Foot-Long Mural from the OK Hotel Bar After 14 Years. May 20, 2015.
-By Sarra Scherub
City Arts: Fabric “Wrap Your Head Around Jeff Mihalyo” Thursday, May 14, 2015
-By Amanda Manitach and Miguel Edwards
The Stranger, cover art. Vol.24, NO.36 / May 6-12, 2015
WEAVE Magazine Spring issue, 2015
2014
Society for Art of Imagination magazine, Spring issue, 2014
“2013 Sound Check Regrets: Awkward Silence with Sir Paul, a Desert Diner Super-Ball,
-By Trent Moorman, The Stranger, January 1, 2014
2013
“Creative sparks fly at CoCA’s ‘Collision'”
-By Elisa Mader, Examiner – Arts & Entertainment. July 29, 2013
“CoCA Playing Cards”, Center on Contemporary Art, Ceattle.
2011
“‘Whose Picture is It?: Bumber by Number at Bumbershoot'”
-By Gary Fagin, ArtDish. September 13, 2011
“‘Bumbershoot preview: Visual arts'”
-By Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times. September 2, 2011
“I accidentlally Googled the word ‘Google'”
-By Trent Moorman, The Stranger/SLOG. March 10, 2011
2009
“‘Altered Associations’ reaches out to, but doesn’t quite connect with, ‘Dead Man’ at ArtsWest”, By Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times. September 16, 2009
“Artswest Launches season with ‘Altered Associations'” West Seattle Harold – p12, 8/26/09
2007
All About Beer, March 2007, pp23
2006
Open Spaces – cover illustration Vol.8 – issue 3
Art Access – cover – March 2006 issue
2005
The Stranger – cover illustration April 28
2002
July 21, 2002, ©Seattle Times Entertainment
The art of grief: Tragedy, as we have seen, can be personal, and national, By Alex Tizon: Seattle Times staff reporter
March 21 2002 ©The Stranger, Visual Arts Calendar – Emily Hall
2001
Pigs on Parade pp.46
August 31 2001 ©Seattle Times
“Is it art? Weather vanes, Indian quilts and canned peaches attempt an answer” By Matthew Kangas
ArtAccess magazine – May 2001
Review of “Surreal In Seattle” by Alec Clayton
1999
September 1999 Art Access Magazine
The OK Hotel mural
1994
October 1994, Willamette Weekly, Opening Review of Dot NW
1992
Art Access Magazine June 1992
1984
BCC Arnizella pp–
Collections
Pete Neumann, Los Angeles, CA.
Mr. & Mrs David Buhler, Seattle, WA.
Cathy Sarkowsky, Seattle, WA.
Bret Shupack, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Patri O’connor, Santiago, Chile.
Link Appartments, Seattle, WA.
Lorenz Lorenzo, Seattle, WA.
Chris Crites & Natania Dumont, Seattle, WA.
Kenny Montana & Kirsten Anderson, Seattle, WA.
Bill Frizzell & Carol d’Inverno, Seattle, WA.
The Center for Water Education Museum, Hemet, CA.
Millstone Coffee (Proctor and Gamble) Cleveland, OH.
OK Hotel Seattle, WA.
Crossroads Association Bellevue WA.
Art Access Magazine
Awards
Honorable Mention, Dec, 2023: American Institute or Architects
4th Place, 2010: Rock the Terminal
People’s Choice Award, 1999: Millstone Coffee (Proctor and Gamble)
Honorable Mention, 1983: Pacific NW arts & craft fair
Teaching
2013
Photocenter NW (guest lecture) Seattle WA
2007
ArtsWest (guest lecture) Seattle WA
2001
Seattle Art Institute (guest Lecture) Seattle WA.
2000
Odyssey Multi-Age Program, Bainbridge Is. WA.
Seattle Art Institute (guest Lecture) Seattle WA.
1997
Highline Community College WA.
1992-93
The Bush School, Seattle WA.
1986-88
Otis/Parsons Pre-College Program, L.A. CA.
Park La Brea Senior Center, L.A. CA.
Experience
2023
Mural Restoration: Clatsop/Nehalem Tribes, City of Seaside OR
2019
Green Screen/Augmented Reality exhibit installation, Quincy WA.
2017
Mural, Amazon. Seattle WA.
Multimedia installaiton. Broadcast Apartments, Seattle WA.
Augmented Reality Installation, Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR
2015
Astoria Column mural restoration: Astoria Column, Astoria, OR
2010
4th international Biejing Biennale Participant – Beijing, China
2009
Travel/Study in China (WTE Cultural/Arts exchange program)
Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Zhouzhuang.
2008
Independant study/travel in Spain
Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Saville, Granada, Ronda, and Figeres.
2006
Independant study/travel in France
Paris, Nice, Avignon, Albi, Sarlat, and Amboise.
2004
Independant study/travel in Italy
Florence, Padoua, Rome, Siena, & Venice
1999-2005
McGraw-Hill
Interactive educational product illustration & animation
1998-2001
ArtSpace
Board Memeber (’98), Vice-President (’99), President (2000)
1998-2003
Microsoft – Seattle WA.
Illustration, animation, interface design. Web design
1995-1996
DreamWorks – Seattle WA.
Illustration, animation, interface design, web design
Nintendo
Illustration, animation, interface design, web design
1992-1995
Microsoft – Seattle WA.
Animation Lead for MS Home Division.