Artist Vita
Jay Stratton Noller
Principal Artist
Soilscape Studio LLC, P.O. Box 199, Corvallis, OR 97339-0199
e jay@soilscapestudio.com w http://soilscapestudio.comProfessor and Head, Department of Crop and Soil Science
College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Biographical Sketch
As artist - I develop large eco‐artwork installations and fine‐art paintings on display around the world. I am also a professor, with studies in soil science, geomorphology, art and archaeology. As art scientist - I focus on collecting fragments of physical representatives of le longue duree, a distant past, and use contemporary language, imagery and art to craft Big History about special places on this planet.
Education
1993 University of Colorado, Boulder Ph.D. Geology
1984, 1982 California State Univ., Los Angeles M.S., B.S. Geology (both)
Vitae
Artistic Awards
2017 Ford Foundation Mid-Career Artist Award
2017 Artist-Scientist’s Residency (4 wk), PLAYA, Summer Lake, Oregon
2012 Depoe Convexol, Professional Award, Howland Open, Corvallis (Oregon) Art Center
2010 Salmon colored soil beneath coastal forest, Finalist Award NSF-AAAS Vizzies Challenge
Solo Shows
2019 Surficie (Installation), 2019 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2008 This Sense of Place, Edith Yang Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon
Duo Shows
2018 Littoral Patterns, with Lee Ann Garrison. Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University
2018 CORPUS, with Craig Goodworth (Installations and Performative Land Art) The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon and Old Cox Butte Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon
2014 Soil Redefined, with Ken Van Rees. Long Beach, California
2012 Unearthed, with Don Sprague. Art Elements Gallery, Newberg, Oregon
Group Shows
2018 16th Around Oregon Annual, The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
2018 ArtSci at Pacific’s Edge, HMSC Museum, Newport, Oregon (permanent, rotating exhibit)
2017 Places to Thrive, Art About Agriculture Invitational, Betty Feves Gallery, Pendleton, OR
2015 Dirt Dialogues, Bristol, England; Richmond, California; Munich, Germany
2014 Dirt Dialogues, Jeju, Korea
2014 12th Around Oregon Annual, The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
2012 10th Annual Something Red Show, Salem, Oregon
2011 29th Annual Art Show, Beaverton (Oregon) Open
2011 Cannon Beach Gallery, Oregon
2006-11 Burningman Art Festival, Black Rock City, Nevada
2009 Allison Inn and Spa, Newberg, Oregon
2007-8 Art About Agriculture -- OSU College of Agricultural Sciences
Representation
Art Elements Gallery, Newberg, Oregon