SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Small Work, Franklin Artworks, Minneapolis, MN
2003 New Work, Kimberly Venardos & Co. Inc. New York, NY
2003 Recent Paintings, Frumkin-Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Sneaking Up On Words, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 New Work, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 New Work, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Recent Works, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 New Work, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
1998 Recent Etchings & Paintings, Linda Cannon Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 New Paintings, Linda Cannon Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Normal Editions Workshop Invitational 2016, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
2014 Big Painting, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Another Perfect Day in the Pacific Northwest, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Alumni Spectacular Exhibition, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
2008 Ten, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA
2005 Portfolio One, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
2004 Untitled 3, Juried Exhibition, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Kemi Ilesanmi, Assistant Curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center
Sylvia Chivaratanond, Guest Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
2003 Building Tradition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2003 Taking Shape, Taking Form, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2003 THE PRINT CENTER, Philadelphia, PA. Juror – Mark Pascale, Curator, Art Institute of Chicago
Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ - (Mark Pascale)
2003 Gallery Artists, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Abstractions, Kimberly Venardos & Co., Inc. New York, NY
2002 Poncho Invitational Auction, Seattle, WA
2001 Pacific Northwest Annual, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, Bellevue, WA.
2001 Juror - Sue Spaid, Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2001 Gallery Artists, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Bumbershoot, Northwest Arts & Music Fair, curator – Matthew Kangas, Seattle, WA
2000 Survey of Northwest Printmakers, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2000 Bumbershoot: Northwest Arts & Music Fair, curator – Debbi Lester, Seattle, WA
1999Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum Bellevue, WA. Juror – Kathryrn Kanjo, Contemporary Art Curator, Portland Art Museum
1999 Be Still My Heart, Linda Zweig Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1998 ArtSmart Artists, Linda Zweig Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1998 HorseHead Sculpture Project, Seattle, WA
1997 The Inspired/The Inspiration, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Juried Annual, Phinney Gallery, Awarded “Best of Show”, Seattle, WA
1997 Pacific Northwest Annual, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, Bellevue, WA.
1997 Nagoya/Seattle International Contemporary Printmakers Exchange, Aichi Perfectual Museum and Toyota City Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Artworks, Linda Cannon Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Introductions, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Street of Dreams, Seattle, WA
1993 11th Annual Print Exhibition, North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL
1992 Recent Drawings & Prints by Larry Bemm, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1991 American Midwest Artists, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Lu Xun, China
1991 American Midwest Artists, Northeast Normal University, Tsing Tao, China
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
1996 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
1993-1994 Sichuan Academy of Fine Art, Chongqing, China
CORPORATE and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
King County Public Art Collection – Harborview Medical Center
Alumni Office Collections, Chicago Branch, Illinois State University
Nordstrom Corporation
SafeCo Insurance
Seattle Supersonics, Inc. Training Facility and Headquarters
University Galleries, Normal, Illinois State University
Western Cedar Corporation
Plateau Country Club
King County International Airport, Seattle, WA
SELECTED ARTICLES
Davis, Melissa. Big paintings at Bryan Ohno, THE SEATTLE TIMES, April 25, 2014
Kangas, Matthew. Exhibits Show Discipline Underlying Abstract Art, THE SEATTLE TIMES, September 10, 2004
Combs, Marianne. Word of Mouth, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, September 19, 2003
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Number 49, 2003, Juror - Anne Ellegood, Associate Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art
Hackett, Regina. A new breed of abstract artists is staking out personal space, SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, February14, 2003
Johnson, Kenneth. Larry Bemm, Kimberly Venardos, NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 2003
Watson, Lisa Crawford. Sophisticated, Artistic Seattle, ART & ANTIQUES, June 2002
Farr, Sheila. Forget Angst, Joy Motivates Bemm, THE SEATTLE TIMES, May 31, 2002
Hackett, Regina. Decorative Art is Exalted in Painting and Sculpture, SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, December 7, 2001
Kangas, Matthew. Larry Bemm at Ballard Fetherston, ART IN AMERICA, November 2001
Hackett, Regina, Northwest Pluck at BAM, SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, October 23, 2001
Kangas, Matthew, Works in BAM’s Annual Resist Traditional Categories, SEATTLE TIMES, October 19, 2001
Hackett, Regina. The Art Trade, SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, August 14, 2001
Farr, Sheila, Experiencing the Pleasure of a Painter’s Palette, SEATTLE TIMES, July 6, 2001
Kangas, Matthew. Off to Great Starts, THE SEATTLE TIMES, January 13, 2000
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, Number 25, 2000, Juror - Lowry Sims, Curator; Dept. 20th Century Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hackett, Regina. Printmakers Reveal the Sly Grace of Their Medium, SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, May 27, 1999
Wilson, Pamela J. Big on Small, TRADITIONAL HOME MAGAZINE, May 1999
Kangas, Matthew. HorseHead Sculpture Project ‘98, SCULPTURE MAGAZINE, December 1998
Farr, Sheila. Getting into Shapes, SEATTLE WEEKLY, September 18, 1996
Updike, Robin. Emerging Artists in Emerging Places, SEATTLE TIMES, November 30, 1995
EDUCATION
1993 BFA ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, Illinois