Scott Bailey is an artist and educator who has produced and shown his work for over 30 years, including holding more than 20 solo exhibitions in the US and abroad. He lived for years in Italy, Japan, and Egypt, and traveled to over 50 countries before eventually settling into Central Washington in 2003. His art draws implicitly on these disparate experiences of the world.
He serves as the Director of the Art Program at Wenatchee Valley College and teaches painting, drawing, and art history-based courses. At WVC, he is also curator of the MAC Gallery, which presents high quality and thought-provoking contemporary art exhibitions. In his desire to make his community a better place for artists and all residents, he started and is the founding Board President of the North Central Washington Arts Alliance.
Bailey’s most recent paintings attempt to render the incomprehensible through accumulations of millions of tiny bits of color. Monotonous and ambivalent fields of grey from afar, closer inspection reveals variation, saturation, and complexity as the surfaces break into thousands of compositions, one nested inside another.
Now: Wenatchee, WA USA
Born: Phoenix, AZ USA
EDUCATION
- 1995-1997
- MFA: Painting, Colorado State University, USA
- 1986-1990
- BA, Art, Gonzaga University, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
- Accretions
MAC Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2015
- Anthropogenic Landscapes
Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA - 2014
- Instant Landscape
MAC Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2012
- Topometry, Topology, Topography
MAC Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2011
- Manifest Destiny, (Temporary Installation)
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA - 2010
- Manifest Destiny
Robert Graves Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2008
- Oversight
Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA - 2007
- Infrared
EWU Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA - 2006
- Virtually Sublime
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA - 2005
- Contemporary Landscapes
Moses Lake Museum and Art Center, Moses Lake, WA - 2004
- Waku wo Koete
White Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan - 2003
- Scott Bailey
Broward Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 2002
- Crimson
Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt - 2000
- Scott Bailey
Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt - 2000
- In the Eye of the Beholder
Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt - 1999
- Paintings
American Academy in Rome, Italy - 1998
- Opus
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO - 1998
- Places to Inspire
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Ft. Collins, CO - 1996
- Shizen no Tamashii
White Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan - 1994
- Scott Bailey
White Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- From Their Own Studios: 2023 WVC Art Faculty Exhibition
MAC Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2015
- Scott Bailey and Ruth Allan
Robert Graves Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2014
- Teaching Artist's Exhibition
MAC Gallery, Wenatchee, WA - 2013
- Art on the Wall
Capitol Theater Gallery, Yakima, WA - 2012
- Wenatchee Valley Invitational
Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA - 2011
- WVC Art Faculty Exhibition
Gallery '76, Wenatchee, WA - 2010
- Off The Map
Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA - 2010
- The Art Faculty
Wenatchee Valley Museum, Wenatchee, WA - 2009
- Open Studios
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM - 2006
- WVC Art Faculty Exhibition
Gallery '76, Wenatchee, WA - 2006
- Regional College Invitational
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA - 2003
- Faculty Exhibition
American University in Cairo, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, Egypt - 2002
- Faculty Exhibition
American University in Cairo, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, Egypt - 2001
- Faculty Exhibition
American University in Cairo, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, Egypt - 2001
- 2nd Al Nitaq Art Festival
Gresham Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - 2000
- Faculty Exhibition
American University in Cairo, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, Egypt - 1999
- Group Exhibition
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO - 1999
- Faculty Exhibition
American University in Cairo, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, Egypt - 1998
- Group Exhibition
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, PA - 1998
- Group Exhibition
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO - 1998
- Faculty Exhibition
Hatton Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO - 1997
- MFA Thesis Exhibition
Hatton Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO - 1997
- Group Exhibition
Studio 129 Gallery, Bowling Green, OH - 1997
- Group Exhibition
Innovations Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO - 1997
- Group Exhibition
Golden Arts Center, Golden, CO - 1997
- Magnum Opus X
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA - 1996
- Group Exhibition
Kurfman Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO - 1995
- Group Exhibition
Kurfman Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO - 1992
- Group Exhibition
Kagoshima Art Museum, Kagoshima, Japan - 1990
- Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Gonzaga University AD Gallery, Spokane, WA
POSITIONS, RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, ETC.
- 2022
- NCW Arts Alliance Board President
Wenatchee, WA - 2020
- Washington State Arts Commission Curator Roster
Olympia, WA - 2016
- Stanley Lifetime Achievement Award for the Arts in North Central Washington
Wenatchee, WA - 2009
- Visiting Artist Residency
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA - 2001
- Contemporary International Curatorial Practices Seminar (Co-Organizer)
American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt - 2000
- Visiting Artist, Painting Workshop
Technikon Pretoria, South Africa - 1999
- Contemporary International Curatorial Practices Seminar
American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt - 1999
- Visiting Artist
American Academy in Rome, Italy
TEACHING AND OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- 2003-present
- Assistant Professor, Director of Art Program, MAC Gallery Director
Wenatchee Valley College, WA USA - 2012-present
- MAC Gallery Director
Wenatchee Valley College, WA USA - 2000-2003
- Falaki Gallery Director
American University in Cairo, Egypt - 1998-2003
- Assistant Professor of Art
American University in Cairo, Egypt - 1996-1998
- Instructor
Colorado State University, USA - 1992-1994
- Instructor
Dai Ichi Yobi Gakko, Kagoshima, Japan - 1991-1993
- Lecturer
Junshin Tandai, Kagoshima, Japan
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 2010
- Curator’s Eye: Out of this World, The Editors, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, March issue
- 2010
- Mapping the World so that We May Use It, Ryan Molencamp, City Arts Magazine CAB, Feb. 12
- 2008
- Currently Hanging, Jen Graves, The Stranger SLOG, Nov. 28
- 2008
- Thread Count, Adriana Grant, Seattle Weekly, Nov. 25
- 2008
- Artists See Spectacles of America..., Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nov. 21
- 2008
- Paintings by Scott Bailey: A Bomb's Eye View, Orion Magazine, October/November
- 2005
- Moses Lake Art Via Satellite, Pam Robel, Columbia Basin Herald, September 15, 2005
- 2004
- 17 and in AUC—the transcriptions, Ars Sine Scienctia Nihil, Gallery Chantal Crousel, Paris
- 2004
- Modern Egyptian Art 1910-2003, Liliane Karnouk, American University in Cairo Press
- 2003
- Eye of the Beholder, Rick Stegmeyer, The Wenatchee World, October 30
- 2003
- A good Read, (Spotlight Culture), Manal el-Jesri, Egypt Today, January, pp. 49-50
- 2003
- African Anti-museum, Dina Ramadan, Cairo Times, 2-8 January
- 2002
- Nigel Ryan, "The Mechanics of Meat", Al Ahram Weekly, 21-27 November
- 2002
- Richard Woffenden, "Branching Out", Cairo Times, 25 April-1May
- 2002
- Marilu Knode, "Report From Cairo", Art in America, January
- 2001
- Richard Woffenden and Khaled Hafez, "On Show", Egypt Almanac
- 2001
- Yasmeen Siddiqui, "Cairo International Biennale/Al Nitaq", Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter
- 2001
- Richard Woffenden, "The State of the Arts in Egypt" Art in the Islamic World volume 35
- 2001
- Jane Ayer, "Art Hotel", Cairo Times, 22-28 March
- 2001
- Michael Bray, "Three's Company", Cairo Times 15-21 February
- 2000
- Nigel Ryan, "In Search of Controversy", Al Ahram Weekly 28 September-4 October
- 2000
- Richard Woffenden, "All that Rot", Cairo Times 25-31 May
- 2000
- Iman Issa, "All Things Beautiful", Al Medina Magazine April
- 2000
- Khaled Hafez, "In the Eye of the Beholder", Egypt Today May
- 2000
- "Best of Art: AUC Faculty", Cairo Times February
- 1999
- Richard Woffenden, "Painting Pedagogues", Cairo Times 18 February-3 March
- 1996
- "Shizen no Tamashii Exhibition", Minami Nihon Shimbun 23 July
- 1996
- "Exhibition Review", Minami Nihon Shimbun 7 July
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AUTHORED
- 2003-2008
- “Seattle Corresponding Editor” Contemporary Magazine, (London)
- 2003
- A Line Drawn in the Sand Between Cairo’s Public and Private Exhibition Spaces, SITE Magazine, (Stockholm), June
- 2002-03
- “Cairo Corresponding Editor” Contemporary Magazine, (London)
- 2001
- Young Egyptian Artists Blazing a New Path, Art in the Islamic World, Volume 35; Egypt: the arts in view, (hardcover), (London)
- 2001
- Heba Farid: Photographing in the Fourth Dimension, (English/Arabic/French/German.) Catalogue text for exhibitions at Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (Jan 8-Feb-6); Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland (Jun. 1-Sept.22)
- 1999
- Review of 7th International Cairo Biennale, New Art Examiner, (Chicago), November
- 1992
- Pedagogy in Art Education, Junshin Kenkyu Kiyou (Journal), Kagoshima, Japan