Anita West

Seattle artist and art educator

Anita West’s artworks have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. She has exhibited in the U.S., Jabriya, Kuwait, and Jakobstad, Finland. Her work is in private and public collections, including those of the King County Arts Commission and the City of Sinait, Philippines.

Anita teaches art to students of all ages and skill levels. She has worked with the Everett School District, Auburn School District, Seattle Public Schools, as well at international schools in the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. Ms. West currently offers a variety of workshops from her Seattle studio.

Résumé

Selected Solo Shows

2011

  • Desert Work, West Seattle Art Walk, The Kenney, Seattle, Washington USA

  • The Desert, Edmonds Arts Commission, Edmonds, Washington USA

2007

  • Desert Work, Seattle Town Hall, Seattle, Washington USA, by invitation from the Arab Center of Washington

2006

  • Arabian Reflections, Baas Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington USA

2003

  • The Spiritual Life of Plants, Baas Art Gallery. Seattle, Washington USA

2001

  • Botanicals, Baas Art Gallery. Seattle, Washington USA

1999

  • Garden Series, Baas Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington USA

1998

  • Garden Series, Auburn Arts Commission Gallery. Auburn, Washington USA

  • Travel Paintings, Panko’s, Seattle, Washington USA

1997

  • Garden Series, Lynnwood Arts Commission Gallery, Lynnwood, Washington USA

1996

  • Etchings and Linocuts, The Beveled Edge. Bothell, Washington USA

  • Etchings and Linocuts, Finishing Touches. Mill Creek, Washington USA

1995

  • New Work, Friends Gallery, Seattle, Washington USA

Selected Group Shows

2026

  • Tenants and Friends, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

2019

  • Group Show, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

2018

  • Group Show, Ida Culver House, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Admiral Church, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Flags, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Memories, Wallflower Framing, Seattle, Washington USA

  • For Love of Animals, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

2017

  • Into the Woods, Ballard Works Seattle, Washington USA

  • Beaches, Phinney Art Walk, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Splash, Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Centennial, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Dream Big, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

2016

  • Arts Edge Reunion, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington USA

2001

  • Botanicals, Baas Art Gallery. Seattle, Washington USA

2015

  • Galvanize with Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington USA

2014

  • Auburn City Hall, Auburn, Washington USA

2011

  • Arab Festival, Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Kuwait Spring Exhibit, Safir Hotel, Fintas, KUWAIT

2010

  • Media Mix, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington USA

  • Inexplicable Allusions, ArtsWest, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Kuwait Annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar, Salwa Sabah Al Ahmad Theatre & Hall, Salmiya, KUWAIT

  • 50th Annual Renton Art Show, Renton, Washington USA

2009

  • Kuwait Annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar, Salwa Sabah Al Ahmad Theatre & Hall, Salmiya, KUWAIT

  • Arab Festival, Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Ballard Art Walk, Seattle, Washington, USA

  • Tukwila Paints the Town, Tukwila Washington, USA

2008

  • Anita West & Pia Kääpä, Jakobstad Museum, Jakobstad, FINLAND

  • Madison Valley Annual Art Walk, Seattle, Washington USA

2007

  • Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington USA

  • Renton Art Show, Renton, Washington USA

  • Tukwila Arts Commission Annual Competition, Tukwila, Washington USA

2006

  • Artists in Education, Dar El Cid, Jabriya KUWAIT

1998

  • Seattle Center House Artists, Harrison Street Gallery, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Arts Alive, Mill Creek, Washington USA

1997

  • Arts Alive, Mill Creek, Washington USA

  • Three Painters, Cornish Alumni Gallery. Seattle, Washington USA

1996

  • Arts Alive, Mill Creek, Washington USA

  • New Paintings, Baas Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington USA

  • Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington USA

  • Arts of the Terrace, Mountlake Terrace, Washington USA

  • Renton Art Show, Renton, Washington USA

  • Kirkland Festival of the Arts, Kirkland, Washington USA

  • Canterbury Faire, Kent, Washington USA

  • Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Issaquah, Washington USA

  • Old Jail Gallery, Lahaina, Hawaii USA

  • Village Galleries, Lahaina, Hawaii USA

1995

  • Halau O Napualani, Seattle, Washington USA

1994

  • Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington USA

  • Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Kirkland, Washington USA

1993

  • Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington USA

  • Association of Hawaii Artists Annual, Honolulu, Hawaii USA

  • Folklife Festival, Seattle, Washington USA

  • US Postal Service, Seattle, Washington USA

1992

  • Pauahi Tower Exhibit. Honolulu, Hawaii USA

1988

  • Maui Arts. Lahaina, Hawaii USA

1986

  • Folklife Festival. Seattle, Washington USA

  • Cunningham Memorial, Bakersfield, California USA

1985

  • Woodstock Third National, Woodstock, New York USA

  • Catherine Lorillard Wolf 89th International, New York, New York USA

Public Commissions

  • City of Shoreline, Shoreline, Washington USA, Sponsored by the King County Arts Commission, 1999

  • Barrio of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, PHILIPPINES, Commissioned by the city of Sinait, 1998

  • Metro Transit, Seattle, Washington USA, Sponsored by the King County Arts Commission, 1996

Bibliography (*reviews)

  • Pilviä ja värikylläisyytä Tupakkamakasiinilla by Pia Byskata, Pohjalainen, Vaasa, FINLAND, September 05, 2008

  • Pikkuserkusten taidetta Tupakkamakasiinilla by Maria Kojola, Pietarsaaren Sanomat, Pietarsaari, FINLAND, September 05, 2008

  • Ett moln på min himmel, tack, by Sophie Knutar, Österbottens Tidning, Jakobstad, FINLAND, September 05, 2008

  • Kuwait Educators Art Exhibit Indian Times, Kuwait City, KUWAIT, May 01, 2006

  • Artists’ works represent celebration of life, By Boie Conrad Dublin, Arab Times, Kuwait City, KUWAIT, April 26, 2006

Awards and Honors

  • Honorable Mention, Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington USA 2007

  • Honorable Mention, Tukwila Arts Commission, Tukwila, Washington USA 2007

  • Selected Artist, Art in Embassies Program, US State Department, Washington DC, USA 1998

  • First Place in Drawing, Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington USA 1996

  • Second Place, Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Issaquah, Washington USA 1996

  • Selected Artist, King County Arts Commission Mural Registry Seattle, Washington USA 1994

Education

  • Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, M.A.T. (Art Education), 2013

  • Framingham State University, Framingham, Massachusetts, M.Ed.(International Teaching), 2011

  • Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle, Washington, B.A.(Painting), 1994

  • Mission, Edmonds, Washington USA