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Education

1989
MFA Sculpture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1985
BFA Glass and Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

Selected Exhibitions


2010
Going Yard! Art about Baseball, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Mpls, MN

2009
Recent Work, Northfield Arts Guild, Nfld MN (solo)

2008
Gender Stitchery, Carleton College Art Gallery, Nfld, MN

2006
Ever-Present, Flaten Art Gallery, St. Olaf College, Nfld, MN

2004
A Common Thread, Joan Mondale Gallery, Mpls, MN

2003
Nature as Abstraction, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN

2002
911, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

Faculty Past and Present, St. Olaf College Art Museum, NFLD, MN

2001
McLauffman Invitational Vessel Show, St. Croix Art Barn, Osceola, WI

A Common Thread, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI

2000
Fish Tales; Images of Fish and Fishing, Rochester Art Center, Roch., MN

A Tradition of Sculpture at St. Olaf
, Steensland Art Museum, NFLD, MN

Big Bang, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

1999
Art of the Plains, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND

1998
Faculty Exhibit, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College, NFLD, MN

Sacred Spaces, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

1997
Faculty Exhibition, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College, NFLD, MN

1996
Alumni Spotlight, Katherine Nash Gallery, U of M, MPLS, MN

Celebrating 20, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College, NFLD, MN

1995
Object Makers, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College, NFLD, MN

1992-1995
Heartland: Visions of the American Farm, touring exhibit, University Art Museum, U of M, Minneapolis, MN

1993
Art at Home: Department of Poultry Houses, Catherine G. Murphy Galleries, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN (solo)

1992
Selected Works, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)

1991
Bird Homes, Catherine G. Murphy Galleries, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

1990
Art at Home, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MAEP Gallery, MN (solo)

1989
Faculty Exhibit, Art Center of Minnesota, Wayzata, MN

Art at Home, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Katherine Nash Gallery, U of M, Minneapolis, MN (solo)

1988
Eight Women Artists, Coffman Gallery, U of M, Minneapolis, MN

1987
Carving Invitational, Art Center of Minnesota, Wayzata, MN

Graduate Exhibit, Katherine Nash Gallery, U of M, MPLS, MN

1985
BFA Exhibit, Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

1983
UW Statewide Juried Exhibition, Stevens Point, WI (group)

Commissions and Projects

2009
Holden Village, Baptismal Font, Processional Candle and Communion Linen

2008
First UCC, Nfld, MN, Liturgical paraments, 7 in all, depicting the seasons of the church

2004-2008
Bird X Bird; An Annual Avian Portrait Project, Mpls, MN

2001-2008
Bush Foundation Office, loan program

1997
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Welcome Mural, in collaboration with other
Minnesota Artists

1997
Sculptural commission for the Christensen/Arneson Family

1996
Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, MN, glass window-wall

1996
Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf College Set design for Dying Places, a collaborative performance with Janice Hawes Roberts and Peter Hamlin

1995
Sculpture Commission for Christensen/Arneson Family

1986-1989
Walker Art Center, fabrication of Frank O. Gehry’s Standing Glass Fish, New City Editions

1985
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Stillwater, MN, leaded glass window

Bibliography

2001
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sept. 19, 2001, Phipps Ties Together Three Textile Shows review by Mason Riddle

1997
American Craft Aug./Sept., Domesticity and Beyond: :Irve Dell, Christie Hawkins and the Place of Craft, article by Robert Silberman

St. Olaf Alumni/ae web page, The Fusion of Art and Craft: Discovering the Art of Christie Hawkins, article by Sara Fister

1996
University of Minnesota, Alumni Art-E-Fact, Fall issue, Alumni Profile: Christie Hawkins, article by Nick Shank

1993
Art Paper, March issue, Christie Hawkins’ “Art at Home: Department of Poultry Houses”, review by Robin Edgerton

1992
Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 16 Art + Life, review by Mary Abbe

Art Paper, September issue, Art + Life review by Pamela Sund

Arts Magazine, July, The Art of Devotion, review by Sylvia Paine

1990
Art Paper, November, Art At Home, review by Cynthia Morgan

Arts Magazine, October, Art at Home, review by Margaret Todd Maitland

1988
Vinyl, May 21, Graduate Exhibition, review by Pamela Sund

Awards and Honors


1991
Bush Artist Fellowship

1990
Career Opportunity Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board

1989
Largest Jury in the World, awarded solo show at Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MAEP Gallery

1988
Pioneer Scholarship, University of MN

1987
Brown/MacKenzie Scholarship, University of MN

1984
Blossom Festival School - Art Program Scholarship, Kent State University

Professional Activities


2008
Carleton College, lecture, Piece a Cake; The DIY Attitude in a Hands-off World

2000
Mid America CAA conference, Loiusville, KY panel presenter

1996-1998
St. Olaf College High School Art Camp, Co-Director and Teacher

1995-1998
St. Olaf College, Paracollege committee member

1997
College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN visiting faculty

1994-1996
Northfield Arts Guild, Board of Directors

1996
Guest Juror, University of Wisconsin Art Dept., River Falls, WI

1994
Guest Lecturer, Flaten Memorial Lecture Series, St. Olaf College

1993
Guest Juror and Lecturer, Art Dept, SUNY Brockport

Guest Curator, MAEP, ART + LIFE Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Guest Artist, John Marshall High School, Rochester, MN

1992
Guest Artist, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

Guest Lecturer, Flaten Memorial Lecture Series, St. Olaf College

1991-1992
Artist Panel Member, MAEP, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Employment

1994-present
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Technical Supervisor, Dept. of Art and Art History

1992-1994
All Paper Recycling, New Praque, MN Design and Research

1990-1991
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN Asst. Professor of Art

1989-1990
Metro State University, St. Paul, MN Community Faculty

1988-1990
Art Center of Minnesota, Wayzata, MN Sculpture Instructor