Since 1975, the Art in the Governor's Office Program has featured exhibitions of the work of professional Oregon artists in the Governor's historic ceremonial office in Salem. The exhibits give participating artists the opportunity to showcase their work in the stately atmosphere of the State Capitol. Artists from throughout the state are featured in these special exhibitions.

Since 1975, the Art in the Governor's Office Program has featured exhibitions of the work of professional Oregon artists in the Governor’s historic ceremonial office in Salem. The exhibits give participating artists the opportunity to showcase their work in the stately atmosphere of the State Capitol. Artists from throughout the state are featured in these special exhibitions.

The Commission invites knowledgeable curators from across the state to nominate up to five outstanding artists for these shows. The Art in the Governor’s Office program is an honors program; a limited number of artists will be honored with an invitation to exhibit. Only living Oregon artists will be considered.

An exhibit in the Governor’s office is considered a lifetime honor. Artists whose work has been shown there include Gordon Gilkey, Sally Haley, Yuji Hiratsuka, Manuel Izquierdo, James Lavadour, Henk Pander, Michele Russo, and Margot Thompson.

(d) = Deceased.

2012

  • Cara Tomlinson, Portalnd
  • Sang-ah Choi, Portland
  • Barbara Mason, Aloha
  • Tad Savinar, Portland
  • Hayley Barker, Portland
  • William Hoppe, Bend

2011

  • William LePore, Portland
  • Gabriel Liston, Portland
  • Stephen Hayes, Corvallis
  • Dan Cannon, Independence

2010

  • Mary Josephson, Portland
  • William Park, Portland
  • Clifford Wilton, Ashland
  • Bets Cole, Elmira
  • Craig Cheshire, Eugene
  • Mark R. Smith, Portland
  • Humberto Gonzalez, Beaverton
  • Karen Staal, Ashland

2009

A fire in the State Capitol and subsequent renovation of the Governor’s Ceremonial Office interrupted the Program.

2008

  • Martha Wehrle, Corvallis
  • Robert Schegle, Banks
  • Susan Johnson, Corvallis
  • Phil Bard, Portland
  • Gregory Grenon, Portland

2007

  • Maquettes of Vale, Oregon Historical Murals
  • Bruce Bayard, Ashland

2006

  • Jon Cruson, Eugene
  • Tracy MacEwan, Lincoln City
  • Dennis Cunningham, Portland
  • Allen Greene, Portland
  • Debra DeWit Marchant, Tigard
  • Shelley Socolofsky, Donald
  • Cynthia Nawalinski, Portland
  • Monica Setziol-Phillips, Sheridan

2005

  • Susan Stuart, Salem
  • James Mattingly, Dallas (d)
  • Tom Prochaska, Portland
  • Michael Schlicting, Neskowin
  • Stephan Soihl, Portland
  • Nancy Wilkins, Portland
  • Dennis Gould, Salem

2004

  • Paul Strauch, Turner
  • Marilyn Higginson, Sheridan
  • Thomas Rude, Portland
  • Eric Wuest, Salem
  • Sue-Del McCulloch, Salem
  • Helen Trayle, Portland
  • Bonnie Hull, Salem
  • Kristin Kuhns, Salem

2003

  • T.R. Melton, Salem
  • April Waters, Salem
  • Mark Clarke, Eugene
  • Jed Thomas, Portland, from The Door Show
  • Patrick Stearns, Portland
  • Gary L. Michael, Milwaukie

2002

  • Steven J. Rice, Salem
  • Regina Loch Elvert, Eugene
  • Rae Mahaffey, Portland
  • Rita Robillard, Portland
  • Eric Jacobsen, Salem
  • Margaret Shirley, Portland
  • Marie Watt, Portland
  • Gilles Faure, Portland

2001

  • Doug Kaigler, Cove
  • Leslie Middle School Students
  • Michael Brophy, Portland
  • Yiquian Shu, Portland
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Tom Creelan, Salem
  • Sally Cleveland, Portland
  • Brooke Ahana Bailey, Salem

2000

  • Christopher Rauschenberg, Portland
  • David Devillier, La Grande
  • Margaret Coe, Eugene
  • Paul Bain, Monmouth
  • D.E. May, Portland
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Molly Vidor, Portland
  • Adam Bacher, Portland

1999

  • Oregon State University Valley
    Library Fine Art Collection
  • Salem-Keizer High School Students
  • Annegret Disterheft, Salem
  • Northwest Print Council
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Logan Grider, Salem
  • Rebecca Guberman, Portland
  • Katherine Ace, Portland
  • Darla Farner, Gresham

1998

  • Hands Are Not For Hurting Exhibit Art by Governor’s Staff and Oregon’s
    First Lady, Sharon Kitzhaber
  • Yuji Hiratsuka, Corvallis
  • Brooke Ahana Bailey, Salem
  • Barbara Grant, Cannon Beach
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • James Kirk, Monmouth
  • Kirk Seyfert, Salem

1997

  • Elizabeth Brinton, Salem
  • Jiro Yonezawa, Newberg
  • Marian Wood Kolisch, Portland (d)
  • Anne Griffin Johnson, Portland
  • Christopher Burkett, Vernonia
  • Jane Stauffer, Waldport
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Art by Oregon Children
  • Dinah Cross James, Bend
  • Christy Wyckoff, Portland

1996

  • Gary Tepfer, Eugene
  • Maynard White Owl Lavadour,
    Pendleton
  • Sophie George, Gresham
  • Marilyn Fashbaugh, Waldport
  • Kay French, Portland
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Judith Moncrief, Portland
  • Adriene Cruz, Portland
  • Art by Oregon Children
  • Barry Pelzner, Portland
  • Jean Quin Ye, Portland

1995

  • Arvie Smith, Portland
  • Ron Graff, Eugene
  • Cie Goulet, Portland
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • James B. Thompson, Salem

1994

  • Anne McCosh, Eugene (d)
  • Robert DeVoe, Ashland
  • Lucinda Parker, Portland
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Harry Bennett, Astoria
  • Dianne Kornberg, Lake Oswego

1993

  • Glen Corbett, Portland
  • Rick Bartow, South Beach
  • Laura Ross-Paul, Portland
  • Oregon Trail Exhibit, Oregon
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Judy Cooke, Portland

1992

  • Leland John, Portland
  • Terry Toedtemeier, Portland (d)
  • Royal Nebeker, Astoria
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Richard Brown, Portland
  • Robert Hanson, Portland
  • Kathleen Caprario, Springfield
  • Dennis Cunningham, Portland

1991

  • Jerry Steiner, Salem
  • John Waddingham, Portland
  • Nelson Sandgren, Corvallis
  • Margaret Via, Eugene
  • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit
  • Randall Koch, Neskowin
  • Lynda Jasso-Thomas, Florence
  • Jeanne Fingerhut, Depoe Bay

1990

  • William Kucha, Depoe Bay
  • Margaret Puckette, Corvallis
  • Jacqueline Moreau, Warm Springs
  • Arthur Miller, Painter
  • Judy Hoiness, Bend
  • Judy Morris, Medford
  • Ann Johnston, Lake Oswego
  • Sidonie Caron, Portland

1989

  • Jerry Gildmeister, Union
  • Roert Proctor, Salem
  • Michael Gibbons, Toledo
  • David Wilson, Portland
  • Clinton Brown, Corvallis
  • Joel Ogard, Portland
  • Susan Comerford, Roseburg
  • Carol Rose, Medford

1988

  • Judy Howard, Ashland
  • Jim Adams, Corvallis
  • Liisa Rohkonen, Lincoln City
  • Rene Rickabaugh, Portland
  • Joan Dyal Geiser, Toledo
  • Jack Portland, Portland

1987

  • Roy Setziol, Sheridan (d)
  • Proscilla Carrasco, Salem
  • Barry Peril, Bend
  • Ruri, Sheridan
  • Bobby Lynn Maslen, West Linn
  • Margot Thompson, Neskowin
  • Elton Bennet, Corvallis

1986

  • Sarah Chamberlain, Portland
  • Sherrie Wolf, Portland
  • Ann Hughes, Portland
  • Elizabeth Anderson, Portland
  • Ann Williamson Hyman, Portland
  • Craig Pozzi, Portland
  • Stephen & Lance Nance-Sasser, Portland

1985

  • Shirley Gittelsohn, Portland
  • Roberta Kaserman, Portland
  • Jack McLarty, Portland
  • Pam Patrie, Portland
  • Carol Riley, Warrenton
  • Harold Hoy, Eugene
  • Special exhibit of Oregon Indians

1984

  • Christine Pendergrass, Klamath Falls
  • Alice Van Leunan, Lake Oswego
  • Gordon Gilkey, Portland (d)
  • Jennifer Joyce, Portland
  • Ed Carpenter, Portland
  • Stu Levy, Portland
  • Frank Boyden, Otis
  • Karl Berry, Salem
  • Red Fredericks, Salem

1983

  • Joachim Grube, Portland
  • Ray Atkeson, Portland (d)
  • Paul Missal, Wilsonville
  • Duff Severe, Pendleton and Robert Valade, Seaside
  • Robert Valade, Seaside (d)
  • Pietro Belluschi, Portland (d)
  • Del Smith, Otis
  • Robert Weller, Hillsboro
  • Jim Hibbard, Portland
  • Goodwin Harding, Neskowin

1982

  • Louis Rosenburg, La Grande
  • William Givler, Portland
  • Sharon Marcus, Portland
  • David Haidle, Aloha
  • James Lavadour, Pendleton
  • Richard Notkin, Myrtle Point

1981

  • Jeanne Moment, Portland
  • Edward Latham
  • Russell Childers, Lebanon
  • Larry Hudetz, Portland
  • Paul & Kay Buckner, Eugene
  • Isaac Shamsud-Din, Portland
  • Tom Fawkes, Portland
  • Manuel Izquierdo, Portland (d)
  • Liza Jones, Portland

1980

  • Alice Van Leunan, Portland
  • Susanna Kuo, Portland
  • Robert Bibler, Salem
  • Tom Hardy, Portland
  • Ken Shores, Portland
  • Bonnie Bronson, Portland (d)
  • Harry Widman, Portland
  • Andrew Vincent, Eugene (d)
  • Charles Heaney, Portland (d)
  • Al Moner, Portland (d)
  • Judy Fawkes, Portland

1979

  • Don Grey, Union
  • Robert Kasal, Portland
  • Ed Quigley, Portland (d)
  • Henk Pander, Portland
  • Dave McCosh, Eugene (d)
  • Demetrios James, Corvallis
  • Claire Trotter, Eugene
  • John Casey, Monmouth (d)
  • Marie Lyman, Portland (d)

1978

  • Hank Kowert & Solange Kowert, Sheridan
  • Louis Bunce, Portland (d)
  • Helen Bitar, Portland
  • Phyllis Yes, Portland
  • Amander Snyder, Portland (d)
  • Bill Blix, Eugene
  • Clifford Gleason, Portland
  • Barbara Setsu Pickett, Eugene
  • Valerie Willson, Portland

1977

  • George Johanson, Portland
  • Fred Heidel, Portland (d)
  • Michele Russo, Portland (d)
  • Bonnie Meltzer, Portland
  • Douglas Cambell Smith, Bend
  • John Rock, Corvallis
  • Bruce West, Portland
  • Evelyn Sheehan, Portland

1976

  • Jan Zach, Elmira (d)
  • Sally Haley, Portland (d)
  • Phil Tyler, Hood River
  • LaVerne Kraus, Eugene (d)
  • Betty Feves, Pendleton (d)
  • William Garnett, Portland (d)
  • Lyle Matoush, Ashland

1975

  • James Kirk, Monmouth
  • Carleton Bell, Portland (d)
  • Curtis Otto, Grants Pass
  • Peter Stone, Monmouth
  • James Mattingly, Monmouth (d)
  • Bryon Gardner, Portland
  • Walter Brick, Eugene
  • Carl Hall, Salem (d)
  • Jon Jay Cruson, Seal Rock