Ted Washington has lived in the San Diego area since March 1987, after spending time as an apprentice draftsman for a beer brewery in St. Louis, an Internal Revenue Service employee in Springfield, MO, a retail sales representative in Denver, CO, and temporarily homeless vagabond turned baker on the beaches of Venice, CA.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

  • Featured Artist, 71st Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY 2006
  • Featured Artist, Geoff Thomas Designs, Santa Monica, CA 2006
  • Solo Exhibition, Theodore Geisel Library, UCSD, San Diego CA 2006
  • 48th International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 2005
  • Honorable Mention, Neo-Erotiqué, 2nd Annual Juried Show, Art @ Large, New York, NY 2004
  • Honorable Mention, 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Southwestern Artists' Association, San Diego, CA 2004
  • Solo Exhibition, Galaxy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1998 & 2004
  • Juried Open, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga Canyon, CA 2004
  • Featured Artist, Competition Spotlight, The Artist's Magazine, November 2003
  • Solo Exhibition, 4 Design Gallery, San Diego, CA 2003
  • 2nd place, SDMA, Artist Guild Juried Exhibition, Southern Western College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA 2003
  • Featured Artist and Poet, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 2003
  • Solo Exhibition, Ole Madrid, San Diego, CA 2002
  • Featured Artist, KMIR 6 News, La Quinta, CA 2002
  • Featured Artist, Vision Magazine, 2002
  • Finalist Portrait Category, The Artist's Magazine, Annual Art Competition 2002, 2001, 1997, 1996.
  • Beefcake/Cheesecake Exhibition, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2001
  • 46th International Open Exhibition, "Bold Expressions", Northern California Arts, Inc., Carmichael, CA 2001
  • 66th Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY 2001
  • Featured Artist and Poet, KUSI News, San Diego, CA 2001
  • 2-3-4 Dimensional II International Juried Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE 2001
  • Second Place Award, Juried Exhibition, La Jolla Art Association, La Jolla, CA 2000
  • Honorable Mention, Pacific Coast Film Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1999
  • All California Juried Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 1998
  • Midwinter Awards Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1997

    AWARDS:

  • First place, Mixed Media, 5th Annual Fun with Chalk Street Painting and Fine Art Festival, Mission Viejo, CA 2003
  • Best of Show, 20th La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta Arts Foundation, La Quinta, CA 2002
  • Most Promising New Artist, 20th La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta Arts Foundation, La Quinta, CA 2002
  • Airfloat Merit Award, 22nd National Juried Art Show, New Orleans Art Association, New Orleans, LA 2002
  • First Place, Twelfth Annual Juried Competition, Veridian Gallery, New York, NY 2001
  • Award of Excellence, 13th International Open Exhibition, Sacramento Fines Arts Center Inc., Carmichael, CA 2001
  • Soho International Art Competition, Agora Gallery, New York, NY 2000
  • Artists of the New Millennium Illustration Contest, Strathmore Artist Products 2000

    SHOWS AND PUBLICATIONS:

  • Pruitt Igoe receives Synergy Art Foundation Grant, 2006
  • Pruitt Igoe Performance, Bill's Place, New York, NY 2006
  • Pruitt Igoe Performance, Rainbow Bar & Grill, West Hollywood, CA 2006
  • Authored and Illustrated Less, a collection of art and poetry 2005
  • XLR8R, 'I love New York' Haiku contest, 1st place winner 2005
  • Pruitt Igoe Performance, Casbah, San Diego, CA 2005
  • Pruitt Igoe Performance, Kava Lounge, San Diego, CA 2005
  • Formed Pruitt Igoe, 2004
  • Featured Performances, Winston's, San Diego, CA 2001-2004
  • Featured Poet, The Red Ball, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA 2004
  • Featured Poet, Alterknit Theater, Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA, 2003
  • Featured Poet and Artist, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 2003
  • Two Mezzos and a Poet, Fifth Mondays Performance, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 2003
  • The Explorer, Contributing Poet since 2002
  • Capricorn Studio Show, Capricorn Studio, San Diego, CA 2002
  • Featured Performance, Galoka, La Jolla, CA 2002
  • Featured Performance, Olé Madrid, San Diego, CA 2002
  • Released Full Semen Cup, a compact disc of spoken word performances, 2001
  • Featured Poet and Artist, KUSI News, San Diego, CA 2001
  • Honorable Mention, Pacific Coast Film Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1999
  • Featured Poet, Java Joes, Ocean Beach, 1998-1999
  • Prowess Dancearts Co. Art Walk Performance, Children's Museum, San Diego, CA 1998
  • Prowess Dancearts Co. Benefit Performance, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA 1998
  • Guest Poet, San Diego Writing Center, San Diego, CA 1996
  • Authored and Illustrated More, a collection of poetry and art, 1995
  • Authored and Illustrated Untitled, a collection of poetry and art, 1993

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