Solo Exhibitions
2019 Dark is Light, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Distances, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA
2016 Long After the Echo, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2015 Lost Light, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA
The Brief Forever, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2013 Sometimes the Darkness, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2012 Tracing Time , David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN
2011 Falling Leaf, Flying Vapor , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Tumbleweed Bower, Installation at The Icehouse, Phoenix AZ
Mid-Career Award Exhibition, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
2009 Pale Dreams , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2008 Walking On Dry Land , Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix AZ
2007 Five Weeks in Sunlight , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2006 Clearing Ground , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2005 Past the Line of Memory , Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum ID
2004 Secret Life, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
From Nearness to Nearness , Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum ID
2003 The Visual Poetry of Mayme Kratz , Museum of Glass:
International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma WA
If Only By Trace , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2002 Therefore,Contemporary Southwest Images XVII: The Stonewall Foundation Series , Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson AZ
2001 Divided , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Between , Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle WA
2000 Waking in the Dark , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Waking in the Dark , Joseph Gross Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
1999 In The Narrow Time , Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle WA
What Is Not Forgotten , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1998 Beyond the Fire, Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
Meditations , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1997 Mayme Kratz and Lynn Geesaman , Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle WA
Light Year , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1996 In the Garden , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Fragments of a Former Life , Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
1995 Roots and Wings , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1993 The Tree, the Nest, the Dreamer, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Group Exhibitions
2018 Here and Now, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA
Circle/Squared, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
Wild Thing: Adventures with the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2017 Terra Mater, Atherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
2016 Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
2015 30 Year Anniversary, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
Lightning Strikes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco CA
2014 Hello Midtown, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix AZ
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs CA
2013 Desert Grasslands . A Desert Initiative Project, a multi-state collaboration,
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Sonnets of Light , Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
Summer Gems , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2012 Inhabiting , Center for the Arts, Art Association, Jackson WY
Refresh: A Selection of Exceptional Works , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Significant Forms , Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
2011 The Presence of Trees, Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont WY
Wanderlust, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2010 Desert Chromaticity , Springs Preserve, Las Vegas NV
From the Ground Up , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
My Summer Vacation , Winston Wachter Gallery, Seattle WA
2009 Speak for the Trees , Friesen Gallery, Ketchum ID
Everything Is Illuminated , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Architecture in the Sonoran Desert, exhibition/symposium, Barcelona Spain
Local Produce, summer exhibition, Lisa Sette Galley, Scottsdale AZ
Notes from the Interior , Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
2007 The Light of Blue, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Green Matters , Elliott Brown Gallery, Invitational Exhibition at SOFA Chicago
2006 New American City , Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe AZ
Hair , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
20-Year Anniversary , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
The Surface II , Hayes George Gallery, Charlotte NC
2005 Terra Firma , Blue Star Art, San Antonio TX
The Surface I , Hayes George Gallery, Charlotte NC
Trying to Touch what Disappears , Hayes George Gallery, Charlotte NC
Per Chance to Dream, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus Ohio
Fall Reading , Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum ID
2004 Per Chance to Dream, SCC, Pittsburgh PA
Nature's Notations , Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
2003 The Garden of Compassion , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Theoretically Botanicals , Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN
2002 Quartet , Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
Home , Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum ID
2001 Phoenix Triennial 2001 , Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Mirrors of Reflection , Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
2000 Observation/Revelation: Plants and Insects Through the Lens of Art ,
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley ID
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
2000 Images of Nature , Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix
1999 Holding Light: Contemporary Glass Sculpture , Austin Museum of Art, Austin TX
1998 Fever , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1997 Small Works IV, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1996 Here & Now: Contemporary Arizona Artists ,
University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
The Triennial Sofia 1996 International exhibition of Painting, Sofia Bulgaria
Natural Selection , Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1995 New Views, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1994 Small Works III, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
House Sweet House, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ
1993 Small Works II, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1992 Arizona Alliances, Yuma Art Center, Yuma AZ
Small Works I, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
1991 Pima Community College Art Gallery, Tucson AZ
1990 Earthday 1990, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco CA
1989 Arizona Artists to End World Hunger, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ
Selected Public Collections and Commissions
America West Airlines, Tempe AZ
Bank USA, Phoenix AZ
Bank of America, Phoenix, AZ
Bechtler Arts Foundation, Charlotte NC
Biltmore Bank, Phoenix AZ
City of Chandler, Chandler Arts Commission AZ
City of Glendale, Glendale Arts Commission AZ
City of Phoenix, An Open Book , Phoenix Arts Commission AZ
City of Scottsdale, Public Arts Commission, AZ
City of Tempe, trueNorth , Public Arts Commission, Tempe Performing Arts Center
First Western Bank, Scottsdale AZ
McDonalds Corporation, Phoenix AZ
MGM Grand City Center, Aria Resort, Las Vegas, NV
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma WA
Nordstrom, Kansas City KA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., Phoenix AZ
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Selected Bibliography
Ross, Deborah. "dynamic duo at Sette" explore art: phoenix, February 13, 2015
Trimble, Lynn. Lisa Sette Opens Season with "The Brief Forever" in Phoenix, Phoenix New Times blog, January 26, 2015
Regan, Margaret. Landscapes Limned, Tucson Weekly, October 24, 2013
Young, Amy L. "Sometimes the Darkness" Java, No213 May 2013
Ross, Deborah. "Desert Supplement" Art Ltd. Magazine, January 2013
Orion – nature, culture, place, Ephemera Preserved -An Artistic inquiry, September/October 2011
Nilson, Richard. "Artist turns tiny objects into cosmic images" Arizona Republic, January 23 2011
Gross, Jaime, "The view from Phoenix" Dwell Magazine, July 30, 2010
Kelly, Danielle, Desert Delight, Las Vegas Sun, January 28, 2010
Keith Moskow & Robert Linn, "small scale, Creative Solutions for Better Living", 2010
Lombardi, D. Dominck. "An Eye on Arizona" dart International Spring/Summer 2010
Friesen, Andria. "Speak for the Trees" book, Marquand Books, Inc. 2009
Barton, Leslie. "The Secret Gardener" Phoenix New Times, March, 2008
Tyda, David. "The Northern Lights" Desert Living magazine, issue 75, September 2008
Regan, Margaret. "Complex Ambiguities" Tucson Weekly. May 22, 2008
Andrews, Scott. "Twenty Years at Lisa Sette Gallery" Java, February 2006
Clibborn, Edward Booth. "Phoenix 21st Century City", Booth-Clibborn Editions 2006
Lengel, Kerry. "Who is Phoenix?" The Arizona Republic, September 10, 2006
Lineberry, Heather Sealy. "New American City: Artists Look Forward", Arizona State University Art
Museum, September 2006
Goddard, Dan R. 'Earthy' land exhibit examines nature. San Antonio Express, December 2005
Abrams, Amy. "Sacred Spaces" Desert Living, May/June, 2003
Wagonfeld, Judy. 'Moving Through Nature' glass exhibit taps into primal desires, The Settle Post-
Intelligencer, November 6, 2003
Cavallo-Collins, Gina. "Quartet" Shade, June 2002
Cushman, Jennifer. "An Artist By Nature" Scottsdale Life, March, 2002
Perreault, John. "Philosophical Close-ups" Therefore Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art. September 2002
Sasse, Julie. "Intimate Discoveries: Nature and Poetry in the Art of Mayme Kratz" Therefore Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art. September 2002
Roots, Garrsion. "Designing the Worlds Best Public Art", The Images Publishing Group Ltd. 2002
Regan, Margaret. "Nature’s Reliquary" Tucson Weekly, September 19, 2002
Abrams, Amy. "Delicate Balance" Scottsdale Tribune, July 29, 2001
Cushman, Jennifer. "Masters of the Southwest" Phoenix Home and Garden, March, 2001
Vanesian, Kathleen. "Watery Awakening" New Times, June 15, 2000
Graham, Jean. "Holding Light: Contemporary Glass Sculpture ," Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, 1999
Whitney, Kathleen. “Cultural Deserts: Off Center In Arizona & New Mexico.” Sculpture Magazine, July 1999
Lebow, Edward. "The Age of Resin" New Times, May 14, 1998
Nilsen, Richard. "Artist's Vision More Than Skin Deep" The Arizona Republic, May 10, 1998
Nilsen, Richard. "Artists Follow Postmodern Path Back to Nature" The Arizona Republic, May 4, 1997
Portwood, Pamela."Kratz Exhibit Gives Viewers Much to Muse On" The Arizona Daily Star October, 1996
Vanesian, Kathleen. "Cast from a Different Mold" New Times, vol. 27, 1996
Nilsen, Richard. "Hot Artists Enliven Nature, Pop Culture" The Arizona Republic, February 1993
Honors & Awards
2012 Artist in Residence, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill NC
2010 Mid-Career Award recipient, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont WY
2009 Artist in Residence, Northwest Meets Southwest, Point Roberts WA
2008 Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Embassy Residence, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo
2007 Artist in Residence, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Visiting Artist, Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma WA
2002 Artist Project Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
1998 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
Flow Fund Grant, Rockefeller Foundation
1995 Visual Arts Fellowship, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ
1992 Artist Materials Fund Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum