Art Education

Pacific Northwest College of Art B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking 1993 and 1994
New York Studio Program 1994.
Private and group instruction Chinese calligraphy and brush painting, including the five colors of ink
Gong Yi Wang, Portland OR 2000-2015
Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston 1964

Selected Collections

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington,
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Permanent Collection, Royal Museum of the Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Franz Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Museu de Gravura, Ciudade de Curitaba, Brazil
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA
Intel Corporation, Beaverton, OR
Gilkey Graphic Art Center of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
EchoNYC, New York, NY

Bibliography 1993-1998

The Village Voice, “Choices” Kim Levin, NY, NY, Feb 1997
Orlo, Portland, OR, summer 1996
The Chicago Reader Behind the Mask Fred Camper, Chicago IL, June 11, 1996
Sculpture Magazine, “63rd Northwest Annual” by Matthew Kangas, July – Aug 1996
Everett Herald “The Land; Earthly Delights” by Ron Glowen, Everett WA
The Seattle Times “show captures the contemporary art scene” by Matthew Kangas, Seattle, WA April 7, 1995
The Seattle Times “Even Graves Approves ‘Northwest Noir’ Vox Poplui Gallery” by Sheila Farr, February 1995
The Seattle Post-Intelligence “Northwest Noir’ says have a bad day” by Regina Hackett,
Seattle WA, February 17, 1995
Reflex, “Out and About in Seattle (image only) Seattle Was, Vol9 Number 4 may 1995
Plazm Magazine, Photo Essay, Portland OR Fall 1993

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1993-1998

1997 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
Artemisia Gallery Chicago, IL
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle WA
1995 A.I.R. Gallery New York, NY
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland OR
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
1994 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
The Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene, OR
Mt. Hood Community College. Gresham, OR
Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR
1993 Artspace Gallery, Bay City, OR

Selected Group Exhibitions 1993-1998

1998 Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Texas Fine Arts, Curated by Robert Storr, Austin, TX
1997: Texas Fine Arts, Curated by Robert Storr, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX
Lamar University, Beaumont TX “The Dishman Competition” Curated by Sally Sprout
Northwest Regional Print Exhibition, curated by Roberta Waddell, Portland OR
1996 Portland Institute of Contemporary Art “The Tool Show” Portland OR
Center on Contemporary Art,. .W. Annual, curated by Greg Escalante, Seattle WA
1995 Living Art Museum Reykjavik, Iceland
Museum De Gravura, Curitaba, Brazil
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Tacoma Art Museum Biennial, curated by Jaune Quick-to See-Smith, Tacoma WA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Global Focus Beijing, China
Northwest Annual, curated by Laura Trippi, Center on Contemporary Art Seattle, WA
Women’s Art Triennial, Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene, OR
Vox Popluli Gallery, Seattle WA
Artemisia Gallery Chicago, IL
1994. National Members Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Thesis Exhibition Portland OR
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR
Oregon Jewish Museum. Portland, OR
1993 Art Futures Invitational, Portland OR
Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR

Bibliography 1998 -2021

Hood River News July 20 2016 “Balmuth Abstracts to be Displayed In Three Places”
White Salmon Enterprise, White Salmon, WA November 5, 2009
Hood River News, Hood River Oregon Saturday October 31,2009
The Asian Reporter, Portland OR, winter 2006
New City, Michael Weinstein, Chicago, IL Jan 1999
College Art Association News (Image only) January 1999
The Seattle Times, Joe Heim, Seattle WA Jan 15, 1998

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1998-2021

2021 September Gorge Artists Open Studios Hood River, Oregon

2020 January Blackfish Gallery Fishbowl 

2019 July 4  Art Adventure Gallery Madras OR

2019  May, June, July, August  Hampton Inn Portland Oregon

2019 September Gorge Artists Open Studios Hood River Oregon

2018-2019 December – February Sotheby’s International Realty Portland Oregon

2016 Columbia Center for the Arts June
2016 Hood River Library July August
2016 Hood River Providence Hospital October
2012 Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic Hood River
2012 Art Adventure Gallery Madras Or May
2000 Lead Gallery Seattle, WA
1999 Quartersaw Gallery Portland, OR
1995 Artemisia Gallery Chicago IL
1998 Lead Gallery Seattle, WA
1995Quartersaw Gallery Portland, OR
1997 Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994  Quartersaw Gallery Portland OR

Selected Group Exhibitions: 1998-2021

2020  The Dalles Art Center The Dalles Oregon 

2020 Artists of the Gorge Stevenson WA 

2019 The Remains Gallery Hood River Oregon

2019 Artist’s of the Gorge Stevenson WA

2018 Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR July “Best of the Gorge”
Remains Gallery Hood River OR May
2017 Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR July “Best of the Gorge”
Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR June “Out Door Art”
Remains Gallery Hood River OR
Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR From the Heart” February
White Salmon Library  September People's Choice Honorable Mention
Stevenson WA Library Arts in the Gorge
2016 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River OR Holiday Show December
Remains Gallery Hood River Oregon June-July
Best of the Gorge Juried by Linda Tesnor Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon July Second Prize
Columbia Center for the Arts “Earth Wind and Fire” Invitational March.
White Salmon WA Library September People's Choice Honorable Mention
Stevenson WA Library Arts in the Gorge Honorable Mention
The Dalles Art Center September Annual Juried Show Honorable Mention
2015 White Salmon Washington Library White Salmon WA invitational
Stevenson Washington Library Arts in the Gorge Juried by Bonnie White
2014 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon Figurative Painting and Printmaking Invitational
2013 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon Drawing Invitational
2012 Solstice Wood-fire Café, Bingen, WA
Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic Hood River Oregon
Gorge Artists Open Studios and Preview
2011 Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic, Hood River, OR August
The Pines Tasting Room, Hood River Oregon, July
2010 “Red, Vermilion to Alizarin” February Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon
“Drawing for Drawing’s Sake” January Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon
2009 “Small Works”, December Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR
“Art Lexicon”, November Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR
Gorge Artists Open Studios Preview Maryhill Museum Maryhill WA
2008 and 2009 Roz Gallery, White Salmon. WA
2008 and 2008 Sakura Ridge Lodge, Hood River OR
2007and 2009 Mt Hood Wellness Clinic, Hood River, OR
2007 Providence Women’s Clinic, Hood River, OR
2006 Marylhurst College, West Lynn, OR
2005 Inside Outside Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Shenzhen, China
“Among the Trees” Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2000 Echo NYC, New York, NY
Generations A.I. R. Gallery, New York, NY
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 The Hunger Artist, Albuquerque, MN
Echo NYC New York, NY

Speaking and Teaching engagements

Rosemont School, Portland Oregon 2000-2001
Instructor Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR, 1996
Guest Lecturer, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA 1996
C.C.N. Y Gallery Talk, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY 1995
Docent, Outsider and Self-Taught Art Exhibition, Portland Art Museum. Portland OR 1995
Guest Lecturer, Portland Art Museum Docents, 1995
Museum Lecturer, Portland Art Museum Senior Thesis Exhibition, 1994
Guest Lecturer, Clackamas Community College, Clackamas, OR 1994

Arts Volunteer

The Dalles Art Center  The Dalles OR  Kids Camps Summer 2021 

P:EAR  Portland OR mentor, community center and  art center for homeless youth 2020 -2021

Guest Curator Abstract Arts Exhibition Columbia Center for the Arts April 2018
Board of Directors Columbia Center for the Arts 2017- 2018
Juror, Emerging Artists Exhibition Columbia Center for the Arts August September 2016
Board of Directors Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland Oregon 2000-2004
Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR 2007-2012 Open Life Drawing and Figure Drawing Coordinator.

Affiliations and Gallery Representation

Art Adventures Gallery, Madras, OR

Artists in the Gorge, Hood River, OR

The Remains Gallery Hood River OR
Art in Context http://www.artincontext.org
A.I.R Gallery Alumni New York, N.Y.
The Dalles Art Center The Dalles Oregon

Art Education

Pacific Northwest College of Art B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking 1993 and 1994
New York Studio Program 1994.
Private and group instruction Chinese calligraphy and brush painting, including the five colors of ink
Gong Yi Wang, Portland OR 2000-2015
Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston 1964

Selected Collections

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington,
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Permanent Collection, Royal Museum of the Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Franz Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Museu de Gravura, Ciudade de Curitaba, Brazil
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA
Intel Corporation, Beaverton, OR
Gilkey Graphic Art Center of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
EchoNYC, New York, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1998-2021

2021 September Gorge Artists Open Studios Hood River, Oregon

2020 January Blackfish Gallery Fishbowl 

2019 July 4  Art Adventure Gallery Madras OR

2019  May, June, July, August  Hampton Inn Portland Oregon

2019 September Gorge Artists Open Studios Hood River Oregon

2018-2019 December – February Sotheby’s International Realty Portland Oregon

2016 Columbia Center for the Arts June
2016 Hood River Library July August
2016 Hood River Providence Hospital October
2012 Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic Hood River
2012 Art Adventure Gallery Madras Or May
2000 Lead Gallery Seattle, WA
1999 Quartersaw Gallery Portland, OR
1995 Artemisia Gallery Chicago IL
1998 Lead Gallery Seattle, WA
1995Quartersaw Gallery Portland, OR
1997 Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994  Quartersaw Gallery Portland OR

Selected Group Exhibitions: 1998-2021

2020  The Dalles Art Center The Dalles Oregon 

2020 Artists of the Gorge Stevenson WA 

2019 The Remains Gallery Hood River Oregon

2019 Artist’s of the Gorge Stevenson WA

2018 Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR July “Best of the Gorge”
Remains Gallery Hood River OR May
2017 Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR July “Best of the Gorge”
Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR June “Out Door Art”
Remains Gallery Hood River OR
Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR From the Heart” February
White Salmon Library  September People's Choice Honorable Mention
Stevenson WA Library Arts in the Gorge
2016 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River OR Holiday Show December
Remains Gallery Hood River Oregon June-July
Best of the Gorge Juried by Linda Tesnor Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon July Second Prize
Columbia Center for the Arts “Earth Wind and Fire” Invitational March.
White Salmon WA Library September People's Choice Honorable Mention
Stevenson WA Library Arts in the Gorge Honorable Mention
The Dalles Art Center September Annual Juried Show Honorable Mention
2015 White Salmon Washington Library White Salmon WA invitational
Stevenson Washington Library Arts in the Gorge Juried by Bonnie White
2014 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon Figurative Painting and Printmaking Invitational
2013 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon Drawing Invitational
2012 Solstice Wood-fire Café, Bingen, WA
Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic Hood River Oregon
Gorge Artists Open Studios and Preview
2011 Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic, Hood River, OR August
The Pines Tasting Room, Hood River Oregon, July
2010 “Red, Vermilion to Alizarin” February Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon
“Drawing for Drawing’s Sake” January Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon
2009 “Small Works”, December Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR
“Art Lexicon”, November Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR
Gorge Artists Open Studios Preview Maryhill Museum Maryhill WA
2008 and 2009 Roz Gallery, White Salmon. WA
2008 and 2008 Sakura Ridge Lodge, Hood River OR
2007and 2009 Mt Hood Wellness Clinic, Hood River, OR
2007 Providence Women’s Clinic, Hood River, OR
2006 Marylhurst College, West Lynn, OR
2005 Inside Outside Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Shenzhen, China
“Among the Trees” Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2000 Echo NYC, New York, NY
Generations A.I. R. Gallery, New York, NY
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 The Hunger Artist, Albuquerque, MN
Echo NYC New York, NY

Bibliography 1993-1998

The Village Voice, “Choices” Kim Levin, NY, NY, Feb 1997
Orlo, Portland, OR, summer 1996
The Chicago Reader Behind the Mask Fred Camper, Chicago IL, June 11, 1996
Sculpture Magazine, “63rd Northwest Annual” by Matthew Kangas, July – Aug 1996
Everett Herald “The Land; Earthly Delights” by Ron Glowen, Everett WA
The Seattle Times “show captures the contemporary art scene” by Matthew Kangas, Seattle, WA April 7, 1995
The Seattle Times “Even Graves Approves ‘Northwest Noir’ Vox Poplui Gallery” by Sheila Farr, February 1995
The Seattle Post-Intelligence “Northwest Noir’ says have a bad day” by Regina Hackett,
Seattle WA, February 17, 1995
Reflex, “Out and About in Seattle (image only) Seattle Was, Vol9 Number 4 may 1995
Plazm Magazine, Photo Essay, Portland OR Fall 1993

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1993-1998

1997 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
Artemisia Gallery Chicago, IL
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle WA
1995 A.I.R. Gallery New York, NY
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland OR
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
1994 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
The Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene, OR
Mt. Hood Community College. Gresham, OR
Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR
1993 Artspace Gallery, Bay City, OR

Selected Group Exhibitions 1993-1998

1998 Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Texas Fine Arts, Curated by Robert Storr, Austin, TX
1997: Texas Fine Arts, Curated by Robert Storr, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX
Lamar University, Beaumont TX “The Dishman Competition” Curated by Sally Sprout
Northwest Regional Print Exhibition, curated by Roberta Waddell, Portland OR
1996 Portland Institute of Contemporary Art “The Tool Show” Portland OR
Center on Contemporary Art,. .W. Annual, curated by Greg Escalante, Seattle WA
1995 Living Art Museum Reykjavik, Iceland
Museum De Gravura, Curitaba, Brazil
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Tacoma Art Museum Biennial, curated by Jaune Quick-to See-Smith, Tacoma WA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Global Focus Beijing, China
Northwest Annual, curated by Laura Trippi, Center on Contemporary Art Seattle, WA
Women’s Art Triennial, Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene, OR
Vox Popluli Gallery, Seattle WA
Artemisia Gallery Chicago, IL
1994. National Members Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Thesis Exhibition Portland OR
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR
Oregon Jewish Museum. Portland, OR
1993 Art Futures Invitational, Portland OR
Wentz Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR

Bibliography 1998 -2021

Hood River News July 20 2016 “Balmuth Abstracts to be Displayed In Three Places”
White Salmon Enterprise, White Salmon, WA November 5, 2009
Hood River News, Hood River Oregon Saturday October 31,2009
The Asian Reporter, Portland OR, winter 2006
New City, Michael Weinstein, Chicago, IL Jan 1999
College Art Association News (Image only) January 1999
The Seattle Times, Joe Heim, Seattle WA Jan 15, 1998

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1998-2021

2021 September Gorge Artists Open Studios Hood River, Oregon

2020 January Blackfish Gallery Fishbowl 

2019 July 4  Art Adventure Gallery Madras OR

2019  May, June, July, August  Hampton Inn Portland Oregon

2019 September Gorge Artists Open Studios Hood River Oregon

2018-2019 December – February Sotheby’s International Realty Portland Oregon

2016 Columbia Center for the Arts June
2016 Hood River Library July August
2016 Hood River Providence Hospital October
2012 Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic Hood River
2012 Art Adventure Gallery Madras Or May
2000 Lead Gallery Seattle, WA
1999 Quartersaw Gallery Portland, OR
1995 Artemisia Gallery Chicago IL
1998 Lead Gallery Seattle, WA
1995Quartersaw Gallery Portland, OR
1997 Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994  Quartersaw Gallery Portland OR

Selected Group Exhibitions: 1998-2021

2020  The Dalles Art Center The Dalles Oregon 

2020 Artists of the Gorge Stevenson WA 

2019 The Remains Gallery Hood River Oregon

2019 Artist’s of the Gorge Stevenson WA

2018 Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR July “Best of the Gorge”
Remains Gallery Hood River OR May
2017 Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR July “Best of the Gorge”
Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR June “Out Door Art”
Remains Gallery Hood River OR
Columbia Center for the Arts “Hood River OR From the Heart” February
White Salmon Library  September People's Choice Honorable Mention
Stevenson WA Library Arts in the Gorge
2016 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River OR Holiday Show December
Remains Gallery Hood River Oregon June-July
Best of the Gorge Juried by Linda Tesnor Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon July Second Prize
Columbia Center for the Arts “Earth Wind and Fire” Invitational March.
White Salmon WA Library September People's Choice Honorable Mention
Stevenson WA Library Arts in the Gorge Honorable Mention
The Dalles Art Center September Annual Juried Show Honorable Mention
2015 White Salmon Washington Library White Salmon WA invitational
Stevenson Washington Library Arts in the Gorge Juried by Bonnie White
2014 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon Figurative Painting and Printmaking Invitational
2013 Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon Drawing Invitational
2012 Solstice Wood-fire Café, Bingen, WA
Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic Hood River Oregon
Gorge Artists Open Studios and Preview
2011 Mt. Hood Health and Wellness Clinic, Hood River, OR August
The Pines Tasting Room, Hood River Oregon, July
2010 “Red, Vermilion to Alizarin” February Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon
“Drawing for Drawing’s Sake” January Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon
2009 “Small Works”, December Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR
“Art Lexicon”, November Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR
Gorge Artists Open Studios Preview Maryhill Museum Maryhill WA
2008 and 2009 Roz Gallery, White Salmon. WA
2008 and 2008 Sakura Ridge Lodge, Hood River OR
2007and 2009 Mt Hood Wellness Clinic, Hood River, OR
2007 Providence Women’s Clinic, Hood River, OR
2006 Marylhurst College, West Lynn, OR
2005 Inside Outside Shenzhen Fine Art Institute Shenzhen, China
“Among the Trees” Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
2000 Echo NYC, New York, NY
Generations A.I. R. Gallery, New York, NY
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 The Hunger Artist, Albuquerque, MN
Echo NYC New York, NY

Speaking and Teaching engagements

Rosemont School, Portland Oregon 2000-2001
Instructor Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR, 1996
Guest Lecturer, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA 1996
C.C.N. Y Gallery Talk, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY 1995
Docent, Outsider and Self-Taught Art Exhibition, Portland Art Museum. Portland OR 1995
Guest Lecturer, Portland Art Museum Docents, 1995
Museum Lecturer, Portland Art Museum Senior Thesis Exhibition, 1994
Guest Lecturer, Clackamas Community College, Clackamas, OR 1994

Arts Volunteer

Guest Curator Abstract Arts Exhibition Columbia Center for the Arts April 2018
Board of Directors Columbia Center for the Arts 2017- 2018
Juror, Emerging Artists Exhibition Columbia Center for the Arts August September 2016
Board of Directors Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland Oregon 2000-2004
Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River, OR 2007-2012 Open Life Drawing and Figure Drawing Coordinator.

Affiliations and Gallery Representation

The Remains Gallery Hood River OR
Art in Context http://www.artincontext.org
A.I.R Gallery Alumni New York, N.Y.
Columbia Center for the Arts Hood River Oregon