Pat McVay

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

1971 - present Self taught. Working in various mediums - wood, stone, clay, cast metal, concrete snow and ice.
1971 - 73 Travels around Europe’s museums and galleries
1969 - 1971 Anthropology, English Literature at Spokane Falls C.C. and Western Washington State University, Bellingham.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1983 - present Sculpting, full time. Specializing in large wood sculpture; other works in stone, clay, cast metals, concrete and ice.
1973 - 1983 Custom made hardwood furniture, carved signs, handpainted porcelain dinner sets and tiles, some wood sculpting.
1973 Shake splitter in twisted woods of Olympic Rain Forest, Humptulips, WA.
1970 Logger, fisherman and cook, Annette Island, Alaska.

EXHIBITIONS

1971 - present Numerous exhibitions including:

October 2003-2004 Downtown Sculpture Exhibit 8’ tall salmon sculpture “Spawning” Everett, WA
May 2003-2004 Downtown Sculpture Exhibit, 8’ tall whale sculpture, “Oh No, Not Again!” La Conner, WA
May 2003-2004 Downtown Sculpture Show, New Train Station, 8’ tall “Big Salmon” sculpture
May 2003-2004 Outdoor Sculpture Show, Wilmont Park, 4’ tall “Midnight Salmon” sculpture, Woodinville, WA
May 2003 - Welding Rodeo, metal scultpture competition, Bellingham Technical College. Second place
May 2001-2002 Invitational Sculpture Show, Celebration Park,"Slugger" Giant 12’ Ball & Bat, Federal Way, WA
May 2001-2002 Downtown Sculpture Show, New Train Station, "4 Year Commute," Big Chair with Salmon, Puyallup, WA
May 2001-2002 Invitational Sculpture Show, New City Hall Town Square, "Oh No Not Again!" Tall Whaling Sculpture, Redmond, WA
May 2001-2002 Outdoor Sculpture Show, Wilmont Park, 8’ tall salmon sculpture, "Spawning," Woodinville, WA
July-Oct ,2000 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition 2000, Bellevue WA downtown park. "Lifecycle" sculpture, recently purchased by the City of Bellevue
2000 Hermitage 2000, Santa Barbara, CA Twenty-two sculptures featured in private gardens collection, open to the public fall 2000
1998-1999 Featured Artist of the Month, Artists Cooperative Gallery, Langley, WA
1998-2000 Artists' Studio Tour Labor Day Weekend Whidbey Island
Sept-Oct 1994 Everett Center for the Arts, Legends of the Forest, Featuring the Northwests' top wood sculptors
Nov-Dec 1992 Fremont Fine Arts Gallery, Numerous Stone Sculpture Exhibitions
Nov-Dec 1992 Sisters Gallery, Everett Public Market
May 1973 Festival Montparnasse, Paris

INSTALLATIONS

2004 "Midnight Salmon" Redwood, Salmon / Man in moon Sculpture. Wilmont Park, Woodinville, WA
2002 12'long bat "Slugger 2002" Giant Baseball Bat, three balls and a mitt (bench and chair), Valley Sports Park, City of Bellevue
2002 12’ long bat and 3’ round ball, “Slugger 2001,” Giant outdoor Bench Bat and Ball, Celebration Sports Park, Federal Way, WA
2001 8’ tall “Lifecycle” salmon sculpture, Chism Beach Park, Bellevue, WA
2001 8’ long Sea Otter Bench, Seattle Aquarium
2000 Decorative reading bench, Clinton Public Library, Clinton,WA
1999 Sculpted 2 story pillar for Heron Cove B&B, Orcas Island, WA for James Hubbell, Architect
1999 22 life size sculptures of entire fish menu plus sculptures of people eating dinner, etc, Crab Pot Restaurant, Bellevue, WA and Fisherman’s Restaurant, Pier 57, Seattle, WA
1998 Life size Baby Orca Whale Emerging across from Seattle Aquarium, Alaska Wy, Seattle, WA
1994-1995 Historic bench, Key West Aquarium, Key West, FLA
1994 Numerous Life Size Sports Figures for the Shark Club Bar and Grill, Vancouver and Langley, BC, Canada
1992-1994 Numerous public wood sculptures Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA:
1992 Fighting Salmon, Pier 54, Seattle Waterfront, Seattle, WA
1991 Breaching Orca, Seward Waterfront, Seward, Alaska
1988 30 foot historic totem pole, Twisp Community Center, Twisp, WA
1998 Mukilteo, WA Numerous whimsical sculptures at various businesses

COMMISSIONS - Representative

2000 Numerous lifesize sculptures of people and fish for "Fisherman’s" Restaurant, San Clemente, CA and the "Crab Pot" Restaurant, Oceanside, CA
1999 Lifesize sculpture portraits of owners of "Jeri’s Nightclub," Hollywood , CA
1999 4 bronze Slug "Piggy Bank", Seattle Fudge Co., Seattle Center House, Seattle
1998 30 foot long "Outdoor Classroom" Salmon Sculpture, Whidbey Island, WA
1997 Giant hand, 23' long plus toes and face, in concrete and steel. The Hermitage, Santa Barbara, CA
1996 Seattle Center House, "Michealangelo’s" Restaurant, numerous sculptures
1995 Two 12 foot carved pillars, Evolution of the Electric Guitar, Hard Rock Cafe, Whistler, BC
1995 Sports Figures, Vancouver Canuck, hockey player and Vancouver Grizzlie, basketball player for GM Place Arena, Vancouver BC
1995 Lifesize Giraffe Head, apex of "Giraffe Education Project" building, Langley, WA
1992-93 Numerous sculptures for Microsoft Corporation annual party, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA
1991 "Welcome to Whidbey Island" sign, Clinton, WA
1990 Friendship sculpture, Kazan, USSR
1989 2 polar bear cubs and Emperor penguin for U.S. Coast Guard ice breaker, The Polar Star, traveling worldwide
1989-94 Numerous sculptures depicting fishing and the Alaska gold rush, Pier 57, Seattle, WA
1985 25 foot totem for Puyallup Junior High School, Puyallup, WA

FILM

2003 - Sculpture used in "Voodoo Lounge" scene of the film Harry Monument
2001 Westport 2000, documentary of annual Westport, WA wood sculpture competition
2000 N.W. Backroads segment of Westport WA Carving Competition
1998 Almost Live TV Show, Seattle waterfront sculptures featured in comedy scene
1989 The Three Fugitives, Touchstone/Disney Productions, numerous sculptures in "bank robbery" scene
1981 Evening Magazine segment on Sculpture Work

PUBLICATIONS

2001 Upcoming book American Woodcarving by Wayne Barton, featuring 40 American wood sculptors
2000 Art of Chainsaw Carving by Hal Macintosh. Several pages of work featured
1998 Log Home, Japanese woodworking magazine, article on sculpted furniture
1997, 98, 99 Woodworker West Magazine, articles on art work
1988-1999 Chip Chats, national woodcarvers magazine, numerous articles
1988-1999 N.W. Publications including Seattle PI, Seattle Times, Everett Herald, South Whidbey Record
1988 Chainsaw Art by Hal Macintosh; several pages of early work featured
1995-1999 The Cutting Edge, chainsaw sculptors newsletter, Founder
1994 20th Century American Folk, Self Taught and Outsider Art, by Betty-Carol Sellen

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Snohomish County Center for the Arts, Everett, WA
National Wood Carvers Association
Northwest Stone Sculptors Association, founder
Cascade Chainsaw Sculptors Guild, founder, Board of Directors
Artists Gallery Cooperative, Langley, WA, Board of Directors

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