Christopher Moench
1896 Yew Street Road
Bellingham, WA 98229
(360) 734-9472
dancingdog@nas.com
www.axisofhope.net

RESUME

CREATING INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE SCULPTURES OF HOPE AND MEMORY:
**Founder, Owner, Axis of Hope Prayer Wheels & Dancing Dog Clayworks Bellingham, Washington, 1992 to present.

** Private studio, San Juan Island, Washington, 1979 --1982

SOLO EXHIBITS:
"Reaping the Whirlwind," Mindport Gallery, Bellingham, Wa. 2005

"The Axis of Hope, Prayer Wheels for Our Time",
Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, Wa.,   2003

GROUP EXHIBITS:
- "Ashes to Art" exhibit at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., October 2006
- "Art and All That Jazz," Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Wa., October 2006
- Wescott Bay Institute for Art and Nature, Sculpture Park,
  San Juan Islands, Wa., April 2006-2007
- "Bless the Beasts and the Children," East Shore Gallery, Bellevue, Wa. 2006
- "Art and All That Jazz," Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Wa., 2006
- "Found in Translation, Contemporary Works Inspired by Asian Traditions,"
  TORA Gallery, Mount Vernon, Wa. 2005
- Whatcom Artist Studio Tour Annual Group Exhibit,
- Allied Arts, Bellingham, Wa., 2001 -2005.
- "Ashes to Art," Funerary Art, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, 2003
- Whatcom Museum, Whatcom Artist Studio Tour Group Show, Bellingham, Wa., 2001
- Allied Arts, Bellingham, Wa., Members Show, 1999, 2001 & 2005
- Big Rock Garden, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Bellingham, Wa., 2000

GALLERIES;
- En-vision Gallery, Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada
- The Real Mother Goose, Portland, Or.
- The Scott Collection, Laconnor, Wa.
- Chuckanut Bay Gallery, Bellingham, Wa.
- Two Vaults Gallery, Tacoma, Wa.
- Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, Wa.

ARTS FESTIVALS: (Partial list)
- Sun Valley Arts Festival, 2004
- Bellevue Arts Festival, July 2004
- American Craft Council Exhibition of Fine Craft, San Francisco, August 2003
- Best of the Northwest Shows, Seattle, Wa. & Portland, Or., 2000 through 2006
- Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, Wa., 1999 through 2006
- Choochokam Festival of Arts, Langley, Wa., 1998 through 2002
- Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, Wa., 1999 through 2005
- Whatcom Artist's Studio Tour, Bellingham, Wa., 1996 through 2006 (founding member)

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts degree, "Society, Ethics and Law," Fairhaven College,
Western Washington University,1997.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:
- "Ancient Clay" Vince Pitelka instructor, 7/2000 and 7/2003
- "Architectural Clay Work" Peter King and Marnie Jamie instructors, 1997
- "A Life in Clay" Paul Soldner and Peter Volkus instructors, 8/1999

 
PATRONS OF MY WORK:
- Wheaton Franciscan Sisters, Wheaton, Illinois
- Congregational Church, Bellingham, Wa.
- Faith Lutheran Church, Bellingham, Wa.
- Brett & Daughert Law Firm, Bellingham, Wa
- Bellingham Physical Therapy, Bellingham, Wa
-Frank & Linda Plaut, Golden, Co.
- Gwen & John Nixon, Telluride, Co.
- Gregory Alford, Las Vegas, Nv.
- Robert Satterfield, Afton, Va.
- Clark & Maria Gerhardt, Hailey, Id.
- Anna Steve, Port Townsend, Wa.
- Dana Harrison, Berkeley, Ca.
- Mary Lou Calvo, Biddeford, Me.

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