Terry Rishel

Artist Statement

My focus has been to study things in nature that we sometimes take for granted and bring those amazing subjects to light.

TERRY RISHEL

ARTIST STATEMENT
My focus has been to study things in nature that we sometimes take for granted and bring those amazing subjects to light.

PHOTOGRAPHER | PAINTER
Started a professional career in 1980 as an Art/Commercial photographer using large format and medium format film cameras. Photographs published in hundreds of books, publications, and articles.

CHRONOLOGY OF WORK

2026

African Winter Sunrise, Museum of Encaustic Art: 2026 Global Warming is REAL: Resilience, Juried Exhibition & Opening Announcement
Lake Light: Tacoma Art Museum Permanent Collection
Pacific Bonsai Museum: Sound Transit LINK Light Rail Promotional Wrap
Lake Light: International Encaustic Artists: Wax Fusion Anthology, Volume I: The Weight of Light Permanent International & Collective Reference Juried Exhibition: Online & Publication
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2025

Pacific Bonsai Museum – Promotional Material
Pacific Bonsai Museum – Branch Out Gala – Photography for Program
Morning Swim: Museum of Glass Red Hot Gala – Auction Item
International Encaustic Artists: Wax Fusion, pgs 20-39, Spring
Orca, A Literary Journal: The Literary Issue Number 20, Absence & Anticipation Artwork, Cover & pgs 2-7, Spring
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2024

Museum of Glass: Earthlings and Extraterrestrials: 20 Years of Kids Design Glass Exhibition
Encaustic Art Institute: Juried Exhibition: Wax-On Wax-In
FriesenSolo Artist Representation
International Encaustic Artists: Changing the Narrative Exhibition: Pacific Art League Gallery, CA Award Selection: Diary of a Cave Artist Artwork
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2023

Pool of Reflection Artwork: Symphony Tacoma Gala & Auction: Summer Evening of Art, Music & Gardens
An Unlikely Collaboration: Susan Russell Hall & Terry Rishel, Friesens Book Division, Manitoba, Canada
Friesen+Lantz Gallery Exhibition, Winter Arrivals, ID
At the End of the Day Artwork: Lakewood Rotary Wine & Beer Festival Invitation, Lakewood, WA
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2022

Lakewood City Hall: Cycle of Life
Friesen+Lantz Gallery Exhibition: Fall Arrivals, ID
Sun Valley Property News: Friesen+Lantz Gallery
Symphony Tacoma: Eternal Light & Mozart’s Requiem: A Community Project for Local Youth, WA
Sepia Path Artwork: Symphony Tacoma Gala & Auction Invitation, Tacoma WA
Friesen+Lantz Gallery Exhibition: Spring Arrivals, ID
CHD Magazine: The Heart Community Collection: February, Healing Hearts, Amy M. Le, p6 & Dale’s Heart, Amy M. Le, p34
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2021

Public Art Commission: Signal Box Design: Lakewood, WA
Encaustic Art Institute Magazine, A Collaboration with Susan Russell Hall, Winter
Friesen Gallery Exhibition, ID
Sun Valley Property News: Friesen Gallery, June & July
Sun Valley Wellness Festival & Conference brochure, ID
Tacoma Art Museum: Promised Gift by Director, WA
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2020

Tacoma Art Museum, Virtual Gala, WA
Friesen Gallery: Studio Seen, Sun Valley, ID
Tacoma Art Museum, New Deal Art in the Northwest: The WPA and Beyond, by M. Bullock
Primo Grill: Exhibition

2019

Tacoma Art Museum, Virtual Gala
Museum of Glass, Red Hot Gala – “Chihuly Bridge of Glass”, WA
Primo Grill: Exhibition

Collaboration with Susan Russell Hall moving forward to current day, unless otherwise noted.

2018-2017

Martin Blank’s “Current” at Tacoma Art Museum, photo documentation of his work for various publications

2018-2010

Diane Hansen photographic documentation of sculpture work, WA

2018-2009

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Cheekwood Gardens, Nashville, TN
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Makers Mark, Loretto, KY
Morean Art Center/Chihuly Collection, St Petersburg, FL
Chihuly at Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA

2017

“A Science of Life” catalogue of Walter Quirt’s work for Fredrick Holmes

2016

Fredrick Holmes Gallery Seattle, “Light Dynamic” solo exhibition
Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright, for publication

2016-2009

Studio Lux commercial and residential photography for publication

2015

Solo painting exhibition at the HUB restaurant, WA

2014

Solo painting exhibition The Swiss restaurant, WA

2012-2011

Dr. John West photo documentation, Center for Endodontics

2008

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Chihuly at DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK
Seymour Conservatory, Tacoma, WA

2007

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Phipps Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Coral Gables, FL
Various Park Installations, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA

2006

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire England
Tacoma Art Museum, Ma Chihuly floats, WA
Missouri Botanical Gardens, St Lewis, MO
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Fireworks of Glass, IN
Lincoln Square End of Day Installation, Bellevue, WA

2005

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Colorado Springs Art Center, CO
Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Richmond, UK
Union Bay (water installation), Lake Union, Seattle, WA

2004

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Orlando Museum, FL
St Petersburg Museum, FL
Atlanta Botanical Gardens, GA
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

2003

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

2002

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Oklahoma City Museum, NE
Salt Lake City Museum, UT
Smithsonian Archive Sinclair Park for Michael Sullivan, Artifacts Consulting
Chihuly Bridge of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2001

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Chihuly at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL
Hilton Lac-Leamy, Hull, Quebec, Canada

2000

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Jerusalem Wall of Ice, 23,000 photos
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Chihuly Glass Installation and Photography, various locations, Iceland
Naples Museum of Art, FL
Various large private residential installations, Palm Springs, CA

1999

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
“Chihuly in the Sight of Jerusalem”, Jerusalem cylinders

1998

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Fiori Di Como, Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV
Crystal Gate, Atlantis Hotel, Bahamas
Gold Crystal Cascade Chandelier, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

1996

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
“Chihuly over Venice” Project, Installation and Photography, Monterrey, Mexico
Sleeping Lady Resort, Installation and Photography, Leavenworth, WA
“Icicle Creek” chandelier, Outdoor Installation, Leavenworth, WA
“Chihuly over Venice” Project, Installation and Photography for Fourteen chandeliers in various locations
Chihuly Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
Chihuly Oscars Installation, CA
Large private garden installation, East Hamptons NY

1995

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
“Chihuly over Venice”, multi-year Chihuly program Museum of Glass, Outdoor Installation, Tacoma, WA
Waterford Crystal Factory, Lismore Castle, Installation and Photograph of various exhibitions, Ireland

1994

Chihuly Books Photographed:
Form From Fire
Alla Macchia Baskets
Glass in Architecture

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Dallas Museum of Art, TX
Tacoma Union Station, Installation and Photography for Publications

1993

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Venetian, Piccolo Venetian series with Chihuly and Lino Tagliapietra, 100,000 Pounds of Neon and Ice at Tacoma Dome in large format 4 x 5, WA

1992

Contract work for Chihuly Studios:
Chihuly Chandelier Sculptures, “Pelleas et Melisande” opera mockups and large-scale sets for publication

1991

Dale Chihuly Head Photographer and Studio Manager at Tacoma Studio One, photographing tabletop studio glass in large format 4 x 5, flat art, installing glass installations, lighting, and documenting various installations in galleries, museums, commercial, residential, gardens, and conservatories.

1990

Began private projects with Dale Chihuly, photographing Indian Trade Blankets and art glass in format 4×5

1989

Tacoma News Tribune, First Place, Cokin Filters, Nikon Camera Exhibitions, WA

1988

Pacific Waterworks Commercial Photography, multiple locations

1987

Hassleblad International Exhibition, First Place
Hassleblad presentation at Pacific Lutheran University, WA
Opened Photo Studio Galleria on Broadway, Tacoma, WA

1985

Base Camp Supply Photography Instructor

1983

International Competition for Polaroid Camera, Second Place
Tacoma Dome Competition, First Place, WA

1981

Illford Internationally Juried Exhibition, First Place
AGFA International Juried Exhibition, Third Place

COMMUNITY SERVICE

1993-2009 Seniors Making Art Annual Gala
Hilltop Glass with Dale Chihuly and Kathy Kaperick

Born August 9, 1953