Bio

Jean Mandeberg lives and works in Olympia, Washington where she is a visual artist, faculty emerita at The Evergreen State College, and community arts advocate.  Resume, 2025

International travel: Radish Carving Festival in Oaxaca, Mexico (1995); Las Fallas Fire Festival in Valencia, Spain (2001); Swiss Expo that hosted Diller & Scofidio’s Blur Building on Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland (2002); the Puppet Theater Festival in Zagreb, Croatia (2006); the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa (2009); the Flower Festival in Madeira, Portugal (2014); and The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland (2019).

Artist Residency, Wedding Cake House Residency, November, 2024, Providence, RI https://www.dirtpalace.org/wch-air-bios

Artist Residency, Cortex Frontal, 2023, Arraiolos, Portugal  www.cortexfrontal.org/english

Board Member, CERF+  https://cerfplus.org
Board Member, Olympia Artspace Alliance   olympiaartspace.org
Commissioner, Washington State Arts Commission.  Gubernatorial appointment, Chair 2008-10,  www.arts.wa.go
Visual Art Faculty Emerita, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.   blogs.evergreen.edu/jeanm/