Hita von Mende

PO Box 945
Vashon, WA 98070
206-567-4772
Fax: 206-567-5058
www.vonmende.com

Hita von Mende is a painter living and working on Vashon Island, Washington. Born in Poland, she grew up in Minnesota and received her degree in art from the University of Minnesota. She studied painting for two years with John Podrebarac, continuing with numerous workshops by William F. Reese, David Leffel, Ray Vinella, Daniel Green, and Joseph Bohler. She is currently preparing for her annual solo show at Silverwood Gallery, opening August 3, 2007, a show at the Clymer Museum of Art, also opening August 3, 2007, and a show this winter in Taos, NM. She received 1st prize in July 2006 at the 13th Annual Juried Art Show in Enumclaw, WA. Her painting, "Just Missed", was chosen for the 2004 Ellensburg Rodeo poster. In 2004 she completed three commissioned paintings for the Rennaissance Hotel in Seattle and is working on another series for the hotel.

July 2006, 13th Annual Juried Art Show, Enumclaw, WA, (1st Prize PSE Purchase Award) May 2004, 2005 & 2006, Western Art Show and Auction, Ellensburg, WA January 2004, Group show, Silverwood Gallery, Vashon Island, WA August 2002, 2003, 2005 & 2006 One-person show, Silverwood Gallery, Vashon Island, WA 1999-2001, Two-person and group shows at Silverwood Gallery, Vashon, WA Other shows: Blue Heron Gallery and Barnworks on Vashon Island; Park Gallery, Denver, CO; Northwest Painters in Seattle and on Vashon Island

A recent painting was chosen for the cover of CLE International’s Annual Art and the Law Conference brochure in Santa Fe, NM, and two paintings were selected for covers of Forum Poetry Magazine, University of Idaho.

Commissions:
Paintings for the lobby of Steiner Norris, LLP,
Seattle, WA; Three paintings for the Rennaissance Seattle Hotel; Bookcover,
University of Oregon Press; Series of large paintings for Café Berlin, Denver, Colorado; Perpetual trophy for the American Rottweiler Club; Backdrop for Swan Lake, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA; Designed and painted sets for Northwest Ballet, Edmonds, WA and Drama Dock on Vashon Island; Series of paintings for Lawyer’s Professional Building, Denver Tech Center; and, many private commissions.

In her other life, as Kate Johnson, she is President of Law Seminars International, a national professional educational organization presenting continuing education programs throughout the United States and Canada.