BORN: Vancouver, WA
EDUCATION: B.F.A. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Floor Plans, Prographica/KDR Gallery, Seattle,WA
2015 Fred Birchman & Carolyn Krieg, Prographica Gallery, Seattle,WA
2014 Fred Birchman Drawings, The Featherston Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2013 The River is Moving: Recent drawings and sculpture, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 New Work, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 The Formal Plumb: Vestigial Tools and Occasional Objects, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Art of Fred Birchman, Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, Edmonds, WA
2007 New Work: Proposals and Signals, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Fred Birchman Drawings, Fine Arts Gallery, Pierce College, Lakewood, WA
2004 A History of Flight, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Sorties, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Sulfur, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 New Drawings by Fred Birchman, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fred Birchman Drawings, Pierce College Fine Arts Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1998 Selected Works, Unpublished Gallery, Seattle, WA
Bethlehem Steal, Recent Drawings, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Constructed Drawings, Upstairs Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Recent Work: Sleds and Boats, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 Fred Birchman, Collaged Paintings, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
1992 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1989, 1983)
1991 TestaRossa, Seattle, WA
1985 Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
1983 The Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023. Introductions, Leonard Brothers Gallery, Mt. Vernon,WA
2016 Things That Kill, Prographica Gallery, Seattle,WA
2015 Observing Observing (a white cup), Prographica Gallery, Seattle,WA
2015 The Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2014 Arranged and Discovered:The Contemporary Still Life, Prographica Gallery, Seattle,WA
2012 Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA
2011 A Family Show-Michael Dailey/Susanne Kelly, Michael Spafford/Spike Mafford, Fred Birchman/Sam Birchman/Julian Birchman, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Happy Birthday, Francine!, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 West Coast Drawing Show, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Eco Art, Sammamish City Hall Commons Gallery, Sammamish, WA
Introduction 2009, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Century 21: Dealer’s Choice, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
2003 Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2002 Paper, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000/2001 Inside Outside, Verizon Wireless, Bellevue, WA
1998/2000 The View From Here: 100 Artists Mark the Centennial of Mount Rainier National Park, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA; Yakima Valley Museum of Art, Yakima, WA; Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA
1997 Wood, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Working Papers, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993/94 There's No Place Like Home!, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1993 About Face, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1992 From Media to Metaphor: Art About Aids, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1991 The Artist in the Art: Self-Portraits, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
25th Anniversary Exhibitions: The Middle Years II 1981-1985, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Metaphor from the Everyday - Found Object, Collage and Combine, University of Washington School of Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
View From the Edge, Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
1990 Work Using Recycled Materials, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Drawing Power, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Faces and Figures, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 Paper Works, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery Seattle, WA
In Transit: The Concept of Transport in Art, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Birds and Flight: Various Interpretations, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Trip through the U.S.A., Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Drawings, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987 Invitational Drawing Show, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Masks: A Contemporary Perspective, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
1986 Works on/of Paper, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985 Visual Verse, Whatcom County Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1984 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Traditions, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
1982/83 Pacific Northwest Drawing Perspectives, traveling exhibition, Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art, Cheney, WA
1982 Works on Paper, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
1980 Illusionism: Handmade, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA
1978 National Paperworks Invitational, Artspace, Portland, OR
1977 The Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1977 The Viking Union Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Bellingham, WA (also 1976)
1976 In Touch: Nature, Ritual, and Sensuous Art of the Northwest, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
Art and Environment, Whatcom County Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
1976 10th Annual Mercer Island Arts Exhibition, Mercer Island, WA
1975 Bumbershoot Northwest, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS:
The Lakes Club, Bellevue, WA
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Stephens Inc., Investment Bankers, Little Rock, Arkansas
Walker Richer & Quinn Inc, Seattle, WA
Washington State’s Arts in Public Places Program, Olympia, WA: Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Vancouver School
District, Vancouver, WA
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Dr. Paul Hasagawa and Pamela Stokes