"I like to dance on the line between representation and abstraction, and the natural world is my best teacher. Walking in the natural world, observing seasonal changes expands my relationship with a place, as well as my vocabulary of color, line, light and form. I enjoy close scrutiny of nature’s random calligraphy in tangled nests of branches and thickets; the inner workings and structure of the landscape. Instead of finding calm by the ocean or in the desert, I feel most at home when encircled by tangled undergrowth, and the flickering light of tall trees. It provides the opportunity to meditate on branches and grasses making beautiful line work, and I discover unexpected relationships of color and light.” Education1998 Sitka Center: Fresco Painting1994 Sitka Center: Ideas Into Images1988 Papua, New Guinea: Man as Art1984 Vermont Studio School, Summer Session1977 ?B.F.A. Oregon State University1972 B.S. Oregon State University Solo Exhibitions2017 Waterstone Gallery, Portland, Oregon2015 Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, Oregon2013 Waterstone Gallery, Portland, Oregon2013 The Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington2013 The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, Oregon2012, 2010, 2009, 2007 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, Washington2006, 2004?Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, Oregon1996, 1994, 1986 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Washington1995, 1993, 1991, 1989, 1987 Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon2001, 1999, 1997 Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon1991 Pierce College, Tacoma, Washington1990 The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California1986 Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, Oregon1983, 1985 Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon1983 Newspace Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon1979 Campbell Hall Gallery, Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon1979 Honors Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon1978 “Layers,” Arts Place, Portland, Oregon1978 Keller Gallery, Salem, Oregon1978 Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon Group Exhibitions2015, 2014 American Craft Council Art Fair, San Francisco, California2013 The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, Oregon2013 American Craft Council Art Fair, San Francisco, California2008 Elder Gallery Charlotte, North Carolina2006 Calyx 30th Anniversary Show, Corvallis, Oregon2006 ?New Artists Exhibition, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, Oregon2006 “Five Printmakers,” LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, Oregon2002 “Dog and Pony Show,” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon2001 “9.11 Artists Respond,” Savage Gallery, Portland, Oregon2001 Art in Port Townsend, Peggy Weiss, Juror, Port Townsend, Washington2001 Calyx 25th Anniversary Exhibit, Corvallis Arts Center2000, 2001 ?Lake Oswego Visual Chronicle1996 Gallery 500, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania1995, 1994 ?Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, Florida1994 “Lines of Correspondence,” with Nance O’Banion, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon1990 “Two-sided Ricochet,” Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas1990 Western State College, Monmouth, Oregon1990 National Invitational Paper Show, Bergstrom-Wahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin1989 E.L. Wiegland Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada1988 “The Cutting Edge,” Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan1985 “Borrowed Embellishments,” Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri1985 “Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon1984 “Paper ’84,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut1983 “Paper Transformed,” Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana1983 “The Painting Show,” Sonoma State University Art Gallery Rohnert Park, California1983 “West Coast Artists: Pattern and Color,” The Allrich Gallery, San FranciCalifornia1983 “Of, On, Oregon About Paper II,” USA Today, Arlington, VA; Bess Abell, Curator1983, 1982 ?All Oregon Art Annual, Salem, Oregon1982 - 1980 ARTQUAKE, Portland, Oregon1982 “Works: Paper,” Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH; two year traveling exhibition sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council1982 “Artwave,” Portland, Oregon1982 “Northwest Women’s Art Show,” Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon1981,1979 ?Willamette Valley Juried Show, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon1981 “Handmade Paper,” Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon1981 Fountain Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, Washington1981 20th Anniversary Show, Fountain Gallery of Fine Art, Portland, Oregon1980 “Crafts Northwest Circa 1980,” Oregon School of Arts And Crafts, Portland1980 “Beginning Collectors,” Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon1979 Spokane Annual, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington. Jacob Lawrence, juror1979 “Mixed Media,” Open Gallery, Eugene, Oregon1979 “Oregon Women Artists,” Hallie Brown Ford Gallery1978 “Paint on Paper,” Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California1978 “Celebration of Oregon Women Artists,” Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, Oregon1977 “Washington Art in Public Places,” Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington1976 Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Show, Bellevue, Washington1976 “11th November Annual,” Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon Related Experience2017 Artist in residence, Wilderness Workshop, Aspen, Colorado2005-1997 Artist-In-Residence Program, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Young Audiences, Portland, Oregon1995 Workshop Instructor, Sitka Center, Otis, Oregon2002, 1992? Workshop Instructor with Nance O’Banion, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon1995, 1990? Workshop Instructor, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts1989-Present ?Collaboration with Nance O’Banion1988 Workshop instructor, Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, Texas1987, 1986 ?Workshop Instructor, Creative Arts Community, Portland, Oregon1984 Workshop Instructor, The Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut1984 All Oregon Art Annual, Juror, Salem, Oregon1983 Artist in Education, Salem, Oregon1983 Attended International Paper Conference, Kyoto, Japan1980 Board of Directors, Artist’s Support Chairman, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon1980 Confabulation Panelist, “Craft Northwest Circa 1980,” Oregon School ofArts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon1980-1978 Gallery Director, Newspace Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon1977 Collaborative printmaker for Miriam Schapiro’s portfolio, “Anonymous Was a Woman” Selected Corporate CollectionsBonneville Power Administration, Portland, OregonTualatin Visual Chronicle, Tualatin, OregonSacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, OregonDeloitte & Touche, Portland, OregonVivian and Gordon Gilkey Print Center, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OregonState Printing Plant, Salem, OregonOregon Freeze Dry, Phillip Morris Collection, Albany, OregonNike Corporation, Beaverton, OregonAT&T, New YorkClaremont Resort Hotel, Oakland, CaliforniaIBM, San Jose, CaliforniaContinental Bank, Chicago, IllinoisHarsch Investment Corporation, Portland, OregonLake Oswego Library, Lake Oswego, Oregon450 Sutter, San Francisco, CaliforniaIBM, Jacksonville, FloridaRichard Brown Baker, New YorkNordstrom, CaliforniaAmericana Hotel, San Francisco, CaliforniaSeattle Dental Building, Seattle, WashingtonUniversity of Oregon, Sciences Complex, Eugene, OregonFoster, Pepper & Shefelman, Portland, OregonPrinceton Group, San Francisco, CaliforniaBall, Janik & Novack, Portland, OregonOregon State University Valley Library, Corvallis, OregonLegacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital, Portland, OregonWestin Hotel, Portland, OregonWashington State Public Art CollectionVarian, Palo Alto, CaliforniaFidelity Investments, Seattle, WashingtonNissho Iwai, Portland, OregonPortland Community College, Cascade Campus, Portland, OregonOregon Health Sciences University, Kohler Pavilion, Portland, Oregon Publications“Angelita Surmon’s Art,” The Oregonian, February, 2001“Pick Hit: Angelita Surmon,” The Oregonian, February, 2001Row, D.K., “Tip Sheet,” The Oregonian, January, 2001“Angelita Surmon,” The Asian Reporter, January, 2001“Angelita Surmon,” Community Calendar, The Women’s Journal, January, 1997“A&E 10 Day Planner,” The Oregonian, December, 1996Ross, Terry, “Top Of First Thursday,” The Oregonian, April 1995“Bali High,” The Oregonian, August, 1991Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, 1986Johnson, Barry, “Surmon Muses Amid Too Much,” The Oregonian, June 1987“WW Art Choice,” Willamette Week, June 1987Turner, Priscilla, “Zigs and Zags,” Alaska Airlines Magazine,” June, 1987Scarborough, Jessica, “Fluidity and Synthesis,” Artweek, May, 1986McMorran, Megan, “Making It is Passion of Handmade Paper Artist,” 1985Cowan, Ron, “Corvallis Woman Turns Paper Into A Work Of Art,” Statesman-Journal, September, 1981