| SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND CURATING | ||
| 2011 | Oct - Apr | Curator of Shaped by Water: Past, Present & Future, Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos, CA |
| 2007-2010 | Curator of traveling exhibition Intimate Apparel, Textile Center, Minn. MN & U Mass Dartmouth, MA and Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO | |
| 2004 | Jan-Mar | No Swimming, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA |
| 2002 | Aug - Sep | Transparent Trespasses, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA |
| SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2012 | March | Delta Waters, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA (upcoming) |
| 2011 | Nov - Feb | Collecting California, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA |
| September | Underfoot, Workspace Ltd, San Francisco, CA | |
| June | Reflections on Water, Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Apr - Sep | Green: the Color and the Cause, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC | |
| February | Renew, Palo Alto City Hall Lobby, Palo Alto, CA | |
| Jan - Apr | Baulines Craft Guild Master Annual Exhibition Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA | |
| 2010 | Nov - Dec | Sew New: Contemporary Art Quilts, Osilas Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY |
| Nov - Apr | Baulines Craft Guild Master Annual Exhibition Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA | |
| Oct - Nov | 500 Art Quilts, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX | |
| September | Fathoming, Workspace Ltd, San Francisco, CA | |
| Jun - Oct | By Hand: American Women with Needle and Thread, Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos, CA | |
| June | New Shades of Green, Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR | |
| May - Jun | Worlds: Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship Award Exhibition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA | |
| May - Jun | WEAD Exhibition 2010, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, JFK University, Berkeley, CA | |
| Mar-Apr | Reinvention, The Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2009 | Oct - Nov | Still Water, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA |
| June | Friends Along the Journey, ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael, CA | |
| Jun - Aug | Seeing Green: Visions of a Changing Planet, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| Jan-Feb | New Focus, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR | |
| 2008 | Oct - Mar | She Made It!, Leonard and David McKay Gallery at Pasetta House, History San Jose, San Jose, CA |
| Sep - Oct | Water: the Essence of Life, a.Muse Gallery, San Francisico, CA | |
| April | Sense of Place, Chicago International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL | |
| 2007 | May - Jul | Mapping the Territory, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO |
| Apr - May | Fiber Cartography: Mapping Imagination and Experience, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT | |
| Jan - Feb | Vanishing Borders: Contemporary Environmental Art, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH | |
| 2006 | Sep - Oct | Taking a Stand: Voices in Fiber, Translations Gallery, Denver, CO |
| Jun - Sep | On Mapping: New Perspectives with a Common Thread, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA | |
| June | Expo Magic Quilt, La Sucriere, Lyon, France | |
| SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2006 | Apr - Oct | California Art Quilts, California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2005 | June | Wax Eloquent, Arnheim Gallery, Mass. College of Art, World Batik Conference, Boston, MA |
| 2004 | Sep -Oct | Uncommon Threads, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR |
| August | Poetry and Large Pieces, Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA | |
| Mar-Apr | Elements, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA | |
| 2003 | October | Fiberworks, Doiron Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| June | Up Close and Far Away, Lynn Foundation, Kansas City, KS | |
| 2002 | Apr - May | 34th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA |
| Feb - May | Yosemite Renaissance XVII, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA | |
| 2001 | Sep - Oct | Fine Fiber: Art for the 21st Century, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL |
| June | South Bay Fine Arts Festival, Triton Museum, San Jose, CA | |
| Apr - May | 33rd Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA | |
| 1999 | May - Sep | Quilt National 1999 Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH |
| 1998 | Apr - May | 30th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA |
| ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, MUSEUM & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS | ||
| 2011 | City of Palo Alto, Art in Public Places Collection, acquired Wetlands Musings | |
| 2009 | San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, acquired On the Edge II for permanent collection | |
| City of Lafayette, Public Library, acquired On the Edge for permanent collection | ||
| 2006 | Pacific Gas and Electric, acquired 3 digital reproductions for new LEED Certified Building. | |
| AWARDS | ||
| 2011 | Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation | |
| 2010 | Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Fellowship | |
| 2010 | Finalist for Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Grant | |
| 1999 | Rookie Award, Quilt National 1999, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH. | |
| 1999 | Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, South Bay Fine Arts Festival, Triton Museum, San Jose. | |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY & PUBLICATIONS | ||
| 2012 | Artist Linda Gass immersed in love of water by Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, January 8, 2012. | |
| 2011 | Arts and Entertainment Review of Green: A color and a cause Voice of America News June 14, 2011 | |
| Bombs Away: Fun with fabrics, Minneapolis Star Tribune. June 10, 2011. | ||
| Contemporary Color: Theory & Use, 2nd Edition, by Steven Bleicher, Publicshed by Delmar Cengage Learning | ||
| 2010 | Lecture Series Explores Art, Science, Animation, Palo Alto Weekly. August 2, 2010. | |
| Creative Flow: Three Activist Artists by Sally Hansell, Fiberarts Summer 2010. | ||
| Artist Awarded, Palo Alto Weekly. May 28, 2010. | ||
| Cover Art and Artist Profile Art Calendar April 2010. | ||
| 500 Art Quilts, by Ray Hemachandra and Karey Bresenham. Published by Lark Books | ||
| Review: Still Water, Atlanta by Lucas Carpenter, Art Papers Jan/Feb 2010, p. 50-51. | ||
| 2009 | Sustainability Report 2009, cover art and interior illustration, Published by CH2M Hill | |
| The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, by Katharine Harmon. Published by Princeton Architectural Press. | ||
| What is Environmental Art? (108 KB PDF file), Unity: Celebrating Food Art & Culture June 2009 (1.1 MB PDF file). | ||
| Previews: Friends Along the Journey, ArtWeek, May 2009. | ||
| Some Things Old, Some Things New, Marin Magazine May 2009. | ||
| Innovative Quilts: Painting with Thread, American Style February 2009. | ||
| Featured artist in the contemporary art issue of The Bear Deluxe Magazine #28 Fall 2008 / Winter 2009. | ||
| 2008 | 2009 Environmental Art Calendar, Published by Amber Lotus Publishers in conjunction with greenmuseum.org | |
| Review: She Made It! by Jack Van Zandt, Silicon Valley Metro, October 22, 2008. Click here for PDF version (372 KB) | ||
| Review: SAQA: Creative Force 2007 & A Sense of Place, Quilting Arts Magazine, Apr/May 2008 (Issue 32) | ||
| Author of Radical Self-Expression: The Costumes of Burning Man, (1 MB PDF file) Fiberarts Jan/Feb 2008 | ||
| 2007 | 2008 Quilts Calendar, Published by the Alliance for American Quilts | |
| Review: Intimate Apparel (What's a Merkin?) by Leesa Hubbell, Fiberarts Nov/Dec 2007 | ||
| Sense of Place Catalog, Published by the Studio Art Quilts Associates. | ||
| Mapping the Territory Catalog, Published by the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO. | ||
| Interview about Intimate Apparel Exhibition, (PDF 564 KB) Review Magazine, June 2007. | ||
| In a Word, This Show is Fun, by Alex Schubert, Kansas City Star, May 31, 2007 | ||
| Preview for Fiber Cartography Exhibit, Fiberarts Apr/May 2007. | ||
| Local Artist to show works at Museum, Los Altos Town Crier, April 18, 2007. Click here for PDF version (689 KB) | ||
| 2006 | Quilter's Save Our Stories Interview, Oral history project of The Alliance for American Quilts, November 2006 | |
| The Silk Road OnEarth Magazine, Natural Resource Defense Council, Fall 2006 | ||
| Surface Design Journal, Gallery Issue, September 2006 Volume 30 No. 5 | ||
| A gentle statement: Artist looks at hard issues through a soft medium (PDF) by Rebecca Wallace, Palo Alto Weekly, August 11,2006 | ||
| Cover Art, Previews and Sampling Sections Fiberarts Summer 2006. | ||
| Parting Shot, American Style August 2006. | ||
| Unique fiber maps on display Woodinville Weekly, July 24, 2006 Edition. | ||
| The Quilt is Mightier than the Sword Palo Alto Online June 24 Adlibs blog entry by Rebecca Wallace. | ||
| Putting Map on the Arts Seattlest, a website about Seattle. | ||
| New ways to look at the world, King County Journal, Washington. | ||
| 2005 | Featured Artist, greenmuseum.org online museum. | |
| Art Quilts: A Celebration, introduction by Robert Shaw. Published by Lark Books. | ||
| Art Notes by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle. | ||
| 2004 | Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Published by Lark Books. | |
| Water Works, Stanford Magazine Volume 32, No. 3 (May/June 2004 Issue) | ||
| Going Swimming: Los Altos Artist Comments on Water Issues, Mountain View Voice. | ||
| 2003 | In Review (PDF) Surface Design Journal Volume 27 No. 3 | |
| The Big Book of Quilting, by Cassia Farkas. Published by Main Street Publishing. | ||
| 2002 | Artists Play with Words to Create Works, San Francisco Chronicle | |
| River People American Rivers Conservation Website | ||
| Artist Draws Attention to the Destruction of Nature Los Altos Town Crier | ||
| 2001 | Quilting Quarterly, Fall 2001 National Quilting Association. | |
| 2000 | Batik : For Artists & Quilters by Eloise Piper. Published by Hand Books Press. | |
| 1999 | The Best in Contemporary Quilts: Quilt National, 1999 Published by Lark Books. | |
| SELECTED PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & TEACHING | ||
| 2011 | ||
| January | Invited Speaker for the East Bay Heritage Quilters | |
| 2010 | ||
| September | Invited plenary speaker at the Bay-Delta Science Conference on Can Art Change our Water Consciousness? | |
| September | Panel Moderator and panelist for San Francisco Bay - where environment, art and science meet, with Will Travis and Robert Dawson at the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA |
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| March | Panel Moderator at Reinvention Conference at San Francisco State University with panelists Linda MacDonald, Lea Redmond and Judith Selby Lang. | |
| January | Defending Water and Place through Art, Invited speaker, Petaluma Quilt Guild, Petaluma, CA | |
| 2009 | ||
| July | Watermarks, Invited speaker, Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
| May | Raising Environmental Awareness for Water through Textile Art, Invited speaker for San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, CA. | |
| March | The Costumes of Burning Man, Invited speaker for the de Young Museum Friday night program, San Francisco, CA. | |
| February | Invited Speaker as part of the Black Rock Arts Foundation Elemental Interactions Series, San Francisco, CA. | |
| 2008 | ||
| April | Workshop Instructor for Quilted Paintings on Silk, at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. | |
| 2007 | ||
| October | Maps + Aerial Photography = Art Quilts, Invited Lecturer for Sun City Roseville Needle Arts Club, Roseville, CA. | |
| August | Workshop Instructor for Quilted Paintings on Silk, at Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. | |
| May | Maps + Aerial Photography = Art Quilts, Invited Lecturer for Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos, CA | |
| April | Podcast interview for episode entitled Women's Work Crafting Voices | |
| February | Invited Speaker for San Francisco Quilt Guild, San Francisco, CA. | |
| 2006 | ||
| January | Podcast interview on making art and my new work by Applausecast. | |
| 2005 | ||
| March | Workshop Instructor for Painting on Silk: Expressing your Passion, at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. | |
| January | Turning Activism Into Art, Invited Lecturer for the Textile Arts Council of the de Young Museum, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. | |
| 2004 | ||
| November | Simply Quilts, Home and Garden Television Network. Invited to collaborate on a "Round Robin" style quilt with two other artists, Yvonne Porcella and Patricia Nelson. | |
| May | Invited Lecturer for California Fibers, La Jolla, CA. | |
| March | Simply Quilts, Home & Garden Television Network. Invited to appear with show host, Alex Anderson, to demonstrate how I paint silk for my art quilts using dye and wax. | |
| 2002 | ||
| Fall | Lecture on Land Art for Desert Practice, a Stanford Continuing Studies Course, Stanford, CA. | |
| AFFILIATIONS | ||
| 2005 - now | Black Rock Arts Foundation, Advisory board member since November 2005. | |
| 2008 - now | Baulines Craft Guild, Master member | |
| 2007 - now | Juried Cubberley Studio Artist Program, Palo Alto, CA | |
| 1997 - now | Surface Design Association, Southwest Regional Rep 2001-2009 | |
| 2000 - now | San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, member of Board of Directors 2001-2003 | |
| 1999 - now | Studio Art Quilt Associates | |
| 1997 - now | Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum of San Francisco, Board Member 2003 - 2007 | |
| 1999 - now | Friends of Fiber Art | |
| 1996 - now | American Craft Council | |
| EDUCATION | ||
| 2010 | Bay Area Public Art Academy, Certificate of Completion received January 2010. Sponsored by the Northern Califonria Public Art Administrators Network. |
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| 1983 | MS Computer Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Art Coursework: Digital Typography with Chuck Bigelow, Calligraphy with Kris Holmes, Advanced Black and White Photography with Joel Leivick. |
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| 1981 | BS Mathematical Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Art Coursework: Life Drawing, Basic Design with Matt Kahn, Black and White Photography. |
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