| SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND CURATING |
| 2007 |
June |
Intimate Apparel, 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 GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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Oct - Nov |
Sense of Place, Houston International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX |
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Jul - Aug |
Eco-art Exhibition, Green City Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
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May - Jul |
Mapping the Territory, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO |
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Apr - May |
Fiber Cartography: Mapping Imagination and Experience, Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT |
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Jan - Feb |
Vanishing Borders: Contemporary Environmental Art, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH |
| 2006 |
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Sep - Oct |
Taking a Stand: Voices in Fiber, Translations Gallery, Denver, CO |
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Jun - Sep |
On Mapping: New Perspectives with a Common Thread, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA |
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June |
Expo Magic Quilt, La Sucriere, Lyon, France |
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June |
Showcase: An Exhibition by SDA Representatives, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC |
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May - Jun |
Wish You Were Here: Fiber Art Postcards, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ |
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Apr - Oct |
California Art Quilts, California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2005 |
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Sep - Dec |
Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Art Quilts, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
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Aug - Oct |
The Ever-Changing Landscape, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY |
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June |
Wax Eloquent, Arnheim Gallery, Mass. College of Art, World Batik Conference, Boston, MA |
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Mar-Apr |
Spring Faculty Exhibit, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN |
| 2004 |
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October |
New Quilts of Northern California, Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA |
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Sep -Oct |
Uncommon Threads, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR |
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August |
Poetry and Large Pieces, Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA |
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Mar-Apr |
Elements, Group Show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA |
| 2003 |
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October |
Fiberworks, Group Fiber Show, Doiron Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
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June |
Up Close and Far Away, Group Fiber Show, Lynn Foundation, Kansas City, KS |
| 2002 |
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Apr - May |
34th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA |
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Feb - May |
Yosemite Renaissance XVII, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA |
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Jan - Feb |
LightWorks, Group Show, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA |
| 2001 |
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Sep - Oct |
Fine Fiber: Art for the 21st Century, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL |
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October |
Hoboken Art Studio Tour, Hoboken, NJ |
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September |
What Was I Thinking? Group Show, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA |
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June |
South Bay Fine Arts Festival, Triton Museum, San Jose, CA |
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Apr - May |
33rd Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA |
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January |
Winter Whimsies Group Show, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA |
| 1999 |
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May - Sep |
Quilt National 1999 Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH |
| 1998 |
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Apr - May |
30th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA |
| 1997 |
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December |
Silk! Northern California Silk Artists Group Show, Manor House Gallery, Belmont, CA |
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April |
Works in Silk. Santa Clara County Artists Open Studios, Mountain View, CA |
| 1996 |
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December |
Works in Silk. Group Show, Mountain View, CA |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 2007 |
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2008 Quilts Calendar, Published by the Alliance for American Quilts |
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Review: Intimate Apparel (What's a Merkin?) by Leesa Hubbell, Fiberarts Nov/Dec 2007 |
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Sense of Place Catalog, Published by the Studio Art Quilts Associates. |
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Mapping the Territory Catalog, Published by the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO. |
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Interview about Intimate Apparel Exhibition, (PDF 564 KB) Review Magazine, June 2007. |
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In a Word, This Show is Fun, by Alex Schubert, Kansas City Star, May 31, 2007 |
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Preview for Fiber Cartography Exhibit, Fiberarts Apr/May 2007. |
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Local Artist to show works at Museum, Los Altos Town Crier, April 18, 2007. Click here for PDF version (689 KB) |
| 2006 |
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Quilter's Save Our Stories Interview, Oral history project of The Alliance for American Quilts, November 2006 |
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The Silk Road OnEarth Magazine, Natural Resource Defense Council, Fall 2006 |
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Surface Design Journal, Gallery Issue, September 2006 Volume 30 No. 5 |
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A gentle statement: Artist looks at hard issues through a soft medium (PDF) by Rebecca Wallace, Palo Alto Weekly, August 11,2006 |
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Cover Art, Previews and Sampling Sections Fiberarts Summer 2006. |
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Parting Shot, American Style August 2006. |
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Unique fiber maps on display Woodinville Weekly, July 24, 2006 Edition. |
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The Quilt is Mightier than the Sword Palo Alto Online June 24 Adlibs blog entry by Rebecca Wallace. |
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Putting Map on the Arts Seattlest, a website about Seattle. |
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New ways to look at the world, King County Journal, Washington. |
| 2005 |
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Featured Artist, greenmuseum.org online museum. |
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Art Quilts: A Celebration, introduction by Robert Shaw. Published by Lark Books. |
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Art Notes by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle. |
| 2004 |
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Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Published by Lark Books. |
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Water Works, Stanford Magazine Volume 32, No. 3 (May/June 2004 Issue) |
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Going Swimming: Los Altos Artist Comments on Water Issues, Mountain View Voice. |
| 2003 |
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In Review (PDF) Surface Design Journal Volume 27 No. 3 |
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The Big Book of Quilting, by Cassia Farkas. Published by Main Street Publishing. |
| 2002 |
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Artists Play with Words to Create Works, San Francisco Chronicle |
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River People American Rivers Conservation Website |
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Artist Draws Attention to the Destruction of Nature Los Altos Town Crier |
| 2001 |
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Quilting Quarterly, Fall 2001 National Quilting Association. |
| 2000 |
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Batik : For Artists & Quilters by Eloise Piper. Published by Hand Books Press. |
| 1999 |
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The Best in Contemporary Quilts: Quilt National, 1999 Published by Lark Books. |
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| AWARDS |
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1999 |
Rookie Award, Quilt National 1999, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH. |
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1999 |
Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, South Bay Fine Arts Festival, Triton Museum, San Jose. |
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| PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & TEACHING |
| 2007 |
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October |
Maps + Aerial Photography = Art Quilts, Invited Lecturer for Sun City Roseville Needle Arts Club, Roseville, CA. |
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August |
Workshop Instructor for Quilted Paintings on Silk, at Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. |
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May |
Maps + Aerial Photography = Art Quilts, Invited Lecturer for Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos, CA |
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April |
Podcast interview for episode entitled Women's Work Crafting Voices |
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February |
Invited Speaker for San Francisco Quilt Guild, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2006 |
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January |
Podcast interview on making art and my new work by Applausecast. |
| 2005 |
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March |
Workshop Instructor for Painting on Silk: Expressing your Passion, at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. |
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January |
Turning Activism Into Art, Invited Lecturer for the Textile Arts Council of the de Young Museum, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2004 |
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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. |
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May |
Invited Lecturer for California Fibers, La Jolla, CA. |
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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 |
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Fall |
Lecture on Land Art for Desert Practice, a Stanford Continuing Studies Course, Stanford, CA. |
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| AFFILIATIONS |
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2005 - now |
Black Rock Arts Foundation, Advisory board member since November 2005. |
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1997 - now |
Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum of San Francisco, Board Member 2003 - current. |
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1997 - now |
Surface Design Association, Southwest Regional Rep since January 2001 |
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2000 - now |
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, member of Board of Directors 2001-2003 |
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1999 - now |
Studio Art Quilt Associates |
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1999 - now |
Friends of Fiber Art |
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1996 - now |
American Craft Council |
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| EDUCATION |
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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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| OTHER COURSEWORK |
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2005 |
Undercover: A Book of Marks with Dorothy Caldwell, SDA Conference, Kansas City, KS. |
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2005 |
Nature Inspires Rozome with Keijin Ihaya, World Batik Conference, Boston, MA. |
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2003 |
Visual Dynamics with Michael James, SDA Conference, Kansas City, KS. |
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2003 |
The Stitched Mark with Ilze Aviks, SDA Conference, Kansas City, KS. |
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2001 |
Land Art: Ancient Lake Lahontan with Mark Brest Van Kempen, Jim Mason and Elizabeth Miller, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. |
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2000 |
Design Workshop with Susan Moyer, Fort Bragg, CA. |
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2000 |
Surface Design Techniques with Holly Heller, Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, KS. |
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2000 |
Land Art: From Mono Lake to Death Valley with Mark Brest Van Kempen, Jim Mason and Elizabeth Miller, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. |
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1999 |
Roketsu-zome with Betsy Sterling Benjamin, WildFiber, Santa Monica, CA. |
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1998, 1999 |
Landscape painting on silk with Natasha Foucault, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA. |
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1998 |
Mixed media techniques on silk with Sissi Siska, Washington DC |
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1997 |
Abstract Silk Painting with Suzanne Punch, Image West Design Studio |
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1994 |
Fiber Arts with Jude Silva, Pacific Art League |
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1993 |
Watercolor with Barbara Baxter Berman, Pacific Art League |
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1992 |
Watercolor with Kay Russell, UC Berkeley Extension
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