Resume
Education and Training
Minnesota State University – Moorhead. Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Graphic Design emphasis
Women’s Art Institute, Saint Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN
Castlehill Master Workshop – Janet Echelman
Awards and Honors
2019 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2018 Lake Region Arts Council McKnight Fellowship
2017 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2016 Legacy Arts & Culture Heritage Grant
2016 Women’s Art Institute Merit Scholarship
2015 Surface Design Association Personal Development Grant
2014 Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant
2014 Merit Award, Bloomington Art Center Member’s Juried Exhibition
2013 2nd place, Juried Fine Art Exhibition (Fibers category), Minnesota State Fair
Publications
A Philosophy of Textile: between practice and theory, Catherine Dormor, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020, 85-97.
Surface Design Journal, Fall 2020. Devotion: Sewing the Sacred; Jovencio de la Paz, juror
Surface Design Journal, Fall 2019. Soft Borders: International Exhibition in Print; Monika Auch & Elizabeth Kozlowski, jurors
Southwest Journal, June 2017. High Wire Act: The Unbearable Lightness of Wire Mesh by Susan Schaefer
Materials Hard + Soft Exhibition Catalogue, 2017. JoAnn Edwards, juror
Joomchi & Beyond, 2011; by Jiyoung Chung
Selected Exhibitions – Juried
2021
Momento | Living in Abstraction, (solo), Redepenning Gallery, Hopkins Arts Center, Hopkins, MN
63rd Arrowhead Regional Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN; Susan Hensel, juror
The 62nd Midwestern Juried Invitational, The Rourke Gallery + Museum, Moorhead, MN
2020
Mythos, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA; Dr. Michele Greet, juror
Where We Are From, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
Ambiguous Nature, (solo), Lake Region Arts Council, Fergus Falls, MN
2019
There But Not There, (solo), The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2019
Artists Across Minnesota, Lake Region Arts Council Main Gallery, Fergus Falls, MN
2018
Down to the Wire, (solo), Kaddatz Art Gallery, Fergus Falls, MN
Solo Exhibition, Hudson Hospital Main Gallery, Hudson, WI
50th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood National All-Media Exhibit, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA; Peter Pinnell, juror
2017
Insula, (solo), Studio Gallery, Textile Center of MN, Minneapolis, MN
Unravel | Unearth, (dual), Inez Greenberg Gallery, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
Materials Hard + Soft, Patterson/Appleton Arts Center, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX; Joann Edwards, juror
2016
Artistry Members Exhibition, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Artistry, Bloomington, MN; Teresa Engeltjes, juror
Jehra Patrick Exhibit, Main Gallery, Lake Region Arts Council, Fergus Falls, MN; Jehra Patrick, juror
North of the 45th Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan U., Marquette, MI; Michele Bosak, juror
Art on the Plains XII, Donath / Schlossman Galleries, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; Aaron Spangler, juror
2015
Sylvia White National Juried Exhibition, Flow Art Space, St Paul, MN; Sylvia White, juror
2014
Jerome Fiber Artist Recipients’ Exhibition, Concordia University Gallery, St Paul, MN
Bloomington Art Center Member Exhibition, Bloomington Theater Art Center, Bloomington, MN
2013
Celebrating Women Exhibition, Gorecki Gallery, St. Benedicts, St Joseph, MN
BTAC Member Show, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Theatre and Art Center, Bloomington, MN
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St Paul, MN
Local Color, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, U of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN
2012
Screenplay, Mendenhall Student Center Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Small Works, Main Gallery, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN
2011
Watershed, Textile Center & SDA member exhibition, Textile Center, Mpls, MN
2010
Hands of Korea, Heyri Artist Village, Seoul, Korea
2007
Fine Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
Selected Exhibitions – Invitation/Open
2019
A Common Thread, Textile Center Member Exhibition, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Regional Artist Invitational, Charles Beck Gallery, Minnesota State Community College, Fergus Falls, MN
2017
Unravelling the Thread, Main Gallery, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
2016
WAI Participants Exhibition, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for Art, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
Natural Dye Invitational, Community Gallery, Textile Center of MN, Minneapolis, MN
A Common Thread, Textile Center Member Exhibition, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Recollections: Shadow to Matter, White Bear Center for the Arts, Ford Family Gallery, White Bear, MN
2015
Solo Exhibition, Main Gallery, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
Kaleidoscope, Kaddatz Gallery, Fergus Falls, MN
Two Person Exhibition, Conn Fine Arts Gallery, Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, MN
Recollections: Shadow to Matter, 215 Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
2014
SD8 – Taste of 8, Gallery 1639, Falcon Heights, MN
Fiber and Mesh, Landmark Center Gallery, Henning, MN
A Common Thread, Textile Center Member Exhibition, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2013
The Space Between (two person exhibition), Northfield Arts Guild Main Gallery, Northfield, MN
A Common Thread, Textile Center Member Exhibition, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2012
Healing Arts Fall Exhibit (invitation – group), Allina Gallery, Owatonna Hospital, Owatonna, MN
A Common Thread, Textile Center Member Exhibition, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Public Art
2017
Homecoming, natural fibers, beads, 60″w x 42″h
A community-engaged project involving the residents of Henning, Alexandria, & Fergus Falls, MN; and Wahpeton, ND. This project involved my traveling to the various communities and engaging residents in handstitching a large fabric wall hanging which I had designed for the new Fargo Sanford Hospital. Along with this activity, I shared the poem Where I’m From by George Ella Lyon and asked each particpant to respond with a few lines written on the backing of the piece. The finished piece is now hanging on the 8th floor of the hospital. Fabric printer: Spoonflower, Commissioned by Sanford Health for Fargo Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND
2016
Memory Tapestry, hand-built wood loom, handmade paper, 48″w x 80″h x 36″d
A community-engaged, temporary public art project creating a paper-woven tapestry of recorded memories. Commissioned by SD8 group as part of an exhibition titled, Recollections: Shadow to Matter, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
2015
Dis:Engage, a community art project (I initiated), Monarch Festival, Fergus Falls, MN
Recollections: Shadow to Matter, An SDA Exhibition involving collections of memories (group-initiated), 215 Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2014
What’s Growing Here? Community Felting Event (I assisted), Prospect Park Community Garden and Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Commissions / Collections
NordHaus, Minneapolis, MN
Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND
St Marks Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN
Urban Ventures, Minneapolis, MN
Art Related Community Involvement / Volunteerism
2019 Featured Artist, MN State Fair Studio: HERE
2017 Minnesota State Arts Board, Visual Art Initiative Grant Panelist
2014-present Art of the Lakes, Board of Directors and Studio Tour Chairperson
2016 Community Supported Arts Project (CSA), (2016)
2015 Glendalough State Park, Memory Cloth, 2-day retreat teaching mark-making techniques on fiber
2014 Glendalough State Park, Eco-Printing & Dyeing, 2-day retreat teaching eco-dyeing and printing to adults
2014 Henning, MN, residency teaching in the High School and leading a community education adult workshop
2014 Underwood, MN, 2-day program teaching wire mesh techniques to high school art students
Professional Affiliations
Textile Center of Minnesota
Surface Design Association
Art of the Lakes – a visual artist cooperative