Resume

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Solo Exhibitions

2017 “Textile Explorations”, Antigonish Town and County Library, Antigonish, NS

2013 "Fabrications", Antigonish Town and County Library, Antigonish, NS

Juried Group Exhibitions

2021 Cloth in Common group exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, USA

2021-2023 “Commotion”, SAQA Atlantic Canada group show, curator Lee Cripps, traveling in NS and NB, Canada

2021 “I Am What I Am” fine art group show, curator: Brandt Eisner, Icehouse Gallery, Tatamagouche, NS

2021-2024 “Microscape”, SAQA global traveling exhibition, Houston, TX, USA and other venues, juror: Linden Gledhill

2021 “Apothecary” fine art group show, curator: Jaime Lee Lightle, Round Hill Studio, Annapolis Royal, NS

2021 “Wide Open”, Art Cloth Network group exhibition, juror: Amy Orr

2020 “I Am What I Am” fine art group show, Chase Gallery at the Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, NS

2020 “Goldene Nadel”, Nadelwelt Karlsruhe, Germany

2020 “Colour with a U”, Canadian SAQA exhibition, traveling March 2020-2023

2020 “Full Circle”, Art Cloth Network group exhibition, Minneapolis, MN, Philadelphia, PA 

2020 “Art Hits The Wall: Old Properties”, traveling exhibition in NS

2020 Taiwan International Quilt Festival, group show with Cloth in Common

2019-20 Ailsa Craig Quilt Festival (Ontario),  Special Exhibit traveling to New Zealand (Christchurch, Tauranga, Auckland, Whangamata, Hastings)

2019 Mancuso Quilt Shows, Springfield, Massachusetts/Oaks, Pennsylvania/ Santa Clara, California, group show with Cloth in Common

2019 Nadelwelt, Karlsruhe, Germany

2018 “Stitched and Layered”, Textile Artists Collective, Inverness County Centre for the Arts,  Inverness, NS

2018 “Small Treasures”, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS

2018-2019 “Transitions”, Studio Art Quilt Associates Atlantic Canada, traveling exhibition in NS, NB

2017-2018 “Art Hits The Wall: Under the Influence”, traveling exhibition in NS

2017 "Creative Resistance", St. Francis Xavier University Gallery, Antigonish, NS

2016 Gathering of the Arts, ACA, Antigonish, NS

2015-2016 “Structures” Studio Art Quilt Associates Atlantic Canada, traveling exhibition in NS, PEI, NB

2015 “Forest” Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS

2015 Gathering of the Arts, ACA, Antigonish, NS

2014-2015 “Art Hits The Wall: Presenting Myself”, traveling exhibition in Nova Scotia

2014 Gathering of the Arts, ACA, Antigonish, NS

2014 "Prairies", Focus on Fibre Arts Association, Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB and DOW 

Centennial Centre Fort Saskatchewan, AB

2013 "Art Hits The Wall: Kaleidoscope", traveling exhibition in Nova Scotia

2013 Hands Dancing Show, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Inverness, NS

2013 Gathering of the Arts, ACA, Antigonish, NS

2012 SAQA Show "Rooted", Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS and Fraser Cultural Centre, Tatamagouche, NS
2012 The Canadian Quilters' Association National Juried Show, Halifax, NS
2011 Gathering of the Arts, ACA, Antigonish, NS
2011 Textile Show Inverness County Centre for the Arts, NS
2010 Gathering of the Arts, GAPACC, Antigonish, NS
2010 "Green", Focus on Fibre Arts Association, Glenrose Hospital and Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, AB
2010 “O Canada” Special traveling exhibition, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Ill., Long Beach, CA, Houston, TX
2010 The Canadian Quilters' Association National Juried Show, Calgary, AB
2010 2nd International Exhibition "Handgefaerbt", Atelier Sigrid Poeschel, Vienna, Austria
2009-2011 Biennial Postcard Art Competition and Exhibition of the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda, IL
2009-2010 “Tactile Architecture” exhibition, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, Chicago, Ill., Long Beach, CA
2009 Foto-Fiber-Fabulous, Fiber Artspace, San Antonio, TX
2009 Gathering of the Arts, GAPACC, Antigonish and Truro, Nova Scotia
2009 "O Canada" Special traveling exhibition, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Ill., Long Beach, CA, Houston, TX
2009 “From Flower to Fruit” exhibition, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS
2009 The Canadian Quilters' Association National Juried Show, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2009 SAA Squared Exhibition, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2008 "Art Hits The Wall: All Nature Sings" Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NNS
2008 "Wild Thing" Focus on Fibre Arts Association, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB and  Stony Plain Multicultural Center, AB

Curatorial experience

 2020-23 “Commotion”, Studio Art Quilt Associates Atlantic Canada, traveling exhibition in NS, NB, co-organizer

2018-23 “Colour with a U”, Canadian Studio Art Quilt Associates show, member of the Exhibition Committee

2015-16 “Structures” Studio Art Quilt Associates Atlantic Canada, traveling exhibition shown in 5 venues in NS, PEI, NB, curator

Education

2009 City and Guilds of London Patchwork and Quilting Certificate Level 2, online course with Design Matters (Linda and Laura Kemshall) under the tutelage of Marie Roper
1996 Magister in Philosophy and Linguistics, University of Konstanz, Germany
1989 Diploma in Library Science, Cologne, Germany

Awards and Grants

2017 Arts Nova Scotia Professional Development Grant

2014 Focus on Fibre Arts Association, Edmonton, AB 1st place, medium quilt category

2013 Arts Nova Scotia Presentation Grant

2010 Focus on Fibre Arts Association, Edmonton, AB 1st place, small quilt category
2008 Focus on Fibre Arts Association, Edmonton, AB 2nd place, small quilt category
2007 10th Annual Heritage Park Festival of Quilts Challenge, Calgary, AB 1st place

Professional Affiliations

SAQA Studio Art Quilt Associates, Juried Artist Member
SDA Surface Design Association
ACA Antigonish Culture Alive Association

Member of Textile Artists Collective Nova Scotia

Member of international online group “Cloth in Common”

Member of Art Cloth Network

Gallery Representation

Red Sky Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia 

Riverside Pottery, Digby, Nova Scotia

 

Published

  Quilting Arts Magazine, Summer 2021, issue 110, article about Cloth in Common  

Art Quilting Studio, Winter 2021, article “Celebrating 20 years of Art Cloth Network” by Deborah Weir

Cloth in Common, Round One, by Karol Kusmaul (editor), 2020

Colour With A “U” catalogue, 2020

Art Quilting Studio, Spring 2020, article “Printed & Layered”

Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 18, 2020

“Full Circle”, 20th Anniversary Exhibit catalogue, The Art Cloth Network, 2020

Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 18, 2020

“Full Circle”, 20th Anniversary Exhibit, The Art Cloth Network, 2020

SAQA Journal 2019, Vol. 29, No. 4

Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 17, 2019
SAQA Journal, 2018, Vol. 28 No.3

SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly Issue No. 12, 2018

SAQA Portfolio 21, 2014

Cover of the “Antigonish Review” magazine, fall 2013 edition

SAQA Portfolio 20, 2013

Profile in The Casket Newspaper Antigonish, August 28 2012
Catalogue of the National Juried Show 2012, Canadian Quilters' Association
SAQA Portfolio 18, 2011
Catalogue of the National Juried Show 2010, Canadian Quilters' Association
The Canadian Quilter, Spring 2010
SAQA Journal Fall 2009: exhibition review ”Synthesis visits Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia”
Catalogue of the National Juried Show 2009, Canadian Quilters' Association
The Quintessential Quilt, Commemorative Program of the 2009 International Quilt Festival

Professional Speaking Engagements

Studio Art Quilt Association Annual Conference 2020, lightning talk

Public Art Projects

2020 Antigonight Art After Dark Festival, participatory public art project “Stitching together, apart”, with subsequent exhibition at the Antigonish Town and County Library

2019 Antigonight Art After Dark Festival, demonstration and exhibition of gel plate mono printing

2018-19 youth art project “Dress DeCode”, workshops, exhibition in January 2019 at the Antigonish Town and County Library

2013 Antigonight Art After Dark Festival, participatory public art project “Prayer Flags”

2011-12 Commission for the Antigonish Town and County Library children’s room, with a group of 10 local children

2011 Antigonight Art After Dark Festival, participatory public art project “Fabric Collages”, assembled and displayed in the Antigonish Town and County Library