SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024
A Stitch In Time: Cowichan Public Art Gallery, Duncan, BC
2017
Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario
2015
Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches, Saint John Arts Centre, NB.
2015
Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches, Regina Beach, SK.
2014
Blanket Statement: No Shame In Patches, McMillan Gallery, Parksville, BC
2012
Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches, Cowichan Theatre Gallery, Duncan, BC
2011
Urban Textures, Island Savings Lobby Gallery, North Cowichan, BC
2007
Knots Galore, Loft Gallery, Mill Bay, BC
SELECTED JURIED AND CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Blue Grouse Winery, Cobble Hill, BC
2024
Elemental Change: Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2023
Matri-Art-Key, Resilient & Persevering: Juried Exhibition, WAM, Edmonton, AB
Current Threads, CVAC Gallery, Duncan,BC
2022
Sunflower Skirt, Invitational exhibition, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2021
Forest Breath of Life: Juried, exhibition, Cowichan Public Art Gallery, Vancouver Isl., BC
2018
Guns: Loaded Conversations: Juried exhibition , San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, CA, USA
2016
Stories of Migration: Contemporary Artists Interpret Diaspora, Washington. DC
Five-month exhibition: Textile Museum, George Washington University Museum
Edge of the Forest: Fish Creek Public Library, Calgary, AB
Coast Collective Arts Centre, Victoria, BC
FibreWorks Studio & Gallery, Pender Harbour, BC
2015
Edge of the Forest: SDA, Juried exhibition – Award of Excellence
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Ontario
Art Square Gallery, Toronto
Shibui Gallery & Sculpture Park:
Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches, Genoa Bay, BC
2014
Residency Exhibition – Palos Gallery, Ota-ku, Tokyo
On the Wind: FAN, Portals Art Gallery, Duncan, BC Current Threads
Vancouver Island Surface Design Assoc. Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
2013
Bridging Waters, Articulation/Material Girls: Frazee Gallery, Saint John, NB
Bridging Waters, Articulation/Material Girls: Tulista Gallery, Sidney, BC
Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters, Cre8ery, Winnipeg, MB
Waterworks: Extension Art Gallery, University of Alberta, AB,
Sooke Fine Arts Show: Sooke , BC
2013:
VISDA Metchosin Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
2012
Tradition in Transition: Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
Quilt Festival, LaConner Quilt & Textile Museum, LaConner, WA
Tradition in Transition: Carrefour European du Patchwork, Alsace, France
Waterworks: Fibre Art Network, Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, SK
An Exhibition of Fabric Arts: TOSH, Qualicum, BC
Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters, London, Romford, Essex, UK
Textiles on the Hill, The Wool Market, Hordon on the Hill, Essex, UK
Canadian Content: FAN - Festival of Quilts, Houston, TX
2011
Canadian Content: Fibre Art Network, Remarkable Symposium, Queenstown, NZ
Women in the Rockies: Articulation, Whyte Museum & Gallery, Banff, AB
Together: La Conner Quilt Museum & Gallery, La Conner, WA
Fibres @ the Hill, VISDA Cedar Hill Gallery, Victoria, BC
2011:
VISDA, Waterfront Gallery, Ladysmith, BC
Pathways Exhibition, Fibre Art Network, U of Western Ont. London, ON
2010
Articulation Narrative, Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC
Current Threads 2010: VISDA, Waterfront Gallery, Ladysmith, BC
Women Rock, Articulation, CQA, Calgary, AB
Standing Relations, Influences of the Northwest, Oak Harbor, WA
O,Canada,International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
2009
Urban Textures, Articulation, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Urban Textures, Articulation, Mennonite Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Samara, Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, BC
Threads With a View, Fibres & Beyond, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC
Never At a Loss For Words, Fibres & Beyond, South Shore Gallery, Sooke, BC
Polvs Arcticvs, Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
Canadian Expressions, Fibre Arts Network, APNQ – Quiltfest, Seattle, WA Meta Incognita, Articulation, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS
2007
Beyond the Border, Fibre Art Network, La Conner Quilt Museum, LA Conner , WA
Meta Incognita, Articulation, Banff Centre for Performing Arts, Banff, AB
Meta Incognita in conjunction with the Calgary Opera Co., Articulation, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
2006
Design & Textile Decoration Exhibition, Oak Harbor, WA
Sew Fest, Articulation, Calgary, AB
Fibre Essence Gallery, Articulation, Vancouver, BC
With Threaded Needle – CAC, Victoria, BC 2005 Alberta Centenary Celebrations, Calgary, AB The Filberg Festival, Fibres & Beyond, Guest Artist, Comox, BC
Badlands, Articulation, Station Cultural Center, Okotoks, AB
2004
Sooke Fine Arts, Sooke, BC
City & Guilds of London, Graduation Exhibition, Calgary, AB
Healing Through Fibre / Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
Agriart, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Surrey, BC
2003
Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Rye Brook, NY
Consider the Lilies, Fibres & Beyond, Metchosin, BC
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
2015
Surface Design Association .Edge of the Forest, Award of Excellence
2014
BC Arts Council – Professional Development Grant
Canada Council for the Arts - Grant
Pacific Shores – Yumiko Moribe: Fukuoka, Japan
2013
A Touch of Orange - Wil R. Roth: Calgary, AB
2012
LAConner Quilt & Textile Museum – 3rd place Masters Whole Cloth, LaConner, WA
NJS Quilt Canada – 3rd place Original Design Abstract – Halifax, NS
Black Tie Awards – Finalist, Art in Business, C of Commerce, Cowichan Valley, BC
2010
McKenzie Island – Arbutus, James McKenzie: Shawnigan Lake, BC
2005
Adust - Island Savings Credit Union, Vancouver, Isl. BC
Alder x Three - Alderlea Medical Clinic, Duncan, BC
British Columbia Arts Council – Professional Development
2004
Sunrise, Ten–ee-ah Lodge, Lac La Hache, BC
Limpets, First Place, Northcott Silk Inc., Woodbridge, ON
Healing Takes Time, Peoples Choice, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS:
2024
Caetani Centre, Vernon, BC - Residency
2024
360 Xochi Quetzal, Ajijic, Mexico - Residency
2023
360 Xochiquetzal, Lake Chapala, Mexico - Residency
2014
Oomori Community Caf’e, Tokyo, Japan – Residency
2008
Banff Centre For The Arts, Alberta, Canada – Residency
2005
British Columbia Arts Council, Professional Development Grant
2004
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts , Tuition Grant
PUBLICATIONS:
2016 Stories of Migration Contemporary Artists Interpret Diaspora Embroidery Magazine – UK.
American Craft Magazine, USA. Quilting Arts Magazine.
The Washington Diplomat, Newspaper.Textile Fibre Forum Magazine, Australia.
2014
Blanket Statement: No Shame in Patches, Canadian Quilter, Autumn. Deborah Sears
2012
Studio Craft and Design in Canada
Tradition in Transition, The Canadian Quilter
2011
Japanese Kumihimo, Embroidery Canada
Daly Blessings, The Country Register
2008
Entre-Nous, Surface Design, Sebastopol, CA, fall issue
The Padded Deck, The Canadian Quilter
Iridescent Icicles, A Needle Pulling Thread, Festive Vol. 2, Issue 1 Spring – Artfully, Peter Rusland, Newsleader Vancouver Island, BC
Beautiful Endings, Embroidery Canada
Let’s Keep in Touch, Marsha Rafuse, The Canadian Quilter
EDUCATION:
2014-15
VIU BA: Major in Visual Arts - enrolled
2013
Creative Quilting,(Merit) UK, City & Guilds
2009
Master Design Program of The Embroiderer’s Guild of America Inc
2006
BA (Honours) Embroidered Textiles, Opus School of Textile Art,
Validated by Middlesex University, UK – 1st year completed
2004
Certificate in Art Design and Embroidery, Level 3, London City & Guilds
Certificate in Machine Embroidery, Level 1, London, City & Guilds
1990
Associate in Applied Arts and Science – Vancouver Island University.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
SAQA, BC Exhibition advisor
Cowichan Public Art Gallery, Docent
Cowichan Valley Arts Council - Board of Directors
The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria – Director
Surface Design Association, BC Region – Vancouver Island Assoc.
International member - CAR/FAC
Articulation – group of Nine Western Canadian Contemporary Fibre Artists
Fibres and Beyond – group of Ten Southern Vancouver Island Fibre Artists
Embroiderers’ Association of Canada Inc. – Past Director
The Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Inc.
Canadian Quilters’ Guild – Victoria Quilters Guild – Heritage Quilt Guild, Duncan
Fibre Art Network – group of Western Canada Artists in Fibre
Association of Pacific West Quilters, Vancouver, WA
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