GRANTS AND AWARDS

2005 James R. Thompson First Place Award for Excellence in Craft, Illinois State Museum
2002 Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship
2000 James R. Thompson Merit Award, State of Illinois Artisans Program

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022 FIBER OPTIONS 2022, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore MD
2022 BIRDS OF A FIBER, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Museum, La Conner, WA
2022 THREADS, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2020 INTERSECT CHICAGO, SAQA at SOFA, Chicago, IL
2020-2023 ALOFT, Studio Art Quilt Assoc., multiple venues
2017-2019 H2oh, Studio Art Quilt Assoc., Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ/
Marine Museum, Winona, MN and other venues
2017 CONNECTIONS, The State Street Gallery, Robert Morris University, Chicago, IL
2017 LUCK OF THE DRAW, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2017 RED, Textile Study Group of New York, NOHO-M55 Gallerry, New York, NY
2016-2017 ART QUILTS OF THE MIDWEST, International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE and other venues
2015 CONVERGENCE: THE POETIC DIALOGUE PROJECT, Ukrainian Inst. of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2015 SQUARE, Textile Study Group of New York, Narthex Gallery, New York, NY
2014 WATER: A UNIVERSAL RIGHT, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Robert Morris Univ.,
Chicago, IL
2013 OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE: MAPPING AS VISUAL LANGUAGE, Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL
2012 NATURAL CONNECTIONS, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2012 BLIND EYE, Human Thread Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 FIBER OPTIONS 2012, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (Award: Honorable Mention)
2011 ELEMENT FLUX, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 FIBER FOCUS 2011, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2010 BEYOND AUDUBON, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 A TOUCH OF THE POET, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
2009 HARMONY, Fitton Center, Hamilton, OH
2009 ETHEREAL FAUNA, Tom Robinson Studio Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 FIBER FOCUS 2009, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2009 COLLABORATIVE VISION: THE POETIC DIALOGUE PROJECT, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL;
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN; Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2008 FABULOUS FIBER, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2008 FOCUS: FIBER 2008, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH; St. Bonaventure
University, Olean, NY
2007 THE ACQUISITION EXHIBITION, Gallery 180, The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2007 FIBER FOCUS 2007, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2007 DITTMAR GALLERY, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2006 FIBER IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SILK ROAD, James R. Thompson State of Illinois Center, Chicago, IL
2005 CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2005 FIBER DIRECTIONS 2005, Wichita Arts Center, Wichita, KS
2005 ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTISTS, ARC, Chicago, IL
2004 ART CONNECTS: CONTEMPORARY FIBER, Concordia University, River Forest, IL
2004 CELEBRATION OF AMERICN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2004 ART AND SCIENCE, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2004 CRAFTS NATIONAL 38, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2003 SAINTS AND SINNERS, Artlink Global, Chicago, IL
2003 CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2003 SMALL WORKS QUILT EXHIBIT, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 FLIGHTS OF IMAGINATION, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2003 FIBER DIRECTIONS 2003, Wichita Arts Center, Wichita, KS
2003 BARRINGTION AREA ARTS COUNCIL, Barrington, IL
2003 FACET: CONTEMPORARY QUILTS AND TEXTILES, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2003 FANTASTIC FIBERS: AGAINST THE CURRENT, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2002 ART AND NATURE, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL
2002 ILLINOIS ARTISAN PROGRAM EXHIBIT, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
2002 MATERIAL IMAGES, Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Whittington, IL/ Lakeview Museum of Arts and
Sciences, Peoria, IL
2002 CHICAGO ART OPEN, Third Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 ARTISTS INVITE ARTISTS, A.R.C., Chicago, IL
2001 QUILT NATIONAL, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH (travelling through 2003)
2001 CHICAGO ART SCENE, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2001 CONTEMPORARY QUILT DESIGN, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2000 CHICAGO ART OPEN Third Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 NARRATIVE PORTRAITS, Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY
2000 QUILTED LANDSCAPES, The Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2000 CRAFTS NATIONAL 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA

COLLECTIONS

CARLSON MARKETING GROUP. Dayton, OH
PONDEROSA CORPORATION. Dayton, OH
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. Chicago, IL
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL. Joliet, IL
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

PUBLICATIONS

Expected 2023 Boost Your Creativity: An Aviary of Artists Advice, photo, profile, Schiffer Pub.,
Atglen, PA
2019 The Language of Making, Textile Study Group of New York, photos, New York, NY
2015 Art Quilts of the Midwest, photos, profile, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA
2013 SAQA Journal, “Earth”, photo
2012 The Natural World, Art Quilt Portfolio, photos, Lark Crafts, New York, NY
2006 Fiberarts magazine, “Of Flora and Fauna”, article, photos, Summer 2006
2004 Fiberarts Design Book 7, photos, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY
2000 Art Scene, Chicago 2000, photos, statement, bio., Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Pub., Evanston, IL
1995 Fiberarts Design Book Five, photo, Lark Books
1995 Connecting Stitches, photo, Illinois State Museum

EDUCATION

MASTER OF FINE ARTS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
BACHELOR OF ARTS, Fine Art, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio