Selected Exhibitions
2024 – Sustainability in Chaos, NAHP exhibition, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papaermaking, Atlanta, GA
2024 – McKnight Fiber Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Textile Center MN, Minneapolis, MN
2023 – North of the 45, DeVos Art Gallery, Marquette, MI
2023 – Decline and Fall, Silverwood Park Gallery, St Anthony, MN
2023 – Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2022 – When Trees Dream, South Dakota Museum of Art, Brookings, SD
2022 – Thought/Process, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Artistry, Bloomington, MN
2022 – Yarn/Rope String, Fiber Arts Now digital exhibition
2021 – National Juried Exhibition, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2020 – Materiality, North American Hand Papermakers, digital exhibition
2020 – Drawn To Paper, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2019 – MCAD-Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 – Fiber Arts International IX, Sebastopol Arts Center, Sebastopol, CA
2018 – Irreproachable, Redepenning Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2017 – Wintertide, NEMAA Biennial, Public Functionary Gallery, Minneapolis, MN,
2016 – Women’s Art Institute Group Exhibition, University of MN Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2015 – Recollection: Shadow to Matter, SD8 Group Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2014 – 60th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute Duluth, MN
2013 – Elemental Matter, Jerome Fiber Artist Project Group Exhibition, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2013 – Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2012 – Twelve Strands: Mentor/Protégé Program Exhibition, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Grants/Awards/Acquisitions
2023 – McKnight Fiber Artist Fellowship
2020 – Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2019 – MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Early Career Artists
2019 – Metropolitan Library Service Agency/Anoka County Library acquisition
2019 – Aroha Philanthropies Scholarship for teacher training in Vitality Arts for older adults
2018 – Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
2018 – Next Step Fund Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
2013 – Jerome Fiber Artist Project Grant recipient, Textile Center of MN
Professional Activity
2022 – Yarn/Rope/String, Fiber Art Now magazine July 2022
2022 – Sculptural Basketry Plus, Studio Assistant to Ann B. Coddington, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2021 – Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Artist Collective, Minneapolis, MN
2021 – Artist Residency Felted Sculptures, Eden Prairie High School, Eden Prairie, MN
2019 – The Meditative Ritual of Art Making, Susan Schaefer, SW Journal
2017 – The Power of Local Groups: SD8, Surface Design Association Journal; The Power of 8, SDA Conference
2016 - 2021 – Fiber Arts Youth Guild Instructor, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2014 – Founded the artist collective SD8; Edina Highlands Elementary artist residency
2013 – Founded MN Felt Makers’ Guild
2010-2012 – Textile Center Mentor Protégé program, Carolyn Halliday, Mentor
1986-2003 – Freelance scenic and prop artisan; Guthrie Theater, MN Opera, Spoleto Festival, Science Museum of MN and Dayton’s Department Store
1981-1986 – Freelance design assistant and prop artisan for N.Y. City Opera, Spoleto Festival, The Roundabout Theater, Manhattan Theater Club and The Hudson Guild Theater
Community Projects
2021 – Resemblance, a self identity workshop for older adults, Jones-Harrison assisted living residence
2019 – Hand Rolling Paper Thread, Art-A-Whirl; Casket Arts Building, Minneapolis, MN
2018 – Meditative Stitching in the Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2014-2019 – “Let’s Make” American Craft Council Show, St. Paul, MN project manager representing Textile Center MN
2015 – Felt Making Fun in the Garden, Walker Art Center with the Textile Center MN
2014 – What’s Growing Here? C4-Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Green Line Community felting project with Textile Center
Education/Selected Workshops
2022 – Sculptural Basketry Plus, Ann B. Coddington, instructor; Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2019 – Over-beaten Abaca Paper Residency, Jocelyn Châteauvert instructor; Charleston SC
2019 – Sculptural Fibers, Ann B. Coddington instructor; Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2018 – Sumi Ink and Wearable Felt Workshop, Jorie Johnson instructor; Minneapolis, MN
2017 – Tied, Twisted and Knotted, Tanya Aguiñiga, instructor; Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
2016 – Women’s Art Institute at St. Catherine University, Pat Olson, Elizabeth Erickson and AK Garski instructors; St Paul, MN
2015 – Sculptural Felted Forms, Andrea Graham instructor; Minneapolis, MN
2014 – On and Under Your Skin, Felt Workshop, Marjolein Dallinga instructor; Minneapolis, MN
2011 – Slow Felt Movement – SDA Conference, Chad Alice Hagen instructor; St Paul, MN
1985 – Wood Carving and Wood Joinery With Hand Tools, The New School; New York, NY
1982 – Bachelor of Arts/Theater Design; State University of New York - Fredonia, Fredonia, NY