My work redefines aging fiber nets through needle-weaving and knotting. Their worn imperfections are integrated into the new, and the transformation becomes part of a continued narrative. I acknowledge the nets’ past lives but absent their true histories I imbue them with my own, informed by the familial moments and unexpected associations that their previous lives evoke. Beyond the personal, my work speaks broadly to a collective nostalgia and, more so now, a new collective history. Horses, like humans, are social beings; an aging fly net without a horse becomes a lonely object, a mirror of our isolation.
Selected Exhibitions
2021
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Solo show , Phipps Center for the Arts, WI
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Woven (3 person show), Bloomington Center for the Arts, MN
2020
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Manufactured Narratives: chronicles of textile artists (upcoming), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, MI
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North of the 45th (online), DeVos Art Museum, MI
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Fine Arts Exhibition of the Decatur Arts Festival (online), Agnes Scott College, GA
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Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center (online), KY
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Northern Lights, White Bear Center for the Arts, MN
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Materials: Hard + Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, TX
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Arts North International, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN
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A Common Thread, Textile Center, MN
2019
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Annual Member's Juried Art Exhibition, Artistry, MN
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Focus Fiber, A National Contemporary Fiber Art Show Kent State University Museum, OH
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Arts in Harmony International, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN
2018
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Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, MN
Awards
2020
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Artist Initiative Grant, MN State Arts Board
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Award of Merit, Northern Lights
2019
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Surface Design Award (Exhibition in Print), Surface Design Association
2018
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First place Textiles/Fibers, MN State Fair Foundation
Education
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BFA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Selected Exhibitions
2021 – Solo show (upcoming), Phipps Center for the Arts, WI
2021 – Woven (upcoming 3-person show), Bloomington Center
for the Arts, MN
2020 – Manufactured Narratives: chronicles of textile artists
(upcoming), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, MI
– North of the 45th (online), DeVos Art Museum, MI
– Fine Arts Exhibition of the Decatur Arts Festival (online),
Agnes Scott College, GA
– Fantastic Fibers (online), Yeiser Art Center, KY
– Northern Lights, White Bear Center for the Arts, MN
– Materials: Hard + Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, TX
2020 – Arts North International, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN
2020 – A Common Thread, Textile Center, MN
2019 – Annual Member's Juried Art Exhibition, Artistry, MN
2019 – Focus Fiber 2019, A National Contemporary Fiber Art Show
Kent State University Museum, OH
2019 – Arts in Harmony International Juried Art Show
Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN
2019 – Hysteria, Paul Whitney Larson Art Gallery, MN
2018 – Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, MN
Awards
2020 – Artist Initiative Grant, MN State Arts Board
– Award of Merit, Northern Lights
2019 – Surface Design Award (Exhibition in Print), Surface Design
Association
2018 – First place Textiles/Fibers, MN State Fair Foundation
Publications
“Soft Borders.” Surface Design Journal Exhibition in Print
Vol. 43 Number 3, Fall 2019
Education
1982 – BFA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO