curriculum vitae
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Seymour Art Gallery, Regeneratus, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 FibreWorks Gallery, Recovery Method, Madiera Park, BC, Canada (solo)
2012 Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Love Decay Repair, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada (solo)
2011 Crafthouse Gallery, SHIFT, Craft Council of BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada (solo)
FibreWorks Gallery, No Floors Required, Madiera Park, BC, Canada
2006 FibreEssence Gallery, EarthWater, Vancouver, BC, Canada (solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Il Museo Gallery, Women’s Work, Textile Society of America, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver Museum, Weaving Cultural Identities, Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
2017
Highfield Hall, Interwoven: Art Meets Nature, MA, USA, Curator: Marcia Young
Circle Craft Gallery, Textiles of Land and Sea, Vancouver, BC, Canada
CityScape Gallery, Means of Production, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, juried
2016
Cameron Gallery, Mottainai! Waste Not Want Not, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, USA
Travelling Exhibition, mended, Surface Design Association BC + Yukon Region, Il Museo Gallery, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver; FibreWorks Gallery, Madeira Park; Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC, Canada, juried
2015
Conservatorio di Santa Marta, FeminArte, Montopoli, Italy (Virtual Exhibition)
Yeiser Art Center, Fantastic Fibers, American Quilters Society, Paducah, Kentucky, USA, juried
The International Guild of Handhooked Rugmakers Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
2014
ArtProv Gallery, Hand Weavers Guild of America Conference: Convergence, Rhode Island, USA
University of Conneticutt Art Gallery, Hooked Art 2014, Newtown Hand Hooked Rugs, Conneticutt, USA, juried, catalogue
Cultch Gallery, Love, Decay, Repair, East Vancouver Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, juried
Ferry Building Gallery, Jurors Choice, West Vancouver, BC, Canada, juried
2013
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Innovations in Fibers VI, Sebastopol, California, USA, juried
Pendulum Gallery, Invested, CCBC 40th Anniversary Provincial Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, juried, catalogue
2010
Alberta Craft Council, For the Love of Craft, Alberta Craft Council, Calgary, AB, Canada, juried
Traveling Exhibition, Sum of the Parts, Surface Design Association, various venues, USA, juried
Cultural Olympiad, By Hand, Craft Council of BC, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC, Canada, juried
2008
Culture, Consciousness, Nature: A Context for Climate Change Conference, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada
Craft Council of BC, Excellence Within Diversity, Provincial Exhibition, Vancouver Museum, BC, Canada, juried
2005
Surface Design Association, Constants and Variables, Kansas, MO, USA
FibreEssence Gallery, Textiles, Vancouver, BC, Canada, juried
EVENTS, INTERVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2018
Participant, Weaving Cultural Identities, Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
Guest Speaker, On Her Shoulders, 50th Anniversary Celebration, Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild, ON, Canada
Guest Speaker, On Her Shoulders, Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Exhibitor, Crafted Interiors, Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Guest Speaker, Shifting Paradigms, Handweavers Guild of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Guest Speaker, Shifting Paradigms, North Shore NeedleArts Guild, North Vancouver, Canada
Open Studio Event, First Saturday, Vancouver, Canada 2015 – present
2017
Artist Talk, Regeneratus, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
Faculty Talks, Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts, Metchosin, BC, Canada
Artist Talk, Means of Production, CityScape Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2016
Interview, North By Northwest, Sheryl MacKay, CBC Radio, Canada
Artist in Residence, FibreWorks Gallery, BC, Canada 2011, 2014, 2016
Steering Committee, BC & Yukon Region Surface Design Association, 2013-2016
Open Studio Event, East Side Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2009 - 2016
2015
Guest Speaker, Shifting Paradigms, TIGHR Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
Interview, Textiles: The Art of Utility, Six Perspectives on Fibre Arts in Canada, Dr. Angela Clarke
Editor, BC & Yukon SDA Newsletter, 2013-2015
2014
Fiber Art Now Magazine, Rug Hooking Reimagined, Trudy Van Dyke, Spring 2014 Volume 3, Issue3
2013
Panelist, The Function of the Function, Canadian Federation of Craft, Conference, BC, Canada
2012
Rug Hooking Magazine, Hooked Rugs as Sketches 101, Michelle Sirois Silver January/February Volume XXIII Number 4
Fiber Art Now Magazine, Love Decay Repair, Michelle Sirois Silver, Summer 2012 Volume 1 Issue 4
Artist Talk, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, BC Canada
2010
Cover Art, Room Literary Journal, Canada, Fall Volume 33.3
Writer, Rug Hooking Magazine, Tea for Two: A study in values, Michelle Sirois Silver, November/December 2010, Volume XXII, Number 3
Writer, Rug Hooking Magazine, Directional Hooking or Random Hooking?, Michelle Sirois Silver, September/October 2010, Volume XXII, Number 2
2009
Rug Hooking Magazine, Hooked on Contributing to Community, Michelle Sirois Silver, September/October 2009, Volume XXI, Number 2
2008
Interview, ZigZag, Radio Canada, Canada
Interview, Breakfast Television, City TV, Canada
2006
Cover, Smith Kramer Traveling Exhibition Catalog, USA
2002
Guest Speaker, Convergence, Handweavers Guild of America, Vancouver, Canada
AWARDS & GRANTS
2016
Nomination, Mayor’s Art Award for Craft and Design, City of Vancouver
Nomination, The Carter Wosk 12th Annual BC Creative Achievement Award for Applied Art & Design
2015
Award for Excellence, mended, Surface Design Association
2010
Grant, Surface Design Association, Professional Development Grant
1986
Grant, Canada Council Grant (film)
Grant, Ontario Arts Council Grant (film)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (selected)
2018
Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild & the Elora Centre for the Arts , Ontario, Canada
2016
Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts, BC, Canada 2016 - 2017
Studio 201, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011 - present
Maiwa Workshops, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2009 – 2016.
2010
Gibsons Fiber Arts Festival, Gibsons, BC, Canada 2000-2010
Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, Loon Lake, BC, Canada
2008
Prairie Harvest Rug Hooking School, Saskatoon, Canada
2002
Convergence, Handweavers Guild of America Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS
Craft Council of British Columbia, Canada
CARFAC