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SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017 Regeneratus, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver BC Canada (two person) juried

2014 Recovery Method, FibreWorks Gallery, Madiera Park BC Canada (solo) invitation

2012 Love Decay Repair, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge BC Canada (solo) invitation

2011 SHIFT, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada (solo) juried
2011 No Floors Required, FibreWorks Gallery, Madiera Park, BC Canada (two person) invitation

2006 EarthWater, FibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada (solo) juried

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Weaving Cultural Identities: Celebrating Textiles and Heritage Traditions, National Touring Exhibition, Vancouver Biennale, Canada 2018 – 2023.  Invitation|catalogue

2022

Illuminations, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada Invitation. Curator: Angela Clarke

Inspired by Archetypes, Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, OK USA Invitation. Curator: Jane Dunnewold

Group Show, Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, BC Canada. Invitation. Curator: Vanessa Black

Current Threads, Surface Design Association, Cowichan Valley Art Council, Duncan, BC Canada

​2021

Revirements, Biennale International du lin de Portneuf, QC Canada invitation

2020

Shifting Landscapes, FibreWorks Gallery, Madeira Park, BC Canada invitation

Personal Materials and Geographies, Craft Council of British Columbia, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada. Juried. Guest Curator: Mary- Beth Laviolette

2019
Malleable, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada. Invitation|catalogue. Curator: Angela Clarke 

2018

Women’s Work, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada.  Invitation|catalogue. Curator: Angela Clarke

Crafted Interiors, Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada

Means of Production, CityScape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC Canada juried

2017

Interwoven: Art Meets Nature, Highfield Hall, MA USA. Invitation. Curator: Marcia Young

Textiles of Land and Sea, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada

2016

Mottainai! Waste Not Want Not, Cameron Gallery, Raleigh-Durham, NC USA invitation

mended, Travelling Exhibition, Surface Design Association, BC Canada juried
2015

FeminArte, Conservatorio di Santa Marta, Montopoli, Italy (Virtual Exhibition) invitation
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY USA juried

2014

ArtProv Gallery, Hand Weavers Guild of America Conference: Convergence, RI USA invitation
Hooked Art 2014,University of Conneticutt Art Gallery, Newtown Hand Hooked Rugs, Conneticutt USA. Juried|catalogue.  Curator: Liz Alpert Fay
Love Decay Repair, Cultch Gallery, East Vancouver Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC Canada juried
Jurors Choice, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC Canada juried
2013

Innovations in Fibers VI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA USA, jurors Joan Schulze and Susan Taber Avila
Invested, Pendulum Gallery, CCBC 40th Anniversary Provincial Exhibition, Vancouver, BC Canada. Juried|catalogue
2010

For the Love of Craft, Alberta Craft Council, Calgary, AB, Canada, juried
Sum of the Parts, Traveling Exhibition, Surface Design Association, USA, juried
By Hand, Cultural Olympiad, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC Canada Juried|catalogue

2008

Culture, Consciousness, Nature: A Context for Climate Change, Conference, Simon Fraser University, BC Canada
Excellence within Diversity, Craft Council of BC, Provincial Exhibition, BC Canada, juried
2005

Constants and Variable, Surface Design Association, Kansas, MO USA
FibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada, juried

 

 

EVENTS, INTERVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

2023

Open Studio Event, First Saturday, Victoria, BC 2015 – present
Oak Bay Fall Art Studio Tour, Victoria, BC

2022

Speaker, 5 Things Creativity Taught Me About Making Art + Being Human, Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts, Vancouver, BC

​2021
Speaker, 5 Things Creativity Taught Me About Making Art + Being Human, Surface Design Association
Gallery Talks hosted by Cavaliero Finn Gallery|Nicholas Lees (Cavaliero Finn) and Michelle Sirois Silver| Moderated by Isabelle Fish of Rue Pigalle, Crafted Vancouver
Keynote Speaker, 5 Things Creativity Taught Me About Making Art + Being Human, Conference, Ontario Hooked Rug Guild

Revirements, Biennale International du lin de Portneuf, Review, Le Soliel, June 27, 2021
Revirements, Biennale International du lin de Portneuf, Review, artemorbida.com, May 3, 2021

Weaving Cultural Identities, Vancouver Biennale, CBC News, written by Isabelle Leger, May 14, 2021

2020

Artist Interview, Personal Materials and Geographies Exhibition, Craft Council of British Columbia

Profile, Rug Hooking Magazine, Writer Mary Logue, November/December 2020

Weaving Cultural Identities|Vancouver Biennale, Review|Galleries West|Writer Noor Bhangu, July 12, 2020

2019
Open Studio Event, East Side Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC Canada 2009 - 2019

Meet the Makers, Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada

Women’s Work Reflections written by Dr. Angela Clarke, Il Museo Gallery, Surface Design Magazine, Spring 2019

2018

Keynote Speaker, On Her Shoulders, 50th Anniversary Celebration, Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild, ON Canada

Speaker, On Her Shoulders, Crafted Interiors|Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada

Speaker, Shifting Paradigms, Handweavers Guild of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada

Speaker, Shifting Paradigms, North Shore NeedleArts Guild, North Vancouver, BC Canada

Panel Discussion, Means of Production, CityScape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC Canada

2017

Artist Talk, Regeneratus, Seymour Art Gallery, Moderator: Leanne Prain, North Vancouver, BC Canada
Faculty Talks, Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts, Metchosin, BC Canada
2016

Interview, North By Northwest, Host: 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

2015

Keynote 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

Interview, FANFARE, Fiber Art Now Magazine

​2014

Fiber Art Now Magazine, Rug Hooking Reimagined, Trudy Van Dyke, Spring 2014 Volume 3, Issue3

​2013

Panel Discussion, The Function of the Function, Canadian Federation of Craft, Conference, BC Canada

​2012

Rug Hooking Magazine, Hooked Rugs as Sketches 101, written by Michelle Sirois Silver January/February Volume XXIII Number 4

Fiber Art Now Magazine, Love Decay Repair, written by Michelle Sirois Silver, Summer 2012 Volume 1 Issue 4
Artist Talk, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, BC Canada

2010

Cover Art, Guest Artist, 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

Speaker, Convergence, Handweavers Guild of America, Vancouver, BC Canada
 

AWARDS & GRANTS

2015

Award for Excellence, mended, Surface Design Association

2010

Grant, Surface Design Association, Professional Development Grant

 

TEACHING (1998-2019 selected)

​2019

Studio 201, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2011 - 2019
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

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

Surface Design Association

Craft Council of British Columbia

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