Roil

PRESSURE AND FORM

My work uses the technique of pleating as an expressive metaphor for reflecting a world that often seems pressured, random and experimental. Our personal landscapes must continually change in response to these fluid conditions. Pleating is used to manipulate or create pattern, to study the edges and boundaries of form, and to investigate the way pressure influences structure.

2008   ▀International:  Juror’s Award; “Shibori Cut Loose,” Textile Center, MN. ,Anna Lisa Hedstrom, juror.

2004   ▀International:  Mantero Award: Purchase prize: & installation; “2004 Miniartextil Como,” Italy.

2002   ▀ International: 3rd Place Award; “New Wave”; Convergence 2002 Vancouver.

2001   ▀ International: Jason Pollen Award for Innovative Use of the Medium; Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA.

           ▀ Fine Arts Affiliates Scholarship and Travel Scholarship, CSU Long Beach, CA.

           ▀ National: NICHE Magazine Student Finalist – Philadelphia (PA) Buyers Market of American Craft.

PUBLICATIONS

►Ginger Knowlton, “Shibori Cut Loose,” Surface Design Journal, (Summer ’08): p. 57.  

►Susan Taber Avila, “Italy’s La Tessitura: Design Lab and Concept Store”: Fiberarts, (Sep/Oct 2007), pp. 58-59.

► La Provincia di Lecco, (Oct. 22, 2006).

►Surface Design Journal – Gallery Issue; (Fall 2006): p. 55.

►500 Baskets; Asheville, NC: Lark Books. (Spring 2006): P. 187; p. 351 (2 works).

► Monica Engel, “2004 Miniartextil in Como”: Textileforum, (Germay), (Dec. 04): p. 7, photo.

►Fiberarts Design Book 7; Vol. 7: p. 43.  Asheville, NC: Lark Books. (Spring 2004.)

►Patricia Malarcher interview with Jason Pollen, “Surface Design:  Looking at a Quarter of a Century,”

Surface Design Journal 25th Anniversary issue (Summer 2002): pp. 15 – 21; p. 20, photo,.

►Mary Thomas, “Fiberart International ’01,” Fiberarts, (Jan/Feb 2002): pp 56-57.

►Graham Shearing, “Fiberart International: 17th Biennial Exhibition,” American Craft, (Dec. 01/Jan. 02): pp. 54-57.

JURIED MEMBERSHIPS :  (ARELIS), Paris, France.              
California Fibers., San Diego, CA. 

2008-09:

June 6 – Jan. 4; “Forms in Wood & Fiber,”  Mingei Folk & Craft Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. California Fibers.

June 6 – July 19: “Shibori Cut Loose,” Joan Mondale Gallery, Textile Ctr., Minneapolis, MN.

June 8 – Aug.3: Leepa Rattner Museum, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, FL. California FIbers.

Feb. 1-Mar 23: “Natural Forces”; Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA. California Fibers.

2007

Sep. 1 – Oct. 27: “Off the Wall,” Surface Design Assoc. Regional; Translations Gallery, Denver Colorado.

Mar. 16 – May 20: Fiber Directions 2007,”  Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas.  Juror: Jason Pollen

2006

Oct. 7. – Nov. 12: –Installation (awarded): “Miniartextil 2006;” la tessitura, Mantero gallery/concept store, Como. Catalog.

Sept. 23 – Oct. 29:  ARELIS, Paris-based group exhibition, Compiègne, France.

June 5 – July 1: “In the Grand Scheme: California Fibers at Convergence,” Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan;

June 19 – July 8: “Grand Convergence,” Grand Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 Feb. 8 – May 10: “Textile Arts Today,” SYNOPSIS Inc., Mountain View, CA.

Jan. 28 – Mar.26: “Materials: Hard & Soft,” Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX. Juror: Lloyd Herman. Catalog.

2005

Oct. 21 – 30 :“Salon d’ Automne: 1905 – 2005,” ARELIS group; Parc Floral de Paris, Paris, France. Catalog.

Sept. 24 – Oct. 29:  “Filophilo –Miniartextil 2005, Como, Como, Italy:  3 works, by invitation.

Mar. 12 – 26: “2004 Miniartextil  à Montrouge,” Salons de l’Hotel de Ville, Montrouge, France

Jan. 8 – Feb 20:  “Handcrafted,” Rock Mounts Art Center,  N.C;  Juror: Jean McLaughlin, Dir., Penland School of  Crafts.       

2004

Sept. 25 – Oct. 30:  “Fili Spezzati – 2004 Miniartextil Como,” Como, Italy. Catalog.

                 Traveling: Dec. 18 – Jan. 23, 2005: Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

 June 4 – July 30: Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO.

Apr. 27 – July 25: “Itinéraire de’un fil: naissance et mutations,” Bibliothèque Forney, Paris, France. Catalog.

Feb. 20 – Apr. 18: “California Fiber Art,” John Wayne Airport, Orange County, California.  Curator: Carol Shaw-Sutton.

2003

Mar. 7- April 20:  “Fiber Directions 2003,” Wichita (Kansas) Ctr. for the Arts.  Juror: Jason Pollen. Catalog.

Jan. 6 – Feb.28:  “L’Art de la Fibre/La Fibre de l’Art,” SEMA Gallery, Paris, France.  Curator: Denise Bigot/ARELIS.

Jan. 17 – Mar. 16: “Transitions:  New Work,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Curator: Carol Shaw-Sutton.

2002

Aug. 1 – 4: Two exhibitions:  “Cross Currents” and “New Wave,” Convergence 2002 Vancouver.

June 27 – Sept. 11:  “5th International Festival of Tapestry and Fiber Art,” Beauvais, France. Catalog.

May 3 – 30: “California Design 2002,” California Contemporary Craft Association, San Francisco, CA. Juror: K. Trapp.

Jan. 15 – Feb. 25: “Americas 2000: Paper Works,” Northwest Art Center, Minot(ND) State University.

2001

Sept.7 – Oct. 27: “Fiberart International,” Society for Contemporary Craft/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pa. Catalog.;

June 8 –   July 21: “Small Expressions,” St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, Missouri. Juror: Randall Darwall.

June 5 –  July 20:  “Crafts National 35,” Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State U. Juror: David Revere McFadden. Catalog.

2000

Nov.3 – Dec.3:  “Indigo: Bridging Cultures,” Textile Art Center; Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL. 

BFA: California State University at Long Beach, CA, 2001; CSU Fullerton; Cornell University

CURRENT POSITION: Studio Artist

JURIED MEMBERSHIPS :  (ARELIS), Paris, France.              
California Fibers., San Diego, CA. 

EXHIBITIONS

Complete exhibition list from 1976 available

2008-09:

June 6 – Jan. 4; “Forms in Wood & Fiber,”  Mingei Folk & Craft Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. California Fibers.

June 6 – July 19: “Shibori Cut Loose,” Joan Mondale Gallery, Textile Ctr., Minneapolis, MN.

June 8 – Aug.3: Leepa Rattner Museum, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, FL. California FIbers.

Feb. 1-Mar 23: “Natural Forces”; Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA. California Fibers.

2007

Sep. 1 – Oct. 27: “Off the Wall,” Surface Design Assoc. Regional; Translations Gallery, Denver Colorado.

Mar. 16 – May 20: Fiber Directions 2007,”  Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas.  Juror: Jason Pollen

2006

Oct. 7. – Nov. 12: –Installation (awarded): “Miniartextil 2006;” la tessitura, Mantero gallery/concept store, Como. Catalog.

Sept. 23 – Oct. 29:  ARELIS, Paris-based group exhibition, Compiègne, France.

June 5 – July 1: “In the Grand Scheme: California Fibers at Convergence,” Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan;

June 19 – July 8: “Grand Convergence,” Grand Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 Feb. 8 – May 10: “Textile Arts Today,” SYNOPSIS Inc., Mountain View, CA.

Jan. 28 – Mar.26: “Materials: Hard & Soft,” Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX. Juror: Lloyd Herman. Catalog.

2005

Oct. 21 – 30 :“Salon d’ Automne: 1905 – 2005,” ARELIS group; Parc Floral de Paris, Paris, France. Catalog.

Sept. 24 – Oct. 29:  “Filophilo –Miniartextil 2005, Como, Como, Italy:  3 works, by invitation.

Mar. 12 – 26: “2004 Miniartextil  à Montrouge,” Salons de l’Hotel de Ville, Montrouge, France

Jan. 8 – Feb 20:  “Handcrafted,” Rock Mounts Art Center,  N.C;  Juror: Jean McLaughlin, Dir., Penland School of  Crafts.       

2004

Sept. 25 – Oct. 30:  “Fili Spezzati – 2004 Miniartextil Como,” Como, Italy. Catalog.

                 Traveling: Dec. 18 – Jan. 23, 2005: Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

 June 4 – July 30: Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO.

Apr. 27 – July 25: “Itinéraire de’un fil: naissance et mutations,” Bibliothèque Forney, Paris, France. Catalog.

Feb. 20 – Apr. 18: “California Fiber Art,” John Wayne Airport, Orange County, California.  Curator: Carol Shaw-Sutton.

2003

Mar. 7- April 20:  “Fiber Directions 2003,” Wichita (Kansas) Ctr. for the Arts.  Juror: Jason Pollen. Catalog.

Jan. 6 – Feb.28:  “L’Art de la Fibre/La Fibre de l’Art,” SEMA Gallery, Paris, France.  Curator: Denise Bigot/ARELIS.

Jan. 17 – Mar. 16: “Transitions:  New Work,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Curator: Carol Shaw-Sutton.

2002

Aug. 1 – 4: Two exhibitions:  “Cross Currents” and “New Wave,” Convergence 2002 Vancouver.

June 27 – Sept. 11:  “5th International Festival of Tapestry and Fiber Art,” Beauvais, France. Catalog.

May 3 – 30: “California Design 2002,” California Contemporary Craft Association, San Francisco, CA. Juror: K. Trapp.

Jan. 15 – Feb. 25: “Americas 2000: Paper Works,” Northwest Art Center, Minot(ND) State University.

2001

Sept.7 – Oct. 27: “Fiberart International,” Society for Contemporary Craft/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pa. Catalog.;

June 8 –   July 21: “Small Expressions,” St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, Missouri. Juror: Randall Darwall.

June 5 –  July 20:  “Crafts National 35,” Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State U. Juror: David Revere McFadden. Catalog.

2000

Nov.3 – Dec.3:  “Indigo: Bridging Cultures,” Textile Art Center; Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL. 

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