Birthplace
Hannover, Germany
Education
1971 BA in Art/Photography from the Art Institute Freiburg, Germany, DE
1997 Arts in Education Training/Workshops, Faubush, KY
1995 Research and Studies in Fiberart, Weaving, and the History of Basketry, Evansville, KY
1994-97 Studies/Workshops Paper Making, Hopkinsville, KY
1993 Clay Studies and Workshops, Crofton, KY
1992 - 1997 Extensive Studies/Workshops in Fiber/Textile @ Berea, Murray, Flemingsburg, Georgetown, Louisville, KY
1971 Internship Photo Studio Berthold, Freiburg, DE
1961- 1970 Visual Art Studies under Professor Wolfgang Vogel, Neustadt, DE
Honorary Positions
2011 - 2014 Arts Commission Chair, City of Fife Arts Commission, Fife, WA
2007 - 2010 Art-Chair Service League Board, UWMC, Seattle, WA
1995 - 1996 President Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
1994 Vice-President Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
Juror/Lecturer
2015 Juror for the Maple Valley Arts Festival Art Show, Maple Valley, WA
2011 - 2014 City of Fife Arts Commissioner, Public Art Selection, Fife, WA
2012 "How Trees influence my Art” Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
2007 - 2010 UWMC Art Collection Chair, Acquisition of new Art Works, Seattle, WA
Curating Experience
2014-17 Works by Giel Ahn ~ 9 Solo Exhibitions [for my autistic 44 year old art student]
Maple Valley, WA [4] , Seattle Science Center; Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
Normandy Park City Hall Gallery,WA ; 1st Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA [2]
1997 "From Turkey Beard to Coco Fiber” Tennessee Art League Gallery, Nashville, TN
1996 "Woven Words and Words Woven”, Fine Arts Center Madisonville, KY
Hopkinsville Art Guild Juried Art Shows, Hopkinsville, KY
"This is It” Murray Art Guild Exhibit, Murray, KY
International Awards
2018 1st Showcase Winner Mixed-Media , ArtSlant
2017 8th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
4th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
3rd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
1st Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2016 9th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
8th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
3rd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2015 6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2014 5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2013 5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
4th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2012 3rd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
1st Showcase Winner Sculpture, ArtSlant
2011 6th Showcase Winner Mixed - Media, ArtSlant
5th Showcase Winner Sculpture, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
2010 5th 2010 Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
4th 2010 Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
National Awards/Honors
2013 City Purchase Award, City of Covington, WA
2012 Nominee Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
1998 1st Place and Purchase Award, Hopkins County Juried Art Show, KY
1997 Hopkins County Purchase Award, KY
1st and 3rd Place Hopkins County Juried Art Show, KY
"The Regionalists” Honoring the 50 most Achieved and Contemporary Artists
from Kentucky and surrounding States, KY
2nd Place and Honorable Mention, Hopkinsville Juried Art Show, KY
Most Creative Art Award, Hopkinsville Art Festival, Hopkinsville, KY
1996 2nd Place, Hopkins County Juried Exhibition, KY
Best of Show, Madisonville Fine Arts Center Exhibit, KY
Lifetime Jackson Purchase Award, Madisonville, KY
1st Place, Hopkinsville Juried Art Show, Hopkinsville, KY
1995 Purchase Award, Trover Clinic Art Collection, Hopkinsville, KY
2nd Place Western Kentucky State Fair, Hopkinsville, KY
1st and 2nd Place, Hopkinsville Juried Art Show, Hopkinsville, KY
1st Place, Kentucky Mother’s Association Award, KY
Residencies/Teaching Experience
2001-to Date Private Art Lessons/Workshops at my Studio, Cheney, WA
Private Art Lessons/Workshops at my Studio, Fife, WA
1998-1999 Seattle Art Center, West Coast Paper Grant Workshop, Kent, WA
Seattle Art Center, TIP Grant/Residency, Seattle, WA
Allied Arts Foundation Grant/Residency, Seattle, WA
Public Art Installation Grant, Working with the Physically and
Mentally Challenged Adult Population of the Greater Kent Area, WA
1997-1998 Jefferson County Youth Center & Artswatch, 4 Residencies, Louisville, KY
1997-1998 North Drive Middle School, Pennyroyal Arts Council Grant, KY
Christian County Middle School, Pennyroyal Arts Council Grant, KY
Flemingsburg Elementary Schools, 3 months AIR, Flemingsburg, KY
Simon Middle School, TIP Grant, Flemingsburg, KY
Walnut Street Center, PACS Grant, Hopkinsville, KY
Aaron McNeil Center, PACS Grant, Hopkinsville, KY
Public Library, Mask making Workshop, PACSG, Hopkinsville, KY
3 Months Community Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY
Eastern Elementary School, 3 Months AIR, Georgetown, KY
TIP Grant at JCYC sponsored by KAC and JCYC, Louisville, KY
1997-1999 Kentucky Arts Council Artist in Residence Program, 3 Year Term, Frankfort, KY
1989-1998 Owner/Instructor Creative Weaving Gallery and Studio, Oak Grove, KY
Commissions
2018 "Meine Insel", Antje Staudt, Seattle, WA
"Sail away with Love", Antje Staudt, Seattle, WA
"Confinement", Trishia Yost, Seattle,WA
"Li'l Flowers", Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
"Blue Waters" Dana Page, Seattle, WA
"For Margaret" Margaret Reutter, Kent, WA
2017 "Moxie Woman" Joey Soller, Tacoma, WA
"Seaside" Joey Soller, Tacoma, WA
"Solar Eclipse #2" David Cassera, Camano Island, WA
"After the Storm" Chantal Bolstein, Washington DC
2016 "3 Flowers" Chantal Bolstein, Washington DC
"Yellow Roses" Jo Hanson, Seattle, WA
"Beautiful" Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
"There is Hope on the Horizon" Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
"Sisters" Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
2015 "Purple Moon" Carol Turner, Puyallup, WA
"Ballerina" Cindy Richter, Puyallup, WA
2014 "Corssroads" David Froembling, Roy, WA
"A Mother's Love is never forgotten" Roger Wood, IA
"For Mom with Love" Carmen Ottley, Roy, WA
2013 "The matching One” Ilka Van Waasen, Gig Harbor, WA
"Golden Moments” Petra Kuehn, Frankfurt, DE
2012 "Walking Home”, “Out in the Fields”, “Tropical Song” Group Health Corporate Art Collection Seattle, WA
"Evening in my Garden” Editha Kuehn, Alicante, Spain
"Blanc” 4 Panel Artwork Josh Boyd, Kent, WA
"Drei Grazien” Gabriele Woodward Zaharo, Greece
2011 "Heaven and Earth 3” CoCA,Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
"Forms within Forms” Public Art Installation, Artscape Tacoma, WA
"Flight of the Phoenix”, “ Blue Constellation” Karin & Gerd Lode, Endingen, DE
2010 "Heaven and Earth II” CoCA, Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
"Red Afternoon”, “Not Here”, “One Tree” Helga & Volker Lode, Idstein, DE
2009 "Vorhang” Eva-Maria Gerke, Lauchringen, DE
2002 "My orange Sweater”, Bradley Hudson, Vancouver, Canada
1997 "Subtle Differences” Hopkins County Art Collection, KY
1995 "Midnight Moon” Trover Clinic Art Collection, Hopkinsville, KY
Installations/Public Art Installations
2014 "Beautiful Women" and "Hatched" Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2013 "Caged” Gallery Context, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
"The Return of 88 Bees" Gallery Context, SDC, Seattle, WA
2012 "Framed Follow the Sun" LoFI Arts Festival, Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA
2011 "Overgrowth & Understory” Art Installation, Cougar Mt., Seattle, WA
"Heaven and Earth 3” CoCA, Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
"Forms within Forms”, Storefront Installation, Artscape Tacoma, WA
2010 "Heaven and Earth II” CoCA, Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
1999 "Unlimited Possibilities”, Resource Center, Kent, WA
1997 "Born of many Hands” Jefferson County Youth Center, Louisville, KY
"Coming Together” Aaron McNeil Center, Hopkinsville, KY
1998 "Felted Flower Garden” Hopkinsville Public Library, Hopkinsville, KY
Collaborations
2014 "Visions of 3" Photography, Mixed-Media, Collage Exhibit, Premier Gallery Puyallup, WA
2012 "Visions of 4” A Female Art Exhibit, Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
1996 "Woven Words and Words Woven” with Malcolm Glass, Poet/Author, Fiber Art/Poetry Show
Fine Arts Center Madisonville, Madisonville, KY
2014 "Miniatures - A Study of Nature and Color" Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
May-June (Not yet Titled) Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, WA A
"Wall Sculptures" (August) Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
"Remnants of my Dreams" Nov-Dec Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
Selected Solo Shows/Fiber Art
1999 "Reclaimed” Fiber/Mixed-Media, Barns & Nobles, Federal Way, WA
1998 "Once More” Fiber Art Installation, Public Library, Hopkinsville, KY
"Colors -Textures & Forms” Holiday Inn, Hopkinsville, KY
"New Fiber Works” Chamber of Commerce, Hopkinsville, KY
1997 "Unusual Approaches in Fiber” Cultural Art Center Greenville, KY
"From Turkey Beard to Coco Fiber” Tennessee Art League Gallery, Nashville, TN
1996 "Diversity in Fiber” Invitational Exhibit, HCC Hopkinsville, KY
"Fibers Beyond the Imaginable” HCC Hopkinsville, KY
"I Like it this Way” First City Bank, Hopkinsville, KY
1995 "My Vision” Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY
"Not just Fibers” Commerce Bank, Hopkinsville, KY
1994 "Traditions Rekindled” Museum Hopkinsville, KY
1993 "My World in Fibers” Hopkinsville Library, Hopkinsville, KY
1992 "Nature’s Inspirations” Officers Club Fort Campbell, KY
1991 "Textiles and Fibers” Paducah Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
1990 "New Beginnings” Museum Hopkinsville, KY
1989 - 1998 "Fibers and Paints” Creative Weaving Gallery, Oak Grove, KY
Selected Solo Shows Painting/Photography
2017 "Tactuality" Que Sera Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2014-17 Ongoing / Rotating exhibition Vintage Vino @ Espresso, Maple Valley, WA
2015 "This one's for You" Normandy Park City Hall Gallery, Normandy Park, WA
"You didn't see it coming, did You?" Maple Valley Creative Arts Center, Maple Valley, WA
"Mosaics from Nature" Nutty Squirrel Gelato, Maple Valley, WA
"Small Stuff matters too" Miniature Paintings, Dazzled Dame, Maple Valley, WA
Ongoing Exhibit (2 months Artwork Rotation) @ Vino Vintage, Maple Valley, WA
2014 "New Perspectives", City Hall Gallery Normandy Park, WA
"Playtime and a Makeover" Frinj Salon & Spa, Opera Alley, Tacoma, WA
"A Study of Nature and Color" Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
May-June (Not yet Titled) Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, WA A
"Wall Sculptures" (August) Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
"Remnants of my Dreams" Nov-Dec Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
"Unimaginable" Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
2013 "Passionand Visions" Frinj Salon & Spa, Tacoma, WA
"Essence of Emotions”, City Hall Gallery, Covington, WA
"Adaptations to Fibers" Horseshoe Boutique, Ballard, WA
"Of Places and Forms” OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle,WA
"Diverse Impact” Fremont Space Building, Seattle, WA
2012 - 2013 "Traces of Memory” Saturn Building Fremont, Seattle, WA
2011 "Another Approach” City Hall Gallery, City of Covington, WA
"Seductive Movements” Dumas Bay Centre Gallery, Federal Way, WA
"Obscure Perceptions” Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
2010 "A new Perspective” City Hall Gallery, City of Covington, WA
"Not your Ordinary” Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
"Straight Forward” Tacoma Art Supply, Tacoma, WA
"A Different Viewpoint” KONA KAI Café, Kent, WA
2009 Tacoma EXPO, Art Show and Demonstration, Tacoma, WA
Selected Group Shows
2016 NWFB Tacoma , Fundraiser, Tacoma, WA
2015 NWFB Tacoma , Fundraiser, Tacoma, WA
2014 NWFB Tacoma , Fundraiser, Tacoma, WA
"Waterworld" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
"Visions of 3" Premier Gallery, Puyallup,
"No Boundaries ~ Living Metaphors” Traveling Exhibit, Seattle Area, WA
"Art Ability 2012-2013” Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
"Turning Point" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
2013 "Art for the View" Proctor Theater Gallery, Schenectady, NY
"No Boundaries ~ Living Metaphors” Traveling Exhibit, Seattle Area, WA
"Turning Point" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Block Party Community Project “Intertwined & Interwoven”, Tacoma, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event/Fundraiser, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Time” Ida Culver House, Seattle, WA
"Collision” Center on Contemporay Art Gallery, SDC, Seattle, W
"Painted Layers-Collage” Children’s Museum of Tacoma, Tacoma, W
"On Line" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
"Time" Ida Culver House Broadview, Seattle, WA
"Blue Poppy Day” Bonsai Gardens, Federal Way, WA
"Creation” Virtual Gallery, St. James Chapel, Seattle, WA
"Head to Toe: The Art of the Human Figure” University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
"Chair Affair NW Furniture Bank” Fundraiser, NWFB, Tacoma, WA
"The Power of Play” Children’s Museum of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
"First Thursday Art Walk Seattle”, OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA
"No Boundaries ~ Beginnings & Beyond” Traveling Exhibit, Seattle Area, WA
"Art Ability 2012-2013” Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
2012 "Franke Tobey Jones Show” TAM, Tacoma, WA
4th Annual “Visions of the Flint Hills” Buttonwood ARTspace, Kansas City, MO
"Art Ability 2012-2013” Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
"Framed-Follow the Sun” Installation, LoFi Arts Festival, Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA
"Knotting a Community Together” Community Project, Tacoma, WA
"Visions of 4” Female Art Exhibit Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
"Chair Affair” Fundraiser, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
"No Boundaries” Traveling Exhibit Greater Seattle Area, WA
2011 "Chair Affair” Fundraiser, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
"Forms within Forms” Storefront Installation, Artscape Tacoma, WA
"Last Call” Photography, Exhibit of Life at Airports, Berlin, DE
"Heaven & Earth 3” Public Art Installation, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
2010 ArtSlam, Cultural Arts Event, Pantages Theatre, Tacoma, WA
"Indoor/Outdoor” CoCA Show, Globe Building, Seattle, WA
Annual Art Marathon CoCA, Globe Building, Seattle, WA
"Heaven and Earth II” Art Installation, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
"Overgrowth & Understory” Installation, Cougar Mt., Seattle, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Resident Alien” CoCA Ballard Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 ArtSlam, Cultural Arts Event, Tacoma, WA
Peninsula Art League Juried Art Show, Gig Harbor, WA
Juried Art Show Puyallup, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
1999 Invitational Fiber Art Show” West Coast Paper, Seattle, WA
Juried Fiber Art Show, West Coast Paper, Kent, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Visuals” Barnes & Nobles, Federal Way, WA
1998 Annual Juried Art Show Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
1997 "Regional Women’s Art Exhibit” HCC, Hopkinsville, KY
Hopkinsville Annual Art Guild Show, Hopkinsville, KY
"The Regionalists” Evansville Art Center, Evansville, KY
Honoring the 50 Most Achieved and Contemporary Artists from
Kentucky and Surrounding States (TN, WV, VA, IL, MO, IN, OH)
All Kentucky Juried Exhibit, Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
"New Beginnings" Fine Arts Center Madisonville, Madisonville, KY
1996 "This is It” Murray Art Guild Exhibit, Murray, KY
26th Annual Art Exhibit Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
"Woven Words and Words Woven" Two Person Fiber Art/Poetry Show Fine Arts Center, Madisonville, KY 1995 "Heirloom" Pennyroyal Area Museum, Hopkinsville, KY
"Useful Fibers” Gallery on the Square, Louisville, KY
"Fiber Art Show” The Mannings, East Berlin, PA
"Share the Vision” Fine Arts Center Madisonville, KY
25th Annual Art Exhibit Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
1994 "Wearable Art” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
Exhibiting Member Art and Craft Foundation Gallery - Louisville, KY
1994 Exhibiting Artist at Gallery on the Square - Louisville, KY
1993 Featured Artist at “Brushy Fork Creek” Gallery, Crofton, KY
1991-1998 "Of Fibers and Paints” Creative Weaving Gallery, Oak Grove, KY
Bibliography
"Green ART Trees, Leaves, and Roots" Author: E. Ashley Rooney with Margery Goldberg, 2014 p.p. 154-155
"Heaven and Earth III” Lulu Publications 2011, p.p. 12-13
"Sculptures created of 200,000 straws is all-set to wow the audience” Green Diary Magazine, July 2011
"200,000 Straws That Don’t Suck” Spacework Tacoma Blog Article July 2011
"Thunderword” HCC Newspaper, Des Moines, WA June 2011
"Heaven and Earth II” / “Overgrowth & Understory” Lulu Publications 2010, p.p. 28-29: 32-33
"Thunderword” HCC Newspaper, Des Moines, WA 2010
Feature Articles Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, WA 2010
"Resident Alien” Lulu Publications 2010 p.p. 16-17
"Responding to the Arts” Kentucky Arts Council 1998 p.p. 14-17
Feature Article Kentucky New Era 1997
Feature Article Maysville Newspaper 1997
Feature Article Kentucky New Era 1995
Corporate Collections
City of Covington, WA
Kaiser Permanente, Seattle, WA
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
Trover Clinic, Hopkinsville, KY
Hopkins County Art Collection, Hopkins County, KY
Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN
Private Collections
Works held in numerous private Collections throughout the United States, Germany, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, England,
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Russia, and France.
Hannover, Germany
Education
1971 BA in Art/Photography from the Art Institute Freiburg, Germany, DE
1997 Arts in Education Training/Workshops, Faubush, KY
1995 Research and Studies in Fiberart, Weaving, and the History of Basketry, Evansville, KY
1994-97 Studies/Workshops Paper Making, Hopkinsville, KY
1993 Clay Studies and Workshops, Crofton, KY
1992 - 1997 Extensive Studies/Workshops in Fiber/Textile @ Berea, Murray, Flemingsburg, Georgetown, Louisville, KY
1971 Internship Photo Studio Berthold, Freiburg, DE
1961- 1970 Visual Art Studies under Professor Wolfgang Vogel, Neustadt, DE
Honorary Positions
2011 - 2014 Arts Commission Chair, City of Fife Arts Commission, Fife, WA
2007 - 2010 Art-Chair Service League Board, UWMC, Seattle, WA
1995 - 1996 President Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
1994 Vice-President Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
Juror/Lecturer
2015 Juror for the Maple Valley Arts Festival Art Show, Maple Valley, WA
2011 - 2014 City of Fife Arts Commissioner, Public Art Selection, Fife, WA
2012 "How Trees influence my Art” Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
2007 - 2010 UWMC Art Collection Chair, Acquisition of new Art Works, Seattle, WA
Curating Experience
2014-17 Works by Giel Ahn ~ 9 Solo Exhibitions [for my autistic 44 year old art student]
Maple Valley, WA [4] , Seattle Science Center; Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
Normandy Park City Hall Gallery,WA ; 1st Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA [2]
1997 "From Turkey Beard to Coco Fiber” Tennessee Art League Gallery, Nashville, TN
1996 "Woven Words and Words Woven”, Fine Arts Center Madisonville, KY
Hopkinsville Art Guild Juried Art Shows, Hopkinsville, KY
"This is It” Murray Art Guild Exhibit, Murray, KY
International Awards
2018 1st Showcase Winner Mixed-Media , ArtSlant
2017 8th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
4th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
3rd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
1st Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2016 9th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
8th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
3rd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2015 6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2014 5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
6th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2013 5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
4th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
2012 3rd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
1st Showcase Winner Sculpture, ArtSlant
2011 6th Showcase Winner Mixed - Media, ArtSlant
5th Showcase Winner Sculpture, ArtSlant
2nd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
2010 5th 2010 Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
4th 2010 Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
National Awards/Honors
2013 City Purchase Award, City of Covington, WA
2012 Nominee Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
1998 1st Place and Purchase Award, Hopkins County Juried Art Show, KY
1997 Hopkins County Purchase Award, KY
1st and 3rd Place Hopkins County Juried Art Show, KY
"The Regionalists” Honoring the 50 most Achieved and Contemporary Artists
from Kentucky and surrounding States, KY
2nd Place and Honorable Mention, Hopkinsville Juried Art Show, KY
Most Creative Art Award, Hopkinsville Art Festival, Hopkinsville, KY
1996 2nd Place, Hopkins County Juried Exhibition, KY
Best of Show, Madisonville Fine Arts Center Exhibit, KY
Lifetime Jackson Purchase Award, Madisonville, KY
1st Place, Hopkinsville Juried Art Show, Hopkinsville, KY
1995 Purchase Award, Trover Clinic Art Collection, Hopkinsville, KY
2nd Place Western Kentucky State Fair, Hopkinsville, KY
1st and 2nd Place, Hopkinsville Juried Art Show, Hopkinsville, KY
1st Place, Kentucky Mother’s Association Award, KY
Residencies/Teaching Experience
2001-to Date Private Art Lessons/Workshops at my Studio, Cheney, WA
Private Art Lessons/Workshops at my Studio, Fife, WA
1998-1999 Seattle Art Center, West Coast Paper Grant Workshop, Kent, WA
Seattle Art Center, TIP Grant/Residency, Seattle, WA
Allied Arts Foundation Grant/Residency, Seattle, WA
Public Art Installation Grant, Working with the Physically and
Mentally Challenged Adult Population of the Greater Kent Area, WA
1997-1998 Jefferson County Youth Center & Artswatch, 4 Residencies, Louisville, KY
1997-1998 North Drive Middle School, Pennyroyal Arts Council Grant, KY
Christian County Middle School, Pennyroyal Arts Council Grant, KY
Flemingsburg Elementary Schools, 3 months AIR, Flemingsburg, KY
Simon Middle School, TIP Grant, Flemingsburg, KY
Walnut Street Center, PACS Grant, Hopkinsville, KY
Aaron McNeil Center, PACS Grant, Hopkinsville, KY
Public Library, Mask making Workshop, PACSG, Hopkinsville, KY
3 Months Community Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY
Eastern Elementary School, 3 Months AIR, Georgetown, KY
TIP Grant at JCYC sponsored by KAC and JCYC, Louisville, KY
1997-1999 Kentucky Arts Council Artist in Residence Program, 3 Year Term, Frankfort, KY
1989-1998 Owner/Instructor Creative Weaving Gallery and Studio, Oak Grove, KY
Commissions
2018 "Meine Insel", Antje Staudt, Seattle, WA
"Sail away with Love", Antje Staudt, Seattle, WA
"Confinement", Trishia Yost, Seattle,WA
"Li'l Flowers", Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
"Blue Waters" Dana Page, Seattle, WA
"For Margaret" Margaret Reutter, Kent, WA
2017 "Moxie Woman" Joey Soller, Tacoma, WA
"Seaside" Joey Soller, Tacoma, WA
"Solar Eclipse #2" David Cassera, Camano Island, WA
"After the Storm" Chantal Bolstein, Washington DC
2016 "3 Flowers" Chantal Bolstein, Washington DC
"Yellow Roses" Jo Hanson, Seattle, WA
"Beautiful" Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
"There is Hope on the Horizon" Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
"Sisters" Debbie Gaffney, Cheney, WA
2015 "Purple Moon" Carol Turner, Puyallup, WA
"Ballerina" Cindy Richter, Puyallup, WA
2014 "Corssroads" David Froembling, Roy, WA
"A Mother's Love is never forgotten" Roger Wood, IA
"For Mom with Love" Carmen Ottley, Roy, WA
2013 "The matching One” Ilka Van Waasen, Gig Harbor, WA
"Golden Moments” Petra Kuehn, Frankfurt, DE
2012 "Walking Home”, “Out in the Fields”, “Tropical Song” Group Health Corporate Art Collection Seattle, WA
"Evening in my Garden” Editha Kuehn, Alicante, Spain
"Blanc” 4 Panel Artwork Josh Boyd, Kent, WA
"Drei Grazien” Gabriele Woodward Zaharo, Greece
2011 "Heaven and Earth 3” CoCA,Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
"Forms within Forms” Public Art Installation, Artscape Tacoma, WA
"Flight of the Phoenix”, “ Blue Constellation” Karin & Gerd Lode, Endingen, DE
2010 "Heaven and Earth II” CoCA, Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
"Red Afternoon”, “Not Here”, “One Tree” Helga & Volker Lode, Idstein, DE
2009 "Vorhang” Eva-Maria Gerke, Lauchringen, DE
2002 "My orange Sweater”, Bradley Hudson, Vancouver, Canada
1997 "Subtle Differences” Hopkins County Art Collection, KY
1995 "Midnight Moon” Trover Clinic Art Collection, Hopkinsville, KY
Installations/Public Art Installations
2014 "Beautiful Women" and "Hatched" Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2013 "Caged” Gallery Context, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
"The Return of 88 Bees" Gallery Context, SDC, Seattle, WA
2012 "Framed Follow the Sun" LoFI Arts Festival, Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA
2011 "Overgrowth & Understory” Art Installation, Cougar Mt., Seattle, WA
"Heaven and Earth 3” CoCA, Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
"Forms within Forms”, Storefront Installation, Artscape Tacoma, WA
2010 "Heaven and Earth II” CoCA, Parks and Recreation Dept. Seattle, WA
1999 "Unlimited Possibilities”, Resource Center, Kent, WA
1997 "Born of many Hands” Jefferson County Youth Center, Louisville, KY
"Coming Together” Aaron McNeil Center, Hopkinsville, KY
1998 "Felted Flower Garden” Hopkinsville Public Library, Hopkinsville, KY
Collaborations
2014 "Visions of 3" Photography, Mixed-Media, Collage Exhibit, Premier Gallery Puyallup, WA
2012 "Visions of 4” A Female Art Exhibit, Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
1996 "Woven Words and Words Woven” with Malcolm Glass, Poet/Author, Fiber Art/Poetry Show
Fine Arts Center Madisonville, Madisonville, KY
2014 "Miniatures - A Study of Nature and Color" Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
May-June (Not yet Titled) Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, WA A
"Wall Sculptures" (August) Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
"Remnants of my Dreams" Nov-Dec Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
Selected Solo Shows/Fiber Art
1999 "Reclaimed” Fiber/Mixed-Media, Barns & Nobles, Federal Way, WA
1998 "Once More” Fiber Art Installation, Public Library, Hopkinsville, KY
"Colors -Textures & Forms” Holiday Inn, Hopkinsville, KY
"New Fiber Works” Chamber of Commerce, Hopkinsville, KY
1997 "Unusual Approaches in Fiber” Cultural Art Center Greenville, KY
"From Turkey Beard to Coco Fiber” Tennessee Art League Gallery, Nashville, TN
1996 "Diversity in Fiber” Invitational Exhibit, HCC Hopkinsville, KY
"Fibers Beyond the Imaginable” HCC Hopkinsville, KY
"I Like it this Way” First City Bank, Hopkinsville, KY
1995 "My Vision” Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY
"Not just Fibers” Commerce Bank, Hopkinsville, KY
1994 "Traditions Rekindled” Museum Hopkinsville, KY
1993 "My World in Fibers” Hopkinsville Library, Hopkinsville, KY
1992 "Nature’s Inspirations” Officers Club Fort Campbell, KY
1991 "Textiles and Fibers” Paducah Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
1990 "New Beginnings” Museum Hopkinsville, KY
1989 - 1998 "Fibers and Paints” Creative Weaving Gallery, Oak Grove, KY
Selected Solo Shows Painting/Photography
2017 "Tactuality" Que Sera Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2014-17 Ongoing / Rotating exhibition Vintage Vino @ Espresso, Maple Valley, WA
2015 "This one's for You" Normandy Park City Hall Gallery, Normandy Park, WA
"You didn't see it coming, did You?" Maple Valley Creative Arts Center, Maple Valley, WA
"Mosaics from Nature" Nutty Squirrel Gelato, Maple Valley, WA
"Small Stuff matters too" Miniature Paintings, Dazzled Dame, Maple Valley, WA
Ongoing Exhibit (2 months Artwork Rotation) @ Vino Vintage, Maple Valley, WA
2014 "New Perspectives", City Hall Gallery Normandy Park, WA
"Playtime and a Makeover" Frinj Salon & Spa, Opera Alley, Tacoma, WA
"A Study of Nature and Color" Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
May-June (Not yet Titled) Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, WA A
"Wall Sculptures" (August) Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
"Remnants of my Dreams" Nov-Dec Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
"Unimaginable" Asgard Tavern, Fremont-Seattle, WA
2013 "Passionand Visions" Frinj Salon & Spa, Tacoma, WA
"Essence of Emotions”, City Hall Gallery, Covington, WA
"Adaptations to Fibers" Horseshoe Boutique, Ballard, WA
"Of Places and Forms” OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle,WA
"Diverse Impact” Fremont Space Building, Seattle, WA
2012 - 2013 "Traces of Memory” Saturn Building Fremont, Seattle, WA
2011 "Another Approach” City Hall Gallery, City of Covington, WA
"Seductive Movements” Dumas Bay Centre Gallery, Federal Way, WA
"Obscure Perceptions” Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
2010 "A new Perspective” City Hall Gallery, City of Covington, WA
"Not your Ordinary” Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
"Straight Forward” Tacoma Art Supply, Tacoma, WA
"A Different Viewpoint” KONA KAI Café, Kent, WA
2009 Tacoma EXPO, Art Show and Demonstration, Tacoma, WA
Selected Group Shows
2016 NWFB Tacoma , Fundraiser, Tacoma, WA
2015 NWFB Tacoma , Fundraiser, Tacoma, WA
2014 NWFB Tacoma , Fundraiser, Tacoma, WA
"Waterworld" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
"Visions of 3" Premier Gallery, Puyallup,
"No Boundaries ~ Living Metaphors” Traveling Exhibit, Seattle Area, WA
"Art Ability 2012-2013” Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
"Turning Point" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
2013 "Art for the View" Proctor Theater Gallery, Schenectady, NY
"No Boundaries ~ Living Metaphors” Traveling Exhibit, Seattle Area, WA
"Turning Point" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Block Party Community Project “Intertwined & Interwoven”, Tacoma, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event/Fundraiser, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Time” Ida Culver House, Seattle, WA
"Collision” Center on Contemporay Art Gallery, SDC, Seattle, W
"Painted Layers-Collage” Children’s Museum of Tacoma, Tacoma, W
"On Line" University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
"Time" Ida Culver House Broadview, Seattle, WA
"Blue Poppy Day” Bonsai Gardens, Federal Way, WA
"Creation” Virtual Gallery, St. James Chapel, Seattle, WA
"Head to Toe: The Art of the Human Figure” University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
"Chair Affair NW Furniture Bank” Fundraiser, NWFB, Tacoma, WA
"The Power of Play” Children’s Museum of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
"First Thursday Art Walk Seattle”, OK Hotel Gallery, Seattle, WA
"No Boundaries ~ Beginnings & Beyond” Traveling Exhibit, Seattle Area, WA
"Art Ability 2012-2013” Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
2012 "Franke Tobey Jones Show” TAM, Tacoma, WA
4th Annual “Visions of the Flint Hills” Buttonwood ARTspace, Kansas City, MO
"Art Ability 2012-2013” Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
"Framed-Follow the Sun” Installation, LoFi Arts Festival, Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA
"Knotting a Community Together” Community Project, Tacoma, WA
"Visions of 4” Female Art Exhibit Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
"Chair Affair” Fundraiser, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
"No Boundaries” Traveling Exhibit Greater Seattle Area, WA
2011 "Chair Affair” Fundraiser, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
"Forms within Forms” Storefront Installation, Artscape Tacoma, WA
"Last Call” Photography, Exhibit of Life at Airports, Berlin, DE
"Heaven & Earth 3” Public Art Installation, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
2010 ArtSlam, Cultural Arts Event, Pantages Theatre, Tacoma, WA
"Indoor/Outdoor” CoCA Show, Globe Building, Seattle, WA
Annual Art Marathon CoCA, Globe Building, Seattle, WA
"Heaven and Earth II” Art Installation, Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA
"Overgrowth & Understory” Installation, Cougar Mt., Seattle, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Resident Alien” CoCA Ballard Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 ArtSlam, Cultural Arts Event, Tacoma, WA
Peninsula Art League Juried Art Show, Gig Harbor, WA
Juried Art Show Puyallup, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
1999 Invitational Fiber Art Show” West Coast Paper, Seattle, WA
Juried Fiber Art Show, West Coast Paper, Kent, WA
"Fusion” Juried Art Event, Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Visuals” Barnes & Nobles, Federal Way, WA
1998 Annual Juried Art Show Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
1997 "Regional Women’s Art Exhibit” HCC, Hopkinsville, KY
Hopkinsville Annual Art Guild Show, Hopkinsville, KY
"The Regionalists” Evansville Art Center, Evansville, KY
Honoring the 50 Most Achieved and Contemporary Artists from
Kentucky and Surrounding States (TN, WV, VA, IL, MO, IN, OH)
All Kentucky Juried Exhibit, Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
"New Beginnings" Fine Arts Center Madisonville, Madisonville, KY
1996 "This is It” Murray Art Guild Exhibit, Murray, KY
26th Annual Art Exhibit Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
"Woven Words and Words Woven" Two Person Fiber Art/Poetry Show Fine Arts Center, Madisonville, KY 1995 "Heirloom" Pennyroyal Area Museum, Hopkinsville, KY
"Useful Fibers” Gallery on the Square, Louisville, KY
"Fiber Art Show” The Mannings, East Berlin, PA
"Share the Vision” Fine Arts Center Madisonville, KY
25th Annual Art Exhibit Hopkinsville Art Guild, Hopkinsville, KY
1994 "Wearable Art” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
Exhibiting Member Art and Craft Foundation Gallery - Louisville, KY
1994 Exhibiting Artist at Gallery on the Square - Louisville, KY
1993 Featured Artist at “Brushy Fork Creek” Gallery, Crofton, KY
1991-1998 "Of Fibers and Paints” Creative Weaving Gallery, Oak Grove, KY
Bibliography
"Green ART Trees, Leaves, and Roots" Author: E. Ashley Rooney with Margery Goldberg, 2014 p.p. 154-155
"Heaven and Earth III” Lulu Publications 2011, p.p. 12-13
"Sculptures created of 200,000 straws is all-set to wow the audience” Green Diary Magazine, July 2011
"200,000 Straws That Don’t Suck” Spacework Tacoma Blog Article July 2011
"Thunderword” HCC Newspaper, Des Moines, WA June 2011
"Heaven and Earth II” / “Overgrowth & Understory” Lulu Publications 2010, p.p. 28-29: 32-33
"Thunderword” HCC Newspaper, Des Moines, WA 2010
Feature Articles Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, WA 2010
"Resident Alien” Lulu Publications 2010 p.p. 16-17
"Responding to the Arts” Kentucky Arts Council 1998 p.p. 14-17
Feature Article Kentucky New Era 1997
Feature Article Maysville Newspaper 1997
Feature Article Kentucky New Era 1995
Corporate Collections
City of Covington, WA
Kaiser Permanente, Seattle, WA
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
Trover Clinic, Hopkinsville, KY
Hopkins County Art Collection, Hopkins County, KY
Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN
Private Collections
Works held in numerous private Collections throughout the United States, Germany, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, England,
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Russia, and France.