Education
BA Studio Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus
Quilt Surface Design Symposium 1-2 weeks in summer 31 years, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Phipps Center for the Arts, Solo Exhibit, Hudson, WI
2019 Solo Exhibits, Hudson and New Richmond Hospitals WI
2016 Phipps Center for the Arts, Solo Exhibit, Hudson, WI
2012 Phipps Center for the Arts, Solo Exhibit: Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost, Hudson, WI
2011 Croixdale, Small Solo Fiber Exhibit, Bayport, MN
2010 WBUUC, Solo Fiber Exhibit, Mahtomedi, MN
Group Exhibitions
2020 Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, The Artist as Quiltmaker XIX
2019 Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Pushing the Surface, Coshocton, OH
2019 Thirty Years of QSDS, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
2018 Quilt San Diego, Quilt Visions 2018: Connections, San Diego, CA
2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, MN, Textile Center Award
2018 Textile Center, MN, Artists in the Kitchen, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Schweinfurth Art Center, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, NY
2017 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, MN
2016 Ross Museum, Celebrations, Delaware, OH
2015 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, MN, Honorable Mention MQ Award
2015 Schweinfurth Art Center, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, NY
2014 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, MN
2014 Quilt San Diego, Quilt Visions 2014: The Sky Is the Limit, San Diego, CA
2014 Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, The Artist as Quiltmaker XVI
2013 Schweinfurth Art Center, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Auburn, NY
2013 Ross Museum, Quilted Surface IX, Delaware, OH
2012 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, MN, Second Place Award, Fibers
2012 Quilt San Diego, Quilt Visions 2012: Brainstorms, San Diego, CA
2012 Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, The Artist as Quiltmaker XV
2011 Textile Center, Land by Hand, invitational traveling in Outstate MN
2011 Riffe Gallery, Happiness, Columbus, OH
2011 Dairy Barn Arts Center, Quilt National 2011, Athens, OH
2010 Quilt San Diego, Quilt Visions 2010: No Boundaries, San Diego, CA
2010 Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, The Artist as Quiltmaker XIV, Best of Show
Collections
St. Thomas University Business Campus, Minneapolis, MN (Commission)
State Department of Human Services, St. Paul, MN (Commission)
Fairview Hospital Southdale, Edina, MN (Commission)
Hudson Hospital Healing Arts Program, Hudson, WI
Private Collections, Minnesota, California, Florida, Ohio
Publications
Quilt Visions 2018, Connections, A Quilt Visions Publication
Quilt Visions 2014, The Sky’s the Limit, A Quilt Visions Publication
Quilt Visions 2012, Brainstorms, A Quilt Visions Publication
Quilt National 2011, The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books
Quilt Visions 2010, No Boundaries, A Quilt Visions Publication
Art Quilt Celebrations, Quilt National Compendium, Lark Books
The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw
Quilt National 1995, Contemporary Designs in Fabric, Lark Books
Quilt Visions 1994, Layers of Excellence, C&T Publishing
Awards and Other Recognition
2019 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellowship, Finalist
2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Show, Textile Center Innovation Award
2017 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Show, Fourth Place
2015 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Show, Honorable Mention
2014 Vision, The Sky’s the Limit, Beyond the Boundaries Award
2012 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Show, Second Place
2010 Artist as Quiltmaker XIV, Best of Show
Teaching/Workshop Experience
Photo Artistry on Fabric, FiberArts Australia
Printing Photos on Fabric, Michigan
Lecture
The History of the Art Quilt