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