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CURRICULUM VITAE, PAGE 1
EDUCATION, ACADEMIC POSITIONS, EXHIBITIONS
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2016–present
- Dean Emeritus, Associate Professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
March 2008–June 2016
- Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
July 2007–January 2008
- Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
2005–2007
- Chair, Department of Art, School of Art and Design, Syracuse University
1998–2005
- Associate Professor, Syracuse University, Coordinator Fibers/Material Studies
1994–1998
- Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2002, 1996, 1997
- Summer Studies Faculty, Textile Design Institute, Rhode Island School of Design
EDUCATION
- MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Textile Design, 1994
- BFA, University of Michigan School of Art, Painting and Printmaking, Ann Arbor, MI, 1981
- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA; Sarah Williston Scholar, 1977–79
RESIDENCIES
2019
- Peaked Hill Trust Arts and Science Program, one week residency in historic dune shack on Cape Cod’s National Seashore
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
- Handle With Care, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
2021
- As Her Mind Collapsed, I Was Awakened: The Rugs of Ann Clarke, Hunterdon Museum of Art and Design, Clinton, NJ; curator Jason Vartikar, Jeannette and William Hayden Jones Fellow of America Art and Culture, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University
2020
- Lessons of Empathy in Wonderland, Davis Gallery, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
- Falling in Love, Farm Projects Space, Welfleet, MA
- Strong Forces, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2019
- History Lessons, Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY; Robert Tomlinson, Director
2014
- Coat Couture: From Inspiration to Creation, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
2004
- Narrative Structures, Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
2002
- Patterns as Language: Studies of the Everyday, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
- Time and Attention, Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
- Fiber Focus, Arrowmont Gallery, Knoxville, TN; as part of 25th Convergence Conference, hosted by the Handweaver’s Guild of America
2021
- Signal, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Juried Group Exhibition
- Memento Mori, Invitational Group Exhibition, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NY
- Art in Craft Media 2021 ,Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY; Juror Garth Johnson, Curator of Ceramics Everson Museum of Art; regional with catalog
- “Fantastic Fibers,” Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY; Juror Sandra Johnson
2020
- Threads Laid Bare, The Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa; Group exhibition curated by Emily Newman; supported by the Iowa Arts Council, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts
- Materials Hard + Soft 2020 International Contemporary Craft, Great Denton Arts Council, Patterson-Appelton Arts Center, Denton, TX; juror Beth McLaughlin, Fuller Craft Museum
- Novel Ideas, with Amilia Azcarate, Artruro Herrera, Benedict Terweil and Hye-Ryoung Min, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
- Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
- Woodfleet Project, Farm Projects, Preservation Hall, Welfleet, MA; invitational
2019/20
- Excellence in Fiber V, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI; jurors Amy DiPlacido, Karen Hampton and Monica Moses
2019
- Beyond the Surface, International Juried Exhibition in conjunction with Innovations in Textiles 2019 and the Surface Design Association Biennial Conference, St Louis Artists’ Guild, St Louis, MO
- Fantastic Fibers 2019, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY; International with catalog, juror Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, Kansas City Art Institute
- Nuance: Craftsmanship, Imagination and Innovation, works that represent the merger of hands and technology in contemporary craft, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
- Art in Craft Media 2019, Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo NY; The Margaret E. Mead Endowment Merit Award
- Focus: Fiber 2019, Kent State University Museum, sponsored by the Textile Alliance of the Cleveland Art Museum, Kent, OH; juror Nami Yamamoto, Director of The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA; catalog
- Not a Metric Matters, Syracuse University Faculty Exhibition, SUArt, Syracuse, NY
2018/19
- Contemporary Portrait: A National Juried Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX; juror, Barry Whistler
2018
- Craft Forms 2018, 24th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA; juror Perry A. Price, Executive Director of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Houston, Texas
- Chasing Ghosts III, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR; national juried, catalog
- At Home With Craft, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL; national juried
- Parsing Sign and Image, The Veterans Memorial Auditorium Gallery, Providence, RI; national, juror: Kaveh Mojtabai, Publisher, Artscope Magazine
- Women’s Work, Old Court House Arts Center, North Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL; national juried
- Transformations: Chautauqua National Exhibition, Fred Parker Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY; national juried
- Wear Where, Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY; Group Show, Robert Tomlinson, Curator
- Garden Party, Cass Projects, Buffalo, NY; group exhibition and auction
- Basilica Hudson Farm and Flea Market, juried, regional
2017
- New Directions 2017, 33rd Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY; Juror Ruth Erickson, Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Art in Craft Media, 2017, Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY; Juror Monica Moses, Editor in Chief of American Craft Magazine; regional with catalog
- Wearable Expressions 2017, Seventh International Exhibition Featuring the Ultimate in Wearable Art, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; Jurors Robert K Lie, Charles Lewton-Brain, Anneta Valious, with catalog
- Wearable Art Gala, Quintas Gallery, Watkins Glen, NY; The Community Foundation partnering with Quintas Gallery to benefit the Schuyler County Fund— a charitable fund that supports the work of nonprofits in Schuyler County
- Live to Make: Make to Live, with Todd Conover, curation and exhibition design by Jeffrey Mayer, 914 Gallery, Syracuse, NY
- RISD Craft 2017, Providence, RI
- Basilica Hudson Farm and Flea Market, juried, features a diverse group of regional vendors selling their wares alongside locally-sourced, farm-fresh foods
2016
- Hand Made, ApostropheS, with Tom Hall, Andrew Havenhand, Kevin Larmon and Bob Ray, Syracuse, NY
2015
- State of Mind, with Andrew Havenhand, Reisman Art Gallery, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
2009
- Drawing the Other, SUF Art Gallery, Florence, Italy
2008
- Seams: Contemporary Art to Wear, Curator: Joanie San Chirico, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2007
- Woolen Magic, Curator: Yoshiko Wada, Gallery Gen, New York, NY
- Under One Roof Reprise, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
- Fiberart International Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; catalogue; Second Place Award. Traveling exhibition to: The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC 2008, The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, WV
- 6th Annual Wearable Art Exhibition, Hoogland Art Center, Springfield, IL; international
- Materials: Hard and Soft Exhibition, The Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX; catalogue, Juror’s Award
2006
- Wearable Expressions International 2005/2006, Palo Verdes Art Center, Beckstrand Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
- Colored Threads/Art to Wear XVI, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- DaDa Domestique, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
2005
- Colored Threads/Art to Wear XV, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2004
- The 5th Gwangju Biennale International Art to Wear Exhibition: A Grain of Dust, A Drop of Water—From Creation to Disappearance, Dongshin University, Naju, Chonnam, Republic of Korea; catalogue
- Material Evidence: Clay, fiber and glasswork by Erika Carter, Ann Clarke, Elizabeth Lyons and Rich Hirsch, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
- Under One Roof, SOHO20, New York, NY
- Convergence/Divergence, Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- 14th Art to Wear, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, CONTINUED
2003
- Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Julie Artisan’s Gallery, New York, NY
- Autumn Stirrings, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Materials Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX; national juried
- 60th Exhibition of Central New York Artists: Ancient Practice, New Vision, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY; catalog
- Textile Diversity, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2002
- CRAFT USA 2002, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT; juror: Holly Hotchner, Director American Craft Museum; The Fairfield Processing Corporation Materials Award
- Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
- Ebb & Flow, Convergence 2002 Vancouver—Textile Tides, Vancouver Convention and Exhibit Centre, Vancouver, BC ; international juried
- Tsunami, Convergence 2002 Vancouver—Textile Tides, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC; international, Juror: Junichi Arai
- Earth, Fire, Fiber, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY; Curator: Mary Murray
2001
- Northern National, Nicolet College LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, WI; Juror: Edward Paschke; Bruce Germond & Joan Rajek Award
2000
- Beneath the Surface, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Fiber Invitational, Ned Werther West Tennessee Cultural Arts Center, Jackson State Community College, Jackson, TN
1999
- Colored Threads/Wearable Art IX, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1998/99
- The RISD on the Road Textile Exhibit, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA; February 7–April, Esther M. Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; May 20 – June 10, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA; August 12–September 3
1998
- Muse of the Millennium, The Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA; national juried
- Three: Ann Clarke, Anita DeAngelis, Catherine Murray, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greenville, TN
- Old Meets New: Sampler Art, Invitational Traveling Exhibition Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA; June–August 1998
1997
- Fiber Focus ‘97, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; national juried
- BASF Carpet Fibers & The Creative Arts Guild 10th Annual Fiber Arts Competition & Exhibition, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton-Whitfield Commission for the Arts, Dalton, Georgia; national juried
- SOFA The Fourth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects of Functional Art, Navy Pier; Represented by Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA
- Paper/Fiber XX, Arts Iowa City, Iowa; national juried
- Colored Threads/Wearable Art VII, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- The Body Eclectic, Spruill Center Gallery, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA; curated
1996
- SOFA The Third Annual Exposition of Sculpture Objects of Functional Art, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL; Represented by Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA
- Lengths of Time, Convergence ‘96 Exhibit, Sponsored by the Hand weavers Guild of America, Oregon Convention Hall, Portland, OR; national juried
- Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY; national juried
1995
- SOFA The Second Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects of Functional Art, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL; Represented by Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA
- Artwear ‘95, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO; national juried
- Group Show, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Art Quilt Invitational, Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson, KY
- Invitational Art Wear Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Summer Invitational, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
- Don’t Pull the Wool Over My Chairs, ETSU New Faculty Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1994
- Knitted Tapestries, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- His/Her Art to Wear, Internos Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Artwear ‘94, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Co; national, Juror’s Award
- Chautauqua International for Fiber Art, Adam’s Gallery, Dunkirk, NY ; national, juror: Artruro Sandoval
- Designed to Wear, Oregon School for Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR; national juried
- The Human Body, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,RI
- Contemporary Textiles: Wearable/Wall Art, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
- Off the Wall/On the Body, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
- Invitational Art Wear Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Colored Threads/Wearable Art IV, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993
- Chautauqua International for Fiber Art, Adam’s Gallery, Dunkirk, NY; national, juror: Cynthia Shira
- Eighth Annual 1993 Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition of 20th Century Objects of Studio Art and Design, Navy Pier, Lakeside Group, Chicago, IL; represented by Mobilia Gallery and Katie Gingrass Gallery
- Covering and Uncovering, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY New Textiles, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA
- Fantastic Fibers: Sixth Annual Invitational Fiber Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
- Colored Threads/Wearable Art III, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Ann Clarke, Bettina Fahlbusch, Nancy Jemio, Robin Richman, Northern Possessions, Charlevoix, MI
1992
- Craft Art From Western New York 1992, Burchfield Art Center, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; catalog
- Seventh Annual 1992 Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition of 20th Century Objects of Studio Art and Design, Navy Pier, Lakeside Group, Chicago, IL; Represented by Mobilia Gallery and Katie Gingrass gallery
- Knitted Tapestries, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Art to Wear, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Woman as Protagonist, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD; and the Parents Association Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; national juried
- Wearables, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
- Colored Threads/Wearable Art II, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1991
- water/life, Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA; national juried
- Invitational Fiber Show, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Fiber Celebrated ‘91, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; national juried; Award of Excellence
- Colored Threads/Wearable Art I, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Utopian Ideas: Multiple Realities, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY; Sculpture in collaboration with Susan Begy Simmons
- Coats of Caspian and St.Crispin’s Day, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Into the Fall, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
1990
- Art to Wear, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Wearables, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
- Elemental Coats, with Jean Cacicedo, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Multi-Media Knits, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
4th Annual Women in the Arts Exhibition, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT; national, juror: Nancy Spero
1989
- Beyond Function, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York at Brockport, Brockport, NY; Exhibition for New York State Foundation for the Arts
- Miniatures ‘89: A Show of Hands, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA; national, juror: Diane Itter.
- Paper Fiber XII, The Art Center, Iowa City, IA
1989
- Alumni Exhibition, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
- Collect New York, Empire States Craft Alliance, preview exhibition at Show of Hands Gallery, New York, NY; Benefit Auction at Fabri Mansion, New York, NY
- Night Sky: Multi-media Knits, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Warm Fronts, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Alchemy, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1988
- Wyoming Fiber Show: A National Competition, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
- Small Works, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Small Works Competition ‘88, Goldome Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Wearables, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
- The Young and the Restless, Village Gate Art Center, Rochester, NY
- Art to Wear: A Group Show, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Night Flights, Northern Lights, and the Snow Queen, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1987
- Hands Across the Border: Art to Wear, A Celebration of Fabric, Sponsored by the Arts Councils of Erie and Buffalo, The Canadian Arts Council and Goldome Bank, Buffalo, NY
- Fiber Miniatures: East of the Mississippi, Glen Echo Gallery, Glen Echo, NY
- Personal Myth, Village Gate Art Center, Rochester, NY
- Art to Wear: A Group Show, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- Art Sweaters, Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
1986
- Fetish Art: Obsessive Expressions, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL; Curator: Robert Middaugh
1985
- Wearable Art, Merritt Gallery, Rochester, NY
- Holiday Collections, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY