Résumé
EDUCATION
1967 A.B. Stanford University, Stanford, California
1969 California State University, San Jose, California
1977 Gesamthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany (studied with Hamdi el Attar)
1978 M.F.A. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (studied with Urban Jupena)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2005- Associate Professor, Department of Design, University of California, Davis
1978-2002 Lecturer, Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2005 Honorable Mention, 2005 National Open Exhibition, Long Beach Arts
1997 Annie Award, Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, Washtenaw Council for the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
1995 Prize winner, Annual Membership Exhibition, Surface Design Association of Michigan
1995 Excellence in Education Award, College of Literature, Science & Arts, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1988 Finalist, Art Quest ‘88
1978 Graduate Recognition Award, Art Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1967 A.B. with Great Distinction, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1966 Phi Beta Kappa
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 At the Crossroads installation, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Life Line, Sesnon Faculty Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Installation, Altarum International Headquarters, Ann Arbor, MI
1998 Saints and Mystics installation, Institute for the Humanities, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1998 Earth/Works installation, Power Center for the Performing Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
1997 Books, Memories, Reflections, Institute for the Humanities, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1984 Solo exhibition, Editions Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
1982 Solo show, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI
1981 Solo exhibition, Lincoln Community Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 What Comes Around invitational show, Benicia Arts, Benicia, CA
2006 Highlights from the Fibers Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2005 National Open Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2000 Words Invitational, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
1998 Bound and Gagged book exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (15)
1998 Intimate Bindings, Center for the Visual Arts, Lima, OH (9)
1985 Autumn Livres, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1983 Breaking the Bindings: American Book Art Now, The University of Wisconsin, Madison
1982 Stoffwechsel K-18 International Art Exhibition, Kassel, Germany
1982 Innovations in Fibre II, Denver, CO
1980 Microfibers National Exhibition, Beck Center for the Cultural Arts, Cleveland, OH
1981 Michigan Artists 80/81, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1979 National Miniature Fiber Exhibition and Traveling Show, Textile Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
1979 Structures Invitational Exhibition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1978 Seventh Marietta College Crafts National, Marietta, OH
1978 Third International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, British Crafts Center, London, England
1978 Fibers Invitational Show, Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2003 Secret Spaces of Childhood; Elizabeth Goodenough, Ed., The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor
2003 “A Mother’s Love Expressed in Memorial Exhibit at the Porter Faculty Gallery”, UC Santa Cruz Currents Online, February 18
2001 “Life Line: A Climber’s Life’”, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2000 Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. 39, No. 2 (spring), pp. 248-278
1998 “Intimate Bindings: Contemporary Book Artists Exhibition”, Lima Center for the Arts, Lima, Ohio
1998 “Bound and Gagged: the Sculptural Book”, Cranbrook Art Museum
1998 “Bound and Gagged”, The Detroit Free Press, June 21
1997 “Art with Class: U-M Faculty Shows its Stuff”, The Ann Arbor News, July
1995 “Textiles Come in Many Forms at Exhibit”, The Flint Journal, October 29
1994 Art Now Gallery Guide, Chicago/Midwest, November
1984 Fibre Forum, The Fibre Magazine of the Australian Region, Vol. 3, No. 3
1983 The Fiberarts Design Book II, Hastings House Publishers, NY
1983 Catalog, "Breaking the Bindings: American Book Art Now", The University of Wisconsin, Madison
1982 American Craft, February/March, Vol. 42, No. 1
1982 Catalog, "K-18 Stoffwechsel”, Druck und Verlagshaus Thiele und Schwarz, Kassel, Germany
1980 The Fiberarts Design Book, Hastings House Publishers, NY
1980 Catalog, "Miniature Fiber Arts, A National Exhibition", Santa Fe, NM
1980 Fiberarts, January/February, Vol. 7, No. 1
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collection, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI (“The Seven Wonders of the World”)
East Quadrangle, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (“Terra Australis Incognita II”)
The Islamic School of Ann Arbor, MI (“Women, Heaven, Allah")
SELECTED JUROR AND CURATORIAL WORK
2006 Juror, Ellen Hansen memorial Prize, University of California, Davis
2001 Co-curator, Sixth Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1998 Juror, Annual Intermedia Student Exhibition, Art Department, Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI
1997 Juror, Fibers Category, The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI