Kathy Weaver

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Education
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
M.A., Painting, Art History
Teaching Fellowship 

Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
B.S., Art Education

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Art Academy of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Further Education
Narong Studios, batik studies, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Advance Silk Screening Institute, Chicago, Illinois
The Banff Centre, Banff, B.C., Canada, Fellowship Recipient

Solo Exhibitions
2003                 
The Robot’s Dream, Fiberworks and Drawings by Kathy Weaver, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
The Robot’s Dream, Fiberworks and Drawings by Kathy Weaver, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Robots Working, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan

Two Person Exhibitions
2008
Kathy Weaver & Mary Seyfarth: Whimsical Musings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, May - July 2008

2005
The Feminine Face of Fiber: new works by Barbara Bansley and Kathy Weaver, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University,   
       Evanston, Illinois

Confluence, Mixed Media and Fiber: Maureen Bardusk and Kathy Weaver, Dubuque Art Museum, Dubuque, Iowa

2003
Confluence, Mixed media and Fiber: Maureen Bardusk and Kathy Weaver, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

2002
Inside Stories, Kathy Weaver and Kreg Yingst, Shimer College, Waukegan, Illniois

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
SAQA: Twelve Voices, Studio Art Quilt Associates and the Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan,
       September 2008 – January 2009
Freedom – The Fiber of Our Nation, Invitational, Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August – October 2008
Figuratively Speaking, Quilt Visions, Quilt Vision Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California, August 9 – October 5, 2008
Materials Matters: Quiltmaking in the 21st Century, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus,
       Ohio, June – August 2008
The Artist as Quiltmaker XIII, New Union Center for the Arts, Oberlin, Ohio, May – August 2008
Tear in the Fabric: The Conceptually Driven Quilt, California Polytechnic State University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo
       California, May – June, 2008
New Fibers 2008, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, University Art Gallery of Eastern Michigan University,
       Ypsilanti, Michigan, Escanaba, Michigan
Fiber Artists: Philadelphia #5, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2008

2007
Quilt National ’07, Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio,
        St. Charles, Missouri, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bloomingdale, Illinois,
Sum of the Parts, Honorable Mention, H & R Block ARTSCAPE, Kansas City, Missouri
Transformations ’07
, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England, New South Wales, Australia, Petoskey, Michigan,
        San Diego, California, and Delray, Florida
SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery
Fall Exhibit, Green Lantern Studios, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Symbolism, Myth and Ritual, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL.
Exhibition, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
Quilt Visions Member Show (juried), San Diego, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artist’s Coalition, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL
Ways of Seeing, Deer Path Gallery, Lake Forest, Illinois

2006 - 2007   
Quilt Visions/Quilt San Diego, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
16th Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois Biennial, Merit Award, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois

2006
Recent Works 2006
, Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
In Human Form, Verde Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
Reflections, Verde Gallery, Champaign, Illinois, Invitational Exhibit
ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick: On the Square, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fiber Artists – Philadelphia,  DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Artist as Quiltmaker XII, New Union Center for the Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
RES-Art, ALIFEX, The 10th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, SOFA Galley,
       Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2005  
Artists In Time of War, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Art Open, Chicago, Illinois
Looking back/Leaping Forward, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Recent Works 2005, Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

2004  
Art Quilts from the collection of the Museum of Arts and Design, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
Special Interests, Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California
Connection, Concordia College, Chicago, Illinois

2003                 
ArtQuilts At The Sedgwick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art Quilts, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2002                 
Recent Works, Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, Purchase Prize   
Highwood City Limits, Street Level Gallery, Highwood, Illinois
Crafts National 36, Zoller Gallery, Penns State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Art and Design Collection, New York
Material Images, State Museum of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois
The Artist As Quiltmaker X, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio
Recent Works, Honorable Mention, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
Whimsy,  CCT Gallery, Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago, Illinois
Something Else, four person show, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan
Continuing Concepts...Works In A Series by Kathy Weaver, Barbara Watler and Heather Waldron Tewell, Museum of Quilts
       and Textiles, San Jose, California

Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
Three Layers: Art Quilts by Weaver, Field and Bardusk, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois

2001                 
Chautauqua International For Fiber Art, Fredonia, New York
Three Layers: Art Quilts by Weaver, Field, Bardusk, Bloomingdale PD Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois
Fiber Directions, 2001,   Wichita, Kansas
                     
2000                 
The Kite Show, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Narrative Portraits, American Museum of Quilt Art, Paducah, Kentucky
Out of Time, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles”, San Jose, California
Chicago Art Open, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Other Side of the Story, Tyron Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Artist As Quiltmaker, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio, Juror’s Award
Windy  City Blues, Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois
Windy  City Blues, Textile  Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Windy City Blues,  Bloomingdale Art Center, Bloomingdale, Illinois
Material Witness, three person show, Noyes Art Center, Evanston, Illinois

Awards and Honors      
Quilt National ’07, Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2007
Sum of the Parts, Honorable Mention, H & R Block ARTSCAPE, Kansas City, Missouri, 2007
Ragdale Artist Residency Fellowship Recipient, Lake Forest, Illinois, 2007
Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association Merit Award, Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois Biennial Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center,
     Charleston, Illinois, 2006
Ragdale Artist Residency Fellowship Recipient, Lake Forest, Illinois, 2003
Mayor’s Award for the Arts, City of Highland Park, 2003
Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences Artist Residency Fellowship Recipient, Rabun Gap, Georgia, 2002, 2003
Recent Works, Honorable Mention, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, 2002
The Artist As Quiltmaker, Juror’s Award, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio, 2000
Ragdale Artist Residency Fellowship Recipient, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1998
Illinois Artisans Program, Chicago, IL, 1996-present
Fellowship Recipient, Banff  Centre for The Arts, Canada, 1988
Teaching Fellow, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1968-69
NEA Grant Recipient for Studio Space, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, 1967-68

Teaching/Presentations
SOFA Chicago, A Fresh Look at Fiber, lecture sponsored by Friends of Fiber Art International, Katie Gingrass Gallery, 2007
Art Encounter, Expanding Visions Studio Discussion, Highland Park, IL. 2005
Special Interests, Feminism and the Art Quilt Movement, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA. 2004
Feminism and the Art Quilt Movement, Wild by Design Symposium, University of Nebraska  2003
From Under The Covers: Feminism and the Art Quilt Movement, Museum of American Craft, New York, New York
Following A Thread...The Fine Art Of Working In A Series, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California,
Passionate About Pattern: Creating Art With Quilts, Winnetka Associates of the Art Institute, Winnetka, Illinois
The Creation of An Art Quilt, Hinsdale Center For The Arts, Hinsdale, Illinois

Books/Articles
Quilt National 2007, The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books, 2007
Portfolio 14, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., 2007
The Quilting Quarterly, Spring 2007

Quilter’s Newsletter, June 2007
Portfolio 13, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., 2006
Gallery Issue, Surface Design Journal, September 2006
SAQA Journal, Spring 2006
Fiberarts Magazine, Summer 2004
New Work, The Craft Report, January  2003
The Fabric Stamping Handbook, by Jean Ray Laury, 2002
Imagery On Fabric, Imagery on Fabric Two, by Jean Ray Laury (1992, 1997)
Fiberarts Design Book Four; Five, and Seven, Lark Books (1993, 1995, 2003)
Work reviewed in following newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Artists’ Coalition  News, Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee Journal, Iowa State Daily, Iowa City, Iowa and Journal And Courier, Lafayette, Indiana.

Work in Collections
Series of three art quilts, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois    
Private Collectors
                     

 

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