I received my BFA in metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design. My current work is mainly in fiber, ceramics, and printmaking. I have participated in residencies in New York at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Miami at Mana Exchange and New Jersey at Guttenberg Arts. My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is part of the collection of the Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Currently, I am president of the Textile Study Group of New York which has over 250 members located around the world.
I see myself as a collector. I collect materials, objects, and techniques. My studio is filled with equipment and supplies spanning most art mediums. I work intuitively, crafting my pieces with a focus on the tactile nature of my materials and their interactions with each other.
In 2018 my work took on a more socially focused direction. That year I created an installation work, City of Shadows. It looked at our modern lack of interaction using full sized sheer fabric figures to represent the people unseen on the streets everyday as we pass by focused on our electronic devices.
2019 I began my series Domestic Violence which looks at the gun in American society viewed satirically as the centerpiece of the idealized 1950s-style American life.
Throughout the pandemic, I have been studying the embroidery techniques of India, Palestine and Ukraine. Though similar, they each come with a rich history and set of motifs. Palestinian embroidery, tatreez, is kept alive by Palestinians in the diaspora. By combining it with ceramics which have been formed, then broken, it reflects a people’s history and resilience in the face of continuing conflict. This work led me to create pieces reflecting the current struggles of the Ukrainian people with the invasion of their homeland by Russia. My new works use vyshyvanka styles of embroidery from Ukraine.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Light Metals, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Awards
2023 New Jersey State Council on the Arts – Individual Artist Fellowship
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Line|Form|Thread, Guttenberg Arts Gallery, Guttenberg, NJ
2018 Musings, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Claybash 2023, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Roots, El Barrio’s Art Space PS109, New York, NY
Connections, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Opposing Forces, Ridgefield Guild for Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Korea Fiber Art Forum, Louisville Visual Art, Louisville, KY
From Birth to Death, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville, KY
International Juried Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Bedminster, NJ
2022 Forecast//Recast, Surface Design Association, Chehalem Cultural Center,
Newberg, OR
Art Fair 14C – Showcase, Jersey City, NJ
Korea Fiber Art Biennale, Suwon Museum of Art,
Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, Korea
Excellence in Print, Surface Design Association (digital)
Space in Time, Guttenberg Arts Gallery, Guttenberg, NJ
Resilient2, Art150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Curators Choice, Casa Columbo, Jersey City, NJ
2021 Inspired by the Object – Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ KMAA Show, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY, Digital
2020 Field Projects Gallery, Reclaimed, Reimagined, Digital
CADAF/Mana Contemporary Art Fair, Digital
I Witness, Noho M55 Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Mana Decentralized, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself, Cigar Factory LIC, Long Island City, NY
Art, Artists and You, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY Red Plus One, Korea Bojagi Forum, Seoul, South Korea (catalog)
Red Plus One, Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea Optimism in Action, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
2017 RED, Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
JCAST 2017, Jersey City, NJ
A New Experience in Art, Panepinto Galleries at URBY, Jersey City, NJ Optimism in Action, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
2016 JCAST 2016, Jersey City, NJ
2015 JCAST 2015, Jersey City, NJ
EcoCreations 6, Muse Gallery, Longmont, CO
2014 10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse Gallery, Tieton, WA
2013 Childhood Memories, Mills Pond House Gallery, Saint James, NY
10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse Gallery, Tieton, WA (
Misao’s Dream, Our Inspiration, Tenri Cultural Institute Gallery, New York, NY
Collections
Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Residencies
2023 Artist-in Residence, Barat Foundation, Hoboken Charter School,
Hoboken, NJ
2022 Space & Time Artist Residency, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2018 Inaugural Artist in Residence, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New
York, NY
Mana Exchange, Miami, Fl
Workshops
2023 Handbuilding with Clay, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2022-present Upcycling Coalition, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2017 Earth First arts workshop, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York,
NY
2014 Rumpelstiltskin Project, Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Lectures
2022 The Influence of Korean Textile Arts on My Work, Korea Fiber Art Forum, Suwon, Korea
2014 Talking Fabrics - Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Press
The New York Times – “Kids Don’t Just See Art at This Show. They Work
With the Artists Too.” July 28, 2018
The New York Times - “The Artist is In Now,” June 29, 2018
Publications
Surface Design Journal, Fall 2022
Korea Fiber Art Biennale, 2022
City of Shadows, zine
The Language of Making
Korea Bojagi Forum 2018
Red
1f0x10x10xTieton 2014
10x10x10xTieton 2013
Affiliations
Textile Study Group of New York, president
Korea Fiber Art International, director
Surface Design Association
Fiber Arts Network
ProArts NJ
Textile Society of America
Katonah Museum Artists’ Association
Fiber Artists Miami Association
Upcycling Coalition, Guttenberg Arts
New York Handweavers Guild
Studio Art Quilts Association
Teaching
2022-present Atelier MFA Externship, Parsons/New School
2016 – 19 Summer on the Hill at Horace Mann – visual art faculty
2018 – 15 Elisabeth Morrow School – summer faculty, substitute teacher
