Education

1967 MFA The University of Wisconsin, Madison

1966 MS The University of Wisconsin, Madison

1962 BFA The University of Wisconsin, Madison

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, The Fuzzy Museum, New York, NY

1999 South West Center for Contemporary Crafts, San Antonio, TX

1994 Zone One Contemporary, Ashville, NC The Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY 1993 The Handworkshop, Richmond, VA Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD

1984 The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

1983 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY

1981 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY

1979 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL

1976 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

Group Exhibitions

2004 "Warm Worlds & Otherwise", Krasdale Corp., White Plains, NY,

2004 Holiday Exhibition, Owings – Dewey , Santa Fe, New Mexico, December

2001 21st Suffragettes, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY

New Work by Gallery Artists, Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY 2000

"Needle & Thread," Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin Group Exhibition,     

Margaret Bodell Gallery, New York, NY

" Making Faces," Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY

1998 Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY

1997 "Contemporary Fiber Art," Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

1995 "Project Exhibit," Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD

"Thread Bare: Revealing Content in Contemporary Fiber,"Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC

Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY 1994

"Bad Girls, Part II," The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

1991 "New Ends," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

1990 "Fabrication/Revelation," Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IO "Fabrication/Revelation," Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

1987 "Private Expressions," Stamford Museum of Art & Nature, Stamford, CT

1985 "Cityscapes, Countryscapes: Redefined," Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY "This Way, That Way," Thorpe Intermediary, Sparkhill, NY

1984 "Rockerfeller Visiting Artist’s Exhibition, "Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC

"Art & Ego," New York Academy of Art, New York, NY "Landscapes," Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL

"Through the Looking Glass: Reflected Images in Contemporary Art", Hecksche Museum, Huntington, NY

1983 "Intoxication," Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY

1981 "Threads," The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH 1980

"Decorative Fabricators," The Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA

1979 "Fiber Structures & Fabric Surfaces: An Exhibition of Works by National & International Contemporary Artists Using Fiber,

"Herron Gallery of Art, Indianapolis, IN

1978 "Bad Painting," The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

"Six Contemporary Artists," List Art Center, Kirkland College, Clinton, NY

"Invitational," A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY (selected by Pat Lasch)

1974 "New Talent," Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY

Collections

The Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI

Allan Stone, New York, NY

Allan Frumkin, New York, NY

Monique Knowlton, New York, NY

Arthur & Carol Goldberg, New York, NY

The Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL

Hanford Yang, New York, NY

Camille Benedict, New York, NY

Johathan Contract, New York, NY

Nan Laitman, New York, NY

Visiting Artist/Lectures

1995 Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (artist in residence)

1990 East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

1984 Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC

1981-82 School 33. Baltimore, MD

1979 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1976 The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Professional Experience

1999 Fellowship, New York Foundation For The Arts

1993 Mid-Atlantic Fellowship in Crafts 1981-present Art Program, St. Francis Residence, New York, NY

1988 Summer Session, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1984 The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1981-83 Panelist, New York State Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Division

1979-81 Coordinator & Fundraiser, Find Art/Workshops, New York, NY

1979 Ohio University, Athens, OH

1972-74 Department of Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, ,Richmond, VA

1971-72 The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1967-69 Milton College, Milton, WI

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