Exhibitions & Awards & Media
My artistic journey has been shaped by decades of exploration, innovation and a commitment to advancing the art of wearable felt. Through solo and juried exhibitions, museum presentations, galleries and invitational shows, my work has been exhibited to audiences who appreciate the intersection of fine art, textile traditions and contemporary design.
These exhibitions and the recognition they have received reflect an ongoing dedication to artistic expression and storytelling through the human form. Each award, exhibition and achievement represents an opportunity to share the expressive possibilities of nuno felting while contributing to the growing appreciation of wearable art as a significant contemporary art form.
The following highlights present selected exhibitions, honors and accomplishment throughout my career.
2011, 2012, 2013 Merit Awards - SunFest Fine Arts Festival
2012 LaConner Textile Museum 1st Place Fiber Art, Victorian Rocker
2012 Winter is the King of Showmen Juried Exhibition, San Juan Island Museum of Art
2013 Crossing Borders, Crossing Threads Juried Exhibition & Fashion Show - ANWG Conference, Bellingham, WA
2013 Echos of the Tides Juried Exhibition, San Juan Island Museum of Art
2014 Best of IMA's Artist Registry Juried Exhibition - SJI Museum of Art
2015 Torn, Tattered & Sepia Juried Exhibition - SJI Museum of Art
2016 Forms In Fiber Exhibition - Western Washington University
2016 Dream Sequence window display, Ragfinery, Bellingham, WA
2016 Studio Open House, Residency at VCCA France, La Cebo au Moulin a Nef, Auvillar
2016 Fiber Art Now Magazine Juried Exhibition Excellence in Fiber award
2016 Spirits Taking Form Juried Exhibition - SJI Museum of Art
2016 Mediating Dreams Solo Exhibition, Fiber Art Studio, SJI
2017 Figure & Symbol Exhibition - Western Washington University
2017 Wearable Expressions 7th International Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, CA - Honorable Mention, Mosaic Cloak
2017 Spring Juried Exhibit Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2017 Treadle Lightly ANWG Conference, Juried Exhibition & Fashion Show, Victoria, BC, 2nd Place Most Innovative for Raven's Cape and 2nd Place Best Felted Fabric for Stained Glass Shawl
2017 Niche Magazine, Niche Awards Finalist , Curly Lock Boa
2017 Coded Threads: Textiles & Technology Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2017 Elegant Threads: Wearable Art & Surface Design, Lighthouse ArtCenter Palm Beach, FL
2018 Connecting Threads, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
2018 21st Juried Art Show, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2018 Art Over The Harbor Exhibition, Friday Harbor, WA
2018 Pop Up Show Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
2018 PNW Quilt & Fiber Festival Exhibition, Everett, WA 2nd Place Wearable Art for Stained Glass Shawl, and 3rd Place Wearable Art for Dragon Skin Dress Coat
2019 Port Townsend Wearable Art Fashion Show, Peer Award Dragon Skin Ensemble
2019 From our Hands Exhibition PNW Textile Museum, LaConner, WA
2019 SJI Studio Tour, guest artist @ Jason Munkres Weaving Studio
2019 ManneqArt Wearable Art Show, Savage, MD 1st Place Amphibian Category, Dragon Skin Ensemble
2019 19th Art Wear Biennial, Ft. Collins, CO Excellence in Technique Award, Dragon Skin Dress Coat
2019 Art Over the Harbor Exhibition of new work
2019 Fiber Art Now Magazine, Excellence In Fiber V Award, Tortoise Cloak, & Exhibition at Muskegon Museum of Art
2019 International Quilt & Fiber Art Show - 1st Place Felt, PNW Beach wall art
2019 A Stitch To Wear Exhibition, Cumberland, MD
2020 Kaleidoscope juried online exhibition, International Felt Makers
2021 Featured Artist in Felt Matters magazine Issue 143
2021 The Second Half juried online exhibition Las Laguna Art Gallery
2021 Reconnect juried online exhibition, International Felt Makers
2021 Texture exhibition, GFAA Gallery Best In Show Earthquake
2021 Textures & Patterns juried online exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery
2021 Open Theme juried online exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery
2021 Uncommon Threads Fashion Show, St. Charles, IL
2022 Valdosta National @ Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Tsunami
2022 ArtFields, South Carolina, Climate Sisters
2022 Mythologies exhibition GFAA Gallery, Merit Award Dragonskin Ensemble
2022 Felt Maters Magazine "Unique Felting Tools" by Patti Barker
2022 International Quilt & Fiber Festival, 1st Place Fiber Art - Felt Whisper of Birches Swing Coat & 3rd Place - Wearable Art Garment Road Less Traveled Jacket
2022 20th Annual Biennial Art Wear, Ft. Collins, CO Excellence In Creativity Stained Glass Duster and Honorable Mention Dream Sequence II
2022 Uncommon Threads Fashion Show St Charles, IL Best of Show Wildfire
2022 SCORE Uncommon Threads virtual exhibit, B&W jacket
2022 Felt Matters Magazine, Ant Queen, Wearable Art Exhibition Issue #149
2023 The Art of Adornment, Nuno Collage Jacket, The Hub on Canal, New Smyrna Beach, Fl
2023 Fibers of Nature, two coats Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
2023 Figures & Faces, Dream Sequence, Las Laguna Art Gallery
2023 Women in Art, Mosaic Bolero, Las Laguna Art Gallery
2023 Face of Fiber in the Rockies, Stained Glass Duster, Me Too Tunic, Treasure Bolero, Invitational Juried Exhibit
2023 Artistic Excellence Award, Sea Crone - Circle Foundation for the Arts Spotlight Magazine Cover Contest
2023 Your View online exhibition, International Felt Makers, Birch Tree Scarf
2023 Summer Spotlight XXVI, Webber Art Gallery, First Place Stained Glass Duster
2023 International Quilt & Fiber Festival, Brick House Coat, Stained Glass Duster
2023 Elegant Threads, Lighthouse Arts Center, Palm Beach, Brick House Coat, Stained Glass Duster, B&W Jacket
2023 September Featured Artist, Orchard Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
2023 Growth exhibition, Gainesville Fine Arts Assoc, Merit Award, Last Tree Standing
2023 Felt Matters Magazine, montage Shaman Coat
2024 Excellence in Fibers IX award, Fiber Art Now magazine, Brick House
2024 Black, White, Grey, juried online exhibit, Las Laguna Art Gallery - B&W Jacket
2024 Art of Adornment, juried exhibit, The Hub on Canal, First Place Stained Glass Duster & marketing image
2024 String Theory exhibition, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Stained Glass Duster, Scribbles & Echos I
2024 Women In Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery - B&W Jacket
2024 Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center - Stained Glass Duster, marketing image
2024 Garbled Guise, Indianapolis Art Center, Best In Show Sea Crone
2024 Felt Matters Magazine - No Way Back (2-page spread)
2024 Artwear, Ft Collins Lincoln Center - Excellence in Technique - No Way Back
2024 Craftforms, Wayne, PA juried exhibition, No Way Back
2025 Art of Adornment juried exhibition, The Hub on Canal - 3rd Place Brickhouse, plus marketing Image, Poly Caftan
2025 Bright & Bold, Orchard Gallery - Luna Caftan
2025 Uncommon Threads Exhibition, South Florida Surface Design - Blues In Motion and Stained Glass Dress
2025 Inspiration Juried Exhibit, Hudgens Center for Art & Learning, Duluth, GA Stained Glass Dress
2025 Crafted Couture: A Wearable Art Exhibition, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH No Way Back
2025 FIRE exhibition and publication, Gallerium Art Exhibition, Wildfire
2025 Intertwined: Contemporary Southeastern Fiber Art, Turner Center for the Arts, 11/10-1/7 No Way Back Honorable Mention
2025 The Human Condition, Gainesville Fine Arts Association - Sea Crone, 3rd Place award
2026 Leesburg Fiber Palooza
2026 Craft Forms - Living with Craft
2026 HGA Convergence, Featured Artist--5 ensembles fashion show & exhibit
2026 Adorn: A Juried Fiber & Wearable Arts Exhibition, Blues in Motion