• Available Work

• Sold Works

• Artist Information

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• INquire

  

  Opening, Twisting
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 12.5" x 15" x 6"
  $95
  
  
  

  

  Circling Back
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 9" x 6" x 5"
  $95
  
  
  

  

  Reunion
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 8" x 11" x 7.5"
  $200
  
  
  

  

  Hot Pink Duo
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 24" x 15" x 4"
  $200
  
  
  

  

  Three, Ryming
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 21" x 31" x 7"
  $200
  
  
  

  

  Edge of Summer
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 21" x 15" x 3"
  $750
  
  
  

  

  Ravel/Unravel
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 33" x 18" x 15"
  $650
  
  *multi-piece sculpture; can be configured into different forms
  
  

  

  Highland Longing
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 58.5" x 16" x 14"
  $950
  
  
  

  

  Double Crescent Moons
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 50" x 41" x 11"
  $1,500
  
  
  

  

  Bending/Blending
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 46" x 21" x 14"
  $850
  
  
  

  

  Quiet at the End of the Day
  
  Steel, fabric
  Art dimensions: 40" x 16" x 13"
  $850
  
  
  

  

  Star Flock Iteration
  
  Aluminum screen, wire
  Art dimensions: 83" x 16" x 32"
  $1,000
  
  photo courtesy of artist
  *can be arranged in various configurations
  
  
  
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  Silver Rain
  
  Fabric, beaded chain
  
  JBA170409C

  

  Twisting Grid 02
  
  Steel, fabric
  
  JBA190103C

  

  Twisting Grid 03
  
  Steel, fabric
  
  JBA190104C

  

  Curling Grid 02
  
  Steel, fabric
  
  JBA190107C

  

  Twisting Grid 01
  
  Steel, fabric
  
  JBA190102C
• Biography/Statement
  "Building on 25 years experience as a fiber artist, sculptor, costumer for modern dance and bridge design team member; I create art that is the exciting and improbable marriage of cold industrial materials and the sensuality of nature.  I utilize industrial materials, many of which are found, recycled, or salvaged, in an ongoing effort to reveal beauty in unlikely places and stretch conventional notions of what constitutes art.
  I received my BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Georgia, majoring in painting as an undergraduate and completing post-graduate work in fiber art. This combination of very distinct even unlike disciplines has served me well and prevents my work from being precisely categorized. While closer to a fiber artist in choice of materials, I approach my art more like an abstract painter, relying on improvisation and painterly techniques rather than the more exacting, controlled approach traditionally favored by fiber artists. 
  
  The broad range of my work is clearly unified by a sensibility that asserts the power of an artist to create beauty from anything, and convey that simple but vital truth to an audience. By manipulating materials in ways and for contexts for which they were never intended, whether mangling the precise configuration of a plastic grid or turning a demure thrift shop dress into a cotton-and-steel amalgamation, I embrace creative transformation and a form of subversion that is alluring, whimsical and nourishing to the imagination."

  Previous Exhibitions

  Divided|Attraction - 2016

  Inciting Rapture - 2017

  Carnaval de Craft - 2019

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• ​Education
  MFA, University of Georgia, 1983
  BFA, University of Georgia, 1975
  Additional undergraduate work: Auburn University
  Selected Solo Exhibitions
  2014       Yugen, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
  2012       Veil at the Vault, site specific installation sponsored by Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
  2010       Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
  2009       Adams Gallery, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee
  2008       ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
                Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa
  2007       Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
  2006       Appalachian Center for Craft,  Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, Tennessee     
                Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
  2002       Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
  1999       Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
                Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
  Selected Group Exhibitions
  2017       2017 DUMA Biennial, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa
                 Inciting Rapture, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Two-person exhibition
  2016       Divided/Attraction, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received Best in Show
  2015       Datzuzoku, ArtFiftyTwo, Fairfield, Iowa
  2014       Iowa Crafts, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa, Special Mention award
                 Whimsy, ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
  2012       Art Iowa\Inspired by the Landscape, Old Capitol Museum, Iowa City, Iowa
  2009       Synecdoche, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Iowa. Two person exhibition.
  2005       Earth Bound, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa. Two person exhibition.
                 Out of Fashion, Union Art Gallery, University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  2004/05  Ready to Wear, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  2003  Fiber Focus, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  2001  FIBERARTinternational2001, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  2000  Foundation of a Century, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
  1999  Iowa Artists 1999, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
           Materials:  Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
  1998  Overtones!, Convergence, Atlanta, Georgia
           Small Expressions, Atlanta International Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
           Surface: New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  1997  Paper/Fiber XX, Iowa City, Iowa
           Iowa Artists ’97, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
  1995  Vessels, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York
  1994  Wiggles and Spots, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi
  1993  The Space Within: Contemporary Basketry in the Midwest, Waterloo Iowa Museum of Art
           Paper/Fiber XVI, Iowa City, Iowa
           Woven Vessels: Contemporary Baskets, Sheldon Memorial Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  1992  Needle Expressions ’92, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
           Influences>Innovations, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia
           Iowa Artists ’92, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
  1991  Basketry from All Directions, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
           Multimedia Basketry Invitational, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 
           Contemporary Crafts, Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.
  1990  The Spirited Touch, Archetype Gallery, New York, New York
           Basketweave ’90, Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, Ohio
           Exploring Fiber Traditions, Views Gallery, Manayunk, Pennsylvania
  1989  Iowa Artists 1989, Des Moines Art Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
           Fast Forward, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, New York
           Fiber/Weavings, The Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
           Personal Packaging, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
           Small and Curious Objects, Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington, DC
  Public Art, Consulting and Residential Commissions
  2012  Western Route Trail Enhancements, Fairfield, Iowa
  2011  Southern Route Trail Enhancements, Fairfield, Iowa
            Sculpture Visions 2011, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, year long temporary public art display
            Artstop 2011 Project Spaces, Des Moines, Iowa, temporary public art display
  2010  Matkin Plaza, Fairfield, Iowa
            Private Residential Commission, Des Moines, Iowa, commissioned through Moberg Gallery
            Old US-80 Highway Bridge at Gila River, Maricopa County, Arizona, Aesthetic Consultant.
  2008  35th Avenue and Salt River Bridge, Phoenix, Arizona.
            Weave-Through, Blue Springs, Missouri
  2007-08  Aesthetic Consultant to Cannon TranSystems, Tucson, Arizona.
  2007   Jefferson County Trails Council Bridges on the Cedar View Trail, Fairfield, Iowa
  2005  Maryland Avenue Bridge Public Art Project, Phoenix, Arizona.
  2004  Jefferson County Trails Council Bridge over BNSF Railroad, Fairfield, Iowa
  1999  Sculptural commission for Amy O’Deen residence, Iowa City, Iowa
  1992  Sculptural commission for Delores Stiles residence, Newport News, Virginia
  Finalist Selection: Public Art Competitions
  2012  Colorado Pedestrian Bridge, Denver, Colorado
  2011  Symphony Lake Bridge, Cary, North Carolina
  2008  Davis Road Bridge at Pixley Slough Project, Stockton, California
  2007  El Dorado Street Bridge Project, Stockton, California
  2006  Ankeny to Woodward Trail Art Project, Ankeny, Iowa
  US/64 Pedestrian Greenway Bridge, Cary, North Carolina
  2005  SH-102 Bridge Reconstruction over the Turner Turnpike, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  Mt. Si Bridge Replacement Project, King County, Washington
  Artist Designed Passenger Shelter, Banner Baywood Medical Center, Mesa, Arizona
  2003  Los Angeles Fire Station #83, Los Angeles, California
  Highway 7 Corridor Public Art Project, Blue Springs, Missouri
  Des Moines East Village Storefront Public Art Project, Des Moines, Iowa
  Art  Wear Events
  2015  Omaha Fashion Week, August, 2015
  Omaha Fashion Week, March, 2015
  EcoJam Fashion Show  2015, Fairfield Convention Center, Fairfield, Iowa
  2014  EcoJam Fashion Show  2014, Fairfield Convention Center, Fairfield, Iowa
  Splatter to Sparkle, University of Iowa Museum of Art
  2013  Fabricate, International Conference for the Surface Design Association, San Antonio, Texas
  Serenity, Sondheim Center for the Arts, Fairfield, Iowa
  Veil at the Vault, costume performance at opening of installation, Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
  2012  Persephone: A Rock Ballet, Sondheim Center, Fairfield, Iowa, 2012
  Worlds Collide, Morning Star Studio, Fairfield, Iowa
  2011  Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards Show, Wellington, New Zealand
  Bodies of Water Runway Show, International Conference of the Surface Design Association
  Grants/Awards for Solo and Collaborative Projects
  2012  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  Challenge America Fast Track Grant (awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council for public art project)
  2011  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  2010  Challenge America Fast Track Grant (awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council for public art project)
  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  2009  Iowa Arts Council Major Grant (awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council for public art project)
  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  2008  Iowa Arts Council Major Grant (awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council for public art project)
  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  2007  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  2006  Arizona Engineering Excellence Grand Award awarded to TranSystems for the Maryland Avenue               Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge Over I-17, Phoenix, Arizona
  2006  Challenge America Fast Track Grant (awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council for public art project)
  2002  Challenge America Fast Track Grant (awarded to Jefferson County Trails Council for public art project).
  1993  Iowa Arts Council Mini Grant
  Papers, Presentations and Articles Published
  2012  Critical Interventions, Creating Again and Again, Fractal Patterns and Process in Improvisational African         American Quilts, No. 9/10, Spring, 2012
  2010  Surface Design Journal, Thinking Inside the Box: Infinity Within the Finite Fall, 2010, Volume 35, No 1
  2009  Fractal Geometry in African American Quilt Traditions:  Presented at the 4th Biennial Symposium of       the International Quilt Study Center & Museum: The Global Quilt: Cultural Contexts, Lincoln, Nebraska
  2008  ICON Gallery Odd Thursday Presentation on fractal geometry and quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins
  2007  ICON Gallery Odd Thursday Powerpoint presentation introducing African American quilt research
  2007  Symposium Paper on the Maryland Avenue Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge by Jerry A. Cannon, Dave         Peterson & Judy Bales, presented at the 46th IEEE Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA 2007
  Selected reviews or photos published
  Obscurae, September, 2015
  Mystica, September, 2015
  Scorpio Jin Magazine, Volume One
  Surface Design Journal, Fall, 2009, Volume 34, No 1
  The Big Fish: Consciousness as Structure, Body and Space, by Anna Bonshek, Rodopi, 2007
  Surface Design Journal, Informed Source, Spring 2005, Volume 29
  Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Lark Books, 2004
  Ornament, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2003/04
  Fiberarts Design Book Six, Lark Books, 1999
  American Craft Magazine, Gallery, February/March, 1999
  Fiberarts, New Works, September/October, 1997
  American Craft Magazine, Gallery, December/January, 1995
  American Craft Magazine, Portfolio, December/January, 1993
  American Craft Magazine, Gallery, October/November, 1990
  Visiting Artist Presentations and Residencies
  1999-2012 Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
  Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
  Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee
  University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin
  Monmouth College, Monmouth Illinois
  American Trails Symposium, Davenport, Iowa
  Iowa: Central College, Cornell College, Mt. Mercy College and Maharishi University of Management.
  1989       Resident Artist, Artpark, Lewiston, New York