My work utilizes found objects and textiles often donated by women across the US and found in the “buy by the pound” goodwill bins and other charity shops. I am interested in vintage photos, suitcases, quilts, greeting cards, pillowcases, clothing, and ephemera from everyday life. Of particular excitement and interest to me is discovering evidence from the previous owner…handwriting on the back of a photograph or greeting card, stitches in a quilt, or on a handmade garment. I feel a strong connection to an anonymous person from an unknown time and place. The power of mark-making and stitches bind us together in humanity and suggest imagined narratives and a renewed purpose. Our stories matter. Our lives are intertwined in the objects we use and own. I am interested in excavating, amplifying, and embellishing the stories of women before me – to bear witness and learn from the matriarchs of the past. How can these objects and the work I create help light a path forward?
Carole Loeffler is an artist, mother, and educator based in Philadelphia. She imbues vintage textiles with the spirit of nameless foremothers to create a variety of narratives that reflect her lived experience. She holds a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and an MFA from the University of South Florida. Carole has exhibited her work in over 100 group and solo exhibitions across the US.
2001
University of South Florida, College of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
M.F.A., Sculpture
1997
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
B.F. A, Sculpture,
2020
Arrowmont School of Art, Spring Pentaculum, Gaitlinburg, TN
Invited
Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland
2020
Interview, Creative Voice of Germantown, Germantown Artist Roundtable, Germantown Radio, Philadelphia, PA
Les Femmes La Folles, Morgantown, WV, January 2020
"Featured Artist, September 2020," Sea Lion, Wayward Daughter, Elkins, WV
2019
Art Uncovered Podcast with Kimberly Ruth, New York, NY
Culture Club Interview, WJFF 90.5 FM Catskill Radio, Jeffersonville, NY
2018
Kreiger, Deborah, "Sculptors probe the impossibility of 'shelter' at Da Vinci Art Alliance," Artblog.org, Philadelphia, PA
Rosenfeld, Alix, "A Shelter Where Words Fail," Broad Street Review, Philadelphia, PA
Lear, Len, "Dramatic 'Achromatic' exhibit opens in gallery at SCH," Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Geringer, Dan, “Germantown artist celebrates her neighborhood’s diversity,” Philadelphia Daily News, March 2015
2014
Mabaso, Alaina, “‘Meditative’ outdoor installation takes over Awbury Arboretum’s grounds,” Newsworks, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
Lear, Len, “New outdoor sculptures at G’Town arboretum inspirational,” Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
2010
Newhall, Edith, “Art Alliance offers new takes on the old-time sitting room,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
2006
Perseghin, Lou, “Fun, not profit, is key to localite’s ‘Binks’ exhibit,” Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
2004
Bracken Sparks, Amy, "A multitude of ideas, shapes in gathering of abstractions,” The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, 2004
Huh, Jane, "Vergette Gallery opens 52 words later,” The Daily Egyptian, Carbondale, IL, 2004
Knowles, Carole, "Seven artists tell it like it is,” Memphis Flyer, Memphis, TN, 2004
Panetta, Gary, "Toys the inspiration behind artists' works,” The Journal Star, Peoria, IL, 2004
Zimmerman, Andrea, "Art Exhibit gives 52 words a new meaning,” The Daily Egyptian, Carbondale, IL, 2004
Bradley, Jerry, “‘Process and Performance’ a different kind of gathering,” Southern Illinoisian, Carbondale, IL, 2004
2003
Cooper, Ivy, "Stamp Collecting - It's not for the solitary,” Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO, 2003
Lewis, Susan, “Carole Loeffler’s ‘binks suggest creatures, characters, aliens…’,” Morning Sentinel, Mt. Vernon, IL, 2003
Ritter, Geoffrey, “Glove Factory to play host to art show,” Daily Egyptian, Carbondale, IL, 2003
Short, Linda, “Carole Loeffler, bink…bink…bink,” Cedarhurst Quarterly, Mt. Vernon, IL, 2003
2000
Stetson, Nancy, “Art as Basketball,” The Neapolitan, Naples, FL, 2000
Wozniak, Mary, “Fab Five Team up for art,” The News Press, Naples, FL, 2000
1999
Ogles, Jacob, “Art causes stink in Marshall Center,” The Oracle, Tampa, FL, 1999
Ogles, Jacob, “Artists exhibit O.K.ed for Center,” The Oracle, Tampa, FL, 1999
Tyson, Cicely, “Smelly Art,” Fox 13 News, Tampa, FL, 1999
2020
Yarnbombing Festival, Invited street art installation in Trivento, Italy
United Nations COVID19 response Creative Content Hub, New York, NY
Granny Graffiti scavenger hunt in Germantown section of Philadelphia, PA
Symbols of Hope, project for the United States Post Office, over 200 collages mailed in the US and to 5 countries, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Art of the Sixes, Delaware Valley Art Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
You are Beautiful, YAB HQ Gallery, Chicago, IL
One night in Footscray, Invitational participation in community project “The Other List”, Footscray, Australia
Yarnbombing: Trivento, Invited street art installation in Trivento, Italy
Tiny Pricks, Community art participation, Vancouver, British Columbia and at Lingua Franca Gallery, New York, NY
Yarn bombing at Pickwick Corner, 5 Granny graffiti pieces, St. Louis, MO'
MAM Yarn Bomb, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
Fishtown Floral Crawl, collaboration with Boatniq Blooms, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Granny Graffiti, 40+ works on telephone poles throughout Philadelphia, PA
I’m sorry, an 8-part piece installed at the John Lennon Wall, Prague, Czech Republic
Seton Hall Granny Graffiti, 12 commission-based works on campus and 12 placed in nearby neighborhood, Newark, NJ
Kindness rocks, Germantown Artist Roundtable Imagination Station, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Artist, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Wish pillows, Germantown Artist Roundtable Imagination Station, Germantown Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Artist, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA
Participant, Toe the Line Drawing Collaborative Drawing, organized by Missy Wilkinson, Bono, AR
Creative Lead, Global Day for Creative Action, Micro Galleries Artist Collective, Hong Kong
Steering Committee Member, Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA
Education Committee Member, Surface Design Association, Santa Fe, NM
Student Club Chair, Women’s Caucus for Arts, New York, NY
Private Collection, Birmingham, AL
Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Private Collection, Venice, CA
Private Collection, Denver, CO
Private Collection, Loveland, CO
Private Collection, Simsbury, CT
Private Collection, Alpharetta, GA
Private Collection, Lookout Mountain, GA
Private Collection, Chicago, IL
Private Collection, Plainfield, IL
Private Collection, Fort Wayne, IN
Private Collection, Boston, MA
Private Collection, Jamaica Plain, MA
Private Collection, Windsor Mill, MD
Private Collection, St. Louis, MO
Private Collection, Missoula, MT
Private Collection, Bismarck, ND
Private Collection, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Private Collection, Lawrence Township, NJ
Private Collection, NY, NY
Private Collection, Lancaster, PA
Private Collection, Jenkintown, PA
Private Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Private Collection, Wynnewood, PA
Private Collection, Austin, TX
Private Collection, Dallas, TX
Heart affirmations for art demonstration, Philadelphia Airport, Philadelphia, PA, 2022 + 2023
Hand-made Poinsettias, Urban Botanicals, McNeil Consumer Health Care, Fort Washington, PA
Granny Graffiti, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
2022
Who was she? Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
Invitational Exhibition
This installation is a part of a six-gallery thematic exhibition.
2021
She dreamt she was, Old City Publishing, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition
Granny Graffiti, Philadelphia Airport Exhibitions Program, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition
Open Doing, Step Mother Nature, NY, NY invitational, online
2019
Lives lived, Delaware Valley Art Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
Juror, Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director of the Delaware Valley Art Alliance
What we carry, Mt. Airy Contemporary @ Intuitive Art Space, Philadelphia, PA
Harmony for Humanity with Fairmount Strings, two performances at Upper Dublin Church and Church of St. Martin in the Fields, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition
2018
Make what you need, Rosedale Gallery, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Granny Graffiti: Never Give Up, iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Seton Hall Granny Graffiti, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ
Invitational Exhibition
2017
Everything is going to be o.k., Old City Publishing, Philadelphia, PA
Root, iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Red Room, Philadelphia, PA
Brass tacks, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Interconnecting Elements, Boston Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried two-person exhibition, Jeff Harris, Gallery Director
2015
Quietude, Art Gallery at Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
Immersion, Solo Series, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Juror, Marge Horner, Executive Director
2014
Daydreaming, Germantown Radio, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition
2010
5 Situations: to Conflict and Coalesce, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition
2009
Conglomeration, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
2007
Fringed, Full, Furry and Fuzzy, Art Gallery, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Invitational Exhibition
2006
infestation, Window on Broad, Rosenfeld-Wolf Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Juror, Sid Sachs, Director of Exhibitions University of the Arts
sensations & wishes, Howard Community College Gallery, Columbia, MD
Juror, Thomas Engleman, Gallery Director
Materiality: Sculpture and Installation, Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury, MA
Two-person Juried Exhibition
2005
tubes/tuffets, Gallery One, McHenry County College Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
linger, Gallery Two, McHenry County College Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
2004
Dangling, draped and dilly-dallying, Community Center Gallery, Greenbelt, MD
Juried Exhibition
Tubes & Tuffets, McLanahan Gallery, Penn State University, Altoona, PA
Immersion:Dialogue, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, IL
Invitational Exhibition
Linger, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
large scale binks, New Harmony Art Gallery, New Harmony, IN
Binks - day.light.hearted., Cedarhurst Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Alteration & Habitation, Cuchifritos Art Gallery, NY, NY
Two-Person Juried, Rachel Gugelberger, Curator
red lit co., The Space, Carbondale, IL
Two-person Collaboration Invitational
2002
BINKS, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juried Exhibition
1999
breach, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
Juried Exhibition
2020
Quarantine Quilt, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
What does it mean to be an American?, Oregon Humanities Conversation Project, Portland, OR
Exquisite Copse, Philadelphia Sculptors and Da Vinci Art Alliance, Palumbo Park, Philadelphia, PA
Everything is different now, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
Prayers for the Pandemic, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Ransom 2, Wayfarers Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Pandemic: A Feminist Response, Toronto Feminist Art Collective, Toronto, Canada
Repair, Stay Home Gallery, Artist/Mother podcast, Paris, TN
Distant Communions, Broadcasts: Art in the Age of Social Distancing, SPACES, Portland, ME
Banished for the Good of the Realm, InLiquid Online Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
She iS, Gallery at Catapult Creative House, Gape Girardeau, MO
Voting Daughters, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
Jar of F**cks, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Material/Fiber, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Lelia Carter, Director of CraftNOW
The MOM show, Dorfworld Gallery, Austin, TX invitational postponed
Yarnbombing Festival, Trivento, Italy
2019
Plus One, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Layers of Transformation, Jefferson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Hatch, InLiquid at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Susanna W. Gold
Achromatic, Barbara Crawford Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Ethereal Material, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Sculptors Presents, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
New Now, The InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Pink, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Seeing red, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ
Shelter, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Extreme Fiber Art, IdeaXFactory, Springfield, MO
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Regional Semi-Finalist exhibition, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Let's Connect, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Achromatic, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
6th Annual Germantown Show, iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Maker Mayhem, Abington Art Center Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
110 Pointsettias, commissioned by Urban Botanicals, McNeil Consumer Health Care, Fort Washington, PA
Mamacita10, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Jenkintown, PA
Revolutions in Making, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2015
A Dyeing Art: Contemporary Textile and Fiber Arts, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
Entangled, Something’s Looming, Reading, PA
Impossible Instructions, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Gender Weave Project, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
Heart Show, Jinxed, Philadelphia, PA
Fibers and Fabric, Markeim Arts Center, Haddonfield, NJ
2014
ON THE GROUND: Four Corners, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
(PARK)ing Day, Germantown Artist Roundtable, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Annual Germantown Show, iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Reanimate, Destination Frankford, Philadelphia, PA
Fiber Options, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Perspectives, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2014 Members Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Summer Show Off, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Inner Views, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Fibers and Fabric, Markeim Arts Center, Haddonfield, NJ
Sculpture New Hope 2104, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
51st Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Women’s Work 2014, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
A Dream and A Memory, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
Our Earth, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis, MN
40 under 40, Alamance Arts, Graham, NC
2013
Mixed Messages, Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
Open Door, Rosalux Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Philadelphia Open Studio Tour, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Hidden City Philadelphia, Germantown Town Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Just for Kicks, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Anniversary Exhibition, Red Room Installation, iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012
There is something about Germantown, iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Persistence of Drawing, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2011
Landscape Love Affair, Philadelphia Welcome Center, Philadelphia, PA
Scale 1:1, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Art in the Open, Painted Bride Art Center and along the Schuylkill Banks, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Contemporary Voices, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Organics, Les Idees Gallery, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
(W)holons, Patrick Henry College, Roanoke, VA
(W)holons, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
William Penn Exhibition, with Abington Art Center at the William Penn Building, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Metamorphosis, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Art a la MODE, 950 Complex Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA
Alumni Weekend Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Endurance, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2008
Hovering Above, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
Inside/Outside, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Dear Fleisher, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Currents, Studio Montclair, Court Gallery, William Patterson University, NJ
2007
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Abundance, Schuylkill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SEPCHE exhibition, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Works 2007, Phoenix Village Art Center Gallery, Phoenixville, PA
The Greater Good, Site and Architecture Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Delaware Women’ Exhibition, Newark County Art Alliance, Newark, DE and Biggs Art Museum, Dover, DE
back to school, Schuylkill River School Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Fourth Show, Underwear Nation Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Closeknit: History, Textile & Place, Coral Street Arts House, Philadelphia, PA
StudioB Sculpture Invitational, Findlay Street Warehouse, Cincinnati, OH
2005
Arts: Lake County Sculpture Walk, San Francisco, CA
Industrial Interchange Organic, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Calpine, Geothermal Visitors Center, Middletown, CA
Anniversary Exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Counterpoint: Project Creo, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Just in Case, Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, WY
Soft Boundaries, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Invitational
Process, Performance & Projection III, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2004
52 words/52 images, Administration Gallery, Cedarhurst Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Well Hung, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Faculty5, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Certain Charms, Bradley University Gallery, Peoria, IL
Identity Crisis, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Recent Works, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
If you had $1,000,000 mail art project, Monticello Community Center, Monticello, MN
Sprung, Art Coop, St. Louis, MO
52 words/52 images, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Selections:Abstractions, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Process, Performance & Projection II, Surplus Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Miniprint 9, Vergette Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2003
Art St. Louis XIX, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Arts in Celebration, Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL
Miniprint 8, Vergette Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
On and on' til the break of dawn, Mossa Center, St. Louis, MO
Boring Mail Show, Andrew Oleksiuk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Salmagundi VII, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Juror: Patrick Dougherty
Figuratively Speaking, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Juror: Helen Escobedo
Secret Postcards, University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Process, Performance & Projection, Surplus Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2002
Miniprint 7, Vergette Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Slang Postcard Art, Fluxus Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Works II, Surplus Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2001
Dick Beckman and the Fab Five Game 2, South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL
Union, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Tampa, FL
Rebound, Brooke Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
1st Annual Regional Graduate Honors Exhibit, The South Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
25th Annual Student Exhibition, CAM, Tampa, FL
Las Damas - Sunday in the Arts, Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
MFA/USF, Gallery 501, Tampa, FL
2024
(RE)focus, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Women’s Caucus for the Arts2023
Step Mother Nature, Bloomingdale, NY
Invitational
2022
Craftivism: Needles for Change, Knauer Gallery, Westchester University, Westchester, PA
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA
*proposed, not accepted
For Keeps Collective, Utrecht, Netherlands, online
Invitational
Yarn Bombing Festival Trivento, Italy
Invitational
Being - With, Surface Design Association, Santa Fe, NM, online|
International, Juried
Project/Forward 2047, Microgalleries Collective, Sydney, AUS
Invitational
Whose Story Is It, Spilt Milk Gallery CIC, Gallery 1, Edinburgh, UK
International, Juried
The Fluevog Artist Prize, Vancouver, Canada
Applied, Denied
CFEVA Visiting Curator Exhibition: Leah Douglas, Philadelphia, PA
Applied, Finalist
2021
COVID Masterpieces 3, La Fenice Art Gallery, Hong Kong, online
International, Juried
For the Love of (Im)possibilities, Women Daring to Defy the System, UK, online
Invitational
Project/Forward 2048, Microgalleries Collective, Hong Kong
Invitational
CFEVA postcard exhibition, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Wyck Live, Wyck Historic House, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
PSST, Wilma Williams Gallery, Wilmington, NC
Juried by Tri-state Sculptors membership
Sculpture in the Glen, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Outdoor Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried by Ariel Edwards, Co-Executive Director
Stitching the Future, Mural Arts, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA
Postcard Exchange, Womens’ Caucus of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fiber, Fabric, Textiles, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried
If not now, When?, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, online
Juror: Lauren McLaughlin, Founding Director, International
12x12x12, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA
Invitational
Yarn Bombing Festival Milano, Ex Scalo Ferroviario di Lambrate, Milan, Italy
Invitational, International
Yarn Bombing Festival Trivento, Trivento, Italy
Invitational, International
25 Million Stitches, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
What does it mean to be an American? The Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
Global Day for Creative Action, Collaborative project with Maryann Worrell, Microgalleries Collective, Hong Kong, China
Golden Repair, Microgalleries Collective, Hong Kong, China
Reflections for Change, Italy, online
2020
FLUX: Vita Mutata, Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY
Juror: Natsuki Takauji, Artist and Director of the Metals for the Sculptors Alliance
International
The Feminine Agenda, Women works Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Juror: Ana Maria Farina, Artist, Educator and Visiting Artist Director of the Student Art Alliance at SUNY New Paltz, International
Homeworks, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK online
Juror: Lauren McLaughlin, Founding Director
Distant Communions, Broadcasts: Art in the Age of Social Distancing, SPACES, Portland, ME, online
International
She iS, Gallery at Catapult Creative House, Gape Girardeau, MO, online due to COVID
Juried
Voting Daughters, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
Juror: Judith Mayer, Artist and Illustrator, International
Material/Fiber, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Juror: Maria Gordon, Gallery Director, International
Protest and Protect, Feminist Art Museum, online, juried
You are¬¬________, YABHQ Gallery, Chicago, IL
Prism Project, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
USPS Art Project, collaborative project, Gallery at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
We’re all in this together, Mail art swap, Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria, VA
Postcard Show – Quaranzine 19, Heavy Bubble, Philadelphia, PA
Postmarked - Crafting the Future, Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC
Pen Pal, Stone House Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Art of Caring, St. Georges Hospital, Tooting, London, UK, online, international, juried,
Alban Low, Artist in Residence, School of Nursing, Kingston University Art in Place, Terrain and CNL Projects, Chicago, IL, online
Spill Open, Ipswich, England, UK
*made to “short list” of final round but was not selected
Remembering the Suffragists, 100 years of Women Voting in the United States, Inliquid, Philadelphia, PA, online
Juror, Patricia Moss Vreeland, Artist, Poet and Author
Quarantine Quilt, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
What does it mean to be an American?, Calwein Gallery, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
Exquisite Copse, Philadelphia Sculptors and Da Vinci Art Alliance, Palumbo Park, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Leslie Kaufman, President of Philadelphia Sculptors, International
Everything is different now, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
Invitational, International
Prayers for the Pandemic, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, online
International
Ransom 2, Wayfarers Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, online
International,
USPS Art Project, collaborative project, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Respond/Revive, Art cards for Health Care Workers, Microgalleries, Hong Kong, online
Pandemic: A Feminist Response, Toronto Feminist Art Collective, Toronto, Canada, online
International
COVID19 Global Quilt Project, Melbourne, Australia, online
International
Repair, Stay Home Gallery, Artist/Mother, Paris, TN, online
Juror: Kaylan Buteyn, Founding Director of Artist/Mother, International
Banished for the good of the realm, Inliquid.com and Artsy.net, Philadelphia, PA
International
Jar of F**cks, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Lelia Carter, Director of Craft Now, International
The MOM Show, Dorfworld Gallery, Austin, TX
Invitational, Postponed due to covid
Yarnbombing Festival, Trivento, Italy
Invitational, Postponed due to covid
Venice Architecture Biennale, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
Invited, Declined
United Nations COVID19 Response, New York, NY
Granny Graffiti, Scavenger Hunt, Germantown neighborhood, Philadelphia, PA
Symbols of Hope, Project for the United States Post Office, over 200 collages mailed in the US and to 5 countries, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Plus One, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Layers of Transformation, Jefferson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Hatch, Park Towne Place with InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Art of the Sixes, Delaware Valley Art Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
You are Beautiful, YAB HQ Gallery, Chicago, IL
One night in Footscray, Footscray, Australia
International
Yarnbombing: Trivento, Trivento, Italy
Invitational, International
Tiny Pricks, Lingua Franca Gallery, New York, NY
Yarn bombing at Pickwick Corner, 5 Granny graffiti pieces, St. Louis, MO
Invitational
MAM Yarn Bomb, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
Fishtown Floral Crawl, collaboration with Botaniq Blooms, Philadelphia, PA
Heart Drops, along the eastern seaboard from Philadelphia to Sarasota, FL
2018
Ethereal/Material, Art Gallery at Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Marsha Moss, Independent Public Art Curator and Consultant, International
Regional Finalist Exhibition, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried, International
Pink, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Invitational
Philadelphia Sculptors Presents, Art Gallery at Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juror, Leslie Kaufman, President of Philadelphia Sculptors, International
Extreme Fiber Art, IdeaXFactory, Springfield, MO
Invitational
Achromatic, Barbara Crawford Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
New Now, The InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Seeing Red, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ
Invitational
Shelter, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
International, juried, Elaine Crivelli, Artist and Curator
Granny Graffiti, 40+ works on telephone poles throughout Philadelphia, PA
I’m sorry, an 8-part piece installed at the John Lennon Wall, Prague, Czech Republic
2017
Achromatic, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
6th Annual Germantown Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Toe the Line Drawing Collaborative Drawing Exchange, organized by Missy Wilkinson, Bono, AR
Invitational
2016
Maker Mayhem, Abington Art Center Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
invitational
Mamacita10, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Jenkintown, PA
invitational
Revolutions in Making, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
5th Annual Germantown Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Fibers and Fabric, Markeim Arts Center, Haddonfield, NJ
Juror: Melissa Madonni Haims, Artist and Curator, International
A Dyeing Art: Contemporary Textile and Fiber Arts, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
Juried, International
Entangled, Something’s Looming, Reading, PA
Invitational, International
Impossible Instructions, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Darla Jackson, Artist and Educator, International
The Gender Weave Project, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Heart Show, Jinxed, Philadelphia, PA
2014
51st Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Juror: Kelly Shindler, Associate Curator Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, International
Fiber Options, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Juried, International
Perspectives, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Juror: Chris Jones, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at the Ringling Museum of Art and Diane Shelly, Executive Director of the Florida Craftsman Gallery, International
2014 Members Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Inner Views, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH
Juried, International
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center New Canaan, CT
*semi-finalist, international, juried, Andrew Russeth, Critic for the New York Observer
Fibers and Fabric, Markeim Arts Center, Haddonfield, NJ
Juror: Melissa Madonni Haims, Artist and Curator, International
Sculpture New Hope 2104, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Juried, International
Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Juried, International
Women’s Work 2014, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Juried, International
A Dream and A Memory, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
Juried, International
Our Earth, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis, MN
Juried, International
ON THE GROUND: Four Corners, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA i
Invitational
PARKing Day, Germantown Artist Roundtable, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
3rd Annual Germantown Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Reanimate, A Philadelphia Sculptors Exhibition, Destination Frankford, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Summer Show Off, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Destination Frankford, Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
2013
Mixed Messages, Dr. Ross Beitzel Art Gallery, Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
Juror: Eoin Kinnarney, Gallery Director, International,
Open Door, Rosalux Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Juror: Elizabeth Neilson Armstrong Curator of Contemporary Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, International
Just for Kicks, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Juried, International
Anniversary Exhibition, Red Room Installation, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Hidden City Philadelphia, Germantown Town Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
2012
There is something about Germantown, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Persistence of Drawing, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2011
Art in the Open, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
International, Invitational
A Landscape LOVE Affair, Philadelphia Welcome Center, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2010
Contemporary Voices, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Juried, International
Organics, Les Idees Gallery, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Invitational
(W)holons, Patrick Henry College, Roanoke, VA
Invitational
(W)holons, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Invitational
William Penn Exhibition, with Abington Art Center at the William Penn Building, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
2009
Metamorphosis, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Juried, International
Hovering Above, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
Juried, International
Art a la MODE, 950 with Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Alumni Weekend Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Endurance, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
Invitational
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2008
Currents, Studio Montclair, Court Gallery, William Patterson University, NJ
Juried, International
Dear Fleisher, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Inside/Outside, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Invitational
2007
Abundance, Schuylkill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried, International
The Greater Good, Site and Architecture Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
Juried, International
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Invitational
SEPCHE Exhibition, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Contemporary Works 2007, Phoenix Village Art Center Gallery, Phoenixville, PA
Invitational
2006
Delaware Women’s Exhibition, Newark County Art Alliance, Newark, DE
Juried, International
Delaware Women’s Exhibition, traveled to Biggs Art Museum, Dover, DE
Juried, International
Back to school, Schuylkill River School Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried, International
Fourth Show, Underwear Nation Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Close-knit: History, Textile & Place, Coral Street Arts House, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Meredith Warner, Artist and Educator, International
StudioB Sculpture Invitational, Findlay Street Warehouse, Cincinnati, OH
Invitational
2005
Soft Boundaries, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Invitational
Arts: Lake County Sculpture Walk, San Francisco, CA
Juried, International
Industrial Interchange Organic, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Juried, International
Calpine, Geothermal Visitors Center, Middletown, CA
Juried, International
Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
International
Counterpoint: Project Creo, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Juried, International
Just in Case, Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, WY
Juried, International
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
2004
Well Hung, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Juror: Kim Humphries, Public Art Curator, International
Faculty5, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Invitational, International
Certain Charms, Bradley University Gallery, Peoria, IL
Juried, International
Identity Crisis, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Juried, International
Recent Works, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
Juror: Mark Palmer, Gallery Director, International
Selections: Abstractions, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Juried, International
52 words/52 images, Administration Gallery, Cedarhurst Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Invitational
If you had $1,000,000,mail art project, Monticello Community Center, Monticello, MN
Invitational
Sprung, Art Coop, St. Louis, MO
Invitational
52 words/52 images, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
Miniprint 9, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
2003
Art St. Louis XIX, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Juried, International
On and on' til the break of dawn, Mossa Center, St. Louis, MO
Juror: Kim Humphries, Public Art Curator, International
Sculpture Salmagundi VII, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Juror: Patrick Dougherty, Sculptor, International
Figuratively Speaking, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Juror: Helen Escobedo, Artist, International
Arts in Celebration, Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
Miniprint 8, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
Boring Mail Show, Andrew Oleksiuk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Secret Postcards, University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
2002
Miniprint 7, Vergette Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
Slang Postcard Art, Fluxus Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Invitational
Works II, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Invitational
2001
Dick Beckman and the Fab Five Game 2, South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL
Invitational
Union, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Invitational
Rebound, Brooke Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL invitational
1st Annual Regional Graduate Honors Exhibit, The South Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Invitational
25th Annual Student Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Invitational
Las Damas - Sunday in the Arts, Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Invitational
MFA/USF, Gallery 501, Tampa, FL
Invitational
2000
Matrix International, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Juried, International
Dick Beckman and the Fab Five Game 1, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Invitational
24th Annual Student Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Invitational
Old mail/New Mail, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1999
Recycling Show, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Invitational
23rd Annual Student Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Juried, International
Avant Hop I, Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, FL
Invitational
Avant Hop II, Gallery on Florida, Tampa, FL
Invitational
Avant Hop III, Image Brewery, Tampa, FL
Invitational
Broad Spectrum, Silver Meteor Gallery, Tampa, FL
Invitational
1st Annual Doll Show, Mahaffey Theatre Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Invitational
2024
Artist in Residence, Glen Foerd, Philadelphia, PA
Not Selected
2023
Honorarium, Philadelphia Airport Art Demonstration
2022
Honorarium, Delaware Contemporary Exhibition
Honorarium, Philadelphia Airport Art Demonstration
2021
Artist Residency, Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hamburg, NJ
Honorarium, Philadelphia Airport Art Installation
Honorarium, Exquisite Copse exhibition with Philadelphia Sculptors
Honorarium, Cristo Rey High School Visiting Artist
2020
Virtual Artist Residency, Hallway 11, Indiana, Tennessee, Maine, Oregon
Artist Residency, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
*Postponed due to COVID
Artist Residency, Arrowmont School of Art, Spring Pentaculum, Gatlinburg, TN
*Invited, postponed due to COVID
Honorarium, Artists at Work, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Artist Residency, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland
*Postponed due to COVID
Honorarium, Germantown Friends School Guest Lecture
Honorarium, Harmony for Humanity with Fairmount Strings
2018
Regional Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Jurors Selection, Fibers and Fabric, Markeim Arts Center, Haddonfield, NJ
Juror Nominated
2008
Honorable Mention, Currents, Studio Montclair, Court Gallery, William Patterson University, NJ
Juror Nominated
2005
Artist Residency, Elsewhere Living Museum and Artist Residency, Greensboro, NC
Invited, Declined
2001
Las Damas Art Scholarship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Faculty Nominated
Merit-based Assistantship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
faculty nominated
2000
Best in Show, 24th Annual Student Show, University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Faculty Nominated
Merit Award, Recycling Show, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Juror Nominated
Jean Rozier-Winter Scholarship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Juror Nominated
Merit-based Assistantship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Faculty Nominated
1999
Faculty/Staff Award, 23rd Annual Student Show, University of South Florida, CAM, Tampa, FL
Faculty Nominated
James Rosenquist Award, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Faculty Nominated
Merit-based Assistantship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL faculty nominated
1998
Merit-based Assistantship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Faculty Nominated
2020
USPS Art Project, online collaborative project, in person and online galleries TBD, NY, NY
Respond/Revive, Art cards for Health Care Workers, Microgalleries, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy online
Artists in the time of Coronavirus, Part 4, Artblog, Philadelphia, PA
COVID19 Global Quilt Project, Melbourne, Australia international online
Artist/Parent/Academic, Birmingham, AL
Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Fiber Art Network, East Freetown, MA
Foundations, Art and Theory (FATE), Savannah, GA
InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Juried
Micro Galleries, Artist Collective, Australia and Hong Kong
Juried
Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton Township, NJ
International Visual Literacy Association, Murray, KY
Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Stitching Together, Poole, United Kingdom
Surface Design Association, Santa Fe, NM
Women’s Caucus for Arts, New York, NY
