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Resume

Katherine Sylvan
802 S. Kellogg St.
Kennewick, Washington 99336
(509) 221-1592

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Selected Juried Exhibitions (since 2000)

Herstory through Art, A Celebration of the Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote, Gallery At The Park, Richland, Washington, February 2020

Allied Arts Annual Juried Exhibit, Allied Arts of Richland, Washington, July 6 – August, 2018

Tri-City Artists Open Studio Tour, 2015, 2017, 2018

Basketry Exhibit, Art Stop Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, July 15 – September 20, 2017

Northwest Designer Craftsmen at Gallery at the Park, Allied Arts, Richland, Washington, August 30 – September 30, 2016

Transgressing Traditions, Contemporary Textiles from the Surface Design Association, International Exhibit, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, June 3 – August 21, 2016

Cutting Edge: Art Quilts in Washington, Contemporary Quilt Art Association at the Washington History Museum, Tacoma, Washington, April 16 – August 21, 2016

Monsoon Art Storm 2015, Douglas Art Gallery, Douglas, Arizona, July 8-25, 2015

Allied Arts Annual Juried Exhibit, Allied Arts of Richland, Washington, June 30-August 7, 2015, Gold Award

Revealing the Hidden, LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum and Contemporary QuiltArt Association, LaConner, Washington, April-June, 2015

Motion,The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky, and Contemporary QuiltArt Association, November 2014-February 2015

Reaching Beyond:The Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 60, Whatcom Museum, Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Bellingham, Washington, September 2014-January 2015, Catalogue

Art Quilts XIX:Permission to Play, Storytelling Art Quilts, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona, November-December 2014

Journeys, The Tucson Jewish Community Center Gallery and Studio Art Quilt Associates of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, November-December, 2014

59th Annual Central Washington Artists’ Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington, November, 2014

Tangible Evidence, Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington and Northwest Designer Craftsmen, March-April, 2014

Jumping To New Heights II, Community Performance & Art Center, Green Valley, Arizona, November, 2013

Tomorrow’s Art…Today, Benefit exhibition at the new Habitat for Humanity Tucson, Sponsored by Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona, Summer, 2013, First Place Award

Lines and Numbers, FiberPhiladelphia2012 and Art Cloth Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March, 2012

Unexpected Patterns:Quake, Art Cloth Network at Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts, April, 2011

17th Annual RAGS Wearable Art Sale & Show, Tacoma, Washington, March, 2011, First Place Accessories; 14th Annual, March, 2008, Garment Award

Fabric 2009, Twentieth Annual Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, June, 2009, First Place Body of Work; Fabric 2008, Nineteenth Annual, Award; 2005 Award

High Tech Low Tech, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, and Northwest Designer Craftsmen, July-August, 2008

Unfurled:Expressive Cloth, Invitational Art Cloth Exhibit at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, November, 2007

Alterations, Art Cloth Network at Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona, October, 2007

Never Static, Art Cloth at the Textile Center, First international juried art cloth exhibit at The Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006Recycle Show, Nido Gallery, Moss Landing, California, 2006

Work From The Hands, an invitational exhibit of works by Northwest Fiber Artists, Spokane, Washington, 2006

Undercurrents, an exhibition by the Art Cloth Network at the International Surface Design Association Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2005

Art to Wear, Biennial Juried Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington, 2001, 2003 Award, 2005

Looking Forward, Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50, traveling exhibit, 2004-2006, catalogue

Sewing with Silk, Pacific Fabrics & Crafts, Washington State, First Place in Garments, 2003

Fine Line/Fine Surface: An Exhibit of Surface Design on Fabric, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois, 2001

Professional Experience

Weaving and Surface Design instructor, full-time studio artist, 1972-2020

Judge, Juror and Curator for weaving and fiber arts exhibits, fiber conferences and fine arts festivals throughout the Northwest and Southwest

Allied Arts Annual Juried Exhibit, Allied Arts of Richland, Washington, July 7-August 19, 2023, Burger Memorial Award

2023 Barnstorm Exhibition, Punch Projects, Thorp, Washington, September 2-30, 2023, Print sold

Professional Affiliations

Northwest Designer Craftsmen (juried membership)

Contemporary QuiltArt Association, Seattle

Studio Art Quilt Associates, international

Education

M.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

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