EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bridging Nature, Galleries of Whittemore, Oldwick, NJ – Honorable Mention Award
2023 – 2024 Primal Forces – Wind, SAQA Global Touring Exhibition
National Quilt Museum, Paduckah, Kentucky; Louis Clark State College Center for Arts and History, Lewiston, Idaho …
2023 Soft Associations, Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, Millersburg, PA
2023 Textiles Unleashed, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
2022 New Legacies – Contemporary Art Quilts, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2021 Textiles in Translation, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
2021 Pushing the Surface, Johnson-Himrichhouse Museum, Coshton, OH
2019 Interpretations 2019: Rhapsody, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2019 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2019 Things that Matter, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
2019 Season After Season, Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, Sainte-Marie Aux Mines, France
2019 Season After Season, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
2019 THAT 2019 – The Hunterdon Art Tour, Hunterdon County, NJ
2019 New Directions in Fiber Art, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2019 New Legacies – Contemporary Art Quilts, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2018 Eye of the Needle, Bottle Works, Johnstown, PA
2018 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2018 The Nature of a Stitch, The Sheehan Gallery at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
2018 New Legacies – Contemporary Art Quilts, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2018 Things That Matter, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – People’s Choice Award
2018 Things That Matter, Chandler Center for the Arts, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
2018 Natural Harmony, The Gallery at the J, Allentown, PA
2018 THAT 2018 – The Hunterdon Art Tour, Hunterdon County, NJ
2018 Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2017 New Legacies – Contemporary Art Quilts, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO – Grand Prize Award
2017 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Second Prize Award
2017 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2017 Summer Art Salon, New Hope Arts Gallery, New Hope, PA
2017 THAT 2017 – The Hunterdon Art Tour, Hunterdon County, NJ
2017 Morpeth Contemporary Gallery, Hopewell, NJ
2017 Repair and Connect, Capital Health Medical Center, Pennington, NJ
2016 Small Wonders, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA
2016 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2016 Connected By Stitch, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
2016 Members Show, Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ
2016 Courthouse Quilters and Patchwork Tradition, The Sigal Museum, Easton, PA
2015 – 2017 Quilt National ’15 tour
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France; Wisconsin Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, Cedarburg, WI; Summit County Historical Society, Akron, OH; Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, KS; International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL; Peabody House, St. Louis, MO; Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH
2015 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2015 Fiber Revolution: Art Quilt Exhibit, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2015 Weather, The Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA
2015 Form Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN – Honorable Mention
2015 Fiber Revolution: Synthesis, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
2014 – 2016 Celebrating Silver – SAQA Traveling Exhibit:
Hobart Craft & Quilt Fair, Hobart, Australia; 8th Asia Quilt Festival, Shanghai, China; Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England, UK; America Quilts Expo, Des Moines, IA; Original Sewing and Quilt Expo: Atlanta, GA; Lakeland, FA; Cleveland, OH; Worcester, MA; St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT; Quilt! Knit! Stitch!, Portland, OR; International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL; International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2014 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2014 New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2014 Fragmentations, The Straube Center, Pennington, NJ
2014 What the Fiber!, West Windsor Art Center, Princeton Junction, NJ
2014 Diversity, Slater Memorial Museum of Art, Norwich, CT
2013 Fiber Revolution – African Tour
International Quilt Convention, Emperor’s Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa; Botswana National Museum, Gaborone, Botswana
2013 Eye of the Needle, Red Mill Museum, Clinton, NJ
2012 – 2016 Seasonal Palette – SAQA Traveling Exhibit:
Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition, Tainan City, Taiwan; J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; Festival Internacional de Patchwork e Arts Afins, Curitiba, Brazil; The Original Creative Festival, Cincinnati, OH; National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY; International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA; International Quilt Festival, Cincinnati, OH; Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX; International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2012 HAM Members Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2012 CCA Juried Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2012 9 x 9 x 3: Salon des Refusés, Fulton Center, New York City, NY
2012 New Legacies 30: Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2012 Grand Finale Artisan Showcase, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2011 Size Matters, Some Things Looming, Reading, PA
2010 Second Skin, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
2009 Second Skin, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
2004 Black and White, Nova Fine Art, Clinton, NJ
2003 Natural Wonders, Gallery Petite, High Bridge, NJ
2003 Summertime Hues, GalleryOneMain, High Bridge, NJ
ON LINE EXHIBITIONS
2017 Paradox, curated by Desiree Vaughn, SAQA.com
2015 Sky Gazing, curated by Jane Dunnewold, SAQA.com
2015 Tactile Perception, curated by Pauline Barrett, SAQA.com
2014 Storyteller, curated by Lorie McCown, SAQA.com
2014 Something Unexpected, SAQA.com
2013 Water, Water Everywhere, curated by Betty Ford, SAQA.com
GALLERIES
2009–11 Focus on Fiber Art, Frenchtown, NJ, owner and resident artist
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 1: Wall Art, by Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing, 2017
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, essay by Jeanne Shoaff, The Lincoln Center, 2017
Abstract and Geometric, by Martha Sielman, Schiffer Publishiing, 2016
Portfolio 23, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2016
Portfolio 22, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2015
Machine Quilting Unlimited, Art Studio, “Following My Heart”, author, January/February 2015
Lovely Landscape Quilts, by Cathy Geier, featured artist, Fons & Porter, 2014
Celebrating Silver, essay by Yvonne Porcella, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2014
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, essay by Jeanne Shoaff, The Lincoln Center, 2014
Portfolio 21, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2014
Fiber Art Now, Vol. 3, Issue 3, On View’s “On the Wild Side” curated by Elena Rosenberg, Spring 2014
Portfolio 20, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2013
SAQA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2 Featured Gallery “Seasonal Palette”, Spring 2013
Quilting Arts, Issue 62, Gallery, “Seasonal Palette”, April/May 2013
Seasonal Palette, essay by Kathleen McCabe, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2012
IQF Quilt Scene, pg. 99, In Gallery Special Exhibits, Interweave publication, Winter 2012/2013
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, essay by Jeanne Shoaff, The Lincoln Center, 2012
Loveland Reporter-Herald, article by Rhema Zlaten, “New Legacies Art Quilt Exhibition”, July 19, 2012
SAQA Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, Member’s Gallery, “Travel”, Spring 2012
Bucks County Herald, article by Corinne Miller, “Frenchtown Fiber Art”, April 22, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Patchwork Professional, featured artist, May, 2020
SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly, Artists to Watch, Issue 15, Spring 2019
Art Quilting Studio, “Infinity and Beyond”, featured artist, Winter 2017
Machine Quilting Unlimited, “Following My Heart”, Art Studio, January/February 2015
Quilting Arts, “Elena Stokes, In the Spotlight”, Issue 62, April/May 2013
Bucks County Herald, “Quilt Recalls Hundreds of Shaak Attacks”, June 23, 2011
Quilter’s Newsletter, ‘”Who Made That Quilt?”, Quilt Lover’s Forum, December 2000
COLLECTIONS
Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook, NY
AWARDS
2017 – New Legacies – Contemporary Art Quilt Grand Prize Award
2017 – Quilts=Art=Quilts Second Prize Award
2018 – Visions Art Museum People’s Choice Award
EDUCATION
1981 AOS, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, NY
AFFILIATIONS
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Juried Artist Member
The Hunterdon Art Museum