RESUME

Education:  

1997 Arizona State University, Master of Fine Arts

1995-96 Fulbright Scholar, Danish Design School, Copenhagen, 

Denmark

1986 Appalachian State University, Master of Arts in Sociology

1982-83 McGill University, Montreal, Canada, graduate coursework 

in sociology 

1982 University of Texas at Dallas, Bachelor of General Studies, 

Graduated Cum Laude

Awards/Honors:

2010 Grant/McAllen Arts Council

2002 Exhibition Development Grant/Arizona Commission on the Arts

1999 Professional Development Grant, AZ Commission on the Arts

12th Annual Nathan Cummings Foundation Summer Travel Fellowship 

Arizona State University Faculty Women's Association Distinguished  Achievement Award  Nominee 1997

Selma Sigesmund Memorial Scholarship

1995-96 Fulbright Scholarship 

1985 Pi Gammu Mu - International Honor Society in Social  Science

Commissions:

2014 Public Art Commission, The City of McAllen, TX, design competition for 5 ceramic tile covered standpipes on Bicentennial Blvd. between Nolana and Dove.  

Completed Dec 2019. 

Solo Exhibitions:

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 19th “Solo Art Series,” 10/15-11/14/2021

Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX, 6/3-26/10

University of Texas Pan Am, University Gallery, Edinburg, TX, 8/28-10/30/09

k space contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, 1/17-2/28/09.  

The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, 1/2-2/2/08.  

Union Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 5/8-6/14/03

eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, July, 2003

Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 10/8-11/23/01 

Burton Barr Central Library, Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 11/15/00-12/29/0 

Gammage Auditorium, Tempe, AZ, 9/1/99-9/30/99 

Suomi International School of Art & Design, Hancock MI, 1/15-2/26/99  

Collin County Community College, Plano, TX, 11/2-20/98 

Harry Wood Gallery, School of Art, ASU, Tempe, AZ, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, 11/17-26/97 

Group Exhibitions:

2025

Part Crowd Art Gallery, Memories from the House, 5/1-31/2025, Diluvian, Diluvian 3

Fusion Art, 9th Annual Artist’s Choice, online exhibition, Mar 5-April 4, 2025.  Revival Team, Honorable Mention

Blank Wall Gallery, Abandoned Buildings, Mar 14-Mar 26, 2025. Urban Dwellers

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Skies, Mar 2025. 1930 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A S and 1932 DeLage D8S

Grey Cube Gallery, Portrait Art Show, Jan 2025. Forlorn (Honorable Mention)

2024

The Chateau Gallery, The Narrative (online exhibition), Dec 1, 2024-Jan 1,2025.  Derelict Vivisection Lab

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Blue, Dec 1-31, 2024. 1967 Amphicar and What Have You Done to Me. 

Blue Koi Gallery, 2nd Women Only Virtual Art Exhibition, Nov 10-Dec 10, 2024.  She Lifted Me Up, Honorable Mention

Photo-Artfolio, Travel Dreams Exhibit, Oct 15-Nov 15, 2024. Mountain Retreat, Honorable Mention

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 14th Annual Animals Art Exhibition, October, 2024. Sweet Dreams, Honorable Mention in the Top 20 Photography & Digital Artists category, Pigeon, Special Recognition

Part Crowd Art Gallery, Dreams, Toronto, online exhibition, 10/1-31, 2024.  Feeling Exposed and Dreaming with a Full Bladder.  

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 14th Annual Cityscapes Art Exhibition, June, 2024.  Urban Dwellers, Special Recognition

Exhibizone, Digital Creations Exhibition and Promotion, Mar 1 - Apr 30, 2024.  Mountain Retreat

https://issuu.com/biafarinart/docs/digital_creations_-_2024_-_exhibition_catalogue_-_?fr=sNjc3ODcyODQ5MTk

Fusion Art, 8th Annual Cityscapes Art Exhibition, Feb 2024, Evening in Montmartre

Part Crowd Art Gallery, “The Divorce”, Feb 1-29, 2024. She’s Leaving Home, A Cure for Vitriol, and Your Tea is Ready

Photo Artfolio, “Beauty Illuminated,”  Jan 16-Feb 16, 2024.  Catch of the Season

HelvetArt, “Open” Art Exhibition, Jan 2024. Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold and The Upper Hand

Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, “Open Online Exhibition,” Jan 2024, Gateway (Noteworthy) and A Carnation

2023

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 13th Annual “Nature” Art Exhibition, Dec 2023, Gateway (Special Recognition)

Fusion Art, Light & Shadow 2023 Art Exhibition, 11/23.  Oxford St. Bus and An American in Paris. 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, “Open,” 11/23. Special Merit for A Carnation. 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, “Patterns, Textures & Forms,” 10/23. Special Merit for City.  

International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX, 3rd Annual Members’ Juried Art Show 9/30/2023–1/28-2024. Song of the Sea

Christensen Gallery, Blanco, TX “Let’s Get Surreal,” 9/2-10/30/2023. Sacred Crow, Steampunk Dreams, Time Travel Portal Lobby, Mountain Retreat, Rainy Day Time Traveler, Art Thief, Jumbo, Steampunk Clones Arrive

Blank Wall Gallery, Greece, “Cityscapes,” 3/17-29/23, Evening in Montmartre, Montmartre Hippie Tourists Circa 1970, Turn of the Century in Montmartre. 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 13th Annual “CityScapes,” 3/23. Honorable Mention for Evening in Montmartre.  

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 12th Annual “All Women,” 2/23. 1st Place Award in the Photography & Digital Category and 4th Place winner overall for Seeking Deliverance. She Lifted Me Up received Special Recognition.  

2022

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, “2022 ALL Photography/Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 93, Nov 2022, Featured Artist, Cover (Time Travel Portal Lobby) and Pgs. 31-35, gital Art Exhibition,” 1/4-31/2023, Wolfhound and Alley Cat (5th Place Award), Flustered, and Sideways Glance

IMAS (McAllen TX), Annual Members’ Juried Art Show, 10/15-12/31, 2022.  In Limbo

Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Liminal II, 8/25-9/30/2022, In Limbo.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2022 All Water/Seascape, 8/17-9/13/2022, Winner for Calypso in the category of Photography and Digital Media. 

5th Chania International Photo Festival, Crete, Greece, 7/6-7/12/22, Deep Blue Sea

Weslaco Museum, 1st Annual Mixed Media RGV, 1/4-1/31/2022. Accidental, Discovery, Deep Blue Sea. 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 11th Annual “All Women,” Photography & Digital Category, 2/22, Lambis

2021

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, "2021 ALL Photography/Digital Art Competition,” Golden Orb

IMAS (McAllen TX), Annual Members’ Juried Art Show, 10/9-1/22, 2022.  The Art Authenticator, Art Thief

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2021 Figurative/Portrait, 4th Place winner in the category of Photography and Digital Art for Seeing the Light.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2021 Water/Seascape, Winner in the category of Photography and Digital Media for Wake Up.

141st MMM Fork Image Challenge, https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindalewis/51156832527/in/pool-mmmasterpieces/, 3rd Place.

2020 

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, CAGO "2020 ALL Photography/Digital Art Competition,” 12/30/20-1/25/21, selected as a “Winner.” Golden Orb

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Animals, July 2020, Special Merit Award in the category of photography and digital media for Forest Dweller.  www.lightspacetime.art

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2020 ALL Women Artist  Art Theme, 1/27-2/23, 2020, awarded Judge’s Choice in Photography/Digital Art category for Doomsday Train Arrival.  

Gallery Ex Machina, (2 person show) Barcelona, Spain, 1/16-3/16/20.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2020 ALL Photography/Digital Art, 1/2-1/31/2020, awarded Best in Show for Flidais and Sionnaigh. 

2019 

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2019 ALL Photography/Digital Art, 12/2/2019-1/31/2020, awarded Best in Show for Art Thief.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2019 ALL Water/Seascape, 5/20-6/16/19, awarded Best in Show in Photography/Digital Art for Baited Hook.

47th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, 3/27-4/27/19.  Received a 3rd Place Award for Arsenic in the digital media category.  

El Corazon Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, 2/2-3/9-2019. 

2018

46th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, 4/25-5/26/18.  

Upper Valley Art League, Fiber Arts Unlimited, 3/10-4/7/18.  

Upper Valley Art League, Photographic Art Show, 2/10-3/3/2018.  

100 Women, 100 Words, South Texas College Pecan Library, 3/1-5-1, 2018.  Invitational.

BMFA/UTRGV Binational, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, 1/30-2/17, 2018. Juried.  Buzz, Belladonna, Magician 

2017

Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX, Member’s Exhibition, 11/11-12-2, 2017.

45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, 3/22-4/5/17.  First Prize, Digital Media for Day at the Beach and Honorable Mention for Plastic Ball.  

Digitalia, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, 3/18-4/15, 2017.  Juried. Fruit Soup

2nd Annual Invitational, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX, 1/2-28, 2017.  Juried

2016 

3rd Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX,  9/2-10/14, 2016.  Juried

The Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX, 6/24-7/15,2016.

Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX, Photography Exhibition, 2/13-3/5, 2016.

2015

Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX, Member Exhibition, 11/14-12/5, 2015.  

Snap to Grid: the UN-Juried Exhibit, los angeles center for digital art, Los Angeles, CA, 12/10/15-1/2/16.  

Gallery 409, Brownsville, TX, invitational

Member Exhibition, Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX, 10/20-11/7-15.  

Tower Artists, Chase Tower Building Lobby, McAllen, TX, 9/21-11/22-15.

International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX, 8/10-10/17/15.

Photography & Digital Imaging Exhibit, Upper Valley Art League, McAllen, TX, 2/14-3/10/15.  

2014

Extraordinary Life:  Women’s Group Show, Beyond Arts Gallery, Harlingen, TX, 4/3-5/31/14.

2013

Gallery 409, Brownsville, TX, invitational, 11/7-11/30/13.  

South Texas Artists Showcase, Texas A&M, Kingsville, TX, 4/4-4-25/13.  

2012

On Paper, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ, 3/16-4/22/12. First Place

Women Artists Exhibition, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX, 1/2-3/10/12.

2011

18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX, 10/22-30/11.

The Texas Museum of Fiber Arts, Austin, Tx, 10/18-11/18/11.

Expressions Graphics, “Thresholds to Conservation,” Oak Park, IL, 4/15-5/13/11

Texas Biennial 2011, Arte de la Frontera, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX, 4/28-9/4.

2010

Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine, Mini-Book Reader Challenge, Jan/Feb 2011. 

Texas Museum of Fiber Art (invitational), Dell Jewish Community Campus, Austin, TX, 11/8-12/14/10.  

The Art House, Thresholds to Conservation Print Portfolio Invitational, McAllen, TX, 9/3-30/10

Texas Museum of Fiber Art, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX, 5/131/10.  1st Prize

2nd Annual McAllen Arts Council Fine Art Exhibition (invitational), McAllen, TX, 3/30-4/2/10.  Honorable Mention

GDAC Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2/2-4/1/2010.  

2009

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, 10/1/09-12/24/09, 1st Prize

The Art House Sept. Exhibition, McAllen, TX,  9/4-10/1/09

Surface Matters, Kansas City, Kansas, 5/29-8/15/09.  2nd Prize

Texas Museum of Fiber Arts, Texas State Capitol, Austin, TX, 5/23-25/09.    2nd Prize

The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, 3/10-5/20/09.

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo,  Matamoros, Mexico, 2/13-6/1/09

2008

Manichaus, McAllen, TX, 12/4-24/08.  

Uptown Blanco Art Center,  Blanco, TX, 11/28-1/4/09.  

Internat’l Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX, 10/9-1/4/09.  

The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ 07738, 8/15-9/21/08.  

Bank Street Arts, The Sheffield Artist’s Book Prize 2008, Sheffield, England, 10/16-11-6/08.

Texas Museum of Fiber Arts, Texas State Capitol, Austin, TX, 5/24-26/08.  

Fiber Celebration 2008, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO, 5/16-6/24/08.

The Art House, Mcallen, TX, 5/1-7/1/08.  

2007

Earth Matters International Art Exhibit, UTPA,  Edinburg, TX, 11/12-16/07.  

New Frontiers: an exhibition of contemporary fiber art, Art House, McAllen, TX, 9/7-29/07

Texas Museum of Fiber Arts, Texas State Capitol, Austin, TX, 5/26-28/07.  

2006

UTPA, Charles and Dorothy Clark Gallery , Edinburg, TX, 10/23-11/11/06. 

Longview Museum of Fine Arts, 44th Invitational Exhibit, Longview, TX, 7/15-26/06.

Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, 35th International Art Show, Brownsville, TX, 3/1-21/06.  2nd prize, sculpture

2005

Tennessee Tech University (3 person), Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, 9/29-11/8/05 

Constants & Variables, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KN, 6/3-7/2/05.  

South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (3 person), Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC, 4/1-5/15/05.  

2004 Miniartextil Como, Salon de l’Hotel de Ville,  Montrouge, France, 3/12/05-3/26/05.  

2004 Miniartextil Como, Nule Town Council, Sardinia, Italy, 12/13-1/23/05. 

2004

The Meadows Gallery (2 person), The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, 10/4-11/12/04

2004 Miniartextil Como, Town Hall of Nule Council, Sardinia, Italy, 12/18/04-01/23/05.  

2004 Miniartextil Como, Spazio a Shed Ex-Ticosa, Como, Italy, 9/25-10/30/04.  

Filosofgangen (2 person), Odense Denmark, 9/20-10/3/04

Tusculum College (3 person), Greeneville, TN, 8/16-9/9/04

In Stitches: Humor In Contemporary Fiber Art, Tempe Public Library, Tempe, AZ, 3/15-4/19/04

The Feminine Eye, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, 2/11-3/10/04

2003

4th Triennial of Textile Arts (invitational), Bucharest, Romania, 12/3-21/03.

Western State College (3 person), Gunnison, CO, 10/6-24/03

A. P. Tell Gallery (3 person), Grand  Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, 10/1-30/03

In Stitches: Humor in Contemporary Fiber Art, Center for the Visual  Arts, Denton, TX, 9/13-10/26/03

Peaceable Kingdom, Herberger Theater Center, Steele Pavilion Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 7/3-8/29/03

Fiber Celebrated 2003, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ, 6/17-7/26/03

Up Close and Far Away, 12th Internat’l Surface Design Conference, Kanas City, KS, 6/5-8/03

eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ, 3/7-23/03

Arizona Room, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ, 3/20-4/3/03

Beyond Boundaries: a feminist art movement legacy, IAP Gallery, Arizona State University-West, Phoenix, AZ, 3/4-27/03

Exotic, Alwun House, Phoenix, AZ, 2/14-3/14/03  

In Stitches: Humor in Contemporary Fiber Art, Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, AZ, 1/13-3/18/03

Materials: Hard & Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2/1-3/23/03

2002

In Stitches: Humor in Contemporary Fiber Art, Estrella Mountain CC, Estrella, AZ, 10/1-12/9/02

Touch and Be Touched, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ, 9/24-10/18/02  

Arizona Women's Caucus for Art:  Connected Visions (invitational), Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ, 6/29-8/10/02

In Stitches: Humor in Contemporary Fiber Art, gallerymateria, Scottsdale, AZ, 5/2-5/31/02 

Shemer Arts Center (ADC invitational), Phoenix, AZ, 4/22-5/17/02  

Snug Harbor Art Lab Gallery (2 person), Staten Island, NY, 4/6-5/28/02  

AWCA (invitational), Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ, March 2002

Obsidian Gallery (invitational), Tucson, AZ, 2/22-5/4/02  

Alliance for the Arts (4 person), Ft. Myers, FL, 1/11-2/8/02  

Heart to Heart; Women in Conversation About War, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, 2/8/-4/1/02  

2001

A Legacy of Information and Inspiration: Textile Art by Students of Joy Boutrup (invitational), Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 9/11-10/21/01  

Lace for Fashion, (juried) Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, 7/5-10/24/01  

MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA, 5/1-6/1/01

College of Visual Arts (invitational), St. Paul, MN, 4/2-28/01

Obsidian Gallery (invitational), Tucson, AZ, 3/3-4/1/01

Pima Community College Art Gallery (invitational), Tucson, AZ, 2/26-3/23/01  

Linda Lewis and Nisha Drinkard, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ, 1/30-2/2/2001  

2000

Mesa Contemporary Arts (invitational), "Survey Arizona," Mesa, AZ, 11/28/00-1/13/01 

Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, AZ Central College, Coolidge, AZ, 10/17/00-11/22/00

Books As Art, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas, 9/5-29/00

The Object is the Message, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ, 4/29-5/10/00.  Best of Show

Edible Book High Tea, Tempe, AZ, April 1, 2000

Obsidian Gallery (invitational), Tucson, AZ, 1/7-3/18/00 

Linda Lewis and Nisha Drinkard, Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau, MO, Jan., 2000  

Bye Bye 2000, Travelling exhibition in Holland.  

1999

The Art of Recyclism, Sedona Arts Center, 9/29-11/15/99, First Place  

Fiberart International '99, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 9/9-10/30/99 

Grateful Threads, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD, 9/2-10/17-99  

Fibers Arizona, Edna Vihel Center, Tempe, AZ, 7/19-9/24/99 

The Bug Show, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 7/3-9/4/99.  Invitational

Fiber Celebration '99, Northern Colorado Weavers Guild, 6/11-7/12/99, The Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO, First Place, 2-d    

Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 5/14-7/10/99 

Fiber Reactions II, Changing Hands Book Store, Tempe, AZ, 4/21-5/3/99

National Summer Faculty Invitational, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 5/21-8/13/99  

20th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO, 2/7-27/99 

1998

School of Art MFA Alumni Exhibition, Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, 10/19-11/18/98 

Draw the Line III, Visual Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ, 6/5-6/26/98, Best of Show

Rising to the Surface, Southern Oregon University, 6/15-7/30/98 

Myths, Metaphors & Icons, Galleria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, 4/28-5/30/98, Jurors’ Award and People’s Choice Award. 

12th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, 11 East Ashland, Phoenix, AZ, 4/18-5/9/98

Paper/Fiber XXI, Arts Iowa City & studiolo, Iowa City, Iowa, 4/7-5/23/98, Arts Iowa City Award 

Fiber Celebration '98, Northern Colorado Weavers Guild,The Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO , 3/6-4/18/98, Second Place Award.  

Portals of the Heart, Arizona Women's  Caucus  for Art, Chandler Center  for the Arts, Chandler, AZ, 2/17-4/6/98 

Surface: New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2/26-4/11

Obsidian Gallery (invitational), Tucson, AZ, 3/14-4/25/98

Heart, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ, 12/5/97-2/8/98, Jurors’ Award  

1997

Contexture, The Mat Corner Gallery, Tempe, AZ, 8/28-9/21/97  

Fiberart International '97, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, PA, 7/11/97-8/24/97 

Over the Edge, Beasley Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 7/1/97-7/31/97, Jurors’ Award

'97 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 6/20/97-8/17/97, Jurors’ Selection  

ADC 1997 Memorial Union Invitational, Arizona State University  Memorial  Union Gallery, Tempe, AZ, 6/2/97-8/8/97  

Annual MFA Summer Exhibition, Harry Wood Art Gallery, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 5/5-8/97  

11 East Ashland 11th Anniversary Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ, 4/5/97-4/26/97

12th Annual Nathan Cummings Foundation Exhibition, Harry Wood Art Gallery, Arizona State University, School of Art, 3/17-3/28/97, awarded  $4,000.00 summer travel grant  

The 5th International Textil Competition '97 Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, 3/13-25/97  

1996

See It My Way, Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibition, Sun Cities Art Museum, Sun City, Arizona, 10/31-12/29/96, Jurors’ Award  

In Other Words, Tempe Arts Center Satellite Gallery, Tempe, AZ, 11/8-1/12/97, Jurors’ Award  

Breaking the Role, Dallas Women's Caucus for Art, Trammell Crow Upper West Pavilion, Dallas, TX, 11/3-30/96, Jurors’ Award  

1995

Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, Barn Gallery, Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, AZ, 1/6-28/95  

Redefining Legacies-Power in Transition, 1203 Art Space, San Antonio, TX, 1/24-2/11/95, Women's Caucus for Art-1995 National Juried Exhibition  

Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, Arizona Public Service Bldg., Phoenix, AZ, 1/9-2/3/95  

Critics Choice: A Juried Competition, STEP 509, Tempe, AZ, 11/4/94-1/20/95  

Global Focus:  Women in Art & Culture, United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 8/30-9/12/95 

1994

Rare Visions:  Crafts and Sculpture by Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Tempe Arts Center--Satellite Gallery, 7/22-8/21/94

Beyond Technique:  Juried Exhibition of Arizona Designer Craftsmen. Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ, 5/24-6/17/94

Matrix International '94, Sacramento, CA, 3/16-4/15/94, Honorable Mention.  

1994 Graduate Fiber Symposium Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI, 3/11-13/94  

1993

Crossing Over the White Line:  Women of the 90's, Dallas Women's Caucus for Art 1993 National Open Exhibition, Dallas, TX, 4/4-26/93

Materials:  Hard & Soft, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 9/19-10/29/93 

Issues of Oppression, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, 7/7-8/6/93  

Fiber Celebrated '93, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas, NV, 7/30-9/27/93

Notions:  Contemporary Works With Fiber, Gammage Auditorium, Tempe, AZ, 6/22-8/23/93.  Arizona State University School of Art Fibers Dept. Group Show.  

Arizona Women's Caucus for Art Exhibit '93, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ, 4/16-5/7/93  

Fiber NOW '93, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, 4/15-5/23/93 

Fiber Celebration '93, Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ, 3/17-4/12/93 

Pattern:  New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 2/26-5/15/93  

A New Twist: Contemporary Fiber Art, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ, 2/5-5/28/93.  

1992

Needle Expressions '92

Opening Show:  Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State 

University, Tempe, AZ

Traveling Show:

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery, Bakersfield, CA

River Oaks Square Arts and Crafts Center, Alexandria, LA

McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

1992 Annual Woman Image Now Member Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University

1986-1889

A Midsummer's Exhibition 1989, Carlton Gallery, Toni Carlton, Curator

A Midsummer's Exhibition 1986-88, Woven Works Gallery & Studio, Toni Carlton, Curator

Permanent Collections:  

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Bryan Cave, LLP

Mr. & Mrs. John Oppedahl

Publications (artwork reproduced, cited or reviewed):

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 122, Apr 2025, p. 95. An American in Paris and Pick-Up

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 121, Mar 2025, p. 60. Desert House and Outpost

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 120, Feb 2025, p. 84.  Tortured Heart

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 119, Jan 2025, p. 98.  The Last Jacobite

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 118, Dec 2024, p. 87. Derelict Vivisection Lab.

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 117, Nov 2024, p. 82. Counting Room and Forest Priestess. 

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 116, Oct 2024, p. 73. Bride of Dracula and What Have You Done to Me?

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 115, Sep 2024, p. 71. Urban Dwellers and Trying to Be Good

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 114, Aug 2024, p. 87. Fiery and You are Mine

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 113, Jul 2024, p. 69. 1930 Isotta Fraschini and Memories

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 112, Jun 2024, p. 94, Sehzade Mosque and Red Kite

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 111, May 2024, p. 94, Who’s There? and Waiting

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 110, Apr 2024, p. 55, Kombinat and Tea Time at the Cemetery

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 109, Mar 2024, p. 67, New Fangled and Compartment

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 108, Feb 2024, p. 48, Night Magic and Green Door

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 107, Jan 2024, p. 52, 1899 Renault and Folies Bergere

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 106, Dec 2023, p. 100, Balaeniceps Rex and Lady Reason in the Library

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 105, Nov 2023, p. 88, Groovy Day and Oxford St. Bus

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 104, Oct 2023, p. 76, Boneyard and Familiars

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 103, Sep 2023, p. 102, She’s Leaving Home and A Carnation

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 102, Aug 2023, p. 66, Crash Landing and Song of the Sea

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 101, Jul 2023, p. 49, Disturbing my Peace and I am Such a Fool

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 100, Jun 2023, pgs. 188-189, Habitat, Dream Visitation, Sideways Glance, Diluvian 2. 

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 99, May 2023, p. 64, Evening in Montmartre and Air Port

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 98, Apr 2023, p. 81, Mountain Retreat and Diluvian 3

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 97, Mar 2023, p. 78, Hyenas in Petticoats and Hyperphantasia

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 96, Feb 2023, p. 11, Recolonization and Gift from a Genie. 

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 95, Jan 2023, p. 54, Kello Kitty and Miffed

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 94, Dec 2022, p. 38, Steamer Trunk and Gateway

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 93, Nov 2022, Featured Artist, Cover (Time Travel Portal Lobby) and Pgs. 31-35, Habitat,  She Lifted Me Up, Diluvian 2, Dream Visitation, Sideways Glance, The Upper Hand, Wolfhound and Alley Cat, Hitching a Ride used as an underlayment on the Contributing Artists pages. 

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 92, Oct 2022, p. 75, Escape and Capture

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 91, Sep 2022, p. 45, Guardians of the Evening and Flustered

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 90, Aug 2022, p. 61, Flying While Dreaming

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 89, July 2022, p. 63, Calypso and Diluvian

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 88, Jun 2022, p. 84, Bone Pickers

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 87, May 2022, p. 45, Night Visitor and Distracted

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 86, Apr 2022, p. 86, Help Has Arrived and Celestial Event

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 85, Mar 2022, p. 26, Rainy Day Time Traveler and In Limbo

Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 84, Feb 2022, p. 78, Churlish Nereid and Discovery

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 83, Jan 2022, pg. 62, Coy Nereid and Lambis 

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 82, Dec 2021, pg. 44, Entwined and Warped View

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 81, Nov 2021, pg. 43, Accidental and Dreaming With a Full Bladder

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 80, Oct 2021, pg. 55, Gertrude Ederle and Golden Orb

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 79, Sep 2021, pg. 29, Sacred Crow

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 78, Aug 2021, pg. 89, Ione and Escape Route

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 77, July 2021, pg. 89, Celtic Woman and Cockatoo Fascinator

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 76, June 2021, pg. 56, Brigid and Bia

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 75, May 2021, pg. 78, Gesture and On the Moor

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 74, Apr 2021, pg. 81, Enchanted Forest and Flidais Mourning

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 73, Mar 2021, pg. 76, Steampunk Victoria

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 72, Feb 2021, pg. 84, A Cure for Vitriol.  

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 68, Oct 2020, pg. 92, A Wrinkle in Time and Deep Blue Sea.  

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 66, Aug 2020, pg. 69, Wake Up and Without a Paddle. 

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 65, Jul 2020, pg. 19.  Flidais and Filtiam 

Nancy Moyer, Ph.D., “Art of the Rio Grande Valley,” The Monitor, 5/4/2020, Pgs. C1-2

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 62, Apr 2020, pg. 65.  Modern Times &  The New Miners

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 59, Jan 2020, pg. 87.   Catching Up With Time & The Imposter

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 58, Dec 2019, pg. 66.  Steam Heat & The Art Authenticator

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 57, Nov 2019, pg. 28.  Art Thief & Doomsday Train Arrival

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 56, Oct 2019, pg. 15.  Time Warp

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 55, Sep 2019, pg. 96.  Preservation

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 51, May 2019, pg. 92.  Baited Hook

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 50, Apr 2019, pg. 86.  Early Warning & Trash to Treasure

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 49, Mar 2019, pg. 42.   Pond Queen & Sacred Cloth

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 47, Jan 2019, pg. 101.  Pond Nymph

Nancy Moyer, “Vida Art,” The Monitor, McAllen, TX, Mar 19, 2018, pg. 1.

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 36, Feb 2018, pg. 101. Angels Trumpet

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 35, Jan 2018, pg. 99.  Pixie Dust Prelude

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 34, Dec 2017, pg. 63.  Magician

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 33, Nov 2017, pg. 43.  Belladonna

Living the Photo Artistic Life, Issue No. 30, Aug 2017, pg. 68.  Savage World: Genghis Khan

Nancy Moyer, Ph.D., “What We See,” The Monitor, 2/27/2017

Cloth Paper Scissors, Jan/Feb 2011 issue.  

Nancy Moyer, Ph.D., “Printed Passions,” The Monitor, 20/11/2010

Nancy Moyer, Ph.D., “Linda Lewis at Blue Star Contemporary Art Space,” Voices of Art Magazine, Vol. 17 Issue 1, Pgs. 34-35

Art E Magazine, Vol. 3, Winter 2010, p. 6, 18. 

Liz Good, “Blending Cultures in Texas,” Fiberarts, Sep/Oct 2010, p. 11.  

Nancy Moyer, “Surface Treatment,” The Monitor, 9/26/09. 

Elizabeth Reese, “Ideological Exploration,” Caller-Times, 2/5/09.

Jeanette Scarsdale, “K Space Contemporary Offers Creative Outlet for Artists,” Island Waves, 2/5/09, p. 4.  

Dallas Morning News, 2/1/08, Guide, p. 22.  

Eye lounge – a contemporary art space, inaugural member artists catalog, 2006.

Theresa Culler, “Artist to Watch,”  Sphere Magazine, 12/04, Copenhagen, Denmark, p. 14, int. and photo.

Marianne Koch, “Når der går hul på en bibel.”  Fyens Stiftstidende, 9/24/04. Rev., photos.  

 Broken Threads, Exhibtion catalog.  Miniartextil 2004, Como, Italy.  Rev. p. 15-16, photo p. 66.

Laura McWilliams, “Material World,”  Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, 2004. 

Margaret  Leininger, Surface Design, Vol. 27, No. 2, pgs. 50-51.  

The fourth Triennial of Romanian Textile Arts. Exhibition Catalog.  Romanian Artists Assoc., Bucharest, Romania, December 2003, photo.  

The Sixteenth Annual materials Hard & Soft. Exhibition Catalog. The Meadows Gallery, The Center for Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, 

2/1-3/23/2003, photo. 

Chad Alice Hagen, “New Tools and the Legacy of Risk: Reflections on an Exhibition.”  Surface Design, Summer 2002, p. 41.  

Margaret Regan, “Uncommon Thread.”  Tucson Home, Fall 2002, photos pgs. 20-24.  

John Carlos Villani.  "Sew Evolved: Fiber art moves beyond crafts." Arizona Republic, 5/5/02, p. E14.  

“A mix of media,” The Daily Courier, January 28, 2001, p. 17A, review.  

The Daily Courier, February 4, 2001, photo p. 1C.  

Joshua Rose, "Sentence and Sensibility."  New Times, December 21-27, 2000, p. 78.  

Vera E. Kaminski, "in review."  Surface Design, Vol. 24, No. 4, pgs. 50-52.  

Phyllis Fredendall McIntyre, "Transforming Useful Histories." Surface Design, Vol. 24, No. 3, pgs. 19-21.  

Archives on Women Artists, The National Museum of Women in the Arts.  

Carolyn Prince Batchelor, “Assemblage: The art of recyclism at SAC,” Flagstaff Live, 10/28-11/3/1999, p. 11.  

National Women's Studies Association Journal, Special Issue, "Woman Created, Woman Transfigured, Woman Consumed."  

Journal cover.  

Richard Nilsen.  "Critic's Choice." Arizona Republic, 4/30/98.  

Joshua Rose.  "Personal Pop:  Depicting Contemporary Culture through Artistic Eyes," Arizona Republic, 4/30/98.  

Fiberart International ’97. Exhibition Catalog. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.  

Arizona Biennial ’97. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, photo p. 15.  

5th International Textile Competition '97-Kyoto-.  Exhibition catalogue.  

See also:   http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/itf97cw/

Who's Who of American Women  1997-1998.  

Fiberarts Design Book Five.  Lark Books, 1995, photo p. 73.   

Redefining Legacies.  Exhibition Catalog.  Women's Caucus for Art, 1995.  

Dalkey, Victoria.  "More Reserve, Fewer Risks."  The Sacramento Bee.  April 3, 1994, review.  

Joyce Kozloff.  "Curatorial Statement."   Arizona Women's Caucus for Art.   December 19, 1994.  

Annas, Teresa.  "Serious Threads Are Woven into Fiber Art."  The Virginian-Pilot, The Ledger-Star.  Sept. 5, 1993, review p. G1.  

Crossing Over the White Line.  Exhibition Catalog.  Dallas Women's Caucus for Art, Dallas, Tx, 1993.  

The Seventh Annual Materials Hard & Soft. Exhibition Catalog. Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 

9/19-10-29/1993.  

Fiber Celebrated '93.  Exhibition Catalog, Intermountain Weavers Conference, p. 18.  

Pyne, Lynn.  "Art That Needles."  The Phoenix Gazette.  Aug 28-Sep 3, 1992, photo p. 3.  

Christian, Bruce.  "'Needle Expressions' Works are Not Just Stitches in Time."  Tribune Newspapers, TGIF.  August 28, 1992, 

ref. p. E18.  

Mahley, Julianna. "Needle Expressions:  A  Metamorphosis."  The Flying Needle.  Vol. XXII, No. 3, August 1993, ref. p. 5, photo p. 8

Needle Expressions '92.  Exhibition Catalog, Council of American Embroiderers, photo p. 2.

Publications (articles authored):

“A Perfect Blend,” Olé Decor, Jul/Aug, pgs. 40-45.

"Sticky Situations."  The Monitor, September 17, 2012, p. 1D. 

“Mediterrean Masterpiece,” Olé Decor, Winter 2012, pgs. 16-22. 

“Fireplace Mantels,” Olé Decor, Winter 2012, pgs. 50-55.

“More than Just a Façade, Olé Decor, Fall 2012, pgs. 52-55.  

“American Made,” Olé Decor, Fall 2012, pgs. 16-24.  

“Sitting on the Fence?,” Olé Decor, Summer 2012, pgs. 42-45.

“Water World,” Olé Decor, Spring 2012, pgs. 60-65.

“Child’s Play,” Olé Decor, Spring 2012, pgs. 48-51.

“Cool as it Gets,” Olé Decor, Winter 2011, pgs. 34-38.

“The Ultimate Engine Room,” Olé Decor, Winter 2011, pgs. 44-45.

“Turn Me On,” Olé Decor, Winter 2011, pg 50.  .

“Rug Out,” Olé Decor, Fall 2011, pgs. 12-15.

“New Image Sculpture: Subversive Intent,” Voices of Art Magazine, Vol. 18.1, July 2011, pgs 36-37.

“Anatomy of a Public Art Commission,” Art E Magazine, Fall 2011, pgs 4-7.

“Jan Seale: 2012 Texas Poet Laureate,” Art E Magazine, Fall 2011, pgs 14-

“Véa Mediterranean,” Olé Decor, Spring 2011, p. 37-38.

“Harmony in Balance,” Olé Decor, Winter 2010, p. 36-37.

Review of “Traversing Fibers” exhibition, Surface Design, Winter 2008, p. 56-57.  

Review of "Clare Verstegen" exhibition, American Craft,Vol. 61, No. 2, Apr/May 2001, p 86.  

Review of "Embroidery 2000" exhibition, Fiberarts ,  Vol. 27, No. 3, Nov/Dec 2000, p.  62-63.  

Review of "Marian Bijlenga" exhibition, Surface Design Journal,  Vol. 23, No. 4, 1999, p.  50-51.  

Catalog Essay, Mary Merkel-Hess, for gallerymateria, Scottsdale, AZ.

Review of "Renie Breskin Adams:  Inside Out,"Surface Design Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1999, 

p. 45-46. 

Review of "Renie Breskin Adams:  Inside Out," Fiberarts,  Vol. 25, No. 4, 1999, p. 53.  

"Romanian Journey," International Tapestry Journal, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter, 1997.  

Review of "Art on the Edge of Fashion," Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ,  Surface Design Journal,  Vol. 22, No. 1, 1997, 32-33.  

Spotlight on Education:  "Danmarks Designskole," Surface Design Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1997, 36-37.  

"Denmark's Timeless Traditions," Surface Design Journal,  Vol. 21, No. 2, 1997, 12-17.   

"Marketing and Women's Role in Development," with A. Fuat Fırat, in Marketing and Economic Development, James E. Littlefield and Magdolna Csath, eds., Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1988, 328-331.  

"A Critique of the Orientations in Studies of Women's Consumption Culture," with A. Fuat Fırat, in Historical Perspectives in Consumer Research:  National and International Perspectives, C. T. Tan and J. N. Sheth, eds., National University of Singapore, 1985, 225-229.  

Guest Lectures:  

Aalto University, School of Business, Unit of Organizational Communication, Artists and Digital Media, June 9, 2017

University of Lapland, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rovaniemi, Finland, The Artist in the Modern Market, 6/13/2013.  

Prescott Art Docents, The History of Fiber Art, 10/1/01

Tucson Weavers Guild, Surface Design Techniques,  3/28/01

Yavapai Community College, Prescott, AZ Visiting Artist, 2/01

Collin County Community College, Visiting Artist,  11/3/98.  

Appalachian State University, Visiting Artist,  8/31/98. 

Sun City Handweavers' & Spinners Guild, Fulbright Scholarship in Denmark, 4/6/98, 

Arizona State University, Nathan Cummings Experience, 9/29/97.  

Telarana Weaver's Guild , Fulbright Scholarship in Denmark, 9/10/97.  

Arizona State University, Fulbright Scholarship in Denmark, 10/28/96.  

Danish Design School, Visiting Artist, 2/7/96.  

Arizona Women's Caucus for Art, 1995.