Exhibition History
2011
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“ Women of the Uncommon Cloth” – Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, Florida
“Illuminations Dia de los Muertos” – Now They are Angels, Mixed Media Dolls – SomArts Cultural Center,San Francisco, CA
“Fabrics of the World” – Ebony Stitchers Quilting Guild – Decatur, GA
“Inspirations . . . Approaches to Fibers”– collaboration with Marion Coleman – Anna Edwards Gallery, San Leandro, CA
“Sankofa Preserving Our Past – Designing Our Future” Quilts by African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, CA
“The Art of Living Black 15th Annual Bay Area Black Artist Exhibition” – Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
“Rhythm of life” – Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery – San Ramon Community Center, San Ramon, CA
COMMISSION
“A Journey Celebration: Honoring the Past – Living in the Present – Moving Towards the Future,” three textile story quilts celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum – San Francisco, CA – Completion date: May, 2011
15 Textile Commemorative Gifts c. 2011 – titled “A Journey Celebration: Honoring the Past – Living in the Present – Moving Towards the Future,” were given to the VIP’s & Special Guest who participated at the VOICES 2011 Conference and APIAHF’s 25th Anniversary event in Washington, DC – collaboration with Marion Coleman who completed the “Honoring the Past” textile gifts
1999 – 2011
AWARDS & HONORS
Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Grant 2011 – Round VII Visual Arts, Crafts and Literary Arts – Artistic Equipment & Tools Category – purchase professional sewing machine & quilting frame
Alliance for California Traditional Art’s Apprenticeship Program 2011 – Master Artist – Helen Anderson, Apprentice working together in the traditional art form of African American Quilting
3D Group Award – Syncopation IV – 2008 Juried All Media Exhibition – Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Selected for the Illuminations 2007 Calendar – Mixed Media Fiber Collage titled “Sometime You Just Have to Play in a Red World” featured for the month of November – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA
Juror’s Choice for Excellence in Design 2005 – “Cosmos Dance” – Professional Art Quilt Alliance South – Art Quilts Journeys; Page-Walker Arts & History Center; Cary, North Carolina
Certificate of Appreciation 2003 – City of Oakland’s Public Art Program for recognition of the creation of “A Journey of Promise” murals for the African American Museum and Library of Oakland, CA
Degree of Participation – 2001 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea – Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
“Telling Your Story Workshop” – Summer Program at Home, Alameda, CA – received a Visual Art Project Grant 2001
Artist-in-Residence 1999 – Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Fl - Residency #81 – Master Artist: Tadashi Kawamata; Japanese sculptor/installation artist – received a Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
2010
INSTALLATION
“Healing Altar to Aja, Lady of the Forest” – Honoring Revolution with Visions of Healing – SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
ONE-WOMAN EXHIBITION
Mixed Media Thread Paintings – Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“The Light of Los Muertos” – The Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Annex – Oakland, CA
“Art Quilts” – O’Hanlon Center Gallery – Mill Valley, CA
Illuminations at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care – Boston, MA
“Once upon a time ….” National Heritage Quilt Show – McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN
“PINNACLE: 2010 National Juried Art Competition” – Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center, Tallahassee, FL
“Quilting Green – RePurpose, ReCycle & ReUse – An Artistic Expression of Fiber Artistry and Beadwork” – Porter Sanford Performing Art and Community Center, Decatur, Ga
“Beyond Category: Visions of Jazz in Fiber” International Textile Show – The University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
“Amazing Wonders: Quilts by African Americans of Northern California Region” – Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2009
INSTALLATION
“Prayer Altar for the Healing of Slavery in America” – Altars for the Spirits/Offerings for the Living – SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Trunk Show & Sale” – Sew Image, Oakland, CA
“Amazing Wonders: Quilts by African Americans of Northern California Region” – 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Simply Nina” – African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA
“PINNACLE: National Juried Art Competition” – Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center, Tallahassee, FL
“BREAK Rhythmized Textiles from the African Diaspora” – PI Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“40th Annual Textile Exhibition” – Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2008
INSTALLATION
“A Temple Dedicated to Keperah” – Time of Change – SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA collaboration with Kemit Amenophis
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Capturing Character” Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott Campus – Prescott, AZ
“Juried All Media Exhibition” – Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
“27th Annual Fabric of Legacies International Art Quilt Exhibition” – Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
“Cultural Connections” – Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, State of California Office, Oakland, CA
“The Art of Living Black 12th Annual Bay Area Black Artists Exhibition” – Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
“Quilting African-American Women’s History: Our Challenges, Creativity and Champions” – National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center of the Historical Society, Wilberforce, OH
“Woman Band Together” – Prescott Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc., Oakland, CA
“The Cradle Project” – collaboration with Virginia Benavidez, Albuquerque, NM
“Sisters in Cloth” – Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Illuminations – 5th Anniversary Exhibition – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Store – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
“Atlanta Ave ArtWalk” – Brooklyn, NY
2006
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Illuminations at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA
“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round” – Fuller Craft Museum – Brockton, MA
“Atlanta Ave ArtWalk” – Brooklyn, NY
2002 – 2003
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Commission Mural Project – “A Journey of Promise” for the African-American Museum and Library, collaboration with Daniel Galvez – City of Oakland’s Public Art Program – Oakland, CA – Completion date: October, 2003
2003 – 2005
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Art Quilts – Journeys” – Professional Art Quilt Alliance-South – Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
“A Page From My Book: Journal Quilts 2004” – Journal Quilt Project – International Quilt Festival – Houston, Texas
“Walls of Heritage/Walls of Pride: African American Murals” – African American Museum and Library, Oakland, CA “Fiberworks . . . an explosion of color” Collaboration of art quilts and fiber presented by Studio Art Quilt Associates of Northern California/Nevada – Doiron Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“In Honor of the Logsplitter” – Juried Exhibition – Spring Quilt Festival, Donald E. Stephens Convention, Rosemont, IL
1991 – 2010
INSTALLATIONS
Celebrating the Soul’s Journey” – Entre La Y La Muerte – SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA; collaboration with Olaitan Callender-Scott
“Spirit Boutique” – Ciudad de los Milagaros - SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
“Eve” – Laberinto de las Culturas – SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA – collaboration with Kemit Amenophis
“Guardians” – INsideOUT – Artist-in-Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts – New Smyrna Beach, Florida
“Isis, The Healer” – Fragments of Flight – Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
“A Slow Death” – Rooms & Windows for the Dead III – Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
“The Destruction of Religion” - Four Directions, Women Honor Native Land, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
“Tomb of Transformation” - Rooms For the Dead II – Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA collaboration with Kemit Amenophis
“The Dream” – African-American Historical & Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA