Lesley Richmond
Resume
Professional Qualifications
1973 Masters of Education Degree - Western Washington University, USA
1964 - 1967 Teachers Certificate - Trent Park College, London, England (Middlesex Univ.)
Teaching Positions
2003 --> Capilano College - Sessional Instructor, Surface Design
1973 - 2003 Capilano College - Surface Design and Design Instructor
1974 - 1975 Langara College - Design Instructor, Fine Arts Dept.
1970 - 1974 Douglas College - Textile Design Instructor
Selected Exhibitions (Solo, Double and Group)
2010 SOFA Chicago, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Chicago, IL, USA
2010 SOFA West: Santa Fe, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Santa Fe, NM, USA
2010 SOFA New York, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), New York, NY, USA
2009 SOFA Chicago, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Chicago, IL, USA
2009 SOFA West: Santa Fe, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Santa Fe, NM, USA
2009 SOFA New York, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), New York, NY, USA
2009 ‘palmbeach3 International Art Fair’, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Palm Beach, FL, USA
2008 ‘Beijing Art Salon’ (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Beijing, China
2008 ‘SOFA Chicago’, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Chicago, IL, USA
2008 ‘SOFA New York’, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), New York, NY, USA
2007 ‘SOFA Chicago’, (with Jane Sauer Gallery), Chicago, IL, USA
2007 ‘The 5th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Korea’
2007 Double ‘Jeon Ju Craft Works Gallery’ - 2 person exhibition - Jeon Ju, S. Korea
2007 ‘12th. International Triennial of Tapestry’ - Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
2007 ‘Fiberart International’ Pittsburgh, USA
2007 Solo Exhibition and ‘Portfolio Book’, signing at Studio Art Gallery, Capilano College, ...............................Vancouver, Canada
2007 Double ‘Translations of Nature’ - 2 person exhibition, Circle Craft, Vancouver, Canada
2007 ‘Surface’ – Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007 ‘Excellence in Diversity’ - Crafts Association of BC, Vancouver Museum,
.............................. Vancouver, Canada
2006 Double ‘Pacific Rim Connections’ Lesley Richmond & Sang-jae Nam, Central Museum of
.............................. Textiles, Lodz, Poland
2005 ‘Constants and Variables’ - SDA Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, USA
2005 Double ‘Transgressions of Nature’ - Craft House, Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada
2004 ‘Creative Link’ - The Grace Barrand Design Centre, Surrey, U.K.
2003 ‘Julie: Artisan’s Gallery’ - Invitational Piece for 30th. Anniversary Exhibit,
.............................. New York, USA
2003 ‘Up Close & Far Away’ - Surface Design Conference Exhibit., Kansas City, USA
2002 ‘Fibreworks’ - Canadian Contemporary Fibre Art, Cambridge Gallery,
.............................. Cambridge, Canada
2002 ‘New Wave’ - Convergence 2002, Vancouver, Canada
2001 World Competition of Arts and Crafts - Kanazawa, Japan
2001 ‘Fiberart International ‘2001’ - Pittsburgh Centre for the Arts, Pittsburgh, USA
2001 ‘Artropolis’ - Canadian Broadcast Corporation building, Vancouver, BC
2000 ‘Fibreworks’ - Canadian Contemporary Fiber Art, Cambridge Gallery,
.............................. Cambridge, Canada
2000 ‘Measure for Measure’ - 11th. International Surface Design Conference,
........Kansas City Art Institute, USA
1999 ‘Fiberart International ‘99’ - Pittsburgh Centre for the Arts, Pittsburgh, USA
1999 ‘All About Blue’ - Canadian Society for Asian Arts, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC
1999 ‘The Fibre Collection’ - Canadian fibre permanent collection exhibition,
.......Cambridge Galleries, Ontario
1999 ‘N.W. International Art Competition’ - Whatcom Museum, Wa., USA
1998 ‘Fibreworks’ -Canadian Contemporary Fibre Art-Cambridge Gallery, Ontario
1998 ‘Made by Hand’ Silver Edition - Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC
1997 ‘N.W. International Art Competition’ - Whatcom Museum,Wa. USA
1997 ‘Unexpected Collaborations’ an Invitational Fund Raiser. Canadian Craft Museum, ..............................Vancouver, Canada
1997 ‘Neo-Stitchery’ - Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC
1995 ‘Selections from the Cambridge Library and Galleries’ - Durham Art Gallery,
.............................. Durham, Ont., Canada
1995 ‘Northwest International Art Competiton’ - Allied Arts, Washington, USA
1994 ‘Fibreworks’ - Canadian Contempary Fibre Art - Cambridge Gallery, Ont., Canada
1992 ‘Capilano College Art Faculty Show’ - Aichi Gakusen College - Nagoya, Japan
1990 ‘Made by Hand’ - Cartwright Street Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1989 ‘Circle Craft, Group Show’ - Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
1987 ‘Grace Gallery, Group Show ‘- Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
1986 ‘Uncommon Threads’ - Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
1986 ‘Surface Design Northwest’ - Seattle Centre, U.S.A.
1985 ‘Avenues of Fibre’ - Lounts Tapestry Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1983 ‘Kaleidoscope’ - Arrowmount School of Arts & Crafts, USA
Guest Curator
2002 Juror for ‘New Wave’ - Convergence 2002 - Vancouver, Canada
1997 ‘Inspirations from the Past - Textiles for the Future’ - Canadian Craft Museum,
.............................. Vancouver, Canada
Awards and Nominations
2007 Bronze Prize for Fiber – ‘The 5th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Korea
2007 First Prize – ‘Sum of the Parts’, International Surface Design Conference,
.....Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA
2004 Canada Council Grant - Established Artist / Fine Crafts
2003 Surface Design Association Award - SDA Conference, Kansas City, USA
2001 Marianne Kor Award for Distinguished International Entry - Fiber Art International
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, USA
2000 First Prize - ‘Measure for Measure’ 11th. International Surface Design Conference,
.............................Kansas City Art Institute
2000 Nominated for the ‘Saidye Bronfman Award’, by Board of Crafts Association of B. C.
1999 Jurors Award - Northwest International Art Competition - Whatcom Museum, Wa.
1998 Jurors Award - Fibreworks, Canadian Contemporary Fibre Art - Cambridge, Ont.
1997 Fiber Award - Northwest International Art Competition - Whatcom Museum, Wa.
1995 Piece purchased for permanent collection of ‘Cambridge Galleries’,
............................. Cambridge, Ontario
1997 Nominated for Chalmers Award by Board of Crafts Association of B. C.
1993 Nominated for the ‘Saidye Bronfman Award’, by Board of Crafts Association of B. C.
1990 Purchase Award - Coast Paper
Selected Critical Reviews
‘Textil Gestaltung’, Jan. 2008, pgs 57 and 72 – 73 - Germany
‘Craft Art & Culture 2007’, Vol. 58, pgs. 42 - 45 - S. Korea
‘Portfolio Collection # 40’-Telos Art Publishing, 2007 - Foreword by Jason Pollen - Fiber Dept. Chair,
..... Kansas City Art Institute, USA
‘Pacific Rim Connections, 2006’, brochure, Joanna Staniszkis, Assoc. Prof. (Design)Landscape
..... Architecture Program, U.B.C. Canada
‘C.A.B.C. (Crafts Assoc. of B.C.) Publication’, April, 2000 - Cheryl Master, President, Vancouver,
..... Canada
Publications
2009 - April ‘Art Textiles of the World: Canada’ – Telos Art Publishing (in process)
2006 - September Featured in Surface Design Magazine – ‘Gallery Issue’, USA
2003 - Winter Featured in Textile Forum - European Textile Magazine
2003 - Spring Featured in Textile Forum - European Textile Magazine
2002 - Spring Featured in Textile Forum - European Textile Magazine
2001 - Summer Article in US Surface Design magazine - ‘Informed Source’
2000 - December Featured in Textile-Forum, European textile magazine
2000 - Spring Featured in US Surface Design magazine - ‘Exposure’
1999 Featured in Fiber Arts Design Books V1
1991 Featured in Fiber Arts Design Books 1V
1989 Featured in ‘Fiber Arts Magazine’ article on 5 Canadian Designers
1987 Featured in Fiber Arts Design Books 111
1983 Featured in Fiber Arts Design Books 11
1982 Featured in US Surface Design Magazine: ‘Collaborations’
1974 Featured in Craft Dimensions
Presentations
2007 ‘S.O.F.A.’ Chicago, USA – lecture on own work for ‘Friends of Fiberart International’
2007 ‘North by Northwest’ - CBC Radio, Vancouver Studio, BC – Artist Interview
2006 Visiting Artist, Textile Dept., Kansas City Art Institute, USA
2002 Visiting Artist, Textile Dept., Alberta College of Art and Design
1999 Work featured in presentation by US. ‘Surface Design Association’ for their promotion
............................. at International Exposition of S.O.F.A (Sculpture Objects, Functional Art) in Chicago
1999 Public lecture on own work and design inspiration at Canadian Craft Museum,
............................. Vancouver, BC
1998 Work featured at a textile conference in Melbourne, Australia. _ ‘Textiles for the
.............................. Millennium’
1998 Work featured at a textile conference at F.I.T., New York, ‘Textiles of the 90’s - What
............................. They Say and Who Makes Them’
Selected Collections
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, USA - “Textile Traces”, a collection of 20 small pieces
...... using new processes
Canadian Contemporary Fiber - Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada
Aichi Gakusen College - Nagoya, Japan
Coast Paper - Purchase Award - Vancouver, Canada
Fletcher Challenge Canada - Vancouver, Canada