Carol Shinn
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Education
MFA, AZ State Univ., Tempe, AZ 1988; BFA Univ. of CO, Boulder, CO 1972
Selected One, Two, and Three-Person Exhibitions
Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo) 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003
Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Breckenridge, CO (solo) 2009, 2007, 2004, 2002, 2001
Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles (small solo) 2007
Stitched Marks, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM (three-person) 2006, (Catalog)
West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ (solo) 2004
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ (three-person) 2002, (two-person) 1989
Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (three-person) 2002
University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (solo) 2001
University Gallery, Eastern Washington Univ., Cheney, WA (solo) 1999
Maple Grove Gallery, Fish Creek, WI, (solo) 1998, 1989
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, (solo) 1997, 1995, 1990, (three-person) 1994
Baylor University, Waco, TX, (three-person show) 1996
Gray Art Gallery, E. Carolina U., Greenville, NC, (solo) 1993
Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ, (two-person show) 1993
Earlier
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, (solo) 1990; Visual Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ, (solo) 1990; Harry Wood Gallery, AZ State Univ., Tempe, AZ, (solo) 1988; Textile Arts Center, Scottsdale, AZ, (solo) 1986; Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, (two-person), 1983; Mesa Cultural Activities Center Gallery, Mesa, AZ, (three-person) 1983; Louise Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ, (solo) 1981; Alternatives Gallery, New Orleans, LA, (solo) 1979; Louisiana Crafts Council, New Orleans, LA, (solo) 1976
International Group Exhibitions
Art Embroidery: Landscape, Alexandra Palace, London, UK and touring 2009-10 (Catalog)
Art Embroidery, Alexandra Palace, London, England and touring 2004-05 (Catalog)
Embroidery 2000, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ, 2000
Nos Plus Belles Histoires Brodees, Invitational, Folk Art Museum, Paris, France, 1999 (Catalog)
Splendid World of Needle Arts, Invitational, touring Japan, 1999 (Catalog)
Us and the U.S., Invitational exhibit touring New Zealand, 1996-8 (Catalog- piece on cover)
1ere Biennale du Lin en Haute Normandie, Fountaine-Sous-Jouy, France-toured, 96-98 (Catalog)
International Embroidery Exhibition, DMC Thread sponsor, touring Japan, 1994 (Catalog)
Celebrating the Stitch, Newton Arts Center, Newtonville, MA; tour - Chicago Cultural Center; Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX; Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle, WA; Canadian Museum of Crafts, Vancouver BC; NC St. Univ., Raleigh, NC; MN Museum of Art; SC, State Museum, Columbia, SC; Alexandra Palace, London, Eng.; Tokyo Dept. Store Galleries, Tokyo, Japan. 1992-4
Selected Invitational Group Exhibitions
SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL (Jane Sauer Gallery) 2009
A Stitch in Our Time, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2008-09
Masters of Illusion, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ 2008
Made to Deceive, Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY 2008
Celebrating 25 Years, Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Breckenridge, CO 2007
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts & Design, NY, NY 2007-08 (Catalog)
Saturn Returns, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA 2007-08 (Catalog)
Colorado’s Small Stitches, Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO 2007
On a Roll, AZ Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ 2006-07
Material Difference, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2006 (Catalog)
Edges of Grace, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2006
Romance of the West, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006
High Tech/Low Tech: Contemporary Textiles, NC State University 2005
Fool the Eye: New Realities, Shemer Art Ctr., Phoenix, AZ 2005
SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL (Hibberd McGrath Gallery) 2000-06
Convergence/Divergence, Goldstein Museum, Univ. of MN, St. Paul, MN 2004
Good Sports, All Over, 2004; The Art of Pattern, 1989 AZ Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
Enhancing the Surface, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO 2003
Digital Delights, (award) SDA Conference, Kansas City, MO 2003
Threading the Eye Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2003
Threads of Memory, Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO 2002
In Stitches, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ and touring 2002-04
Drawing the Thread, SW School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX 2001
Reality Check, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH 2001
Haystack Instuctors’ Exhibit, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine 2000
Fibers Arizona, Cultural Services Galleries, Tempe Library, Tempe, AZ 1999
Millennium Reflections, and Uncommon Threads, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ 1999
Small Works (invitational), Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH 1999
Threadscapes: Landscape in Fiber (invitational), Atlanta Financial Ctr, Atlanta, GA 1998
50th Anniversary Collection (touring), Arrowmount, 1995-present
Urban Interpretations Invitational, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 1997
Stitchers & Beaders: America’s Best (invitational), Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, 1997
Destinations Unknown (invitational) Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ, 1997
SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL and SOFA Expo, Miami, FL, (Joanne Rapp Gallery) 1994-7
Craft America ‘95, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, 1995
Crafts National 27, 25, Zoller Gallery, PA State Univ., University Park, PA, 1993, 1991
Penland Instructors Show, Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1991
Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991, 1989
Navy Pier Exposition, Chicago, IL, 1991-92
Tapestry Today, HoltHaus Gallery, Port Washington, NY, 1989
Paper/Fiber XII, IX, The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA, 1989, 1986
Spotlight ‘88: Southeast/Southwest Craft, Moody Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1988
Haptic Art: Celebration of Texture, Holthaus Gallery, Port Washington, NY, 1988
Stitchery ‘87 International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1987
Fiber Structure National V, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, 1987
Fiber Arts Forum and Exhibit, Hemstead House, Sands Point, NY, 1985
Art/Work, Swan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1984
Group Invitational, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 1984
Regional Invitational, sponsors: Craft Range & Sebastian Moore Gallery, Denver, CO, 1983
National Crafts Exhibition 11, Galveston Arts Gallery, Galveston, TX, 1983
Crafts Concepts Juried Exhibit, Margate, NJ, 1983, 1982
Weaving and Fibre Exhibition, Bank Street College, New York, NY, 1983
Innovations in Fibre Juried Exhibit, Denver, CO, 1982
Artist-Craftsman Juried Exhibit, Cedar City, UT, 1982
Crafts Now Juried Exhibit, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 1982
Juried Southwest Arts and Crafts Festival, Albuquerque, NM, 1980, 81
Invitational Textile Exhibition, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC, 1979
Biennial of Piedmont Crafts, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, 1978
Invitational Crafts Show, McNeal Gallery, Charlotte, NC, 1978
11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 1978
In AZ 1978-91
Contemporary AZ Textiles, ASU Nelson Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, 1991; Tapestry Exhibition, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ, 1991; Fiber Invitational, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ, 1990; Diverse Directions Invitational, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ; (touring), 1989;Arizona Tapestry Weavers, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ, 1989; AZ Tapestry Today (touring), sponsored by AZ Comm. for the Arts, 1989; Wood/Fiber/Clay, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 1987; Architectural Crafts Exhibition, Tempe Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ, 1984; AZ Architectural Crafts, (touring) by the AZ Commission on the Arts, 1983; Invitational Fiber Show, Tempe Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ, 1983; Invitational: Arizona Tapestries, University Club, Phoenix, AZ, 1982; Festival 11 and 12, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, 1980, 81; AZ Designer Craftsmen, juried exhibits in AZ, 1978-91
Earlier: Various juried and invitational exhibits, LA and IL 1975-77
Grants and Awards
Art Embroidery: Landscape, Fine Art Award, London, UK 2009
Digital Delights, Award, SDA Conference, Kansas City, MO 2003
WESTAF Regional Grants, Honorable Mention, 1995
Fiberart International, Purchase Award, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991
Paper/Fiber XII, Honorable Mention, Iowa City, IA, 1989
Selma Sigesmund Memorial Scholarship, AZ State University, Tempe, AZ, 1988
Arizona State University, Graduate College Travel Grant, Tempe, AZ, 1988
Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, First Place, Tempe, AZ, 1987
Arizona Commission for the Arts, Travel Grant, 1986
Fiber Arts Forum and Exhibit, Merit Award, Sands Point, NY, 1985
Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Merit Award, Tempe, AZ, 1985
Crafts Concepts Prize Winner in Fiber, Margate, NJ, 1983
Crafts Now Juried Exhibit, Winner, Coos Bay, OR, 1982
Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Merit Award, Tempe, AZ, 1982
Arizona Commission for the Arts, Travel Grant, 1982
Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Best of Show, Phoenix, AZ, 1982
Southwest Arts and Crafts Festival, Merit Award, Albuquerque, NM, 1980
Festival 11, Best of Fiber, Scottsdale, AZ, 1980
Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibit, Honorable Mention, Tempe, AZ, 1979
Biennial of Piedmont Crafts, Purchase Award, Charlotte, NC, 1978
Louisiana Craftsmen Juried Show, Judge's Choice Award, New Orleans, LA, 1977
Residencies
Harwood Museum, Taos, NM 2003-04
I-Park Residency, East Haddam, CT, Oct. 2002
Villa Montalvo Residency, Saratoga, CA, Mar 1999
Public and Corporate Collections
Telephone Pole, Blue Car, and Desert Mountains, Sky Harbor International Airport,
Phoenix, AZ
Red Hub and Car Once Black, University of NM, Albuquerque, NM
Red Truck, Red Building, and Waiting for the Future, Bldg K Univ. of NM, Los Lunas, NM
Palm Tree, and Storm Clearing, Permanent Collection, West Valley Art Museum,
Surprise, AZ
Persephone and Orpheus Leads Eurydice, Landmark Bank, Madill, OK
Texture Study and Parking Lot Agave, City Heritage Art Collection, Tempe, AZ
Exit 242, Visual Arts Collection, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Treeless Places #5, Dial Corp., Phoenix, AZ (chosen as a Governor's Award to Dial)
Rock, Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ (chosen as Governor's Arts Award to SRP)
Desert City, Snell and Wilmer Law Offices, Phoenix, AZ
Rock and Clouds, and Treeless Places, Mobay Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Untitled, Spaulding Co., Burlington, MA
Migratory Species, RMI Consulting, Inc., Port Washington, NY
Narrative, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Scottsdale Adobe Ranch, Scottsdale Adobe Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ
Fragmented Ribbons on Sand, HIP Bronx and Cross Medical Center, Yonkers, NY
Landscape, American Express, Phoenix, AZ
Bifidity #1, Permanent Collection, Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Two Columns, Hale Boggs Federal District Court House, New Orleans, LA
Books, Papers, Articles, Publications
Free-Style Machine Embroidery:Techniques and Inspiration, Carol Shinn, Interweave Press 2009
Contribution article, Discovery: 50 Years of Craft Experience at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, University of Maine Press 2004
“Photographing Textile Art”, by Sue Scott and C. Shinn, Surface Design Newsletter, Fall 2003
“The Composite Nature of the Embroideries From Paracas Necropolis,”Ars Textrina, spring 1989. Winnipeg: Charles Babbage Research Centre, presented at 6th Annual Conference on Textiles, North Dakota St. University, Fargo, ND, 1988
Selected Information about the Artist (See also catalogs listed with above shows)
Review for ‘Pricked: Extreme Embroidery” Barbara MacAdam Art News, February
2008
“Carol Shinn”, Wolf Schneider, Southwest Art, Jan 2008
Material Difference: Soft Sculpture and Wall Works, Friends of Fiber Art International, Western Springs, IL 2006
Gallery Issue (picture), Surface Design Journal, Sept. 2006
“Parting Shot”, American Style, April 2006
Color and Composition, Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett Barker, C&T Publishing, Inc., Lafayette, CA 2005
“Sofa Chicago: Familiar and Fresh,” Victor Cassidy, Fiberarts, Jan/Feb 2005
“Greek Myths”, Jessica Hemmings, article and cover, Surface Design Journal, fall 2005
“Painting with Thread”, Steve Mosberg, article and cover, Cultural Times, Sept/Oct 2005
Article in Artist, Ming-Whe Liou, Taipei, Taiwan, Vol. 357 Feb 2005
Discovery: 50 Years of Craft Experience at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Univ. of Maine Press 2004
The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, Lark Books 2004
Fiberarts Design Book Seven, 2004; Fiberarts Design Book Six, 1999
“Embroidery Artist”, staff, Tempo Magazine/Taos News, Dec. 18-23, 2003
“Three Artists”, S. Derrickson Moore, New Mexico Magazine, Sept. 03
“Informed Source”, Carol Shinn, Surface Design, Winter 2003
“Scrapheap Challenge”, Jessica Hemmings, Embroidery, (England) Jan 2003
“Past Views”, Kate Bonansinga, American Craft, Oct/Nov 2001
“Review-Embroidery 2000”, Linda Lewis, Fiberarts, Nov/Dec 2000
“Artist of the Week”, Sun News, Las Cruces (full page), Derrickson Moore, 10/23/2000
“New Works,” Fiberarts, Mar/Apr 2000
“Review-Threadscapes”, Dorothy Joiner, Fiberarts, Mar/Apr 1999
“Gallery,” American Crafts, Feb/Mar, 1998; “Commissions”, American Craft, Dec. 1992/Jan. 1993
“Collaborating with Nature”, Barbara Smith, Surface Design Journal, Spring, 1997
Featured in ad for SOFA Miami, Fiberarts, p. 2, Mar/Apr and SOFA brochure, 1997
Article and cover, Georgia Review, summer, 1996
Cover for No Lie Like Love a book of short stories, University of Georgia Press, 1996
Article and cover, Organica Quarterly, Vol. 15 No.55, Winter, 1996
Article and cover, Needleart, Vol. 7 (Tokyo, Japan), 1996
“Profile” and cover, Fiberarts, November, 1995
“Review-International Embroidery Exhibit-Japan,” Betsy S. Benjamin, Fiberarts, Jan/Feb., 1995
“Acquisitions”, American Craft, Apr/May, 1995
“Painting with Thread”, Candice Miles, Phoenix Home and Garden, March, 1994
“Life and Art: An Artist's Viewpoint”, The Flying Needle, May 1993
“Sewing Machine Works as Artist's Brush”, S. Cheseborough, Phoenix Gazette, Oct. 8 (Tempe Section), 1993
Year of American Craft 1993 Desk Diary, (opposite June 21-27), 1992
“Paean of Crafts”, Phoenix Home and Garden, November, 1992
Celebrating the Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery of N. America, Barbara Smith, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 1991
1992 Threads Calendar, (March), Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 1991
“Paints, Brushes, and Stitches” (p. 76), Barbara Smith, Threads, Dec.1991/Jan., 1991
“Exposure”, Surface Design Journal, Summer issue, 1991
“Carol Shinn: The Conscious and the Unconscious,” D. Elise Brien, Fiberarts, Nov./Dec., 1987 (printed as Vol. 14, No. 5, 1988)
Panorama of Tapestry, American Tapestry Alliance, 1986
“The Fabric of Creativity,” Candice St. Jacques Miles, Fiberarts, Nov./Dec., 1984
“Artists' Crafts Add Character to Architecture,” A. Patterson, Arizona Republic, July 15, 1984
“Six Artists,” Catrien Laetz, Saturday Magazine/Scottsdale Progress, Dec. 18, 1982
Architectural Crafts: A Handbook and Catalog, Western States Arts Foundation, 1982
The Place of Art in the World of Architecture, D. Thalacker, Chelsea House, N. Y., NY, 1980
“Craftsmen,” The Arts in New Orleans, Public TV Station WYES, New Orleans, LA, 1977
Selected Courses and Workshops Taught
Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN, machine embroidery, 2009, 06 04, 02, 98, 96, 95, 94
QSDS, Columbus, OH, machine embroidery, 2009, 2000, 1999
Quilting by the Lake, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY (scheduled 2010) 2008
Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada, 2007
Art Quilt Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA, machine embroidery, 2006
Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO, machine embroidery, 2005, 2003
Split Rock Arts Program, University of MN, St. Paul, MN, machine embroidery, 2004
“Fibers Through Time”, AZ Federation of Weavers, Coolidge, AZ, machine embroidery, 04
Front Range Fiber Guild, Boulder, CO, machine embroidery, 2004
AZ Designer Craftsmen, Tucson, AZ, machine embroidery, 2003
“Textiles 5 Symposium”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, machine embroidery, 2003
A.C.C Southeastern Conference, Deland, FL, machine embroidery, 2003
North Suburban Needle Arts Guild, Chicago, IL, design workshop, 2001
Alegre Retreat, machine embroidery workshop, Santa Fe, NM, machine embroidery, 2001
Arizona Designer Craftsmen at Tucson Park and Recreation, lecture and workshop, 2000
Penland School, Penland, NC, machine embroidery, 2000, 1997, 1995, and 1993
Haystack School, Deer Isle, ME, machine embroidery, 2000
Mavericks’ Quilt Group, Mesa, AZ, design workshops, 1998-99
Fiber Association, AZ State University, Tempe, AZ, machine embroidery, 1999
Penland School, Penland, NC, surface-design class, fall session, 1998
Peter’s Valley School, Peter’s Valley, NJ, machine embroidery class, 1997
AZ State Univ., School of Art, Tempe, AZ, weaving classes, sabbatical replacement, 1997-8
Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, design and color classes, adjunct faculty, 1989-97
Baylor University, Waco, TX, machine embroidery lecture and workshop, 1996
Machine embroidery workshops, Houston, TX, Urbana, IL, and Tucson, AZ, 1996
Council of American Embroiderers, St. Louis, MO, machine embroidery seminar, 1994
Penland School, Penland, NC, tapestry class, 1991
Arizona Quilters state meeting, color workshop, 1989
Arizona State University, Graduate Assistant: sole instructor for Beginning Fibers for three semesters, and Color for two semesters, Intermediate Surface Design for one semester; assistant for computer graphics lab for two semesters, 1985-88
Selected Demos and Lectures on My Work (not connected to above listed workshops)
SOFA Friends of Fiber lecture, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2009
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ; West Valley Arts Museum, Surprise, AZ 2004
Harwood Museum, Taos, NM 2003
Tucson Park and Recreation Center, 2003
Textile Arts Alliance, Santa Fe, NM, 2002
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ, 2002, 1989
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2001
Bernina Southwest, Mesa, AZ 1999
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 1996
SOFA Expo, Miami, FL; Teleraña Weaver’s Guild, Mesa, AZ, 1995
California Fibers Guild, La Jolla, CA, 1994
Gray Gallery & Fiber Dept., East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Fiber Dept., UNC Charlotte, NC; Fiber Guild, Charlotte, NC; NC State University, Raleigh, NC, 1993
Council of American Embroiderers, Tempe, AZ, 1992
Nelson Art Museum, ASU, Tempe, AZ; Business of Art Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1991
Women in Design, “Fiber Perspectives” presentation, Phoenix, AZ, 1985
Other Selected Demos and Lectures
Nelson Art Museum, lecture on embroidery of Renie B. Adams, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1998
Artists in Education Conference, lecture & demo--fiber arts in public schools, Phoenix, AZ, 1990
Arizona Designer Craftsmen, lecture on Haystack School, Paradise Valley, AZ, 1989
Fiber Arts Club, Demonstration, AVL computer textile software for IBM and Macintosh, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1986
Jurying
AQuA (Grand Junction, CO) for shows in 2009, 2008
Challenging Tradition, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art, 2004
AZ Designer Craftsmen Exhibit, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ 2003
Fibers Through Time Exhibition, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ 2000
High on Fiber National Exhibit, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ, 1994
Glendale Festival, Glendale, AZ, 1989
Other
Embroidery 2000, Curator, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ, 2000
Teleraña Weavers’ Fashion Show, commentator, Mesa, AZ 1998
Mapping: A New Millennium, participant-week of collaboration, Arrowmont School, 1995
Collector's Circle of the American Craft Museum, tour of my studio, 1995
A.Ludwig Co: Dance Theater, sets & costumes for The Rooming House, Herberger Theater, Phoenix, AZ, 1990
Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Phoenix chapter, Treasurer, 1986-90
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Monitor, Deer Isle, ME, 1987