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Deja Vu: History, Memory, Place,23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Retro Tech, NIU Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Retro Tech: artists' books and bindings by Karen Hanmer, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. Gallery talk, workshop.
Celestial Navigation, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Another Room Book Arts Bookstore, Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, CA
Playful Books, The Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol School of Art, Media and Design, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Playful Books, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH. Gallery talk, adults and children's workshops.
It is a living thing, Woolworth Windows installation space, Tacoma, WA.
Crossing the Divide, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.
Reunion, Bright Hill Center Word and Image Gallery, Treadwell, NY.
UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
All Shook Up: Playful Books, Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, OH. Gallery talk, catalog.
Succession, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Gallery talk, workshop.
Karen Hanmer: Artists’ Books, Indiana University, South Bend. Gallery talk.
Karen Hanmer: Artists’ Books, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH.
Flag Books, monthly featured artist exhibition, Center for Book Arts, New York City.
Flag Books, Portal Spaces, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.
Homestead, Quad City ArtsCenter Gallery, Rock Island, IL.
Love in the Afternoon, Vespine Gallery, Chicago.
Bequest, St Xavier University, Chicago, IL. Gallery talk.
Karen Hanmer: Artists’ Books, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Section 19, Township 104, Range 28, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago.
Migration, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.
Treasures, Anchor Graphics, Chicago. Gallery talk.
Mementos: Bookworks, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA. Three gallery talks.
Mementos, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago. Gallery Talk for WomanMade Gallery’s Chicago gallery tour.
Fragments, Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL, 1994.
Revisions, Gallery 1633, Chicago.
One Book, Many Interpretations, Chicago Public Library. Runner-up for "Best Binding" award. Catalog.
Xth F.I.R.A International Forum of Fine Bookbinding, Bruges, Belgium, sponsored by ARA Belgica. Catalog.
Structure Explored: Architectural Themes in the Book Arts, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Pacing the Page, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis. Curated by Jeff Rathermel
A survey of photo-based artists’ books, Syracuse University Library Special CollectionsResearch Center. Curated by Peter Verheyen.
No Jacket Required: Structuring Art as Book, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI. Curated by Max Yela, Special Collections Librarian, UW Milwaukee.
The Thread That Binds, sponsored by the Lone Star Chapter of The Guild of Book Workers Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library, Dallas, TX; The Museum of Printing history, Houston, TX. Catalog.
Society of Binders International Competition, Warwick University, UK.
Out of the Book: selected works from the collection, Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
Hand Bookbinders of California 39th Annual Members’ Exhibition; Traveling exhibition with three venues: The Book Club of California, San Francisco; Doyle Library, Santa Rosa; Mechanics Institute Library, San Francisco
North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA, in conjunction with the Guild of Book Workers annual Standards of Excellence Seminar.
Music Bo(o)x, Adecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Curated by Lynn Sures and John Risseeuw.
Book Craft, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of The Guild of Book Workers, Norlin Library, University of Colorado Boulder.
Bookworks 11, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
Focus on Book Arts Faculty Exhibit, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, Catalog.
2010 Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. Best 3D award for Mirage.
Building by the Book: Book Artists Respond to Architecture & Design, sponsored Philadelphia Athenaeum and Philadelphia Center for the Book. The Model Architect: The Panic Of ’09 is one of six winners of this competition.
Astronomy: The Celestial, Central Booking Gallery II, Brooklyn, NY. Small curated exhibition.
Open Book, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI. Small curated exhibition. Catalog.
Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Juror, Hedi Kyle. Catalog.
Scripta manent IV: The Word Was Sung/Lauldud sõna, Estonian Museum of Applied Art And Design, Tallinn, Republic of Estonia. Sponsored by The Estonian Association of Designer Bookbinders, the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Estonian Leatherwork Artists’ Union.
No Translation Required: Artists’ Books in Germany and Georgia, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta and the Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany. This exhibit features 60 selections of the best contemporary book art from the collections of the Klingspor and ACA Library of SCAD. Catalog.
Canyons of the Southwest, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ. Curated exhibition.
Artists' Books: Content, Design, voicE, Form, Fleet Library at RISD, Providence, RI. Curated by Laurie Whitehill Chong.
Speaking Volumes: The Language of Artists' Books, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Quantified Aesthetics, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis. Curated by MCBA artistic director Jeff Rathermel.
Prints: Now In 3-D! Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis. In coordination with the Mid America Print Council's 2010 conference NEW WORLD / OLD WORLD.
The Haunted Library, Ragdale artists’ retreat, Lake Forest, IL. Curated by Shawn Sheehy.
Pendleton Round-Up at 100 Design Binding Competition, Pendleton Center for the Arts,
Pendleton, OR.
Artists’ Book Cornucopia, Adecedarian Gallery, Denver. Juror, Michael Levine-Clark, Special Collections Librarian, University of Denver, CO. Catalog.
Book Arts 2010, Bright Hill Literary Center, Treadwell, NY. Invited artist. Curated by Elsi Vassdal Ellis and Bertha Rogers. Catalog.
Abecedaries, Adecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Catalog.
Hand Bookbinders of California 38th Annual Members’ Exhibition; The San Francisco Public Library and The Doyle Library, Santa Rosa, CA. Catalog.
New Views: recent work from the Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. Traveling exhibition. Venues include Illinois State University Milner Library, University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign Library, Michigan State University Library, Iowa State University Library
The Thread That Binds: 2010 Bind-O-Rama, online exhibition curated by Peter Verheyen, online exhibition curated by Peter Verheyen
Bookworks 11, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
Show and Bestow, exhibit of the Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists’ Books, Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
The 2009 Helen Warren DeGolyer Exhibition for American Bookbinding, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Jury Prize for Binding.
Marking Time, traveling juried exhibit of contemporary book works by members of the Guild of Book Workers. Nine public and university libraries and book arts centers across the US. Catalog.
Freedom of the Press: Artists Publish on the American Presidency, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Curated by Jenny Tobias.
The Celestial World: the work of Martha Glowacki, Karen Hanmer and William Laver, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, curated by Caren Heft.
Art of the Fold, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Celebrating the Book Arts from the Middle Ages to Today, T.R. Anderson Gallery, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Ce n'est pas un spectacle de caractères. (This is not a print show), exhibition in conjunction with the Southern Graphics Conference. Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago.
War as Art / Art as War, The Morgan Conservatory Cleveland, OH. Curated by William Drendel.
NONE OF THE ABOVE: Assembling, Collaborating and Publishing in the Eternal Network, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis. Curated by Jeff Rathermel.
West of the Plains, traveling juried exhibit of contemporary book works by members of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers; Denver Central Library, Denver, CO; Arizona State University, Tempe; Salt Lake City Public Library.
Beyond Words, The Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey. Curated by Carolyn Chadwick and Ed Hutchins. Catalog.
How to Judge a Book by Its Cover: The History of Binding, Michigan State University. Curated by Eric Alstrom.
Under Cover - Six Artists/24 Books, ArtSpace/Lima, Lima, OH.
Society of Binders International Competition, Warwick University, UK.
Hand Bookbinders of California 37th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Donohue Rare Book Room, Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco; Doyle Library, Santa Rosa, CA; and Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
New Wave, in conjunction with the Impact Printmaking Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Curated by Sarah Bodman.
Show and Bestow, exhibit of the Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists’ Books, Free Library of Philadelphia. Catalog.
Before and After: Documenting the Book Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Curated by Andrew Huot.
Artists’ Publishing, School of Creative Arts, Department of Art and Design, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Curated by Sarah Bodman.
Molten II: Erotic Bookworks, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver.
The Art of the Book ’08, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild Traveling Exhibition 2008-2011, Seven university libraries and craft galleries across Canada. Jurors: Nicole Billard, Crispin Elsted, Ed Hutchins. Catalog.
Quebec Forever Bound: Selected works of 400 years of history, sponsored by ARA Canada, Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy, Quebec City; and and Myriam and J. Robert Ouimet Library, HEC Montreal.
Seriously, Funny: Without Borders Contemporary Art Festival, University of Maine, Orono. Invitational.
5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. Catalog.
Design Bindings Presented by the Kerrytown Bookfest, Ann Arbor Downtown Library, Ann Arbor, MI
Altered Book Exhibition, Minneapolis Central Library. Curated by Betty Bright.
Skipping the Page, Center for Book Arts, New York City. Curated by Graham Parker. Invitational.
Sit Down and Read, K Gallery, Alameda, CA, curated by Kathy Walkup, Mills College.
Inspired Design: The Mentoring Stamp, sponsored by the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
Freestyle Books: artists' books from the collection, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Catalog.
More Than a Book, Bruce Gallery of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, organized by Lafayette College's Experimental Printmaking Institute
The Art of the Book, VisArts, Rockville, Maryland curated by Landria Shack, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Maternal Legends, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR. Catalog. Purchase Award
Hand Bookbinders of California 36th Annual Members’ traveling exhibition, Book Club of California, San Francisco and Doyle Library, Santa Rosa, CA.
Bookmarks VI: Infiltrating the Library System, sponsored by The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Fifty artists each make an edition of 100 bookmarks for distribution in artists’ books collections, centers, and galleries. Curated by Sarah Bodman. Invitational.
Reading around…, sponsored by The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Fifty artists created an artwork page / movie clip / audio clip about reading. Project exists as an online website archive, a free download, self-assembly PDF book of images from the artwork “page” files and 50 library/bookstore packs of copied “pages”, to slip into random library books.
Secrets and Lies: A National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Books, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Fun & Games (and such…), The Center for Book Arts, New York City. Catalog.
All Things Electoral, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Bookworks 9, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
Sixth Bright Hill Press North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY. Invited artist. Catalog.
BookOpolis, BookWorks, Asheville, NC
2008 Bind-O-Rama, an exploration of techniques introduced in The Bonefolder's first 8 issues, online exhibition curated by Peter Verheyen
Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibition, traveling exhibition 2006-2007. Jurors: Karen Hanmer, Richard Minsky, Don Rash. Catalog.
DISSENT!, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, curated by Susan Dackerman, Curator of Prints, Fogg Museum of Art.
One Book, Many Interpretations, Chicago Public Library. Catalog.
The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding traveling exhibition. Venues include Syracuse University, Michigan State University, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, University of Alaska Anchorage, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. Catalog.
Visions From Voices: Art Inspired by Kentucky Poetry, Prose and Music, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
Action/Interaction: Book/Art, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL. Held in conjunction with the book arts conference Action/Interaction: Book/Arts. Catalog.
Montage Over Britain: Artists’ Books from the Centre for Fine Print Research Collection, Permanent Gallery and Bookshop, Brighton. Curated by Sarah Bodman.
Beyond Words: Artists’ Books, University of the South, Sewanee, TN. Juror, Ruth Rogers, Director of Special Collections, Wellesley College. Catalog.
The Book, College of Mainland Art Gallery. Texas City, TX. Small curated exhibition.
Thinking the Multiple, Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. Small curated exhibition.
Society of Binders International Competition, University of York, UK.
Hand Bookbinders of California 35th Anniversary traveling exhibition. Venues include San Francisco Public Library; Doyle Library, Santa Rosa, CA; California State University, Northridge, CA.
Biennales Mondiales de la Reliure D’art/World Biennial of Design Bookbinding, Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, France.
Pulp, Press and Print for Democracy, Bedford Art Gallery, Longwoood University, Farmville, VA. Exhibit in conjunction with American Democracy Project Conference.
Book in Hand, Arts + Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT. Juror Patti-Belle Hastings.
Ties That Bind, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD, small curated exhibition.
Artists’ Books: Recent Acquisitions, UCLA Arts Library.
Off the Shelf: The Artist's Book Unbound, University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Art History Gallery
Books That Surprise, Cardinal Stritch University, Fox Point, Wisconsin, curated by Max Yela.
BookOpolis, BookWorks, Asheville, NC
Art under 6 inches (from the Library's collection), Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Sense and Sensuality, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Bookworks 8, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
Artists’ Books 2007, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Louis Obispo, CA
From Sham to Shame, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Reader's Art 7: Frugal Finds for Prudent Collectors, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
High and Low, Chicago Hand Bookbinders Traveling Exhibition. Venues include University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; Oak Park Library; and Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Guild of Book Workers Lone Star Chapter Exhibition, Dallas, TX.
GBW 100th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog Bind-O-Rama, online exhibition curated by Peter Verheyen
Looking Back from Ground Zero: Images from the Brooklyn Museum Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. Juror, Gregory Knight, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Purchase Award and honorable mention.
The Book of Origins – Le Livre des Origines, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France.
Zoom! Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK. Catalog.
Fifth Anniversary Bright Hill Press North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY. Jurors, Richard Minsky & Bertha Rogers. Catalog. Best of Show award.
Photo Books Now, The San Francisco Center for the Book. Invitational.
Photography and the Artist Book: A survey of approaches, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC. Curated by Barb Tetenbaum. Invitational.
The Helen Warren DeGolyer Exhibition for American Bookbinding, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
San Diego Book Arts Exhibition, University of California San Diego, juror, Lynda Claassen, Director, Special Collections, UCSD Library.
Books 06: 10+ Beyond, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia.
Under Cover: an Exhibition of Artists’ Books, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Type, Paper, Scissors: The Book as Art Environment, Mary L. Nohl Galleries, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Curated by Max Yela, head of Special Collections, UWM Libraries.
Ignited, set binding competition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis.
Domestic Details, small curated exhibition, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR.
Boys’ and Girls’ Bookshelf: a traveling exhibition of artists' books, Edge Gallery and Bookbuff's, Denver, CO; Smoky Hill Library, Centennial, CO. Invitational.
Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate: Computer Punch Card Art, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, SD
Bookmarks, Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, curated by Sarah Bodman, The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Re-Shelving Initiative 2: An Exhibition of Artist Multiples, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Fourth International Artists’ Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Catalog.
International Biennal for the Artist’s Book, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Catalog.
Kirjahduksia/BookBlast Artists’ Book Exhibition, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Hand Bookbinders of California Members Exhibition, Special Collections, Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco.
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane?, Elastic Arts Foundation Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dia de los Muertos Postcard Exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Book as Sculpture, Bay View Book Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. Invitational.
Artist Made Books, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME, Invitational.
Artists’ Books 2006, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Louis Obispo, CA.
Books About Books, Chicago Hand Bookbinders Traveling Exhibition. Venues include School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Changing the Wind, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Flag Book Bind-O-Rama, online exhibition curated by Peter Verheyen
The Elements: Creative Energy, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ. Purchase Award.
Pressing Issues, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC. Artists’ books exhibition in conjunction with Southern Graphics Conference. Jurors Neal Turtell, National Gallery of Art and Mark Dimunation, Library of Congress.
Columbia Triennial Exhibition of Book and Paper Art, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago.
The Book of Origins – Le Livre des Origines, Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy, Quebec City and Grande Bibliothèque of Montreal, a set bookbinding exhibition organized by ARA-Canada. Catalog.
Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL. Catalog. Special Acknowledgment recognition.
Contemporary Creative Books, 7th International Artists’ Books Book Fair, Marseilles, France
PaperWhite, The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology, a Smithsonian Institute Affiliate Museum, Newark, OH.
Books 05: Books Works of Imagination, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia.
Submerged Qualities, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM, four person exhibition.
Hand Bookbinders of California Members’ Exhibition, Kalmanovitz Library, University of California San Francisco.
Artists in Time of War, small curated exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bookworks 6, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Hooked Up: ±1387 Artists Collaborate, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago.
A Salute to Audubon's Birds of America, Chicago Hand Bookbinders Traveling Exhibition. Venues include School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
N x NW, sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, Multnomah County Public Library, Portland, Oregon.
Pyramid Atlantic Juried Members’ Exhibit, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
Edelpappband / “Millimeter” Binding Bind- O-Rama, online exhibition curated by Peter Verheyen
30th Anniversary Member’s Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, New York City.
To Have and To Hold: Art You Can Touch, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis.
Lead Thread, Tacoma Public Library. Invitational.
Bookish: Showcasing the Work of MCBA’s Artist Community, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
In the Game, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
Artists’ Books, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark. Curated by Thorsten Dennerline. Invitational. Catalog.
Turning Pages: A Collection of Artists’ Books for The Living Room, the family hands-on activity room at the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas.
Personality Crisis, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, five person curated exhibition.
Against Tradition: Trends in Contemporary Printmaking, Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN.
Writes of Passage, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
In2Words: Numbers, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA. Curated by Sara Tanguy.
Springback Bind-O-Rama, online exhibition of books bound in the Springback style. Curated by Peter Verheyen.
Bookmarks: Infiltrating the Library System, sponsored by The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Twenty-five artists each make an edition of 100 bookmarks for distribution in artists’ books collections, centers, and galleries. Curated by Sarah Bodman. Invitational.
Create + Communicate: Art for Understanding, University of Washington, Seattle. Part of The September Project, an international event that seeks to make September 11 a day of reflection and discussion.
Third Biennial Women Book Artists' Exhibition, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC.
Matter&Spirit: The Genesis and Evolution of the Book, Wells College Book Arts Center, Aurora, NY.
Imagine That, Book Arts Exhibition, La Jolla FiberArts, LaJolla, CA. Catalog.
Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL. Catalog.
Journals of Discovery, traveling exhibit sponsored by the Oregon Book Artists’ Guild: Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR and Southern IL University, Edwardsville, IL. Catalog.
Elvis Week Art Contest, Graceland, Memphis, TN. Best of Show award.
Fotowerk 2004, FLATFILEphotography, Chicago. Invitational.
Earth, FLATFILEphotography, Chicago. Invitational.
NW X SE, exhibition exchange between the Northwest and Southeast Chapters of the Guild of Book Workers, venues include Idaho State University, Portland State University (OR), University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and University of Mississippi.
MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE Project 2004, traveling exhibition of artists books with numerous venues across Canada and the U.S.
Center For Book Arts Members' Juried Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, New York City. Jurors: Milan Hughston, Museum of Modern Art; Mindell Dubansky, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An Open Book, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH. Jurors Suzanne Moore, Julia Friedman, Barbara Chira. Catalog.
Artist’s Books from Portland and Beyond, The Charles Voorhies Fine Arts Library, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Forest Grove, OR.
Serial, FLATFILE, Chicago. Invitational.
All Things Electoral: Artists Consider the Past, Present, and Future of Politics; Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Invitational.
A Reader’s Art 4, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI. Susan Hensel, curator. Invitational.
Artists’ Books 2004, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Louis Obispo, CA.
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 2004, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
Small Works, Harper College, Palatine, IL. Juror, Lynne Warren, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
War Forum, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago
Contemplating Identity, three person exhibition, Paul Whitney Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
The Art of the Book ’03, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild Traveling Exhibition 2003-2005, numerous venues across Canada. Jurors: Carol Barton, Alan Stein, Michael Wilcox. Catalog.
In Flight, Guild of Book Workers Traveling Exhibition 2003-2005. Jurors: Madelyn Garrett, Craig Jensen, Daniel Tucker. Catalog.
Sky, Blue, Heavens, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN.
Technology in Art, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA.
Wexford Artists' Books Exhibition, Wexford Arts Center, Wexford, Ireland. Traveling exhibition 2003-2004.
Fotowerk 2003, FLATFILE, Chicago. Invitational.
Visions of Labor: Pain and Pleasures@work and in the field, four person exhibition curated by Jayne Hileman, St Xavier University, Chicago, IL. Invitational. Gallery talk.
Toys and Games, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis. Jurors: Bill Drendel, Director, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts; Betty Bright, artists’ books scholar; Dean Lucker, sculptor.
Bright Hill Press National Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY. Jurors: book artist Keith Smith, New York Center for Book Arts Director Rory Golden. Catalog.
Fun & Games: A Playful Look at Fine Craft, Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro. Juror, Paula Owen, Executive Director, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX.
MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE Project 2003, eight month traveling exhibition of artists books with numerous venues across Canada and the U.S.
Center For Book Arts Members' Juried Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, New York City. Jurors: May Castleberry, Museum of Modern Art; Roberta Waddell, Curator of Prints, New York Public Library.
Built by Hand: Books as Art, organized by Pyramid Atlantic, exhibited at 1111 Sculpture Space, Washington, DC.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders Celebrates 25 Years, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL. Jurors include Audrey Niffinegger. Catalog.
Under Cover: Book Arts, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO. Catalog.
National Book and Language Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO.
A Reader’s Art 3, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI. Susan Hensel, curator. Invitational.
National Juried Book Arts Show, Community College of Southern Nevada. Juror, Inge Bruggeman.
2003 Roundup, Guild of Book Workers, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Denver Book Mall and Regis University Library, Denver, CO.
Art at the Airport: Quad City ArtsCenter 2003-04 Season Preview, Quad City International Airport, Moline, IL. Invitational.
Chicago Art Open, sponsored by the Chicago Artists’ Coalition.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 2003, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
BEAUT.E (CODE): Decoding the art of computer programming, three person collaborative exhibit, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago. Catalog.
2002 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. Juror, Jeff Flemming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center.
Wish You Were Here, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago. Invitational.
New This Fall, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. Invitational.
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. Juror, Sandy Skoglund. Catalog.
Bright Hill Press National Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY. Jurors, Richard Minsky and Peter Verheyen. Catalog.
Oregon Book Biennial: Flag Books, Oregon Book Arts Guild. Catalog.
MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE Project 2002, six month traveling bookmobile of artists books with numerous venues across North America.
Interpreting Landscape, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY. Juror, Sandra Carpenter, editor, The Artist's Magazine. Catalog.
Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI. Catalog.
Artists’ Books 2002, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Louis Obispo, CA.
Conceptually Bound, Coyote Gallery, Butte Glenn Community College, Oroville, CA. Juror, Nanette Wylde.
Book Explorations 2002: The Quest for Meaning, Yankee Barn Gallery, Kingston, MA.
Stone Eye, Guild of Book Workers Midwest Chapter traveling exhibition 2002-2003. Catalog.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 2002, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
Chicago Art Open, sponsored by the Chicago Artists’ Coalition.
21st Biennial Art Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. Juror, Kristin Chambers, Curator, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. Merit Award. Purchase Award. Catalog.
The Best of the Best, Guild of Book Workers Traveling Exhibition 2000-2002. Jurors: Doro Boehme, Scott Kellar, Audrey Niffineger. Catalog.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 2001, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
Size Matters, members’ show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago. Catalog.
Current Works 2000, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO. Juror, John Jacob, Senior Curator, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University. Catalog.
Three by Three, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, preview for Women's Caucus for Art National Traveling Exhibition. Curator, MaryRoss Taylor. Invitational.
Art Books, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, Third Place Award.
Flight 2000 Chicago to San Francisco, San Francisco Center for the Book.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 2000, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL and Waukegan Public Library, Waukegan, IL.
Ghost Machine Print Project, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tucson, AZ and Southern Graphics Conference, Miami, FL.
Women’s Works 2000, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL. Artistic Merit Award.
Happen.stance, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland, curated by Karen Indek, Director, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, funded in part by the Chicago Artists International Program (CAIP).
Urban Conditions: Recent Work by Young Chicago Artists, Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN. Invitational.
20th Biennial Art Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
Small Packages II, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago. Invitational.
Photography Exhibition, Elmhurst Art Museum. Juror, Nancy Fewkes, curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography. Honorable Mention.
Women Artists and the Evolution of Memory, three woman exhibition, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL. Invitational. Gallery talk.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 1999, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
More is More, Kunstlerhaus, Hamburg, Germany. Gallery talk.
Crossings: Travel Beyond Boundaries, Faeroernes Kunstmuseum, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
Columbia Biennial Exhibition of Book and Paper Art, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago.
1998 Stateline Vicinity, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. Juror, Lynne Warren, Curator, Special Projects, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Catalog.
Current Works 1998, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO. Juror, Jeffrey Hoone, Director, Light Work. Excellence Award. Catalog.
Shrines, Totems, and Fetishes, The Main Street Museum, Hartford Village, VT. Invitational.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders 1998, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL.
Progeny, four person exhibition, North Park University, Chicago. Invitational.
E/Merging, Mentorship Program Exhibit, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago. Catalog.
The Artist Book, and Days of the Dead, Fine Art Center en Taos, Taos, NM.
Narratives and Taboo, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago.
HEAT, nationally juried exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago. Juror, Susan Sensemann.
Masks and Magic and Pun Intended, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago.
Around the Coyote art festival, Chicago, IL, 1993, 1994, 1996.
Open Spectrum, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL, 1994, 1992.
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, invitational.
Open Spectrum, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL.
Artists and the American Yard, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. Catalog.
National Exposure, nationally juried exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago. Catherine Edelman, juror.
Improbable Monuments: A Salute to the Earth, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. Best of Show.
Four person exhibition, Northwestern University Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL.
Four person exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
Juror for The Art of the Book ‘13, sponsored by the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, catalog.
Co-curator with Vera Scekic of Night Sky, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 2012.
Juror for deFINEd BINDINGS: 26 Bindings of the Pictorial Webster’s Dictionary, sponsored by the Northeast Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, 2011, catalog.
Juror for the 2011 Distinguished Book Competition and Exhibition sponsored by the Minitaure Book Society, This exhibition traveled internationally, venues include Dublin, Berlin, North Texas University. Catalog.
Curator for Marking Time, Guild of Book Workers traveling exhibition 2009-11.
Co-curator with Peter Verheyen for the 2009 Bind-O-Rama, an online exhibition sponsored by The Bonefolder
Curated The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding traveling exhibition 2007-8. Venues include Syracuse University, Michigan State University, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, University of Alaska Anchorage, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, and Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. Catalog.
Curated Interactive, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2009.
Juror for Photoworks, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, 2008.
Juror for 6th Annual Bright Hill Center North American Juried Book Arts Exhibit, Treadwell, NY, 2007.
Juror for Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Traveling Exhibition, 2006
Curated High and Low, Chicago Hand Bookbinders Traveling Exhibition. Venues include University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; Oak Park Library; and Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2007 .
Curated Books About Books, Chicago Hand Bookbinders Traveling Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Golda Meir Library, Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL. 2006
Curated A Salute to Audubon's Birds of America, Chicago Hand Bookbinders Exhibition, Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL. 2005
Juror for Wilmette Public Library Art Exhibition, 2000, 2001, 2002.
The Model Architect: The Panic Of ’09 is one of works commissioned for Building by the Book: Book Artists Respond to Architecture & Design, sponsored Philadelphia Athenaeum and Philadelphia Center for the Book. 2009.
A design binding of the Hill Press The Raven and Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe for the University of Denver, 2009.
Edition of 10 artists books for Turning Pages: A Collection of Artists’ Books to be shown in The Living Room, the family installation space at the Wichita Art Museum. Work will be on exhibit June 2004-April 2006, and added to the museum’s permanent collection.
Runner-up for "Best Binding" award for a binding of The Right Stuff, One Book, Many Interpretations, Chicago Public Library, 2011.
Best 3D award for Mirage, 2010 Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 2010.
Jury Prize for Binding for Hard Scrabble by John Graves, The Helen Warren DeGolyer American Bookbinding Competition, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, 2009.
Purchase Award for Reunion, Maternal Legends exhibition, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR. 2008.
Second Place for Celestial Navigation, Barbara Lewis Book Challenge, PaperWorks Tuscon, 2008.
Purchase Award and Honorable Mention for Crossing the Divide, 2006 Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. 2006
Best of Show award for Bluestem, Fifth Anniversary Bright Hill Press North American Juried Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY. Jurors, Richard Minsky & Bertha Rogers. Catalog. 2006.
Purchase Award for Secrets of Flight, The Elements: Creative Energy, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 2005.
Award of Excellence for Faster Higher Further First, 2005 Chicago Book Clinic Book and Media Show, an organization of Midwestern trade publishers.
Special Acknowledgment recognition for It Is a Living Thing, Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
Best of Show award for All Shook Up, Elvis Week Art Contest, Graceland, Memphis, TN, 2004.
Award of Excellence for Secrets of Flight, 2004 Chicago Book Clinic Book and Media Show, an organization of Midwestern trade publishers.
Grant from The Hillside Group, an organization promoting good computer programming practices, to produce exhibition catalog for BEAUT.E (CODE): Decoding the art of computer programming, 2002.
Merit Award, Purchase Award. 21st Biennial, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2001.
Excellence Award, Current Works 1998, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO, 1998.
Scholarship Award, 1997, Mentorship Program, 1996, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Artistic Merit Award for What I know/What I wonder, Women’s Works 2000, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL, 2000.
Third Place Award for All Shook Up, Art Books, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, 2000.
Honorable Mention, Photography Exhibition, Elmhurst Art Museum, 1999.
Best of Show, Improbable Monuments, A Salute to the Earth, Evanston Art Center, 1990.
Amherst College,
Amherst MA
Carol Barton, Glen Echo, MD
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Bibliograph, Montreal
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, ME
Brooklyn Museum of Art
California State University, East Bay|
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Cerritos Library, Cerritos, CA
Julie Chen, Berkeley, CA
Sterling & Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA
Claremont Colleges Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont, CA
Clark University, Worcester, MA
Cleveland Institute of Art
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia University, New York City
Connecticut College
Dartmouth College
Denison University, Granville, OH
Denver Public Library
Bill Drendel, Chicago
Jeanne Drewes, East Lansing, MI
Duke University, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Durham, NC
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University
Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Graceland, Memphis, TN
Harvard University
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Ed Hutchins, Mount Vernon, NY
Idaho State University, Pocatello
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Fine Arts Library
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Kinsey Institute
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Lilly Library
Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, Herron Art Library
King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Monique Lallier, Summerfield, NC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Kansas City, MO
Long Island University
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Emily Martin, Iowa City, IA
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Museum of Modern Art, Library, New York City
Graham Nash, Encino, CA
National Museum of Women in the Arts
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
New York Public Library
The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
The Newberry Library, ChicagoOtis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Aron Packer, Chicago, IL
Rob Parker and Orren Jordan, Sante Fe, NMBruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta, Calgary
Pinhole Journal, San Lorenzo, NM
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH
Queensland State Library, Australia
Reed College, Portland, OR
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
San Diego State University, San Deigo, CA
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Southern Connecticut State University
Buzz Spector, St. Louis, MO
Stanford University
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Sara Tanguy, Washington, D.C.
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Tate, London
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Texas Tech University
Texas Woman’s University
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
The Town of Chester Public Library, Chester, NY
Tom Trusky, Boisie, ID
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Union College, Schenectady, NY
University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Denver
University of Illinois Champagne/Urbana
University of Iowa, Iowa City
University of Kentucky, Lexington
University of Louisville, KY
University of Maine, Orono
University of Miami, Florida
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina Greensboro
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
University of San Diego
University of Southern California
University of Texas, Austin
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
University of Vermont
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
University of Washington, Seattle
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Peter Verheyen, Dewitt, NY
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Washington Pavillion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, SD
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita KS
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Philip Zimmermann, Tucson, AZ
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY
The Kelmscott Bookshop, Baltimore, MD
Printed Matter, New York City
Priscilla Juvelis, Inc., Kennebunkport, ME
Studio Shop, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC, Birmingham, AL
Edition of 40 prints for FLUXzine, 2011
Artists’ page for The Blue Notebook, Spring 2010.
Review of Jen Lindsay’s, Fine Bookbinding: A Technical Guide, The Bonefolder, Volume 6, No. 2, Spring 2010
Review of Dorothy Simpson Krause’s Book+Art: Handcrafting Artists’ Books, College Book Arts Association newsletter, winter, 2010
A Modular Approach to Assembly of the Jacob’s Ladder Structure, published in Hedi Kyle Festschrift 2009
Editor for The Guild of Book Workers Marking Time exhibition catalog, 2009
Marking Time, Bound and Lettered, Volume 8, No. 2, Fall 2009
Karen Hanmer, Bound and Lettered, Volume 8, No. 1, Summer 2009
Editor for exhibition catalog: The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding, 2007
American Fine Bindings: Book of Origins, Bound and Lettered, Volume 6, No. 3, winter 2007
All Shook Up: Interplay of image and text in the flag book structure, The Bonefolder, Volume 2, No. 1, Fall 2005
Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists, curated by Eileen Wallace, Lark Books, 2011
LIVRES ANIMÉS: Du papier au numérique by Gaëlle Pelachaud, Editions de l’Harmattan: Paris, 2011
Audio interview with Peter Verheyen, from the Bookbinding Now series, July 20, 2011.
Interview at Chicago Publishes, online publication of the City of Chicago's Publishing Industry Programs, June 2011.
Interview with Roxanne Samer for Chicago Art Magazine, 2010
Review of work by Sarah Bodman in Printmaking Today, May 2010
A Manifesto for the Book by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden, Published by Impact Press at The Centre for Fine Print Research University of the West of England, Bristol, 2010
Lark Studio Series: Handmade Books by Ray Hemachandra, Lark Books, 2010
Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book by Ellen Lupton, Princeton Architectural Press, 2008
Artists' Book Yearbook 2006-7, 2008-9, 2010-11, 2012-13, Published by Impact Press at The Centre for Fine Print Research University of the West of England, Bristol
The Thread That Binds: Interviews with Private Practice Bookbinders by Pamela Leutz, Oak Knoll, 2009
500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form, Lark Books, 2008
Interview with Peter Verheyen in Guild of Book Workers Newsletter, August 2007
Bookcraft: Techniques for Binding, Folding, and Decorating to Create Books and More by Heather Weston, Quarry Books, 2008
Artful Paper Dolls, p. 112, Terry Taylor, Lark Books, 2006
What’s Hot recommended show, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 19, 2006
To Do List recommended show, CityBeat, Cincinnati entertainment weekly, May 17, 2006
Artists' Books Reviews, summer 2006, p5, 6, 7
This Group Creates its Art By the Book, Pioneer Press (Chicago) April 27, 2006
New Exhibit Explores the Definition of Women, Statesman Journal (Oregon), January 22, 2006
Recommended show, Chicago Reader, January 20, 2006
Books About Books, Bound and Lettered, Volume 5, Number 3
Fine Presses: Karen Hanmer, Fine Books & Collections, May/June, 2005
Making a Connection, Dayton Daily News, August 14, 2005
Works in Dublin Exhibit Beg To Be Handled, Columbus Dispatch, June 22, 2005
Whimsical pieces combine elements with dash of humor, Columbus Dispatch, June 19, 2005
It’s Time to Make a Book, Read a Book, Columbus Dispatch, June 8, 2005
Gallery Offers its Version of Summer Reading, Dublin (Ohio) News, June 1, 2005
All Shook Up: Playful Books, The Other Paper (Columbus, OH), May 26, 2005
Artists’ Books Reviews, spring, 2005, p. 2, 3
Ancient Forms, New Meanings, South Bend Tribune, February 27, 2005
Bound and Lettered, Volume 4, Number 4
Bound and Lettered, Volume 4, Number 2
Tabellae Ansatae, Volume 3, Number 3
Hey, Good-Lookin' , Software Development, August, 2002
Double Take, South Bend Tribune, August 5, 2001
Judge These Books by Their Covers, Grand Rapids Press, February 20, 2000
Chicagokonst i flera former, Abo Underrattelser (Finland) November 20, 1999
Chicagolaistaiteilijoiden vastavierailu tuo, Tucun Sanomat (Finland) November 12, 1999
A Collaborative Art, Chicago Tribune Magazine, p. 22, February 28, 1999
Special Report: Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, New Art Examiner, p. 20. November, 1998
Recommended show, New City, July 24, 1997
Pinhole Journal, April, 1996
Artists' books, nature, landscape, a presentation by Sarah Bodman at the Doverodde Book Arts Festival, 2010
Work shown in Priscilla Spitler’s presentation on design to Guild of Book Workers Standards of Excellence Seminar, Dallas, 2007.
Audio for Input/Output used in presentation at ooPSLA, Conference (Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications) Montreal, 2007
Work shown in key note lecture by Bill Drendel at Beauty of Books -- 2004 Beijing Book Designers Forum, an international book design conference held in Beijing, China, 2004
Work shown in presentation to Friends of Dard Hunter Conference, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2003
Work included in Bookbinding Today seminar by Patricia Figueroa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002
Work included in Natural Impressions, lecture by Carolyn A. Dahl at the Houston International Quilt Festival, 2002
Work included in lecture at The Photographic Resource Center, Boston, 1999
Work included in lecture at FotoFusion ‘99, Delray Beach, FL
Work included in lecture by Ken Warneke at Illinois State University, 1998
Interview with St. Ambrose University BFA candidates Kimberly Maher 2010, Emily Soenksen 2011
Interview with Columbia College Book and Paper Arts MFA candidate April Llewellyn, 2010
Interview with University of Iowa Book Arts Certificate candidate Rebecca Troup, 2010
Work is subject for research paper and presentation to the MFA Intermedia program at University of Maine, Orono, 2008.
Work included in research paper and presentation to The Art of the Book class at Pacific Lutheran University, 2007.
Work presented to Visual Communications faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2002
Work presented to Advanced Photography Program, Design/Architecture/Art/Planning School, University of Cincinnati, 1996
ARLIS annual conference (Art Libraries Society of North America), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD, 2004, 2006, 2008
Manchester Artists’ Book Fair, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2006
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1998, 1999
BookFest, organized by Ed Hutchins, New York City, 2005
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, lecture and workshop, 2010
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, gallery talk for Northern Illinois University students in conjunction with solo exhibition, 2002.
Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, Visiting Artist, 1999, 2001.
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Flag Books: Interplay of Image and Text, and lecture in conjunction with Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Saskatchewan Chapter, guest lecture, 2010
Chicago Hand Bookbinders, English Style Springback Binding demonstration, 2004.
Chicago Hand Bookbinders, Flush Cut Paperback Rebind with Colored Edges demonstration, 2003
Cincinnati Book Arts Society, Cincinnati Ohio, Flag Books, 2006, Drum Leaf Binding and Edge Decoration, 2008.
Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, lectures, demos, studio visits for MFA Candidates, 2008, 2009, 2010
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts Community Workshops: Flag Books 2006; Drum Leaf and Sewn Boards Bindings with Edge Decoration, and Contemporary Decorative Leather Techniques, 2011.
Columbia College, Chicago, Guest Lecturer, Digital Printing, 2000, 2001, 2004.
Concordia University, River Forest, IL, workshop for K-8 Teachers, Simple Book Structures, 2001.
Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC, Guest lecture, 2004.
DePaul University, Chicago, IL, Guest Lecturer, Artists’ Books/Digital Printing, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007.
Dublin Arts Center, Dublin, OH, gallery talk in conjunction with solo exhibition, 2005
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, Guest Lecturer, 1991, 1994, 2003. Workshop: Pinhole Photography, 1996.
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, two day workshop and gallery talk, 2008.
Focus on Book Arts conference, Biblio Tech: Reverse Engineering Historical Structures with a focus on board attachment Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, 2011.
The Guild of Book Workers, Northeast Chapter, Guest Lecture, 2010.
The Guild of Book Workers, Potomac Chapter, 2012.
The Guild of Book Workers, Southeast Chapter, workshop, 2005, 2011.
Groton Academy, Groton, MA, Three gallery talks for high school students in conjunction with solo exhibition, 2000.
Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Coordinated seminar: A Celebration of Chicago Women Artists, 1996.
Hadley Middle School, Homer Glen, IL, Meet The Artists Day, a day of 20 minute hands on demonstrations, 2006.
Idaho State University and the Pocatello Book Arts Group, Pocatello, ID, Flag Books, 2006.
Illinois State University Milner Library, Normal, IL, lecture on the history of the Guild of Book Workers, 2010.
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, galley talk and workshop in conjunction with solo exhibition, 2005.
Indiana University, South Bend, gallery talk in conjunction with solo exhibition, 2005.
The King Library Press, University of Kentucky, lecture and workshop, 2011.
Lafayette College Library, Easton, PA, lecture on the history of the Guild of Book Workers, 2010.
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, Guest lectures, workshop, 2005, 2010.
Michigan State University, gallery talks in conjunction with opening of the Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibition, and The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding, 2007.
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI, Guest Lecture, Artists’ Books, 2000, 2004.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts 2007 Symposium, Flag Book workshop, Book Arts survey lecture, panelist: Artists' Books as a Bridge Between the Conceptual and Physical in Contemporary Art, critique of student work
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Flush Cut Paperback Rebind with Decorated Edges, 2008
Mississippi State University, workshop, Flag Books, 2005.
Monday Editions, Marshfield, MA, Two day workshop covering professional practices and a variety of binding techniques, 2010.
North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA, guest lecture and demonstration on contemporary decorative leather techniques, 2010.
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, gallery talk in conjunction with Retro Tech solo exhibition, 2009
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, guest lecturer, 2001, 2003, 2009.
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Guest Lecture, 2010.
Northwestern University College, Evanston, IL, Guest Lecturer, Artists’ Books, 2000.
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, Guest Lecturer, Pinhole Photography, 1999.
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, Guest lecture, 2005, 2010.
Paperworks: the Sonoran Collective for Book and Paper Artists, Tucson, AZ, Flag Books, 2007
Pattern Languages of Programs computer conference, Monticello, IL, Presentation, readings from BEAUT.E (CODE): Decoding the art of computer programming, 2002. Panel discussion leader, 2001.
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, OH. Gallery talk in conjunction with solo exhibition, two children's workshops.
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD, two day workshop, Flag Books, 2005.
St Xavier University, Chicago, gallery talk in conjunction with Visions of Labor exhibition, gallery talk in conjunction with Bequest solo exhibition, 2003.
San Diego Book Arts, San Diego, CA, Flag Books, 2008
San Francisco Center for the Book, Flag Books workshop, Expressive Paperback Rebind workshop, 2006.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Guest Lecturer, 2009.
Seattle Book Arts Guild, University of Washington, Seattle, Guest Lectures, 2005, 2010, workshop, 2010
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Simple Book Structures workshop in conjunction with Chicago Artists’ Month, 2004.
University of Arizona Book Art Collective, Tuscon, guest lecture 2010.
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign library, lecture on the history of the Guild of Book Workers, 2010.
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA. Class presentation, departmental lecture, one day workshop, 2006
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Guest lecture, 2004.
University of Puget Sound, Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma, WA, Guest lecture, 2010.
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Ettinger Book Artist Series: public lecture and Drum Leaf Binding workshop, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, gallery talk in conjunction with The Celestial World exhibition, 2009.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, Keynote lecture and gallery talk in conjunction with opening of the Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibition, 2007
Waukegan Public Library, Waukegan, IL, Family workshop, Simple Folded Book Structures, 2000.
Winona State University, Winona, MN. Celebration of the Book: public lecture and workshops for high school and college students, 2008.
WomanMade Gallery, Gallery Talk for Chicago Gallery Tour, 1999.
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Center for Woman and Leadership Archives, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
DePaul University, Chicago
Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection, John M. Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Idaho State University
Northern Illinois University
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Guild of Book Workers, National Exhibitions Chair, 2006-2010; Regional chapter memberships Lone Star, Midwest, New England, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southeast
The Bonefolder, a peer-reviewed “open-access” e-journal for bookbinding and the book arts, editorial board.
Editorial Board, Guild of Book Workers Journal.
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1997-2003. Mentorship Program Director, Grant Writer, Vice President
Chicago Hand Bookbinders. Exhibitions Chair 1999-2001, 2004-2006
Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts, Exhibitions Committee, 2001-2002
Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artist Guild, Exhibitions Committee 2011-
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Workshops in book arts, bookbinding, letterpress, digital printing:
Fine Binding, Leather Decoration, and Edition Binding Intensives with Priscilla Spitler, Truth or Consequences, NM
Ongoing study with bookbinder Scott Kellar, Chicago, IL
Ongoing study with Monique Lallier through the American Academy of Bookbinding
Studied with photographers Richard Olderman, Evanston, IL and Helene Smith-Romer, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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