Solo Exhibitions
2009
Textiles and Tactics, Out North Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Veins/New Work, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2005
SAFE, Design Lab, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2003
Knitwear collection in collaboration w/ Kenny Scharf & PUCCI International, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Dance/Draw, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Cries of San Francisco, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
QIY: Queer it Yourself, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2009
World of Queercraft, Craftland Gallery, Providence, RI
Product, International Gallery for Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
Queer Craft, Advocate & Gochis Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Threads, Queer Arts Festival, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2008
A Century of Change: Art and Design from the 20th Century, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Vested Interest, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Gestures of Resistance, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Evolution/Revolution: The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles,
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
RISCA Fellowship Exhibition, Machines With Magnets Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
Shelter, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2007
Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
The Handmade Goes Digital, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
2005
Fall Vernissage, Dinaburg Fine Arts, NYC
Woven, Gallery W52nd, NYC
2003
Made in Brooklyn, Felissimo Design House, NYC
Runway Madness, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
1999
Kwangju Bienniale: International Art to Wear Exhibition, Korea.
Work purchased for permanent collection
Artist Multiples Projects
2007
KNITTING NATION MANIFESTO: published in KNITKNIT, Volume 7
2005
Merger Glove: 1000 knit gloves for LTTR, Volume 5.
Printed and distributed by Printed Matter,Inc., NYC
2004
KNITKNIT, Volume 4, 300 knit covers
Knitting Nation Events
2011
KNITTING NATION PHASE 8: Under Construction
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
KNITTING NATION PHASE 7: Darkness Descends
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2010
KNITTING NATION PHASE 6: Mapping, RISD Farm, Barrington, RI
2008
KNITTING NATION PHASE 5: Architectural Embellishment, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
KNITTING NATION PHASE 4: PRIDE, Waterplace Park, Providence, RI
2006
KNITTING NATION PHASE 3: Stripe Game, RISD, Providence, RI
KNITTING NATION PHASE 2: Atelier, Felissimo Design House, NYC
2005
KNITTING NATION: PHASE 1: Knitting During Wartime, Governors Island, NYC
Runway Shows
2003
Spring 2004, MAOSpace, NYC
Fall 2003, MAOSpace, NYC
2002
Spring 2003, MAOSpace, NYC
Fall 2002: Paramount Hotel, NYC, sponsored by Out Magazine.
2001
Spring 2002, GENART Alumni show, Bryant Park, NYC
Fall 2001, Lot 61, NYC
2000
Spring 2001, Lot 61, NYC
Fall 2000: PAPERPROJECT: Bryant Park, NYC
Visiting Artist Engagements
2011
Craft Forward conference:
California College of the Arts, Resistance Craft panel, San Francisco, CA
Lecture and critiques, Art Department, University of Oregon
2010
Design and Craft:
a History of Convergences and Divergences conference, Brussels, Belgium
2009
Gallery talk w/ Julia Bryan Wilson, Out North Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Lecture and knitwear design workshop, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles
Visiting Scholar, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2008
Making Craft Matter:
Feminism and Politics in Handmade Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Craft and Politics: American Craft Council Salon Series, NYC
In the Loop conference, keynote speaker, Winchester, UK
Lecture and Workshop, Fibers Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Crafting Protest, Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, NYC
2007
Lecture and critiques, Fibers Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Lecture and knitting workshop, Fibers Department
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore,MD
2006
New Artists/New Work, American Craft 2006 Leadership Conference, Houston, TX
2005
Gallery talk, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
International Textiles Conference, Raleigh, NC
Workshops, Cooper Hewitt Design Directions High School Program, NYC
2003
Visiting Critic for Knitwear Design Course at Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
2002
Lecture, Fibers Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2001
Lecture, Joshibi University, Art College, Tokyo, Japan
Fellowships/Grants
2011
The Rhode Island Foundation Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship
2010
RISD Professional Development Grant
2009
RISD Alumni Association Award for Innovation in Education and Scholarly Pursuits
2008
RISD Professional Development Grant
2007
RISD Professional Development Grant
Artist Merit Award, Crafts: Rhode Island State Council of the Arts
Nominee for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
RISD Academic Enrichment Fund Grant
2006
United States Artists Target Fellowship in Crafts and Traditional Arts
RISD Professional Development Grant
2003
Invitational Designer Workshop: SAGA Furs of Scandinavia, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001
Slater Center for Design Innovation grant
2000
Artist Fellowship, Crafts: Rhode Island State Council of the Arts
Design Vision Award, Eveningwear; Finalist, Avant Garde: GenArt Styles 2000
1998
Current Colorist Scholarship: Color Marketing Group
1991
Japanese Fashion Foundation International Textile Competition: 1st prize for United States in constructed fabrics and recipient of IdeaBiella award
Residencies
2009
Alaska AIR Residency (United States Artists)
Marga Knitwear: Marga knitting factory, Lima, Peru
2008
New Works: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Textile Facilitation Unit: Shetland College, Lerwick, Scotland
2007
Marga Knitwear: Marga knitting factory, Lima, Peru
Selected Publications
Books
Art and Queer Culture:1885-2005
Catherine Lord and Richard Meyer, Phaidon (forthcoming)
The Craft Reader, Glenn Adamson, Berg, 2010
In the Loop: Knitting Now, Jessica Hemmings, Black Dog, 2010
Designing a Knitwear Collection
Lisa Donofrio Fezza and Marilyn Heffernen, Fairchild, New York, 2008
KnitKnit: Presenting 27 Innovative Knitters and Their Projects, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, New York, 2007
Fashioning Fabrics: Contemporary Textiles in Fashion Sandy Black
Black Dog Publishing, UK, 2006
The Muster, Allison Smith, Public Art Fund, New York, 2007
Selected Articles
Liz Collins Rethinks Knitwear, Leesa Anne Hubbel, Surface Design, Summer 2009
Knit New York, Freddie Robins, Textile Forum, March 2008
The Politics of Craft, Julia Bryan Wilson, MODERN PAINTERS, February 2008
Knit in Peril, David Sokol, Metropolis magazine, January 2006
In Fashion, Who Really Gets Ahead?, Eric Wilson, New York Times, November, 2005
The Subtle Power of Lesbian Style, Guy Trebay, New York Times, June 2003
Professional Memberships
Council of Fashion Designers of America