VALERIE WILSON (v_wilson@mts.net)
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 A Moment in Time, Portage & District Arts Centre Gallery, Portage la Prairie, MB, April – May
2015 Past Lives, Blankstein Art Gallery, Winnipeg Public Library, Winnipeg
2013 Past and Present, Gwen Fox Gallery, Selkirk, MB
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 People and Places, Gwen Fox Gallery, Selkirk, MB, March
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Colour with a U, SAQA, Homer Watson Museum, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2017 Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Show. Jurors Betty Bailey, Valerie Hazelton, Pamela Sjoden, Toronto, Ontario, June
2016 Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Show. Jurors Elinor Burwash, Carole Gold, Elizabeth Spannring, Toronto, Ontario, June
2015 World Quilt Show. Juror Dwayne Wanner, World Quilt Show, Manchester, New Hampshire
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, Pennsylvania
Quiltfest Oasis Palm Springs, California, Pacific
International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, California
World Quilt Florida, Orlando, Florida.
ArtQuiltsReminisce, PAQA South. Jurors Janine LeBlanc, Cameron Ann Mason, Page Walker Art and History Center, Cary, North Carolina, April – June
Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Show. Jurors Kathleen Bissett, Elizabeth King, Beverly Saal, Ann Perry, Lethbridge, AB, June
2014 International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, Jurors, Mary Ann Musgrove, Bergen Rose, Larkin
Jean Van Horn, La Conner, WA
Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Show. Jurors Joyce Brown, Karen Jurek, Joanne Love, St. Catherines, Ontario, June
2013 International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival. Jurors Opal Cooke, Sonia Grasvik, Pat Thompson, La Conner, WA, October
2012 Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Show. Jurors Marnie Mascioli, Karen Menzies, Joyce O’Connell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May – June
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner, WA; jurors Dorothy Bird, Vivian Kapusta, Anita Luvera Mayer, October
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017-2020 Prairie Perspectives, Travelling exhibit
2017 CARFAC Artist’s Exhibit, Flux Gallery, Winnipeg, MB April –May
2017 Botanical Reflections, Van Dusen Botanical Gardens, Vancouver, BC, January – April, Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC, October
2015 Abstracted, Allie Griffin Art Gallery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, July – August
2014 Abstracted, Canadian Quilters Association National Show, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, June
From Away, High River Library, High River, Alberta, January
Manawaka Gallery, Viscount Cultural Centre, Neepawa, Manitoba, March
Pacific West Quilt Show, Tacoma, Washington, August
Best of the West, Travelling SAQA Art Exhibit, Portals Gallery, Duncan, British Columbia, July- August, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, April – July, Kiwanis Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta December – March
2013 Abstracted, La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, Washington, October – December
Best of the West, Travelling SAQA Art Exhibit, Galleria Inglewood, Calgary, February– March
Canadian Quilters Association National Show, Penticton, British Columbia, May
Cowichan Valley Arts Council, Duncan, British Columbia, August – September
2012 From Away, Canadian Quilters Association National Show, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May – June
The Greens on Lily Street Gallery, Wasagaming, Manitoba, July
Pacific West Quilt Show, Washington, August; Creative Stitches Show, Edmonton, Alberta, September; Creative Stitches Show, Calgary, Alberta, October
Canadian Content, Manawaka Gallery, Viscount Cultural Centre, Neepawa, Manitoba
Manitoba Prairie Quilters’ Guild Biannual Quilt Show, April
Festival of Quilts, Houston, Texas, October
Canadian Content, Remarkable Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand, April
Sunshine Coast Quilters Guild Show, Gibsons Landing, British Columbia, July
Okanogan Lake Country Art Walk, Lake Country, Brtish Columbia, September
Naramata Conference Centre, Penticton, British Columbia, October
Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, November
AWARDS
2014 Judge’s Choice, Karen Menzies – Canadian Quilters’ Association National Juried Show,
St. Catherines, Ontario
2013 Honorable Mention, International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, Washington
2012 Honorable Mention, International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, Washington
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
2017 Reader’s Gallery, Textile Fibre Forum, June, Issue #126, Australia, Print
2016 “A Moment in Time at PDAC,” Portage Daily Graphic, Manitoba, 13 June, Print
“Gala Celebration,” Portage Daily Graphic, Manitoba, 28 April, Print
2015 Featured Artist – January, The Ambitious Quilter blog
“Creative Spaces” and “Fibre Art Network Abstracted show,” The Canadian Quilter,
Summer 2015, Print
“Portrait Quilts.” The Initial Stitch, Winnipeg Embroiderers Guild, August, Print
2014 Cover Photo, Catalogue, Canadian Quilter’s Association National Juried Show, Print
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba and Kansas
COMMISSIONS
“Ed”, Manitoba, 2016
“Birthday Boy”, Manitoba. 2015
Miniature Lone Star quilt for Tipi Teepee on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
(APTN), Winnipeg, MB, 2003
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Show Organizer – Prairie Perspectives Travelling Exhibit
Membership Coordinator – Fibre Art Network (FAN)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Professional Member – Canadian Quilters Association (CQA/ACC)
Juried Artist Member – SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates)
CARFAC (Canadian Artist’s Representation)
Arts and Cultural Industries