Who we are
Textiles allow me to create works that explore ideas related to memory, history, time, and mystery. I use both new and repurposed cloth, articles of clothing, paper, dyed and printed materials, hand and machine stitching, and found objects to piece together wall installations that speak to both the universal and the personal. Meaning remains allusive and elusive; symbols and text are sometimes part of the artwork.
Solo Exhibitions:
The Length of our Days, Tom Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 2023
Winter's Day, Solo Exhibition at Beth Burns Studio, Santa Monica, CA February, 2016
Northwest University, Kirkland, WA; Spring exhibition: Fragments, February 1 - May 5, 2010
Home Box Office Television Network (HBO) Corporate offices, Santa Monica, California, October 2007
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Origin Stories Project, Beverly Hills, CA, May 2025
Colburn School of Music, LA, CA, Geometrics, Expressions, Impressions: StudioEleven at Colburn, 2023
Colburn School of Music, LA, CA, Lockdown Art: Reflections of StudioEleven Practices, 2022
Landscapes of the Mind, First Floor Gallery, Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA, December 4 - March 19, 2021
Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA, April 22 - May 6, 2017
Beth Burns Studio, Santa Monica, CA, New So Cal Works, February 2016
Simon Mace Gallery, Pt. Townsend, Dealers' Choice, Feb - April 2015
Seifert and Jones, Bellingham, Washington, Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
Upper Columbia College, The Meaning of Wood, July-Aug, 2013
Bergamot Home, A Taste of Honey, Aug - Sept, 2013
Simon Mace Gallery, Pt. Townsend, Thoughts of Home, December 2012
Lucia Douglas Gallery, New Aerials and Urban Landscapes, March 5 - 26, 2011
Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Urban exhibition, May 13, 2010 - June 11, 2010
Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA, October 22- November 21, 2009
Eastside Association of Fine Arts 34th Annual Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington, Oct. - Nov. 2009
River Gallery, Mount Vernon, Washington, March 2009
Eastside Association of Fine Arts 33rd Annual Exhibition, Redmond, Washington, Nov.-Dec 2008
Awards:
Honorable Mention, Chemers Gallery, Heart of Orange County, 2017
First Place, Daniel Smith National Customer Art Competition, 2011
Third Place, Seattle Design Center, EAFA Abstract Exhibition, January, 2011
Lynn Craig Memorial Award, Eastside Association of Fine Artists 34th Annual Exhibition, Bellevue, WA 2009
Second Place, Eastside Association of Fine Artists 33rd Annual Exhibition, Redmond, WA 2008
First Place, Oil and Oil Pastels, The Artist’s Magazine Online Competition, The Artist's Magazine, July/August issue, 2007
Publications/Films/Cover Art:
"Life Jackets," Film produced and directed by William McDonald and Pamela Beere Briggs, 2019
"Suzanne DeCuir's Life Jackets," Elite Magazine, Dec/Jan 2020
Jacket inspires unique artwork, documentary, SVC Signal, September 22, 2019
"Finding the Fundamentals of Life in Art," Elite Magazine, April/May issue, 2016
Artwork created for cover and liner notes pages of Restore, a CD produced by Sonbranch Music, 2015
Artwork selected for use in Mysterious California, a documentary film examining the novels of Laurie R. King and other regional authors. Film was produced and directed by William McDonald and Pamela Beere Briggs in association with California Center for the Book. 2010
"Artist Pulls Serenity from Simplicity in 'Just a Moment'," Signal Tribune, June 4, 2007
"Brave New Day," The Artist's Magazine, July/August issue, 2007
Education:
B.A., M.A. English, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing courses, Loyola University, Rome campus, Italy
Studying with Tom Wudl at Tom Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA, 2018 - present
Born - 1957