Elaine Quehl, Quilt Artist, Ottawa, Canada
Website: www.equarelle.ca
e-mail: equehl@hotmail.com
| EDUCATION: | |
| 2001 | Coursework completed toward M.A. in Religion (specialty: Religion & Popular Culture), Carleton University, Ottawa. Check out my paper, Julie Kristeva and the Quilt: Simulacrum of the Mother, written for a graduate Sociology course on Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies. |
| 1993 | B.A. Hon. (Highest Honours), Carleton University (Anthropology and Religion), Senate Medal for outstanding academic achievement. |
| 2000 - 2009 | Classes with many renowned fibre and quilt artists, including Dorothy Caldwell, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Vikki Pignatelli, Judith Trager, Ruth McDowell, Barbara Olson, Laura Cater-Woods, Ellen Anne Eddy, Hollis Chatelain, Penny Berens, Gabrielle Swain, Phil Beaver, Pamela Allen, Lorraine Roy, Christine Fries-Ureel, Esterita Austin, Sandra Meech, Velda Newman, Maurine and Elin Noble, Bethany Garner, Reta Budd, Laurie Swim, Martha Cole, Judith Dingle |
| EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS | |
| 2010 | "Shades of Light", Solo show at Trinity Art Gallery, Salon A, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, July 2-27, 2010. |
| "Out of the Box", an exhibition of work by the Out of the Box Fibre Artists, Trinity Art Gallery, Salon B, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, July 2-27, 2010. | |
| The Embassy of the United States of America, Ottawa, Canada, May 13 - June 2, 2010. | |
| "Off the Wall", Grand National Quilt Show, Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario., May 8 to June 13, 2010. | |
| "O Canada", a special juried exhibition of Canadian quilts, International Quilt Festivals Chicago, Long Beach and Houston. | |
| 2009 | "Significant Stitching" - Art Quilts XIV, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona, November 20, 2009 - January 2, 2010 |
| "The Art of the Quilt", Solo show at the Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, October 3 - October 28, 2009. | |
| SAQA: Transformations ’09 – Festival of Quilts Birmingham, England, August 14-17, 2009, plus traveling show to the following venues: . Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT, November 13, 2009 - January 3, 2010; Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, AK, March 5-14, 2010; Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, June 1 - July 17, 2010; Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA, August 6 - October 10, 2010. | |
| Quiltscapes at the Whistler, Whistler House Museum of Art, August 5-31, 2009. | |
| Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, June 17 - 28, 2009. | |
| "Shades of Light", Solo show at the Greenwood Quiltery, June 3-27, 2009. | |
| National Juried Show, Canadian Quilters' Association, Saskatoon, SK., May 25-30, 2009. | |
| "Best of Ontario", a special exhibit at "Quilts in the Gardens", Halton Quilters' Guild, Burlington, ON, Apri 25-26, 2009. | |
| "O Canada", a special juried exhibition of Canadian quilts, International Quilt Festivals Chicago, Long Beach, and Houston. | |
| Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition (invitational), Tainan City, Taiwan, March 25 - April 8, 2009. | |
| 2008 | "Lucky Break": Art Quilts at the Chandler, Chandler, Arizona, November 2 - December 31, 2008. |
| "Synthesis", a show of works by Canadian SAQA Members. To be launched at CreativFestival in October 2008 and to travel to several venues across Canada over the next two years. | |
| International Quilters Association Show (Special Exhibit "Celebrate Spring"), Houston, Texas. October/November 2008. | |
| Blink Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| World Quilt Competition (to be exhibited at Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: September 4-7, 2008; World Quilt Show - New England - Manchester, New Hampshire: September 18-21, 2008; Pacific International Quilt Festival - Santa Clara, California, October 16-19, 2008; Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition, Schaumburg, Illinois, November 13-16, 2008 | |
| International Quilters Association Show, (Special Exhibit "Celebrate Spring") Long Beach, California. | |
| International Quilters Association Spring Judged Show, "Celebrate Spring", Chicago, Illinois. | |
| "The Grand National: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow", Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario. | |
| National Juried Show, Canadian Quilters' Association, St. Johns, Newfoundland. | |
| 2007 | Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Quebec. |
| International Quilt Festival Special Exhibit of Sacred Threads, Houston, Texas. | |
| Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. | |
| "The Grand National: Fantasy", Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario. | |
| National Juried Show, Canadian Quilters' Association, Kamloops, British Columbia. ("Excellence for Innovative Small Wall Quilt" Award) | |
| 2006 | International Quilters Association Fall Judged Show, "Quilts: A World of Beauty", Houston, Texas. Juried Quilt Show, Waterloo, Ontario. |
| "Fibre Expressions: Elements" Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario. | |
| Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| National Juried Quilt Show, Canadian Quilters Association, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| ""Planting Joy" , Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario Ontario | |
| 2005 | Carlen Gallery, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Out of the Box Fibre Art Group. |
| Ontario Juried Quilt Show, Waterloo, Ontario (Honourable Mention) | |
| 2004 | "Homegrown", solo show at the Waterloo County and Area Quilt Gallery, St. Jacobs, Ontario, July - September 2004 |
| Ontario Juried Quilt Show, Waterloo, Ontario | |
| Out of the Box Fibre Art Group, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario. | |
| "Creativi-Tea" at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum., Almonte, Ontario | |
| JUDGING AND JURYING: | |
| 2009 | Guest Curator, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Virtual Gallery, April 2009. |
| 2007 | Juror, Ontario Juried Quilt Show, Waterloo County International Quilt Festival, Waterloo, Ontario. |
| PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA: | 500 Art Quilts, Lark Books, 2010 |
| Handwerken Zonder Grenzen, February/March 2010. | |
| Quilters Newsletter Magazine, February/March 2010. | |
| "To Border or Not to Border", Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Journal, Fall 2009. | |
| Studio Art Quilt Associates Portfolio 16. | |
| Machine Quilting Unlimited, November 2009. | |
| CBC Radio, In Town and Out, May 10, 2009. | |
| Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 2009 | |
| Studio Art Quilt Associates Portfolio 15 | |
| A Needle Pulling Thread, Summer 2008. | |
| Regional Contact, CJOH-TV, Ottawa, Ontario, April 2008 | |
| "Ottawa at Home" magazine, February 24, 2008. | |
| Canadian Quilter, Fall 2007. | |
| Quilters' Newsletter magazine, July/August 2007. | |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Summer 2007 brochure. | |
| TEACHING: | |
| 2002-present | Workshops and lectures delivered to various guilds and shops across Canada, Elora Summer School of the Arts, Haliburton School of the Arts, Kingston Fibreworks, Waterloo County International Quilt Festival. |
| AFFILIATIONS: | Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), Canadian Quilters Association (CQA), International Quilters Association (IQA), American Quilters Association (AQS), Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild, Out of the Box Fibre Arts Group |