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. |
| EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS | |
| 2011 | "Naturessence", joint show with Catharina Breedyk-Law, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario., September 21 - December 11, 2011. |
| Art Quilts at the Whistler, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachussetts, August 10 - September 3, 2011. | |
| "Breathe", Haliburton School of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Rail's End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario, July 2 - August 4, 2011 | |
| The ArT QuILT ExPERiENcE , Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, June 12 - July 31, 2011. | |
| "Movement", Professional Art Quilt Alliance South, Durham Arts Council, Durham, North Carolina, May 29 - July 24, 2011. | |
| Infinity Art Gallery, Fiber Arts Show, Online exhibit runs May 15 - August 15, 2011. | |
| "Balancing Act", Grand National Quilt Show, Joseph Schneider Haus Museum, Kitchener, Ontario, May 15 to September 11, 2011. | |
| CQA Quilt Ontario 2011 Invitational Show (Workshop Instructors), Canadian Quilters' Association, London, Ontario, May 25-28, 2011. | |
| National Juried Show, Canadian Quilters' Association, London, Ontario., May 25-28, 2011. | |
| 2010 | "Quilts=Art=Quilts", Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. |
| "Art Quilts XV: Needleplay", Chandler Centre for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona. | |
| "500 Art Quilts", International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas. | |
| "Shades of Light", Solo show at Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| "Out of the Box", an exhibition of work by the Out of the Box Fibre Artists, Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| The Embassy of the United States of America, Ottawa, Canada. | |
| "Off the Wall", Grand National Quilt Show, Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario. | |
| "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. |
| "The Art of the Quilt", Solo show at the Centrepointe Threatre Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| SAQA: Transformations ’09: Reflections – Festival of Quilts Birmingham, England, 2009, plus traveling show to the following venues: . Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT; Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, AK; Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR; Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA. | |
| Quiltscapes at the Whistler, Whistler House Museum of Art. | |
| Sacred Threads, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. | |
| "Shades of Light", Solo show at Greenwood Gallery, Guelph, Ontario. | |
| National Juried Show, Canadian Quilters' Association, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. | |
| "Best of Ontario", a special exhibit at "Quilts in the Gardens", Halton Quilters' Guild, Burlington, Ontario. | |
| "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. | |
| 2008 | "Lucky Break": Art Quilts at the Chandler, Chandler, Arizona. |
| "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. | |
| Blink Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| World Quilt Competition (to be exhibited at Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; World Quilt Show - New England - Manchester, New Hampshire; Pacific International Quilt Festival - Santa Clara, California; Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition, Schaumburg, Illinois. | |
| 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. |
| 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: | |
| Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World (featured artist), Lark Books, 2012. | |
| "In the Art Studio" fabric artist, Machine Quilting Unlimited, July 2011. | |
| Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Journal, Spring 2011 | |
| 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, 17, 18. | |
| 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 conferences, guilds and shops across Canada, Elora Summer School of the Arts, Kingston Fibreworks, Waterloo County International Quilt Festival. Instructor at Haliburton School of the Arts (Sir Sanford Fleming College). |
| AFFILIATIONS: | Professional Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), Professional Member of Canadian Quilters Association (CQA), member of Surface Design Association (SDA) |