Jill Ault: Fiber

Biography

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Galleries

• Represented by River Gallery, Chelsea, Michigan www.chelsearivergallery.com

Selected Exhibitions

• “Quilt National 07,” Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, May-Sept. 2007.
• “Fiberart International 2007,” Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, April-August 2007.
• “Fiber Renaissance,” Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois, Jan.-Feb. 2007.
• “Focus: Fiber 2006,” Artists Archive of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, June-July 2006. Traveling to Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure, New York.
• “New Fibers 2006,” Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June-July 2006. Traveling to DeVos Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette and Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Dearborn.
• “Crafts National 2006,” Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April-May 2006.
• “On the Wall,” Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, January-March 2006.
• “Materials: Hard & Soft,” Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, January-March 2006.
• “The Art of Fabric and Wood, W. R. Monroe Museum, Three Rivers, Michigan, November-December 2005
• “Lure of the Local,” River Gallery, Chelsea, Michigan, June-July 2005 (award)
•  “Transparent Quilts,” Woven Art Gallery, East Lansing, May-June 2005 (solo exhibit).
•  “Mixed Media Quilts,” Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT, March-April 2005
• “2005 Jackson Area Show,” Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, January-March 2005.
• “Current Fiber,” Women’s City Club, Ann Arbor, April-May 2005.
• “Transparent Quilts 2004,” Pfizer Research Center, Ann Arbor (solo exhibit)
• “Letter Quilts,” American Folk Art Museum, New York, April-August 2004.
• “New Fiber 2004,” Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June-July 2004.
• “Michigan Artists Competition,” Art Center of Battle Creek, MI, June-August 2004.
• “Art Quilts at the Sedgwick,” Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, April-May 2004.
• “Michigan Fine Artists Competition,” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, March-April 2004.
•  “Crafts National 2003,” Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• “CraftHouston 2003: National,” Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Texas.
• “Sculpture and Fine Crafts,” St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, 2003.
• “Quilt Visions 2002,” Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California
• “Fiber Directions” Wichita (Kansas) Center for the Arts, 2005, 2003, 2001
• “Exit/Entrance,” Studio Art Quilt Associates, New Mexico State Capital, Santa Fe.
• “Crafts National 34,” Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, (merit award).
• “Blue,” Interfiber Arts Collective, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• “Fiberart International ’99,” Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• “Contained Spaces,” Textile Art Alliance, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
• “The Print 2000,” Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan (best of show)
• “The Letter Quilts,” Ann Arbor Public Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan (solo show).
• Michigan Quilt Art Invitational, various locations around Michigan, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001.
• Work by the Ann Arbor Fiberarts Guild, Power Center and Pierpont Commons, University of Michigan, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999.
• Biennial Fiber Show, Michigan League of Handweavers, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan. (Best of Show)
•  “Extreme Quilting,” Michigan Surface Design, Greater Flint Arts Council Gallery, Flint Michigan.  (First Place Award)
             

Lectures

• Canadian Embroiders’ Guild, London, Ontario, October 2005
• Ann Arbor Women Artists, March 2005
• C.A.M.E.O. Quilt Guild, Troy, MI, March 2004
• “Artists Among Us,” Saline District Library, Saline, MI, March 2004

Grants

• Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2002

Reviews

• Gallery Issue, Surface Design Journal, September 2006, p. 38.
• Marzolf, Marion, Fiberarts, Nov/Dec. 2000.
• Fricke, Michele, Surface Design, Spring 2000.
• Cantu, John Carlos, Ann Arbor News, March 11, 2000.

Related Experience

• President, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, from 2003.  Organized biennial competitive
              exhibition of contemporary fiber arts. www.fiberartsnetwork.org
• Lecturer, School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 2003.
• Lecturer, College of Technology (Apparel, Textiles and Merchandising), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, from 2006.
• Juror Manager, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan. www.artfair.org

Education

• M.B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
• B.F.A., Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti.