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Curriculum Vitae

International Fiber Artist, Tapestry & Rug Weaver, Printmaker
Teacher, Lecturer, Workshop Director & Leader, Seminar Leader
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Education:

Post-Graduate:

• University of New Mexico, 2000
• University of Nebraska, 1978-79
• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Undergraduate:

• St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1969-1973, BFA Studio Art & Education

Conferences, Speaking Engagements & Workshops:

On-Going:

• In-Residence Workshop Retreats, Cedar Bluffs, NE
  Director of Custom Workshops for Individuals & Groups at Pahuk, Registered with the State of Nebraska as Sacred Ground for the Pawnee Tribe Located on the Platte River

2009:

• University of Nebraska-Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
  Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Lecturer & Workshop Leader, "The Weaving Cultures of Bali & Indonesia"
• Weavers Guild of Minnesota
  Lecturer & Workshop Leader, "Vibrant Rugs: Designing, Dyeing & Weaving
• Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA
  "Rhythm & Hues", Friends of Art Masters & Music Lecture Series
• "Contextual Cloth", Lecture

2008:

• San Jose Quilt & Textile Museum, San Jose, CA
  Lecturer, "Threads of Wisdom"
• San Jose Quilt & Textile Museum, San Jose, CA
  Workshop leader, "Breakthrough: Strategies for Artistic Growth,"
• Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
  Lecturer, "Contemporary Contrasts"
• Wisconsin Handweavers, Madison, WI
  Lecturer & Workshop Leader, "Power Weaving"
• Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
  Workshop Leader, "Continued Conversations in Ikat"
• Keynote Lecture & Workshop Leader, "Channeling Your Muse",
  American Tapestry Alliance Retreat, Eckard College, St Petersburg, FL

2007:

• Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild
  Lecturer & Workshop Leader
• Midwest Weavers Conference, Dana College, Blair NE
  Workshop Leader & Closing Keynote Speaker
• Alaska Weavers Guilds Anchorage & Fairbanks, AL
  Workshop Leader
• Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
  Workshop Leader

2006:

• Montana Association of Weavers & Spinners
  Conference, Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader
• Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
  Workshop Leader
• Missouri Fiber Artists Conference
  Keynote Speaker & Workshop Leader
• Vermont Weavers Guild
  Weft-Face Ikat Workshop Leader & Speaker
• Seattle Weavers Guild
  Lecturer & Workshop Leader
• San Juan Islands Fiber Conference
  Keynote Speaker & Workshop Leader
• Central Ohio Weavers Guild
  Workshop Leader

2005:

• Association of Northwest Weavers & Spinners Conference
  Keynote Speaker & Workshop Leader
• New England Weavers & Spinners Conference
  Keynote Speaker & Workshop Leader
• Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
  Workshop Leader
• Fibers in Paradise, Southern California Weavers Conference
  Workshop Leader
• Escondido Weavers Guild
  Lecturer
• San Luis Obispo Weavers Guild Workshop
  Workshop Leader
• Northern Colorado Weavers Guild
  Juror & Workshop Leader
• Textile Center of Minnesota
  Workshop Leader
• Midwest Weavers Conference, Lakeland, WI
  Workshop Leader

2004:

• Convergence 2004, International Weavers Conference, Denver, CO, Workshop Leader
• Central Ohio Weavers Guild
• Boulder Weavers Guild
  Lecturer & Workshop Leader

2003:

• Intermountain Weavers Conference, Prescott, AZ
  Workshop Leader
• Midwest Weavers Conference, St. Louis, MO
  Workshops Leader

2002:

• Convergence, International Weavers Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Florida Tropical Weavers Conference

2001:

•  Midwest Weavers Conference, St. Louis, MO

2000:

• Convergence International Weavers Conference, Cincinnati, OH
• St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
• Florida Tropical Weavers Conference
• Madison Regional Knitters Conference, Madison, WI
• Weavers Guild of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

1999:

• Lincoln Weavers Guild, Lincoln, NE

1998:

• Convergence International Weavers Conference, Atlanta, GA

1994:

• Convergence International Weavers Conference, Minneapolis, MN

Professional Experience:

1997 - Present:

• International Fiber Artist, Omaha, NE
  Tapestry & Rug Weaver, Printmaker, Workshop Leader & Lecturer

1993 - 1996:

• Fiber Artist, Tapestry & Rug Weaver, Portland, OR
  Tapestry and Rug Weaver

1994 - 1995:

• The International School, Portland, Oregon,
  Art Instructor, Language Immersion & Art Education

1991 - 1992:

• Fiber Artist, Northfield, MN
  Tapestry & Rug Weaver, Leader in Educational Programs

1989 - 1991:

• Fiber Artist, Sandia Park, NM
  KNME-TV, New Mexico Public Television, Citizens Advisory Board Member
  Vice-President, Turquoise Trail Arts Council

1988:

• Agro-Environmental Educator, Estacion Biologica Beni, Bolivia
  Designed & implemented environmental-agricultural program for subsistence village of slash-and-burn farmers in the Bolivian rain forest in affiliation with Conservation International and the Bolivian Academy of Science

1987:

• Fiber Artist, The Institute for Creative Arts, Fairfield, IA

1980 - 1986:

• Nebraska Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Midwest
  Artist-in-Residence
  Created and taught a Traveling Folk Art Curriculum for Over 100 Grant Funded Art Programs Throughout the Mid-West Region

1985:

• St. Mary's College Fine Arts Camp for Girls, Notre Dame, IN
  Art Director

1981:

• Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, NE
  Art Instructor for Guest Artist Program

1976 - 1979:

• The Avery Coonley School, Downers Grove, IL
  Art Instructor Grades K - 8

1974 - 1976:

• Culver Military Academy, Culver IN
  Art Instructor Grades 9 - 12

Awards, Honors & Residencies:

2008:

• Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
  Artist-in-Residence

2007:

• Nebraska Arts Council
  Merit Award, Individual Artist Fellowship Grant

2005:

• Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango, CO
  Fiber Celebrated Master Weaver Award

2001:

• St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
  Alumni Artist-in-Residence

1985:

• Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, NE
  Artist-in-Residence

1980 - 1986:

• Nebraska Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Midwest
  Artist-in-Residence
  Created and taught a Traveling Folk Art Curriculum for Over 100 Grant Funded Art Programs Throughout the Mid-West Region

Upcoming & Recent Solo Exhibitions:

2009:

• Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA), Kearney, NE
  Mary Zicafoose: New Identities
• Nebraska Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk, NE
  Mary Zicafoose: Identity Shift

2008 - 2009:

• San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
  wrapped/unwrapped ikat tapestries: Mary Zicafoose

2007:

• Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE
  Mary Zicafoose: Selected Works in Cloth & Print

2006:

• The Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha, NE
  Sun Signs: New Tapestries & Prints
• Shack Up Design, Bozeman, MT
  New Work/New Dreams
• The Burkholder Gallery, Lincoln, NE
  Mary Zicafoose Solo

2005:

• The Light Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  Tapestry: Wrapped/Unwrapped
• Weaving Southwest, Taos, NM
  Signs, Symbols and Codes
• The Governors Mansion, Lincoln, NE
  Fifteen Prints
• Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
  Mary Zicafoose: Tapestries & Prints

2004:

• The Native American Trading Co, Denver, CO
  Out of Memory: New Tapestries
• Emil Nelson Gallery, Denver, CO
  Mary Zicafoose: Works on Paper

2003:

• Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  Mary Zicafoose: Wildfire

 

Recent Group Exhibitions:

2003 -2008:

• Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
  Featured in Live & Silent Annual Art Auctions
• Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa Bay, FL
  Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY
  American Tapestry Biennial 7
• Johnson Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
  Weaving Traditions

2007:

• Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
  State of the Art: 2007 Nebraska Arts Council IAF Recipients
• Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
  Roots, Branches & Twigs: Midwest Textile Invitational
• Hilmer Art Gallery, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE
  Touched By Cloth

2006:

• Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA
  60th Juried Exhibition

2005:

• • Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
• Fiber Focus 2005
• Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
  Crafts National 39
• Salem College Art Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
  The Fiber Arts Collective 2005
• Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
  Fiber Celebrated 2005
• The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
  Cool & Collected
• Lincoln Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, CO
  Christmas at Lincoln Center

2004:

• Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
  Nebraska Now: 2004 Nebraska Arts Council Award Recipient
• The Dairy Barn, Boulder, CO
  Inward Journeys: Living Traditions in Contemporary Rugs

2003:

• The Phippen Art Museum, Prescott, AZ
  Western Threads: Fiber Arts in the American West
• Yavapai College Gallery, Prescott, AZ
  Fiber Celebrated ‘03
• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
  Fiber Fantasia

Recent Publications & Interviews:

• "Speaking with the text of Textile," American Craft, Dec 2008/Jan 2009
• "Fiber Exhibitions by Polly Barton, Mary Anne Jordan, Eleanor McCain and Mary Zicafoose, Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Fall 2008
•  America Creates
• B/C Podcast Interview, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
  Profiled on Web Program That Features Exceptional US American Artists & Craftsmen, 2008
• "Mary Zicafoose: Weavings & Prints," Fiber Arts,
  April/May 2008
• "This Season Will Mesmerize You," Omaha World Herald, 9/13/2008
  Rated As One of Top Picks of the Season
• "Weaving Community with Mary Zicafoose," Weavecast: A Podcast for Handweavers, Episode 4, 2006
• "How to Hang a Show"
  Handwoven Magazine, April 2006
• Taos Magazine, May/June 2005
• "Weaving a Life", Her Magazine, Sept/Oct 2004
• Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Cover Story, Winter 2003/2004
• Saint Mary's College Courier, Spring 2004
• "Notable Events: J Doe and the Magic Carpet," Fiberarts Magazine, Jan/Feb 2002 "Mary Zicafoose: Weavings & Prints," Fiberarts Magazine, 2002
• "J. DOE: The Project-The Artists," "Colonial Press," 2001
• "Omaha Meets & Greets Its J. Does," The Omaha World Herald, April 22, 2001
• "Uplifting the Soul," The Nebraska City News Press, September 23, 2000
• The Washington Post, "Home" Section, April 23, 1998
• The Tapestry Rugs of Mary Zicafoose," Handwoven Magazine, Nov/Dec 1996
• Smithsonian Magazine, April 1996
• Southwest Art Magazine, "Best of the West," October, 1995
• Fiber Arts Design Book, Volumes V, VI & VIII
• Design Book #9, The Guild
• Art for the Wall #12 & #13, The Guild

Public Art Projects:

2007:

• O! Outdoor Sculpture Project, Omaha, NE
• "Elements", Environmental Sculpture Invitational, Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, NE

2001:

• J. Doe Public Sculpture Art Project, Omaha, NE

Professional Affiliations:

• Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  Board Member & President-Elect for 2009-2010
• American Tapestry Alliance
  Board Member
• Handweavers Guild of America
• Surface Design Association
• The American Craft Council
• Weave A Real Peace

Gallery Representation:

• Weaving Southwest, Taos, NM
• Michigan Artists Gallery, Suttons Bay, MI
• Anderson O'Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE
• Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, B/C Projects, Omaha, NE
• Grigoropoulus Ltd, Chicago, IL

Permanent Collections:

• US Embassy, Quito, Ecuador
• Fraser-Strycker Law Firm, Omaha, NE
• Clark Creative, Omaha, NE
• Mobil Corporation
• Norwest Banks
• Tenaska Power Services, Arlington, TX
• Tenaska, Omaha, NE
• The Ross Perot Ranches
• Reese, Tomases & Ellick, Wilmington, DE
• The Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
• The Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE
• Private Collections, Nationally and Internationally

Lending Collections:

• The United States Embassy, Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
• The United States Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
• The United States Embassy, Almaty, Kazakhstan
• The United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
• The United States Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania
• The United States Embassy, Baku, Azerbaijan
• The United States Embassy, Accra, Ghana
• The United States Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• The United States Embassy, Sanaa, Yemen

Personal & Professional Travel:

• Central Europe, Latin America, South America, Greece, Turkey, India, Indonesia