Education
Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts, Archaeology, cum laude, Boston University, Boston, MA
Awards and Honors
2014 VALA Eastside Artist in Residence
2010 Puget Sound Chapter STC Technical Publication Award for Excellence
2000 Australia Council for the Arts Travel stipend
1999 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
1999 City of Chicago CAAP grant
1998-99 Artemisia Mentorship Program, Chicago, IL
1998 SOFA AuKurant Emerging Artist
1998 HGA CHAIRish award
1996 HGA InVESTment award
1994-1995, 1995-1996 awarded SAIC Fiber Department Advanced Undergraduate Studio
1994 Art to Wear, Larson Gallery Pioneer Bank Award Recipient
Artist Residencies
2021-2022 Artist Residency at The Hive
2014 VALA Eastside Artist in Residence
1999 Vermont Studio Center
Exhibitions
2016
Atoms + Bytes, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
2014
VALA Artists at Workspring, Redmond Marriott, Redmond WA
Art and Technology, VALA Eastside, Redmond, WA
Pop-up Show, VALA Eastside, Redmond, WA
2013
Plus 45 Design, Seattle, WA
The Clam Cannery, Port Townsend, WA
30 Days of Art, Kaplan Building, Seattle WA
2004
Jeffery Moose Gallery, Seattle WA
2000
LOOM, Art Lounge, 99 Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia; 2001 Melbourne, Brisbane
1999
Project 10, Artemisia Gallery, 700 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL 60622
1998
SOFA CHICAGO 98 ABSOLUT AuKURANT Emerging Artists Invitational, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Fiber 98, Textile Art Centre, 916 West Diversity Parkway, Chicago, IL, 60614
Word Perfect, Gallery 400, 400 South Peoria, Chicago, IL 60603
1998
Graduate Thesis Exhibition; Gallery 2, Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60603
Textuality; Gallery 2, Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60603
Offline; Jam Factory, Craft & Design Centre, Lion Arts Centre, 19 Morphett St., Adelaide, South Australia,
Facsimile; Textile Art Centre, 916 West Diversity Parkway, Chicago, IL, 60614
1997
Hybrid; Gallery 2, Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60603
BARE: Bringing Art to the Research Environment; Pfizer Central Research, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340
Weaving Habits; Liturgy Training Publications, Archdiocese of Chicago, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
White Trash Show; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Student Exhibition; The Corner Bakery, 224 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
Site specific installation; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL
1997
National Handweaver’s Show; 1132 Green Ridge Road, East Berlin, PA 17316
1996
HGA Convergence ’96 Investment; Portland OR Convention Center
Transcursion; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603
1996
Undergraduate Exhibition; Gallery 2, Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60603
Chautauqua International for Fiber Art; Adams Art Gallery, 600 Central Avenue, Dunkirk, NY
Saxs Fifth Avenue; Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
1995
Alphabet Book Chicago 9; Printer’s Row Book Fair, #302 747 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611
Cheap Art; Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603
1995
National Handweaver’s Show; 1132 Green Ridge Road, East Berlin, PA 17316
1994
First Year Show; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60603
Art to Wear; Larson Gallery, PO Box 1647, Yakima WA, 98907
1992
Art to Wear; Larson Gallery, PO Box 1647, Yakima WA, 98907
Tacoma Weavers Guild Show; Tacoma Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
Commissions
1996
Altar Cloth commissioned by the Ascension Church, Oakpark, IL
Bibliography
2011
TEN YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER http://kitezh.com/text/ten-years-before-and-after
1998
Material and the Promise of the Immaterial by Ingrid Bachmann, in Material Matters: The Art and Culture of Contemporary Textiles, Ingrid Bachmann and Ruth Scheuing (Editors), YYZ publishers, 1998. pgs 27-29.
1997
Chicago Reader, “On Exhibit: Gwendolyn Zeirdt’s [sic] bomb threads,” Bill Stamets, pg. 47, September 19, 1997
1995
F-Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, “I Feel Sooooo Cheap!” Nicole Francis, March 1995.
Publications
1999
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Book Review “Winding a Warp and Using a Paddle”. Spring 1999.
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Book Review “Fiber Preparation and Multicolor Blending Techniques”. Spring 1999.
1998
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Book Review “Else Regensteiner: Biography of a Weaver”. Summer 1998.
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Book Review “The Red Dyes”, Spring 1998.
1996
F-Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Review of Presence of Touch Exhibition, October 1996
Employment
4Culture, Seattle, WA; Onsite Reviewer
Tableau Software, Seattle, WA; Senior Technical Writer
Dell Corporation, Seattle, WA; Senior Technical Writer
Amazon, Seattle, WA; Senior Technical Writer
Cisco Systems, Seattle, WA; Software Test Engineer
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Software Test Engineer; Program Manager
Brøderbund Software, Banner Blue Division, Fremont, CA. Independent Contractor, Software Engineer
Handweaver’s Guild of America; Web site Administrator
University of Washington; Guest Lecturer
School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Visiting Guest Lecturer
School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Teaching Assistant Beginning and Advanced weaving classes
Northern Textile Association, Boston, MA; Research Analyst
Technical resume and writing samples available on request