1995 MFA Fibers, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
1990 BFA Fibers, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
1979 ADN, RN, Nursing, Lane Community College, Eugene OR
1974 BA Community Service & Public Affairs, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
1964 – 1969 Assorted coursework - University of Dayton (Ohio), Indiana University, CCNY (New York)
Continuing Education
2021 Dyeing with Rust, Tannins and Oxides, Maiwa Handprints, Vancouver BC, Canada
2011, 2013, 2021 Indigo dyeing workshop with Michel Garcia
2021 Webinars: Boro, Sashiko, with Yoshiko Wada, Berkeley CA
2020 Webinar series: Shibori, with Yoshiko Wada, Berkeley CA
2019 Natural Dyeing with Catharine Ellis, Slow Fiber Studios, Berkeley CA
One & Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Joint Exhibition with Tylar Merrill, Tate Gallery, Eugene OR
2010 Black and White, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene OR
2008 Fiber Art Process, DIVA gallery, Eugene OR
2008 Marilyn Robert-Current Work, Eugene Textile Center, Eugene OR
2006 Textures of Memory, Hope Abbey, Eugene OR
2005 Aesthetic/Surgical Arts Center, Eugene OR
2004 Cannon Beach Art Association Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
2004 Aizome Fiberwork, Latimer Textile Center, Tillamook OR
2003 Memorial Installation, Hendricks Park, Eugene OR
2003 Reflective Work, First Presbyterian Church, Pietro Belluschi architect, Cottage Grove OR
2001 Threads East and West – Textiles of Marilyn Robert and Noriko Tsuiki, White Lotus Gallery, Eugene OR
2000 Current Work, Marilyn Robert and Susan Lowdermilk, Lane Community College Gallery, Eugene OR
2000 Fiber Recitative, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield OR
1999 Public Commission / Installation, % for Art, OSU Seafood Lab & Consumer Center, Astoria OR
1998 Conflux, Clatsop Community College Gallery, Astoria OR
1998 Outside Art, site-specific installation, Lane Arts Council, Eugene OR
1998 Tattoo, site-specific installation, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1997 Fixate, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
1996 Where Skin Stops, installation, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland Building, Portland OR
1994 Where Skin Stops, installation, Laverne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
1994 Your Slip is Showing, installation, Eric Washburne Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
Group Exhibitions / Collaborations
2022 Maude Kerns Art Center Annual Membership Show
2021 Maude Kerns Art Center Annual Membership Show
2020 Maude Kerns Art Center Annual Membership Show
2019 Playa at Summer Lake resident artists online exhibit
2017 Heat Wave, traveling exhibit, High Fiber Diet, Oregon
2017 ANWG conference Treadle Lightly, Instructor's Show, Victoria BC, Canada
2013 – 2018 Eugene Weavers' Guild Annual Textile Show, Eugene Textile Center, Eugene OR
2012 Puzzles, Patterns, & Paradox, DIVA Gallery, Eugene OR
2011 Textiles to Wear, ANWG conference, Salem OR
2011 Eugene Textile Center Group Show, Eugene OR
2010 100 for $100, DIVA Gallery, Eugene OR
2009 Pocket Show, Beet Gallery, Portland OR
2007 Betsy Priddy and Friends, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
2005 – 2006 Threads, Eugene Airport Gallery, Eugene OR
2005 – 2006 Less than 12, OPUS 6IX, Eugene OR
2000 – 2006 Art Faculty Show, Lane Community College, Eugene OR
2005 Santa Clara Art Center, Fiber Art Card Exhibition, Santa Clara CA
2005 Pushing the Margins: an Exhibition of Northwest Book Arts, White Lotus Gallery, Eugene OR
2005 Artists Who Teach, DIVA Gallery, Eugene OR
2004 Oregon Fiber Art, Art Gallery, Astoria OR
2002 Fiber Art: Oregon, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
2001 Weaving: A Timeless Journey, Association of Northwest Weaving Guilds conference, Eugene OR
2001 Fibers x Five, work of 5 national fiber artists, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR
2000 Art About Agriculture, travelling exhibition, Oregon
1999 Faust Faustus, collaboration, textile and costume design, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene OR
1999 Body, collaboration, textile and set design, Van Ummersen Dance Company, Eugene OR
1998 Human Form 98, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport OR
1998 New Work by Gallery Artists, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
1998 Paper/Fiber XXI, The Arts Center, Iowa City Iowa
1997 Heart of the Arts invitational show, Eugene OR
1997 Lane Community College Faculty Show, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene OR
1997 Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Clothes, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene OR
1996 Chautauqua International for Fiber Art 96, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk New York
1996 Invitational Fiber Arts Pavilion, Art & the Vineyard, Alton Baker Park, Eugene OR
1996 Contemporary Fibers International Exhibition, Moreland Gallery, Benton County Historical Museum, Philomath OR
1996 Quadrangle Annual Art Show, The Quadrangle, Haverford PA
1995 Fresh Dimensions Sculpture Biennial, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR
1995 The Luther Dances, collaboration, set design, Rose Hips Dance Company, Margo Van Ummersen, artistic director, Eugene OR
1995 Oregon Biennial Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
1995 Group Show, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
1995 Paper/Fiber XVIII, The Arts Center, Iowa City Iowa
1994 Oregon Made for Interiors, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR
1994 Northwest Women’s Art Show, World Forestry Center, Portland OR
1992 Blue – Visual Expression, Exhibit of Indigo Fiber Art, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene OR
1991 Kasuri – The Japanese Ikat – New Directions, Erb Memorial Union Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
1990 The Human Weft, tapestry exhibit, American Renaissance in Crafts, Light & Fibers Gallery, Portland OR
Academic teaching
1995 – 2007 Instructor, Fiber Arts, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2001 – 2004 Director, Lane Community College Art Galleries, Eugene, OR
2002 – 2003, 1999 – 2000, 1995 – 1996, Adjunct Associate Professor, Fibers, Department of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1994 – 1995 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, weaving instructor, University of Oregon
Workshops
2023 Kasuri - Warp & Weft Ikat 1 and 2, Devon Weavers Workshop, Devon, England
2023 Designing for Warp & Weft Ikat, Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds, Bend OR
2023 Printing with Mordants & Natural Dyes, Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds, Bend OR
2023 Warp & Weft Ikat Weaving 1 and 2, Hawai’i Handweavers’ Hui, Honolulu and Big Island HI
2023 "Double IKAT" or "Kasuri", Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Houston TX
2021, 2020, 2019 Warp & Weft Ikat Weaving, workshop, Eugene Textile Center, Eugene OR
2018 Indigo Dyeing, workshop, Black Sheep Gathering, Albany OR
2018 Indigo Workshop, Handweavers of the Valley, Visalia CA
2018 Warp and Weft Ikat Weaving, Eugene Textile Center, Eugene, OR
2017 Kasuri, the Japanese ikat,, ANWG conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
2017 A Paper of Pins, workshop, ANWG conference, Victoria, BC, Canada
2014 – 2021 Ikat Weaving workshop, my studio and Eugene Textile Center, Eugene, OR
2016 Heat Transfer-Sublimation Printing, Eugene, OR
2012 Warp Painting, Eugene Weavers' Guild, Eugene, OR
2012 Indigo Dyeing, Crow School District, Crow, OR
2012 Indigo Dyeing, Black Sheep Gathering, Eugene, OR
2011 Printing on Handwoven Cloth, ANWG Conference, Salem, OR
2011 Ikat Weaving, Indigo Dye, ANWG Conference, Salem, OR
2010 Acid Dyeing on Wool, Spokane Weavers' Guild, Spokane, WA
2008 – present Assorted workshops; dyeing, felting, printing, surface design, Eugene Textile Center, Eugene, OR
2006 Artist/Instructor, Fiber in the Forest, Ikat Weaving/Indigo Dye, Camp Myrtlewood, OR
2005 Artist/Instructor, Fiber in the Forest, Katazome- Japanese Printing, Camp Myrtlewood, OR
2003 Teacher, Studio Class, Surface Design, Transfer Printing, McMinnville, OR
2003 Teacher, Eugene Weavers’ Guild, Ikat Weaving, Eugene, OR
2003 Teacher, Fiber in the Forest, 2D and 3D Surface Design: Transfer Printing, Camp Myrtlewood, OR
2003 Teacher, Indigo Dye Workshop, Grants Pass, OR
2002 Teacher, Indigo Dye Workshop, Brookings, OR
1998 – 2000 Teacher, shibori and indigo, Summer Arts Connection, Lane Arts Council Arts in Education
1995 – 1998 Weaving instructor, University of Oregon Craft Center, Eugene, OR
Lectures
2023 Historical Japanese Kasuri to Contemporary Ikat: A Selected Look, Honolulu HI
2022 Designing for Warp and Weft Ikat, Complex Weavers Seminars, Knoxville TN
2022 Using a Shifting Box, a tool for warp ikat patterns, Complex Weavers Seminars, Knoxville TN
2021 PowerPoint presentation: "Fundamentals of Natural Dyeing" (in post-production)
2019 "Cultural Demonstration: Katazome", Portland Japanese Garden, Portland OR
2018 "Slow Fibers", Eugene Weavers' Guild, Eugene OR
2012 “With a Bow to Tradition, Japanese Textiles”, International Textile Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 “Warp Painting on Animal Fibers”, Eugene Weavers' Guild, Eugene OR
2011 “Critique and Curate”, Eugene Weavers' Guild, Eugene OR
2011 “Japanese Textiles”, ANWG Conference, Salem OR
2006 “Indigo Dyeing”, Albany Weavers Guild, Albany OR
2003 “What is weaving?” Hands-on lecture and demonstration, Village Charter School, Eugene OR
2001 “Turkish Textiles”, Mission Mill, Salem OR
1998 Gallery lecture and demonstration, Clatsop Community College, Astoria OR
1998 “Contemporary Japanese Fiber Art”, slide/lecture, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene OR
1997 “Contemporary Fiber Art USA”, slide/lecture, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
1992 “Shifted Warp Ikat”, lecture and demonstration, Eugene Weavers’ Guild, Eugene OR
Curator / Juror
2019 Juror, Eugene Weavers' Guild annual Members Show, Eugene OR
2017 Juror, Heat Wave, traveling exhibit, High Fiber Diet, OR
2017 Eugene Weavers' Guild Members' Show, ETC, Eugene OR
2008 – 2011 Gallery Director, Eugene Textile Center, Eugene OR
2008 Curator/Juror Surface Design Show, Springfield Museum, Springfield OR
2004 Juror, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
2002 Curator, Lane Community College Fibers Exhibit, Willamalane Center, Springfield OR
2001 Juror, City of Eugene Art in the Parks selection committee, Eugene OR
1999 – 2000 Curator, Lane Community College Fibers Exhibit, Eugene Public Library, Eugene OR
1999 Juror, Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery group show, Cannon Beach OR
1999 Juror, City of Eugene % for Art, Eugene, OR
1998 Assistant curator, preparator, Fiber Art Exhibition, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene OR
1997 – 2000 Juror, League for Innovation national Community College art competition, Eugene OR
1996 Juror, City of Eugene Parking Structure, Percentage for Art Commission, Eugene OR
1995 Cocurator, NUNO: Japanese Textiles for the Body, University of Oregon Museum of Art
1993 Assistant juror, Best of Oregon, travelling exhibit – contemporary fibers, Salem, OR
1992 Curator, Kasuri, Erb Memorial Union Gallery, University of Oregon
1991 Curator, Pattern and Structure, Carnegie collection of historical textile fragments, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene OR
Miscellaneous
2021 – 2022 Joint Coordinator, Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) 2023–2024 Traveling Show
2020 – 2022 Chairperson, Programs/Workshops for Eugene Weavers' Guild
2019 – (present) Frock, textile design small business
2019 Established Dee Brown Memorial Scholarship, Eugene Weavers' Guild, Eugene OR
2008 – (present) Founder/Chairperson, Natural Dye and Ethnic Textile study group, Eugene Weavers' Guild, Eugene OR
2007 – 2011 Cofounder/Co-owner Eugene Textile Center, Eugene OR
2005 – 2010 ITO, textile design/clothing small business
2003 Lane Community College proposal and coordination of Independent Study student project: site-specific fiber installation, window covering in new campus building
2002 – 2003 Lane Community College Campus Artwork Committee member, Eugene OR
2001 – 2002 Lane Community College curriculum development – Gallery Management / Artist Survival course, Eugene OR
2001 – 2002 Board Member, Education and Special Projects, Weaving Guilds of Oregon
2001 Tour leader, Textile Tour of Turkey
2000 Lane Community College Art Department faculty volunteer, Autism Rocks, student sponsored art show, Eugene OR
1992 – 1993 Librarian and Exhibits Coordinator, Eugene Weavers’ Guild, Eugene OR
1989 – 1990 University of Oregon Museum of Art Practicum, selected study of permanent collection of Japanese textiles, Eugene OR
Media
2022 Book review, Nuno: Visionary Japanese Textiles, Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University, v.7
2020 Book reviews at Eugene Weavers' Guild
2018 2018 Playa Anthology, work by 2018 residents, print and e-book editions
2016 "Flower power fiber arts", Eugene Register-Guard, article with video at YouTube
2012 “With a Bow to Tradition, Japanese Textiles”, International Textile Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 “Reinventing Velvet”, FiberArts journal, September/October
2009 “Opening Eugene Textile Center”, interview with Lotte Streisinger, KLCC / Eugene
2008 “Natural Dyeing”, interview for Weavolution
2001 “The Mark of the Hand – Reiko Sudo and NUNO”, Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot, volume XXXII no.3, issue 127, Fall 2001
1998 “Indigo Tokushima”, Turkey Red Journal, December
1996 Cited in Ikat II, Lydia Van Gelder, Unicorn Books, Petaluma CA, p. 17
1995 “Interview with Reiko Sudo”, Northwest Fiber Network, June/July
1995 Brochure Design, NUNO: Japanese Textiles for the Body, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene OR
1995 “Contemporary Japanese Textile Exhibit”, Northwest Fiber Network, March/April
1993 “Indigo Textiles of Japan”, Northwest Fiber Network, August/September
1991 “Pattern and Structure”, University of Oregon Museum of Art exhibition brochure, Eugene OR
1989 HGA-awarded work featured in Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot, Fall
Awards
2018 Residency at PLAYA at Summer Lake Art & Science Residency Program, with Ford Family Foundation Oregon Visual Artist Mid-Career Residency Award, Summer Lake OR
2001 Professional Development Grant, Lane Community College, textile tour – Turkey
2001 Professional Grant – Pedagogy, Lane Community College, Eugene OR
1999 TapRoOt Artist Grant, Eugene OR
1997 Japan Foundation Fellowship Artist Grant, study of traditional indigo dyeing and contemporary fiber art in Japan
1996 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
1995 People’s Choice and Honorable Mention Awards, Oregon Biennial Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
1994 Lake Oswego Crafts & Art League, Local 14, scholarship award, Lake Oswego OR
1990 David McCosh scholarship, University of Oregon, Portland OR
1989 Handweavers’ Guild of America scholarship
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