Artist’s Gallery
Sue Weil
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Artist Statement
My designs are intentionally spare, often abstract, and minimalist in style and composition. Works may be simple, direct, emotional, sometimes fantastical, allowing space for each viewer to bring their own life experience to the piece. Weaving attracts me for its simplicity: two opposing sets of threads twining together to create a whole. Working at the loom provides me the opportunity to sit in the stillness of my thoughts, allowing my hands to think.
International Juried Exhibitions
- 37th Annual Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition & Exhibition, Denton, TX, 2024
- By Hand, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2024
- International Fiber Arts XI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2023
- American Tapestry Biennial 14, Appalachian Center for Craft, TN Tech U., Smithville, TN 2023
- Heallreaf 4: International Exhibition of Woven Tapestries, Sedbergh, Chichester,
and Birmingham, ENG, 2022 - Kate Derum Award Finalist, South Melbourne, Australia, 2021 (also 2017)
- International Fiber Arts X, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2021
- American Tapestry Biennial 13, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
and Highfield Hall and Gardens, Falmouth , MA, 2021 - Small Tapestry International 6: Beyond the Edge, Northwestern State
University, Natchitoches, LA and Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, 2019 - 1st International Tapestry Exhibition, Oakville, ON, Canada, 2019
- World Tapestry Now: American Tapestry Biennial 12, 2018
- Small Tapestry International 5: Crossroads, ATA, Denton, TX and Tacoma, WA, 2017
- American Tapestry Biennial 11, Contemplating the Sublime, South Bend Museum of
Art and Mulvane Art Museum, 2016, & San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, 2017 - Small Tapestry International 4, Honoring Tradition, Inspiring Innovation
- Northwestern State University, Natchiloches, LA, Biggs Museum of Art, Dover, DE, and Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 2015
- Northwestern National Fiber Exhibition, The Wichita Center for the Arts, 2015
Museum Exhibitions
- 45th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ, 2024
- 43rd Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ, 2022
- Craft Biennial Exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 2022
- MORE IMPACT: Climate Change, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA, 2021-2022
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, 40th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa, AZ, 2019
- AbstrAction, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, 2017
- Juncture, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, 2017
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- LeeAnn Brook Fine Art Gallery, Nevada City, CA, 2019
- Belvedere Tiburon Library, Tiburon, CA, 2019 (& 2017)
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross, CA, 2017
- Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, Mill Valley, CA, 2017
- Thompson Dorfman Partners, Mill Valley, CA, 2017
- Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, Marin Cancer Care, Greenbrae, CA, 2016
- Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, CA, 2016
Juried Gallery Exhibitions
- Explorations in Monochromatic Art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2024
- Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2024
- The Small Works Exhibit 2023, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2023
- Landscape Perspectives, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2023
- Safekeeping, Surface Design Association + 108|Contemporary, Tulsa, OK, 2023
- Small Wonders, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2023
- The Color of Water, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2023
- Gems V, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2022
- (EM)power (EM)brace (EM)body, Surface Design Association, Online Exhibit, 2022–2023
- Art to Amuse and Delight, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, 2022
- Shift, Tapestry Weavers West, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2022
- Crocker Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum & Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2021
- Craft Nouveau, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2020
- IMPACT: Climate Change, Belmont, MA and San Francisco, CA, 2019-2020
- Bridge to Abstraction, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
- A Sense of Place, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2019
- Intertwined, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA, 2018
- Thread Count: New Directions in Fiber Art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2018
- Emotion, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2017
- With Respect to Nature | 3 artist invitational, Liberty Arts, Yreka, CA, 2017
- Paper as Voice, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2017
- Pacific Time Zone, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, 2016
- Musical, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2016
- Marin Contemporary, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2016
- Architecture, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2016
- Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, 2018 (also 2015 & 2016)
Publications and Catalogs
- Tapestry included in Tapestry with Pulled Warp; Inspiration, Technique, and the Creative Process, by Susan Iverson, Schiffer Publishing, 2024
- American Tapestry Biennial 14, Exhibition Catalog – Cover image, 2023
- Heallreaf 4, Exhibition Catalog, 2022
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Contemporary Crafts Exhibition Online Catalog, 2022
- American Tapestry Biennial 13, Exhibition Catalog, 2021
- Crocker Kingsley, A National Art Exhibition Catalog, 2021
- Tapestries included in Tapestry Design, Basics & Beyond, by Tommye Scalin, Schiffer Publishing, 2021
- Craft Nouveau: International Fiber Catalog, Blue Line Arts, 2020
- IMPACT: Climate Change, Exhibition Catalog, 2019
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Contemporary Crafts Exhibition Catalog, 2019
- Small Tapestry International 6: Beyond the Edge, Exhibition Catalog, 2019
- Canadian Tapestry and Texture Centre: Premier International Tapestry Exhibition, 2019
- World Tapestry Now, American Tapestry Biennial 12, Exhibition Catalog, 2018
- ATA 12th International Unjuried Small Tapestry Exhibition Catalog, 2018
- Excellence in Fibers Online Gallery Exhibition Catalog, 2017
- ATA Small Tapestry International 5: Crossroads, Exhibition Catalog, 2017
- Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestries, Finalists Exhibition Catalog, Australian Tapestry
Workshop, 2017 - Review of Susan Iverson workshop, Pulling Warp/Pushing Ideas, ATA Tapestry Topics, 2017
- American Tapestry Biennial 11, Exhibition Catalog, 2016
- ATA 11th International, Unjuried Small Tapestry Exhibition Catalog, 2016
- ATA Small Tapestry International 4, Exhibition Catalog, 2015
- Featured Artist, Fiber Art Now Magazine: On View Feature: Prism, Spring, 2015 Edition
- The Wichita Center for the Arts: National Fiber Directions, Exhibition Catalog, 2015
Art in Public Places
- Twelvemonth Burlingame, Burlingame, CA: This Land I and This Land II
International Art Fairs
- Seattle Art Fair, Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2023
Affiliations & Presentations
- Board Member, American Tapestry Alliance: 2020 –2022
- Committee Member, Gail Van Dyke Atrium Gallery, Marin Cancer Center, 2016-present
- Board Member, Art Works Downtown: 2012 – 2014
- Studio Artist, Art Works Downtown
- Member, American Tapestry Alliance
- Member, Surface Design Association
- Member, Handweavers Guild of America
- Member, Textile Arts Council
- Member, Tapestry Weavers West
- Webinar: “Textiles and Tea,” Handweavers Guild of America, May 2021
- Presentation for Tapestry Weavers West: “Tapestries, Inspiration and Process,” March 2018
- Panel Discussion: “Contemplating the Sublime,” San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 2017
- Presentation for Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild: “Innovations in Tapestry” January 2016
Education
- B. A. in Social Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Workshops through Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and American Tapestry Alliance
Contact
Life Without CHOICE
- 30” x 46”
- Handwoven tapestry
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To All the Beautiful Souls Lost
- 38” x 33”
- Handwoven tapestry
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Bringing the Outside In
- 23” x 63”
- Handwoven triptych
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Real News
- 45” x 53”
- Handwoven triptych
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Sea Glass
- 60” x 40”
- Handwoven triptych
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Releasing the Spirits
- 34” x 28”
- Handwoven tapestry
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