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