Résumé
Nicki Hitz Edson, Fiber Artist
GALLERIES
JULIE ARTISANS’ GALLERY, 762 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10021
EXHIBITIONS
2005 OCT ARTWEAR: Fashion and Anti-fashion, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California.
1998 MAR MUSE OF THE MILLENNIUM: Emerging Trends in Fiber Arts, a National Juried exhibit, sponsored by the Seattle Weavers’ Guild, judged by Lloyd Herman. The Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington. Won best of knitting prize.
1996 NOV Solo Show, Café Mez, Seattle, Washington.
1996 MAR The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art-to-Wear in America, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
1996 JAN Best of the Vest, Objects, Scottsdale, Arizona
1993 AUG Annual Northwest Artists Show, Bellevue Museum, Bellevue, Washington.
1992 OCT COLORED THREADS 1992, Wearable Art Exhibition, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1990 MAY TRAJE: UN OBJECTO DE ARTE?, Center of Modern Art, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
1990 FEB ART FORMS AND THE BODY, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1989 APR GROUP SHOW, Mobilia, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1989 MAR ART FORMS AND THE BODY, Whittenborn & Hollingsworth, Ltd., Los Angeles, California
1989 MAR BEYOND CRAFT: A Celebration of Creativity, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
1988 SEPT FINERY, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1987 OCT AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM BENEFIT AUCTION, Sotheby’s, New York City
1987 OCT ART: On the Move, Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry and Artwear, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, Georgia
1987 MAY GARMENT DESIGN: In Celebration of Body and Soul, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
1985 JULY GROUP WEARABLE ART SHOW, curated by Paul Whittenborn, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil
1984 OCT THE NEW ELEGANCE: Contemporary Wearable Art, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
1983 OCT Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
1983 OCT American Craft Museum, Fashion Show, New York City, New York.
1983 APR Craft and Fold Art Museum, Fashion Show, Los Angeles, California
1982 OCT Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, Michigan
1982-79 Contemporary Masks, Independent Curators Incorporated, Traveling Exhibit
1979/75 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1978 JUNE Contemporary Masks, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York City, New York
1977-75 Gallery Association of New York State, Inc. Traveling Exhibit
1975 International Women’s Year Craft Festival, New York City, New York
1975 FANTASY SHOW, The Junior Art Gallery, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
1974 CROCHETER’S ART, The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
1974 CLOTHING TO BE SEEN, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City, New York.
1973 NOV Tiffany’s Windows, New York City, New York
Hallmark Gallery, City Fair, New York City, New York
1972 Six Month Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
REPRESENTATION
1974-PRESENT Julie Artisans’ Gallery, New York City, New York.
WORKSHOPS
1987 AUG Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1978/77 AUG Colorado Mountain College, Vail, Colorado
1976 JUN Creative Fibers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1976-1972 Riverside Church Arts & Crafts Cooperative, New York, New York
Craft Students’ League (YMCA), New York, New York
The New School for Social Research, New York, New York
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
Barnard College Crafts Cooperative, New York, New York
The Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, New York
Coulter Studios, New York, New York
Sullivan County Art Association, Montecello, New York
Niddy-Noddy, Croton-on-Hudson, New York
PUBLICATIONS
1996 THE KIMONO INSPIRATION: Art and Art-to-Wear in America, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
1986 ART TO WEAR, by Julie Schaffler Dale, Abbeville Press
1974 OCT FANTASIES IN YARN, article by Lois Blinkhorn, The Milwaukee Journa
1973 CREATIVE CROCHET, by Nicki Hitz Edson and Arlene Stimmel, Watson Guptill Publishers
AWARDS
1976 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship Grant
1996 Niche Awards Finalist, Fiber, non-wearable, Production, Niche Magazine