Resumé
Selected Exhibitions
2011
• Quilt National, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, Best of Show award
• Rio Patchwork Design, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Color Improvisations, Museum of Modern Art, Verona, Italy
• Chance Encounters, Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, Washington
• Oregon: State of Diversity, Heritage Station Museum, Pendelton, Oregon
2010
• Color Improvisations, Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany
• Interpretations 2009, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California
• Text, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland Oregon
2009
• Quilt National, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
• Form, not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, Indiana
• Line Dance: New Work by High Fiber Diet, Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, Oregon
2008
• 10th Northwest Contemporary Art Quilt Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, Washington
• Fourth Annual Fiber Arts Festival & Fiber Show, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington
• The Quilted Surface IV, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, Ohio
2007
• Evolution of the Art Quilt, Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma, Washington
• Simple Elegance: High Fiber Diet Art Exhibit, Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon
• Hands at Work: Textiles from the Columbia Stitchery Guild, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon
2006
• Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, Alaska
2002
• The Quilted Surface, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio and Palais Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany
2000
• The Artist as Quilt Maker IX, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
1999
• Earth, Fire and Fibre XXII, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
• Forest Products, Snow City Café, Anchorage, Alaska
• When Women Work Together, Snow City Café, Anchorage, Alaska
1998
• Handwerk: Quilts and Fabric Art by Bonnie M. Bucknam, Ptarmigan Arts Gallery & Studios, Homer, Alaska
• Quilts by Bonnie M. Bucknam, Snow City Café, Anchorage, Alaska
1997
• Work of Our Hands: Art Quilt Network North, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska
• Invitational 1997, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
• Earth, Fire and Fibre XXI, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1996
• Visions: Quilt Art, San Diego Museum of History & Art, San Diego, California
• Improvisations, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, Ohio
• Spring Quilt Market exhibit of quilts from Roberta Horton’s An Amish Adventure, Portland, Oregon
• Earth, Fire and Fibre XXI, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
• Go Figure, Campus Center Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
1995
• Quilts: Stitching a New Tradition, four-artist show with Pat Sims, Susan Schapira, and Linda Farr, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
• Small Wonders: Embellished Mini Quilts, Embellishment International Bead and Button Show, Netherlands Congress Center, The Hague, Holland.
• Earth, Fire and Fibre XX, Honorable Mention, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1994
• Oil, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
1993
• Earth, Fire and Fibre XIX, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1992
• Story Quilts, New Pieces Gallery, Berkeley, California. (show of selected quilts from Mary Mashuta's book, Story Quilts: Telling Your Tale in Fabric)
• Hearts and Hands, Quilt Festival Tokyo, Japan
1991
• American Quilter's Society Show, Paducah, Kentucky
• Earth Fire Fibre XVIII, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1990
• Visions: Quilts of a New Decade, San Diego Museum of History & Art, San Diego, California
1989
• One of a Kind Quilts, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
• Earth, Fire and Fibre XVII, Honorable Mention, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
1987
• Quilt National 1987, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
• American Quilter's Society Show, Paducah, Kentucky
1980
• Quilts in Women's Lives, University of California at Santa Barbara Women's Center Museum, Santa Barbara, California
Artwork published in books & periodicals (selected)
• Quilt National 2011: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books & The Dairy Barn Arts Center (Lark Books 2011), page 42.
• Quilt National 2009: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books & The Dairy Barn Arts Center (Lark Books 2009), page 40.
• Contemporary QuiltArt Association: 20th Anniversary, (Contemporary QuiltArt Association 2008), photo on page 168.
• Quilting As An Art Form, by Naomi Warren Klouda in Art/Quilt Magazine, Issue 8, 1997, feature article with photos on pages 42-43.
• Visions: Quilt Art, Janet Rogers, ed. (Quilt San Diego, C&T Publishing, 1996).
• An Amish Adventure: A Workbook for Color in Quilts, Roberta Horton (2nd Edition, C&T Publishing, 1996), photo on page 40.
• Story Quilts: Telling Your Tale in Fabric , Mary Mashuta (C&T Publishing 1992), work shown and discussed on pages 21, 45, 56. 62, 66-67, 79.
• Hearts & Hands, Vol. 1, (Hearts & Hands, 1992, Japan)
• Award-Winning Quilts and Their Makers, Vol. II: The Best of American Quilter's Society Shows 1988 - 1989, Victoria Faoro, Ed. ( American Quilter's Society 1992), page 160-161.
• Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts, (Lopez Publications), work shown in Jan/Feb 1992, pages 46-48; March/April, pages 10, 40-41; May/June, page 74.
• Visions: Quilts of a New Decade, Deborah Bird Timby, ed. (C&T Publishing 1990), page 51.
• Fit to be Tied, Judy Hopkins (That Patchwork Place, 1990), page 66.
• Creative American Quilting, Better Homes & Gardens (1989), page 247.
• One of a Kind Quilts, Judy Hopkins (That Patchwork Place 1989), cover photo and page 42.
• Fiber Expressions: The Contemporary Quilt, Quilt National (Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1987), page 15.
Publications
• "Where We Live," Quilts Japan, January 1995
Awards
• Best of Show, Quilt National 2011, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2011
• Viewer's Choice Award, Rio Patchwork Design 2011, Rio de Janeiro, 2011
• Artist Development Grant, Alaska State Council on the Arts, 2001
• Honorable Mention, Earth, Fire and Fibre XX, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska, 1995
• Honorable Mention, Earth, Fire and Fibre XVII, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska, 1989
• 3rd Place, Professional Wall Quilt Category, American Quilter's Society Show, Paducah, Kentucky, 1989
Public Collections
• State of Alaska Art Bank
• Sand Lake Elementary School, Anchorage, Alaska
Education
1980-1981 Anchorage Community College and University of Alaska, Anchorage. Emphasis: Law Science
1972-1975 California State University, Long Beach. Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, June 1975. Major: Anthropology, Minor: Geology
1969-1973 Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California. Main courses of study: Art and anthropology
1969 Art Center College of Design
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