I love to work with copper, and have evolved my efforts into three distinct bodies of work: large modular wall sculptures that I call quilts, fold-formed wall hung constructions, and woven forms.

My quilts evoke the colors and textures of nature. I use etching, dyes, patinas and paint to treat the surface and form subtle or vibrantly colored designs. I make these pieces modular so they can be hung to form one large piece or mounted as smaller separate units creating ease and flexibility for large installations as well as changing interior spaces.

Since copper is so wonderfully malleable, I like to shape it using techniques from many disciplines including blacksmithing, sheet metal construction, welding, silversmithing and printmaking. For example, I like to fold-form copper sheets into serpentine or leaf shapes. These shapes form a module or basic form. I combine these basic forms into larger more involved shapes, sometimes representational, sometimes abstract. But the connection with nature is always an undertone.

My woven forms are created using a wireframe of heavy gauge wire, wrapped with colorful wire used in electrical motors. My "Eve" series of dresses and shoes uses this technique. I began this series several years ago when I was invited to do a piece for a show entitled "Hung Out to Dry." After making the initial dress from recycled motor windings and grounding wire, I decided that "Eve" had many faces and places to go and needed a pair of shoes to match. Thus the "Eve" series was born.

EXHIBITIONS

2008

  • SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007

  • SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006

  • SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005

  • American Craft Council, Baltimore, Maryland
  • American Craft Exposition, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL
  • SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

2004

  • Craft America, West Palm Beach, FL
  • Sherrie Gallery, Columbus, OH

2003

  • 100 Years of Hats, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
  • Sofa Chicago, Gallery 500, Chicago, IL
  • Craft America, Westchester, NY
  • Craft America, Washington D.C.

2002

  • American Craft Council, Baltimore and Chicago
  • Contemporary America in Metal, Sangre De Cristo Center, Pueblo, CO
  • Gallery del Mano, Los Angeles, CA
  • Katie Gingrass, Milwaukee, WI
  • SOFA New York, Gallery 500, New York, NY

2001

  • Art Access, Columbus, OH
  • Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongiu, Korea
  • OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  • Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH
  • Rosewood Art Center, Dayton, OH
  • American Craft Council, Baltimore and Sarasota, FL
  • Schumacher Gallery, Capital Univ., Columbus, OH
  • Stuart Weitzman, Chicago, IL

2000

  • Ohio Designer Craftsman Museum, Columbus, OH
  • American Craft Council, Baltimore and Sarasota, FL
  • Brigham City Museum and Gallery, Brigham City, UT
  • Towson University, Towson, MD

1999

  • Rock County Historical Society, Janesville, WI
  • Brown Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  • American Craft Council, Baltimore and Chicago
  • Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH
  • Craft America, White Plains, NY
  • Art Access, Columbus, OH
  • Ohio Designer Craftsman, Columbus, OH
  • Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, IL
  • Worthington Arts Council, Worthington, OH

1998

  • Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary,Williamburg, VA
  • Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
  • Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

1997

  • Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • Ohio Arts Council, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH
  • Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY
  • Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH
  • Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, New York, NY
  • Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
  • Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
  • Schumaker Gallery, Capital Univ., Columbus, OH
  • American Craft Council, Chicago, IL
  • Acme Art Co., Columbus, OH

1996

  • The American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
  • Quilts, Inc., Houston TX
  • University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
  • Chelsea Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  • Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
  • Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH
  • Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
  • Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN

1995

  • Arrowmont School, Gatlinberg, TN
  • Owens Illinois Art Center, Toledo, OH
  • Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH
  • Schumacher Gallery, Capital Univ., Columbus, OH
  • Beechwood Arts Council, Cleveland, OH
  • Worthington Arts Council, Worthington, OH
  • Jewish Community Center, Columbus, OH

INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

  • Baptist Medical Center South, Jacksonville, FL
  • Western Asset Management, Pasadena, FL, London England
  • Sanibel Island Resort, FL
  • Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, WI
  • Rockwell, Cleveland, OH
  • Maguire & Schneider, L.L.P., Columbus, OH
  • Beaverton Public Library, Beaverton, OR
  • General Electric, Milwaukee, WI
  • Harford Insurance Co., Hartford, CT
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
  • Wells Fargo, Sioux City, Iowa
  • Red Capital Group, Columbus, OH
  • NESN (New England Sports Network), Watertown, MA
  • Jewish Foundation, Columbus, OH
  • University of California, Irvine, CA
  • St. Joseph’s Medical Center, New BNI Tower, Phoenix, AZ
  • C. B. Richard Ellis Inc., 510 Marquette Ave.atrium, Minneapolis, MN
  • Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, Katy, TX.
  • Orlando Solaire Condos, Tampa, FL
  • Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, OH
  • Tattershall, Capital Mall, Sacremento, CA
  • Takeda Pharmaceutical North America, Chicago, IL
  • Liberty Property Trust, King of Prussia PA
  • Edgewater Apartments, Philadelphia PA
  • Anchor Health Properties, Hazleton PA
  • Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington. IL
  • Kishwaukee Hospital, Dekalb, IL
  • Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder, CO
  • Kansas Univ. Medical Center, Cancer Center, Kansas City, MO
  • Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indpls., IN
  • Atrium Medical Center, Middleown, OH
  • Anderson Township Community Center, Cincinnati, OH
  • World Bank, Washington D.C.
  • United Hospital, St. Paul, MN
  • Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
  • Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • National Association of Secondary School Principals, Wash D.C.
  • Hartland and Company, Cleveland, OH
  • Glimcher Group, Columbus, OH
  • Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, MO
  • Baptist Medical Center South, Jacksonville, FL
  • Western Asset Management, Pasadena, FL and London, England
  • Sanibel Island Resort, FL
  • Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, WI
  • Rockwell, Cleveland, OH
  • Maguire & Schneider, LLP, Cols, OH
  • Beaverton Public Library, Beaverton, OR
  • General Electric, Milwaukee. WI
  • Harford Insurance Co., Hartford, CT
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
  • Temple Israel, Columbus, OH
  • Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center, Columbus, OH
  • National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY
  • Applied Performance Technology, Inc., Worthington, OH
  • Trinity United Methodist, Marblecliff, OH
  • State of Ohio, Columbus, OH
  • Glenn Weber and Assoc., Washington., D.C.
  • Presents Inc., Irvine, CA
  • St. Matthias Church, Columbus, OH
  • Longmont Medical Center, Longmont, CO
  • Northwest Airlines, Detroit Airport, MI
  • Stuart Weitzman Shoes, New York, NY
  • Careworks, Columbus, OH
  • WICHE, Inc., Boulder,CO
  • Northeast Utilities, Berlin, CT
  • St. Vincent’s Childrens Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
  • Univ. of Southern California, Medical Research Facility
  • Tait, Weller & Baker, Pholadelphia, PA
  • Shreve, Crump and Low, Boston, MA
  • Nestle/Ralston, St. Louis, MO
  • Reading Hospital, Reading, PA
  • Georgia Tech Hotel, Atlanta, GA
  • Best Buy, NY, NY
  • Symantec Inc., NY, NY
  • Christ Hosptial, Cincinnati, Oh
  • Kaiser Permante,Los Angeles,CA
  • Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima,OH
  • Shades of Green, Disneyworld, FL
  • Hendricks Hospital, Shelbyville, OH
  • Palisades of Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
  • Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Fairfax, VA
  • Ohio State Univ. Ross Heart Hospital, Columbus, OH
  • MedCentral Hospital, Mansfield, OH

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • 2003 - Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant
  • 2001 - Ohio State Fair
  • 2001 - Cheongju International Craft Biennale
  • 2000 - Rosewood Arts Center
  • 1999 - Ohio State Fair
  • 1998 - American Craft Council, Grant
  • 1998 - Spertus Museum
  • 1996 - Spertus Museum
  • 1995 - Ohio Arts Council, Grant
  • 1993 - Indiana Arts Commission
  • 1992 - Indiana Directions '92