Residence
Cochrane, Alberta
e-mail: ilse@anm.org

Education
1981, Etching, Anthropology and English, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
1980, Diploma, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Biology Major 1962 - 64
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, Biology Major 1960-62

Grant 2009 ACDI, Canada Council Grant

Residencies 2008 & 2009 Leighton Studios, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB    

Public Collections

• The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
• The Gallery and Library, Cambridge, Ontario

Bibliography

• Kitchener Waterloo, ON, Record, (Record Arts and Life), May 20, 2010, page B6 photo of art work & short statement about the art work's Honourable Mention Award
•   Work appears in SAQA Journal, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Volume 20, No.1 Winter 2010, image on page 21
•   Article written by me appears in the Alberta Society of Artists Highlights, Fall/Winter 2009-Issue 87, page 1
•   Work appears in Golden Threads: Women Creating Community (Detselig   Enterprises   Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55059-377-8 ) Images on p. 65, 64, 97, 117, 162, 228, 238, 175 & my life story appears on pages 66 - 71 , 2009
•   Work appears in Portfolio 16, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., p.15, 2009
•   Work appears in Portfolio 15, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., p.15, 2008 
•     Profiled Artist in the Calgary Lithuanian Cultural Society's Newsletter, "Sauletekis" December, no.3 (14) people in the news, full page 13. 2008
•   Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000

Awards and Recognitions

•  2010 My art work is featured on the cover and on page 38 of "The Quilter's Magazine"  spring edition, Vol. 28, No. 3
•   2010 Honourable Mention Award, Off the Wall, The Grand National, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON
•   2006 Profiled Artist in "Alberta Craft" Magazine, summer edition
•   2006 Featured Artist: Calgary Sew Fest, Calgary, AB ( by invitation)
•   2005 Curator's Choice Award, Airborne, The Grand National, Kitchener - Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, O

Professional Associations

•  Alberta Society of Artists (juried) since 1983
•   Studio Art Quilt Associates - Professional Artist Member (juried) USA since 2008
•   Canadian Quilter's Association since 1982
• Alberta Craft Council since 1995

   

Solo Exhibitions

• Leather Tapestries
  Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1989
• Textile Sculptures
  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1983

2 and 3 Person Exhibitions

•   2009 Milestones - The Three Muses, Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, AB
•   2008 Enchanted, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
•   2008 The Three Muses: Dialogues, Travels and Encounters, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB
•   2007 Return Engagement, The Three Muses, Lebel Mansion Gallery, Pincher Creek, AB  (by invitation)

Group Exhibitions

•  2011 Here In This Place, Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (juried)
• 2010 Silver and Gold, Alberta Society of Artists, Lougheed House Gallery, Calgary, AB (juried)
• 2010  Horizons, New Virtual Gallery, Studio Art Quilts Associates, (invited)
• 2010 Artist's Choice, Alberta Society of Artists, Lougheed House Gallery, Calgary, AB (juried)
• 2010 Window Passages, New Virtual Gallery, Studio Art Quilts Associates, (invited)
• 2010 For the Love of Craft, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB (juried) 
• 2010 Off the Wall, Grand National, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON (juried)
• 2010 Print Show, Alberta Society of Artists, Lougheed House Gallery, Calgary, AB (juried)
• 2009  Lithuanian Art in Canada 09, Mississauga City Hall, Mississauga, ON (by invitation)
• 2009 Out of Our Hands, Alberta Society of Artists, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB     
• 2009 New Virtual Gallery - Three, Studio Art Quilt Associates, USA ( by invitation)
• 2009 Dancing Joni, Alberta Society of Artists, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton and Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB  (juried)
• 2009Cultural Intersection, Calgary Multicultural Exhibition, Calgary, AB (juried)
• 2008 50^th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Ciurlionis Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (by invitation)
• 2008 Peaks and Valleys, Alberta Society of Artists, An Alpine Exhibition, Canmore Public Library, Canmore, AB ( juried)
• 2008Stepping Out, Alberta Society of Artists, Artpoint Gallery, Calgary, AB ( juried)
• 2008 The Hat Show, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB ( juried)
•   2006  Into the Garden, Sanctuary, Red Deer and District Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB (juried)
• 2006 Shape of Things to Come, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC ( juried)
• 2005 Alberta Scene, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON (juried)
• 2005 Airborne, The Grand National, Kitchener- Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON (juried)
• 2005 Inside The Dress, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB (juried)
• 2005  Fibre Fantasy, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB (by invitation)

Traveling Exhibitions, Invited and Juried

• 2011 Forest Show, Alberta Society of Artists, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB; Leighton Art Gallery, Calgary, AB (juried)
• 2010 Art of the Garden, Traveling Art Exhibition of the Alberta Society of Artists, (juried)
• 2008-10 Synthesis, Canadian Traveling Art Exhibition of Studio Art Quilt Associates. (juried)
• 2006/09 All About Alberta, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Canadian Embassy and  Organization of American States, Washington DC; Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB; Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; Salon des métiers d`art, Montreal, QC; Cheongju,  International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea; Devon House, St John's, NF; Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery, Saskatoon, SK  (by invitation)
• 2008-10Going Green, Alberta Craft Council, Traveled around  Northern and Southern Alberta with the TREX program, (juried)
• 2006-7Common Ground, Alberta Society of Artists/Manitoba Society of Artists Joint  Traveling Exhibition, Manitoba & Alberta, (juried)
• Fantasy in Fibre
  McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  2003
• Saints and Sinners - Presented by the Alberta Society of Artists
  The Works International Arts Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998
• ASA and Leighton Foundation Art Exhibition and Sale
  Leighton Residence, Calgary, Alberta
  1994
• Squeeze and Stretch
  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1993
• Way Out West - ASA
  The Works, Manulife Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  1993
• Return To Exceptional Pass - Juried
  Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta
  1992
• ASA Show of Miniatures - Juried
  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1992
• ASA Miniature Show
  Beaver House, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992
• Myth and Magic, ASA
  The Works, Manulife Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  1991
• A Tradition of Excellence: The Development of Fibre and Clay in Alberta - Juried
  Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1991
• ASA Show
  Gulf Canada, Calgary, Alberta
  1990
• Orient Express - Juried
  Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
  1989
• Celebration of Women in the Arts - Juried
  The Works, Manulife Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  1988
• Towards a New Canadian Mythology - ASA Juried
  The Works, Manulife Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  1988
• Fiberworks 2 - Juried
  The Gallery and Library, Cambridge, Ontario
  1988
• Alberta Ambience-Impressions of the Province - Juried
  Western Canadian Place, Calgary, Alberta
  1988
• Return To Laughter - Juried
  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1985
• Exceptional Pass III - Juried
  Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta
  1985
• Extensions
  Gulf Canada Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1984
• Shade, Shape and Shadow
  Canmore Opera House, Calgary, Alberta
  1984
• 53rd Annual ASA Exhibition
  LeMarchand Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1983
• Calgary Now
  Steeple Artworks, Calgary, Alberta
  1982
• Exceptional Pass II - Juried
  Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta
  1982
• Three in Fibre
  Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1981