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EDUCATION

MFA

Fondazione Arte Della Seta, Florence, Italy/
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

BFA

University of Poitier, Poitiers, France/
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
French Art History minor

Manufactures Nationale des Gobelins, Paris and Usez, France
Tapestry Apprenticeship under Gobelins master weavers

SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2024

S’hade Garden/ solo exhibition
Sarratt Gallery,  Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

2023

Weaving Data / curated by Theo & Nancy Downes-Le Guin
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

2020

Malleable Pursuits of Protection; recent works by Sarah Nance & Shelley Socolofsky
AB Gallery, Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

2019

Juxtaposition: Contemporary Collage
Barrett Art Center
Poughkeepsie, New York

Tapestry International Invitational
Queen Elizabeth Community & Cultural Center
Oakville, Ontario, Canada

2018

By Way of the Matrix
Praxis Fiber Workshop Gallery
Cleveland, OH

Material Turn/ International small group
FOFA Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University

World Tapestry Now/ International
American Tapestry Alliance online exhibition, Wlodzimierz Cygan, juror
Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland

2016

Tapestry: Contemporary Takes on an Ancient Art Form / Invitational
Featherstone Center for the Arts, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Faculty Biennial, Hoffman Gallery / Invitational
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon

Pacific Time Zone, Jurors Award/The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon

2015

Materialities, Sandra J Blain Gallery / Juried International
Arrowmont School of Art & Craft, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Cauldron / Invitational Solo
A Wrinkle in Time Festival/ Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon

The Art is the Cloth: A Series of Reflections / Juried North America
von Auersperg Art Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts

The Art is the Cloth: A Series of Reflections / Juried North America
Walton Center Gallery, George School, New Town, Pennsylvania

2014

The Art is the Cloth: A Series of Reflections / Juried North America
NHIA Amherst Gallery, New Hampshire Institute of Art
Manchester, New Hampshire

RECENT ARTIST RESIDENCIES, ACADEMICS, LECTURES

2024 | Artist Residency Workshop

La Romita
La Romita School of Art & Monestary, The Art of Tapestry and Natural Dyeing, Terni, Italy

2020 | Artist Residency

The Civita Institute
Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

2020 – present | President

American Tapestry Alliance
Board of Directors/ International non-profit

2020 – present | Professor

Portland State University
School of Art + Design, Portland, Oregon

2024 | Lecture

Dust to Matter: Matter to Dust

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/
Portland State University,  Portland, OR

2011 – Present | Faculty

IB Visual Arts Seminars, 2D Design/ Drawing/ Color Theory/ Painting
Tigard High School, Tigard, Oregon

2018 | Artist Residency

The Jacquard Center
Hendersonville, North Carolina

2017 | Lecture

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Surface Design Association Making Our Mark
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

2010 – 2017 | Professor

Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon
Faculty, Fibers and General Studies

2016 | Committee Chair

MFA Program/ Oregon College of Art & Craft
Graduate Thesis Committee

Juror/  67th Annual – Salem Art Fair & Festival
Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon

2011 – Present | Mentor

AC&D Graduate program
Pacific Northwest College of Art/ Oregon College of Art
& Craft collaborative, Portland, Oregon

2015 | Lecture

Textiles in the Expanded Field
Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon

Workshop

Traces, Layers, Narratives & Surfaces
Intermountain Weavers Conference
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado

Lecture

Time and Multi Media Work / Wrinkle in Time
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon

2013 | Lecture

Shape Shifting / Outside the Line; Small Tapestry Int’l
Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington

Workshop

Traces, Layers, Narratives & Surfaces
American Tapestry Alliance
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington

Lecture

Artist Reproductions: Textiles from Analogue to Digital
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2008 – 2010 | Professor

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Adjunct, Fibers Department

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Civita Institute/ Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy (forthcoming)

AC Boutique Hotel /Portland, Oregon

Hamersly Library/ Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon

Public Valley Library/ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Chemeketa Community College Library, Salem, Oregon

SELECTED AWARDS

2019

Fellowship

2019 Astra Zarina Fellow
The Civita Institute/ Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

2008

Fellowship

Ruth & Harold Chenven Foundation
New York, NY

Award

Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Surface Design Association / National

2006

Honorarium

Art in the Governor’s Office
Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Oregon

Scholarship

Handweavers Guild of America/ National

2005 | Best of Show

Delaplaine Visual Arts, Frederick, Maryland

2001 | Fellowship

Individual Artist Grant
Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, Oregon

1997 | Award

Marijike M van Linden Award, Fiber National
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1994 | Residency

Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon

SELECTED RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020

Online Feature

What’s on your Loom, DigitalWeaving Norway

2019

Catalogue

Tapestry International, Canadian Tapestry & Texture Center

2015

Catalogue

Materialities, Surface Design Association/ Numita Gupta Wiggers

Catalogue

The Art is the Cloth: A Series of Reflections / Micala Sidore

Review

The Art is the Cloth / Cori Urban; The Republican, Massachusetts, March 18

2012 | Catalogue

Public Art Archive of North America / WESTAF

Catalogue

Fiber Arts Now / Rebecca Twist, Pacific University
Library

2011 | Roster

Public Arts Roster, Regional Arts & Culture Council
Oregon Arts Commission

2006 | Catalogue

Real Physical Labor: Material Understanding and the Wisdom of the Weaver’s Hand / Jessica Hemmings

2005

Feature

Fertile Associations: the Tapestries of Shelley Socolofsky / Mary Lane, Fiber Arts, Vol.32, #1

Feature

The Work of Shelley Socolofsky / Ming-Whe Lion, Artist Magazine, Taiwan