SHANNON M. CONLEY
Quilt and Fiber Artist
CONTACT
3808 Country Club Dr.
Moore, OK 73160
405-626-5664
La.emperatriz@gmail.com
View portfolio at: http://www.shannonconleyartquilts.com
Blog: http://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com
Gallery Representation
Piñon Pottery Studio and Fine Art Gallery, Ruidoso Downs, NM
ARTIST STATEMENT
Shannon Conley is a fiber artist in Moore, OK, whose work is informed by her experience as a biologist and biochemist. She runs a biomedical research lab at a large university and ideas for her pieces often arise from scientific research from her lab or others. Sometimes the link is obvious, such as pieces depicting biological specimens or topics, while other times the links is more indirect. She has been artistic her whole life, and has used art quilts and fiber art as her primary medium since 2009. She’s interested in exploring the connections between science and religion, and between the physical world and the way it's colored by our varying perspectives. Much of her recent work has focused on interpreting the diversity and interconnectedness of various ecosystems using fabric and stitching. She grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and retains a strong connection to the dry mountains and high desert, areas that frequently appear in her ecology and nature-inspired pieces. Though her practice originates with traditional techniques familiar from quiltmaking, these approaches are expanded to include the use of non-traditional fibers and fiber-like materials, as well as other media/design approaches including painting, dyeing, screen printing, sculpting, and cutwork/openwork.
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2020 SAQA Beyond the Mirror, premiering International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, October 2020. Juror Andra Stanton.
2020 Ancient: Emerald Art Quilt Show, Springfield, OR; juror, Ruth Bass.
2020 SAQA No Limits, Virtual Gallery
2020 Art Quilt Elements, Wayne, PA; jurors Lewis Knauss, Amy Orr, Robin Schwalb (delayed)
2020 SAQA Musica! National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY; juror Joe Cunningham
2020 Visions 2020 Textiles, Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne Australia; juror Brenda Gael-Smith
2020 Ancient, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR; juror Ruth Bass
2020 Liturgical and Sacred Art 2020, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, MO (delayed)
2019 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY; jurors Petra Fallaux and Claire Benn
2019 Art Quilts XXIV: From Ordinary to Extraordinary, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, juror Georgia Heller
2019 Exploring the Twisted Nature of All Things…Fiber, Las Vegas City Hall Chamber Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2019 Evolutions 2019, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO; juror, Martha Sielman
2019 De۰light/full, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO; juror Rosalie Dace. Traveling to: Modella Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK, Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion, IN, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO.
2019 37th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, jurors Ann Johnston, Louisa Smith, Vicki Carlson, and Ellen Martin
2019 Our Heritage Through the Arts, 1894 Gallery, Texarkana AR
2019 Fiberworks 2019, AHHA Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK, juror Betty Busby
2019 Out of the Blue, Capitol Rotunda Art Gallery, NM State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM, juror Dr. Cynthia Sanchez.
2018 Art Quilts XXIII, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, juror: Erika Lynne Hanson
2018 Springfield Liturgical Art Festival, Springfield Art Association, Springfield IL, juror Jeff Garland
2018-2019 FiberWorks 2018, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK, juror David Brackett. Traveling to Graceful Arts Center, Alva, OK.
2018 In Full Bloom, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX. Traveling to: International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
2018 Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2017-2019 Declaration of Sentiments, SAQA Regional Exhibition, AQS Quilt Week, Paducah, KY; juror Cindi Souder. Traveling to Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Bloomington, IN, Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, Findlay, OH, Sullivan Munce Cultural Center, Zionsville, IN.
2017 Trinity Episcopal Church National Juried Exhibition, Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA; juror Frank Ordaz
2017 Art Quilts XXII, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, juror: Sandra Branjord
2017 FiberWorks 2017, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK, juror Cameron Taylor Brown
2017 Pathfinders: New Territories, Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, UT; jurors Marilyn Badger and Sandra Hoefner.
2017 Sacred Threads, Floris United Methodist Church, Herndon VA
2017-2018 Our Changing Landscape, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO; juror Judith Trager. Traveling to: Gallery of Art and Design, University of Central Missouri, Warresnburg, MO.
2017 Interpretations: Conversations, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA; jurors Pamela Allen, Eszter Bornemisza, and Rosalie Dace.
2017 Spring AQS Quilt Week, Paducah, KY
2017 Under the Western Sun, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO; juror Patricia Kennedy-Zafred. Traveling to: The Macey Center, New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, HandiQuilter, Salt Lake City, UT.
2017 Made in New Mexico: Structural Diversity, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Capitol Rotunda Art Gallery, NM State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM; juror Dr. Cynthia Sanchez.
2017-2018 Threads of Resistance, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; jurors Artist Circle Alliance. Traveling to: Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Minneapolis, MN, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Atlanta, GA, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Lakeland, FL, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Cleveland, OH, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Raleigh, NC, Experience Fiber Art, The Wilder Building, Rochester, NY, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA, Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, VA, The Charlton Sewing Center, Charlton, MA.
2017-2020 SAQA Textile Posters, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, juror: Joseph Lupo. Traveling to: International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, Sydney Stitches & Craft Show, Sydney, Australia, Adelaide Craft and Quilt Fair, Adelaide, Australia, Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne, Australia, Brisbane Stitches & Craft Show, Brisbane, Australia, Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair: Mitchell, Australia, Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show: Broadmeadow, Australia2017 Road to California, Ontario, CA
2016 FiberWorks 2016, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK; juror Kay Kahn.
2016 Quilts: A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2016 Art Quilts XXI: In Stitches, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ; juror Marla Hattabaugh.
2016 Gateway to Imagination Juried Fine Art Show, Farmington, NM; juror BettyAnn Mocek
2015-2017 Quilt National '15, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH; jurors Rosalie Dace, Ann Johnston, and Judy Schwender. Traveling to: Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO, Summit County Historical Society, Akron, OH, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MN
2015 Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Just Sayin’ 2015, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2015 Cultural Red, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Capitol Rotunda Art Gallery, NM State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM, juror Dr. Cynthia Sanchez. Traveling to: Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
2015 Sacred Threads, Floris United Methodist Church, Herndon, VA
2015 Fiberworks 2015, Living Arts Center, Tulsa, OK; juror Lindsay Ketterer Gates.
2015 Shades of the Southwest, AQS Quilt Week Albuquerque, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque NM; jurors Gail Garber and Donna Barnitz.
2015 Road to California, Ontario, CA
2014 Art Quilts XIX: Permission to Play, Storytelling Art Quilts, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ; juror Denise A. Currier.
2014 Fiberworks 2014, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK; juror John Garrett
2014 Quilts: A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
2013-2016 SAQA: Text Messages, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX; juror Lesley Riley. Traveling to: Round Bobbin Quilting and Sewing Expo, St. Charles, MO, Quilt! Knit! Stitch!, Portland, OR, International Quilt Festival Chicago, Chicago, IL, Original Sewing and Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, VA, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2013 Fiberworks 2013, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK; juror Barbara Shapiro.
SOLO SHOWS AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 All Terrain: Mixed Media Works, Capitol Rotunda Art Gallery, NM State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Off the Wall: Mixed Media Works, Capitol Rotunda Art Gallery, NM State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Gray Owl Coffee, Norman, OK
OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Small Works, SAQA KS, OK, MO, Shirley Stiles Gallery, Westwood, KS. Traveling to InterUrban Art House, Springfield, MO.
2019 Small Works, SAQA KS, OK, MO, Shirley Stiles Gallery, Westwood, KS
2018 Life Along the Rio Grande, SAQA NM, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM. Traveling to: First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, NM; Macey Center, Socorro, NM; Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM.
2018 Small Works, SAQA KS, OK, MO, Shirley Stiles Gallery, Westwood, KS. Traveling to: Kaw Valley Quilt Show, Lawrence, KS; Harper’s Fabric and Quilt Co., Overland Park, KS
2015 Natural Healing, SAQA NM, First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, NM. Traveling to: Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM, Gifts of Art Gallery, University Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Center for Discovery and Exploration, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Inova Cancer Center, Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax, VA.
2015 Midwest Metaphors, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2015 Seeds by SAQA, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Silver City Fiber Fiesta, Silver City, NM. Traveling to: Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
2014 Beyond Traditions, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
2013 A Color Runs Through It, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Silver City Fiber Arts Festival, Silver City NM. Traveled to: Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM, Las Cruces Art Month, Las Cruces, NM, Denver National Quilt Festival IX, Denver, CO, Quiltfest Destination Savannah, Savannah, GA
2012 A Walk in the Wild, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Albuquerque Open Space Center Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Traveled to: Houston International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2020 Gold Medal Award, Ancient: Emerald Art Quilt Show
2018 Juror’s Choice, FiberWorks 2018
2015 First Place, Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Just Sayin’ 2015, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2015 Third Place, Road to California, Ontario, CA
2015 Best Quilt, Fiberworks 2015, Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2014 Merit Quilting Award, Fiberworks 2014, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK.
2013 Merit Quilting Award, Fiberworks 2013, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK
2013 Best of Show, Just for Me Division, Machine Quilters Showcase, Wichita, KS
RESIDENCIES AND PRESENTATIONS
2020 Cut up your quilts: application of kirigami approaches to fiber art. Seminar, SAQA Virtual Conference
2017 Artist in Residence, Empty Spools Seminars, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Juried Artist Member, Board Member
International Quilt Association
Fiber Artist of Oklahoma
Dallas Quilt Guild
Visions Art Museum
4 Common Corners
PUBLICATIONS
Magazines and books (work shown in)
Art Quilt Quarterly, (2020 Issue 18), Musica!
Art Quilt Quarterly, (2019 Issue 17), Portfolio
Wong, TD, (2019) Magic and Memories; 45 Years of International Quilt Festival, Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing.
Quiltfolk (Issue 6, 2018) Edge to Edge
SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly (2018 Issue no. 10) Textile Posters
SAQA Journal (2018 Vol. 28 No. 2) Happy Life
MacDowel, M., Luz, C., Donaldson, B. (2018) Quilts and Health, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, (2017), University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK.
SAQA Journal (2017 Vol. 27 No. 4) Our Changing Landscape
Machine Quilting Unlimited (2016 September/October) Quilts from our Readers
Sider, S. (2015) 1000 Quilt Inspirations: Colorful and Creative Designs for Traditional, Modern, and Art Quilts. Beverly MA: Beverly, MA: Quarry Books.
Quilt Trends (2014, Spring) SAQA’s A Walk in the Wild Exhibit
Quilters Newsletter (2015 October/November) Reader’s Quilt Show: Quilt National
Show Catalogs (work shown in)
Declaration of Sentiments: 1848-The Struggle Continues (2017)
Life Along the Rio Grande (2018) catalog by Shannon Conley
Pathfinders: New Territories (2017) catalog by Darren Lewis and Mallory Petersen
Threads of Resistance, (2017) catalog by Indigo Perez and Judy Coates-Perez
Textile Posters, (2017)
Under the Western Sun: SAQA Regional Exhibition, (2017) catalog by Shannon Conley
Our Changing Landscape: SAQA Regional Exhibition, (2017) catalog by Shannon Conley
Made in New Mexico: Structural Diversity: SAQA Regional Exhibition, (2017) catalog by Shannon Conley
Quilt National 2015 the Best of Contemporary Quilts, (2015) catalog by the Dairy Barn Arts Center, Kathleen Dawson.
Natural Healing: SAQA Regional Exhibition, (2015) Full exhibit, catalog by Shannon Conley
Natural Healing: SAQA Regional Exhibition, (2015) Traveling exhibit, catalog by Betty Busby
SAQA Text Messages, (2013) catalog by Diedre Adams
Catalog Design
De۰light/full, (2019) https://www.amazon.com/de%DB%B0light-FULL-Shannon-Conley/dp/1096884550/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=shannon+conley&qid=1570677465&sr=8-1
Out of the Blue, (2019) https://www.amazon.com/Out-Blue-Contemporary-Quilts-Mexico/dp/1798421801/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=SAQA&qid=1570677395&sr=8-8
Life Along the Rio Grande, (2018) https://www.amazon.com/Life-Along-Rio-Grande-Contemporary/dp/1983756563
Our Changing Landscape, (2017) https://www.amazon.com/Our-Changing-Landscape-Contemporary-Misourri/dp/1545586551/
Made in New Mexico: Structural Diversity, (2017) https://www.amazon.com/Made-New-Mexico-Structural-Diversity/dp/1543173292/
Under the Western Sun, (2017) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1544106033/
Natural Healing, (2016) http://www.blurb.com/b/6527426-natural-healing-catalog
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Sacramento, CA
Montessori Episcopal School, Lewisville, TX
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
Rebecca Buckner, Flower Mound, TX
Sally and Joe Kanetzky, Austin, TX
Ralph James, Swampscott, MA
J.C. Wallace, Norman, OK
Stephanie Amster, Austin, TX
Kelly Sopko, Brentwood, TN
Laurie Landau, NYC, NY
Michael Cox, Oklahoma City, OK
Betty Busby, Albuquerque, NM
Linda Kelly, Norman, OK
Barbara Bilbo, Ft. Stanton, NM
Gretchen Hrachovec, Owasso, OK
Other private collections
EDUCATION
2015 Various art classes, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City OK
2009-2015 Studied with Betty Busby, Caryl Bryer Fallert Gentry, Gloria Loughman, Jenny Bowker, and others, Empty Spools Seminars, Asilomar CA
1997-1999 Various art classes, New Mexico State University, Alamogordo NM
1994-1997 Various art classes, Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso NM