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EXHIBITIONS / AWARDS
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2003
Hamady’s Problems…Solutions
Columbia College, Chicago Center for
Book and Paper Arts, Illinois
Wisconsin Women in Print
UW-Whitewater Center Gallery, Wisconsin
Museum fur Angewandte Kunst
Frankfort, Germany
Museum of Arts and Design
New York
2002
Pandora’s Box
Participant in collaborative book by Columbia College, Chicago
Rare Books of the Future
Center for the Book Arts, New York
Artists’ Books: Highlights from the Kohler Art Library
Memorial Library and Kohler Art Library,
University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
2001
Artists’ Books
Riverfront Art Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Visual Icons
Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout,
Menomonee, Wisconsin
2000
Books as Process, Text, Object and Habit
NML Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee
Door County: Native to Contemporary Art
Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Artists’ Books: Visual Literary Expressions
Montana State University-Billings.
1999
Parsons School of Design
New York
Text and Texture: A Visual Language
H2O Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A Book is Not a Book is Not a Book
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
A Poem on the Page
Columbia College, Chicago Center for the Book
and Paper Arts, Illinois
1998
Art as a Collaboration
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Artist, Writer, Publisher, Printer: The Art of the Book in Wisconsin
Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
Paper: The State of the Connection
Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin
State of the Book: Artist's Books of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha
Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside; Kenosha, Wisconsin
The Book Transformed
Evanston Art Center, Illinois
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1997
Caren Heft: Letterpress Books & Mark Sisson: Mixed Media Prints
Pensacola Junior College Visual Arts Gallery, Florida
The 15th University of Dallas National Print Invitational
traveling through 1999; University of Dallas, Irving, Texas; Texas A &
M University Commerce, Texas; Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana,
Texas; Collin County College, Plano, Texas; Baylor University, Waco, Texas;
Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
Unbound: Art in Bookform/Book as Artform
Herron Gallery, Indiana University, Indianapolis
The Book as Art
City Arts Center; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and
the Brannigan Cultural Center, Las Cruses, NM
Books Made by At-Risk Children
Layton Gallery at Cardinal Stritch College; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Books: Form and Function
Crossman Gallery at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater; Wisconsin
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1996
From Cover to Cover: Transformation of the Book
Iowa State University, Gallery 181, Ames Iowa
Unique Editions: Text Structure & Performance
Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Paper, Art & the Book
Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
Viewpoint: Art as Message
Craft Alliance Center for the Visual Arts, St. Louis, Mo
Wisconsin Triennial 1996
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Mind, Heart, Soul and Book
University of Wisconsin Center-Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Handmade Paper
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan
Tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
TEXTile
Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, Illinois
Visual Journals: Handmade Books as Art
Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, Florida
Dressing the Text: The Fine Press Artists' Book
traveling through 1998; The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, California;
Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College, Claremont, California; Vernon
R. Alden Library, Ohio University, Athens; Minnesota Center for the Book
Arts, Minneapolis; Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara;
John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Olin Library,
Mills College, Oakland, California
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1995
Multiples Only
University of Texas at Dallas
6451 Plus
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida
Workbook: Journals and Journeys
Chicago Center for the Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Illinois
PaperBooks
Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, Minneapolis
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1994
1st Loyola Bookart Invitational
Loyola Gallery Downtown, New Orleans, Louisiana
Re-Reading the Boundless Book: Art and Language Rewrite the Twenty-First
Century
Minnesota Center for the Book Arts; Minneapolis; and traveling until November
1996
The Book Unbound
The Ormond Memorial Art Museum
Ormond Beach, Florida; and traveling
Memorials by Three Book Artist
Cardinal Stritch College, Layton Honor Gallery; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Book as Art
Edith Lambert Gallery; The Museum System of New Mexico including the Fine
Arts Museum, International Folk Arts Museum, Indian Arts & Culture
Museum; the Palace of the Governors Museum; the IAIA Museum; the Santa
Fe Children's Museum; The Santa Fe Public Library; College of Santa Fe;
St. John's College and the Santa Fe Community College, New Mexico.
Book Arts Exhibition
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
Eighth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Milliseconds to Millennia: The Art of Time
Virginia Center for the Craft Arts, Richmond, Virginia; and traveling
through 1995; Bridewell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas,
Texas; Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington Virginia; Monserrat College of Art,
Beverly, Massachusetts; Sawtooth Center for the Visual Arts, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
Fine Printers Finely Bound Two
Work from the Chicago Hand Bookbinders
Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
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1993
A Decade in Illinois
State of Illinois Building Gallery, Chicago
The Wisconsin Triennial
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
The Boston Printmakers 44th North American Print Exhibition
Boston University Art Gallery; Massachusetts*
International Artists' Book Collaborations: Women at Work
Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois; Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992
Verbal Text/Non-Verbal Context: Handmade Books by Wisconsin Artists
invitational exhibition, Milwaukee Art Museum; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Caren Heft: Artist's Books
5501 Columbia Gallery; Dallas, Texas
Caren Heft: The Art of the Book
Aaron Bohrod Fine Arts Gallery, UW Center-Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin
Book as Container
Sazama Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
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1991
The Art of Bookmaking: Handmade Books by Caren Heft
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Boundless Vision: Contemporary Bookworks
San Antonio Art Institute, Texas
Photographic Book Art in the United States
traveling through 1994; University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas Woman's
University Art Gallery, Denton; Washington Center for Photography, D.C.;
San Francisco CameraWork, California; Olin Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier,
Ohio; Houston Center for Photography, Texas, Center for Creative Photography,
Tucson, Arizona, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida;
Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois; The Contemporary
Art Center, New Orleans, La.; Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville; The Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Mass.
In Book Form: The Artist's Book
Artisan's Gallery, Mill Valley, California
Book as Art IV
Library and Research Center, The National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, D.C.
1990
Off the Shelf: Invitational Book Arts Exhibition
Rockford College, Illinois
Folded Words; Two Person Exhibition
Paper Press, Chicago, Illinois
Vessels of Message: Contemporary Book Art
Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan
Paper Transformed
Two Person Exhibition; Outagamie Museum; Appleton, Wisconsin
A Book in Hand
Invitational Book Arts Show at
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities; Colorado
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1989
Women's Studio Workshop Two Person Exhibition
Rosendale, New York
Crafts On and Off the Wall
Invitational Crafts Exhibition; Charles A.Wustum Museum of Fine Arts,
Racine, Wisconsin
The Boston Printmakers 41st North American Print Exhibition
The Art Institute of Boston, Massachusetts*
Exhibition of Artist's Books; invitational exhibition,
National Museum of Women in the Arts; Washington, D.C.
1988
Associate Artist
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
1988 Pacific States National Print Biennial Print Exhibition
University of Hawaii at Hilo
1988 Stockton National IV: Print and Drawing Exhibition
Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Schoharie County Arts Council National Small Works Exhibition
1985, 1988*; Cobleskill, New York
Confessions of a Bibliopoesic
One Person Exhibition, Woodland Pattern; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Twelfth Annual Small Works Show
80 Washington Square Galleries, New York University, New York City*
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1987
Exhibition of Artist's Books Celebrating the Opening of the Library
and Research Center
invitational exhibition, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington,
D.C.
Women's Autobiographical Artists Books
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Museum, Fine Arts Galleries, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
11th Annual Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition
Rudolph E. Lee Gallery; Clemson University, South Carolina; 1987*,
1989
21st Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition; Hartmann Gallery;
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Miniature Print Biennial
International Graphic Arts Foundation USA; Silvermine Galleries, New Caanan,
Conn.; John Szoke Gallery, New York
1986
Invitational Book Arts Exhibition
Spertus Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Rutgers National 85/86 Works on Paper
Stedman Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Camden, New Jersey
Letters
February, Women's Caucus for Art, New York City Chapter; Clocktower Gallery,
NY
Juried Book Residency
Artist's Book Works, Chicago, Illinois
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1985
Midwest Contemporary Book Art
Minneapolis Center for the Book Arts, Minnesota
1984
National Print Copier Print Competition Exhibition
Pratt Graphics Center, New York City
Eighth Annual Small Works Exhibition
80 Washington Square Galleries, New York University, New York*
Introspectives: A National Exhibition of Autobiographical Works by Women
Artists
Pyramid Arts Center Inc., Rochester, New York
1984 Wisconsin Biennial
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Making Paper: Wisconsin
invitational exhibition, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine,
Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
*Denotes award
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