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CV | Resume

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Sandra Palmer Ciolino

  • Occupation: Artist

  • Medium: Fiber

  • Hometown: Oak Harbor, OH

  • Education: Bachelor of Arts, Mount St. Joseph College, Cincinnati, OH

  • Current Residence: Cincinnati, OH

Exhibitions

2024

• Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH — OH+5 Contemporary Art of Our

Region

• Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, OH — Stitching Stories

2023

• Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN – Form, Not Function

• Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – 51st Hamilton Current

Regional Art Competition

2022

• Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Quilts=Art=Quilts

* Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH – Fiber is Art, Too

• Indian Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH – The River and the Thread:

Fiber and Woven Forms from the Ohio Valley

2021

• Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – 50th Anniversary

Hamilton Current Regional Art Competition

2020

• Studio Art Quilt Association, Virtual Gallery Exhibit – On the Edge

• Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA — Quilt Visions 2020

  • Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH — Color Improvisations 2

  • Wingate University, Wingate, NC – Quilt National ’19 on Tour

2019

  • Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Quilts=Art=Quilts

  • Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH — Fiber IS Art

  • Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO – Quiilt National ’19 on Tour

  • Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV – Color Improvisations 2

  • Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH – Quilt National ‘19

  • Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH – Thread Count: The Intersection of Mathematics and Fiber Arts

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Spring (online exhibition)

2018

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Summertime (online exhibition)

  • Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH – Artist as Quiltmaker XVIII

  • Studio Art Quilt Association – Modern Inspriations: Art Quilts From 1970’s Through Today

  • Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada – Color Improvisations 2

  • Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA – Art Quilt Elements 2018

2017

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Just Say It (online exhibition)

  • Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Quilts=Art=Quilts

  • Excellence in Fibers, Fiber Art Now – Online Gallery

  • Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN – Form, Not Function

  • Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange, TX – Art Quilts of the Midwest

  • Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH – 11th Annual Juried Exhibition

  • Textilsammlung Max Berk / Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg, Germany – Color Improvisations 2

  • Ross Museum of Art, Delaware, OH – With These Hands (QSDS Exhibition)

  • Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – Hamilton Current

  • European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France – Color Improvisations 2

  • Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA – Art Quilts of the Midwest

2016

  • Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH – 2016 Golden Ticket

  • Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Quilts=Art=Quilts

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – To the Point (online exhibition)

  • Museum Tuch + Technik Textilmuseum, Nuemunster, Germany – Color Improvisations 2

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Under a Spell (online exhibition)

  • The Ross Museum, Delaware, OH – QSDS Party On!

  • Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN – Form, Not Function

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Architecture (online exhibition)

  • C-Link Gallery at Brazee Street Studios, Cincinnati, OH – Is This Fiber?

2015

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Moving Parts (online exhibition)

  • The Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA – Out of the Blue

  • Angelwood Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, OH – post-show exhibit of artworks from fiber577

  • The 577 Foundation, Perrysburg, OH – fiber577

  • Studio Art Quilt Associates, “Balancing Act” – International Quilt Festivals (Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Portland, OR)

  • Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – 47th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition

2014

  • Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA – Quilt Visions 2014: The Sky’s the Limit

  • The Ross Museum, Delaware, OH – Art Quilts: Celebrating 25 Years of QSDS

2013

  • Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Quilts=Art=Quilts

  • Mary Jo Cropper Family Center for Breast Care, Cincinnati, OH – Bethesda Foundation’s 5th Annual Juried Exhibition

  • Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH – OH+5: Ohio Border Biennial

  • Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH – 69th Annual Ohio Exhibition

  • Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH – Vessels: All the Eyes Can Hold

  • Lincoln Center Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO – New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts

  • Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA – What’s My Line?

  • Gallery Veronique in The Shops at Harper’s Point, Cincinnati, OH – Material Matters

  • Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN – Form, Not Function

  • Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – 46th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition

  • Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH – Superlatives II: Ohio Quilts

  • Avenue 9 Gallery & Art Guild, Chico, CA – Snow Goose Festival

2012

  • Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – Quilts=Art=Quilts

  • San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA – High Fiber Under Five

  • North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver, WA – Strands, 2012

  • MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD – Fiber Options: Material Explorations

  • Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH – The View Landscape Competition

  • Riverworks Gallery, Greenville, SC – Textiles in a Tube 2

  • Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH – Celebrating Our Past

  • Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN – Form Not Function

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2011

  • Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, OH – Water, Water, Everywhere

  • Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH – Superlatives: Contemporary Ohio Quilts

  • Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH – A Celebration of Cincinnati Fiber Artists

  • Loveland Art Studios, Loveland, OH – Loveland Fiber Art Show

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2010

  • The Carnegie, Covington, KY – A Global Affair featuring Art Quilters Anonymous Mandala Quilt Exhibit

  • Sigra Gallery, Bellevue, KY – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Exhibit

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2009

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2008

  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH – Solo exhibit in conjunction with antique quilt exhibit of The Shelburne Masterpiece Collection

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2007

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2006

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Show

2005

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists Quilt Sh

Commissions

2009

  • Nancy Crow, machine quilted Structure #6

2015

  • Karla Palmer and Tim Dane, Serenita (triptych)

Permanent Collections

2011

  • Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH

Awards

2018

  • Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA – “Precaria #8: Crucible”, Leslie Patterson Award for Best Use of Color

2017

  • Form, Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN – “Precaria #8: Crucible”, Award of Excellence

  • Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – “Precaria #7: Invasion”, Honorable Mention

2013

  • Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH – “Martello #7: Biofeedback”, Honorable Mention

2012

  • Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY – “Martello #5: Liaisons”, Catherine Hastedt Award for Workmanship

  • Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH – “Sgabello #1: Ascent”, Honorable Mention

2010

  • National Quilt Association, Columbus, OH – “Homage to Herbert”, Third Place Wall – Pieced

2009

  • Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH – “Homage to Herbert”, Merit Award

  • GHAE, Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton, OH – “Homage to Herbert”, Honorable Mention

  • National Quilt Association, Columbus, OH – “Chromatose”, Honorable Mention

  • Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH – “Homage to Herbert”, Cash Merit Award

  • Loveland Arts Council Mixed Media Art Show, Loveland, OH – “Strata 2”, First Place

2008

  • Form, Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN – “Magnolia”, Honorable Mention

  • Cincinnati Nature Center, Cincinnati, OH – “Homage to Herbert”, Viewer’s Choice

2006

  • Zonta Club Quilts for Change, Cincinnati, OH – “Feathers and Fillers”, 1st Place, Traditional Other

  • Zonta Club Quilts for Change, Cincinnati, OH – “Free Fall”, 2nd Place Contemporary

Publications

2019

  • “Quilt National: The Best of Contemporary Quilts”, © 2019 by the Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH

2018

  • “Art Quilt Elements”, © 2018 by BookBaby, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

  • “The Artist as Quiltmaker XVIII”, © 2018 by Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

2017

  • “Modern Inspirations: Art Quilts from the 1970’s Through Today”, © 2017 by Studio Art Quilt Associates, Hebron, CT

2016

  • “Color Improvisations 2: International Invitational of Contemporary Quilts (Curator: Nancy Crow)”, © 2016 by Museum Tuch + Technik, Neumunster, Germany

2015

  • “Balancing Act”, © 2015 by Studio Art Quilt Associates, Storrs, CT

  • “Art Quilts of the Midwest”, by Linzee Kull McCray, © 2015 by University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA

2014

  • “The Sky’s The Limit: Quilt Visions 2014”, © 2014 by Visions Art Museum: Contemporary Quilts and Textiles, San Diego, CA

2013

  • “31st Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts”, © 2013 by the Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO

  • “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie 2004 – 2013”, © 2013 by Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2012

  • “Textiles in a Tube”, © 2012 by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC

Affiliations

  • 2024 - 2013 Studio Art Quilt Associates

  • 2013 - 2003 Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists, Cincinnati, OH

  • 2012 - 2010 Art Quilters Anonymous

  • 2011 - 2009 A.R.T. Quilt Group

  • 2011 - 2009 ArtQuiltNetwork

Professional Services

  • Teacher/Facilitator Machine Quilting, Technique, and Process Skills Workshops

  • Guest Lecturer Topics Relating to Machine Quilting and Contemporary Quilt Art