Martha Cole
Martha Cole
BORN Regina, Saskatchewan
1972 B. of Education, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1970 B. of Fine Arts, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS All exhibitions are of fabric-based works unless otherwise indicated with an (*) which indicates a book-based exhibition.
2007 Power of Place, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2007 The Turned Land, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2005-07 Survivors, OSAC (Organization of Sask. Arts Councils), Regina, SK Touring exhibition – 27 venues across the province.
2004 Prairie Portraits, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2003 Envisioning the Whole, McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2002 Evidence of Life, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC
2002 Explorations I, II & III, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1999 In This Place, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1998 Life Patterns, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1998 Trees of Life, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1998* Whimsies & Ephemera (*), Indigo Print & Paperworks, Edmonton,AB
1997 Shedding Her Skin, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
1996 Of the Spirit, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1995* Books: Words For It (*), Indigo Print &Paperworks, Edmonton, AB
1994 Coming Home, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1992 From Heather’s Garden, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1990 Voices of our Ancestors, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1989 Woman Words, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1987 Computer Connections, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2007 Gala Art Auction, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2007 Hippie Connections. Connections Fibre Artists, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
2007 In Concomitance, St. Thomas More Gallery, Univ.of Sask., Saskatoon, SK
2006 Small Works and Exceptions, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2006 Tete a Tete, Connections Fibre Artists, Wellington County Museum, Fergus, ON
2006 Making Light, Fibre Art Network, FibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 Lumination, Fibre Art Network, Kariton Gallery, Abbotsford, BC
2006* Prairie Books (*), Sask. Craft Council Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2006* Personal Visions: Engaging with the Book (*), Online exhibition - www.cbbag.ca
2005 Yokohama 2005, 13th International Quilt Week, Patchwork Quilt Tsushin, Yokohama, Japan
2005 Gala Art Auction, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2005 Connections@HomerWatson, Connections Fibre Artists, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2004-05 Breaking Tradition: Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilts. Manitoba Arts Network. Touring exhibition -13 locations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
2004 Canadascapes, Laconner Quilt Museum, Laconner, WA, USA
2004 Canadascapes, Canadian Quilt Assoc, Winnipeg, MB
2004 Altered Shapes, Fibre Art Network, Mennonite Heritage Museum, Winnipeg, MB
2002 Postcards from the Playground (2-person), Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002 Then and Now, McMullen Gallery, Univ. of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, AB
2002 FanFare, Fibre Art Network, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002 A Common Thread, Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, SK
2001 Flowers in February, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2000 Flowers in February, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2000 15th Anniversary Show, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
2000 Speculations, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB
1999* Between the Lines (*), Estevan National Exhibition Centre, Estevan, SK
1999 In Context: The Saskatchewan Landscape (2-person), Sask. Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1998 In Context: The Saskatchewan Landscape (2-person),
Devon House Craft Gallery, Nfld & Labrador Crafts Development Assoc., St. John’s, NFLD
1998 In Context: The Saskatchewan Landscape (2-person), Craft Space Gallery, Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, MB
1998 Canada, A Cultural Mosaic, Southern Georgia Univ. Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
1997* Paper Transformations(*), Francis Morrison Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1996* Paper Dreams, Passages & Translations (*), Sask. Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1995 Women’s Work, McIntyre Gallery, Regina, SK
1994* Bookworks(*), A.K.A. Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1994 Spring Festival of Quilts’04, Melville & District Quilters Guild Inc, Melville, SK
1993 How Does Your Garden Grow? McIntyre Gallery, Regina,SK
1992 29th Annual Woodlawn Needlework Exhibition, Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
1989 Rituals & Ritual Objects, Sponsored by Sask. Craft Council (12 venues throughout province)
1989 Artists’ Kites, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1987 Commonwealth Conference Exhibition, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Dept. of External Affairs)
1987 Celebrating 10, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1986 Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1986 On into the Night(2-person), Little Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
1984 What I Did On My Summer Vacation (2-person), Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1984 What I Did On My Summer Vacation (2-person), Sask. Craft Council Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1983 Crafts of the World: Universiade, Sask. Rep, Edmonton, AB
1983 Open Fields, Embroidery Assoc. of Canada, Regina, SK
1982 Dimensions ’82, Sask. Craft Council (Toured province)
1980 Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
FABRIC WORKS:
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SK (2005, 1989)
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (2003)
SaskPower, Regina, SK (2003)
Saskatchewan Government Insurance, Regina,SK (2001, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1992)
Trinity College Chapel, Toronto, ON (1995)
City of Regina Arts Commission, Regina, SK (1994)
Knox Metropolitan United Church, Regina, SK (1992)
Saskatchewan, Alberta & Manitoba Wheat Pools.
Combined presentation gift to the Canadian Pacific Railroad to commemorate the twinning of the Rogers Pass. (1990)
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Regina, SK (1990)
Weyburn Arts Council, Weyburn, SK (1990)
Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina, SK (1986)
Government of Saskatchewan
Sask.-Jilin Exchange Program (1984)
Gov't Office Building, Weyburn, SK (1981)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
BOOKS:
Celebrating Saskatchewan Artists. Steven Ross Smith, Sask. Arts Alliance, 2006
Herstory 2006. The Canadian Women’s Calendar, Coteau Books, 2006. (Cover)
What My Body Knows. Lynda Monahan. Coteau Books, 2003 (Cover)
Running Barefoot: Women Write the Land. Ed. by Wynne Edwards, Dianne Linden. Rowan Books, 2001
Herstory 2000. The Canadian Women’s Calendar, Coteau Books, 2000.
Beyond the Horizon: Small Landscape Applique. Valerie Hearder. C&T Publishing, California, 1995.
Art of the Spirit, Contemporary Canadian Fabric Art. Helen Bradfield, Joan Pringle, Judy Ridout. Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1992.
The New Machine Embroidery. Joy Clucas. David and Charles Craft Book, London. 1987.
Fiberarts Design Book III. Kate Mathews, ed. Lark Books, 1987.
VIDEOS:
Martha Cole: Expressing the Feminine Within.
Half-hour video produced by Heartland Motion Pictures, Inc., 1997. Written and Directed by Susan Risk.
e-mail the gallery about Martha Cole at info@scottgallery.com