EDUCATION
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA MEd. Fibers 1986
Studies at the following institutions and studios:
Pat Hickman, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Helen Frederick
Pyramid Atlantic, Prints and Paperworks, Silver Spring, MD
Carriage House Paper, New York NY
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Penland School, NC
Anderson Ranch, CO
TEACHING, LECTURES
Presentation at the North American Hand Papermakers conference, Denver, Oct 2024
Naropa University – Visual Arts Faculty 2007 to 2020,
Extended Studies faculty 2000- 2007
InterOcean Studio- Sculptural Kozo workshop Spring 2024
Kozo workshop Boulder Colorado 2023
Museo de las Americas, Denver, workshop on bark fiber
Front Range Contemporary Quilters – guest speaker 2019
Alyson Stanfield ArtBiz Success- – guest interview on podcast 2019
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Workshops in 2018, 2015
Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii -Bark Fiber Workshop 2016
National Handmade Paper Conference presentation, Dard Hunter, Santa Fe 2016
Natural History Museum, CU Boulder, workshop presentations, 2016, 2013
Dairy Arts Center, Solo exhibition lecture, public events, 2016
University of Colorado, Environmental Design speaker, 2014
Boulder Handweavers Guild lecture, 2013
Denver Botanic Garden, lecture, workshop, 2011
Naropa University, Extended Studies – Retreats, workshops Boulder, CO 2000- 2006
Pendle Hill, National Retreat Center , Five day Art Retreats, Wallingford, PA 1995-1999
Studio workshops- Kozo, Art Papyrus, Gut Parchment, 2000-present
PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS, AWARDS
The Denver Post Oct 4, article on Bark Rhythms
International Association of Papermaking Art- Bulletin article 2024, Materiality- The Presence and Strength of Cast Kozo
Curator- Exhibition, Bark Rhythms: Ancestral Traditions and Contemporary Innovations
Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta GA, 2024
Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO 2024
International Association of Papermaking Art- Bulletin article 2019
Artist Residency- The Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA 2019
Hand Papermaking Magazine, feature article, Summer 2018
The Art of Papercraft, Helen Hiebert 2022
Natural Transitions Magazine, article 2017
5280 The Denver Magazine, 2016 The Denver Post 2016
The Starr Review 2015
Artist Residencies, Terraphilia, 2015, 2013
Front Range Bioneers Conference 2012, 2013
Fiber Art Now magazine, feature article, 2012
Hand Eye Magazine, feature on-line article, 2012
Fiberarts Magazine, Feature Article on Silkworm Chambers, Spring 2011
International Fiber Biennial, Invitational, Snyderman Gallery, 2012, 2010
500 Paper Objects, 2013, Lark Books
500 Baskets, 2006 Lark Books
SOFA Chicago, with Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia,
Mobelia Gallery, Boston, 2005-2009
Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe 2011, 2012
Authentic Visual Voices, by Catherine Nash, 2013, selected work included
American Style magazine, Feature, Winter 2010
The Crafts Report, Insight Feature Artist, Feb 2003
Fiberarts Design Book VII, 2004
Best in Show, Fiber Celebrated, 2005
Best of Show, Paper in the Millennium, 2000 American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA
NY Times, Sunday July 15, 1990 Review by Betty Freudenheim of work in Fiber As Art, juried by Lewis Knauss
COLLECTIONS
American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta GA
Sara and David Lieberman Contemporary Craft Collection
Kamm Collection
Denver Health
Stratus Consulting, Boulder Colorado
Special Collections- Topeka Public Library
University of Richmond
Many private collections
ORGANIZATIONS
North American Hand Papermakers, member since 1980
International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists, member since 1990
Surface Design Association
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Papier Fantastique, Canyon Gallery, Boulder CO 2025
Paper Made II, Ft Wayne Art Museum, Indiana 2025
Paper Made II, Fiber Art Now Magazine Fall 2025
North American Hand Papermakers showcase, Concordia University, St Paul, MN, 2025
Spark Gallery, Denver March, May 2025
Bast, D’art Gallery East, Denver, 2024
Bark Rhythms, curator, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver 2024
Pulp to Pages, Denver University Anderson Commons cases, 2024
New Altitudes, Denver University, Anderson Commons 2024
ReBloom, International Paper Art Biennale, Hagen, Germany 2024
Chaos Exhibition, RCW Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta GA 2024
Sustainability in Chaos, Rhode Island School of Design 2023
Shared Obsessions Providence RI 2023
Maker Made, Boulder CO 2023
Fluid Practices Exhibition, North American Hand Papermakers 2021
Unseen, Form & Concept Gallery, and 23 Sandy, book arts exhibition 2021
Constellations Studios, Paper Fiber: Shaped and Formed 2021
A Conversation with Paper, Fritz Gallery, Santa Fe NM 2020
University of the Arts, National Papermakers Exhibition, Philadelphia PA 2019
Narrative Threads Exhibition, Book Arts and sculptural installations, Durango CO 2019
Maker Made Exhibition, Boulder CO 2019
Morgan Conservatory Exhibition, Cleveland, 2019
Bioneers Conference Exhibition, Women Environmental Artists Dialog, 2018
Matrices Exhibition, University of Iowa, Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA 2018
Tansey Contemporary Gallery, Recall, Recapture Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM & Denver, CO 2018
Narrative Threads, ArtGym Gallery, & Regis University, Denver, CO 2018
Narrative Threads, Aspen, Carbondale Art Center, CO 2018
Paper, Paper, Paper Exhibition, Taos Center for the Arts , Taos, NM, 2017
Paper Love, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM 2016
Knoll Gallery, Contemporary Fiber, Denver 2016
Hold Fast: Seaweeds in a Time of Oceanic Change, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO 2016
History of Visual Arts Boulder – Naropa University Galleries, Boulder, CO 2016
3D Haiku, Republic Plaza Galleries, Denver CO 2015
Dairy Center for the Arts, Reflections on the Flood, Boulder, CO 2014
Revive and Renew: Contemporary Art and Eastern Papers, The Morgan Conservatory 2014
Contemporary Fiber Art, Helikon Contemporary Gallery, Denver 2014
The Power of Water, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO 2014
Faculty Exhibition, Naropa University Nalanda Gallery, Boulder, CO 2014
Front Range Bioneers Conference, 2013
Naropa University, Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Boulder, CO 2013
Anything But Trivial: Political Paper, Washington Univ, St Louis MO 2013
Natural History Museum, Trees and Insects in a Time of Change CU Boulder, 2013
Washi and Other Ephemera, Durango Art Center, Durango, CO August 2013
Colorado Fiber Art, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO June 2013
Terraphilia Artist Residency, Salida, Colorado 2013
The Art and Soul of Paper, Norwich, Kew Gardens, UK 2013
Plants and Insects in a Time of Change, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont CO 2013
Front Range Bioneers Conference, 2014
The Morgan Conservatory IAPMA Conference, Watermarks Exhibition, Cleveland, OH 2012
Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia 2012
Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2011
Lincoln Gallery, Naropa University, CO 2011
Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia 2010
The Paper Runway
The Robert C Williams American Museum of Papermaking 2010
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 2010
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago Chile 2010
SOFA Chicago- Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, 2009, Snyderman Gallery
Nalanda Gallery, Naropa University, CO 2009
Material Differences, Arkansas Valley Arts, Buena Vista, CO 2009
Contemporary Baskets Exhibition, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2008
Off the Wall, Translation Gallery, Denver 2007
The Teapot Redefined, Mobelia Gallery, Cambridge MA 2007
Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry, Craft Alliance Gallery St. Louis, MO 2007, Curator: Kate Anderson
Beyond the Basket: Contemporary Work in Fiber, Metal & Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2007
SOFA Chicago, Del Mano Gallery, Mobelia Gallery, 2006
National Paper Juried Exhibition, Canal Warehouse, Chillicothe, Ohio 2006
Basketry International, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, 2006
Nat’l Basketry Org, Jurors: Jerry Bleem, JoAnn Kelly Catso
Colorado’s Small Stitches – Beads and Thread, Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO 2007
Selected Works, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles,CA 2007
Contemporary Baskets 2006, Del Mano Gallery, June 2006
Plane and Form, Contemporary Handmade Paper, Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, 2006
SOFA Chicago, Del Mano Gallery-Los Angeles, CA October, 2005
All Things Considered III, Biennial, National Basketry Organization, North Tahoe Arts Gallery, Lake Tahoe, CA 2005
Fiber Directions 2005, Juror: Jason Pollen, Kansas City Art Institute, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas 2005
Crafts National 39, Juror: Jean McLaughlin, Penland School of Crafts, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA 2005
Fiber Celebrated 2005, Juror: Linda Ligon, Interweave Press, Intermountain Weavers, Durango, CO 2005
The Southwest School of Art and Craft, National Paper Exhibition, San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, TX 2004
Explore Paper, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver CO 2004
Landmarks,The Landmark Center, Minneapolis, MN 2003
Sensory Experiments, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO 2003
Paper as Art, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Denver, CO 2003
Art on and of Handmade Paper, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR 2002
Paper in the Millennium, Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta GA, 2000
Exhibitions previous to 2000 – contact Jill for an archived list
Jill’s work with hand made paper and bark fiber dates back to exhibitions in 1979.
