After a lifetime of relying on words to communicate, I discovered the language
of visual art which allows more articulate and subtle expression than I could
ever achieve with mere words. I hand dye fabric and sew it into quilted wall
hangings as my medium of visual expression. I consider my work "painting with cloth,"
but with an extra tactile element. My quilts are primarily explorations of form and
colour and the emotions evoked by these elements, but I also hope to elicit a
physical response in the viewer whose hand almost invariably seeks to touch
the wondrously sensuous surface of the quilted cloth.
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Photograph taken by Bob Westendorf
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Sew New: Contemporary Art Quilts, 2010
Osilas Gallery, Concordia College, White Plains, NY
Art Quilt Elements, 2010
The Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Art of Craft, 2010
Cultural Olympiad, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
The Fiber Quest, 2009
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, WA
Fiber Optix at the Cove, 2009
Penn Cove Pottery Gallery, Coupeville, WA
The Quilted Surface IV, 2008
Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
National Invitational Art Quilt Show, 2008
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence within Diversity, 2008
Crafts Association of BC, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC
Moving Beyond: Textile Art That Moves Beyond the Ordinary into the Extraordinary, 2007
Surface Design Association, BC Region, Vancouver, BC.
Quilt National 2007
the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
Contemporary Concepts, 2007
Penn Cove Gallery, Whidbey Island, WA
American Art Company's 9th Northwest Contemporary Art Quilt Invitational, 2006
American Art Company, Tacoma, WA.
Great Pacific Northwest Quiltfest 2006
Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Concepts, 2006
Penn Cove Gallery, Whidbey Island, WA
Cher Cartwright Quilts, 2006
Foyer Gallery, Squamish, BC
On the Wall, 2006
Gallery of Contemporary Art , University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Cutting Edge Quilts by Cher Cartwright, 2005
fibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Contemporary Concepts, 2004
Penn Cove Gallery, Whidbey Island, WA
Quilt National 2003
the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
QSDS Invitational 2003
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Threads that Bind: The Fine Art of Fiber, 2002
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
Great Pacific Northwest Quiltfest 2002
Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters, Seattle, WA
Third Prize, Innovative Category
Quilt Canada 2000, National Juried Show
Canadian Quilters' Association/Association Canadienne de la Courtepoint, Toronto, Ont.
Award for Excellence in Use of Colour and Design
Great Pacific Northwest Quiltfest 2000
Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters, Seattle, WA
artWORK 2000
B.C. Festival of the Arts, Nelson, B.C.
Flight of Time Exhibit, 2000
Benton County Historical Society and Museum, Philomath, Oregon
Raves 99
Community Arts Council of White Rock annual juried art show, White Rock, B.C.
ARTS 99
Arts Council of Surrey juried art competition and exhibition, Surrey, B.C.
Raves 98
Community Arts Council of White Rock annual juried art show White Rock, B.C.
Third Prize
Masters: Art Quilts, 2008, Lark Books
cover and interior art of Language Arts: Patterns of Practice, 7th ed., Gail E. Tompkins, Pearson Education Inc., 2008
Quilt National: The Best in Contemporary Quilts, 2007, Lark Books
Fiberarts Design Book 7, 2004, Lark Books
Quilt National: The Best in Contemporary Quilts, 2003, Lark Books
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