EDUCATION
MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
BA Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Scripps Paris Program/ University of Paris X, Nanterre
ARTISTIC RESEARCH
2009 - present
Artistic and anthropological research for art practice and teaching focusing on traditional embroidery primarily from Central and Eastern Europe.
EXHIBITIONS
2009
Green Sight and Sound, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PACT, Inc. Benefit, Divisadero Art Walk, San Francisco, CA
AIR/HMC Residencies Exhibition, Museum of Tourism and Trade, Budapest, Hungary
On View, The Konrad Gallery, Geyserville, CA
Terroir: A Sense of Place, Marin French Cheese Factory, Petaluma, CA
Messenger, Arboretum Apparel, Healdsburg, CA
2008
Emerging Visions, Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA
2006
Hair, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD
Feedback, The German House, New York, NY
New Ideas/ New Directions, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ
2005
Folio: 2 x 12, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
Video: 1800 Frames, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Artists by Artists, Third Eye Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
2004
Drift Video Screening, aRaMoNa Studio, New York,NY
Feedback: Artists By Artists, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin, German
Drift, Valentino Pier, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 2003
Epic, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Nurturing The New, NurtureArt, New York, NY
2002
Kaboom!, The Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Images, The Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ
Group Show, Bildungsakademie der Bankgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
Artist to Artist, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Germany
Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2000
Group Show, Anne Reid Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
The Paper Trail, Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Fourth Rotation, Next Level Communications, Rohnert Park, CA 1998 Photo Nouveau, Soundscape, Santa Rosa, CA
RESIDENCIES
2017
OBRAS, Renkum, The Netherlands
2016
Textilsetur Islands, Blonduos, Iceland
Arquetopia, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2009
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2001
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2000
Vermont Studio Center
LECTURES and TEACHING
2019
Lecture on artistic research and embroidery workshop, The Linen Project at Nederlands Openlucht Museum, Arnhem, NL
Hungarian Written Embroidery lecture and workshop, Embroiderer’s Guild of America, Morgan Hill, CA
2016 - ongoing
Hungarian Written Embroidery, Icelandic Net Bags, and Portuguese Embroidery workshops, Handcraft Studio School, Emeryville, CA /
WildCraft Studio School, Portland, OR / TATTER, Brooklyn, NY
Introduction to Embroidery, Modern Monograms and Embroidered Text, Embroidered Flowers of Portugal workshops, ThreadWritten
2015
Kalotaszeg Embroidery Workshop, Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Hungarian Folk Embroidery Workshop, Once Around, Mill Valley, CA
Hungarian Folk Embroidery Workshop, Handcraft Studio School, Emeryville, CA
Written Embroidery demonstration, LACIS Museum of Lace and Textiles, Berkeley, CA
2014
Hungarian Embroidery, Embroiderers’ Guild of America, San Mateo, CA chapter
Hungarian Embroidery, Embroiderers’ Guild of America, San Francisco, CA chapter
2001
Seminar in Contemporary Art, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
AWARDS AND JURIES
2008
Nomination, Sonoma County Emerging Artist Award, Art Council of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
Co-Juror, Zone of Focus photography exhibition, Sonoma County Museum
2001
Teaching Assistantship Competitiveness Award, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
2000
Rutgers University Graduate grant for residency (Vermont Studio Center)
1998
Scripps Fine Arts Foundation Award, Scripps College
Huo Xuan Huong Leadership Award, Scripps College
Padelford French Award, Scripps College
1995
Virginia Judy Esterly Grant, Scripps College
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2000
“Paper Trail”, Kathleen Doherty, Hand Paper-Making Magazine, Winter, 2000, Washington, D.C., p.46-47 1997
1997
“Envoi: Sonia Biard, Sarah Pedlow”, Supplement: Le Journal des Expositions, no. 46, June 1997, Paris, France, p.1
1996
“Photo Exhibit Captures Progress in Sonoma County”, Alexis Corontz and Ginny Stern, The Collage Newspaper, February, Claremont, CA, p.5