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Fiber Artist CV

Artist Statement: “I create art quilts that are meant to be both beautiful and thought-provoking. My background as a scientist led me to inspire others to view the beauty of nature and improve the planet. This resulted in a whole ongoing series of art quilts that convey specific messages about scientific topics. Please check out my "Science as Art Quilt Series" to see more!

My "Abstract Art Quilt Series" uses vivid colors and shapes to convey messages-both mine and those the viewer creates while viewing them. Some were inspired by famous painters (Frankenthaler, Kandinsky, Miro), others are pure improvisation.

 

Solo Exhibitions

 1.“The Quilted Art and Poetry of Science,” Juried by Original Sewing and Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Sep., 25-27, 2025, Nashville & Lebanon, Tennessee, Oct. 2-4, 2025, Cincinnati & Sharonville, Ohio, 2025, Detroit & Novi, Michigan, Nov. 6-8, 2025, Atlanta & Duluth, Georgia, Mar. 12-14, 2026, Lakeland, Florida, Mar. 19-21, 2026, Cleveland & Akron, Ohio, Apr. 13-25, 2026, Dallas & Irving, Texas, Jul. 20-Aug. 1, 2026, Kansas City & Overland Park, Kansas, Aug. 6-8, 2026.

2. “Spotlight on Virginia Artists,” (6 quilts), juried by the Virginia Quilt Museum, Dayton, Virginia, Jan. 20 - Mar. 14, 2026.

 International Exhibitions:

  1. “Fierce Planets,” juried by Dr. Sabine Stanley, J.D. Talasek, and Dr. Denis Wirtz, SAQA Global Exhibit, Louisiana State Museum of Art & international venues, 2024-2027.

  2. "Blue Artist Exhibition,” Artist Space Gallery, online: Jan., 2024.

  3. “Abstraction,” juried by Omnibus Gallery, Dresden, Germany, Jan. 2024.

Recent Juried Exhibitions

  1. "Sacred Threads," juried by ,” juried by Barb Triscari & Lisa Ellis, Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 30 to Nov. 9, 2025.

  2. “Quiltmakers and Designers: 1945-1979,” juried by AQSG, Portland, Maine, Oct. 15-19, 2025.

  3. “Total Eclipse of the Quilt," juried by Debi Shepler and Sherry McConell, Quilter's Hall of Fame, Marion, Indiana, Apr. 2-May 4, 2024.

  4. “Sew to Speak,” juried by Deb Cashatt, Blackrock Art Center, Germantown, Maryland, March-April, 2024.

  5. “Contemporary Colors,” juried by Kavanaugh Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois, Feb.– Mar., 2024.

  6. “Black & White,” Art Room Gallery Online, International Exhibit, Jan.-Feb., 2024

  7. “Blue Artist Exhibition,” juried by Darko Stanic, Artist Space Gallery, Feb., 2024

  8. “Black, White, and Grey,” juried by Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, Jan., 2024.

  9. “Abstraction,” juried by Omnibus Gallery, Dresden, Germany, Jan., 2024.

  10. “Fierce Planets,” juried by Dr. Sabine Stanley, J.D. Talasek, and Dr. Denis Wirtz, SAQA Global Exhibit, Louisiana State Museum of Art, Apr. 2024-2027.

  11. “19th Century Blues: it’s more than Indigo,” juried by American Quilt Study Group, Louisville, 2021 Kentucky, Sep.-Oct., 2023.

  12. “Imagination 1x4,” juried by Maggie Vanderweit, SAQA, Blackrock Gallery, Germantown, Maryland, Jan.-Feb., 2021, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic, (online), 2021, and McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, Virginia, May-Jun., 2021.

  13. “Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition,” juried by Steven Prince, Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton, Virginia, Oct.-Dec., 2021.

  14. “Medallion Quilts,” juried by American Quilt Study Group, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Aug., 2021.

Awards​​

  • Honorable Mention, “Balancing Act," Art Room Gallery, 2024.

  • Winner, “Blue Eclipse,” “Blue Artist Exhibition,” Artist Space Gallery, 2024.

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Publications

  1. “Pollinator Garden" (quilt), in "Quiltmakers and Designers: 1945 to 1979," by American Quilt Study Group, in press.

  2. "The Quilted Art and Poetry of Science” by Kathleen P. Decker (19 quilts and 19 poems), (High Tide Publications, Deltaville, Virginia), 2025.

  3. “Making the Unseen, Seen” (3 quilts, 3 poems, and Editor-in-Chief), (High Tide Publications, Deltaville, Virginia, 2025. 50 international contributors of fiber art and poems.

  4. “Marsquake” (quilt) in Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. XLI, No. 1, Fall 2024

  5. “Marsquake” (quilt) in Fierce Planets, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2024.

  6. "United," (poem) and "United Hemispheres," (quilt) in Consilience, Issue #18, 2024.

  7. “Irish Chain,” (quilt) in Beyond the Blues: American Quilt Study Group Study, 2024.

  8. "We Vote Thanks to Them" (quilt) in Sew to Speak, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2024.

  9. “Treasures of the Commonwealth,” and “Sparkling Gems," (quilts) and Editor, Views of Virginia, Poetry Society of Virginia, 2023.

  10. “Dutch Heritage,” (quilt) in American Quilt Study Group Medallion Quilt Study, 2022.

  11. “Tasty Pies,” “Birches,” & “Crescendo, Decrescendo,” (quilts) and Editor, Quilted Poems, PSV/CPQG, Virginia, 2022.

  12. “Sailfish Hunt” (poem) in Fresh Fish, Textile Artists, and Poets Explore Underwater Life. Studio Art Quilt Associates, Hebron, Connecticut, 2021.

  13. Contributing Editor, Threads, Quilt of Valor Foundation, 2018-2019.

Artwork in Traveling Group Exhibitions

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  1. “Fierce Planets,” juried by Dr. Sabine Stanley, J.D. Talasek, and Dr. Denis Wirtz, SAQA Global Exhibit. 2024-2027.

  2. “Imagination 1x4,” juried by Maggie Vanderweit, SAQA, Blackrock Gallery, Germantown, Maryland, Jan.-Feb., 2021, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic, online, 2021, and McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, Virginia, May to June, 2021.

  3. “Medallion Quilts,” American Quilt Study Group, touring U.S. exhibit, 2021-2025.

  4. ​“Quilts of Valor, Fifty States Salute,” toured 50 states, 2018-2019.

Copyright Kathleen P. Decker and Firebellied Frog, 2025.

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