Camilla Brent Pearce
1021 Grand Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412.716.4909
RESUME
Education
MFAPaintingWashington University, St. Louis, MO
BFAFiberKansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Solo Exhibitions
PROCESS/PATTERN: New Stitched Work, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Woodland Pattern Center, Milwaukee, WI
Riverwest Artworks, Milwaukee, WI
Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN
HERMETIC Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Select Group Exhibitions
FOCUS: Fiber 2014. Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA. (Juror: Paola Morsiani.)
2014 Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA. (Jurors: Nicholas Chambers, Rachel Delphia, John Carson)
Edge to Edge. Borelli-Edwards Gallery, Pittsburgh , PA. (Juror: Meredith Ré Grimsley.)
Celebrate Fiber. The University Museum. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Indiana, PA
ARTABET: The Illuminated Alphabet Project: Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh. Panza Gallery, Millvale, PA
Focus: Fiber 2011-2012. Textile Arts Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Canton Museum of Art. Canton, OH (Juror: Dorothy Caldwell)
ReCYCLE.fiber: The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh , PA
2010 Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA
Fiberart International 2007. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA/ Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte SC/ The Clay Center, Charleston, WV (Jurors: Lois Moran, Naomi Kobiyashi, Dorothy Caldwell.)
The Artist as Quiltmaker. Firelands Association for the Visual Arts Oberlin, OH (Juror: Linda Fowler)
Up Over and Down Under. Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh/Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Assoc. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA/ Parliament House, Sydney & T.A.F.T.A Gallery 59- The Gap, Brisbane, Australia. (Juror: Janice Lessman-Moss)
Craft Forms 2005. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (Juror: David Revere McFadden)
2005 National Bead & Fiber Exhibition. Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick MD (Jurors: Jane Sauer & Joyce Scott)
Material Musings: Fiberarts Guild Membership Show. Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Quilts for Art’s Sake III. Makeready’s Gallery 214 Artspace Montclair, NJ (Juror: Patricia Malarcher)
Quiltmaking Through Time. Meadowcroft Museum, Avella, PA
2003 Quilt National. Dairy Barn Center for the Arts, Athens, OH (Jurors: Liz Axford, Wendy Huhn, Robert Shaw)
Sacred Threads 2003. Reynoldsburg, OH
Fiberart Now: Fiberarts Guild of PGH 2002 Membership Show. PGH Art Institute. (Juror: Chad Alice Hagen)
Nothing New: Fiber Art from Recycled Materials. The Textile Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. (Juror: Pat Hickman)
Order & Chaos in Domestic Life. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Fantastic Fibers. Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY & The Louisville Art Center, Louisville, KY
Generation X: New Art from Milwaukee. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Three Rivers Arts Festival. Pittsburgh, PA
A Time to Reclaim, Recover, Recycle. Surface Design Association Convergence Fiber Convention, Portland, OR
Craft National 28. Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Treasures. Artspace/ John Michael Kohler Art Center, Kohler, WI
The May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Designs for the Tabletop. Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Collections
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Clinical Sciences Center/ Visual Sciences & Opthamology, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI (Purchase through Wisconsin Art Board, Percent for Art Program)
Private Collections
Grants & Awards
2014Best in Show. Edge to Edge, Borelli-Edwards Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2006Cleveland Embroiderer’s Guild Award. The Artist as Quiltmaker XII, FAVA, Oberlin, OH
2005Joanne Folley Award for Excellence in Needlework. Fiberarts Guild of PGH Membership Show
2002Third Place. Fiberart Now: Fiberarts Guild of PGH Membership Show
1999Art Futures Milwaukee County Individual Art Fellowship, Milwaukee, WI
1998Wisconsin Art Board Percent for Art Purchase Award
1994Juror’s Award. 18th Annual Textile Exhibition University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
1990Purchase Award. 1990 May Show The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Publications
Edge to Edge. Borelli-Edwards Gallery. Exhibition catalog. 2014
Focus: Fiber 2011-2012. Canton Museum of Art. Exhibition catalog.
The Studio Quilt, No. 6: The State of the Art. Curated by Sandra Sider. 2011.
Fiberart International 2007. (Exhibition catalog.)
“Some Strong Expressions Weave Into Fiberart International.” PGH Post-Gazette, Mary Thomas. 7/25/07. Review.
The Artist As Quiltmaker XII, FAVA. (Exhibition CD Rom catalog.) 2006.
Up Over Down Under. (Exhibition catalog published by the Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association.) 2006.
Art Quilts: A Celebration. Lark Books. 2005.
“Two Local Exhibits Strengthen the Fabric of Fiber Art in PGH.” PGH Tribune-Reviw, Kurt Shaw. 7/4/04. Review.
“Guild Blankets Meadowcroft with Quilt Show” PGH Post Gazette, Mary Thomas. 5/29/04. Review.
“Nije, Brewer, Pearce Headline Quilting Exhibition.” New PGH Courier, Carlo Taylor. 6/5/04. Review.
Quilt National’03 Fiberarts Magazine. Volume 30, No.3, Nov.-Dec. 2003. Q & A.
Quilt National 2003: The Best of Contemporary Art Quilts. Lark Books. Exhibition catalog.
Generation X: New Art from Milwaukee. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. 1999. Exhibition catalog.
Crafts National 28. Pennsylvania State University. 1998. Exhibition catalog.
Order & Chaos in Domestic Life. Walkers Point Center for the Arts. Milwaukee, WI. 1997. Exhibition catalog.
Fantastic Fibers Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. 1996. Exhibition catalog.
Affiliations
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh
- Member – 2002 to current
- Programs Co-Chair –2012-2013
- Fiberart International 2013- Travelling Venue Chair
- Fiberart International 2010- Forum Co-Director
- Fiberart International 2007 - Forum Director
- Programs Chair (2004-2006)
Surface Design Association – member (2004-current)
Studio Art Quilt Associates – member (2012- current)
Employment
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – 2003 to current