SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.
Visual Conversations.
2007
Malcolm Brown Gallery, Shaker Hts., OH
2006
Cosby-Hanks Gallery, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2005
Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
A Piece of My Mind!.
2004
Malcolm Brown Gallery, Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Urban Threads.
Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Meet the Masters.
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, Shreveport, Louisiana.
2003
Auburn University, Biggin Gallery, Auburn, Alabama.
Wright State University, Citifolk Festival, Dayton, Ohio.
2002
Chelsea Gallery. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, South Carolina.Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Honky Tonks, Jazz, and Blues.
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2001
Reed Whipple Center Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada. Stories on Cloth: The Quilts of Carolyn Mazloomi.
University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Art Tatum Center for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio.
With these Hands: African American Story Quilts.
2000
Malcolm Brown Gallery, Shaker Hts, Ohio. Artful Hands: Narratives on Cloth.
St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri.
Imarisha Art House Gallery, New York City, New York.
Craven Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas.
Fitton Center for the Arts Hamilton, Ohio. Common Threads.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
America I AM: The African American Imprint (traveling exhibition)
Africana Women: Her Story Through Time (traveling exhibition)
2008
The African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Warm Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists.
Art in Embassies Program, Banjul, The Gambia. The Creative Genius of Diversity.
Lake Metroparks Farmpark, Kirland, OH
Masters: Art Quilts (traveling exhibition)
2007
Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, GA. Made With Hands and Hearts: Art from the collection
of Beverly Sheftall
Brooklyn Historical Society. Tell Mama Now. Brooklyn, NY.
2006
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. Making a Legacy, Living the Legacy.
Sinclair College, Dayton, OH. Eye, Hand and Heart: Contemporary Regional Craft.
2005
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Quilts!
Hunting House Museum, Windsor, CT. Edjohnetta and Friends.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA. Gumbo Ya Ya: Contemporary African American Quilts.
Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton, OH. Greater Hamilton Art Show.
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. Hands that Heal.
Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea, Mystic, CT. Black Hands, Blue Seas: The Maritime Heritage of African Americans.
Closson’s Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. From the Heart.
Smithsonian American Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. High Fiber.
Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, HO. Forms of Fiber.
2004
U. S. State Department, Washington, D.C. Quilts from Many Hands (touring exhibition)
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc., St. Louis, MO
Donnell Library Center, New York City. Conversations in Thread.
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC. Tempted by textures: African & African American.
Textiles and Fiber Art.
2003
African American Museum, Dallas, Texas. Common Threads: African American Quilts Past And Present.
Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. African Masks and Fetishes.
Ohio Quilts!! Showcase 2003, Ohio Bicentennial Commission, Columbus, Ohio.
African American Museum of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Quiltmania
National Black Fine Arts Show, New York City, New York.
Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. Innovations in Textiles V-Diversity in Cloth.
North Coast Quilt Guild, West Lake, Ohio. Celebrate Ohio: Famous Ohio Quilt Designers.
International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
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EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY ARTIST
1998, American Craft Museum, New York City, New York. Spirits of the Cloth, (touring exhibition).
2000, General Electric World Headquarters, Fairfield, Connecticut. Threads Unraveled-Stories Told.
2202, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee. Finding Voice, Creating Vision.
2004, Museum of Biblical Art, New York City, New York. Threads of Faith. (touring exhibition)
2006, Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition. (touring exhibition).
2006, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH. Parallels and Intersections: Artists Quilt a World.
2008, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio. Quilting African American Women's History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions. (touring exhibition)
BOOKS WRITTEN BY ARTIST
Star Quilts, (co-editor), Asian Women’s Human Rights Council. Bangalore, India 1995.
Spirits of the Cloth, Clarkson N. Potter Publishing, New York City, 1998.
Threads of Faith. Museum of Biblical Art, New York City, 2004
Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition. Paper Moon Publishing, 2007
Quilting African American Women's History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions. Paper Moon Publishing, 2008
African American Quilters of Ohio. Ohio, State University Press, Columbus, OH 2009
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Atlanta, Georgia, Connell Gallery. Comments on the American 20th Century. Text by Martha Connell.
Charlotte, North Carolina, Mint Museum of Craft + Design. An Inaugural Gift: The Founders Circle Collection. Charlotte, 2000.
Charlotte, North Carolina, Afro-American Cultural Center. Hand Me Downs: Innovation Within A Tradition. Text by Dr. Michael Harris. Charlotte, 1995.
Chattanooga, TN, Memorial Health Care System Foundation. Art For Healing. 2004.
Golden, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky
Mountain Quilt Museum. Text by Judith Trager and Heida Krakauer Row. 2005.
Hartford, Connecticut, CRT Gallery. African-American Artisans-Textiles and Quilts. Text by Sabbaye McGriff, Hartford, 1991.
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art. Stitch by Stitch: A Quilt Potpourri. Text by Niloo Imami-Paydar, 1996.
Los Angeles, California, Autry Museum of Western Culture. Patterns of Progress: Quilts in the Machine Age. Text by Barbara Brackman. Los Angeles, 1997.
Louisville, Kentucky, Museum of Natural History. Always There: The African American Presence in American Quiltmaking. Text by Cuesta Benberry, Kentucky Quilt Project. Louisville, 1992.
New York City, New York, Bard Graduate School of Design. Women Designers in the USA: 1900-2000. Edited by Pat Kirkham, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 2000.
Nuremberg, Germany, The center for Intercultural Research of Women’s Daily Lives. The Art of Survival. Nuremberg, 1995.
Oakland, California, Oakland Museum of Art. Women of Taste: A Collaboration of Fiber Artists and Chefs. Text by Jen Bilik, C & T Publishing Co., 1999.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Contemporary Craft Society. Stop Asking…We Exist.
Washington, D.C., World Bank Art Society. A Women’s View: Equality, Development and Peace. Text by Regine Boucard, Vasia Deliyianna, and Alicia Hetzner.
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution. Art Quilts: Playing With A Full Deck. Text by Verna Suit, Pomegranate Press, San Francisco, 1994.
Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art. I remember…Thirty Years After the March on Washington: Images of the civil Rights Movement 1963-1993. Text by Edward Spriggs, Dr. Floyd Coleman, and Dr. Ronald Waters.
Wilberforce, Ohio, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. Innervisions: Individuality and Creativity Among Ohio Artists of African Descent. Text by Dr. John Fleming. Wilberforce, 1998.
Wilberforce, Ohio, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects. Text by Nkiru Nzegwu. Wilberforce, 1993.
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MEMBERSHIPS
African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles (Founder)
American Quilt Study Group
Learning Through Arts (Board Member)
Studio Art Quilters Association (Board Member)
Women of Color Quilters Network (Founder/Board Member)
Women’s Caucus for the Arts
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Museum of Art and Design, New York City, NY
Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA
Bank of America, New York, NY
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL
Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Dallas. TX
Black Studies and Library Association, Findley, OH
Cincinnati Bell Telephone, Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA
Exxon, Houston, TX
Frauen in der Einen, Nuremberg, Germany
General Motors, Detroit, MI
IBM, New York City, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Santa Clara, CA
Lewis and Clark College, Godfrey, IL
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art and Design, New York City, NY
Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
National Afro-American Museum, Wilberforce, OH
National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
National Conference of Community & Justice, Cincinnati, OH
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum, Cincinnati, OH
New Jersey Historical Society
Phillip Morris Inc., New York City, NY
Quilters’ Hall of Fame Museum, Madison, IN
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Denver, CO
Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, Washington, D.C.
Toyota Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum, Hartford, CT
World Bank, Washington, DC
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Calvin Hill
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Faith Ringgold
Ed Bradley
Jane Blaffer-Owen
Joseph M. Erdelac
Nelson Mandela
Bill Cosby
Paul Warfield
Roland L. Freeman
Whoopi Goldberg
Sara Vance
Nancy and Warren Brakensiek
Numerous other private collections
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