Emily Richardson (American, 1955)

Emily Richardson

Born in Bryn Mawr, PA 1955
University of Cincinnati, B.S. in Design, 1984
Bennington Col ege, 1974

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Solo Exhibition of New Work, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

9th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum & JR Nagoya Takashimaya, Japan

2007Quilting By the Lake, Morrisville NY

Give & Take, Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, IQSC, Lincoln NE
Give & Take, The Riffe Gallery of the Ohio Arts Council, Columbus OH

2006 Solo Exhibition of New Work , Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gal ery, Santa Fe, NM

Explorations, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Transformations: Artist Working with Fibers, Festival of Quilts,
Birmingham, England Quilt National 2005 Touring Exhibition , Riffe
Gallery, Columbus, OH; American Textile Museum, Lowell, MA;
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX

2005 Two Person Exhibition with Nelda Warkentin, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia

Quilt National

2004 Quilt Visions 2004, San Diego, CA - Winner: Quilts Japan Prize

10th Annual Group Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Sum of the Parts: Assemblage + Collage, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Quilt National ’03 Touring Exhibition, Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Oxymoron Quilts Touring Exhibition: Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX;, Museum of Art,

University of Maine, Bangor, ME
2003 Quilt National ’03, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH

Solo Exhibition of New Work, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Six Continents of Quilts: The American Craft Museum Collection, Michener Art Museum,

Doylestown, PA;

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Quilt National ’01 Touring Exhibition, Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA; Brigham City

Museum, Brigham City, UT

Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts, AQS 2003 Quilt Exposition, Nashville, TN

2002 Six Continents of Quilts: The American Craft Museum Collection, Paine Webber Gallery, NY

Solo Exhibition of New Work, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition, 10. Patchwork/Quiltseminar, Irsee, Germany
Small Works, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH
At the Cutting Edge: The State of the Art Quilt, Arthur Ross Gallery, U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,

PA
2001 Quilt National 2001 Touring Exhibition
2000 The Contemplative Stitch, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Art Quilts: America at the Millennium, Quilt Expo VII, Strasbourg, FR
Small Works, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH
National Summer Faculty Invitational, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Art Quilt Show VII, Alegre Retreat, Santa Fe, NM
ARTiculate Threads, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA

Faculty Exhibition, Quilting By The Lake, Morrisville, NY

1999 Solo Exhibition at Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Focus on Fibers, Art at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Pieceworks, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA
Pushing the Surface, Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Quilting By The Lake, Morrisville, NY
Contemporary Quilts, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Full Deck Touring Exhibition, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Braithwaite Fine
Arts Gallery, S. Utah University, Cedar City, UT; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
Quilt National ’97 Touring Exhibition, Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA

1998 Faculty Exhibition, Quilting by the Lake, Morrisville, NY

Quilt National ’97 Touring Exhibition, Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, WV; Wartburg College,
Waverly, IA; International Quilt Exhibition, Houston, TX
Ful Deck Touring Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA; Longmont Museum,

Longmont, CO; Lied Discovery Children’s Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Contemporary Quilts, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1997 Fiberart International '97, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Knotted Stitched and Woven, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Quilts, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
Quilt National '97, The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Center, Athens, OH
Fantastic Fibers, Invitational, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Quilt National '95 Touring Exhibition, Quilters' Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Full Deck Art Quilts, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL;
Harwick College Art Gallery, Oneonta, NY

1996 The Artist as Quiltmaker VII, Fireland Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

Quilt National '95 Touring Exhibition, Bloomingdale Park Museum, Bloomingdale, IL;
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Full Deck Art Quilts, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA ; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

1995 The Art Quilt: Celebrating Women's Visions and Energies, RIT, Rochester, NY

Common Threads, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, Arizona
Annual Group Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
Full Deck Art Quilts, Renwick Gallery of the Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC;
American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA;
Art Center of Portsmouth Museums, Norfolk, VA
Fiberart International '95, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Quilt National '95, The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Center, Athens, OH
Invitational '95, Quilt/Surface Design Symposium,The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus
Contemporary Quilts, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia

1994 Patterns of Vision: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Quiltmaking,

James A.. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
Visions: Quilts, Layers of Excellence, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA
Fantastic Fibers, Invitational, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

1993 Quilt National '93 Touring Exhibition: Soho's Puck Building, NY; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba,
CA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Center,
Athens, OH

Contemporary Quilts, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia

Art Quilts 1993, Guilford Handcrafts, Inc., The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
Artist Quilt Network, The Glass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA

1992 Visions: The Art of the Quilt, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA

The Artist as Quiltmaker VII, Fireland Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia
Wilmington Trust, Wilmington, DE
NRG America, Philadelphia
Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (Partial Listing)
Tom Booth, Pala Alto, CA
Christine Blazina, Chevy Chase, MD
Wesley and Ruth Rappoport, Rochester, NY
Jim Borgman, Cincinnati, OH
Lynne and Bertran Strieb, Philadelphia
Stacey and Jon Gelman, Philadelphia
Anne R. Stevens, Gloucester, MA
Diane Menio and Mark Gavin, Philadelphia
Prudence and Bruce Haines, Moylan, PA
Jane Taylor, New York, NY
Terrence Harvey, Glen Mills, PA
Whitney Mil er, Port Townsend, WA

COMMISSIONS:
John R. Helmsderfer, Naples, FL
Edith Reinhard, Philadelphia
Barbara Silverstein, Wilmington, DE
C. Worth Gardner, Cincinnati

AWARDS
2004 Quilts Japan Prize, sponsored by Quilts Japan magazine, this award is intended as an expression of
gratitude for the teaching and guidance that American quilters have given to Japanese quilters.
1999 Finalist, The 20th Century’s 100 Best American Quilts, International Quilt Festival
1995 Juror's Choice, The Art Quilt, Rochester, NY
1993 Honorable Mention, Art Quilts 1993, The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
1992 Juror's Choice, The Artist as Quiltmaker, FAVA, Oberlin, OH
1989 Best of Show: Fibers, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA


GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
1997 Excellence in Fiber Arts, Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Fellowship Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1992 Finalist, Pew Fellowship in the Arts
1990, 91, 92 Ful Tuition Work-Study Scholarship, Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH
1989, 90, 91 Mini Grant Scholarship, Pennsylvania Guild Craftsmen

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Combs, Karen. Masters of Illusion: Optical Illusions for Quilters. Paducah, KY: AQS, 1997
Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National, 1997, Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997
Fiberarts Design Book Five, Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1995
Fontaine, Karen, Mental Health Nursing. Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley Longman, 1998, Cover art.
Gibney, Louise McCormick. “Playing with a Full Deck, Art Quilt Magazine, #3, 1995, pp.7-8
Graves, Stevii, Ed. Visions: Quilts, Layers of Excellence. Lafayette, CA: C & T Publishing, 1994
Hire, Dianne, Ed. Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts, Paducah, KY: AQS, 2001
Hsiung, Danielle, “Artextures: Emily Richardson, Les Nouvel es du Patchwork, #77, 2003, p. 68
James, Michael, "Emily Richardson, An Interview," Art/Quilt Magazine, #8, 1997
Johnson, Marcia, Ed. "Patterns of Vision," Art Quilt Magazine, #3, 1995, p. 20
McCann, Kathleen. “Leeway Foundation Awards Fiber Artists, Fiberarts, Vol.25, No. 1, 1998, p. 13
Pierce, Sue and Verna Suit. Art Quilts: Playing with a Full Deck. Petaluma, CA : Pomegranate Art Books,

1995

Quilt National '93. Newton CT: Taunton Press, 1993
Quilt National; Contemporary Designs in Fabric. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1995
Ruyak, Jacqueline, “In Review: Emily Richardson, New Work, Surface Design Journal, Winter 2000, p. 52
Shaw, Robert. Quilts: A Living Tradition. Southport, CT: Hugh Luter Levin Assocs., Inc. 1995
Shaw, Robert. The Art Quilt. Southport, CT: Hugh Luter Levin Assocs., Inc. 1997
Sozanski, Edward, “Looking Afresh at Some Familiar Views, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Weekend, 5/

24/99, p. 38.

The Art Quilt, Quilt National '97. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997
Timby, Deborah Bird, Ed. Visions: The Art of the Quilt. Lafayette, CA: C & T Publishing, 1992
Young, Lynn Lewis. "Invitational '95," Art/Quilt Magazine, #5, 1996, p. 31
Young, Lynn Lewis. "Visions," Art/Quilt Magazine, #2, 1995, pp 9-10

TEACHING AND LECTURES
2007 Quilting by the Lake, Morrisville NY
2006 Arizona Designer Craftsmen , Scottsdale AZ

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts , Gatlinburg TN

2005 Alegre Retreat, Santa Fe, NM

Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH

2004 Peter Valley Craft Education Center, Layton, NJ

Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2003 Quilting by the Lake, Morrisville, NY
2002 Patchwork/Quiltseminar in der Schwabenakademie, Irsee, Germany

Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH

2001 Quilting By the Lake, Morrisville, NY
2000 The Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY

Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Athens, OH
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

1999 Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Athens, OH

Quilting By the Lake, Morrisville, NY

1997 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Athens, OH
County Line Quilters, Bala Cynwyd, PA

1996 Heartstring Quilters, Bala Cynwyd, PA

1995 Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA