Bonnie Peterson Resume

Curators Choice Award, Chicago Artist Coalition Open 2007
Honorable Mention, Florida Combined Talents 2007
Best of Show, Yosemite Renaissance XXI 2006, Honorable Mention 2005 & 2002, Cash Prize 2001
James R Thompson Merit Award, Illinois Artisan Program 2005
Merit Award, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts International Show 2004
Best of Show & Purchase Prize Hanging by a Thread. Northern Arizona University Art Museum 2001
First Prize.Mammogram Challenge, Quilt America, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1994,1997
Honorable Mention, Prairie State College Foundation, 1998
Best of Show 1996, Second Prize 1997, Honorable Mention 1997; Elmhurst Artists Guild, Elmhurst Art Museum.
Awards of Merit 1995, Excellence 1993, Honorable Mention 1992, International Quilt Festival. Houston
Third Place. Viewer's Choice. Garden of Quilts, Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois. 1992
Second Place. Wall Quilt Division. Prairie Heritage Quilt Contest, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 1988, 1989

**Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa - March 4-April 27
11th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago. Juror: Barbara Koenen

**Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin - May 23 - June 21

Yosemite Renaissance XXII, Yosemite Museum, Yosemite Nat'l Park through May 4. Juried
http://www.yosemiterenaissance.org/exhibition.html
--June/July at Mariposa, CA
--August/September at Hanford, CA
--October/November at Redwood City, CA
--November/December at Turlock, CA

Paradise Lost?  Artists on Climate Change in the Northwoods. Artist/scientist project with Univ of WI, Juried:
http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/K12/paradiselost.html
-- Madison, WI (Jan-Feb)
-- February 16 - April 13, Bell Museum, Minneapolis, MN
-- May 19, 2008 - August 15, 2008 - Wild Rose DNR Interpretive Center, WI
-- Aug 30, 2008 - January 9, 2009 - Cable Natural History Museum, WI

Art of Democracy, Loyola Univ Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago. Sept 6 - Nov 9, Juried
http://www.artofdemocracy.org/index.html

*Kerridge Gallery, Copper Country Community Arts Center, Hancock, Michigan Photos
*ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL Photos
**University of Minnesota Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, St Paul, Minnesota
Paradise Lost?  Artists on Climate Change in the Northwoods.  A project with artists and scientists, Juried
-traveled to Wisconsin/Michigan venues during 2007 Photos.
Yosemite Renaissance XXII, Yosemite Museum and other California venues.  Juried
Conflict/Peace, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, Maryland.  Juried
Florida Combined Talents, FSU Museum, Tallahassee, FL Jurors: Holly Hanessian, Joe Sanders
Mark di Suvero Peace Tower Project, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Photos
CAC Open Curator's Choice, Curators: Sabina Ott, Linda Warren, Karen Irvine
Quilt National - US venues (see 2005)

*Artist Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Feb 5-March 18, Elmhurst, Illinois
Quilt National, Athens, Ohio. Jurors: M.Joan Lintault, Miriam Nathan Roberts, Mark Richard Leach
Yosemite Renaissance XX, Yosemite Museum, & California venues. Jurors: Greg Kondos, John Sexton
Freedom::Response, Gage Gallery Roosevelt Univ, Chgo Jurors: Susan Aurinko, Gregory G Knight, M.Ensdorf
Over the Top, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana.  Juried     
Artists in Times of War, ARC Gallery, Chicago.Curated by myself, Phyllis Fredendall, Joyce Koskenmaki
National Bead& Fiber Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD. Jurors: Joyce Scott, Jane Sauer
The Ever-Changing Landscape, Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Invitational
Chicago Artists Coalition Open, 847 W Jackson, Chicago, IL

**Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, Juried
**Katherine E Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
*Lake Superior Art Assoc, Marquette, Michigan
SIX CONTINENTS OF QUILTS: The American Craft Museum Collection, New York City. Juried.
Crater Lake Centennial Exhibition, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon. Juried.
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Bureau of Land Management, Baker, Oregon. Invitational.
Artist as Quiltmaker X, Firelands Assn for the Visual Arts, New Union Center, Oberlin, Ohio Juror:Clare Murray.
Yosemite Renaissance XVII, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, Other CA venues, Juried.
WCA Midwest Regional Juried Exhibit, ARC Gallery, Chicago. Jurors: Jean Brody, Lisa Stein, Susan Weininger.
Material Images, Illinois State Museum, Springfield. Jurors: Janice Tauer Wass and Jane Sassaman.
Healing Arts Exhibition. Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Invitational

*Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado. Curated by Ellen Martin.
*Roosevelt University, Albert A. Robin Campus Gallery, Schaumburg, Illinois.
**Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, Illinois.
**Arts Center of St. Petersburg, Florida
Quilt 21:Art Quilts for 21^st Century, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts. Jurors: Sandra Sider, M.Farkas.
Exit/Entrance, New Mexico State Capitol. Juried by Ann Coleman. 
Paper/Fiber 22, Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, Iowa. Juried by Ana Lisa Hedstrom.
Windy City Blues, Textile Arts Center of Chicago, and other venues. Traveling FACET Exhibit.
Yosemite Renaissance XV, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park & other CA venues. Juried.
Narrative Portraits, Museum of American Quilters Society, Paducah, Kentucky and other venues

*ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
*Zurich-American Corporation Gallery, Shaumburg, Illinois
**Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Yosemite Renaissance XIV, Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite National Park, other California venues. Juried.
Fiberart International '99, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Jurors: Jason Pollen, Rebecca Stevens and Bhakti Ziek
Defining our Roles: Celebration of Artwork, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster Indiana. Invitational
Artists on Famous Artists, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, California. Juried by Meg Linton
Chicago Womens Caucus for Art Exhibition, Beverly Art Cntr Jurors: Sandra Perlow,Paula Martinez,Edith Altman
Noteworthy Notrad, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ Juried by Darcy Falk
Statement Quilts, George R. Brown Center, Houston, Texas. Juried by Jean Ray Laury

Contemporary American Quilt Art: Sources and Synergy, by Sandra Sider, University of Nebraska Press, 2009
Catalogue, Paradise Lost?  Artists on Climate Change..., University of Wisconsin, 2008
Florida Combined Talents Catalogue, FSU Museum, Tallahassee, FL 2007
Portfolio 13, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. 2006
Catalogue, Chicago Art Open, Fall 2007
River Oak Review, Cover. Literary journal published by Elmhurst College, Illinois, September 2006
Gallery Issue, Surface Design Association Design Journal 2006
Needle Culture Catalogue, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
Over the Top Catalogue, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana
Museum of Arts & Design Seven Continents of Quilts Collection Catalogue 2005
Quilt National 2005: The Best in Contemporary Quilts (book), Lark Publishing
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts International Show Catalogue, February 2004
Walsh Gallery Knows Its Roles, by Rema Rahman, The Setonian, February 12, 2004
Folk-Art Aesthetics & American Art Quilts, by Sandra Sider, Fiberarts Magazine, Nov/Dec 2003, p 34
The Voyage Out, by Rohit Mahajan, Press Publications, September 13, 2002, p 42-43
Crater Lake Crash Course, by Bonnie Peterson, Back Country Magazine, Issue 29, 2001, p. 13-14
A Close Encounter with a Kind Elmhurst Quiter, by Tom O'Toole, Press Publications, Sept 19, 2002, p.80
Life writes the stories behind Elmhurst artist's quilts, by Sandy Illian Bosch, The Doings, Sept 18, 2002, p 80
Catalogue, Chicago Art Open, Fall 2001
Catalogue, Material Images, Illinois State Museum, Fall 2001
Fantasia of Fibers, by Melissa Niksic, Press Publications, September 7, 2001
DePaul Magazine, Art of the Quilt, Fall 2001
Mercators World Magazine, Mercators Log, July/August 2001, p 10
Made In Illinois, Catalogue, Illinois Arts Council, State of Illinois, 2001
Quilter Maps Life through Art, by Michele Weldon, Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2001
Catalogue, Quilt 21: Art Quilts for the 21st Century, Lowell, Massachusetts, 2000
Catalotue, Exit/Entrance, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2000
Catalogue, Paper/Fiber 22, Arts Iowa City, 2000
Pittmed, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Journal, October 2000, p 6
Contemp'y quilts on display in Heritage Plantation Exhibit, by Sue Scheible, Patriot Ledger, MA, Sept 18, 1999
Fiberart International, by Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 14, 1999, p D-1,2
Catalogue, Fiberart International Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999
Anything Goes, by Isabel Forgana, New York Daily News, June 14, 1998
Statement Quilts, by Jean Ray Laury, Q2: The Quintessential Quilts, October 1999, p 71
Catalogue, Edge to Edge, Museum of American Folk Art, 1998
Park Expressions, by Barb Boyer, Estes Park Colorado Summer Trail, 1999, p 18
Catalogue, Defining our Roles, Northern Indiana Arts Association, 1999
Book/Catalogue, Quilt National 1997, Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, 1997
1998 Women Artists Date Book, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, New York, 1998
Catalogue, Then and Now: Celebrating 25 Years of the CWCA, Chicago Womens Caucus for Art, 1998
Catalogue, Muse of the Millennium, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1998
"More than Warmth Quilts Reveal a Life of Concern and Creativity" by S. Polay, Suburban Life, Sept 18, 1997
Elmhurst Press photo, Truth Justice and the American Way, March 21, 1997
Adventures in Radiation, Journal American, Bellevue, Washington, October 1996
"Art/healing link affirmed," by Burton Wasserman, Art Matters, November 1996
"Art & Healing Exhibit at Pavilion Galleries" Hospital & Healthcare News, November 1996
Photo, "Break the Silence" Quilts...A World of Beauty, Fall 1996
"Trustman Gallery Simmons College/Boston, Angry Needles," by S Mulski, Art New England, Aug/Sept 1996
Catalogue, Diversity!, C & T Publishing, 1995
"On Exhibit: wrongs of the right," by Michelle Litvin, Chicago Reader, March 24, 1995
Quilts in Art Shows, by Bonnie Peterson, Nerv(ous) Times, Vol 1 #2, June, 1995
"Break the Silence, by Bonnie Peterson, Art/Quilt Magazine #3, Summer 1995
"A Stitch in Time, by Louise Beecher, Elmhurst Press, March 10, 1995
"Breast Cancer Quilts," by Bonnie Peterson, Coping Magazine, March/April, 1995
The Network News, National Womens Health Network, Nov/Dec, 1994
"Art Quilts" by Jane Hall, Quilts A World of Beauty Magazine, October 1994
"Quilt America" by Mary Kay Shanley, American Patchwork & Quilting, December 1993
Notecards, Chitra Publications, 1994

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