Exhibitions and Publications

Exhibitions

2017 Echoes of the Prairie: Works in Cloth by Susan Lordi Marker, The Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2011 TRACES: Mapping a Journey in Textiles, The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC (invitational) www.ncsu.edu/gregg. catalog ISBN #978-0-9831217-0

2007 Rhythm: Susan Lordi Marker & Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, International Surface Design Conference, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO (two-person exhibition)

2007 Material Matters, Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO (invitational)

2005 Coming Home, International Surface Design Conference Exhibition, The Farm Gallery, Kansas City, MO (invitational)

2003 Generations/Transformations; American Fiber Art, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (invitational) catalog

2003 The Metal Show, virtual gallery exhibition, FiberScene, www.fiberscene.com (invitational)

2001 A Legacy of Inspiration, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC (invitational)

2000 Textiles: Contemplative Language, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL (invitational)

2000 Material Evidence, Reed Whipple Center, Las Vegas, NV (tour, invitational) catalog

2000 Measure for Measure, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO (invitational)

1999 Past as Prologue, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA (four-person invitational)

1999 Beneath the Surface: Artist’s Dropcloths, Center of Contemporary Crafts (COCA), St. Louis, MO (invitational)

1999 Rising to the Surface, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR (invitational)

1998 Muse of the Millennium: Emerging Trends in Fiber Art, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA catalog
Best of Show Award, awarded by Lloyd Herman, founding director of the Renwick, Smithsonian

1997 Surface Tension: New Works in Textiles, Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA), St. Louis, MO (invitational)

1997 Common Threads, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (invitational)

1996-98 Transcending the Surface, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ (five-city tour, invitational) catalog

1995-96 Textile as Narrative / Ritual, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (tour, invitational)

1995 New Tools, Littman and White Gallery, Portland, OR (invitational)

1994 The International Textile Design Contest, Tokyo, Japan catalog
International Judges Award

1994 Susan Lordi Marker, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN (solo exhibition)

1994 Materials Hard & Soft, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX catalog

1993, ’94, ‘96 Chautauqua International for Fiber Art, Dunkirk, NY catalogs

1993 Susan Lordi Marker: Resonant Voices, University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS (solo exhibition)

1993 Unspoken Dialogues: Fiber Constructions by Susan Lordi Marker, University of Kansas Regents Center, Overland Park, KS (solo exhibition)

1993 Artists & Language, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA (Invitational) catalog

1991, ‘93 Fiberart International Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA catalogs
Juror’s Choice Award, Fiberart International ’93
Second Prize, Fiberart International ’91

1992 Fiber Directions ‘92, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Juror’s Choice Award

1991 Fiber National, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY catalog

1991 Perspectives From the Rim: The Next Generation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (invitational)

Publications

Portfolio Collection: Susan Lordi Marker
Telos Art Publishing, Winchester, England ©2003
Essay by Hildreth York; edited by Matthew Koumis
ISBN #1 902015 41 X

Art Textiles of the World: USA
Edited by Matthew Koumis
Telos Art Publishing, Winchester, England © 2000
ISBN #0 9526267 1 3

Catalog for the Exhibition:
TRACES: Mapping a Journey in Textiles,
The Gregg Museum of Art & Design
North Carolina State University © 2011
ISBN #978-0-9831217-0
http://issuu.com/greggmuseum/docs/traces/search

Catalog for the Exhibition:
Generations/Transformations: American Fiber Art, April 12 – July 20, 2003
American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts © 2003
http://www.athm.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/generations.php

Catalog for the Exhibition:
Artists & Language, Feb 5 – April 18, 1993
Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania © 1993

Selected Reviews

2012 Traces: Mapping a Journey in Textiles, review by Kate Dobbs Ariail, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 36, No. 2]
2011 ‘The thread’s the thing’, Traces exhibit at The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, review by Kate Dobbs Ariail, Independent Weekly, March 23 (Read here)
2008 ‘Mind + Body’, review by Michele Fricke, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 32, No. 2]
2007 ‘Excavating the Surface: An Exhibition of Textiles by Pauline Verbeek-Cowart and Susan Lordi Marker’, interview and review by Amelia Ishmael, Review, Kansas City MO, June 2007
2004 ‘In Print’ review of Portfolio Collection by Telos by Barbara Lee Smith, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 28, No. 2]
2004 ‘In Review’, review of Generations/Transformation exhibit at American Textile History Museum, by Sara Brophy, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 28, No. 2]
2003 ‘Works Emerge from Fiber Palate’, review by John Greenwald, Lowell Sun, May 22
2003 ‘Common Threads: New Exhibit Chronicles the Fiber Art Movement’, review by Brooke Leister, Metro West Daily News, May 22
2003 ‘Generations/Transformations’, article by Sunita Patterson, Fiberarts [Vol. 30, No. 1]
2002 ‘New Tools and the Legacy of Risk’, review by Chad Alice Hagen, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 26, No. 4]
2001 ‘Textiles, A Contemplative Language’, review by Laura Strand, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 25, No. 4]
2001 ‘Measure for Measure’, review by Patricia Malarcher, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 25, No. 2]
1999 ‘Susan Lordi Marker: Explorations in Cloth’, essay by Michele Fricke, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 23, No. 2]
1999 ‘Rising to the Surface’, review by Teresa Montgomery, Fiberarts [Vol. 25, No. 4]
1999 ‘Past is Prologue’, review by Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29
1998 ‘Beauty in the Weave’, review of ‘Muse of the Millenium’ Fiber Art Show by Matthew Kangas, The Seattle Times, March 29
1998 ‘Surface Tension: New Works in Textiles’, review by Luanne Rimel, American Craft, Feb/March
1998 Best of Show Award documentation, Fiberarts [Vol. 25, No. 2]
1995 New Works, Fiberarts [Vol. 22, No. 3]
1995 ‘Surface Design Breakthrough’, by Gregg Johnson, Fiberarts [Vol. 21, No. 5]
1994 ‘Resonant Voices: A Master’s Thesis’, by Susan Lordi Marker, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 18, No. 3]
1993 ‘The Beauty of Words’, review by Donald Miller, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, *February 5*
1993 ‘Close to Home’, essay by Margo Mensing, Fiberarts [Vol. 20, No. 3]
1993 Art Now Gallery Guide, February, cover photo of Old Stories, February
1991 ‘Strength through Diversity’, the Graduate Students, University of Kansas, Surface Design Journal [Vol. 15, No. 3]