Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • b. sakata garo gallery, Sacramento, CA 2012
  • Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011
  • b. sakata garo gallery, Sacramento, CA 2009
  • Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007
  • Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 2006 
  • Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004   
  • Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York 2001 
  • MX Gallery, Barcelona 2001 
  • Officinet Gallery, Danske Kunsthåndværkere, Copenhagen 1999 
  • Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis 1999 
  • Royal Institute of British Architects Gallery, Manchester, England 1996 
  • Site 311 Gallery, Pacific Grove, California 1985 
  • Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, California 1984 
  • Meyer, Breier, Weiss, San Francisco 1982 
  • Pence Gallery, Davis 1982

Selected Two-person Exhibitions

  • b. sakata garo gallery, Sacramento, CA 2019
  • Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton Connecticut 1996/93 
  • Headlands Art Center, Marin, CA 1984 
  • Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, California 1986 
  • Sarospatak Museum, Sarospatak, Hungary 1981 
  • California Crafts Museum, Palo Alto 1980

Federal Art In Embassies Program

  • U.S. Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 2016
  • NATO U.S., Truman Hall, Brussels, Belgium, 2009
  • U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand, 2001

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • artspace1616, Sacramento, CA “Gun Show,” 2019
  • California State Office Building, “Earth: An exhibit of Bay Area Artists,” 2018
  • brown grotta arts, Wilton CT “Blue/Green: color/context/code,” 2018
  • Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA “The Box Project: Uncommon Threads”Traveling: Racine Art Museum, Racine WI; The George Washington University Museum, Washington, DC, 2017
  • University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, “Rooted, Revived and Reinvented Basketry in America” Traveling: 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK; Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel MS; Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX; South Dakota Art Museum; Brookings, SD; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA; Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; 2017 – 2020).
  • de Young Museum, SF CA “On the Grid: Textiles and Minimalism” 2016
  • Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ “Green from Get Go” curated by brown grotta arts, 2016
  • Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI “Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge” Traveling: Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, 2015
  • Muskegon Museum of Art,“Innovators and Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fibers” Traveling: Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY; University of Kentucky, Lexington KT; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa OK, 2013
  • Arte&Arte, Como, Italy, “Miniartextil 2012: Agora” Traveling: Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France; Galerie Atelier du Génie, Paris, France, 2012
  • Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA “The Nature of Entanglements,” 2011
  • The Textile Museum, Washington D C “Green: the Color and the Cause,” 2011
  • International artist commissions for windows, Independent Ideas, La Rinascente, Milan, Italy, 2010
  • Thirteenth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), browngrotta arts, Chicago, IL, 2010
  • Oakland Museum of California, celebration of new galleries, Oakland, CA “Reinstallation,” 2010
  • Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA. August-September. “Super Flat,” 2009
  • palmbeach3 browngrotta arts, West Palm Beach, FL, 2009
  • Trinity Museum, Trinity Church Wall Street, January-April, “Visions of Wholeness: The Art of Radical Abundance,” 2009
  • Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY, September-February. “Permanently MAD: Revealing the Collection” and “Forward Thinking: Building the MAD Collection” (inaugural exhibitions). 2008-09
  • Racine Art Museum, “Basketworks: The Cotsen Contemporary American Basket Collection” Racine WI. 2008-09
  • Arte&Arte, various locations, Como, Italy September-November. “Matrix Natura,” 2008
  • Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. February. “Connected: Annual Exhibition of Basketry and Connective Techniques,” 2007
  • The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC, June-December. “Point of View: Windgate Charitable Foundation,” 2007
  • Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. “Material Difference: Soft Sculpture and Wall Works “ (in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Friends of Fiber Art International) 2006
  • Collectors of Wood Art exhibition “The Presence of Absence: Contemplating the Void in Contemporary Wood Sculpture” curated by Harold Nelson, Director, Long Beach Museum of Art, Thirteenth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL. 2006
  • Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler AZ, May-July. “Tied Together: Textile Art in the 21st Century” (curated by Rebecca Stevens). 2006
  • Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe AZ. “Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection.” Traveling: Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX; Palo Alto Art Center, CA; Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA; Bellevue Museum of Art, WA; Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, NM, 2007-2009
  • Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas , Lithuania , “Textile 05”
  • The Millstone Gallery at COCA (Center of Creative Arts), St. Louis , MO , “In the Narrative: Textiles Object/Word,” 2005
  • American Art Museum , Smithsonian Institution, Washington , D.C. , “High Fiber,” Spring 2005
  • Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach , CA. “Engaging Nature: Contemporary Baskets from the Cotsen Collection” June-August 2005
  • City Art Centre and Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh , “ShowCASe: Contemporary Art for the UK ,” curated by the Contemporary Art Society, January-March 2005
  • 11th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles , Lodz , Poland 2004
  • Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach , CA. “Into the Woods” 2004
  • Fuller Craft Museum , Brooklyn , MA . “Perfect Collection” 2004
  • Wignall Museum , Chaffey College , Ranchocucamonga, CA. “Contemporary Fibers” 2004
  • Ex Chiesa San Francisco, Como , Italy , “ 13 th Rassegna d’Arte Tessile Contemporanea” 2003
  • Galerie Handwerk, Munchen, Germany, “ Flechten” 2003
  • American Textile History Museum , Lowell , MA , “Generations/Transformations: American Fiber Art” 2003
  • Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University , Beijing , China , “Second International TapestryArt: From Lausanne to Beijing ” 2002
  • National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, “The Renwick Invitational” (Koehler, Laky, Logan and Rawdin) 2002
  • Beauvais , France “5eme Festival International de la Tapisserie et l’Art de la Fibre” 2002
  • LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton , New York , “Small Works in Fiber” (international touring exhibition) 2002
  • American Embassy, Bangkok , Thailand , “Art in Embassies” 2002
  • Arkansas Art Center , Little Rock , “Baskets Now: USA ” 2002
  • Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds , England , “Crossover” ( Touring , UK ) 2001
  • Los Angeles County Museum , Los Angeles , “Made in California 1900-2000”
  • Palo Alto Art Center , Palo Alto , California , “Nature Re-Bound” 2000
  • Prigglitz, Austria, “Kunst in der Landschaft V” 2000
  • Sotheby’s, London , England , “In Focus” 2000
  • Crocker Art Museum , Sacramento , CA , “Material Witness: Masters of California Crafts” 1999
  • Crafts Council of Britain and The Whitworth Art Gallery , England , “Contemporary International Basketmaking” ( Touring , UK ) 1999
  • Konsthantverks, Kulturföreningen KLAR, a cross-cultural organization, RansÓter , Sweden ,”Ting ’98”
  • Barbican Centre (Inventing America: a year of American Culture), London , England , “Threads Contemporary American Basketry” 1998
  • Ex Area Ticosa in Viale Innocenzo XI, Coma , Italy , “98 Miniartextil Como : Ottava Rassegna InternazionaleD’Arte Tessile”
  • Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley , ID ,”Art in Nature” 1995
  • Galerie Philharmonie, Liege , Belgium , “Eventails” ( Spain , France, Netherlands , Hungary , Yugoslavia ) 1991
  • Florida State University , Tallahassee , FL/Universidad de Los Andes , Colombia , “Fibers: United States/Colombia” 1990
  • Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, “14e Biennale Internationale de laTapisserie” and Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tlburg, Netherlands, “Selections from the 14e Biennale” 1989
  • The Oakland Museum , Oakland , “Best Picks: Brady, Hauptman, Laky and Lerner” 1986
  • Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Louvre, Paris, France, “Fibres-Art 85”
  • Savaria Museum , Szombathely , Hungary, “Fifth Internatonal Biennial of Miniature Textiles” 1984
  • Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines, “Fiber as Art” 1980
  • Pasadena Art Museum , Pasadena , ” California Design XI” 1971

Selected Events, Art Actions, Site-Specific and Situational Works

  • Humus Park, 5th Land Art Biennale, Friuli, Italy (collaboration with Paul Discoe) Two works/two parks. 2016
  • “Connect” 144” x 48” x 20” a site specific work, commission for “Plein Air” held at KRUG, Dovenitza, Bulgaria. Branches, reused commercial construction wood, screws. 2005
  • “Bateau,” on-site construction of a vessel (approx. 18”x 32”x20”) Conference: A Fiber Art Weekend, in conjunction with the exnibition: 2003
  • “Generations/Transformations: American Fiber Art,” American Textile History Museum, Lowell , MA . 2003
  • “Gyöngy Laky” on-site demonstration/performance of construction process for Raised Urn at Newcastle Produce, Placer County Mandarin Festival, CA. Supported by the Arts Council of Placer County and the Placer County Agricultural Commission. 2000
  • “Open Ended Crater,” on-site construction of a vessel (approx. 30”x 36”x30”) in conjunction with the Conference, “Inventions & Constructions: Concepts and Materials,” Florida Craftsmen, St Petersburg , FL. 2000
  • “Tree House,” a site-specific work for the exhibition, “Complex Harbor,” Art Complex Museum, Wustum, Massachusetts 1998
  • “Surroundings,” Art Gallery , California State University , Chico . A site-specific installation 1993
  • “Sounding Form,” A site-specific work, “New Forms in Willow ,” Projects Environment, Ness Gardens ( University of Liverpool ), England 1991
  • “Forms for Language,” A site-specific work, “Landscape and Sculpture,” Projects Environment, Manchester Polytechnic , England 1989
  • “Improvisational Structures: Line, Movement, Change and Space,” site-specific work, Concordia University , Montreal , Quebec 1987
  • “Falling Up,” Musee des Arts Decoratifs, site-specific work in the exhibition hall in conjunction with the exhibition, Fibres-Art 85, Paris 1985
  • “The Blue Piece, Red Piece and Yellow Piece” site-specific work for Landmarks Exhibition, Headlands Art Center , Marin , California 1984
  • “Episodes in Textile Thinking,” Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley 1983