M A R L A B R I L L
EDUCATION
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
CONTINUING EDUCATION
College of Marin, Fiber sculpture, Kentfield, CA
Visiting Artist Workshops, NSEG, Northbrook, IL
Master Gardener Certification, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Paperworks '93, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
CCAC; Studies in Fiber Construction and Handmade Paper, Oakland, CA
San Francisco State University; Workshop Series in Handmade Paper
Cal-State University Los Angeles; Graduate study in Art Education
TEACHING
Workshops-Fiber/Surface Design, SFAC, Highland Park, IL
Focus on the Arts, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL
Art Director; San Carlos Senior Citizens Center, San Carlos, CA
Adult Education; Stanford University, Los Altos USD, CA
Arts Program Coordinator; Pasadena Parks and Recreation, Pasadena, CA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Plexus Art Group, www.plexusartgroup.com
Ampersand Artist Group
PUBLICATIONS
Fiberarts Book VII, 2004
Fiberarts Book V, 1995
Fiberarts Magazine, ‘New Works’, March/April, 1995
Fiberarts Magazine, March/April, 1991
Fiberarts Book IV, 1991
Documentary Film Short, ‘Mondays at Racine’, 2012
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
BOTANICA-all things plant like, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Quotation Marks, SF Main Library
Quotation Marks, Roseville Library, CA and Napa Valley County Library, CA
Reflections, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont CA
Quotation Marks, Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley CA
Vessels, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
The Art of the Book, The Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, NY
MOCA Altered Book Show, 2nd Place, Novato, CA
Mapworks - The Map as Art, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
Private Eyes; Artist’s Visions, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
1 in 100: America Behind Bars, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
The Donna Seager Gallery, selected works, San Rafael, CA
Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
ALCHEMY: Artfully Reclaimed, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Bead International Tour, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK | Hansen Museum, Logan TX | Troy-Hayner House Museum, Troy, OH | Robert Hillstead Textile Museum, Lincoln, NE
Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, TX | Dairy Barn, Athens, OHFine Art of Fiber, Chicago Botanic Garden, NSNG, Glencoe, IL
Festival of Fine Crafts, SFAC, Highland Park, IL
Textiles 2000 – Chicago Artists, Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago
Cut and Paste, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
The Fine Art of Fiber, Invitational Group Show, Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL
Windy City Blues, FACET Group Show, Sarasota, Fl
First Fiber, Gallery She She , Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
Marla Brill -Featured Artist, Clay & Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM
Pulp Friction, National Juried-Show, Mesa, AZ
Jean Crane & Marla Brill, Two Person Exhibition, Katie Gingrass Gallery, WI