Exhibitions
2020
“Contemporary Fiber in FL 2020’, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
2019
“Fiberarts International 2019,”, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
“Art Expo”, The Cottage Gallery, Venice FL
“Members’ Show”, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
“Paper Jam”, Ringling College of Art +Design, Sarasota, FL
2018
“Paper Works”, MS Rezny Studio & Gallery, Lexington, KY
“Dia de los Muertos”, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
“Palette to Palate”, Visual Arts Center of Punta Gorda, Punta Gorda, FL
“Paper Jam”, Ringling College of Art +Design, Sarasota, FL
2017
“Members’ Show”, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL “Celebrate”, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
“Contemporary Fiber in FL 2017’, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
“Metal and Threads”, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2016
“Wanderlust” 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
“Pop-Up II, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
“Top Shelf”, Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL
“One Man Show”’, Erlenbach Modern Art Gallery & Studio, Englewood, FL
2015
"Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, & the Florida Center for the Book, Florida Artists’ Books, Fort Lauderdale, FL
“Women’s Work”, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
"Layers," Kavanagh Gallery, St. Charles, IL
“Pip Squeak: Small Works, Big Vision”, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
“Coptically Bound”, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
“Molten” A Glass and Metals Show, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, & the Florida Center for the Book, Florida Artists’ Books, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Artists' Book Cornucopia V, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
2013
“Threads”, National Exhibition for Fiber Art, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
"Fiberart International 2013", Fiberarts Guild Of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA - won the Joanne Purrington Folley Memorial Award for Excellence in Needlework
Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, & the Florida Center for the Book, Florida Artists’ Books, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, NC
2012
Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, & the Florida Center for the Book, Florida Artists’ Books, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, NC
2011
Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Dianne & Michael Bienes Special Collections & Rare Book Library, & the Florida Center for the Book, Florida Artists’ Books, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Texas National Exhibition, The Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, NC
Abecedarian Gallery, Hand Lettered, Denver, CO
Abecedarian Gallery, Visual Journals, Denver, CO
Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
TypeCon2011: Surge, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
2010
Faculty Exhibition, Penland School of Craft Gallery, Penland, NC
Fine Contemporary Crafts National Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2009
"Embracing Our Differences,” Sarasota, FL
2007
”Black/White [and Read],” Center for Book Arts, NY, NY
2006
“Omage,” Artists, Designers, & Writers, Otis College of Art & Design, Track 16 Gallery, L.A., CA
"25 Artist For 25 Years”, Freehand Gallery, L.A. CA
2002
“SO-CAL BOOKS,” New York Center For The Book, Group Show.
1999
“SO-CAL BOOKS”, San Francisco Center For The Book, Group Show.
1998
“California Contemporary Book Artists” group show, Artworks, Los Angeles, CA
1996
“Big Books,” Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995
“Pairs,” Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Wall Panels,” Hahn Gallery, Venice, CA
1994
"Archetypes," paintings in threads, Freehand, Los Angeles, CA
“Topkapi Miniatures,” Otis Gallery Of Art, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
1993
"Style of Craft," I. Magnin's Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA
1992
"I Wish You The Cloth of Heaven," Venice, CA
1991
“Nisho Button Design,” Bangkok, Thailand, First Award
1989
"Small Retrospective, " Athena Gallery, Kansas City, MO
"One Artist Showing, " Butterfield's, Los Angeles, CA
1987
"Visual Poems of Gene Slais," Kahn Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1986
"Retrospective," The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1985
"One Man Show," Private Stock Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1984
"Books and Papers," Rizzoli Gallery of Books, Chicago, IL
1983
"Alternative Bindings," Kansas City, MO
1981
"Second Edition; 8 More Books," Private Stock Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1980
"New Books Adjunct Show to the Shakespeare Exhibit," Nelson Gallery of Art,
Kansas City, MO
1978
"A Contemporary Style in the Crafts," books and rugs, The Country Gallery, Parkville, MO
1977
"Correspondence From France: Letters of an 18 Year Old Boy," Poster Series of 10,
Avila College, Kansas City, MO
1976
"30 Miles of Art," Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO, First Award
Haydn and Handel, Baylor University, Sue Margaret Hughes Collection, Book Arts Collection, Waco, TX
Collections
"The Seven Sins Pop Up Again", Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections, Logan, UT
"Haydn and Handel", Art Institute of Chicago, Flaxman Library, Artist Book Collection, Chicago, IL
"Fruit Basket Turnover", Ringling School of Art, Kimbrough Library, Special Collections, Sarasota, FL
"Into the Woods", Herron Art Library Artist Books at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IL
"My First Artist's Book", Herron Art Library Artist Book Collection at Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, IL
"Pop Up Art", SCAD, Jen Library, Artist Book Collection
"Baudelaire Volumes 1 – 4", Vanderbilt University, Central Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"Make a Face", Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"Monroe's Blues", Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"The Other Side", Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"Pussy Pirates" (Book 1), Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"Sublime and Ridiculous", Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"Tantric", Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"Would Coulda Shoulda", Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections, Nashville, TN
"With Yet Stronger Reason", Savannah College of Art and Design Library, Savannah, GA
"Clichés", Ringling College of Art + Design, Kimbrough Library, Special Collections, Sarasota, FL
"Mendacity", Herron Art Library Artist Book Collection at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IL
"A Crown for the Red Man, University of Central Florida Library, Special Collections, Orlando, FL
"My Haiku",University of Washington Library, Special Collections, Seattle, WA
"Black Orchids", Savannah College of Art and Design Library, Savannah, GA
"Holiday in Hell Xmas Rome 1989", Victor J. Papanek Foundation, Vienna, Austria
"The Book of Small Patterns", Victor J. Papanek Foundation, Vienna, Austria
"The Book of Bamboo", Ringling College of Art + Design, Kimbrough Library, Special Collections, Sarasota, FL
"Flora de Bunda", University of Central Florida, Library Special Collections, Orlando, FL
"Prostate - Pre-Op/Post-Op", UCLA Darling Biomedical Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
"Cavafy", Herron Art Library Artist Book Collection at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IL
"The Cell", University of Wisconsin, Special Collections, Memorial Library, Madison, WI
"The Red Book", Yale University, Haas Family Arts Library, Birren Collection Books on Color, New Haven, CT
"Cavafy", University of Utah, Marriot Library, Salt Lake City, UT
"Mishama", University of California, Irvine Library, Special Collections, Irvine, CA
"L.A.I.D., L.A. Riots", UCLA Rare Book Library, Los Angeles, CA
"Querelle", Philip Kline, Chicago, IL
"Dazai", University of Texas Artist’s Book Collection, Austin, TX.
"Poems of William Butler Yeats, Califlora", Peggy Gilder, Private Collection, Seattle, WA
"Life of the Boy in Green Pants", Nelson-Atkins Museum Library, Kansas City, MO.
"The Baroque" (2 Volumes), Senator Metzenbaum Private Collection, Columbus, OH
"Modern Sickness, Poems on a Plane", The Frank Connet Collection. Chicago, IL
"Miscellaneous Volumes", Otis College of Art Library, Artist’s Book Collection, Los Angeles, CA
"Color Manual", The United States Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.
"Terra Firma", Washington University Library, St. Louis, MO
"The Sun, the Moon and the Stars", Byer Museum, Evanston, IL