BIOGRAPHY
Denise is an award winning Multi-media Fiber/Textile Artist with over 47 years of Art experience originally from the Sandia Mountain Range of Tijeras, New Mexico and resides in Mesa, Arizona for over 39 years. Beginnings as a sketch artist, photographer and watercolorist, she also prints her images with archival art ink mediums onto paper, fabric, coffee filters, and screen-prints with heat set techniques. Manipulated fabric, weavings, hand spun and knitted threads, copper and metal, handmade beads, screen prints, airbrush painting, fabric and thread/yarn dying, oils and watercolors are art medium elements that add to her art creations. Commission pieces include "The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in Fiber" 2004© portraying the NFL Atlanta Falcons, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and The Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Atlanta, Georgia. The Seattle Museum Art Restoration Department, The Jewish Foundation inclusion of Whole Cloth pieces, the Mayo Clinic “Celebrate 20 Years of Caring in Arizona” 2007© 3 Art Panels in Fiber. Exhibiting Artist since 2005 with the i.d.e.a Museum (formerly Arizona Museum for Youth) in Mesa, Arizona. Her art and hand written signature is registered with Museums permanent collections, private and public art collections. Registered National Geographic Creative Artist 2016-2020.
Fiber
and Photography works of Denise’s have been in many
Publications
and traveled internationally. "A Single Tower" in fiber traveled for
three years along with the publication "America: From the Heart-
Quilters Remember September 11, 2001" © 2002. C&T
Publication,
Inc. "Moda" and "P&B Textiles" Fabric Challenge travel
exhibits.
Her Photography was chosen for the publication "America At The
Millennium-Best Photos of the 20th Century" from The International
Library of Photography and the year 2002 and 2003 publications. Mayo
Clinic Magazine Summer 2007 issue cover story, ‘500 Art
Quilts’ Larks Books Publication and Phoenix Home and Gardens
December 2013 issue. Artist pictorial insert for the 2005-08 Shemer
Museum Calendar, Phoenix, Arizona and the Mayo Clinic Calendar. Studio
Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) art quilt Quarterly Issue No. 8,
2017. Artwork and Story Writing in "Fly Me to the Moon", 2017
,
"HERStory", 2018 and "OURstory", 2019 by SCHIFFER PUBLISHING, Ltd.
2020-2022 Work published in EXPLORING Art Quilts with STUDIO ART
QUILT ASSOCIATES, INC volume1, volume2 and volume3.
Denise
has organized as Vice chairwoman and directed community visual art
projects
within Arizona; Mesa Arts and Culture Festival, MACFest, 2008-12;
“The Art Wraps” Main St. Mesa, Arizona, 2007-2008
and
“Little Lands in Fiber with Arizona Kids”
2009© with
Arizona Art Education and Arizona Museum for Youth exhibits and
education programs. Organized and directed the Arizona Quilters Guild
Association, Mavericks “The Community Fiber Link”
2004-06
travel exhibit. Production of Art Calendars and freelanced writing
Artist Spotlights and photography inserts for local Newsprint
circulations since 2008. She was selected to Juror/Curate the Art
Quilts XIX at Chandler Center for the Arts 2014-15 AZ Exhibit.
Recipient of the 2002 Rudy Turk Award presented by Arizona Designer Craftsmen from Arizona State University, ASU, “Originality, excellent technique and a well-executed application” says Rudy Turk, ASU art Professor/philanthropist; 2007 Tohono Chul Park Museum Artist Honorable Mention Award; Many National/International Quilt exhibition awards.
2004-2023 Exhibits include: Artist traveling Solo Exhibit called “Retrospective - Colorful visions of life in the Southwest” 2008©; Mayo Clinic Arizona/Rochester; i.d.e.a Museum (formerly Arizona Museum for Youth), Mesa; Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa; Tempe Art Center & Public Art Spaces, Tempe; Phoenix Airport Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix; The Phoenix Art Museum; Robert Roman Gallery and Textures Art Space, Scottsdale; Yavapai College Art Gallery and The Phippen Art Museum’ Prescott; Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix; Tohono Chul Park, Tucson; Tubac Center of the Arts, Tucson; Vision Gallery, Chandler; Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery "Art Quilts" V through XXI; Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale; Museum of Fine Art Las Cruces, New Mexico; International Quilt Festival and International Quilt Market. Her commission pieces include the Mayo Clinic “Celebrate 20 Years of Caring in Arizona” 2007© 3 Art Panels in Fiber. Art Quilts in the International Travel exhibits and Schiffer Publications are "Fly Me to the Moon" 2016, "HERstory" 2017 and ”OURstory" 2018. Local exhibits in Phoenix Airport Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport “Water in the Desert” , the i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ “Roadside USA”, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ "In The Present" and the i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ “Art of the Story".
ARTIST STATEMENT
Most would agree that the beauty in everything reflects my philosophy. My personal art aspirations are themes from occurrences with Life’s complexities that afford the permission to play. In-studio play leans towards a whimsical series of those reflections. Visual interests are influenced by the Desert and Mountain ranges with travels and surrounding studio activity. The enjoyment of bringing outdoor fresh air into the home is how I derived from a young age, with a daily ritual and passion to create upon freedom in time and space. Completion of a piece is crucial to my personal growth while my mind is then steered into the next inspired design. I stress the importance of observation and attention to detail, which keeps me be inquisitive and inspires my new ideas. Art is in each of us. We who choose and afford the freedom to express will appreciate critique from those of understanding and instill self satisfaction with completion of the artwork itself. Something from nothing natural or synthetic brings attention. May we as artists walk a path that creates a destination most desire and admire.
RESUME
Denise is an award winning Multi-media Fiber/Textile Artist with over 47 years of Art experience originally from the Sandia Mountain Range of Tijeras, New Mexico and resides in Mesa, Arizona for over 39 years. Beginnings as a sketch artist, photographer and watercolorist, she also prints her images with archival art ink mediums onto paper, fabric, coffee filters, and screen-prints with heat set techniques. Manipulated fabric, weavings, hand spun and knitted threads, copper and metal, handmade beads, screen prints, airbrush painting, fabric and thread/yarn dying, oils and watercolors are art medium elements that add to her art creations. Commission pieces include "The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in Fiber" 2004© portraying the NFL Atlanta Falcons, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and The Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Atlanta, Georgia. The Seattle Museum Art Restoration Department, The Jewish Foundation inclusion of Whole Cloth pieces, the Mayo Clinic “Celebrate 20 Years of Caring in Arizona” 2007© 3 Art Panels in Fiber. Exhibiting Artist since 2005 with the i.d.e.a Museum (formerly Arizona Museum for Youth) in Mesa, Arizona. Her art and hand written signature is registered with Museums permanent collections, private and public art collections. Registered National Geographic Creative Artist 2016-2020.
Denise
has organized as Vice chairwoman and directed community visual art
projects
within Arizona; Mesa Arts and Culture Festival, MACFest, 2008-12;
“The Art Wraps” Main St. Mesa, Arizona, 2007-2008
and
“Little Lands in Fiber with Arizona Kids”
2009© with
Arizona Art Education and Arizona Museum for Youth exhibits and
education programs. Organized and directed the Arizona Quilters Guild
Association, Mavericks “The Community Fiber Link”
2004-06
travel exhibit. Production of Art Calendars and freelanced writing
Artist Spotlights and photography inserts for local Newsprint
circulations since 2008. She was selected to Juror/Curate the Art
Quilts XIX at Chandler Center for the Arts 2014-15 AZ Exhibit.Recipient of the 2002 Rudy Turk Award presented by Arizona Designer Craftsmen from Arizona State University, ASU, “Originality, excellent technique and a well-executed application” says Rudy Turk, ASU art Professor/philanthropist; 2007 Tohono Chul Park Museum Artist Honorable Mention Award; Many National/International Quilt exhibition awards.
2004-2023 Exhibits include: Artist traveling Solo Exhibit called “Retrospective - Colorful visions of life in the Southwest” 2008©; Mayo Clinic Arizona/Rochester; i.d.e.a Museum (formerly Arizona Museum for Youth), Mesa; Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa; Tempe Art Center & Public Art Spaces, Tempe; Phoenix Airport Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix; The Phoenix Art Museum; Robert Roman Gallery and Textures Art Space, Scottsdale; Yavapai College Art Gallery and The Phippen Art Museum’ Prescott; Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix; Tohono Chul Park, Tucson; Tubac Center of the Arts, Tucson; Vision Gallery, Chandler; Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery "Art Quilts" V through XXI; Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale; Museum of Fine Art Las Cruces, New Mexico; International Quilt Festival and International Quilt Market. Her commission pieces include the Mayo Clinic “Celebrate 20 Years of Caring in Arizona” 2007© 3 Art Panels in Fiber. Art Quilts in the International Travel exhibits and Schiffer Publications are "Fly Me to the Moon" 2016, "HERstory" 2017 and ”OURstory" 2018. Local exhibits in Phoenix Airport Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport “Water in the Desert” , the i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ “Roadside USA”, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ "In The Present" and the i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ “Art of the Story".
ARTIST STATEMENT
Most would agree that the beauty in everything reflects my philosophy. My personal art aspirations are themes from occurrences with Life’s complexities that afford the permission to play. In-studio play leans towards a whimsical series of those reflections. Visual interests are influenced by the Desert and Mountain ranges with travels and surrounding studio activity. The enjoyment of bringing outdoor fresh air into the home is how I derived from a young age, with a daily ritual and passion to create upon freedom in time and space. Completion of a piece is crucial to my personal growth while my mind is then steered into the next inspired design. I stress the importance of observation and attention to detail, which keeps me be inquisitive and inspires my new ideas. Art is in each of us. We who choose and afford the freedom to express will appreciate critique from those of understanding and instill self satisfaction with completion of the artwork itself. Something from nothing natural or synthetic brings attention. May we as artists walk a path that creates a destination most desire and admire.
RESUME
| Public Art | Travel Exhibitions | ||
| 2007-Present |
Mayo Celebrating 20 Years of Caring in Arizona (3 Art Panels in Fiber) - National | 2016-22 |
“OURstory”, “HERStory", "Fly Me to the Moon" International Travel Exhibition’s |
| 2007-22 | Phoenix
Airport
Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport;
"Water in the Desert";
"Arizona Weather", “Art of
Cloth”,
“Birds, Blooms and
Bugs, “LovN AZ's Beauty”, “On
the
Ball” Sky Harbor Museum Permanent Collection Exhibits; "Persistent Plants & Desert Dwellers" , "Nature's Materials Fiber and Wood Art" |
Premiered at Houston International Quilt Festival
consecutively"OURstory" International Travel Exhibition OURstory
HERstory
Fly Me To The Moon |
|
| 2005-22 | i.d.e.a. Museum (formerly Arizona Museum for Youth) - Mesa, Arizona | 2004-06 | “The
Community Fiber
Link”
2004©; A 20 participant Fiber Travel Exhibit; Curator and Organizer - Denise A. Currier - Phoenix-Metro Area |
| 2016-20 | National Geographic Creative Artist | 2002-04 | Travel Exhibit of works from "America: From the Heart" C&T Publication Inc. Curator - Karey Bresenhan; Galleries and Museum Venues - International |
| 2004-14 | NFL Team, Atlanta Falcons - Atlanta, Georgia | 2001 | Travel Library Exhibit "Fiber Meets Fiction" - Phoenix-Metro, Arizona |
| 2014 | Tempe Art Center “Summer of Love” - Tempe, Arizona | 1999-00 | "P&B Textiles" Fabric Challenge - National |
| 2006-12 | Tempe Town Library Gallery - Tempe, Arizona | 1998 | "Moda" Fabric Challenge - National |
| 2004-11 | Tohono Chul Park - Tucson, Arizona | Quilt Exhibits | |
| 2004 | Seattle Art Museum, Art Restoration Department - Seattle, Washington | 2023 | The Vision Gallery; Art Quilts XXVIII |
| 2004 | Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation - Atlanta, Georgia | 1998 - 2018 | International Quilt Market and Festival; “OURstory”, "HERStory", “Fly Me to the Moon”; Jurors Award "Quilts: A World of Beauty"; "America: From the Heart, Honorable Mention - Houston, Texas |
| 2002-04 |
Mountain Sky Guest Ranch - Atlanta, Georgia | 2017 | The Chandler Center of the Arts Gallery; SAQA Exhibit "EXPOSURES: An Exhibition of Textile Arts" (Awarded Best of Show & Honorable Mention) - Chandler, Arizona |
| 2003 | Childrens Rehabilitation Services (CRS); St. Joseph Hospital - Phoenix, Arizona | 2000-2018 | The Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery; Art Quilts V - XXII |
| 2002-03 | Phoenix Airport Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport; | 2014-15 | ADC: "Changing Tides" Phoenix, Arizona |
| "Flight Patterns" Aviation-inspired quilts; "Steeped in Traditions: The Contemporary Art of Tea" - Phoenix, Arizona | 2008 2006 |
Habit
for Humanities - Arizona International Quilt Festival/SAQA; Fiber Representation - Chicago, Illinois |
|
| 2002 | Arizona Science Center - Phoenix, Arizona | 2001-03 |
Arizona
Quilters Guild / ASU-West; Second
Place -
Bed Quilt Mixed Technique - Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2001 | Ironwood Public Library - Phoenix, Arizona | 2002 | Arizona Science Center; A Home and Family 2002 Quilt Show, Viewers Choice Award - Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1996-97 | Yavapai College Art Gallery - Prescott, Arizona | 1997 | Arizona Quilters Guild; Third Place - Bed Quilt; Second Place - Wall Quilt - Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1995-98 | Mesa Art Center Galleria and Tempe Art Gallery - Mesa and Tempe, Arizona | Art Programs | |
| Artist Solo Exhibitions | 2014-15 | Art Quilts XIX, Curator/Juror, Chandler Center for the Arts, Arizona | |
| 2008 | Shemer Museum Front Gallery; “Retrospective - Colorful visions of life in the Southwest” - Phoenix, Arizona | 2008-12 | Mesa Arts and Culture Festival, MACFest, Vice Chair - Mesa, Arizona |
| 2005-07 | Mayo Clinic; “AZ Botanical Journey” 2004© - Scottsdale, Arizona | 2008-09 | “The ART Wraps”; Director - Mesa, Arizona |
| 2004 |
Narthex Art Building - Phoenix, Arizona | 2009 | Arizona Museum for Youth (AMY); “Little Lands in Fiber with Arizona Kids” 2009© Director/Organizer - Mesa, Arizona |
| 2004-06 | “The Community Fiber Link” 2004©; Artist Curated travel group exhibit - Phoenix-Metro Area | ||
| Published Work | |||
| Exhibitions | 2023 | SAQA notecards - STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATES, INC | |
| 2002-19 | Shemer Art Center and Museum; “In The Present” Arizona Designer Craftsmen;"Random Art of Kindness" Arizona Designer Craftsmen; "CITY: Perspectives on Phoenix in Mixed-Media"; "Process in Time" Photography in Fiber; Arizona “Home”; “It Doesn’t Match My Sofa” ; “Entwined Contemporary Fiber Art”; "Coloring Outside the Lines" and "Sense and Sensibility"; Studio Art QuiltsAssociation (SAQA) - Phoenix, Arizona | 2020-22 | EXPLORING Art Quilts with STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATES, INC Volume 1, New Directions Volume 2, Around the World Volume 3, Museum Quality |
| 2017-18 | Arizona Designer Craftsmen, ADC ; "Inspire" - AE England Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona | 2019 | OURstory Quilts: Human Rights Stories in Fabric |
| 2014-15 | Vision Gallery Surface Design Association, SDA; “Explorations” - Chandler, Arizona | 2018 | HERstory Quilts: A Celebration of
Strong Women
HERstory - National Quilt Museum Artist Spotlight |
| 2014-15 | Arizona Designer Craftsmen, ADC; “Changing Tides” - Phoenix Center for the Arts, Arizona | 2017 |
Fly Me to the Moon: An Art Quilt Journey |
| 2010 | Mesa Contemporary Arts; “Arizona Designer Craftsmen 50 Year Celebration” - Mesa, Arizona | 2017 | Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) art quilt Quarterly Issue No. 8, 2017 |
| 2007-09 | Gallery 100; Arizona Designer Craftsmen (ADC), ASU - Tempe, Arizona | 2014 | “Art & Healing at Mayo Clinic” Book |
| 2001-07 | Tohono Chul Park; Fiber Art - Tucson, Arizona | 2013 | Phoenix Home and Garden, December issue |
| 2007 | Tohono Chul Park; Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Honorable Mention - Tucson, Arizona | 2008-12 |
Mesa
Republic ‘Artist Spotlight’ MESA NEWS column
& Downtown Mesa - Photography - Mesa, Arizona |
| 2006 | The Center for Fine Art Photography - Denver Airpark and Fort Collins, Colorado | 2008-12 |
Artist
Spotlights: Mesa Republic, Mesa Tribune and Independent - Mesa, Arizona |
| 2006 | The Chandler Center of the Arts Gallery; "Tied Together" - Chandler, Arizona | 2008-12 | Mesa Republic ‘AzCentral.com/DeniseCurrier - Mesa, Arizona |
| 2005-06 | Vision Gallery; Mixed media Exhibit - Chandler, Arizona | 2010 | “500 Art Quilts” Lark Books Publications - International |
| 2005 | Tubac Center for the Arts; ADC - Tubac, Arizona | 2005-08 | Shemer Art Museum Art Calendar - Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2004-05 | Museum of Fine Art Las Cruces; “Challenging Tradition: New Directions in Fiber” SAQA - Las Cruces, New Mexico | 2007 | Mayo Clinic Magazine front Cover Summer issue - International |
| 2004 | Yavapai College Art Gallery; ADC - Prescott, Arizona | 2007 | Mavericks Fiber A2007rt Calendar - Arizona |
| 2003 | The Phippen Art Museum; "Western Threads: Fiber Arts in the American West" - Prescott, Arizona | 2006-07 | Mayo Clinic Art Calendar - Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 2002 | Mesa Contemporary Art Gallery; "Steeped in Traditions: The Contemporary Art of Tea" - Mesa, Arizona | 2003-04 | International Library of Photography; "Best Photos of 2002", 2003 and 2004 - International |
| 2002 | 10th Annual Bisbee Fiber Arts; "The America's" - Bisbee, Arizona | 2002 | C & T Publishing Inc., "America: From the Heart" – International Fiber Piece with Artist Statement in response to September 11th , 2001 |
| 2001 | Quintessence Fine Art Gallery; ADC - Chandler, Arizona | 2000 | International Library of Photography; "America At The Millennium Best Photos of the 20th Century – International |
| 1998 | International Quilt Market and Festival - Houston, Texas | Grant Awards | |
| Governor Invitational | 2010-12 | The Chandler Center of the Arts Gallery - Art Quilts XV and XVI, Viewer Choice Award - Chandler, Arizona | |
| 1996 | Phoenix Super Bowl XXX - Arizona Representative Artist - Phoenix, Arizona | 2007 | Jurors Award Tohono Chul Park - Tuscon, Arizona |
| Public, Permanent and Private Collections | 2002 | Recipient of the Arizona State University "Rudy Turk Award"; Presented by Arizona Designer Craftsmen | |
| Phoenix Airport Museum/Sky Harbor International Airport, Mayo Clinic Hospital/Clinic, Phoenix / Scottsdale, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Flight Museum, Mesa, Arizona, Atlanta Falcons NFL, Arthur M. BlankFoundation, Georgia,and many private collections. | 2002 | International
Quilt Festival "Quilts: A World of Beauty" Jurors Award - Houston, Texas |
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