M A R L A   B R I L L

marla.brill@comcast.net

 

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, OH

  • Fine 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