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Lou Cabeen | lcabeen@u.washington.edu
1989 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1973 BA, University of Maryland, College Park
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2002 Elemental Metaphors
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst OR
CD-Rom Publication with essay by Martha Kingsbury.
Artist lectures: Marylhurst University
Reed College, Portland State University
Reviewed April/May 2003 Art Papers
1999 Hands-On Philosophy
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago IL
1997 Reconstructing Memory:
Sanctuary and Desire
Bellevue Art Museum
Publication: Sherlock, Maureen.
Reconstructing Memory
1996 Mapping Desire
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
Gift to the Muse,
The Art and Craft of Lou Cabeen
Chicago Cultural Center
Museum of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL
John Michael Kohler Center, Sheboygan WS
Publication: Taylor, Sue. Gift to the Muse
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 Surface Tension
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
April-June
Art in Embassies Program
US State Department, Hong Kong Consulate
January 2003-December 2005
Stitch By Stitch
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
December (2002)-February
Featured: Gallery Events Feb/March American Craft
2002 Domestic Politick Show
www.fiberscene.com
September-November
Looming Large: Contemporary Weavers of the Vanguard
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
September-November
To Kiss the Spirits
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago IL
October
One Year Later: The Global Arts Coalition
Seattle Central Community College Art Gallery, Seattle WA
September-October
2001 Contemporary Art Quilts
from the John Walsh Collection

University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington KY
Catalog: Shaw, Robert. Contemporary Art Quilts. University of Kentucky Press, Lexington KY 2001.
ISBN: 1-882007-18-2
Painted with Thread:
The Art of American Embroidery

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Catalog: Richter, Paula. Painted with Thread: The Art of American Embroidery. Peabody Essex Museum Collections Series, Vol. 136: Salem Mass. 2001.
ISBN: 0-88389-119-0 / Artist lecture July 2001
Crafting Identity
Fort Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte NC
Drawing the Thread
Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio TX
Tissus Urbains
MAI Gallery, Montreal (Que.) Canada
Panelist: Table ronde "Textile numerique"
2000 Inherited, Salvaged, Embroidered
The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst (Portland) OR
Publication: Hopkins, Terri.
Inherited Salvaged Embroidered.
Consumed: Fine Craft Inspired by Media Culture
Craft Alliance, St. Louis MO
Legato 2: Oeuvres Realisees
lours du Sympo-fibres International

Expression Centre, Saint-Hyachinthe, Quebec
Women’s World: A Work in Progress
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
Materials, Process and Object:
Expanding the Practice

Pritchard Art Gallery, U of Idaho
Publication: Hushka, Rock.
Materials Process and Object.Online catalog: http://www.art.uidaho.edu/fiber
Sun Valley Art Center, Sun Valley ID
Artist lecture "Long Strings of Small Acts"
Valentine
Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle
Carl Hammer 2000
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 In Extenso
Expression Centre, St.-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Artist in residence May 1-31
1998 The View From Here
Seafirst Gallery, Seattle
Citizen’s Cultural Center, Fujinomiya, Japan
Awards
2002 Interdisciplinary Research Initiative for Associate Professors, Center for Humanities, University of Washington
2001 Artist Trust GAP Grant
1998 Teaching Fellowship, Center for the Humanities, University of Washington
1986 College of Arts and Sciences Mentoring Award
University of Washington
Publication Support Award from the University of Washington Graduate School
Reviews
2003 Boaz, Pat. "Portland Oregon," Art Papers, April/May
2001 Harris, Paula and Lyon, David. "Sampling History," Fiberarts, November/December.
Davis, Virginia. "Interactions," Surface Design Journal, Fall
Robertson, Jean. "Feminism and Fiber," Surface Design Journal, Fall.
1999 Zwik, Nancy. "Long Strings of Small Acts: An Interview with Lou Cabeen",
New Art Examiner, June
Platt, Susan. "The View from Here: 100 Artists Mark the Centennial of Mt. Rainier National Park"
Art Papers, May/June
1998 Verhovek, Sam Howe. "The Mountain as Muse, Glacial, Menacing or Not So", The New York Times, December 23
Conner, Jill. "Crossing the Border: Art & Fiber", wetSOFA. Oct. 98. http://www.wetsofa.com/
1997 Boylan, John, "Lou Cabeen at the Bellevue,"
New Art Examiner, July/August
1996 Ullrich, Polly, "Lou Cabeen,"
New Art Examiner, February
Lectures / Residencies
2002 Artist lectures
Marylhurst University, Portland State University, Reed College
2001 Panelist, "The Object of Labor"
College Art Association

Artist-in-residence
Concordia University, Montreal

Participant, Pointcarre Master Class
Center for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal
2000 Artist lecture
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley ID

Panelist "Materials Process-Object"
U of ID, Moscow

Advanced undergraduate workshop
Western Washington University, Bellingham WA