Penny Mateer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Selected Group Exhibitions
    2008 - 2009
  • Making Connections, juror Nancy Davidson, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Membership Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Transformation, an exhibition of local and national bead artists, Society of Yoruba Bead Artists, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Patchwork Politics, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
  • In the Making: 250 Years/250 Artists, Fe Arts Gallery, 4102 Butler Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Visual Politics: Art & The American Experience, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California
  • Icing on the Cake, Pittsburgh 250 Happy Birthday Celebration, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Wintergarden PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 'Thread from Body to Soul', Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Borelli-Edwards Galleries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 'The Commercial Woman' Group Exhibition: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
    2007
  • Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 97th Annual Exhibition: The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Journal Quilt Project: International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
  • “Reflections…” Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Gallery 707, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Quilt Art Celebration: Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Membership Show, Northland Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Hanging by a thread: le Poire Gallery, Crafton, PA
  • Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh: PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA
  • She Made Her Mark: Quilters’ Hall of Fame, Marion, IN
  • Switchback: artists who create traditional art using untraditional materials and artists who create untraditional art using traditional materials: Gallery@937 Pittsburgh, PA
    2006
  • Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
  • Quilts for Change: Cincinnati, OH
  • Car Culture: Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
  • Changing Perspectives: Soft Expressions Gallery, Anaheim, CA
  • Myths and Legends: La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA
    2005
  • Greater Latrobe Senior High School Art Show 2005 Art Gala, Latrobe, PA
  • Only Human - the best and worst of humanity: le Poire Gallery Crafton, PA
  • Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 95th Annual Exhibition: The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
  • The Healing Power of Art: UPMC Horizon Womancare Center Hermitage, PA
    2004
  • Quilts for Change 2004: Cincinnati, OH
  • Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 94th Annual Exhibition: Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Small Works Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Challenge: Collaboration Series Members Show, Gallery 707, Pittsburgh, PA
    2003
  • My World in Black and White: Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
Touring Exhibitions
    2008
  • The Journal Project, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, Chicago, IL and Long Beach, California
    2006
  • Open Hearts/Helping Hands, A Special Exhibit at Images: Lowell Quilt Festival, Gallery North On the Square, Bloomington, IN
  • Up Over Down Under: The Gap Gallery of the Australian Forum for Textile Art (T.A.F.T.A) Brisbane, Australia, The Parliament House, Sydney, Australia, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
  • Q uiltart@10: Patchwork and Quilt Expo X, Lyon, France International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL and Houston, TX
    2005
  • Journal Quilt Project: International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
    2004
  • Journal Quilt Project: International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Awards
    2005
  • Mildred K. Cohen Memorial Award 95th Annual Exhibition Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
    2004
  • Maggie Milono Memorial Award 94th Annual Exhibition Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
    2003
  • Best of Show My World in Black and White On-line Fiberarts Competition
Publications
The Quilter’s Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Meg Cox, Workman Publishing, New York, 2008
Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project, Quilting Arts, LLC, 2006

Professional Affiliations
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Member of the Board,
     2007 – 2010
SAQA
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh

Related Experience
Freelance Production, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
   Production support, Designing and executing properties,
   Costume and set decoration for feature films, television and theater

Education
M.S.W. degree, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 1988
B.A, degree, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, June 1981
QSDS, Columbus, Ohio, studied with Jane Burch-Cochran and Arturo Alonzo Sandoval