Vicki Conley – Resume
Owner, Piñon Pottery and Fine Art Gallery
26465 Highway 70
PO Box 437,
Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346
575-937-0873
Artist Statement:
I am drawn to the process of art and have thus always enjoyed mixed media; calling on ceramics, printmaking, photography and fiber to convey my ideas. My work is an expression of the natural world I see around me. When I encounter a compelling landscape or subject, my goal is not to replicate it, but rather interpret it in such a way that my emotional connection to it is evident to the viewer.
My current work employs commercial and hand-dyed fabric, thread, paint, and stitches. This combination enables me to create multiple layers of interest and depth in my work, drawing in the viewer. One of my goals is to interpret the tactile and dimensional nature of my subjects, so the ability to create texture and depth as well as variations in form and line with fabric and stitching is a key part of my approach.
Solo Shows:
2023
Inspired by the Parks, featured artist at the Colorado Quilting Council Quilt a Fair
Two Person Shows:
2024
Threaded Discoveries: The Intersection of Fiber Art and Science, OKCU Norrick Gallery
2023
Life in the Mountain West, Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Art Museum, La Conner, WA
Las Colcheres Quilt Guild Spring Fling, Featured Artist, National Park Art Quilts
2021
Life in the Mountain West, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Juried Exhibitions and Fine Art Shows:
2024
Personality Plus, Carlsbad Museum, juror Barbara Beasley
Yellowstone Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana
2023
Natural Elements, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, juror Marianne McGrath
SAQA Microscape, Center for the Arts of Greater Lapeer - Lapeer, Michigan
SAQA Primal Forces Earth, BYU Museum of Art, Provo, UT
SAQA Light the World, Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT
California National Parks: Stories of Water, Wildling Gallery, Solvang, CA
Birds of the Rocky Mountains, Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY, jurors Kenneth L. Schuster and
Peter G. Arnold
Art Quilts XXVIII: Breaking Rules Honoring Tradition, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, juror
Shelly White
2022
Slopes, Shapes, and Landscapes, the Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Sacred Threads, Floris United Methodist Church
Evolutions 2022, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
SAQA Connections, Quilt Festival - Salt Lake City, Utah: July 21 - 23, 2022 Quilt Festival - Long Beach,
California: August 4 - 6, 2022
SDA Southwest Regional Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, juror Annie Lopez
Mancuso Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival
SAQA Microscape, International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA and Salt Lake City, UT
Harmony, Broadway Gallery, in Alexandria, VA
Art Quilts XXVII - Re-Vitalized, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, juror Shin-hee Chin
Weather or Not, SAQA NM Region, Capitol Rotunda, Santa Fe, NM, and Carlsbad Museum,
Carlsbad, NM
2021
Art Quilts XXVI: Stitching Stories, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, juror Ellen Blalock
Yellowstone Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
SAQA Light the World, European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France
SAQA Primal Forces: Earth, National Quilt Museum - Paducah, Kentucky:
SAQA Connections, Premiere location: Quilt Festival Houston 2021
SAQA Microscape, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, October 2021
The Crow Show, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
Into the Woods, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
Weather or Not, SAQA NM Region, National Weather Center, Norman, OK
2020
Art Quilts XXV: Fleeting Moments, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, Juror Linda Anderson
SAQA Season after Season, Prague Patchwork Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic,
AQS Quiltweek, Lancaster, PA, Grand Rapids, MI, Charlston,SC
SAQA 12 x 12, KS,MO,OK Regional show, InterUbban Art House, Overland Park, KS
Ancient, Emerald Art Center, Springfield OR, Juror Ruth Bass
Yellowstone Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana
Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, juror - Nicole M. Crawford
Shock of the New West 2020, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ, juror-Cody DeLong
De.light/ful, SAQA Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St Joseph, MO
Life Along the Rio Grande, SAQA NM Region, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso
Downs, NM
2019
De.light/ful, SAQA Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma Reigon, Leedy –Voulkos Art
Center, Kansas City, MO: Modella Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK, Juror Rosalie Dace
Art Quilts XXIV, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, Juror, Georgia Heller
Evolutions, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Juror Martha Seilman
BLUE SAQA NM Region, Santa Fe, NM, Juror Cynthia Sanchez
SAQA Season after Season, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas, Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puente; European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte Marie Aux Mines, France,
SAQA-Turmoil, Grants Pass Museum of Art- Grants Pass, Oregon, United States: June 1 – July 27, 2019
SAQA – Dusk till Dawn, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Il
Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
Life Along the Rio Grande, SAQANM Region, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
SAQA –Textile Posters, Sydney Stitches & Craft Show: Sydney, Australia
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia
Australasian Quilt Convention: Melbourne, Australia
Brisbane Stitches & Craft Show: Brisbane, Australia,
Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair: Mitchell, Australia,
Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show: Broadmeadow, Australia
2018
Caravan Arts Council-Bank of the Arts National juried Exhibition, New, Bern, NC, juror Joseph Mills
Houston International Quilt Festival - Landscape
Life Along the Rio Grande, –SAQANM Region, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM, Macey Center, Socorro,NM, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
SAQA-Turmoil, Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC), Melbourne, Australia
Brisbane Stitches & Craft, South Bank, Australia
Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair,, Canberra, Australia
Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show, Australia
Adelaide Craft & Quilt Fair,
Wayville, Australia
311 Gallery - Landscapes and Seascapes- juried by Beth Haslett, David Spector, Lori White
Fiber Arts Exhibit-Water, Albuquerque Open Space Visitor’s Center, Albuquerque, NM, juror – Kent Swenson
SAQA-Dusk to Dawn, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, juror-Marilyn Zapf
Art Quilts XXIII, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ, juror-Erika Lynne Hanson
Our Changing Landscapes, University of Central Missouri; juror Judith Trager
2017
Quilt National, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio
Art Quilts XXII, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ; juror Sandra Branjour
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY; juror -Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Joan Schulze, Marcia Young
SAQA – Textile Posters, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX; Juror Joseph Lupo
SAQA - Under the Western Sun, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Boulder, CO and
Macey Center, NMIMT, Socorro, NM; juror Patricia Kennedy-Zafred
Sacred Threads Exhibition, Floris United Methodist Church, Herndon, VA
Our Changing Landscapes, SAQA, Leedy Voulkos Art Center, juror Judith Trager
Pathfinders: New Territories, Southern Utah Museum of Art; jurors Marilyn Badger
And Sandra Hoefner
Structures, Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; juror Dr. Cynthia Sanchez
SAQA – Turmoil, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL; Festival of Quilts, UK;
Juror Kate Lydon
Gems of the Ocean, Yachats Commons, Yachats, OR; juror Ruth Bass
American Quilters Society – Daytona, Daytona, FL
SAQA – My Corner of the World, Craft & Quilt Fair, Perth, West Australia, Craft & Quilt Fair, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Intocraft Handmade Expo, Newcastle, New South Wales, Craft & Quilt Fair, Adelaide, South Australia, Intocraft Handmade Expo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; juror Micaela Fitzsimmons
Road to California, Ontario, CA
SAQA – Turmoil, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, United Kingdom
SAQA – Turmoil, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
SAQA- My Corner of the World, Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay Canada
2016
SAQA - Turmoil, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
SAQA - My Corner of the World, Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford, Ontario and
Cultural Red, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
The Artist as Quiltmaker XVII, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts,Oberlin,OH
Modern Quilt Guild Exhibit, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
Art Quilt XXI: In Stitches, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
Natural Healing, SAQA NM, Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, NM, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD, Inova Cancer Center, Fairfax, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2015
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Art Quilts XX: Journeys & Life Cycles, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Just Sayin, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Gateway to Imagination Juried Fine Art Show, Farmington, NM
Cultural Red, Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Road to California, Ontario, CA
Natural Healing, First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, NM
2014
Quilts, a World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Home, Quilt! Knit! Stitch! Portland, OR
Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Home, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: Home, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Beyond Tradition, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
A Walk in the Wild, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2013
Celebration del Arte, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
New Mexico Unfolding, Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012
A Walk in the Wild, Open Space Visitors Center, Albuquerque, NM
Enchanted Threads, Open Space Visitors Center, Albuquerque, NM
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA
2011
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Timeless New Mexico, Capitol Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010
Quilts, a World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
4 Common Corners Group Shows:
2023
Transparency, Heads or Tails and Cryptography, Macey Center, Socorro, NM
The Way We Were, Los Alamos Quilt Show
Snow and Ice and Oasis, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Cryptography, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ
The Way we Were and Transparency, WHAM, Surprise, AZ
2022
Oasis and Cryptography, Dona Ana Arts council, Las Cruces, NM
Thorns and Spikes and Wisdom of Trees, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
2021
Fractures and Fissures, Heat, Bright Sky Dark Sky , and Whimsy. West Valley Art Museum, Peoria, AZ
Fractures and Fissures, Heat, Bright Sky Dark Sky , and Whimsy. Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los
Alamos, NM
Thorns and Spikes and Wisdom of Trees, Ground Floor Artists, Surprise, AZ
2020
Thorns and Spikes, Wisdom of Trees, Fractures and Fissures, Bright Sky/Dark Sky, Virtual exhibition,
Macey Center, Socorro, NM
Artist in Residence:
2016 Empty Spools Seminars, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
Selected Awards and Honors:
2024
Guest on Quilting Arts TV
2023
Guest on The Quilt Show.com with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Episode 3306
California National Parks: Stories of Water, 3rd place.
2020
Dallas Quilt Show, Pride of Dallas Award
Pieces of the Past, Golden Peak Media, Finalist
2018
Ekphrasis, 1st Place 2D
2017
Pathfinders New Territories, Juror’s Choice
Gateway to Imagination, Purchase Prize
2015
Art Quilts XX: Journeys & Life Cycles, Purchase Prize
Publications:
2023
Art Quilt Quarterly, SAQA, Issue 31
Quilting Arts Magazine, Start With A Photo, Fall 2023, Golden Peak Media
Quilting Arts Magazine, Start With a Print, Summer 2023, Golden Peak Media
QuiltFolk Dogs, QuiltFolk
Curated Quilts, Abstract, Issue 23
2021
Yellowstone Art Auction 53, 2021
Fresh Fish, SAQA, designed by Bobbi Baugh
Connections, SAQA, designed by Yellowdog
Microscape, SAQA, designed by Yellowdog
Primal Forces: Earth, SAQA, designed byYellowdog
Light the World, SAQA, designed by YellowDog
Quilting Arts Magazine, Thorns & Spikes, Golden Peak Media, Fall 2021
Art Quilting Quarterly, SAQA, Issue #21
Quilting Arts Magazine, Pieces of the Past, Golden Peak Media, Spring 2021
createwhimsy.com, Spotlight Artist
Art Quilting Studios, Stampington and Company, Winter 2021
Weather or Not, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
2020
SAQA Journal, 4 Common Corners, SAQA, Volume 30, No 3
Art Quilt Quarterly, SAQA, Issue #18
2019
Out of the Blue, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
SAQA Journal, SAQA, Volume 29, No.2
Artist to Watch, Art Quilt Quarterly, SAQA, Issue No. 16
De-light/full, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
2018
Life Along the Rio Grande, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
Art Quilt Quarterly, SAQA, Issue 10
2017
Blood and Thunder, Musings on the Art of Medicine, University of
Oklahoma College of Medicine
Art Quilt Quarterly, SAQA, Issue 9
Textile Posters, SAQA, designed by Jennifer Gauerke
Quilt National 2017, Fiber Art Now
Under the Western Sun, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
Pathfinders: New Territories, Southern Utah University, designed by Darren Lewis
Made in New Mexico: Structural Diversity, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
Our Changing Landscapes, SAQA, designed by Shannon Conley
Art Quilt Quarterly. SAQA, Issue No. 9
2016
SAQA Journal, SAQA, Volume 27, No 1
Art quilt Collector, SAQA, Issue No. 6
SAQA Journal, SAQA, Volume 26, No. 2
2015
1000 Quilt Inspirations, Sandra Sider, Quarry Books
Natural Healing, SAQA
2014
Quilting Arts Magazine, How Does Your Garden Grow? June/July 2014, Issue 69
Quilt Trends, SAQA's A Walk in the Wild Exhibit, Spring 2014
2011
Quilting Arts Magazine, Inner Animal Challenge, June/July 2010
2003
Handbuilt Tableware, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books
Education:
2009-2013 Studied with Caryl Fallert, Janet Fogg, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Vikki Pignatelli and others.
1997-1999 Art classes through New Mexico State University, Alamogordo, NM
1994-1997 Art classes through Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso, NM
1978 Masters of Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1976 Bachelors of Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
Professional Organizations:
SAQANM Regional Rep.
4 Common Corners - Founder
Las Colcheras Quilt Guild
Studio Art Quilt Associates
SAQA Global Exhibition Committee
SAQA Education Committee
International Quilt Association
International Machine Quilters Association
Surface Design Association
Presentations and Workshops:
2021 – present : Numerous national presentations and workshops.
2020 Designing from Photo to Imagination, Ruidoso, NM
2018 Art Quilting 101, Ruidoso, NM
2016 My Journey as an Artist, New Mexico quilters Association, Albuquerque, NM
My Journey as an Artist, Empty Spools Seminar, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2015 Why do I Create, Las Colcheras Quilt Guild, Las Cruces, NM
Commissions:
2023 Corporate Commission, Gifts from the Malpais, El Malpais National Conservation Area, Public
Lands Interpretive Association
2022 Private Commission, Art Quilt, Desert Bloom, Ed and Sandy Brogan, Saddlebrook, AZ
2019 Private Commission, Art Quilt, Saguaro Sunset (48” x36”), Vicki and Joe Brandhuber, Tucson, AZ
Private Commission, Art Quilt, Grande Prismatic (40” x 60”), Robbie and Craig Lauger, Victoria, Texas
2018 Corporate Commission, Art Quilt, I Lift Mine Eyes Unto the Hills (60” x32”)), Episcopal Church in Lincoln County, Ruidoso, NM
2010 Private Commission, Art Quit, Teresa’s Quilt (25” x 31”), Collection of Bea and Keith Roberts, Ruidoso, NM
2003 Private Commission, Architectural Tile, included Parrot Waterfall Fountain, (96” x 72”), Botanical Nicho Insets (24” x 60” each, total of 4), custom bathroom including sinks, coral reef dimensional shower bench and shower walls (~88 ft2), Installed in home of Pat Breeding, Ruidoso, NM
2003 Corporate Commission, Architectural Tile, Mountain Aspens (48” x 48”), Nature’s Bounty (18” x 72”), Foxworth Galbraith Design Center, Ruidoso Downs, NM
2002 Corporate Commission, Architectural Tile, Trinity (65” x 65”), Episcopal Church in Lincoln County, Ruidoso, NM
Public Instillations and Collections:
Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
North Valley Senior Center, Albuquerque, NM
West Mesa Community Center, Albuquerque, NM
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler Arizona
Community Activities
SAQA Regional Rep
SAQA Global Education Committee
SAQA Global Exhibition Committee
Lincoln County Art Loop Executive Board – Treasurer.
Ruidoso Gymnastics Association – Board Member
Ruidoso Ski Team – Board Member
Girl Scout Leader 15 years.
Private Collections:
William Gehm, Amarillo, TX
Vicki and Joe Brandhuber, Tucson, AZ
Bert Levy, Fresno, CA
Sue Arnold, Mendocino, CA
Robbie and Craig Lauger, Victoria, TX
Jane Greig, Nogal, NM
Frank Klein, Yorktown, TX
Ken Ward, Salt Lake City, UT
Gail Willett, Cambridge, MA
Pat Roach, Garland, TX
Ross Gray, Austin, TX
Marrianne Williamson, Miami, FL
Cindi Slothouer, Ithaca, NY
Annette Teter, Dallas, TX
Pat Robinson, Dallas, TX
Donna Poehls, Bronte, TX
Barbara Zeissel,
Paulette Johnson, Hot Springs, AR
Joan Kalkwart, Tucson, AZ
Loretta Triano, Midland, TX
Eileen Doughty, Vienna, VA