MARILYN HENRION
5000 Old Shepard Place #623, Plano TX 75093 917-359-4621
www.marilynhenrion.com. marilynhenrion@mac.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 DHV Gallery, Dallas TX (Featured Artist)
2023 Hexa Creative Hub Gallery, Richartdson, TX
Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
2022 Art Gallery Pure, Plano, TX
D’Art Center Gallery, Norfolk VA
2021 Noho-M55 Gallery, New York NY
2019 Noho-M55 Gallery, New York NY
2017 Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY
Durst Building Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Noho Gallery. New York, NY
2011 Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
Bayer Corporation, Wayne & Montvale, NJ
Intermezzo Art Gallery, Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ
2010 Noho Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Bayer Corporation, Wayne & Montvale, NJ
Berkeley College Art Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Noho Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Noho Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Gora, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2005 Treasure Room Gallery, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
2004 Noho Gallery, New York, NY
Studio Decouvrir, Hope, ID
2002 Noho Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Noho Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Decouvrir Gallery, Seattle, WA
La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA
Atlantic Community College Art Gallery, Mays Landing, NJ
Leman Publications Art Gallery, Golden, CO
1996 American Association .for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC
1994 Merrill Lynch Corporate Headquarters, Plainsboro, NJ
1992 Educational Testing Services Corp., Princeton,NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Lewisville Theatre Art Galley, Lewisville TX “ Pattern & Texture” (Third Prize)
Plano Art Center Gallery, Plano TX , (First Prize)
Lewisville Theatre Art Gallery, “Home”, Lewisville, TX
The Eisemann Center Gallery, Plano TX
2023 The Eisemann Center Gallery, Plano TX, (Judge’s Choice)
Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, Hebrew Union Collage, NYC, NY, One Nation
2019 Westbeth Art Gallery, NYC, NY,, The Gold Standard
Muskegon Art Museum, Muskegon MI, Excellemce in Fibers
2018 Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT, International Invitational Exhibition 2018
Chojun Textile Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea, Red + 1
MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis. MD. Art Fiber Options
2017 International Textile Biennale, 2017, Haacht, Belgium
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, NewOrleans, LA, “No Dead Artists”
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Tulsa OK
Hebrew Union College Museum, NYC, NY, “Home”
Edward Hopper House Gallery, Nyack, NY, Member Exhibition
Impasto Gallery, Longmont CO, CityScapes
The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY, Small Works 2017
2016 Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum, Seoul, S. Korea, Bojagi, The Living Tradition
Suwan Museum of Art, Suwan, S, Korea
Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY, Black & White
2015 Narthex Gallery at St. Peters Church, New York, NY, SQUARE
The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY, Small Works 2015, Best in Show Award
Edward Hopper House Gallery, Nyack, NY, Member Show, Honorable Mention
2014 Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, TX, Quilts: The New Geometry
Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX, Art Quilts from the John M. Walsh Collection
Isso Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Serendipitous Synergy
Kamakura Art Gallery, Kamakura Performing Arts Center, Kamakura, Japan, Tokyo/New York
Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura CA, Collectors Choice
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Mixing Media
2013 Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland, International Triennial of Tapestry
Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, Biennial Exhibition
Noho Gallery, New York, NY , Collectors' Choice
2012 Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Synchronicity
2011 World Financial Center Gallery, New York, NY, Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber
National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY, Celebration!
NYIT School of Architecture & Design, New York, NY, Geometric Strands: Glass, Paper, Fiber
New Arts Center, Lancaster, PA, Invitational Small Works
Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, New York Fiber in the 21st Century
Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Contemporary Fiber
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Be My Guest
2010 Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, Art Quilts from the Collection of John Walsh III
Betty Dare Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sins of the City
Bluestone Gallery, Milford, PA, Gallery Artists
Cohen Gallery, Goggleworks Art Center, Reading, PA, Beyond Fiber
Osilas Gallery, Bronxville, NY
2009 Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, Permanently MAD: Revealing the Permanent Collection
National Taiwan Living Arts Center, Taiwan City, Taiwan, Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, Fiber Focus
Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY, Full Spectrum: Quilts & The Textile Arts
Fieldstone Fine Art Gallery, Ramsey, NJ, Gallery Artists
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH, The Quilted Surface
The Williams Club, New York, NY, Made In New York
Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY, Home Is Where The Art Is
Untitled [Art Space], Oklahoma City, OK, Modern Materials
2008 Columbus Art Museum, Columbus OH, Material Matters: Quiltmaking In The 21st Century
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, Fabulous Fibers
C K Media Gallery, Golden CO, The Creative Force
Comma Gallery, Orlando, FL, Invitational Exhibition
Rose Room Gallery, Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, FL, Invitational Exhibition
New Arts Gallery, Kutztown, PA, Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works
Hill Country Arts Foundation Gallery, Ingram, TX, Invitational Exhibition
2007 Fieldstone Fine Art Gallery, Ramsey, NJ, Sensory Impressions
Lincoln Center Galleries, Ft. Collins, CO, Fabric of Legacies International
Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY, Top Award Winners of 2006
John Michael Kohler Artspace Gallery, Sheboygin, WI, Fiber Optics
2006 Pen & Brush Gallery, New York NY, Fine Crafts
Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH, The Essence of Things
Chandler Center for The Arts Visions Gallery , Chandler, AZ, Tied Together:Textile Art in the 21st Century
Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Material Speaks”
2005 Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, BEYOND TRADITION: Contemporary Art Quilts
Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH, “Art Quilts”
New Arts Center Gallery, Kutztown, PA, Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Salon Exhibition
Center For Visual Arts, Denton TX, Materials Hard & Soft
Sweeney Art Center, Santa Fe NM, New Art Quilts IV
Gallery 214, Montclair NJ, Director’s Choice
2004 American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA, Art Quilts from the Permanent Collection Museum of Arts & Design
Arkansas Historic Museum, Little Rock, AR, Uncommon Threads
Gallery 214, Montclair NJ, Quilts For Arts Sake
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Noho Fiber
Woven Fiber Art House, WestChester, PA, TransFORMations
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Salon Exhibition
Robeson Gallery Penn State University, State College, PA, Quilts: Traditional and Deviant
Sweeney Art Center, Santa Fe, NM, New Art Quilts III
Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, The Quilted Surface II
2003 Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Collectors’ Choice
The Artists’ Museum, Washington, DC, A Tribute To Fiber Artists
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Without Restraints
Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI, Art Quilts Now
Johnson Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH, Pushing The Surface, 2003
Dairy Barn Cultural Art Center, Athens OH, Quilt National
Sweeney Center, Santa Fe NM, New Art Quilts II
Brooklyn College Gallery at Veterans Memorial, Brooklyn NY, Fiber Optics
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, FIBRATIONS!
2002 Albright-Knox Museum Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Invitational Exhibition
UBS Paine Webber Galleries, New York NY, Six Continents of Quilts:American Craft Museum Permanent Collection
Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Limitless Visions
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe NM, Gallery Artists
2001 Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX, Quilts: A Journey Through History
Hinsdale Center for The Arts, Hinsdale, IL, Fine Fiber: Art for the 21st Century
Nabisco Corporate Art Gallery, East Hanover, NJ, The Art of The Contemporary Quilt
Davison Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY, Paintings In Cloth & Thread
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH, Quilt National ’01 (traveling exhibit through Dec., 2003)
Fort Smith Civic Center, Fort Smith, AR, Fort Smith Art Quest
Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM, New Art Quilts
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, New Digs
2000 Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, NY, Women Designers in the U.S.A., 1900-2000
J.C Epstein Museum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Tradition With A Twist: Contemporary Art Quilts
RotundaGallery, NM State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM, Exit/Entrance
Pavillion Josephine, Strasbourg, France, Art Quilts: America At The Millenium
Gallery 214. Montclair, NJ, Dreamscapes/Landscapes
Bradiggins Gallery, Hillsborough, NC, Fine Crafts Invitational
Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA, ARTiculate Threads
Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery, Lawton, OK, Oklahoma Centerfold
Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia PA, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick
Noho Gallery, New York, NY, Sightings/Sitings
1999 New York State Museum, Albany, NY, Contemporary Crafts of New York State
Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL, Yardworks (traveling exhibition through 2001)
American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 9x9x3 (traveling exhibition through September 2002)
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH, Pushing The Surface
J.C. Epstein Museum Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI , Extraordinary Stitches: The Art of Fiber & Thread
Heritage Plantation Gallery, Sandwich, MA, Edge To Edge
Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA, Pieceworks ’99
Boehm Gallery- Palomar College, San Marcos, CA, East Meets West: Contemporary Quilts & Glass
Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ, Hanging By A Thread ‘99
1998 Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, World Quilt ’98 Invitational
Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, CA, Visions: Quilt Expressions
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH, The Artist As Quiltmaker VII
Davison Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan, Rochester, NY, The American Quilt: From Craft To Fine Art
1997 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, Patchworks
New York State Museum , Albany, NY, Contemporary New York State Crafts Invitational
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wave Hill Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, Strata Various
1996 Museum of Decorative & Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia , Five Perspectives: American Art Quilts
The Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY , Innovative Traditions, 1996
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA, Hoyt National Art Exhibition
Arthur Houghton Gallery at Cooper Union, New York, NY, A Large Show of Small Works
Nabisco Corporate Art Gallery, East Hanover, NJ, The Art of The Quilt
1995 Museum of theAmerican Quilters Society, Paducah, KY, Studio Art Quilt Showcase
Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY, Quiltmaking As An Art Form
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Contemporary Quilts
Museum of American Folk Art Great American Quilt Festival, New York, NY, Broadway Haiku
1994 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, Patterns of Vision
Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, Quilts Now
Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, Quilted Visions
NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, Colors of Earth & Space
1993 Museum of Decorative & Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia, International Textile Exhibition
Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY. , Quilt Connection All-Stars
J.C. Epstein Museum Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI, The Artist & The Quilt
The Little Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, The Art Quilt: A New Frontier
1992 La Biblioteque Forney, l’hotel de Sens, Paris, France, Quilts Contemporains
Decatur House, Washington, DC, Tactile Architecture
Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA, Material Pleasures
The Museums at Stonybrook, Stony Brook, NY, Innovative Traditions 1992
1991 New York City Cultural Affairs Gallery, New York, NY, Quilts Move Into The 21st Century
Museum Of American Folk Art Great American Quilt Festival, New York, NY, Citiquilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, Quilts=Art=Quilts
1990 Fuji Bank, New York, NY, New Winds Quilters
Newman College Gallery, Aston, PA, Challenger Memorial Quilts
HONORS & AWARDS
2013 One of five American artists invited to participate in International Triennia Exhibition of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
2008 Niche Magazine Award
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award
2003 Brisons Veor Trust, Artist Residency Fellowship, Cape Cornwall England
2001 Invited by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art to donate all personal and professional papers, sketchbooks, journals, etc. to the archives for their permanent collection.
1999 New York State Craft Alliance Grant
1997 Friends of Fiber Art International Grant
1996 Nihon Vogue Grant
1995/96 The ArtsLink Partnership Fellowship (TheNational Endowment for the Arts, The Open Society)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
Museum of the American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY
International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE
U.S. State Department Embassy, Pnom Penh, Cambodia
Federal Reserve Bank, NYC, NY
Mitsubishi Trust & Bank, New York, NY
The Benjamin Royal Sonesta Hotel, New York, NY
Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, NY
LinkedIn Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
National Association of Scholars, NYC, NY
Carnegie Abbey Country Club, Narragansett, RI
Lucent Technologies, Denver, CO
Avaya Communications, Denver, CO
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Comanche County Medical Center, Lawton, OK
Carnegie Abbey Country Club, Narragansett, RI
SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA
Nihon Vogue, Tokyo, Japan
Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ
Saint Rita Medical Center, Lima, OH
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“These 3 Artists Find Inspiration the Built” by Michael Welton, Metropolis Magazine, 2023
“New Digs Texas”, exhibition catalog, 2022
“Mannahatta”, exhibition catalog with essay by Ulysses Grant Dietz, 2021
“Floating Bridges- England & Ireland”, 2020
“European Odyssey”, exhibition catalog, 2019
“New Orleans Revisited”, exhibition catalog, 2018
“Patchwork City”, exhibition catalog, 2017
“Architecture on Silk" by J. Michael Welton, Aishti Magazine (Lebanon), April/May, 2014
"Windows", exhibition catalog with essay by Ed McCormack, 2014
"Complexity", exhibition catalog with essay by Ed McCormack, 2012
“Fiber Art Today” by Carol K. Russell, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 2011
“Patchwork City”, by Patty Lee, New York Daily News, Sunday 11/14/10 (double page centerfold)
“Soft City: Marilyn Henrion”, exhibition catalog with essay by Ed McCormack, 2010
“Noise: New Works by Marilyn Henrion”, Jacqueline Ruyak, Surface Design Journal, Summer 2009
“Marilyn Henrion: Making Noise”, Sandra Sider, Fiberarts Magazine, 2/09
“Marilyn Henrion: Noise”, Exhibition catalog with essays by Janet Koplos & Ed McCormack
“Materials, Innovation Matter”, Bill Mayr, The Columbus Dispatch, 12/15/08
“Contemporary Quilt Art::An Introduction & Guide”, Kate Lenkowsky, Indiana University Press, 2008
“The Artful Home”, Toni Sykes, Guild Publications, 2007
“Quilting Transformed:Leaders In Contemporary Quilting in the United States-The 20th Century and Beyond”,Jacqueline Atkins, Nihon Vogue Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 2007
”Marilyn Henrion: Disturbances”, exhibition catalog, 2006
“Geometry Unmoored”, Ed McCormack, Gallery & Studio, 9/06
“Inner and Outer Horizons in the Art of Marilyn Henrion”, Ed McCormack, Gallery & Studio, 6/04
“Marilyn Henrion: On Building Careers”, Patricia Malarcher, Surface Design Journal, Winter 2004
“Inspiration”, U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Art In Embassies Program, U.S. Dept. of State, 11/03
“Marilyn Henrion’s Ultimate Triumph”, Ed McCormack, Gallery & Studio, 11/02, /1/
“Folk-Art Aesthetics and American Art Quilts, Sandra Sider, FIBERARTS, 11/03
“Marilyn Henrion at Noho Gallery”, Raymond J. Steiner, Art Times Journal, 1/03
“The Artful Home”, Guild Publications, 2003
“Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art #9, 11, 13, 17”, Guild Publications
“Quilts From Six Continents: The American Craft MuseumCollection”, Catalog Essay by Curator, Ursula Neuman, 2002
“Weaving New Rhythms”,Rubicon Publishing, 2001
“The Best Contemporary Quilts”, Lark Books, 2001
“Women Designers in the U.S.A.-1900-2000”, Dr. Pat Kirkham, Yale University Press, Nov., 2000
“Marilyn Henrion’s Commanding Colors”, FIBERARTS, March/April, 2001
“Marilyn Henrion at Noho”,Surface Design Journal,Winter,2001
“Tradition & Innovation In The Art ofMarilyn Henrion”, Gallery & Studio, June/July, 2000
“Cloth Poems: Art Quilts by Marilyn Henrion, Art QuiltMagazine # 9, 1998
“The Art Quilt” by Robert Shaw, pub.Hugh Lauter Levin, 1997
“Geometrie et Sensibilitie”,Les Nouvelles du Patchwork, France, 6/1997
“Broadway Haiku”, Surface Design Journal, Winter, 1997
“American Art Quilts”, Moscow Izvestia, April 4,1996
“Broadway Haiku”, Quilts Japan, 9/95
“Patterns of Vision”, Art Quilt Magazine, Fall, 1995
“Art Quilt Calendar”, Abbeville Press, 1995
“Brilliance In Color & Pattern”, New York Times , 4/24/94
“Shared Threads” by Jacqueline. Atkins, Penguin Publ., 1994
“The Quilts of Marilyn Henrion’”, Patchwork Tsushin, Japan, 4/94
“Quilts:The Permanent Collection,Volume II”,AQS Publ. 1994
“Les Poemes en Tissus de Marilyn Henrion”, Les Nouvelles du Patchwork (France) 4/94
“Tradition & Creativity In Quiltmaking”, Patchwork Quilt Tsushin (Japan), 4/94
"Quilts Composed As Poems In Cloth”,New York Times, 3/1/92
PUBLICATIONS
• “Exposed! Contemporary Art Quilts”, Catalog introduction,12/06
• “Art Quilts: Who Is Buying & What Is Being Paid?”, American Quilter , 5/99
• “A Model Art Pricing Survey”,Art Calendar Magazine, 6/98
• “Three Perspectives: Russian Fiber Artists”, Exhibition Catalog, 1998
• “Dreams and Fantasies: The Quilts of Ludmila Uspenskaya”, Art Quilt Magazine, Issue 6, Spring, 1996
• “Ludmila Uspenskaya”, Quilters Newsletter Magazine, July/August, 1996
• “Five Perspectives:American Art Quilts”, Exhibition brochure, 1996
• “Quilts: Success With Stripes”, Threads, December ‘95/January ‘96
• “On A Bridge Between Two Shores”, American Quilter, Winter , 1994.
• “Russia With Love”, Quilters Newsletter Magazine, June,1994
• ”International Textile Symposium- Russia”, FIBERARTS (Swatches column), Summer,1994.
• “Circles- The Story of A Russian-American Collaboration”, Quilting International, November,1993.
• “Careers In The Fashion Industry:What The Jobs Are And How To Get Them” (co-author), Harper & Row, 1983
CURATING
2018 “RED”, Works by TSGNY members, Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “SQUARE”, Works by TSGNY Members, Narthex Gallery at Citicorp, New York, NY
2012 “Be My Guest”, multi-media group exhibition, gallery artists & guests, Noho Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 “Urban Landscapes”, exhibition of works by eight artists, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2004. “NOHO FIBER”, Works by seven fiber artists, Noho Gallery, New York, NY
2003. “FIBRATIONS!”: Works by Members of Art Quilt Network-NY, Noho Gallery, New York NY
1998. “Three Perspectives: Russian Fiber Artists”, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1996. “Five Perspectives: American Quilt Artists”, Museum of Decorative & Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia
1995. “Ludmila Uspenskaya: Dreams & Fantasies”, Museum of American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY
RELATED ACTIVITIES
2018- juror for biennial exhibition at Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2014-2020 Board of Directors, Exhibition Coordinator, Textile Study Group of New York
2015- 2021- Board 0f Directors, Gallery & Studio Magazine
2006-present Associate Fellow, International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska
2000- 2009 Board of Directors, Noho Gallery
2010-present- Self-Publishing consultant (thesohobookie.com)
2010-present- Teach Professional Development Workshops for Artists
1997-1999, 2004-2006 Board of Directors: Studio Art Quilt Associates
1995-1996 Established quiltmaking program for residents of NYC Park Avenue Homeless Shelter
1992-present Quilt-related teaching and lecturing engagements throughout the U.S.
1992-2021 Organized and hosted receptions, lectures, and shopping tours for visiting fiber artists from around the world.
1989- Initiated and organized Symposium at FIT, NY, “Q & A; Quilts & Art: Questions & Answers” (500 attendees)
1969-1989 Associate Professor / Career Counselor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
EDUCATION
The Cooper Union College of Arts & Sciences, Graduated 1952
Fordham University, BFA, 1972