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Kimberly Baxter Packwood
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About the Artist

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Artist Statement My current body of work depicts the ancient prairie once inhabited by native plants, animals and fauna, and the farms that dominate the modern horizon. I use natural materials and processes to demonstrate the progression of the native prairie from its ancient origins to the present through color, texture and form. When working with natural dyes, Ocher's, Earth pigments, and rust on cloth I'm able to explore the tension between the natural and the unnatural (man made). Biography Kimberly Baxter Packwood is a multi-media artist who has shown her work in museums and galleries in the US and abroad. She is the Art Instructor for The Prairie Fibers Company, LLC. and has been teaching nationally and internationally (online) for 6 years. Her art quilts are featured in America from the Heart: Quilters Remember September 11, by Karey Bresenhan, Material Images: Contemporary Midwestern Quilts, and various fiber and art magazines. |
EducationMasters Interdisciplinary Studies: Natural Dyes of the Central PlainsDepartment of Integrated Graduate StudiesIowa State UniversityBA Art and Design: Surface Design emphasisCollege of Design, Iowa State University, August 1999Solo Exhibitions 2003 Prairie Remnant, a Dyers Paradise. Gallery 181, Design Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 2002 Prairie Remnant. Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, IA.
Group Exhibitions 2008 Focus Grant Reunion Exhibit. Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2003 Focus 2003. Memorial Union. Iowa State University. Ames, IA Up Close and Far Away. Surface Design Association. Kansas City Art Institute, KS 2002 Runs With Scissors 2. Fiber Artists of Greater Des Moines. Polk County Heritage Gallery. Des Moines, IA
Invitational's 2008 Not Your Granny’s Quilt Show. Rowland Gallery in Maves Art Center at Greenville College, Greenville, IL 2007 Quilts: Fiber for Thought. The Plains Art Museum. Fargo, ND 2003 Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sloss Women’s Center. Iowa State University, Ames IA Focus 2003 Grant Exhibition. Memorial Union, Iowa State University. Ames, IA 2002 Heritage Gallery Invitational. Polk County Heritage Gallery. Des Moines, IA 2000 Focus 2000 Grant Exhibition. Iowa State University. Memorial Union. Ames, IA
Juried Exhibitions 2010 42nd Annual Clay, Paper, Fiber, Wood, Metal, Glass. (National). Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA 2009 Iowa Crafts 39. MacNider Art Museum. Mason City, IA 2008 Community of Artists 2008 Exhibit. (Statewide) Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA 2008 Focus Grant Reunion Exhibit. (Iowa State Memorial Union and Focus Committee), Ames, IA. 2005 Clay, Paper, Fiber, Wood, Metal, Glass. (National). Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA 2004 I Remember Mama. (International). International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX. Quilts for Change. (International). Cintas Center Xavier University. Cincinnati, Ohio 2003 The Next Wave. Hands On. The 12th International Surface Design Conference. Opie Gallery. Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. A Portrait of My Mother... Things Left Unsaid. (National). Center for Contemporary Art-Sacramento. Sacramento CA Fiber Celebrated 2003. (International). Yavapai Art Gallery. Yavapai College. Prescott, AZ. Northern Lights. (Regional). White Bear Center for the Arts. White Bear, MN. New Design/New Dynamics: Quilt Concepts for the 21st Century. (National) Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, NE. 2002 Fiber Arts 2002. (International). Gallery 510 Arts Guild, LTD. Decatur, IL Material Witness. (National). University Art Gallery. Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI Art Quilts: Encrustations. (International). Page-Walker Arts & History Center. Cary, NC. Material Images: Contemporary Midwestern Quilts. (Regional). Illinois State Museum. Southern Illinois Art Gallery. Whittington, IL 2001 America: From the Heart. (International). International Quilt Festival and Market. Houston, TX Fine Line/Fine Surface. (National). Fine Line Creative Arts Center. St. Charles, IL Material Images. (Regional). Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences. Peoria, IL Iowa Exhibited Sixteen. (Regional). Polk County Heritage Gallery. Des Moines, IA Sacred Threads 2001. (International). Reynoldsburg High School Field House. Reynoldsburg, OH Clay, Paper, Fiber, Wood, Metal, Glass. (National). Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA 2000 Iowa Crafts 33. (Regional). Charles H. MacNider Museum. Mason City, IA Community of Artists 2000 Exhibition. (Regional). Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA Iowa College Salon XXII. (Regional). Brunnier Art Museum. Ames, IA Clay, Paper, Fiber, Wood, Metal, Glass. (National). Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA 1999 Iowa Crafts 32. (Regional). Charles H. MacNider Museum. Mason City, IA
On-line Exhibitions 2008 E Pluribus Unum II: Cultures in Cloth. Ann Flaherty http://culturalcloth.wordpress.com/ 2003 Soul Hole Challenge http://www.quiltart.com/challenges/soulhole
Publications2005 Baxter Packwood, Kimberly (2004) Mark Making with Nature: Surface Design with Natural Dyes DVD 2005 Baxter Packwood, Kimberly (2003) Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques (Self Published) 2005 Baxter Packwood, Kimberly (2003) Rust and Clay Dyeing (Self Published) 2002 Bresenhan, Karey. (2002). America from the Heart: Quilters Remember September 11, 2001. C&T Publishing. Lafayette, CA, USA. 125. 2001 Material Images: Contemporary Midwestern Quilts. (2001). Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, USA. Pp.20, 2000 Sketch. Iowa State University, Ames, IA., USA. Sins of the Father (detail), Vol. (64).2. Pp. 45 & 80
ProceedingsBaxter Packwood, Kimberly. (2002) Colour Congress 2002, The Art, History, and Use of Natural Dyes. Ames, IA, USA. p.18
Interviews 2002 The Tribune. Ames, IA. Fiber Art Design. pp D1-6. Jan 2002. Iowa State Daily. Ames, IA. Natural Dyes. Apr 2002. The Ottumwa Carrier. Ottumwa, IA. pp12, Entertainment and TV section. Oct 4th, 2002 Grants2003 Professional Advancement Grant. Funded by the Graduate Student Senate, Vice Provost For Research and Advanced Studies. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. FSFC Grant. Funded through the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 2002 Focus Grant. Funded through GSB. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 2000 Focus Grant. Funded through GSB. Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Awards2009 Iowa Crafts: 39. MacNider Art Museum. Mason City, Iowa. (Juror's Special Mention) 2005 Nominated teacher of the year by The Professional Quilter 2005 Clay, Paper, Fiber, Wood, Metal, Glass. (National). Octagon Center for the Arts. Ames, IA (Honorable Mention) 2001 Iowa Exhibited Sixteen, juror (Terrance Pitts) Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA, Honorable mention.
Teaching/Lecture Engagements 2009 Fisher Arts Center, Marshalltown, IA 2006 Peters Valley Arts and Crafts (August) 2006 Iowa Wool and Sheep Festival 2003 Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati. Workshops and lecture. Cincinnati, OH. 2002 Colour Congress 2002. The Art, History, and Use of Natural Dyes. Surface Design Workshops. Iowa State University. Ames, IA Ottumwa Arts Council. Indian Hills Community College. Lecture. Ottumwa, IA.
Contact kbaxterpackwood@hotmail.com
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