Michael Rohde



Assorted Knotted Linen Vessels
Tibetan Prayers
Toward Paramita
Intricacy


My work is about the interaction of colors and geometry. The work is handwoven with hand dyed wool; this media is chosen because of the rich textures possible, and to draw the focus to the colors, and how they relate to each other on a pure basis. As I start a new work, the process begins in the dye pot. Hand dying of the wool yarn, for each new piece, is essential to create a specific palette that is not limited by commercially available colors. The geometries come from many sources noticed in studies or travel: a garden wall in Oaxaca, kimonos in Japan or ceramic tiles in Turkey.





Upcoming Exhibitions 2008 American Tapestry Alliance Bienial 7, University of Tampa, FL (also travels) Museum Exhibitions 2007 Members Exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2006 Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA 2005 TEXTILE 05, M. Zilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania 2004 Eleventh International Tapestry Triennial, Lodz, Poland Contemporary American Rug Artists, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH Fiber Celebration, The Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO (award) 2002 New Talent in Craft II, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI Craft Showcase,Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA CA Looms: Woven & Constructed, Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum 2001 Objects for Use: Handmade by Design American Craft Museum, New York, NY Fiber Celebrated 2001, The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT (award) Atmosphere, Newport Museum, Newport, Wales, UK 2000 Small Tapestries 2000, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH Atmosphere, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA 1999 California Contemporary Craft, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA Ultimate Fiber/California Connections, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 1998 Encore!, Atlanta Museum of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA One and Two Person Exhibitions 2007 Tapestries, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) Houses for Nomads, J. Monkute-Marks Museum, Kedainiai, Lithuania (solo) 2005 Woven Fiber Art House, West Chester, PARestorations, Earthues, Seattle, WA 2003 Connections, La Jolla FiberArts, La Jolla, CA 2002 Icons-Grids-Color-Mystery, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, UBC, Vancouver (solo) 2000 Rugs, Dreams & Random Time, Thomas More Gallery, Crestview Hills, KY 1999 Transitions, La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla, CA (solo) Group Exhibitions 2008 California Fibers, Quilt Visions, San Diego, CA 2007 Beyond the Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA One Work/One World, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA Intimate Eye, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Tapestry on the Edge, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ Material Difference, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL from Lausanne to Beijing, 4th International Fiber Art Biennial, Suzhou College of Fine Arts 2005 Culture and Context: Difficult Subjects, The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Lincoln, NE Art in Embassies Program,US Embassy, Almatay, Kazakhstan Reality and Illusion, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO In the Narrative: Textile Object/Word, I. E. Millstone Gallery at COCA, St. Louis, MO 2004 Craft Forms 2004, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (also 2003) 2003 Cross Sections: Process and Materials, East Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City, TN *2002 Craft USA 2002, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT (award)* Atmosphere, The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Taunton, England, UK Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Rabat, Morocco & Moscow, Russia *2001 Craft National 35,* Zoller Gallery, State College, PA (also in 1998, 2000)** Fiber Directions, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS 2000 Lao Textile Festival, Vientiane, Laos 1999 Connections 2, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

2006 Catalogue, Material Difference, Friends of Fiber Art International 2005 “Art Review”, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 17, 2004 “Gallery” American Craft Fiber Arts Design Book Seven Lark Press 2003 “Exposure” Surface Design Journal *Catalogs: Art in Embassies Program* ( Moscow, Russia and Rabatt, Morocco)** 2002 Crafts USA 2002, Silvermine Guild Galleris, New Canaan, CT 2001 Objects for Use, Paul J. Smith, Ed., Abrams, NY “Design File”, Hali 118, p155 “Block Weave Rugs with Inlay” Handwoven magazine “Jewels of La Jolla” Performing Arts magazine 2000 Fiber Celebration, Art Center of Estes Park, CO (also in 1999) Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, Asheville, NC (also in 1998) Textile Art: 2000 Gallery, Santa Clara, CA 1999 A Celebration of Creativity, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI CNCH Gallery, The Marin Center, San Raphael, CA

1977-1979 Glassel School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX 1974 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, PhD Biochemistry

del Mano, Los Angeles, CA Gail Martin Gallery, New York, NY Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (at SOFA, Chicago) La Jolla FiberArts, La Jolla, CA Weaving Southwest, Taos, New Mexico
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