Education
Present - 2021 MA Candidate, Critical Craft Studies, Warren Wilson College, Asheville NC. | Northern Research Lab Fellow, Anchorage Museum
2004 MFA, Creative Writing and Literary Arts, University of Alaska Anchorage.
1994 BA, Art, University of Nevada, Reno. | summa cum laude.
1994 BS, Textiles and Apparel Merchandising, University of Nevada, Reno. | summa cum laude.
1994 Business Administration minor, University of Nevada, Reno.
2004 MFA, Creative Writing and Literary Arts, University of Alaska Anchorage.
1994 BA, Art, University of Nevada, Reno. | summa cum laude.
1994 BS, Textiles and Apparel Merchandising, University of Nevada, Reno. | summa cum laude.
1994 Business Administration minor, University of Nevada, Reno.
Awards & Collections
2020 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, AK | Mother Thought of Everything (2020)
2020 Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK | Materfamilias (2018)
2019 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, AK | Fatigue Threshold (2017)
2018 Alaska Humanities Forum | Fossil (2018)
2018 Ahmanson Collection, Irvine CA | Snowblind (2018), Reliquary #3: Catch (2015)
2017 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Award
2017 Alaska Contemporary Art Bank | Reliquary #11: Halo (2015)
2016 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award
2014 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship Award
2014 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, AK | Spontaneous Combustion (2013)
2020 Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK | Materfamilias (2018)
2019 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, AK | Fatigue Threshold (2017)
2018 Alaska Humanities Forum | Fossil (2018)
2018 Ahmanson Collection, Irvine CA | Snowblind (2018), Reliquary #3: Catch (2015)
2017 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Award
2017 Alaska Contemporary Art Bank | Reliquary #11: Halo (2015)
2016 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award
2014 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship Award
2014 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, AK | Spontaneous Combustion (2013)
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Sample Home, International Quilt Museum, Lincoln NE .
2018 Inheritance: makers. memory. myth. Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK.
2018 Inheritance: makers. memory. myth. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2016 Reliquary, ConocoPhillips Gallery, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK.
2015 Reliquary, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2018 Inheritance: makers. memory. myth. Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK.
2018 Inheritance: makers. memory. myth. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2016 Reliquary, ConocoPhillips Gallery, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK.
2015 Reliquary, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Remnants, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg WI.
2020 Extra Tough: Women of the North, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2020 Fragile Domestic, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2020 Alaska Biennial, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2020 Castaways, Vivienne Challandes, curator. Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature, Victoria BC Canada.
2019 All Alaska Biennial, Candice Hopkins, juror. Pratt Museum, Homer AK. (traveling)
2019 In Quest of Beauty: Assemblage in the Ahmanson Collection, John Silvis, curator. Ahmanson Gallery, Irvine CA.
2019 Quilt National 2017, Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux & Art Martin, jurors. European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Maire-Aux-Mines, France.
2018 Fiber Art Now: Excellence in Fibers IV, Carol Sauvion, Perry Price, Beth McLaughlin, jurors. Publication, Winter 2018/19 Issue.
2018 All Alaska Biennial, Candice Hopkins, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2018 Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling, Marcia Grubb & Adelia Moore jurors. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL.
2018 Material, Liana Graham, juror. D'Art Center, Norfolk VA. Awarded for "Inheritance."
2018 The Art of Manipulation, David Heustess, curator. Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN.
2017 Gilding the Lily: 200 Years of Embroidery in Quilts, Pamela Weeks, curator. New England Quilt Museum, Lowell MA.
2017 In Death, Alessandra Piano, curator. Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, Cedarburg WI.
2017 Quilt National, Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux & Art Martin, jurors. The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH | Foundry Art Center, St. Louis MO | Traveling.
2017 Needles & Thread, Mandy Greer, curator. Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg WA.
2017 Texas National, Benito Huerta, juror. Stephen F. Austin State University, The Cole Art Center's Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches TX.
2017 Women's Works, Brenda Oelbaum, curator. Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL.
2017 The Thread Unraveled, Samina Islam, curator. VM Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan.
2017 Histories & Memories, Joshua Hagler, juror. Indiana State University East, Richmond IN.
2016 Chasing Ghosts, Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, curator. Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR.
2016 Fearless, Beate Minkovski, curator. Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL. First Place Award for "The Acquisition of Language."
2016 Fragments of Time, KN Goodrich, curator. Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK.
2016 The Living Mark, Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, curator. Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR.
2016 New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts Exhibition, Jo Fitsell, Louisa Smith, Vicki Carlson & Ellen Martin, jurors. The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins CO. Award for Creative Innovation, "Reliquary #8: Scroll."
2016 Transgressing Traditions: Contemporary Textiles by the Surface Design Association, Dorie Millerson, Karen Hampton & Donna Lamb, jurors. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.
2016 Focus: Fiber, Jane Sauer, curator. Kent State University Museum, Kent OH. Textile Art Alliance Award for "Girl Story."
2016 Every Fiber of My Being, Diana Weymar, curator. Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton NJ.
2016 All Alaska Biennial, Jen Budney, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK & Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK. Juror's Merit Award, "Reliquary #8: Scroll."
2016 Art Cloth North II, blue.hollomon gallery, Anchorage AK.
2015 10" x 10" Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2015 Living Alaska: A Decade of Collecting Contemporary Art for Alaska Museums, Sven Haakanson Jr., curator. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.
2015 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Mary Anne Jordan, Linda Colsh & Cynthia Corbin, jurors. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.
2015 New Directions: National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Janet Bishop, juror. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY.
2014 All-Alaska Juried XXXV, Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. Juror's Merit Award, "Girl Story."
2014 Art Cloth North, blue.hollomon gallery, Anchorage AK.
2014 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Valerie Goodwin & Kathleen Loomis, jurors. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.
2014 10" x 10" Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2013 Earth, Fire & Fibre XXIX, Andrew Glasgow, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. Juror's Choice Award, "Spontaneous Combustion."
2020 Extra Tough: Women of the North, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2020 Fragile Domestic, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2020 Alaska Biennial, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2020 Castaways, Vivienne Challandes, curator. Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature, Victoria BC Canada.
2019 All Alaska Biennial, Candice Hopkins, juror. Pratt Museum, Homer AK. (traveling)
2019 In Quest of Beauty: Assemblage in the Ahmanson Collection, John Silvis, curator. Ahmanson Gallery, Irvine CA.
2019 Quilt National 2017, Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux & Art Martin, jurors. European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Maire-Aux-Mines, France.
2018 Fiber Art Now: Excellence in Fibers IV, Carol Sauvion, Perry Price, Beth McLaughlin, jurors. Publication, Winter 2018/19 Issue.
2018 All Alaska Biennial, Candice Hopkins, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK.
2018 Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling, Marcia Grubb & Adelia Moore jurors. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL.
2018 Material, Liana Graham, juror. D'Art Center, Norfolk VA. Awarded for "Inheritance."
2018 The Art of Manipulation, David Heustess, curator. Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN.
2017 Gilding the Lily: 200 Years of Embroidery in Quilts, Pamela Weeks, curator. New England Quilt Museum, Lowell MA.
2017 In Death, Alessandra Piano, curator. Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, Cedarburg WI.
2017 Quilt National, Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux & Art Martin, jurors. The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH | Foundry Art Center, St. Louis MO | Traveling.
2017 Needles & Thread, Mandy Greer, curator. Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg WA.
2017 Texas National, Benito Huerta, juror. Stephen F. Austin State University, The Cole Art Center's Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches TX.
2017 Women's Works, Brenda Oelbaum, curator. Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL.
2017 The Thread Unraveled, Samina Islam, curator. VM Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan.
2017 Histories & Memories, Joshua Hagler, juror. Indiana State University East, Richmond IN.
2016 Chasing Ghosts, Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, curator. Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR.
2016 Fearless, Beate Minkovski, curator. Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL. First Place Award for "The Acquisition of Language."
2016 Fragments of Time, KN Goodrich, curator. Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK.
2016 The Living Mark, Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, curator. Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR.
2016 New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts Exhibition, Jo Fitsell, Louisa Smith, Vicki Carlson & Ellen Martin, jurors. The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins CO. Award for Creative Innovation, "Reliquary #8: Scroll."
2016 Transgressing Traditions: Contemporary Textiles by the Surface Design Association, Dorie Millerson, Karen Hampton & Donna Lamb, jurors. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.
2016 Focus: Fiber, Jane Sauer, curator. Kent State University Museum, Kent OH. Textile Art Alliance Award for "Girl Story."
2016 Every Fiber of My Being, Diana Weymar, curator. Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton NJ.
2016 All Alaska Biennial, Jen Budney, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK & Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK. Juror's Merit Award, "Reliquary #8: Scroll."
2016 Art Cloth North II, blue.hollomon gallery, Anchorage AK.
2015 10" x 10" Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2015 Living Alaska: A Decade of Collecting Contemporary Art for Alaska Museums, Sven Haakanson Jr., curator. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.
2015 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Mary Anne Jordan, Linda Colsh & Cynthia Corbin, jurors. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.
2015 New Directions: National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Janet Bishop, juror. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY.
2014 All-Alaska Juried XXXV, Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. Juror's Merit Award, "Girl Story."
2014 Art Cloth North, blue.hollomon gallery, Anchorage AK.
2014 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Valerie Goodwin & Kathleen Loomis, jurors. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.
2014 10" x 10" Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK.
2013 Earth, Fire & Fibre XXIX, Andrew Glasgow, juror. Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. Juror's Choice Award, "Spontaneous Combustion."
Public Art Commissions
2016 Chugiak-Eagle River Library, Eagle River AK.
2016 Wasilla Public Library, Wasilla AK.
2006 Muldoon Branch Library, Anchorage AK.
2003 Samson-Dimond Branch Library, Anchorage AK.
2016 Wasilla Public Library, Wasilla AK.
2006 Muldoon Branch Library, Anchorage AK.
2003 Samson-Dimond Branch Library, Anchorage AK.
Selected writing, Press & Reviews
2021 Chatter Marks issue 3, journal of the Anchorage Museum. Guest editor and contributor, March 2021 (Practicum project as partial fulfillment of an MA in Critical Craft Studies, Warren Wilson University).
2019 Quilt & Textilkunst Patchwork Professional Magazine, Porträt Amy Meissner, February 2020.
2019 In Quest of Beauty: Assemblage in the Ahmanson Collection. John Silvis, curator. Pinatubo Press, 2019.
2019 Hand/Eye Magazine, online, The Final Inheritor, essay by Amy Meissner, posted January 9, 2019.
2019 Just Wanna Quilt Podcast, Interview with Elizabeth Townsend Gard, posted January 8, 2019.
2018 Pulling at Perfection: Mix of Meaning and Media in Fiber Art, Artist profile by Amy O'Neill-Houck | Rasmuson Foundation + 49 Writers IAA Profiles.
2018 Create! Magazine, online interview, A New Mythology: Interview with Textile Artist Amy Meissner, posted Dec. 28, 2018.
2018 SAQA Journal, Amy Meissner: Beautiful Contemporary Art Carries Terrible Undertones, by Cindy Grisdella, Volume 28, No. 4, pp. 8-12.
2018 Create! Magazine, Artist Profile, Art Miami/Anniversary Issue, curated by Kaly Scheller-Barrett, Issue 12, Winter 2018/19, pp. 168-167.
2018 Fiber Art Now: Excellence in Fibers IV, Carol Sauvion, Perry Price, Beth McLaughlin, jurors. Publication, Winter 2018/19.
2018 NYTM | New York Textile Month 3, The Landscape of Cloth, essay by Amy Meissner, Fall 2018.
2018 DIE ZEIT / Christ & Welt, Sammlung: Ein Bild, Ein Satz, Ein Wunder, curated by Kübra Gümüşay, No. 17, April 19, 2018, p. 6.
2018 Fiber Art Now, Amy Meissner | Re/Generation, by Anne Lee, Vol. 7 Issue 3, Spring 2018, pp. 32 - 35.
2018 Forum: The Magazine of the Alaska Humanities Forum, Transformed by Needle, by Debra McKinney, Spring 2018, pp. 10 - 17.
2017 Anchorage Press, Art Sleuth: Why bother with art?, by Joan Bundy, Nov. 8 2017.
2017 Machine Quilting Unlimited, How to Raise a Dragon, by Amy Meissner, May/June, 2017.
2017 Alaska Dispatch News, Alaska artist reaches across fear and uncertainty, op-ed by Shehla Anjum, Jan. 30, 2017.
2016 THE Gynocratic Art Gallery blog, The Pull of the Needle: Diana Weymar and the Landscape of Cloth, review by Amy Meissner, Aug. '16.
2016 Be Inspired, The Fabric of a Woman, interview by Mary Bennellick, Vol. 5 (Be Creative Annual), 2016.
2016 Anchorage Press, Come Find Me: Amy Meissner and the Secret Life of Cloth, by Dawnell Smith, Feb. 4, 2016.
2015 CIRQUE Literary Journal, Swallowing the Needle, essay by Amy Meissner, (Vol. 6, issue 2), 2015.
2015 Mabel Magazine, Living In ... Alaska, essay by Amy Meissner, Issue No. 4, 2015.
2015 Mr. X Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery & Needlecraft, The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers -- Meet Amy Meissner, interview by Jen Funk Weber, Oct. 23, '15.
2015 Knotwe: The Hub for Fiber, Textiles, Surface Design, Balance, interview by Kari Lorenson, 2015.
2019 Quilt & Textilkunst Patchwork Professional Magazine, Porträt Amy Meissner, February 2020.
2019 In Quest of Beauty: Assemblage in the Ahmanson Collection. John Silvis, curator. Pinatubo Press, 2019.
2019 Hand/Eye Magazine, online, The Final Inheritor, essay by Amy Meissner, posted January 9, 2019.
2019 Just Wanna Quilt Podcast, Interview with Elizabeth Townsend Gard, posted January 8, 2019.
2018 Pulling at Perfection: Mix of Meaning and Media in Fiber Art, Artist profile by Amy O'Neill-Houck | Rasmuson Foundation + 49 Writers IAA Profiles.
2018 Create! Magazine, online interview, A New Mythology: Interview with Textile Artist Amy Meissner, posted Dec. 28, 2018.
2018 SAQA Journal, Amy Meissner: Beautiful Contemporary Art Carries Terrible Undertones, by Cindy Grisdella, Volume 28, No. 4, pp. 8-12.
2018 Create! Magazine, Artist Profile, Art Miami/Anniversary Issue, curated by Kaly Scheller-Barrett, Issue 12, Winter 2018/19, pp. 168-167.
2018 Fiber Art Now: Excellence in Fibers IV, Carol Sauvion, Perry Price, Beth McLaughlin, jurors. Publication, Winter 2018/19.
2018 NYTM | New York Textile Month 3, The Landscape of Cloth, essay by Amy Meissner, Fall 2018.
2018 DIE ZEIT / Christ & Welt, Sammlung: Ein Bild, Ein Satz, Ein Wunder, curated by Kübra Gümüşay, No. 17, April 19, 2018, p. 6.
2018 Fiber Art Now, Amy Meissner | Re/Generation, by Anne Lee, Vol. 7 Issue 3, Spring 2018, pp. 32 - 35.
2018 Forum: The Magazine of the Alaska Humanities Forum, Transformed by Needle, by Debra McKinney, Spring 2018, pp. 10 - 17.
2017 Anchorage Press, Art Sleuth: Why bother with art?, by Joan Bundy, Nov. 8 2017.
2017 Machine Quilting Unlimited, How to Raise a Dragon, by Amy Meissner, May/June, 2017.
2017 Alaska Dispatch News, Alaska artist reaches across fear and uncertainty, op-ed by Shehla Anjum, Jan. 30, 2017.
2016 THE Gynocratic Art Gallery blog, The Pull of the Needle: Diana Weymar and the Landscape of Cloth, review by Amy Meissner, Aug. '16.
2016 Be Inspired, The Fabric of a Woman, interview by Mary Bennellick, Vol. 5 (Be Creative Annual), 2016.
2016 Anchorage Press, Come Find Me: Amy Meissner and the Secret Life of Cloth, by Dawnell Smith, Feb. 4, 2016.
2015 CIRQUE Literary Journal, Swallowing the Needle, essay by Amy Meissner, (Vol. 6, issue 2), 2015.
2015 Mabel Magazine, Living In ... Alaska, essay by Amy Meissner, Issue No. 4, 2015.
2015 Mr. X Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery & Needlecraft, The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers -- Meet Amy Meissner, interview by Jen Funk Weber, Oct. 23, '15.
2015 Knotwe: The Hub for Fiber, Textiles, Surface Design, Balance, interview by Kari Lorenson, 2015.