Artist Resume
Erick Wolfmeyer roots his work in the conventions of traditional quilt-making while he expands the visual and conceptual boundaries of the medium with each new piece. The work celebrates the excavation of the soul through the work of his hands.
EXHIBITIONS
2018
From the Artist’s Collection (solo), Le Carrefour Européen du Patchwork in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
2017
From the Artist’s Collection (solo), Le Carrefour Européen du Patchwork in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
2017
Rerum Novarum (solo), Pearson Lakes Art Center in Lake Okoboji, Iowa
Quilted Expressions, Blanden Art Museum in Ft Dodge, Iowa
Art Quilts of the Midwest
Iowa Quilt Museum in Winterset, Iowa
Iowa Quilt Museum in Winterset, Iowa
2016
National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky
International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska
2015
Sum of Many Parts: Quiltmakers in Contemporary America
Crealde’ School of Art in Winter Park, Florida
The Foundry Art Centre in St Charles, Missouri
Jones-Carter Gallery in Lake City, South Carolina
2014
Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska
Argenta Branch Library in North Little Rock, Arkansas
Washington County Museum in Portland, Oregon
A Piece of Me, Catich Gallery, St Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa
The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st-Century America
The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st-Century America
State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa
2013
Beijing Museum of Women and Children in Beijing, China
Wuhan Museum in Wuhan in Hunan Province, China
Dalian Modern Museum in Dalian in Liaoning Province, China
Guangxi Museum of Nationalities in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China
Yunnan Nationalities Museum in Kunming in Yunnan Province, China
Shanghai Museum of Textile and Costume at Donghua University in Shanghai, China
2012
Material Men: Innovation and the Art of Quilting,
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, Washington
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, Washington
2011
Quilters Guild of Dallas in Dallas, Texas
2010
American Quilters Society Expo in Des Moines, Iowa
2007
Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco, California
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
2018
“What We Keep” (pattern), Magic Patch, Les éditions de Saxe (France)
“Erick Wolfmeyer: Des quilts autobiographiques,”Quilt Country, Les éditions de Saxe (France)
The Making of an Artist: Desire, Courage & Commitment, Kristin Congdon
“Erick Wolfmeyer: Des quilts autobiographiques,”Quilt Country, Les éditions de Saxe (France)
The Making of an Artist: Desire, Courage & Commitment, Kristin Congdon
2017
Künstler-Porträt, Quilt- & Textilkunst Patchwork Professional (Germany), Dorothee Crane
2015
Art Quilts of the Midwest, Linzee Kull-McCray
2014
The Buzz St Ambrose University newspaper, Brooke Schelly
“Bent but Not Broken: Quilting in the Great Recession,” Quilters Newsletter, Mary Kate Karr-Petras
2013
Des Moines Register, Michael Morain
“The Sum of Many Parts,” Quilters Newsletter, Mary Kate Karr-Petras
Uppercase blog, Linzee Kull-McCray
2012
Surface Design News, Luke Haynes
The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st-Century America, catalog
2011
“Why You Should Know Him: Erick Wolfmeyer,” Iowa City Press-Citizen
“Portrait: Erick Wolfmeyer,” Magic Patch (France), Linzee Kull-McCray
“Art Talks with Bruce Carter,” radio interview WVIK, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
2010
Men and the Art of Quilting, Joe Cunningham
“Unexpected Quilters Among Us,” The Quilt Life, Meg Cox
2006
“Discoveries by Designers,” Architectural Digest
2001
“New and Noteworthy,” American Bungalow
DELEGATE
2016
In Pursuit of the Creative Life: the Future of Creativity & the Arts in America
National Endowment for the Arts, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC
2012
The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st-Century America
US Embassy in Beijing, China and US Embassy Consulate Office in Shanghai, China
EDUCATION
1990
BFA Photography, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri
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