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Bean Gilsdorf
bean @beangilsdorf.com

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Bean Gilsdorf, The Art Gallery, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
2006 Bean Gilsdorf & Dan Gilsdorf, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
A Change of Scenery (with Dan Gilsdorf), Portland Modern Viewing Room, Portland, OR
You (with Dan Gilsdorf), Portland Modern Window Project, Portland, OR
2005 Automotive Heartbreak, Basil Hallward Gallery at Powell's Books, Portland, OR
Ex-Voto, Rock Creek Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2003 Witness, Lane Community College Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2002 In Memoriam, (collaborative w/ Dan Gilsdorf), Medusa Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Recent Works, Medusa Gallery, Portland, OR

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Transformations '08, National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England
ArtQuilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2007 Character (with Stephen Slappe), Tilt Gallery, Portland, OR
Craft Biennial, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
Quilt National '05, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
Intimate Apparel, Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO
FR8, Art on the Waterfront, courtesy of Angle's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2006 Transformations, National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England
Quilt National '05, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
Needle Culture, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
Take Cover, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Can't Get No Satisfaction, Walled City Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel (art fair, courtesy Gallery 500), Portland, OR
Wish You Were Here, Cornell Museum of Art & Literature, Delray Beach, FL
Extra/ordinary, The Cube Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Quilt National '05, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
Quilt National '03, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
Visions 2004, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2004 SinTax, Gallery 500, Portland, OR
Quilt National '03, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
ANA 33, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Digital Origins: Emerging American Textile Artists, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Le Arti Tessili Valcellina Award, Arti Tessili Centro Attivita Culturali, Maniago, Italy

Selected Recent Publications & Media
2008 Contemporary Textiles, by Drusilla Cole (forthcoming book from Laurence King Publishers, England)
2007 Fiberarts Magazine, Vol. 34, no. 3, Nov./Dec. 2007, review “Intimate Apparel (What’s a Merkin?)”
The Creative Life, by Ricë Freeman-Zachery, North Light Books
The Aesthetic, January 18, 2007, review “Bean Gilsdorf & Dan Gilsdorf at Angel’s Gate”
ANP Quarterly, no. 6, January 2007, interview by Michael Burnett
2006 Point.flux.broadcast, Aug. 31, 2006, review “Around/About”
Willamette Week, Vol. 32, no. 43, Aug. 30, 2006, photo of video installation
Portlandart.net, Aug. 25, 2006, “What to see?”
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan 5, 2006: "Crazy Quilts: 'Take Cover' Artists cut from different cloth"
2005 Willamette Week, Vol. 32, no. 8, Dec 28, 2005, "The Best of 2005"
Oregonlive.com, Oct. 29, 2005 review: "Pull Up to the Bumper"
Willamette Week, Vol. 31, no. 48, Oct. 5, 2005 "Fresh Affairs"
Quilt National 2005: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Publications, p. 62
Art Focus, Feb. 17, 2005 interview w/ host Julie Bernard, KBOO Radio 90.7FM Portland, OR

Lectures and Demonstrations
2007 2-day writing workshop for artists, Surface Design Association Conference, Kansas City, MO
Visiting Artist Lecture, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
2005 Lecture for ArtBeat, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2004 Lecture and Demonstration on Relief Printing: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Lecture and Demonstration on Relief Printing: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR(01/13/04)
2003 Lecture: Witness, Lane Community College Gallery, Eugene, OR(1/13/03)

Grants and Awards
2007 Professional Development Grant, Surface Design Association, Sebastopol, CA
2006 Equipment Access Grant, Northwest Film Center of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2005 Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council, OR
2004 Puffin Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, Puffin Foundation, Ltd., Teaneck, NJ
2003 Cathy Rasmussen Emerging Artist Memorial Award, Quilt National '03, Athens, OH

Education
2001 M.A. in Linguistics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1998 Certificate in Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
1994 B.A. in Literature, Simon's Rock College, Gt. Barrington, MA